The Health Ministry Sunday formed an eight-member committee of specialised doctors to resolve the unidentified disease. The disease has killed 23 people, and affected over 1,500 people at Goainghat and Companiganj in Sylhet, Ramgati in Laxmipur, and seven upazilas in...
FE ReportLeaders of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) said Sunday the country's knit export is gaining momentum again, after overcoming difficult times.BKMEA president Fazlul Haque at a press conference said if the current export performance continues in...
Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Sunday spelt out a 7-point strategy for exploring new markets and expanding existing ones for Bangladeshi workforce, as the country earns huge remittance form the expatriate workers, reports UNB.Some 4,75,000 Bangladeshi workers have sent...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Some 2000 containers loaded with industrial raw materials and other commodities have been lying at the Chittagong port for a long time without being cleared.Although penal rents are being levied every day on the consignments, the importers...
The first Hajj flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd, carrying 543 pilgrims, is scheduled to fly for Jeddah today (Monday) morning, reports UNB.Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed is scheduled to inaugurate the Hajj flight formally. Some 45,000 pilgrims are expected...
FE Report The country's foreign exchange reserve stood at nearly US$5.50 billion Sunday for the first time because of disbursement of soft loans by a multilateral donor agency and robust growth of remittances.Besides, appreciation of five major currencies -Euro, Great...
M Azizur RahmanThe government is set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the South Korean government along with a consortium of five South Korean companies to boost bilateral cooperation in energy sector."A 15-member South Korean delegation led by...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe Commonwealth Secretariat will consider extending more support to Bangladesh's institutional capacity building and socio-economic development related programmes if the country approaches with specific projects."If Bangladesh approaches with any specific project aiming at poverty eradication and institutional capacity building obviously...
FE ReportThe US dollar was stable against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Sunday in the inter-bank foreign exchange market with steady demand for the greenback, fund managers said.The market remained moderately active due to weekend in the international market. The central...
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed called for ending domestic violence against women through properly following social, state and religious rules, regulations, instructions and values, reports UNB. "To prevent repression on women they have to be given equal rights considering them...
Suhrawardy Udyan The authorities of Dhaka Club Limited, the oldest elite private club in the city, Sunday refuted the allegation that it had grabbed golf course land in Suhrawardy Udyan, reports UNB."We (Dhaka Club) have no intention of grabbing golf...
HONG KONG, Nov 11 (AFP): Asian currencies ended the week mostly up against the dollar, with the Australian dollar heading towards parity with the greenback. JAPANESE YEN: The Japanese yen advanced in the past week as the dollar plunged amid...
Dubai, Nov 11 (PTI): Iran and Pakistan yesterday finalised the text of USD 7.4 billion gas pipeline project contract in Tehran without the participation of India, which is the third partner in the project. Pakistan and Iran have agreed to...
BANGKOK, Nov 11 (Reuters): Oil was $72 a barrel in August when a budget crunch forced Myanmar's ruling generals to slash fuel subsidies, sparking protests that snowballed into the biggest anti-junta uprising in two decades. Since then, crude prices have...
India is set to become the world's third largest oil importer after the US and China before 2025, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) according to Internet. While India's importance as an exporter of refined oil products would increase...
If a preoccupation with the weather is a curiously English phenomenon, then nothing could be as compelling a story as a "perfect storm" - a rare occurrence in which several weather conditions come together to destructive effect according to Internet....
The first Biman Bangladesh Airlines hajj flight left Dhaka at 6:55am Monday with 285 pilgrims on board, a top official said. Khan Mosharraf Hossain, deputy general manager (public relations) of Biman, told bdnews24.com that the second hajj flight is scheduled...
Elsa WenzelLike much of the developing world, Vietnam is caught between one era of pushcarts and foot-pedals, and a generation growing accustomed to SUVs and mobile phones. As the one-party, communist state embraces capitalism and foreign trade, Vietnam's gross domestic...
Elinor Mills The search king became popular more than a decade after PCs went mainstream and several years after the Web became a staple. Has Google done exceptionally well? Of course. But it's one of many companies vying for the...
Jonathan Richards Will it be the silver lining media companies have been hoping for?There has been a lot floundering about how content owners should protect their material from being copied illegally and shared on the internet.A broad consensus seems to...
Children could soon be making friends with robots at nursery school. Scientists have developed a childlike machine that toddlers can be taught to regard as human. It is hoped that the robots will help to improve the children's behaviour and...
Oakley has announced the latest redesign of their popular Thump series of MP3 player sunglasses. The new design, called the Split Thump, will be out for the holidays in both black and white, offered at 512MB ($249), 1GB ($299), and...
Country's food security seems to be under serious threat, both in short and long terms. Two consecutive floods in the months of July and August this year, disruptions in the supply of farm inputs, including fertilisers, seeds and diesel, have...
Shahiduzzaman KhanFood and Disaster Management Adviser Tapan Chowdhury has given the people an avowed assurance that the prices of rice would come down after the next Boro harvest, which government estimates say is going to have a bumper production. He...
Farhan Bokhari and Quentin PeelSHARES on the Karachi stock exchange, the Pakistani military regime's main economic showpiece, fell more than 4.0 per cent in the wake of the imposition of emergency rule.The fall prompted worries over the future of investments...
M A SamadTHE ultra conservatives in almost all settings have their very narrow view of the world. Besides, they also suffer perhaps from an excess of self-esteem and righteousness. The world view of such orthodox elements are too inflexible, too...
There are many determinants of foreign direct investments (FDIs) such as a positive macro-economic environment, sound state of infrastructures, easily trainable workers, good terms and conditions for repatriation of capital and profit by the investors, etc. Bangladesh is not lacking...
Seth Lubove“Sweet'' Alice Harris can't heap enough praise on Los Angeles billionaire Ronald Burkle. The founder of investment firm Yucaipa Cos., Burkle made his fortune in the grocery business and opened the first supermarket in the gritty Watts neighborhood long...
Brian FaleDemocratic lawmakers, ignoring a veto threat, will try to force President George W. Bush to approve an increase in domestic spending by combining it with legislation funding military construction and veterans' programs. Lawmakers said they will merge the appropriations...
GENEVA, Nov 10 (AFP): China has threatened to veto any proposals on cutting customs tariffs on industrial goods at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) if its requests are not met, trade sources said yesterday. During a meeting of the negotiating...
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