Siddique IslamThe Bangladesh Bank says the lending rates are unlikely to rise in the near future despite its pursuit of a tight monetary policy to prevent inflationary pressure on the economy. The central bank officials do not see any possibility...
The major rivers of the country are swelling with nine rivers flowing over the danger mark, and those around the city continue to surge, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said in a regular bulletin Saturday, report agencies. Flood...
FHM Humayan KabirThe Manila-based donor agency Asian Development Bank (ADB) of late has become a hard-term lender for Bangladesh, official sources said.The sources said that the volume of hard loans from the multilateral donor to Bangladesh has been rising sharply...
M Azizur RahmanThe government is mulling over a plan to slap corporate tax on the international oil companies (IOCs), which will engage in the country's future hydrocarbon exploration, to lessen burden on Petrobangla.Currently, the IOCs, involved in hydrocarbon exploration and...
FE ReportShanta Group, one of the fastest-growing local business conglomerates, will install a power plant with a capacity of 50 megawatt (MW) at Adamjee Export Processing Zone (EPZ).The business group, with its core strength in the apparel sector, will invest...
Chief Justice M Ruhul Amin Saturday opined that law alone is not sufficient to curb the pervasive corruption rooted firmly in every sphere of society and every stage of life and called for a social ostracism against the corrupt alongside...
Sheikh Hasina who has been in jail for nearly two weeks pending trial challenges the extortion case against her in the High Court Sunday, reports bdnews24.com quoting a party colleague. Sahara Khatun, Awami League's legal affairs secretary, Saturday claimed that...
BNP chairperson's adviser ASM Hannan Shah said Thursday party 'reformists' command the support of no more than 5.0 per cent of councilors, reports bdnews24.com. Shah dismissed BNP secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan's claim that the reformists were receiving a significant...
Chrystia Freeland and Edward Luce, FT Syndication ServiceWASHINGTON: Bridging the gap between rich and poor countries should be as high a priority for the International Monetary Fund as helping to solve the world's financial imbalances, Dominique Strauss Kahn, the probable...
FE ReportThe Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed instructed Saturday the authorities concerned to take necessary steps for early implementation of the pending decisions taken by the interim government.He also stressed the need for greater interaction between the advisers of the caretaker...
A devastating fire broke out on a top floor of the ICAB building Saturday night wherein the mass-circulated Bengali daily Prothom Alo is situated. According to an initial report, the fire originated in the office of the Vice-President of the...
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed donated another amount of Tk 0.4 million (4 lakh) for better treatment of the ailing noted singer Sabina Yasmin, now under treatment in Singapore. The CA extended the further financial help from his relief and...
BRAHMANBARIA, July 28: Thirty-nine students and a teacher of a high school in Ashuganj Upazila fell sick during school hour Saturday morning. School sources said a student, Tanzina Begum Setu, of Kamaura High School first fell sick and then other...
Myanmar's minister for construction Saw Tun Saturday left Dhaka, ending his three-day visit to Bangladesh. Foreign ministry officials saw the minister off at Zia International Airport. — bdnews24.com
Jasim Uddin Haroon Corrupt practice has resurfaced in Chittagong Port following the withdrawal of the members of the taskforces about a month back, according to port users.As a result, the turnaround time of vessels and container congestion might deteriorate, port...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) is struggling to cope with the rush of overseas job seekers due to its inadequate capacity resulting from a large number of vacancies.According to a high official of the BMET, more than...
Raihan M Chowdhury, back from Shenzhen (China) Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, a leading Chinese ICT company has evinced keen interest to help develop the telecommunication market in Bangladesh."Bangladesh is one of the fastest growing economies in Asia with a huge...
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed asked Saturday the concerned authority to immediately set up a Flood Coordination and Monitoring Cell at his office to centrally monitor the activities of all flood-control cells to take prompt action in tackling any exigencies...
A trial train from Dhaka leaves for Kolkata today (Sunday) to discuss unresolved issues about the launch of direct passenger rail services between the two neighbouring countries, reports bdnews24.com. The train with 35 government officials on board will start from...
FE Report Switzerland Bangladesh Business Forum (SBBF) Saturday held a meeting to discuss the possibility of exploring export markets abroad including the European countries for boosting the country's economy.The discussion meeting on 'Problems, Prospect and Future of Bangladesh Economy' was...
Ex-Taliban lawmaker enters S Korean hostage talks KABUL, July 28 (Afghanistan) (AP): Two lawmakers - one of them a former Taliban member - and several influential elders have joined negotiations with the hardline militia to step up pressure for the...
The French Foreign Minister, Bernard Kouchner, has warned that Lebanon faces the danger of renewed war if there is not a resumption of political dialogue, according to BBC NEWS. Kouchner is in Lebanon, meeting representatives of rival factions in an...
Edward Luce from Washington and Jo Johnson from New Delhi, FT Syndication ServiceThe US has announced it has taken the unprecedented step of agreeing to the creation of a civil nuclear enrichment facility in India even though India is not...
Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury has said Bangladesh's relations with both India and Pakistan in the subcontinent and the USA and the European Union nations in the West are already set "on an even keel"."Our policy is to have stable...
Joypurhat, July 28 (UNB) - Indian Boarder Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) exchanged fire at Koia frontier in Panchbibi upazila Saturday night. BDR sources said the BSF troops from Sidai camp fired two shots across the border near...
A trial train from Dhaka left for Kolkata Sunday with 35 government officials on board to discuss unresolved issues about the launch of direct passenger rail services between the two neighbouring cities. The train started off from the Cantonment Station...
Sheikh Hasina's husband and eminent nuclear scientist Dr Wazed Miah, undergoing treatment at Bangladesh Medical College Hospital, was shifted to the city's Square Hospital Thursday night. Dr Mirza Nazim Uddin of Square Hospital said a seven-member medical board was formed...
BARISAL, July 27 (UNB): At least eight people were injured and some 200 houses damaged in a violent storm in Muladi Upazila early Friday. Witnesses said the storm struck Baliakandi, Laxmipur and Jalalabad villages in the upazila at about 5:00...
NEW YORK, July 27: Professor Dr M Abdul Awal, adviser of Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC), Thursday urged the Bangladeshi expatriates to invest in the country's telecommunications and power sectors. "At present, foreign companies are doing business in our telecommunications...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation (BTMC) has made the services of about 2500 officials, employees and workers redundant under voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) from 1st August."We have already accepted applications of 2500 out of 3400 employees and workers of the...
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