The online application for the US Diversity Visa (DV) 2009 starts today (Wednesday) at 10 pm (BST). Applicants from the qualifying countries including Bangladesh may submit their applications providing their name, address and a few other pieces of information on...
A Jubo League leader was gunned down near his house in the city's Pallabi area Monday night. Police and witnesses said, four to five gunmen sprayed bullets on Pintu (25), president of Jubo League's Kalapania unit, at about 10:45 pm,...
FE Report The Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) has decided to restrict accepting term deposits by the micro-finance institutions (MFIs) from their respective members to avoid financial risks, official sources said. The decision was taken at a board meeting of the...
FE ReportShare prices on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), led by Trust Bank, continued to rise for the second day Tuesday. Banking shares and mutual funds also had a happy ride on the surge of Trust Bank that made a debut...
FE ReportA high powered delegation from the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) was due to arrive in the capital Tuesday night for talks on energy sector policy with the government.The two-member ADB team, led by ADB's Director General of South...
Two alleged terrorists were killed in a gunfight between their cohorts and police at Sreerampur village in Alamdanga upazila under Chuadanga early Tuesday, reports UNB.The deceased were identified as Nasir (30) and Edbar (28). Acting on a tip-off, police cordoned...
FE ReportThe country's fertiliser importers are found reluctant to import triple super-phosphate (TSP) and muriate of potash (MOP) fertilisers following the government's failure to pay arrear money against subsidy to private importers.The government owes about Tk 1.0 billion to private...
BNP Chairperson's Adviser Hannan Shah Tuesday said BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia should not have been arrested before completion of investigation into the case against her, reports UNB."The case against Bagum Zia is now under investigation and...
Musharraf names new army chiefISLAMABAD (Reuters): Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf made moves on Tuesday to smooth his re-election by naming a successor as army chief as his government dropped graft charges against possible ally Benazir Bhutto.General Musharraf, a close US...
Emergency is to be lifted at least two months before the polls from places where elections will be held, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dr ATM Shamsul Huda said Tuesday, reports UNB.EC had proposed for holding election to the city corporations...
FE ReportThe government has approved installation of two rental power plants with a total capacity of 90-megawatt (MW) of electricity in Sylhet district.The approval came at meeting of the committee of the advisers' council on public purchase Tuesday.Youth Spinning Mills...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has asked the pre-shipment inspection company, M/S Cotecna Inspection SA, to appear for a hearing on October 8 on allegations of under-invoicing leveled against it by a government investigation team earlier.The pre-shipment inspection...
Visiting British Foreign Ministry official John Dennis Tuesday said, the UK welcomes the progressive removal of restrictions and creation of a greater atmosphere to involve the political community in the election process, reports UNB."What is important is when the elections...
FE ReportThe US dollar retained its strength against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Tuesday in the inter-bank foreign exchange market with steady demand for the greenback, fund managers said.The inter-bank call money rate remained steady despite withdrawal of large amount of...
BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain said Wednesday the interim administration had been mandated to stage national elections to hand over power to an elected government and other elections should not be on its agenda. "The constitution suggests so," Delwar...
New insights on genetic variationRebecca Knight, FT Syndication ServiceA study by Yale esearchers offers new insight into what causes the greatest genetic variation among individuals.The study, published in Science Express, suggests the differences are due less to single-point mutations than...
SINGAPORE, Oct 1 (AFP): World oil prices were flat in Asian trade today after concerns over a Gulf of Mexico storm eased, dealers said. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in November, was six cents lower...
HONG KONG, Oct 1 (AFP): Asian currencies ended the week mostly higher against the dollar amid continuing worries over the US outlook. JAPANESE YEN: The yen eased against the dollar in the past week, but market worries over the US...
NEW YORK, Oct 1 (AFP): United States (US) farmers are likely to boost wheat and soybean crops in 2008 in response to critically high prices, potentially displacing others such as corn and cotton, analysts said this week. "Even with corn...
TOKYO, Oct 1 (AFP): The dollar sank to a fresh record low against the euro in Asian deals today as traders waited nervously for a key US employment report due later this week, dealers said. They said the greenback was...
FE ReportThe 120th meeting of the board of directors of Karmasangsthan Bank was held in the city recently.Karmasangsthan Bank Chairman Md Sirajul Islam presided over the meeting.The audited balance sheet of the bank for the financial year 2006-2007 was approved...
Our CorrespondentTANGAIL, Oct 1: The retail price of vegetables and green chili has decreased due to increased supply in the market.The retail price of vegetables including squash, brinjal, potato, carrot, onion has been reduced by Tk 5.00 to 10 per...
TOKYO, Oct 1 (AFP): Japan broke up its sprawling post office today, spinning off a bank with the world's largest savings at the start of a privatisation process set to reshape the country's financial services industry. Japan Post was split...
Myanmar refugees, mostly women, Tuesday staged peaceful demonstrations in Dhaka to demand restoration of democracy in their country that recently saw a violent crackdown on anti-government movement by the military junta. Around 70 Myanmar nationals, including some Buddhist monks, gathered...
The chamber judge of the Supreme Court Tuesday did not stay the bail to Khaleda Zia and sent the government appeal against the bail to the full bench of the Appellate Division for further hearing Thursday. Also, the chamber judge...
The government from time to time puts in place some beyond-the-usual means to mop up additional resources. The frequency of application of these methods does depend largely on the government's own resource position to meet recurrent as well as development...
Syed Fattahul AlimRight to information is a basic human right. The concept of human freedom is also inalienably linked to the right to information. Information is the first step towards awareness. And a population that is uninformed about what is...
Daniel Dombey THE world's big powers has given Iran a new deadline of late November to rein back its nuclear programme or face heightened sanctions, but also asked Javier Solana, the European Union's foreign policy chief, to work on reaching...
Sajedul Islam THE proposal for enhancement of retirement age for government servants including freedom fighters from 57 years to 60 years is being heard since long without any realistic step to implement the same. Recently though a proposal by the...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) was raised and specially empowered and enabled to bypass traditional law enforcement agencies like the police. After its formation, the RAB showed brilliant successes and organised crimes receded as a result. A considerable number of...
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