FE ReportThe caretaker government has set up a coordination centre in Barisal to effectively carry out its emergency relief and rehabilitation activities in all the cyclone-hit coastal districts.The coordination centre will monitor and supervise the government's overall relief activities in...
At least three people were killed and nearly 100 were injured in Patuakhali Saturday when a road bridge packed with hundreds of hungry cyclone survivors collapsed into a river, reports bdnews24.com. The death toll is likely to rise as nearly...
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society will make an international appeal for Tk 1.4 billion (Tk 140 crore) for carrying out relief and rehabilitation activities for the cyclone victims, as the country is forced upon a daunting task of rebuilding vast coastal...
Siddique Islam The government has formed a five-member high-powered committee to identify the existing obstacles to increasing exports to India that will also help reduce the trade deficit between the two countries. The committee, headed by the president of the...
M Azizur RahmanThe powerful cyclone Sidr, that struck the country's southern and coastal districts recently, has further compounded the government's predicament in allocation of funds for payment against fuel imports as petroleum prices keep rising in the international market."The government...
Shakhawat Hossain The World Bank (WB) has suggested that the caretaker government conduct a study on subsidy provided to the country's agricultural sector, said a senior Ministry of Agricultural (MoA) official."The agricultural ministry has been instructed to conduct a study...
FE ReportThe availability of Japanese assistance worth $291 million for three development projects has become uncertain as the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has apparently decided to go slow on signing deals with Bangladesh government.The JBIC completed negotiations on...
Andrew England in Cairo and Simeon Kerr in Dubai, FT Syndication ServiceAfter more than a week of heated debate about the Gulf currencies' peg to the weak US dollar, speculation is intensifying about whether Saudi Arabia will revalue the riyal...
At least six people were burnt to death and scores remained missing as a devastating fire broke out at the capital's Rayerbazar slum Saturday night. Police and local sources said the fire broke out at about 8:30pm in the sprawling...
The trading of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) Mudaraba Perpetual Bond, begins on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange today (Sunday). The face value of per bond is Tk 1000 and the subscription took place between September 12...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 24: Verdict of the much talked about case filed against six teachers of Rajshahi University (RU) is likely to be pronounced today (Sunday). Police had lodged the case on charge of their involvement in bringing out procession violating...
Adviser for Agriculture, Environment and Forest, Fisheries and Livestock CS Karim will brief members of local consultatative group (LCG) led by The World Bank and major development partners on 'Hurricane Sidr, Climate Change, its Adaptation and Mitigation Road through Bali'....
A policeman was killed and 34 others were injured when a requisitioned bus carrying police dashed an electric pole in front of Engineers' Institute in the city early Saturday. According to the police of Dhaka Medical College Hospital camp, police...
FE Report Bangladesh has requested Pakistan for an access to geological and geophysical drilling data and reports of oil and gas explorations conducted before 1971 lying with the Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP) and Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDC),...
FE Report The Indian Supreme Court (SC) in an interim order Friday allowed operation of the limestone quarrying in forest areas of Meghalaya and supply of raw material to French cement giant Lafarge's US$255-million cement plant in Bangladesh based on...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24(Agencies): Despite their protests that parliamentary elections will be a sham, Pakistan's political opposition seemed to be lining up for a chance to take part - with one former prime minister readying her candidates and another taking steps...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The country's freight forwarding business has been experiencing a downturn mainly due to the imposition of fixed charge by the government on the import consignments.Moreover, cancellation of the terminal handling charges is also blamed for the slump...
An eminent economist said Saturday that natural disasters have cost the country at least 1.8 million tonnes in destroyed crops this year alone, reports bdnews24.com. Bangladesh Economic Association president Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad made the estimate at a seminar on climate...
The government is planning to build 1000 more cyclone shelters for people and mud-forts as cyclone shelters for cattle-heads to face the natural calamities like flood and cyclone, reports UNB.Food and Disaster Management Secretary Dr Mohammad Ayub Mia made the...
Two US navy ships ready to join relief operations were waiting in the waters in the Bay of Bengal Saturday, reports bdnews24.com. USS Essex and USS Kearsarge will take a day or two to begin their operations since the US...
KAMPALA, Nov 24 (AP): Kamalesh Sharma, currently India's ambassador to Britain, has been chosen as the new Commonwealth secretary-general.The Commonwealth leaders Saturday chose the new secretary-general for their organisation as they continued informal talks on climate change, democracy and trade.The...
FE Report The 13th meeting of the 'Committee on Economic Cooperation (CEC)' of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) began in Dhaka Saturday aiming to bolster intra-regional trade.High-powered delegations of the eight-member SAARC, comprising Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal,...
Amy Yee, FT Syndication ServiceNEW DELHI: Pongamia, or Indian beech tree, is indigenous to India and grows wild along roads and in forests. For many years Indians have used oil from its large, oblong nuts as fuel for lamps and...
Iran has produced enriched uranium fuel pelletsTEHRAN, Nov 24 (AP): Iran has produced its own nuclear fuel pellets of enriched uranium for the first time to power its under construction heavy water research reactor, Vice President Gholam Reza Aghazadeh said...
At least six people, including three children, died in a slum fire in Rayerbazar Saturday night, police and witnesses said. The fire gutted more than 1,000 shanties. Many failed to save their belongings. The deputy police commissioner for Tejgaon, Mahbubur...
The High Court Sunday stayed the wealth statement notice served by the Anticorruption Commission on former prime minister Khaleda Zia. It also issued a rule nisi to the ACC chairman, home secretary and an ACC deputy director to explain within...
CORRUPTION in government offices in this country is a systemic problem. But the level of corruption varies from one office to another. The incidences of corruption are relatively high in the offices that handle issues involving the needs of the...
Shahiduzzaman KhanDESPITE inclement weather caused by the Hurricane SIDR, the three-day Bangladesh Apparel and Textile Exposition-2007 (BATEXPO '07), concluded in the city recently amid much enthusiasm. The exposition received spot orders worth $53.43 million by showcasing the country's entire range...
Gideon Rachman WELL, that was quick. In 2003, the idea of empire became fashionable in Washington, DC. But the flirtation has lasted little more than three years. The imperial eagles are being put back in the cupboard. The challenge for...
Mure DickieCHINA has taken an unusual step in preparation for the opening of its first "driverless" automated mass transit rail line - by hiring drivers.The Financial Times has discovered that more than 70 trainee drivers - all male, under-25, with...
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