SHERPUR, June 24 (UNB): Joint forces seized a truck loaden with 3000 sacks of paddy seeds while they were being smuggled out to India from Tarakandi Bazar in Sadar Upazila Sunday.Acting on secret information the joint forces went to the...
JOYPURHAT, June 24 (BSS): A 16-year-old girl escaped from the curse of early marriage at Uchna village in Panchbibi Upazila of the district Wednesday with the interference of upazila administration. Day-labourer Nasir Islam arranged marriage of his daughter Nahida Banu,...
MEHERPUR, June 24(BSS): Deputy commissioner (DC) of Meherpur district Mohammad Atahar Ali released two tonnes of fries of different species into Maba river in Gangni Upazila of the district Thursday.The fries were released into the river with an aim to...
BARGUNA, June 24 (BSS): Local people handed over two fake land officials to police after catching them from Awliapur village of the district Wednesday.The arrested are Saiful Islam of Bauful Upazila and Khalilur Rahman of Patuakhali Sadar Upazila.The police also...
FE ReportAnsar-VDP Unnayan Bank General Manager Md Nurul Alam Talukder obtained PhD degree in Economics from Atlantic National University, California in USA, recently.Meritorious and experienced senior banker Talukder completed his Master's degree in Economics (with Honours) from Dhaka University and...
KERANIGANJ, June 24 (UNB): The police unearthed a counterfeit factory and seized 20 cartons of glucose, Tang and Rosona worth Tk 1.0 million in Rasulpur area here Sunday.They also seized 20 machines used for making fake food items.Acting on secret...
Shakhawat Hossain The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is facing the risk of incurring loss of more than Tk 10 billion (1,000 crore) in the current month following the government policy of introducing transparency in fiscal measures, official sources said.The...
Collapsed houses and severed electrical cables killed at least 228 people after heavy rains and thunderstorms lashed Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, an official said Sunday, report agencies.The casualty figures from Saturday's storms rose after 185 more bodies were...
Admitting informal parley politics in different places, including restaurants and drawing-rooms, Law Adviser Barrister Mainul Hosein said generally politics is going on at house levels which the government does not restrict as it moves towards reform of politics."But restriction is...
Doulot Akter MalaThe country's lone coal-fired power plant at northern Barapukuria is now generating one-third of its installed capacity when the power shortage hits 2000 megawatt (MW) a day.The power plant having production capacity 250 MW has been generating only...
Law-enforcement agencies will move more cautiously than before to make an arrest under the state of emergency, a senior official said Sunday, reports bdnews24.com."From now on, an accused person won't be arrested as soon as a case is filed against...
Shahiduzzaman Khan THE caretaker government is set to complete the process of turning Bangladesh Biman into a public limited company (PLC) by June 30 and appoint an operator for managing the airline. Biman Bangladesh Airline will be renamed Bangladesh Airlines...
Selig Harrison This should start with the complete cessation of CIA and Pentagon covert operations designed to promote "regime change". "The United States is like a fox caught in a trap" in Iraq, said Amir Mahebian, editor of the conservative...
Ahmed Showkat MosudGLOBAL economy in the year 2006 has grown at the rate 5.4%. This has reflected an impressive increase of gross output of the world. Increase of gross output means that there has been an increase of the demand...
SUCCESSIVE governments in Bangladesh claimed that they followed a path of using education as the means to attaining economic progress. But the claims have proved to be not tenable in the backdrop of the prevailing education systems in the country...
Only decades ago, Dhaka was a naturally protected city from flooding, waterlogging and related problems. This was because the city at that time had a far smaller population and, more significantly, unplanned urbanisation and unconscionable activities had not taken their...
SINCE the sudden start of heavy downpour we have seen that the met office has been giving different types of predictions about weather. They said there is no possibility of floods. But already many parts of the country are experiencing...
Qazi Azad A GOOD society is one where the middle class outnumbers everyone else. Like Aristotle, foreign investors also believe so, although for a different reason. Usually, they choose to investment more in a country where the middle class is...
Syed Jamaluddin At the time of every budget, proposals are floated for addressing the problems of the jute sector. Many arguments are advanced in justifying assistance to the sector. The main thrust is on providing it financial support. It is...
Khan Ferdousour Rahman BANGLADESH and Australia agreed on June 13, 2007 to further expand bilateral co-operation in promising areas as Canberra decided to increase its annual aid for Dhaka. The broad-based agreement came during official talks between Foreign Affairs Adviser...
BUENOS AIRES, June 23 (Xinhua): The Argentine government said yesterday that the "intransigence" of the United States and the European Union led to the failure of the recent Group of Four (G4) trade negotiations. The United States and the EU...
NEW DELHI, June 23 (PTI): Inflation fell to a one year-low of 4.28 per cent for the week ended June 9 on cheaper food and some manufactured goods as well as a higher base, easing pressure on Reserve Bank of...
BEIJING, June 23 (PTI): China's information technology (IT) services outsourcing industry is poised to boom and enjoys distinct advantages over that of India due to huge domestic market and its close interaction with local clients in service and manufacturing industry,...
WASHINGTON, June 23 (AFP): The US economy appears to be emerging from a period of sluggish growth but is "uncomfortably close" to the "stall speed" associated with past recessions, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday. In its annual report...
ISTANBUL, June 23 (AFP): The leaders of 12 countries in the Black Sea region, among them Russian President Vladimir Putin, will gather here Monday to discuss projects aimed at boosting trade and economic cooperation. The summit of the Organisation of...
YANGON, June 23 (Xinhua): Eleven Myanmar's state-owned foodstuff factories, rice mills and bran oil mills will be privatised, said the government's Privatization Commission today. Three foodstuff factories of the Myanmar foodstuff enterprise under the ministry of industry-1 and five rice...
KATHMANDU, June 23 (Xinhua): The three-year interim plan to be implemented from the coming fiscal year aims to spend 587.7 billion Nepali rupees on development activities in Nepal, local newspaper The Kathmandu Post reported today. The investment is expected to...
PARIS, June 23 (AFP): An international trade union body yesterday urged governments to clamp down on the activities of private equity funds, describing them as "shameless" and hostile to workers. "Private equity is basically a business model that is antagonistic...
LONDON, June 23 (AFP): Crude oil prices reached their highest levels for nine months this week, before paring gains on news of rising energy stockpiles in the United States. Base metal lead enjoyed yet another record peak as traders fretted...
NEW YORK, June 23 (AFP): The dollar was roiled yesterday by turbulence affecting the stock and bond markets while the euro set another all-time high against the yen, which felt more pressure from the so-called carry trade. Europe's single currency...
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