FHM Humayan KabirThe caretaker government faces an uphill task to implement the Annual Development Programme (ADP) in the aftermath of recurrent floods and the devastating cyclone, the sources said."The cyclone Sidr has sent a fresh blow when the government is...
Army chief General Moeen U Ahmed Friday apparently dismissed some political parties' plea for lifting the state of emergency to make way for their effective participation in on-going relief works, reports UNB."Tell me, has it (relief work) any link with...
Refayet Ullah MirdhaBangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) recently urged the government to extend the tax holiday period to the country's primary textile sector until 2012 for attracting more investment.Business insiders are of the opinion that continuation of tax holiday in...
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 23 (Agencies): Pakistan's Supreme Court backed President Pervez Musharraf's declaration of emergency rule, ignoring international pressure to restore the constitution before national elections. Exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is set to return to Pakistan within days after...
LUCKNOW, NOV 23 (AP): A series of near-simultaneous explosions ripped through courthouse complexes Friday in three north Indian cities, killing at least 13 lawyers and injuring dozens more, officials said.Federal authorities blamed militants trying to spark unrest between India's Hindu...
BENAPOLE, Nov 23: Three Bangladeshi cattle traders were shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on the Putkhali frontier here early Friday. The deceased were identified as Ripon (25), Alauddin (35) of Uttarpara village in Putkhali and Aynal...
A young man was found dead at a residence at Maniknagar under Sabujbag Thana of the city Friday. On information, police recovered the body of the unidentified man, aged about 25, from the rooftop of a single-storied building at about...
SAVAR, Nov 23: Valuables of an export-oriented garment factory at Karnapara under the municipality here were gutted in a fire Friday. Local sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit in the factory, Ofazuddin Spinning Mill, and soon...
Jasim Uddin HaroonA large number of loaded containers awaiting delivery since long have been creating fresh congestions at Chittagong port.As of Friday, about 2,500 such containers have been lying undelivered at the port yards - some of those for the...
Naim-Ul-KarimProduction capacity of the country's plants producing urea fertiliser, the principal input needed to boost yield in agriculture sector, is fast diminishing as many of the factories have outlived their longevity, sources said.They said production in five of the six...
FE ReportAn expert committee responsible for finalising the draft coal policy, sixth of its kind, meets again today (Saturday), amid uncertainty over its final shape by the end of this year, according to the sources.Since its formation in June, the...
FE Report The first Non Resident Bangladeshi (NRB) Conference 2007 is going to be held in Dhaka on December 27-29 aiming to bring together the Bangladeshi scholars, professionals and investors living across the globe with a plan of creating a...
Banks have disbursed about Tk 13.06 billion in farm loans-only 19 per cent of the Tk 81.92 billion target-in the first four months (July-October) of the ongoing fiscal year, raising doubt that the target may remain elusive, reports bdnews24.com. This...
NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (bdnews24.com): The Indian government has assured controversial writer Taslima Nasreen that her visa will be valid until February 17 next year and that she will be provided security wherever she is. Taslima was shifted to an...
FE ReportThe stock prices of most of the companies tumbled in the week ended Thursday triggered by a directive of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stopping disbursement of loans by the merchant banks and brokerage houses to the retail...
Jo Johnson in New Delhi and Joe Leahy in Mumbai, FT Syndication ServiceFuel price rises in India are imminent but are unlikely to lead to a meaningful reduction in a subsidy burden that will this year cost the government a...
LONDON, Nov 23(AP): Oil prices fell Friday as the market turned its attention to OPEC for signals of a production increase that might ease record prices. Trading volumes were also thin due to the U.S. Thanksgiving festivities and a public...
KAMPALA, Nov 23 (UNB): Bangladesh supports Sri Lanka's initiative to host a Commonwealth Special Ministerial Meeting on 'terrorism' in Colombo sometime next year, possibly in March.Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury conveyed the message to his Sri Lankan counterpart Rohitha...
Hundreds of protesters of the Hizbut Tahrir Bangladesh Friday staged demonstrations in the city demanding that the two US navy ships, which are preparing to stand by the cyclone victims, leave Bangladesh waters, according to the bdnews24.com. Some 300 protesters...
Detained former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday said she might not get justice in the case of the August 21 grenade attack, a police officer said, reports bdnews24.comHasina shared her scepticism with a team of the Criminal Investigation Department that...
KUSHTIA, Nov 23 (UNB): A tribunal here Wednesday acquitted 12 students of the Kushtia Government College of the charge of bringing out procession on August 25 this year violating emergency power rules (EPR) following the unrest in the Dhaka University...
Detained former prime minister Khaleda Zia Thursday challenged the Anticorruption Commission's notice on her wealth statement, in a writ petition filed with the High Court, her lawyer said, reports bdnews24.comKhaleda's lawyers filed the appeal with justices Shah Abu Nayeem Mominur...
SHARANKHOLA , Nov 23 (UNB): Cyclone-hit people are now facing severe water crisis in the upazila as the disaster has destroyed all the sources of pure drinking water.People of the coastal upazila, the southern-most of the district in the vicinity...
Four persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different areas of the country during the last two days, report agenciesIn Sylhet, two people, including a minor boy, were killed and 12 others injured in three separate...
BAGERHAT, Nov 23 (UNB): Twenty-six more bodies were recovered in the district Friday raising the official death toll to 762 while unofficial figure to 1,650 in the worst cyclone-hit district.Local people said thousands of people are still missing in the...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Nov 23 (UNB): Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) members seized a huge number of Indian saris and Phensidyl syrup in separate drives here early Wednesday.Acting on secret information, a patrol team of BDR seized 900 pieces of Indian sari worth about...
FE ReportShahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) has allocated Tk. 4.8 million to assist the cyclone Sidr affected people. Among the allocated amount, the sponsor directors of the bank have contributed Tk. 1.5 million personally from their own source.As per decision...
DELHI, Nov 23 (BBC): VVS Laxman's composed unbeaten 57 left India on 228-6 in reply to Pakistan's 231 all out at stumps on an absorbing day two of the first Test in Delhi. Pakistan roared back into contention by taking...
Saiful KaiserShoaib Akhtar bowled fast and furious at times, at times wayward, but he still managed to keep them quite. The Indians were happy to see him off and then attacked the others, Sami and Kaneria in particular. The First...
The four-day tour opener between visiting Bangladesh Under-19 and Pakistan Under-19 team ended in a draw on the 4th and final day at the Karachi National Stadium Friday, reports UNB.Chasing a target of 289, the Pakistan Under-19 team scored 70...
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