Hasan MahmudTHE dominant economic discourse posits that international migration undermines the prospect for economic growth at both the national and community levels. Such a view is attained through micro-level case studies of remittances earning and spending patterns in various labour...
Mure Dickie After Song Xuefang began suffering from vomiting and pains that left her hardly able to walk, she and her husband pulled out their savings and sold their 30 sheep to pay for treatment.It was not enough. Doctors in...
A wise coexistence of man and nature was visible at the initial days of development of Dhaka. Until 1950, development of the city took place on the higher terrain and the encompassing rivers, networks of canals and the wetlands were...
THE urban population has recorded remarkable increase globally. A report of the United Nations shows that majority of the world's six billion people are now living in urban centres. It predicts that population of urban areas will double and reach...
All steps have been taken for celebration of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr with due religious festivity, reports UNB.An inter-ministerial meeting held at Religious Affairs Ministry with Adviser ASM Matiur Rahman in the chair has reviewed the measures. In the capital, the...
CHITTAGONG, Oct 11 (BSS): Over four million people of southern Chittagong have been suffering from untold miseries in their journeys to and from the port city through Patiya- Anowara- Banshkhali- Chakaria (PABC) route due to bad shape of these roads.Their...
Fourteen persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Chandpur, three people were killed and 30 others injured when a bus overturned at Mokimabad crossing...
FE ReportThe BRAC University James P Grant School of Public Health has been accorded full membership of the prestigious Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH), said a press release. President of the APACPH, Richard Southby, recently conveyed this message...
Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam will leave city Sunday to attend the four-day 18th International Sea Power Symposium to be held in the USA on October 16 to19, reports UNB.Naval chiefs, naval representatives, naval experts and...
COX'S BAZAR, Oct 11 (UNB): The police recovered the stolen statue of century old brass-made statue of Buddha and also arrested a man from Putibila village in Moheskhali Upazila Wednesday.Acting on a tip off, joint forces arrested Russell from his...
JAMALPUR Oct 11 (BSS): Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) under the post-flood rehabilitation programme distributed seeds and fertilisers among 620 farmers in Sadar Upazila. DAE sources said 180 farmers have received one kg seeds of different kinds of vegetables and...
Admission forms for level-1 and semester-1 under session-2008 of Bangladesh Agriculture University (BAU) in Mymensingh will be available from October 31, reports UNB.The admission seekers have been advised to collect the forms and prospectus from Pubali Bank branches at BAU...
JAMALPUR Oct 11 (BSS): Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) under the post-flood rehabilitation programme distributed seeds and fertilisers among 620 farmers in Sadar Upazila. DAE sources said 180 farmers have received one kg seeds of different kinds of vegetables and...
BARISAL, Oct 11 (BSS)The police arrested two drug-traders and seized 875 bottles of Phensidyl from their possession at city's Kazipara Refugee Colony Tuesday night.
The Election Commission (EC) is giving priority to the UK expatriates in enrolling them in the voters' list since there are some advantages for them as per the country's citizenship law."The law ensures the voting right of the dual citizens,...
New Japanese Foreign Minister (FM) Masahiko Komura has expressed the hope that mutual cooperation between Bangladesh and Japan would be expanding both on bilateral issues and in international arena.Komura expressed the hope in a letter to Foreign Affairs Adviser Dr...
SYLHET, Oct 11 (UNB): Central BNP leader and former lawmaker Shafi Ahmed Chowdhury was acquitted by a court here Thursday in a relief goods embezzlement case.Speedy Trial Court Judge Devjit Singh also acquitted Shafi Chowdhury's caretaker Selim Ahmed in the...
NEW YORK, Oct 11 (UNB): Bangladesh has called for greater cooperation of the world community in strengthening the peace and security of the world through disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN)...
VADODARA, Oct 11 (AFP): Mitchell Johnson grabbed a maiden five-wicket haul as Australia skittled India for 148 in the fifth one-day international (ODI) Thursday to move within sight of a series win. The left-arm fast bowler, who finished with 5-26,...
LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct 11 (BSS/AFP) - South Africa set Pakistan a mammoth target of 457 to win the second Test after declaring their second innings at 305-4 at tea on the fourth day here on Thursday. South Africa lead the...
COLOMBO, Oct 11 (AFP): Alastair Cook hit a masterly 80 as England thrashed Sri Lanka by five wickets in the fourth one- day international here Wednesday to clinch their first series win in the subcontinent for 20 years. The 22-year-old...
Visiting ADB vice president Liqun Jin Thursday reaffirmed the development bank's commitment to help Bangladesh unlock its potential for economic and social development, reports UNB."Let us take this opportunity to look back with some satisfaction at the progress that has...
FE ReportThe government's tax-revenue collection grew by more than 18 per cent during the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal over the corresponding period of last fiscal, thanks to an unusual rise in the mobilisation of income tax through...
BNP and Awami League (AL) have rejected former President Professor Badruddoza Chowdhury's call for a National Consensus Government.BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from a makeshift jail has brushed off Chowdhury's proposition for such a government before the holding of general elections."There...
Bangladesh is unlikely to be de-listed from the US GSP list for tariff concessions against its exports to the US, said the government officials in the city Thursday, reports UNB."There is no possibility of de-listing… no reason to get panicked,"...
FE ReportThe government has decided to lease out its eight jute mills to the private sector to revitalise the country's public jute sector, which recorded an accumulated loss worth Tk 47.70 billion until 2006.The decision on leasing out the mills,...
FE Report Opening of fresh letters of credit (LCs) against imports have increased by 23.35 per cent during the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal against the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, official sources said. The import LCs...
FE Report The inter-bank call money rate remained stable Thursday, before money market closed for the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, despite heavy withdrawal of cash from the banking system. "The call rate is still stable mainly due to excess liquidity in the...
FE Report The National Moon Sighting Committee will hold a meeting today (Friday) evening at the Islamic Foundation conference room to fix the date for celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr after reviewing reports on sightings of the Shawal moon.Adviser for the Ministry...
Joe Leahy FT Syndication ServiceMUMBAI: India's shortage of computer science PhDs is so dire that it threatens the country's role as the world's information technology services outsourcing hub, according to the chairman of Microsoft India. Although many Indians pursue post-graduate...
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