The special committee on law and order has directed the law enforcement bodies to take vigorous measures to stop the smuggling out of fertilisers to neighbouring countries. Fertilisers in those countries are much higher priced which provides the incentives to...
Foreign investors often take their investment decisions not out of their first hand experiences in a country. They are mainly influenced by local trends of investments, and looking at policies and the regulatory framework. In international ranking, Bangladesh scores well...
NOWADAYS, the garbage carrying vehicles of the Dhaka City Corporation can hardly be seen. No doubt waste collection in the city's different areas has improved, but the improvement is yet not to a level that can justify the disappearance of...
Imran AsifAS the saying goes -- "better late than never"! It took the time till the state-owned airline found itself in a state of acute predicament, and more than 90% of the market of air travellers into and out of...
Muhammad Samsul HoqueGREED and corruption go hand in hand in the accumulation of wealth. The Holy Qur'an prohibits accumulation of wealth. Economic and social justice remain the obligation of the state as written in the Constitution of the People' s...
Muhammad Quamrul IslamA WEEK before 40th Asad Day, January 20, I received an invitation from 'Shahid Asad Dibash Udjapan Committee 2008' (Martyr Asad Day Observance Committee 2008) to speak on Asad at a discussion at Hatirdia Raziuddin Degree College in...
Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Sunday said the relationship between Bangladesh and the UK constitute a "partnership for which both sides are proud." He made the remark while commenting on the outcome of the visit by British Foreign Secretary David...
The Supreme Court (SC) Sunday reversed for a week a High Court (HC) order clearing way for trial proceedings of the Bijoy TV scam case against detained Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, reports UNB. Chamber court of...
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) and Bikalpadhara have said they consider it too early to start the process of forming a 'grand alliance,' reports bdnews24.com. The two parties held a joint press conference at the KC Memorial in Baridhara Sunday, following...
A Dhaka court Sunday charged former communications minister Nazmul Huda and his wife Sigma Huda with taking a car in bribe from a businessman, reports bdnews24.com. Dhaka metropolitan sixth assistant sessions judge Shafiul Azam framed the charges against them in...
The High Court (HC) Sunday issued a rule upon the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) to explain why its notice asking ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's youngest son detained Arafat Rahman Koko to submit his wealth statement "should not be declared illegal," reports...
CHITTAGONG, Feb 10 (UNB): A Jubo League leader was stabbed to death by miscreants at Madanhat under Sitakunda Upazila Saturday midnight. Local people said the miscreants numbering 5/6 intercepted Jubo League Sonaichhari union secretary Ridwan Ahmed (36), when he reached...
Doulot Akter MalaThe International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank (WB) arm, has suggested that the government reduce time, cost and procedures of launching any new business to improve the 'doing business indicator' of Bangladesh.The formal starting cost of a...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) sees the near-term outlook of the country's economy favourable because of its potential of making strong recovery. The central bank has made the positive observation despite the negative impact of the two consecutive floods...
FE ReportAn expert committee has held flawed market management, lack of businesses confidence and insufficient buffer stock responsible for the soaring inflation that has put the country's macro-economy under challenge, official sources said.The Consultative Committee on Economic Policies, Management and...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) Sunday deferred to February 12 the hearing on government petition for stay on the High Court (HC) judgement scrapping the trial of ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in an extortion case under the...
M Azizur RahmanThe energy ministry has taken a fresh initiative to extensively engage the state-owned BAPEX in oil and gas exploration activities to ease the country's looming gas scarcity in the years to come, official sources said."We have already asked...
US Ambassador-designate to Bangladesh James Moriarty has said Washington wants that Bangladesh's caretaker government move as quickly as possible to take additional steps to restore civic freedom and democracy, reports UNB. Appearing before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee in...
Chris Flood, FT Syndication ServiceLONDON: A fall in US inventories of wheat to a 60-year low drove prices of the grain sharply higher late last week to a fresh record, intensifying fears of rising global food price inflation.US wheat futures...
At least 50 students of Dhaka Polytechnic Institute were injured in a violent clash between Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) activists following a brawl over sitting in the dining-room of a dorm.Principal of the institute Shamsul...
FE ReportDhaka stocks fell Sunday led by banks, pharmaceuticals, energy and power issues snapping a two-day gaining streak due mainly to price correction.Analysts and market operators attributed fall of stock prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) to price correction.The...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The prices of coarse variety rice soared by around 7.0 per cent in the wholesale market Sunday following the ban on non-Basmoti rice export by India.The Indian government slapped last Friday a ban on the rice export...
The government has decided to honour nine people with the national Ekushey Award this year, six of them to be honoured posthumously. Professor Muzaffer Ahmad, chairman of Transparency International Bangladesh board of trustees, noted social scientist Najma Chowdhury and music...
DINAJPUR Feb 10: About seven hundred local workers of Baropukuria coal mine went on strike since Saturday night demanding wage hike hampering production. But operation of the coal mine continued with some 300 Chinese workers, authorities said. The workers on...
Police recovered the body of a physician from near Azampur rail crossing in Uttara early Sunday. The dead was identified as Dr Shahabuddin Ahmed (53), a resident of house 14/A, Road-2/B, Sector-5, Uttara. Shahabuddin used to practice in Rahmania Pharmacy...
FE Report Foreign investors in the country have urged the government Sunday to make quick decision on the fate of $5.5 billion investment proposals by big companies such as Tata of India and Asia Energy of the United Kingdom."The government...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has relaxed its conditions for agricultural loans allowing changes to the extent of 20 per cent, in place of existing 10 per cent, while sanctioning credits on the basis of the usual norms for...
Mahmuda ShaolinThe prices of bread and bakery items shot up by 30 per cent since late last year amid soaring cost of wheat, edible oil and powdered milk in the local market, bakers said Sunday.The city's top bakery houses said...
BNP acting chairman Saifur Rahman said Sunday unity talks in BNP must be held without any precondition, as he rejects party secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain's condition that for any reconciliation, Saifur must dismantle his committee, reports UNB."We want unity,...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to expand the activities of its Central Intelligence Cell (CIC), and approved the expansion of the wing following considerable success in the last three years, reports UNB.NBR Chairman Muhammad Abdul Mazid recently...
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