RAJSHAHI, Aug 14 (UNB): Formally launching the national task of preparing the voter list from this northern city, Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Tuesday said there is no room for hesitation and confusion over holding the parliamentary elections within the...
The Anti-Corruption Commission has begun inquiry into the wealth of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia as it will have to wait for the wealth statement of another former premier Sheikh Hasina until the Appellate Division's verdict in this connection, reports...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 14 (bdnews24.com): A Rajshahi court Tuesday sentenced Nadim Mostafa to 10 years in prison on twin charges of extortion and capturing polling centres, but the former BNP lawmaker has to serve up to seven years as the jail...
Saudi Arabia is ready to send more relief materials as per demand as the Saudi government wants to do whatever it can to help Bangladesh's flood victims, reports UNB.Charge d' Affaires of Saudi Embassy in Dhaka Sami Jamil Al Hindi...
FE ReportThe Power Division Tuesday organised a road show in the capital to entice potential investors for installation of a 450 megawatt (MW) gas-fired independent power plant (IPP) at Bibiyana in northern Sylhet.Two more similar road shows will also be...
FE ReportStock prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Tuesday bounced back after buying-spree was created from a rumour about the re-introduction of netting facility among different categories of shares.On the day, the DSE-General Index (DGEN) crossed the highest at...
THE market economy does not automatically promote fair competition among different producers of goods and providers of services. Nor does it automatically lead to advantages for the consumers in their purchases in respect of quality, price and choice. There may...
Moazzem HossainAS the assessees start filing their individual tax returns for the current assessment year on the basis of their incomes during the last fiscal, 2006-07, it is important for all concerned to be candid and, thus, transparent about annual...
Abul Ehsan ON having lived in Dhaka for decades, this city has become my New York. I feel the magnetic attraction of our national capital -- the capital of my heart -- wherever I go, whichever city in the east...
Mohsin AliTHE level of damage done to the handloom industry by the flood in Sirajganj is apparently enormous. Floodwaters submerged the looms creating awe in many local small entrepreneurs. The weavers lost their yarn stock and cloths in the process...
GENERALLY, businesses across the country have wholeheartedly welcomed the activities of the reconstituted caretaker government in taking a tough stand against all kinds of unethical, harmful and corrupt behaviour. It is also true that businesses who are engaged in their...
THE supply of basic agro-inputs such as fertilisers is noted to be a rather unreliable and corruption-riddled process nowadays. Besides fertilisers, farmers have been found facing difficulties in getting smooth supply of other inputs like seeds, irrigation water, diesel to...
A dispute settlement in married life that ends up in a divorce is like chopping off the head to cure the headache. Modern quacks do not exercise the blunt latter option being aware that the patient must remain alive first...
Hasan MahmudDEVELOPMENT, as general knowledge defines it, is good and necessary, and by means of this the West has intervened, implementing all manner of development projects in the poor regions of the world. When these projects fail, as they do...
Abdullah MohibuddinWHEN I first went to Kuala Lumpur ( KL ), Malaysia in 1984 for Crew training on BIMAN's DC-10 aircraft, at that time there was not any good hotels to stay at, and restaurants to eat at. But Dr....
Ershad Khandker Supply Chain management (SCM) means managing the supply of inbound and outbound goods and services in the most cost effective and time sensitive way. This can be done by designing a strategic route plan for the quickest possible...
Tom CraigLogistics, perhaps more than any other function, impacts and interacts with many different departments in a company. Consider five key issues with logistics l Movement of Product l Service/Time l Cost l Movement of Information l Integration, within your...
Munich Airport has been named the winner of the "Best Airport in Europe" award for the third year in a row in an international survey of close to eight million passengers worldwide. Passengers also ranked Munich fourth in the worldwide...
WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (AFP): The United States asked the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to mediate a copyright trade dispute with China, saying bilateral talks have failed to close loopholes that allow counterfeiters to flourish. It marked the third time in...
TOKYO, Aug 14 (AFP): The Bank of Japan (BoJ) moved today to withdraw billions of dollars of emergency funds from the banking system after a degree of calm returned to jittery global markets. With global stock markets showing signs of...
ATLANTA, Aug 14 (Reuters): Top home improvement retailer Home Depot Inc (HD.N) reported a 15 per cent fall in second-period profit Tuesday as sales fell short of expectations amid the softer US housing market.The company still expects per-share profit to...
KATHMANDU, Aug 14 (Xinhua): Nepal is all set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Organisation for Migrants (IOM) in order to protect the rights of overseas Nepali workers and also to pave the way for the...
FRANKFURT, Aug 14 (AFP): Central banks around the world pumped out tens of billions more dollars yesterday to help commercial banks hit by the US home loan sector crisis, as shares bounced back from a turbulent week. The European Central...
DAMASCUS, Aug 14 (Xinhua): Syrian Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdullah al-Dardari stated yesterday that the economic growth rate was expected to reach 6.5 per cent by the end of 2007, compared with that of 6.2 per cent in...
SIALKOT, Aug 14 (APP): Federal Privatisation and Investment Minister Zahid Hamid has said that with increased economic growth in the country, the pace of foreign investment has increased manifold in the last few years. In an interview with the news...
YANGON, Aug 14 (Xinhua): Myanmar is planning to establish six special economic zones (SEZs) to attract direct foreign investment into the country in a bid to promote its economic development, local Weekly Eleven News reported today. The six SEZs are...
MOSCOW, Aug 14 (AFP): The Russian central bank said yesterday it had decided to raise its interest rates by 25 basis points to mop up surplus liquidity on its money markets. The move contrasts with action taken by other central...
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 (Xinhua): Malaysia is set to buy more textiles from India next year as the first leg of the ASEAN- India free trade agreement to reduce and eliminate tariffs will be concluded by the end of the...
TOKYO, Aug 14 (AFP): The yen gained ground against other major currencies in Asian trade today, lifted by growing risk aversion following recent turmoil on global markets, dealers said. They said that the yen continued to benefit from an unwinding...
SINGAPORE, Aug 14 (AFP): Oil prices were weaker in Asian trade today on continued worries that US energy demand will eventually be hit by financial market turbulence, dealers said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for September delivery fell...
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