Syed Fattahul AlimSecret of the early universe is still a subject of great controversy and debate among the scientists. That the universe as we see it started from a singularity through the Big Bang is now a well-established theory. But...
Anna Mudeva and Thomas GroveA major Kremlin-backed gas pipeline may have a better chance of supplying Europe with new gas than the much-touted EU-backed Nabucco project, designed to ease the bloc's dependence on Russia, analysts say.Although both projects are riddled...
Rashada Akther Shimul At 4, Saquib looks half his age and sickly. The parents are worried about their only child. The boy's physical growth has been slow and his mother blames it on the child's lack of appetite. The boy's...
FE ReportThe council of advisers is likely to take a further look at the corporatisation process of three nationalised commercial banks, still caught in bureaucratic tangle.The finance ministry has taken the move to obtain the final say, if any, from...
Jasim Uddin HaroonThe government has decided that foreign companies vying for taking over the management of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) will have to form joint ventures with local companies. The foreign operator will have 62.5 per cent shares...
SAVAR, Oct 5 (bdnews24.com): Workers Friday vandalised a garment factory at the Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) in Savar demanding payment of arrear salaries and Eid bonus. Similar protests were reported from another factory. Savar Police Station sub-inspector Moniruzzaman said...
S M JahangirThe relevant government agencies are expected to start signing agreements with the selected bidders from this week in phases on the installation of 10 small power units under private initiative."The draft of the contract documents will get clearance...
The first batch of about 3,000-4,000 Bangladeshi workers are likely to leave for South Korea under the Employment Permit System (EPS) by the end of this year, reports UNB.Bangladesh and South Korea signed an MoU on the EPS during Foreign...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) in Washington, at a hearing on the complaints against violation of labour rights has asked all stakeholders to submit further clarifications and documents in support of their statement within October 19.The hearing...
Doulot Akter MalaThe ongoing countrywide tax survey being conducted by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has slowed down recently as shopkeepers at city markets are busy in dealing with a huge rush of Eid shoppers, an NBR high official...
BNP rebel leader Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan Friday said corruption cannot be rooted out through jail or repression only, it needs social movement to do it, reports UNB.Talking to reporters at his Gulshan residence, he said a corruption-free society would have...
Awami League Friday demanded release of detained party president and ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ahead of Eid, reports UNB."It's good that Eid-ul-Fitr is approaching… it'll be more joyful for us if we get our president Sheikh Hasina amidst us," said...
Jo Johnson in New Delhi and Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad, FT Syndication ServiceBenazir Bhutto, the former Pakistani premier, and General Pervez Musharraf, the president, were finalising a deal that will enable the former prime minister to return home without fear...
The Federation of NGOs in Bangladesh (FNB) Friday rejected the research report of the Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) that has branded the NGO sector as a highly corrupt area.Conducting the survey on 20 NGOs-one international, eight national and 11 local...
The well-marked low over west central Bay and adjoining northwest Bay persist over the same area. It is likely to intensify further and move in a northwesterly direction, said a Met office bulletin. All fishing boats and trawlers over north...
A boy, who was injured by bullets in a gun attack, succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical Collage Hospital (DMCH) early Friday. The dead was identified as Kamal Hossain, 15, son of Abul Hashem, resident of Katasur in Mohammadpur...
CHITTAGONG, Oct 5 (UNB): Two people were held with US$60,000 from near Shah Amanat International Airport here today (Friday). The two arrested were identified as Iqbal Mohammad Mizan and car driver Mohammad Shafi. Police said a Bangladeshi expatriate Mohammad Mohsin,...
The number of unemployed people in Bangladesh stood at about 2.1 million (21 lakh) in 2006, according to a survey of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), reports bdnews24. The Labour Force Survey (LFS) 2005-06 of the BBS defined 'unemployed'...
FHM Humayan KabirThe installation of the 150-megawatt power plant at Shikolbaha in Chittagong is likely to begin shortly as the process to award the work order to the bid-winning company is nearing completion, official sources said.Sources in the Power Division...
Ralph Atkins, FT Syndication ServiceVIENNA: The credit turbulence that began in the US mortgage market put European policymakers on the spot last Thursday as the European Central Bank (ECB) all but dropped plans for an interest rate rise and the...
FE ReportSubstantial trading of Trust Bank shares triggered stock prices, turnover and market capitalisation on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in the week ended Thursday.The total market capitalisation of the DSE hit a new record when it crossed $ 9...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (PTI): As many as 17 Indian firms including Dabur India, Pantaloon Retail, Cipla Healthcare and Asian Paints have been named in the latest Forbes list for top 200 Asian companies with sales of less than a...
SEOUL (South Korea) (AP): South Korea suspended U.S. beef imports today after inspectors reportedly found a recent shipment contained bone that is banned due to concerns over mad cow disease.The Agriculture Ministry said two vertebrae segments were found in one...
Bush defends terror interrogation policiesWASHINGTON (AP): President Bush defended his administration's detention and interrogation policies for terrorism suspects on Friday, saying they are both successful and lawful. "When we find somebody who may have information regarding a potential attack on...
YANGON (AFP): Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi will consider positively a heavily conditioned offer to meet the head of the junta, her party said Friday, as a US envoy headed to meet the isolated regime's leaders. The ruling...
SATKHIRA, Oct 5 (UNB): Eleven Bangla-speaking Indian nationals were pushed back to India after BSF had earlier pushed them into Bangladesh through Hijaldi border under Kalaroa Upazila late Thursday night.The 11 ill-fated people are Abul Hasan (20), Swapan Morol (25),...
A sub-inspector of Motijheel police station was arrested while taking bribe from a company official Thursday midnight, reports UNB.Sources said SI Ali Hossain, an investigation officer (IO) in two car stealing cases filed by Prime Insurance Company, demanded Tk 10,000...
SIRAJGANJ, Oct 5 (UNB): Some 123 sacks of urea fertilizer were seized from a trawler at Khaspukuria in Chowhali Upazila Friday. Acting on a tip-off, the police raided the trawler anchored at Khaspukuria Ghat at around 4:30pm and seized the...
Three Islamic organisations Friday protested the publication of a rogue cartoon strip by Bangla daily Prothom Alo near Baitul Mokarram, reports bdnews24.com. About 100 activists took to the streets at about 1:30 pm after Jum'a prayers near the north gate...
Most of the NGOs registered over the last five years are Islamic organisations living off shady foreign funds, the chief of Transparency International Bangladesh said Thursday, reports bdnews24.com. Mozaffer Ahmad underlined the need for an independent NGO Commission to regulate...
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