FHM Humayan KabirThe government will take up its second rehabilitation package programme to rebuild the infrastructure damaged by recurrent floods in July-September period, official sources said.The new programme will be financed by the World Bank (WB). The Bank has pledged...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed has asked the NGOs (non-government organisations) to be sympathetic to taking loan repayments from their clients in Sidr-ravaged areas, a government spokesman said. Fakhruddin made the request while the representatives of different NGOs working in the...
FE Report The World Bank (WB) has assigned Praful C Patel, the bank's vice president for South Asia, to hold talks with the interim administration on how the development lender can assist Bangladesh to overcome the post-Sidr crisis, according to...
Finance Adviser Dr Mirza Azizul Islam has asked the donors to simplify their funding procedures, report agencies. "It is widely believed that donors often attach tough conditions for funds… but now I am giving conditions for funding. The condition is...
FE ReportThe government will formulate a national policy for technical and vocational education and training in order to establish a quality-oriented and need-based education system in the country, official sources said.The European Commission (EC) will assist the government to prepare...
FE ReportThe Ministry of Commerce (MoC) will request the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) for utilising diplomatic connections to facilitate the passage of the bill 'New Partnership for Development Act (NPDA) 2007' in the US Congress and the Senate, sources...
M Azizur RahmanThe Regulatory Reforms Commission (RRC) has constituted three separate committees headed by the chiefs of National Board of Revenue (NBR), Board of Investment (BoI) and Bangladesh Bank to identify the areas for necessary changes in the existing regulations...
BALI, Dec 4 (Agencies): A 190-nation climate meeting in Bali began a hunt for a new global deal to fight global warming by 2009 Tuesday with skirmishing about how far China and India should curb surging greenhouse gas emissions."The conference...
More organisations, business houses and individuals donated around Tk 18.2 million and 18,700 litres of crude palm oil to Chief Adviser's Relief and Welfare Fund in aid of the country's cyclone victims Tuesday, report agencies. The organisations and individuals, included...
FE Report The government of Denmark Monday pledged 10 million Danish Kroner, about US$2 million, to the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) to help Bangladesh recover from cyclone Sidr, said a press release. Ulla Tornaes, Danish Minister...
The Khulna power plant is water-cooled, requiring thousands of gallons of fresh water daily to keep it operative. To make this happen boatloads of river water must be hauled from the upstream, reports bdnews24.com. This process has turned into an...
Four persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Pirojpur, a robber leader was killed in a shootout between RAB and his cohorts at Boro...
FE Report The UK's Department for International Development (DFID) has provided a total of 12 dory-type boats, which will be pressed into service for relief operations and mobile medicare facilities in Bangladesh's far-flung areas, battered by the recent Cyclone Sidr....
FE Report Primet Programme, a medical admission training programme awarded over 1,000 students for their outstanding performance in medical college admission test in 2006-2007 session Tuesday.Director of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) and former president of...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Dec 04, 2007: Central CT Scan & Imaging Centre(CCIC) opened Computerised Tomography Scan (CT Scan) machine, Digital X-Ray, Memography and OPG at Amin Complex in Brahmanbaria. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Md Abdul Hai was present as the chief guest...
The name of the news agency in an item published under the headline 'Aziz terms food security a big challenge' on the front page of the FE's Tuesday issue was wrongly printed. The source of the news item was bdnews24.com....
The government Tuesday took a tough line on the allegations that NGOs continued to press for repayments of micro-loans from their clients in Sidr-ravaged areas. Adviser MA Matin, chief coordinator of disaster management, rehabilitation and relief work, warned that actions...
Eight persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Comilla, three people were killed and 28 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses...
KANDY, Dec 3 (BBC): Muttiah Muralitharan created history in his hometown of Kandy as Sri Lanka seized the initiative on day three of the first Test against England. Muralitharan took the one wicket he needed to pass Shane Warne's Test...
Shane Warne has congratulated Muttiah Muralitharan on becoming the leading wicket-taker in Test match history, reports BBC . The Sri Lankan spinner surpassed Warne's record by claiming his 709th Test victim when he bowled England's Paul Collingwood in Kandy. Warne...
Bangladesh national cricket squad for the ensuing New Zealand tour had full practice Monday under the supervision of newly appointed Australian coach Jamie Siddons at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium (SBNS) in the city, reports UNB.After fitness test on the...
KOLKATA, Dec 3 (BBC): India remain in control of the second Test despite Pakistan's stubborn effort with the bat on day four in Kolkata. Misbah-ul-Haq (161no) and Mohammad Sami (38) achieved the 417 required to avoid the follow-on after India...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has received revenues worth Tk 7.39 billion from individual taxpayers in the assessment year 2007-08, up by Tk 4.87 billion from that of the previous year.A total of 645617 individuals filed their tax...
Shakhawat Hossain The national board of revenue (NBR) will conduct a study to find out the reasons for submission of less than expected number of returns by individual taxpayers this year. "A study is a must to know the reasons,"...
FE ReportThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Monday withdrew the ban, imposed November 19, on the disbursement of loan by the brokerage houses to retail investors after a group of traders staged rowdy demonstrations in front of Dhaka Stock Exchange...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has predicted that the country's growth momentum will generally be sustained during the current fiscal (FY08) notwithstanding the fact that there will be a negative sign in growth of agriculture, industry and services sectors....
Finance Adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam affirmed prevailing sentiments Monday, saying food security is emerging as a big challenge to Bangladesh. He said physical loss of land, rising income, growth in population and drop in food exports by producing countries...
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Court Monday could not frame charges against ex-Prime Minister (PM) and Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina in an extortion case as the defence counsel could not study the latest documents concerning the case, reports UNB.Endorsing the...
FE Report Economists and development practitioners have warned that economic stagnation threatens to jeopardise the country's achievement on the social front and urged the government to scale up public expenditure to bridge the gap created by declining private investments. The...
Bangladesh Monday placed before the international community a rough estimate of fund requirements amounting to one billion US dollars for rebuilding the cyclone-devastated infrastructures and livelihoods, reports UNB.Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed presented the estimate in a meeting with the...
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