FOR quite sometime, the common people have been complaining about a repressive price situation. No government measure aimed at easing the situation has been successful until now. Even full exemption of duty and intervention in marketing by government agencies are...
Shahiduzzaman KhanTHE development partners are pressing the government again to raise the prices of natural gas, electricity, fertiliser and petroleum products. In line with their recommendations, the interim caretaker government has also taken a move to increase the natural gas...
Khan Ferdousour RahmanFRANCE was among the first to recognise the independence of Bangladesh after December 16, 1971 and appointed its ambassador in Dhaka in 1972. Bangladesh can proudly recall the direct support of the eminent French intellectual and former French...
Abdus SubhanMARKET studies or research to establish demand pattern of products are essential preconditions for the establishment of industries. Private sector can initiate their own such research. The government can also play a valuable role in this regard by collecting...
THE government can reasonably spend out of borrowings from the financial system if such borrowings are spent on productive activities and the level of the borrowings also remains within safe limits. In that case, such borrowings and their spending can...
A national daily reported sometime ago that madrashas (religious schools) are being favoured over regular or mainstream educational institutions in the allocation of government funds. Clearly, this is not desirable. Madrasha education under the present institutional practices does mainly produces...
IT is noteworthy that the bilateral relationship between Bangladesh and India has been gaining a new momentum. The resumption of train services between the two neighbouring countries after long 36 years is particularly a very welcome development. The trial-run of...
Fakhrul IslamTHEgrowth of private universities in Bangladesh has been phenomenal in recent years. Any visitor to the Dhaka city will, undoubtedly, be surprised and also encouraged to see so many sign/billboards of private universities at different significant locations of the...
Rebecca Knight ROBERT Huckman has spent a good portion of his career working to improve medical care in the US. As a consultant in the private sector, he advised healthcare companies on their merger and acquisition strategies. And as an...
FE SpecialSCARCITY of public universities, session jams, polluted student politics and the unhealthy situation in the country's educational institutions draw attention of students, guardians and authorities concerned to come forward and join the private universities.Talking to journalists, Northern University Bangla-desh...
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Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has agreed to provide Bangladesh $3 million for setting up a National Fistula Centre (NFC) at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) for the treatment of fistula patients, reports BSS.A Skilled Birth Attendant (SBA) Training Institute...
Bangladesh Telecommuni-cation Regulatory Commission (BTRC) now works on Saturdays to clear backlogs while the authorities have also provisioned extra allowances to stimulate its underpaid workforce, reports bdnews24.com."We have been working extended hours. Yet we cannot catch up," Chairman Manzurul Alam...
The low over north Bay and adjoining area moved slightly northwestwards, intensified into a well-marked low and is lying over north-west Bay and adjoining area Saturday morning, reports UNB. "It is likely to intensify further and move in a northwesterly...
BHOLA, July 14 (UNB): Hundreds of farmers Thursday besieged the district's Monpura Island Upazila agricultural office demanding urea fertiliser.Farmers said they need 275 tonnes of urea fertiliser for the current month but so far they did not get any allotment...
Bangladesh Telecommuni-cation Regulatory Commission (BTRC) now works on Saturdays to clear backlogs while the authorities have also provisioned extra allowances to stimulate its underpaid workforce, reports bdnews24.com."We have been working extended hours. Yet we cannot catch up," Chairman Manzurul Alam...
GAZIPUR, July 14 (UNB): The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in separate drives, arrested two listed terrorists and seized a revolver and ammunition in the district Friday.On information, a team of RAB arrested Ismail (31), from Gopalpur at Tongi...
BRAHMANBARIA, July 14 (UNB): A newsman was sentenced to five years imprisonment by a Speedy Trial Tribunal here Thursday for taking bribe.Judge Mahmudul Alam also fined newsman Abdullah Al Hridoy Tk 5,000, in default, to suffer six months RI more.Assistant...
JOYPURHAT, July 14 (UNB): A daring dacoity was committed at Grameen Bank, Barail branch, at Khetlal Upazila Friday.Sources said a gang of bandits entered into the branch building and residential rooms cutting window grills and they beat branch manager Anwar...
LAXMIPUR, July 14 (UNB): A three-wheeler tempo driver, who was injured in a road accident, died at Sadar Hospital Friday.Police said a speeding truck hit the tempo near Jhumur Cinema Hall in the town Thursday leaving its driver Yusuf (24)...
COMILLA, July 14 (UNB): A BBA first-year student of the Northern University (NU) was killed in the town of Comilla Saturday.The deceased was identified as Imtiajuddin Shuvo, son of former chairman of Daudkandi Pourashava Nasiruddin Ahmed. Sources said Touhid, one...
M. A. Baree, FCAFinance proposals made by the Finance Adviser has been approved by the Hon'ble President on 28 June 2007 and from 01 July 2007 it is known as Finance Ordinance 2007. It incorporates numerous changes and amendments to...
Krishna Guha BEN Bernanke offered a subtle explanation of the way the Federal Reserve views core and headline inflation in a recent speech to the National Bureau of Economic Research.The Fed chairman's remarks came amid debate in the market over...
WASHINGTON, July 14 (AFP) : The United States will haul China into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for a formal hearing on industrial subsidies that US officials said violated global trading rules, officials said. The request for a WTO dispute...
GENEVA, July 14 (AFP): The World Trade Organisation (WTO) yesterday ruled that Japan's punitive tariffs on imports of semiconductors made by South Korean firm Hynix were illegal. In a ruling released on the WTO's website, a dispute settlement panel set...
NEW DELHI, July 14 (PTI): Costlier food items such as vegetables pushed up inflation to 4.27 per cent for the week ended June 30, but analysts say the Reserve Bank is unlikely to raise borrowing costs as the price index...
ISLAMABAD, July 14 (APP): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has decided to help create a 20-year 'special fund' for Pakistan aimed at extending a long-term source of funds for capacity building initiatives of various stakeholders including government organisations, regulatory authorities,...
CANBERRA, July 14 (Xinhua): The 11th Pacific Island Forum's economic ministers meeting has reaffirmed their responsibility to provide leadership on regional economic integration, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) radio reported yesterday. At the meeting, which was held in the Pacific island...
HARBIN, July 14 (CEIS): The first phase of a Chinese-funded economic and trade cooperation zone that has gone into operation in Russia's Far East will simplify trade procedures and provide mutual benefits. The zone, located in the city of Ussuriysk...
KATHMANDU, July 14 (Xinhua): The efforts of South Asian countries in attaining achievements stated in the millennium development goals (MDGs) are slow, revealed the South Asia MDGs report, Nepali National News Agency, RSS reported today. The report released by the...
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