RAJSHAHI, Aug 1 (BSS): Speakers at a press conference here today emphasised the need for enrolling the disabled persons in the voters' list for establishing their fundamental right.They also laid emphasis on giving identity (ID) cards to the disabled persons.The...
Chalmers JohnsonOVER the years, in order to compensate for these serious inadequacies, the CIA turned increasingly to signals intelligence and other technological means of spying like U-2 reconnaissance aircraft and satellites. In 1952, the top leaders of the CIA created...
Leslie-Ann Boctor "You can grow anything here," says 76-year-old Mohamed Ahmed, spreading his arms wide to point to the cascading bougainvilleas and an orchard of mango trees drooping with fruit. But, "When I first came here, there was nothing here...
THE current flood, which has followed a report by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) about the shaping of a disruptive La Nina climate pattern in the Pacific, may not be just a usual passing phenomenon. It may worsen, prolong and...
Syed Fattahul AlimIN the midst of nationwide campaign against corruption, especially by the law, debates are also raging in the intellectual sphere on how better to address the social scourge along the moral plane. The Chief Justice Mohammad Ruhul Amin...
Farhan Bokhari from Islamabad PERVEZ Musharraf, Pakistan's embattled president, has held talks over sharing power with Benazir Bhutto, the former prime minister who lives in exile. However, he left unresolved the issue of his dual role as head of the...
Abdur RahimTHE environmental awareness has been picking up in Bangladesh from the late eighties when a separate ministry of the Environment with the Department of the Environment (DOE) under it, came into being. Later, the environment court was set up...
Reaz RahmanIT is necessary for the government to regulate drug prices. The companies, under the free market system, may be allowed to go on setting drug prices but they should be clearly warned and obliged to do so -- reasonably...
SOMETIME in the year 1984, a high level foreign delegation was taken on a tour of the Sangsad Bhaban Complex. The dignitaries were visibly impressed. In the end, the leader of the delegation wanted to know whether the Parliament was...
A leader published recently in the FE laid importance on the regeneration of moral values among the people. Such values, as noted in that leader, have increasingly been dimming and taking a back seat in our individual and social life...
Chalmers JohnsonTHE American people may not know it but they have some severe problems with one of their official governmental entities, the Central Intelligence Agency. Because of the almost total secrecy surrounding its activities and the lack of cost accounting...
Edward LuceGeorge W. Bush late last week issued long-awaited guidelines for Central Intelligence Agency interrogators but withheld details of what methods would now be permitted.The US president, who last September admitted that the CIA had been holding Al Qaeda suspects...
Jim Lobe from WashingtonJust 25 months after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice denounced 60 years of U.S. support for authoritarian governments in Arab world, she and Pentagon chief Robert Gates are on their way to the Middle East bearing arms...
BRUSSELS, July 31 (AFP): New rules aimed at slashing the price of mobile phone calls made abroad in the European Union come into effect this week, with EU regulators promising yesterday to name and shame non-compliant companies. Mobile operators must...
FE Report Bangladesh Steel Re-rolling Mills (BSRM) Steels Limited, a sister concern of H Akbarali Group of Companies, situated at Fouzderhat Industrial Estate in Chittagong, is doing its concreting works in full-swing. Once implemented, the BSRM Steels will be the...
SINGAPORE, July 31 (AFP): Singapore has no immediate plans to cool the city-state's booming property sector but is ready to supply more land should the need arise, a minister said in remarks published today. "We prefer to let market forces...
BEIJING, July 31 (CEIS): China will establish an international potato center (Asia-Pacific), according to Zhang Fengtong, head of science, technology and education department of the Ministry of Agriculture. Speaking at a recent on-the-spot demonstration for growing efficient, high quality and...
SINGAPORE, July 31 (AFP): Oil prices fell in Asian trade today on profit-taking after sharp recent gains sessions but expectations of continued strong demand will limit any slide, dealers said. They said the market is now waiting for the release...
FE ReportA large number of clients of Oriental Bank Ltd. are not being able to withdraw either their principal amount or the interest (profit) accrued against their term deposits since a six-month moratorium was imposed on the transactions in January...
FE ReportManaging Director (MD) of Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited, Masih Ul Karim has been awarded by American Alumni Association (AAA) as the outstanding American alumni for his significant contribution to the business sector in Bangladesh. President Iajuddin Ahmed was present...
FE ReportUnited Commercial Bank Ltd ( UCBL ) has extended Tk. 200 million term loan to Uttara Finance and Investments Limited (UFIL). UCBL Managing Director Hamidul Huq and UFIL Managing Director SM Shamsul Arefin signed an agreement in this connection...
FE ReportM/S Goldtex Limited, a sister concern of South China Group, is going to expand its project in the Dhaka Export Processing Zone. It may be mentioned that South China has four industrial units in Bangladesh EPZs.The 100 per cent...
FE ReportKamran T Rahman, a leading entrepreneur, has been elected as the new President of Bangladesh Employers' Federation (BEF) for the two years -- 2007-2009, says a BEF press release.Rahman has investments in jute and tea. He is also the...
FE ReportNCC Bank Ltd Training Institute has arranged a month-long foundation training course for the officers of the bank. NCC Bank Managing Director Md Nurul Amin attended the opening ceremony of the training course as the chief guest. In the...
RANGPUR, July 31 (BSS): Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) distributed education stipends of Tk 71,000 among 40 students of eight districts in greater Rangpur and Dinajpur here Saturday evening. The stipends were distributed with a view to inspiring and encouraging...
A total thirty-three winners of the countrywide Nokia "Snap-a-Story" competition received awards at a function held at the Spectra Convention Center in the city Tuesday. Each of the winners received one Nokia Bluetooth headset.The two judges---cartoonist Shishir Bhattacharya and photographer...
The capital market watchers of Chittagong said the introduction of derivatives would help increase liquidity flow in the stock market, reports bdnews24.com.Derivatives, a financial instrument, will also help cut the investors' risks, and create a new investment opportunity, the speakers...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, July 31: Chittagong Dairy and Poultry Farm Association (CDPFA) has discussed the re-fixing of the price of dairy milk at Tk 36 per litre in view of abnormal price hike of the dairy food.CDPFA President Moha-mmad Yousuf Chow-dhury,...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, July 31: Emission of thick black smoke by different types of motor vehicles has long been polluting environment and threatening public health in the district.The black smoke from vehicles like bus, truck, tempo, microbus, tractor, power-tiller etc are...
MEHERPUR, July 31 (BSS): Tobacco cultivation still remains a lucrative business among the farmers of the district despite the launching of a strong campaign against the uses of tobacco in the country.Tobacco farmers said they get more money by cultivating...
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