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...
FE Report The inter-bank call money rate rose slightly Sunday due to withdrawal of cash through treasury bills, fund managers said.The US dollar, however, maintained its stable face although the market was moderately active due to weekend in international market,...
FE ReportThe trading of the Continental Insurance Company Limited will begin tomorrow (Tuesday) in the stock market.The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) board in a meeting held Sunday fixed the debut date of the company's share trading on the bourse, sources...
The Election Commission (EC) will start its second round of dialogues on election reform laws with the political parties next week, said Election Commissioner Sohul Hossain Sunday, report UNB and bdnews24.com. "If dialogue with BNP is delayed, we will hold...
Hundreds of employees of the national airlines, who were allegedly forced to retire under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) last year, are preparing to file writ petitions with the High Court (HC) against the Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd authority, reports...
TOKYO, Feb 11 (Reuters): Beyond the immediate challenge of crisis containment, the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations promised over the weekend to fix the financial market faultlines that are destabilising the global economy.The next few months will tell whether...
THE year 2007 was an eventful year for the country's stock market. Records in daily transactions, market capitalisation etc., were galore. The market for the first time since the crash of 1996 truly came back to life and, barring occasional...
Shahiduzzaman KhanTHE first ever non-resident Bangladeshi (NRB) conference was held late last year with a pledge to help the country become a middle-income state by 2021 with long-term contribution by the NRBs in the different fields of development. The year...
Jo Johnson INDIA is struggling to contain its worst avian influenza-epidemic, in spite of culling 3.4m birds and setting up a 5km poultry exclusion zone round the state of West-Bengal, the epicentre of the outbreak.The government's failure to reassure farmers...
Ahmed Showkat MasudIN a time of high inflation both trading and manufacturing will need more working capital to maintain their existing level of activity. But it is desirable to check the increasing demand for more working capital as the government...
IT has become a 'fashion' for the official visitors from abroad to pour unsolicited advice to our government specially on political matters such as lifting of emergency etc. I cannot figure out what is the problem of those people if...
It's pretty funny to observe dingdong activities of well-read people when they act like a fool. I am not sure why they do this? Without settled proceeding, it will be hard to overcome deep-rooted social and political problems. For example,...
Dr. Charles MerciecaTHE New Webster's Dictionary describes capitalism as an economic system characterised by private ownership of natural resources and means of production. The same dictionary describes hostage as a person handed over to an enemy as a pledge for...
Thomas RussoWITH US mortgage foreclosures set to top 1.0 million this year and home prices falling at the fastest pace since the Great Depression, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Vice Chairman Thomas Russo says the government must take action to prevent...
Dina BassSOME Microsoft Corp. shareholders say the software maker's $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo! Inc. may backfire and reduce its ability to compete with Google Inc. in Internet consumer services and advertising. ``This is a stupid deal, and I'm not...
GENEVA, Feb 9 (AFP): The World Trade Organisation (WTO) yesterday offered more flexibility to member states over the thorny issue of industrial products by removing a set of numbers to calculate tariff ranges. The new proposals came along a revised...
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (AP): People's confidence in the economy sank even lower amid heightened fears about shrinking job opportunities and the possibility the country is falling into recession.According to the RBC Cash Index, confidence dropped to a mark of 48.5...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 9 (Xinhua): Brazilian Minister of Agriculture Reinhold Stephanes signed yesterday an agreement with the Brazilian-Arab Chamber of Commerce aimed at boosting commercial partnerships with 22 Arabic-speaking countries. In order to prospect new business, officials at the...
LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters): The right to ask for flexible working should be extended to all employees to help tackle the pay gap between men and women, a committee of MPs said today. The government should consider a "gradual extension"...
LONDON, Feb 9 (AFP): This week, precious metal platinum forged yet another record high on the back of flagging output from leading producer South Africa. Wheat also rocketed to an historic peak in Chicago, thanks to tumbling inventories and keen...
LONDON, Feb 9 (AFP): OPEC could switch the pricing of oil from dollars into euros within a decade, secretary general Abdullah al- Badri told a weekly magazine. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries could adopt the euro to combat...
FE ReportArku will export 150 containers of its products to Saudi Arabia soon. The products will be marketed in Mecca, Medina and Jeddah. An agreement was signed in this connection between Lalmai Group Director Iftaker Rashid and Arabian Happiness Establishment...
BRUSSELS, Feb 9 (AFP): The European Commission blasted yesterday the WTO's backing for a US complaint against Europe's banana import regime as "regrettable" and "irrelevant." "It is regrettable that the WTO DSU (dispute settlement understanding) mechanism is allowed to be...
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