Our CorrespondentRANGPUR, Dec 5: Potato cultivation in eight districts of greater Rangpur and Dinajpur region is likely to face a serious setback this year due to a serious scarcity of quality seeds in the region, sources said.The demand for seeds...
FE ReportWarid Telecom has launched a country-wide promotional campaign for its Music Ring Back Tone (MRBT) service endorsed by three popular music artistes of the country, said a press release.Branded as caller tunes, the service is being promoted by folk...
FE ReportFormer adviser to the caretaker government and Chairman of Apex Adelchi Footwear Ltd Syed Manzur Elahi stressed the need for establishing audit committees and inducting independent directors in every listed company to pave the way for good governance in...
FE ReportSocial Marketing Company (SMC), Bangladesh's largest producer of oral rehydration saline (ORS), has ensured adequate supply of Orsaline by channeling distribution through its Barisal, Khulna and other area offices and relief agencies.The company has taken decision to supply saline...
Our CorrespondentSIRAJGANJ, Dec 5: The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) of Rajshahi division and various farm owners have taken up extensive programmes for cultivation of winter vegetables and spices in the areas, sources said.Under the scheme, a total of 10,39,747...
FE ReportThe 67th branch of IFIC Bank Limited was opened at Manik Villa, Tarabo Bazar, Rupganj recently. The branch was inaugurated by Chairman of the bank Mohammad Lutfar Rahman. Director of the bank Didarul Alam, Managing Director Mashiur Rahman, other...
Our correspondentBOGRA, Dec 5: Onion price has sharply declined while price of rice is increasing gradually at the local markets of Bogra. Onion is selling at Tk 28-30 per kg compared to last week's price of Tk 55-60. Following the...
Company's net profitBSC: Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) earned a post-tax net profit of Tk 159.59 million for the year that ended on June 30, 2007. The earning per share (EPS) of the company stood at Tk 5.56.Sonali Aansh: Sonali Aansh...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5 (AFP): Pakistan's opposition parties may finalise later Wednesday a list of demands for President Pervez Musharraf to meet if he wants to stop them boycotting next month's elections, a party official said. Opposition leaders Benazir Bhutto and...
DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec 05 (AP): Democratic rivals assailed front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton Tuesday for a vote against Iran that they portrayed as misguided and dangerous in light of a new intelligence report that says the Iranians stopped pursuing a...
KABUL, Dec 05 (AP): A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a minibus full of Afghan soldiers south of Kabul Wednesday, killing at least 13 people and wounding 20, officials and witnesses said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the...
BEIJING, Dec 5 (Reuters): China wants rich economies to back a fund to speed the spread of greenhouse gas-cutting technology in poor nations as it seeks to persuade delegates at global warming talks the focus of responsibility belongs on the...
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Wednesday said that donations received to CA's Relief and Welfare Fund were being spent on relief and primary rehabilitation purposes, mainly house rebuilding, in the cyclone-ravaged areas, reports UNB.So far, Tk 600 million (60 crore)...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Dec 4: Water vessels are facing huge problems, as they cannot ply smoothly on the Titas river as its bed has been silted up. Trade and commerce in the area are, thus, being disturbed greatly, sources said.Important bazars...
FE ReportBRAC has been awarded, for the third consecutive year, the National Award 2006 for 'Best Published Accounts and Reports' by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB). BRAC has secured first position in the NGO-MFI Sector. It also...
FE ReportWorld University of Bangladesh (WUB) organised a film festival Sunday on the university premises to stand beside the recent cyclone 'Sidr'-hit people in the southern part of the country.Vice Chancellor (VC) of the university Prof Dr Abdul Mannan Chowdhury...
England fell to an agonising defeat as Sri Lanka secured an 88-run victory with only 25 minutes of play left in a dramatic first Test in Kandy Thursday, reports BBC. The tourists slumped to 139-6 soon after lunch before Ian...
Saiful Kaiser"I don't believe in moral victories! It's really crazy! I don't know why people talk about moral victories!" This was Indian captain Anil Kumble's near hysterical response to the suggestion that Pakistan had won a moral victory because the...
A five-wicket haul by Suhrawardy Shuvo enabled visiting Bangladesh Under-19 team to level the five-match one-day series 2-2 against Pakistan Under-19 team beating the hosts by 13 runs in the fourth match at the Quaid-e-Azam Park Steel Mills in Karachi...
Former South Africa batsman Gary Kirsten has agreed a two-year deal to coach India starting from next March. He has signed despite some reservations about the attitude of the players, and the Board of Control for Cricket in India confirmed...
Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed Wednesday said his government wants to offer the nation the Right to Information Act shortly, as the draft law is being readied to take effect, reports UNBHe hoped that the Information and Law Ministries would...
Chief of Army Staff General Moeen U Ahmed made a courtesy call on President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed at Bangabhaban Wednesday and discussed various matters of the force, including the ongoing relief activities.According to a Bangabhaban press release, the Army...
The High Court (HC) declared Wednesday null and void the tax-evasion case filed against detained former state minister for power Iqbal Hassan Mahmud Tuku.A two-judge Bench headed by Justice MA Rashid pronounced the judgement, reports UNB.The National Board of Revenue...
The Myanmar government has decided to unconditionally release all 49 Bangladeshi nationals now serving imprisonment in different jails of that country. The decision of the Myanmar government has been conveyed through Bangladeshi Embassy in Yangon, according to a press release...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) filed two cases Wednesday against former minister Barrister Aminul Haque and former BNP lawmaker MA Hashem for concealing information and acquiring wealth beyond their known sources of income, reports UNB.ACC Assistant Director Syed Ahmed filed a...
The caretaker government announced a seven-point strategy to ensure the well-being of the Bangladeshi workers abroad and expand the manpower-export market worldwide by removing the prevailing hurdles, reports UNB.Foreign and Overseas Employment Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Wednesday announced the strategy,...
Shahiduzzaman KhanThere are more than one billion people living in South Asia today. But the annual per capita expenditure on priority areas for human resource development like basic education, primary health care, family planning, safe drinking water, and nutritional programmes...
FE ReportFarmers in the northern region, are still facing scarcity of fertiliser, which is hampering cultivation of potato and other Rabi crops.There is acute shortage of particularly Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP), an essential input for the potato cultivation.Admitting the shortfall, agriculture...
Denmark, the co-chair of Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDDR), appealed Wednesday to the donor group to support Bangladesh for an accelerated recovery from the serious after-effects of the cyclone, Sird, reports UNB."I am pleased to see that...
The government has taken up a three-phase rehabilitation plan for those affected by the Cyclone Sidr and has already begun work on the first and second phases, reports bdnews24.com quoting the Chief Adviser's Office Wednesday. The CA's press secretary Syed...
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