The Election Commission (EC) wants to remain neutral about the national government issue, as it thinks the country's intellectuals and constitutional experts should decide the matter, reports UNB."We have no comment at the moment. Let the concept be matured. Let's...
Acting Awami League (AL) president Zillur Rahman said that it would not be wise to expand the caretaker government (CG) with the appointment of new advisers, reports UNB."Only a few months left… I don't think it will be wise to...
BNP Chairperson's advisor Brig Gen (retd) Hannan Shah Wednesday said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has become victim of 'dual policy' of the caretaker government (CG), reports UNB."Our office has been kept closed. As a nationalist political party BNP is failing...
Badiur Rahman who was appointed as the country's chief revenue collector on Jan 21 was transferred in a major administrative reshuffle Thursday. According to an establishment ministry circular, Badiur Rahman, secretary of the Internal Resources Division and chairman of the...
Internet firm AOL is to shrink its workforce further as it refocuses its business on online advertising, cutting 2,000 jobs worldwide. About 1,200 jobs are going at its US operation - including 750 at its Virginia headquarters - while a...
Shareholders requested to collect dividend warrantsFirst BSRS: The First Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha (BSRS) Mutual Fund has requested the concerned unit holders to collect their dividend warrants for the year 2006-2007 from October 22 to October 31, 2007 from BSRS...
TEHRAN, Oct 16 (AP): Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tehran Tuesday for a historic visit to hold talks on Iran's nuclear programme and attend a Caspian sea summit. The visit, the first by a Kremlin leader since World War...
WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (PTI): Former Premier Benazir Bhutto is free to return to Pakistan, but must face corruption charges against her, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said. 54-year-old Bhutto is scheduled to return to Pakistan Thursday after nine years in...
COLOMBO, Oct 16 (AFP): At least 38 Tamil Tiger rebel fighters and government soldiers have been killed in fresh fighting in Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said Tuesday. The guerrillas killed seven soldiers in an attack inside the Yala National...
WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (AFP): More than 2,000 people died in the United States during arrests between 2003 and 2005, according to data published by the Department of Justice for the first time Thursday. As many as 54 per cent were...
BAGHDAD, Oct 16 (latimes): Five Iraqi journalists were killed in three separate attacks this weekend, marking the deadliest day for reporters covering the country in a year. Four reporters for Iraqi newspapers were reported shot to death Sunday in ambushes...
MOSCOW, Oct 16 (AFP): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attacked Friday what he called the United States' "unilateral" approach to the Iranian nuclear crisis, during talks here with US counterpart Condoleezza Rice. "We believe this work can be much more...
NEW DELHI, Oct 16 (AFP): India has warned the United States that it is having trouble implementing a landmark nuclear accord aimed at bringing New Delhi into the loop of global atomic commerce after a gap of three decades. Premier...
TAIPEI, OCT 16 (AP): Taiwan urged Chinese leaders Tuesday to dismantle hundreds of missiles and recognize the self-ruled island's separate identity before the two rivals negotiate an end to the nearly six decades of hostility between them.Beijing's insistence that Taiwan...
COLOMBO, Oct 16 (AFP): Sri Lanka Saturday rejected demands for international monitoring of human rights by a top UN envoy who warned of a "disturbing" lack of investigation into reports of killings and abductions. Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe told...
US, NKorea open talks on nuclear disablement TOKYO, Oct 16 (AFP): experts opened talks Friday in North Korea on disabling the communist state's atomic facilities, the latest step in a six-nation deal on ending its nuclear drive, a report said....
FE ReportThe Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) is going to organise its forth ever fair in the United States this week as part of its programme to expand Bangladesh real estate market abroad and attract foreign investment...
As many as 11 tier II cities in India are emerging as growth centres that could transform the country's landscape, a report by industry body FICCI and Ernst and Young said recently. The FICCI-Ernst and Young Indian Real Estate Report,...
Bernard LimMalaysia´s housing market is expected to recover strongly in the second half of this year, with buying interest in the low end and mid range property ignited by government incentives to bolster sluggish sales.While sales in the high-end housing...
Singapore was a recent stop on the ongoing global tour for the unveiling of the Four Seasons Ocean Residences, exclusive private apartments aboard the world's first 'branded' ship. The private preview and off-plan sales of the 719-foot Four Seasons, which...
Jon TaltonPamela Burton and Jeremy Smithson wanted a home that could be a "net zero" in energy consumption, using cutting-edge solar technology and the best green-building techniques.And they wanted it in a house built nearly a century ago.Their successful remodeling...
Former prime ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina observed Eid-ul-Fitr in makeshift jails without their children or party leaders, reports UNB.Harsh political reality landed them in the makeshift jails in the parliament building complex on charges of extortion and corruption.Scores...
Acting President of the Awami League (AL) Zillur Rahman has demanded of the government to release detained party president Sheikh Hasina and lift the State of Emergency immediately."The caretaker government claims the country is running normally. Why the people then...
Awami League (AL) presidium member Suranjit Sengupta has said he neither accepts the former President Prof Badruddoza Chowdhury's proposal for a national consensus government nor does he reject it.But he termed the initiatives in forming a national consensus government as...
Queen Elizabeth II has said Bangladesh and Britain need to work closely to address the challenges of global climate change.The Queen expressed concern that the adverse effects of climate change were contributing to the recurrent floods in many countries including...
Adviser for Foreign Affairs Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury has said Bangladesh fully backs the initiatives of Ibrahim Gambari, special envoy of the United Nations (UN) Secretary General, in bringing about an amicable solution of the current situation in Myanmar."We are...
FE ReportBangladesh received US$ 792 million foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2006, 6.0 per cent less than that of 2005, according the World investment Report-2007 launched in the city Tuesday.In 2005, the actual FDI inflow was $845 million, the highest...
FE ReportThe Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Tuesday halted the trading of Rupali Bank, a 'Z' category share on the bourse after the stock propelled an unusual surge of the share price on the news that the Saudi bidder was going...
Shamsul Huq Zahid How is the state of the country's real economy? To get an answer, one should not fix one's eyes on stock market overflowing with enthusiastic investors. For, there are genuine reasons to be misled by developments there....
Storms, electrocution and home or mud collapse coupled with heavy rains have left at least 10 people dead and dozens injured as the squally winds started lashing the country Monday morning, reports bdnews24.com. The squally winds were set off by...
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