Some 32 MPs of BNP known as pro-reformists met with Secretary General Khandkar Delwar Hossain Thursday to demonstrate unity in the party and their unflinching loyalty to the leadership of Khaleda Zia who is now in jail on charge of...
Joint forces detained and then released Proshika chief Kazi Faruque Ahmed and his son early Thursday morning after raiding his home, reports bdnews24.com. They also raided the homes of former state minister Jahanara Begum and former Awami League lawmaker Rahmatullah...
Krishna Guha and Edward Luce FT Syndication ServiceWASHINGTON: Hank Paulson, the US Treasury Secretary, on Wednesday threw his weight behind plans to turn Mumbai into an international financial centre in a speech ahead of his first official visit to India...
A high-powered investment delegation from Thailand will visit Bangladesh shortly to explore possible investment opportunities in the country as Thai investors expressed their interest in this connection at a seminar in the Thai capital of Bangkok Wednesday. They consider Bangladesh...
Bangladeshi workers of some categories in Kuwait will soon be able to change their jobs under the same sponsor as the Kuwaiti government has decided to withdraw restriction on transfer of residency. For instance, domestic workers can be transferred to...
The government has moved to bring back to the country the remains of Liberation War martyr Bir Shrestha Hamidur Rahman from the Indian state of Tripura. Liberation War Affairs Adviser MA Matin told reporters after a meeting in the ministry...
Primary inquiries of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) found nothing to prove allegations of corruption against detained former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia involving Magurchara gas-field and Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation, and lease of Phulbari coal-mine to Asia Energy, reports UNB."The...
Setting an export target of ready-made garment (RMG) worth $15-18 billion dollars in the next three years, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) is going to hold its three-day apparel and textile exhibition in the city on November 15,...
FE ReportThe Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) Thursday reduced various call charges and line rents for the benefit of its customers, said a BTTB press statement.The decision on the change in call charges will be effective from November 1...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) Thursday asked its seven branch offices to arrange meetings with the commercial banks and local trade bodies aiming to increase competition in import through encouraging small importers. The central bank took the move in...
FE ReportStock prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Thursday bounced back after three days of fall due to profit-taking by investors.Market operators said prices of shares mainly gained on the day when the investors came with huge fund after...
Work on the pilot project for preparing voters' list with photograph and national identity (ID) card at Dania under Shyampur thana of the city began Thursday, reports UNB.Chief of General Staff of Army Major General Sina Ibn Jamali inaugurated the...
Richard McGregor FT Syndication ServiceBEIJING: China's economy maintained its rapid growth in the third quarter, expanding by 11.5 per cent, leaving it on track to grow by its fastest annual rate since the 13.1 per cent pace achieved in 1993.The...
FE ReportThe US dollar was steady against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) on stable demand Thursday in the inter-bank foreign exchange market, fund managers said.The inter-bank call money also remained unchanged in an active market despite withdrawal of cash through reverse...
FE Report Chehlum of Qazi Huamyun Azad Bakhsh, the senior editorial consultant of the Financial Express and former acting chairman of the Bangladesh Tariff Commission, will be held today (Friday).The chehlum will be held after Asr prayer at the deceased's...
Communications Adviser MA Matin Thursday said the interim cabinet would soon discuss formation of a national security council, reports bdnews24.com. "The issue of formation of a national security council will soon be presented in the meeting of the council of...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Thursday arrested two persons, including a nephew of businessman Aziz Mohammad Bhai, and recovered nearly five kilogrammes of Yaba tablets and other drugs from their possession, reports bdnews24.com. RAB's legal and media wing director Commander...
SEOUL, Oct 24 (AFP): North Korea is likely to disable its plutonium-producing nuclear reactor well before the year-end deadline set under a multinational deal, a senior South Korean official said Wednesday. The hardline communist state "has a clear will for...
BAGHDAD, Oct 24 (AP): Nearly simultaneous bombs struck commuters in a predominantly Shiite area on the southeastern edge of Baghdad Wednesday, killing at least eight people and wounding two dozen, police and hospital officials said. The two blasts, which occurred...
LOS ANGELES, Oct 24 (AFP): More than half a million people were ordered to evacuate their homes in southern California as wind-driven wildfires raged for a fourth day Wednesday, razing communities and threatening to overwhelm exhausted firefighters. At least one...
BANGKOK, Oct 24 (AFP): Myanmar activists protested Wednesday outside China's embassy in Bangkok to demand freedom for Aung San Suu Kyi, kicking off a day of rallies planned worldwide in support of the detained democracy leader. About 20 people carried...
WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (AFP): US President George W. Bush Wednesday will urge countries that do business with Cuba to reconsider, and call for a global fund to promote democracy there after Fidel Castro is gone. Bush will use a speech...
MARRAKESH, Oct 24 (AFP): King Mohammed VI said Tuesday that Morocco wants an "advanced status" with the European Union, calling upon France to help push its European partners to grant his north African country closer ties. "The European Union's policy...
COLOMBO, Oct 24 (AFP): At least nine Tamil Tiger guerrillas and a government soldier have died in fighting in northern Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said Wednesday. Troops killed the nine men from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)...
BANGKOK, Oct 24 (AFP): A 74-year-old British man has been charged with sexually abusing a Thai boy in the resort of Pattaya after he was found with more than 100 albums of pictures of nude children, police said Wednesday. Alan...
WHILE the world's major stock markets are having a roller-coaster ride in the recent past, the Bangladesh stock market seems to be on a roll. Stock markets in the USA, the UK, France, Germany, Japan, and Hong Kong have been...
Philip StephensSO when should we go to war? In the shadow of Iraq it is surely a question we need no longer ask. We can wring our hands over Darfur, pass brave resolutions about repression in Burma, roundly deplore the...
Ed CrooksONLY a month after breaching $80, the price for a barrel of oil is now scaling heights barely conceivable a few years ago.While the speculative flurry that has driven the oil price higher could easily be reversed, underlying demand...
Joe LeahyINDIA is planning its largest ever auction of oil and gas exploration blocks and has set a tentative start date of mid-November to begin marketing the sale around the world.The long-awaited auction is a crucial part of India's efforts...
It is an unwelcome development that the primary school drop-out rate has not really declined over the years. The number of poor female students at secondary level has also not risen to the expected level. Such developments raise questions about...
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