Ekatturer Ghatok Dalal Nirmul Committee asked Friday the government to form a special tribunal to try 1971 war criminals, reports bdnews24.com. Prof Kabir Chowdhury, at a meeting of the organisation's council of advisers held at his home, said the government...
The nation is poised to observe the 20th anniversary of death of young pro-democracy activist Noor Hossain today (Saturday), reports bdnews24.com. The democracy hero was killed in police firing on Nov 10, 1987 at the Zero Point in the capital...
COMILLA, Nov 9 (UNB): Police arrested a leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Atgram in Chouddagram Upazila Friday noon under the emergency powers rules.Arrested M Shahabuddin, secretary of Chouddagram Upazila unit of Jamaat-e-Islami, was later produced before the Judicial Magistrate Court.Shahabuddin was...
GOPALGANJ, Nov 9 (UNB): Ten activists of local Islami Chhatra Shibir were arrested from Miapara in the district town Thursday night on charge of holding a meeting violating the Emergency Powers Rules.The ten arrested were identified as district Shibir president...
CAPE TOWN (South Africa), Nov 9 (BSS): Three global not-for-profit organisations have claimed to offer a new vaccine, drugs and diagnosis tools to the world community in the next five years to contain tuberculosis (TB) that kills one person in...
The Hindus in Bangladesh are celebrating their four-day major religious festival, the Shyama Puja or Kaali Puja starting Friday, reports bdnews24.com. The first day of the celebrations kicks off with the Dipannwita Parban (Festival of Lights) rites with solemnity and...
RANGPUR, Nov 9 (BSS): The seasonal 'Monga' that repeats every year mainly due to job crisis of the farm labourers during the lean period of 'Aswin and Kartik' was being faced successfully by massive government steps taken this year in...
The United States Army will conduct a joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MRTE) with Bangladesh Army in Comilla and Haimchar of Chandpur from November 12-15, reports UNB.They will also conduct a Combat First Responder (CFR) course with the Bangladesh Army...
Monipur High School in the city's Mirpur area has accorded a reception to its 450 meritorious students, including 314 GPA-5 holders, for their remarkable achievements in examinations, reports UNB.Monipur High School has earned the 3rd place among high schools across...
BENAPOLE, Nov 9 (UNB): A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Agrovulot frontier here Friday morning.The victim was identified as Saheb Ali (25), son of Khodabox of the Agrovulot village.BDR sources said BSF...
FE Report The second death anniversary of Enayetullah Khan - founding editor of the daily New Age and editor-in-chief of the weekly Holiday - will be observed today (Saturday).Enayetullah Khan, a renowned journalist of the country, died in Toronto, Canada...
JHENIDAH, Nov 9 (UNB): Prisoners of the district jail began hunger strike Friday morning to protest what they said irregularities inside the jail.About 700 prisoners went on the strike protesting the supply of low quality food, high price of canteen...
JAMALPUR, Nov 9 (UNB): A housewife was violated by two miscreants at Jamalpur Rail Station colony in the town Wednesday.Police said local infamous drug peddler Sheikh Farid and his accomplice Mobarak entered into the house of the victim in absence...
FE Report Prices of most of the essential commodities including rice, edible oil and coarse flour remained almost unchanged while prices of vegetables recorded a slight fall at the retail level in the city markets during the last week.Prices of...
FE ReportThe German Investment and Development (DEG) Company has extended a long term loan of US$ 7.5 million (75 lakh) to Esquire Knit Composite Ltd (EKCL), a member of Esquire Group, for expansion of its knit composite unit at Kanchpur...
Our Correspondent Brahmanbaria, Nov 9: A number of poor farmers in Brahmanbaria district have changed their lot by taking loans from BRAC, a leading non-government organisation (NGO).BRAC disbursed Tk954.5 million (Tk95.45 crore) loans among poor farmers through its five area...
The developing countries including specially the least developing countries (LDCs) such as Bangladesh, are faced with a grim situation from the escalating prices of both food and oil. In most cases, they are the major importers of these two basic...
Dr Salehuddin AhmedONE has to agree that no economy can grow and improve the living standards of its population in the absence of a well functioning and efficient financial sector. Improvement of the financial sector can create a conducive environment...
Mehru JafferWHILE visiting her daughter in the US, Derya Keskin Demirer's mother chided her for leaving the dishes her the husband to wash. Luckily Derya's husband does not mind helping in the kitchen. "They both work to earn and share...
Nusarat HashimiWhat constitutes morality? Morality is but a code of conduct applicable in a given time and place. It ought not to be understood as a static concept in man's history. What is regarded as inviolable morality of one period...
The foreign shipping companies take away, on average, more than two billion US dollars a year as freight charges from Bangladesh's 16 billion dollar foreign trade. The entire two billion dollars could be saved and retained in the country by...
MANY people are in the habit of gulping down medicines regularly. The taking of medicine for them might be akin to the mentality of some people who seem to appreciate wearing glasses out of a feeling that the same improves...
Mike Davis This August, just as the first Santa Ana winds bent the boughs of the eucalyptus trees in Balboa Park, 500 wealthy business people and Republican Party donors raised their champagne glasses to salute "Mr. San Diego," Pete Wilson,...
John LloydDemocracy's friends," concludes Stein Ringen, "should now sound loud and clear a warning about democracy's quality." The conclusion is the book's subject: Ringen, a Norwegian sociologist at Oxford, believes that democracy has won in the world while losing the...
Ahmed Showkat MasudA garment factory with a capacity to produce 2,00,000 dozens of shirts in 300 working days will have to share extra orders, with another factory. If buyers ask the factory owner that no sub contract will be allowed...
Ed Crooks from LondonSHORTAGES of skilled labour and capital investment mean oil supplies might fail to meet the expected growth in demand over the coming years, the head of the rich countries' energy watchdog has warned.Nobuo Tanaka, executive director of...
David Wighton from New YorkCitigroup has sacked two senior executives responsible for its mortgage-backed investments business amid concerns that it could face further heavy writedowns on its holdings of subprime-linked securities.Michael Raynes, head of structured credit, and Nestor Dominguez, co-head...
SEOUL, Nov 8 (AFP): Asian economies have weathered the US subprime mortgage crisis well and will experience only a mild slowdown next year, a senior International Monetary Fund official said today. But any sharp US slowdown would have a significant...
WASHINGTON: US worker productivity rose at the strongest pace in four years in the third quarter, pushing labour costs down, the government said Wednesday in a report offering comfort to the inflation-wary Federal Reserve.Nonfarm productivity, or hourly output per worker,...
BEIJING, Nov 8 (AFP): China has released new rules to prohibit or limit foreign investment in key industries as it seeks to cool its overheated economy and clean up its damaged environment, state press reported today. In a wide-ranging directive...
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