PESHAWAR, Dec 04 (AFP): A burka clad female suicide bomber blew herself up at a check post in northwest Pakistan Tuesday, in the country's first such attack involving a woman, the police said. There were no other casualties in the...
TORONTO, Dec 04 (AP): Iran has ordered Canada's ambassador to leave the country, the Canadian foreign minister said, after Canada rejected candidates Tehran had proposed to represent the Islamic Republic in Ottawa. The two countries have tried to come to...
Kolkata, Nov 4 (BBC): The three-match Test series between India and Pakistan remains alive after the tourists held out for a draw on day five of the second Test in Kolkata. Captains Anil Kumble and Younus Khan agreed to end...
Already one up in the series, Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club (MSC) face Abahani Limited in the second "best of three football" match today (Wednesday) hoping for a win to take an unassailable lead, reports UNB.Earlier, on Monday, MSC took a...
England need an unlikely 350 for victory on the final day of the first Test after Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara struck 152 to put his team in control. Dropped by Ian Bell on 98, Sangakkara became the first man in...
The United Nations (UN) said, the humanitarian crisis caused by the last month's cyclone in Bangladesh was much worse than previously thought, with more than two million people in need of immediate life-saving assistance, reports bdnews24.com. "As more information becomes...
Doulot Akter MalaA total of Tk 17.08 billion worth of income tax is now stuck up due to a large number of unresolved reference cases and writ petitions.It has been revealed in a recent position paper of the National Board...
Shamsul Huq Zahid The individual tax identification number (TIN) holders paid a record amount of tax-Tk. 7.39 billion-- for the current assessment year (2007-08) within the deadline expiring at 8 pm last Sunday. The amount is almost threefold of the...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 3 (UNB): Verdict in the case facing six detained teachers of Rajshahi University (RU) for the violation of Emergency Power Rules (EPR) 2007 will be delivered Tuesday.Judge of the Speedy Trial Tribunal Ruhul Amin will deliver judgment in...
FE Report The rate of inflation concerning food items reached 11.73 per cent on a point-to-point basis in October last from 11.10 per cent in September 2007. This price-rise has been attributed to both domestic and international factors. The rate...
FE ReportStock prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Tuesday ended broadly higher clawing back losses of the previous day following withdrawal of the regulatory body's ban on loan disbursement by the brokers to the retail investors.The benchmark index-DGEN or...
BEIJING, Dec 04 (Agencies): The global demand for food and its prices are likely to rise further, threatening livelihood and nutrition of poor people in the developing countries.Food prices are expected to keep rising worldwide in the years ahead due...
Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed has asked banks and NGOs to waive payment of loan instalments until April 2008 in the cyclone-hit areas considering suffering of the victims, reports bdnews24.com.He made the comment while talking to the press after...
FE Report An Administrator is expected to be appointed by the Ministry of Commerce by Thursday to run the affairs of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) as the tenure of the current executive committee expires...
Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia are facing problems due to alleged non-cooperation and mismanagement blamed on Bangladesh government's representatives there. The Bangladeshi pilgrims held a demonstration Sunday at Misafala to protest against the mismanagement in house renting and also...
Police recovered the body of a housewife from the rooftop of a building at Badda in the city Tuesday morning. The victim was identified as Ratna Begum (25), wife of rickshawpuller Zahidul Islam and resident of 178, Tetultola of Badda....
Jasim Uddin Haroon Some local knitwear manufacturers are now producing both high quality non-cotton fabrics and knitwear with the same to make an inroad in the developed markets. Currently, at least, five local knit manufacturers are developing the non-cotton fabrics...
Five firms have come out as pre-qualified bidders to stake a claim to the proposed 450-mw Bibiyana Power Plant project on completion of the evaluation of their pre-qualification (PQ) bids, reports UNB.The five pre-qualified bidders are Korea Electric Power Corporation...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government will take up its second rehabilitation package programme to rebuild the infrastructure damaged by recurrent floods in July-September period, official sources said.The new programme will be financed by the World Bank (WB). The Bank has pledged...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed has asked the NGOs (non-government organisations) to be sympathetic to taking loan repayments from their clients in Sidr-ravaged areas, a government spokesman said. Fakhruddin made the request while the representatives of different NGOs working in the...
FE Report The World Bank (WB) has assigned Praful C Patel, the bank's vice president for South Asia, to hold talks with the interim administration on how the development lender can assist Bangladesh to overcome the post-Sidr crisis, according to...
Finance Adviser Dr Mirza Azizul Islam has asked the donors to simplify their funding procedures, report agencies. "It is widely believed that donors often attach tough conditions for funds… but now I am giving conditions for funding. The condition is...
FE ReportThe government will formulate a national policy for technical and vocational education and training in order to establish a quality-oriented and need-based education system in the country, official sources said.The European Commission (EC) will assist the government to prepare...
FE ReportThe Ministry of Commerce (MoC) will request the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) for utilising diplomatic connections to facilitate the passage of the bill 'New Partnership for Development Act (NPDA) 2007' in the US Congress and the Senate, sources...
M Azizur RahmanThe Regulatory Reforms Commission (RRC) has constituted three separate committees headed by the chiefs of National Board of Revenue (NBR), Board of Investment (BoI) and Bangladesh Bank to identify the areas for necessary changes in the existing regulations...
BALI, Dec 4 (Agencies): A 190-nation climate meeting in Bali began a hunt for a new global deal to fight global warming by 2009 Tuesday with skirmishing about how far China and India should curb surging greenhouse gas emissions."The conference...
More organisations, business houses and individuals donated around Tk 18.2 million and 18,700 litres of crude palm oil to Chief Adviser's Relief and Welfare Fund in aid of the country's cyclone victims Tuesday, report agencies. The organisations and individuals, included...
FE Report The government of Denmark Monday pledged 10 million Danish Kroner, about US$2 million, to the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) to help Bangladesh recover from cyclone Sidr, said a press release. Ulla Tornaes, Danish Minister...
The Khulna power plant is water-cooled, requiring thousands of gallons of fresh water daily to keep it operative. To make this happen boatloads of river water must be hauled from the upstream, reports bdnews24.com. This process has turned into an...
Four persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Pirojpur, a robber leader was killed in a shootout between RAB and his cohorts at Boro...
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