FE ReportA move is underway to bring the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSCF) under one umbrella to make the company registration process easier and hassle-free."We have already submitted a proposal...
The government launched rice sale under Open Market Sale (OMS) rationing operation from shops of 15,440 dealers across the country Monday, as prices of the staple remained on the up, reports UNB Advisor for Food and Disaster Management Tapan Chowdhury...
Shakhawat Hossain The caretaker government (CG) has taken a move to make the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) independent, aiming to raise its credibility at home and abroad, BBS officials said."Promulgation of an act is in the process by the...
FE ReportThe benchmark DSE general index (DGEN) crossed the 2600-mark, a new milestone set Monday amid bullish trading buoyed by banking, insurance and pharmaceuticals sector issues.The DGEN rose to 2600.633 points amid mixed trends of stock prices on the day....
FE ReportThe government might appeal the UN World Food Programme (WFP) for increased food aid to build up a comfortable food grain stock against the backdrop of crop damage by the floods, official source said.The Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary,...
The Supreme Court (SC) Monday ordered maintaining status quo for three weeks on the stalled trial proceedings of the much-talked-about Mig-29 purchase scam case against detained former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and the co-accused persons, reports UNB.Chamber judge of the...
FE ReportThe US dollar maintained its steady nerve against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Monday in the inter-bank foreign exchange market with stable demand, and the call money rate was unchanged although the central bank withdrew cash through reverse repurchase agreement...
Shakhawat Hossain The caretaker government (CG) has taken a move to make the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) independent, aiming to raise its credibility at home and abroad, BBS officials said."Promulgation of an act is in the process by the...
A former army major, Sujan Ahmed, has been arrested with Tk 50,000 in extorted cash and a pistol and remanded for one day, police said Monday. Investigating officer Didarul Islam, a sub-inspector of Mohammadpur Police Station, said the owner of...
The flood situation is like to gradually improve even though active monsoon may induce rains across the country for one or two more days, the Flood Forecast and Warning Centre said Tuesday. FFWC official Sajjad Hossain said river waters swelled...
The government has planned to introduce a new law cutting punishment for those who would voluntarily confess to crimes, an adviser said Tuesday. The law will be named "Plea Bargain Act". Stressing the need for the law, law and information...
LONDON, Sept 9 (XINHUA): The British Defence Ministry announced Saturday that 500 British troops are being withdrawn from Iraq as part of its planned reduction in forces as Iraqis assume control of their own security in the south of the...
KATHMANDU, Sept 9 (AFP): Centuries ago, an angry Hindu god prophesied that the dynasty established by the founder of modern Nepal, Prithvi Narayan Shah, would last fewer than a dozen generations, according to legend. Eleven generations later, King Gyanendra looks...
DETROIT, (Michigan), Sept 9 (AFP): As Ramadan approaches, many US Muslims are worried about how they will manage to fulfill their charitable obligations without raising the ire or attention of federal authorities. The start of Ramadan sometime next week coincides...
FARO, (Portugal), Sept 9 (agencies): A British couple named as suspects in the disappearance of their 4-year-old daughter left Portugal on Sunday, days after being grilled by Portuguese police about new forensic evidence authorities believe ties them to the case...
MANILA, Sept 9 (XINHUA): There are over 150,000 abandoned Filipino-Japanese children the Philippines, as the fathers of these children refuse to recognise them, reported local Japanese newspaper The Daily Manila Shimbun Sunday. The daily quoted Kenshi Nishida, legal counsel for...
WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (XINHUA): The surgery US First Lady Laura Bush underwent to treat pinched nerves on her neck was successfully, the White House said Saturday. Mrs. Bush returned home in the afternoon after a two-hour procedure in the George...
Al-Qaeda claims Algeria attacks: report DUBAI, Sept 9: The north African branch of Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for two suicide attacks in Algeria which killed over 50 people, Al-Jazeera television reported Sunday citing an Internet statement from the group. Al-Jazeera...
Dhaka, Sep 10 (UNB)-Despite lifting ban on indoor politics, new BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain and his colleagues were shut out from their party central office today (Monday). BNP Assistant Office Secretary Rizvee Ahmed went to the Police Commissioner’s...
More areas in northern parts of the country went underwater after heavy late monsoon rains fed rivers to deluge lowlands Sunday, sparking fears of a more prolonged and devastating flooding. The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said 14 rivers...
The caretaker government amended the emergency powers rules Monday, introducing bail provisions for family members of persons charged with corruption, an adviser said. The amended rules will come out in a gazetted notice, law and information adviser Mainul Hosein told...
Chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed in a televised address to the nation Sunday announced an end to a long-running ban on indoor politics from Monday. He said no more cases would be filed and nobody would be harassed in connection with...
Ruth Rosen Disgraceful, shameful, illegal, and yes, dangerous. These are words that come to mind every time the Bush administration makes yet another attempt to consolidate executive power, while wrapping itself in secrecy and deception. And its officials never stop....
Ruth Rosen Disgraceful, shameful, illegal, and yes, dangerous. These are words that come to mind every time the Bush administration makes yet another attempt to consolidate executive power, while wrapping itself in secrecy and deception. And its officials never stop....
THE local dairy industry can provide multiple benefits. Development of the dairy sector on proper lines can lead to large saving of resources which presently get drained away from the country from the need to import powered milk. The figures...
Shamsul Huq ZahidLATE last week the Chief Adviser of the caretaker administration and the Chief of Army Staff while addressing a function held in the capital tried to ally fear of the businesses about the ongoing anti-corruption and other administrative...
Richard McGregorA few weeks before the five-yearly Communist party congress, Beijing is awash with speculation on the new leadership group that will emerge from the meeting in mid-October to take charge of the country until 2012.The nine-member leadership inner circle...
Matthew Green and Dino MahtaniNIGERIA has announced plans to transform its near-bankrupt state-owned oil company into a global player.The aim is to break a legacy of corruption and mismanagement and thrust the business into the ranks of increasingly influential national...
NO university of this country has any place among the top 500 universities of the world, according to this year's academic ranking of world universities. Shame to the tall talkers of the Dhaka University, who boastfully claim that theirs is...
THE sales of apartments have markedly dropped in recent months, throwing the real estate sector in a real crisis. One major reason for the drop in sales thereof can be ascribed to the changed fiscal and other related factors, making...
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