DHAKA Medical College Hospital (DMCH) is the only option for patients who cannot access the highly priced private medical care. Admission and the other charges for services at the DMCH are supposed to be free or the patients are required...
BANGLADESH provides exceptionally liberal or favourable terms and conditions to the investors, specially foreign ones. But these incentives are mainly on paper. The ground reality reflects handicaps in the form of various regulations. They act as disincentives to the investors....
Air Commodore Muhammad Zakiul Islam ndu acsc (Retd)THE 11th Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) was held in Dakar, the capital city of Senegal from the 13th to 14th March. The triennial, two-day event was attended by representatives...
Anuradha Bhasin from New DelhiTHE woman-related announcement that made any news in the Indian Union budget for 2008-09 was the increase in the exemption limit in income taxes. The exemption limit for women was raised to Rs 180,000 (US$1 =Rs...
Mohammad Shahidul IslamTHE journalists who cover tourism- and travelling-related subjects have no recognised union to publicise their interests and fight on their behalf. The travel industry is however, is defended and supported by a variety of organisations, including ASTA (American...
MOSCOW, March 18 (AFP): Top US and Russian officials Tuesday hailed a new upbeat mood to their efforts to improve relations and overcome a dispute over a missile defence shield during talks in Moscow. Defence Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary...
BAGHDAD, March 18 (Reuters): A conference to reconcile Iraq's warring political groups began to unravel even before it got under way Tuesday, with the main Sunni Muslim Arab bloc pulling out and protesting it had not been properly invited. The...
DHARAMSHALA, India, March 18 (AFP): The Dalai Lama Tuesday appealed for calm in Tibet and "good relations" with China, but offered to quit as head of the exile movement if violence in the region worsens. The Nobel Peace laureate, 72,...
WASHINGTON, Mar 18 (Reuters): The US Federal Reserve is expected to slash interest rates by as much as a whole percentage point at its policy meeting Tuesday as investors warily await investment bank results that could aggravate fears of a...
TOKYO, Mar 18 (Reuters): Japan's government, with its central bank governor just a day away from retirement, put forward a second former finance ministry official to replace him, but opposition lawmakers looked set to wield their veto again.Koji Tanami, the...
BEIJING, Mar 18 (AFP): Taming inflation while ensuring steady economic growth is China's top priority, but mounting pressures will make targets hard to achieve, Premier Wen Jiabao told reporters today. "Number one, we need to ensure the fast yet steady...
TEHRAN, March 18 (AFP): Iran and Switzerland yesterday signed a major accord for Iranian gas exports to a Swiss firm, in a rare energy deal between Tehran and the West. "Today we witnessed the signing of a gas contract between...
FE ReportThe four-day workshop on "Practice of Islamic Banking" for the officers of the Bank of Ceylon, Sri Lanka organised by the Islami Bank Training and Research Academy (IBTRA), concluded recently in the city. Chairman of Board of Directors of...
FE ReportIt was the last sale of the season when quality mostly met with a strong demand particularly the cleaner varieties. Internal Loose tea buyers were the main operators with some support from Blenders and buyers for Pakistan.Good liquoring Dusts...
Finance Adviser Dr Mirza Azizul Islam Tuesday said the government was considering merger of Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha (BSRS) and Bangladesh Shilpa Bank (BSB) to strengthen their operation of similar nature, reports UNB."The discussion on this is in progress," he...
CHANDPUR, Mar 18 (BSS): Production of hilsha has reduced in the Padma and the Meghna rivers in recent times.Fish experts and traders fear a sharp fall in earning from hilsha export this year. The supply of hilsha has also marked...
Balaka Exchange Pte. Ltd., Singapore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Bank Limited, has signed a remittance agreement with Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited in the city recently. The remittance agreement was signed to facilitate remittances by the Bangladeshi expatriates residing in...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Mar 18: With a view to resist abnormal price hike of the different food items, including the essential ones, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Director General had a meeting with the members of the business community in the port...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Mar 18: The month-long Brahmanbaria Industry and Trade Fair (BITF)-08 began on Anando High School Boarding Math (field) in the town recently.Brahmanbaria Chamber Of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) organised the trade fair.Deputy Commissioner of the district Md Abdul...
FE ReportThe national airline of the United Arab Emirates, Etihad Airways, will launch an extended summer flight schedule. Due to a few changes, the scheduled Flight EY 253 on March 31, 2008 bound for Dhaka-Abu Dhabi will be cancelled. All...
FE ReportExport Import Bank (EXIM) of Bangladesh Ltd has donated an ambulance to Mohakhali DOHS Council for emergency treatment of the residents of the Mohakhali DOHS area as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR).Chairman of EXIM Bank Md Nazrul...
Mahmuda Shaolin The government has extended route permits of taxicabs for another two years, despite protests by environmental groups that the air pollution in the city would aggravate as a result, officials said Monday. The government has made the extension,...
SEC issues show cause notice to Bangladesh DyeingThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued show cause cum hearing notice to Bangladesh Dyeing Finishing Ind Ltd, its directors, managing director, company secretary and M/s Marhk and Co, statutory auditor of...
FE ReportBangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha (BSRS) paid Tk 10 million (1.0 crore) to the government as dividend for the fiscal year 2006-07 after posting earnings significantly through proper utilisation of its limited manpower and resources, official sources said.BSRS Managing Director...
A joint venture company of Bangladesh and Canada named Rashid Composite Textile Ltd will set up a knit composite garments manufacturing industry by investing 10.84 million US dollars in Adamjee Export Processing Zone (AEPZ), reports BSS. The industry would produce...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Mar 17: Avian influenza, widely known as bird-flu, has left at least 8000 people unemployed in the district, sources said.The poultry farmers in the district are counting huge losses every day as the sales of the poultry birds...
FE ReportMillennium Information Solution Ltd, Dhaka and US-based TISTA Science and Technology Corporation, Maryland Monday signed an agreement to form a strategic alliance to work on joint software projects in the USA.Mahmud Hossain, chief executive officer (CEO) and founder of...
RAJSHAHI, Mar 18 (UNB): President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed Tuesday called for attaching top priority to creating efficient engineers and science-minded human resources to catch up with the fast-moving world in the 21st century. "The importance of learning science and...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, March 18: Normal academic programme of the University is being seriously hampered as a large number of teachers of Chittagong University (CU) are on long term leaves. Moreover, teachers staying at the station also refrain from taking the...
The six horses presented to Bangladesh Army from the Indian Army are coming today (Wednesday) through Benapole frontier, reports UNB. During Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed's visit to India last month at the invitation of Indian Army Chief Dipak...
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