FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has advised the commercial banks to provide loans at low rate of interest to the affected people recuperating from their losses sustained by the cyclone Sidr. The advice was given at a bankers' meeting...
M Azizur RahmanThe Power Division has given priority to installation of three big independent power plants (IPPs), each with 450 megawatt (MW) generation capacity, considering the availability of gas in their project sites, sources said.The present government has decided to...
Naim-Ul-KarimA high-powered government committee meets next week to review the status of exports in the post-SIDR period and evaluate the performances of the commercial wings abroad."We will discuss the entire gamut of the country's exports which already showed a sluggish...
SHARONKHOLA (Bagerhat), Nov 27 (UNB): Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed here Tuesday assured the cyclone-affected people that the present government would carry out relief and rehabilitation work as long as it is needed.The government has taken all-out preparations for helping...
GAIBANDHA, Nov 27 (UNB): Twenty-five families are provided each with four milch cows, cow shed and bio-gas plant under a pilot project in monga prone areas of the district. Army chief Lt General Moeen U Ahmed who had conceived the...
FE ReportThe Power Division has sought Tk 70 million from the Finance Ministry to repair the damages of various power installations caused by cyclone 'Sidr' in the southwestern part of the country'."We have submitted the proposal this week seeking financial...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) finalised procedures relating to import of 75,000 tonnes of fertiliser to boost its supply during the Boro season. Of the 75,000 tonnes of fertiliser, the state-owned BADC has finalised import of...
WASHINGTON, Nov 27 (Agencies): After months of frantic diplomacy, high officials from more than 40 nations converged on this historic state capital Tuesday for what President George W. Bush hopes will be the start of the first Israeli-Palestinian peace talks...
RAWALPINDI, Nov 27 (Reuters): Pakistan's General Pervez Musharraf said farewell to military colleagues Tuesday as he prepared to become a civilian president ahead of January's general election.Musharraf visited Joint Staff headquarters in Rawalpindi and the navy and air force headquarters...
The Workers' Party of Bangladesh joined Tuesday the growing chorus for banning war criminals and anti-liberation elements from national elections. The 10-member party delegation, headed by chairman Rashed Khan Menon, made the demand alongside other proposals on the general elections...
Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh started a coordinated rehabilitation work to help people rebuild their houses, and social, religious and educational institutions in the cyclone-affected areas of the country."From today, the party relief committee in its second phase started the work for rehabilitation,"...
The Netherlands will contribute about US$5.0 million over next three years for completing the voters' list with photographs and strengthening the capacity of the Election Commission (EC) to prepare for holding free and fair polls.In this connection, an agreement was...
Chief Adviser (CA) Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed has felicitated his Danish counterpart Anders Fogh Rasmussen on his re-election as prime minister of his country, reports UNB.In a message to the Prime Minister of Denmark, the Chief Adviser expressed his hope that...
The Supreme Court (SC) stayed Tuesday the High Court (HC) order halting a corruption case filed by the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) against detained controversial businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun on charges of amassing huge wealth through illegal means.A seven-member full court...
FE ReportThe first death anniversary of former mayor of the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and Dhaka City Awami League president Mohammad Hanif will be observed today (Wednesday).Different socio-cultural and political organisations including the Awami League have chalked out elaborate programmes...
President Iajuddin Ahmed Tuesday suggested to the universities to adopt contemporary and modern curricula for imparting need-based education to build a pool of skilled manpower for tapping the country's huge development potential, reports UNB."Bangladesh is a country of immense potential,"...
Different national and international organisations continue donations for the relief and immediate recovery efforts for the cyclone victims in the country, report agencies.American people: The American people through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have pledged more than $10...
CHANDPUR, Nov 27 (UNB): Pneumonia that has broken out in three upazilas of the district affected about 60 children in five days until Monday.Hospital sources said about sixty children of Sadar, Matlab North and Matlab South upazilas, were admitted to...
FE ReportIn response to media queries and reports on Sabina Yasmin's medical treatment and return to Bangladesh, National Cancer Centre Singapore and Singapore General Hospital -- both institutions under Singapore's largest healthcare group SingHealth -- have confirmed that Sabina has...
BENAPOLE, Nov 27 (UNB) :Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) exchanged gunfire on Gatipara border here early Tuesday.However, there was no report of causality in the exchange of fire. But a tense situation was prevailing in the...
FE Report Highspeed Group of Companies has planned to send mineral water, rice, dal, match-boxes and medicines to the cyclone-affected areas including Borguna and Jhalokathi districts. A 13-member team of the group will carry out relief activities in the cyclone-affected...
The third expert-group meeting on BIMSTEC business visa scheme began Tuesday in the city to make modalities of issuing easy visas for the qualified businessmen of member countries under a move towards boosting economic cooperation in the realm of the...
FE Report City's taxi cab operators said Tuesday that there should be replacement of old and defective cabs for providing better services to commuters. The operators under a newly formed organisation styled Bangladesh Association of Taxi Cab Operators (BATCO) said...
FE Report The Dutch government will provide financial support to the private sector entrepreneurs of Bangladesh for investment in small and medium enterprises in joint ventures with the companies of the Netherlands in the country."In providing assistance we will focus...
Our CorrespondentSIRAJGANJ, Nov 27: Wheat production in all the upazilas of the district may fall short of target due to shortage of quality seeds, bad weather and non availability of agricultural loans. The Agricultural Extension Department (AED) of Sirajganj said...
FE ReportA four-day long Japan Trade Fair will begin November 29 at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre (BCFCC) in the city. The fair is being organised by Japan Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce (JBCC), Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) and Shoo-Koo-Kai...
FE ReportBRAC Bank Limited has recently signed a nationwide collection service deal with Unilever Bangladesh Limited.BRAC Bank Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Imran Rahman and Unilever Bangladesh Chairman and Managing Director Rakesh Mohan signed the agreement on behalf...
FE ReportManaging Director of BOC Bangladesh Ltd Waliur Rahman Bhuiyan and Managing Director of Siemens Bangladesh Ltd Rudolf P Klink have recently been elected president and vice-president respectively of the Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) for 2007-09...
Our correspondentBOGRA, Nov 26: A discussion meeting of Dhaka Bank was held in Bogra Saturday. Shahed Noman Managing Director of the bank was present as the chief guest. Managers and officials of five North Bengal branches of the bank were...
Recommendation of dividendYousuf Flour: The board of directors of Yousuf Flour Mills Limited has recommended 3.0 per cent stock dividend for its shareholders for the year 2006-2007. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will be held on December...
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