Dhaka, Sept 8 (UNB)- Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has demanded soft-loan for six months to pay salary and Eid bonus to workers as many of the factory owners turned insolvent. “We received 35 less export orders this...
Dhaka, Sep 8 (UNB) - New BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain Saturday said party reform would be done in accordance with the party’s constitution, not under a “unique design” of his expelled predecessor Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan. Talking to reporters...
Dhaka, Sep 8(UNB)- A 10-member medical board was formed on Friday night for treatment of detained Arafat Rahman, younger son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. The board headed by chairman of Cardiology department of BSMMU Dr KMHS Sirajul Haq...
Dhaka, Sep 8 (UNB) - The Council of Advisers of the caretaker government Saturday approved in principle the Fertilizer Management (Amendment) Ordinance 2007 aimed at stopping the sale of mixture of substances or low-grade fertilizers in the name of organic...
Syed Fattahul AlimThe US invasion of Iraq that came down on Saddam Hussein, his army and the people of Iraq as 'shock and awe,' is running its fourth year. But the war with its high technology edge has not been...
Yasmin Rimi Eleven-year-old Ipsita has been afflicted with Thalassamea when she was three and a half. Thalassamea is an incurable disease with no permanent cure. A patient inflicted with this disease needs frequent blood replacement. Since Ipsita has been diagnosed...
Judging by the statements from the Baghdad government, you would think Iraq was getting safer. Yet a look at the dramatically-increasing flow of refugees from the country shows that most Iraqis agree with the findings of International Crisis Group experts...
Enayet RasulThe high-profile meeting on Wednesday between business leaders and the highest level figures in the government could not have come sooner. For the urgency of such an exchange of views between the two sides, was being felt direly. According...
Ishrat Firdousi"How has this situation come about? It is because of the decline in the socio-economic conditions of the country and not giving the due importance to the reappearance of tuberculosis. The salient points in TB treatment are the intake...
Farid Hossain At Beijing International Airport we are greeted by a young woman who looks more like a college girl than a professional guide. "Welcome to China. My name is Narisha," says the woman, flashing a grin on her pretty...
Jonathan GuthrieAn idea that Europeans are hopeless at high-tech start-ups has taken root alongside older stereotypes of humourless Germans, food-obsessed Frenchmen and sexually repressed Britons. Europeans gaze longingly at the US, where geeky technologists set up big cutting-edge businesses such...
David BowenVisitor numbers to central bank sites must have been breaking records this month. Both professionals and the "interested punter" will have wanted to see what the Fed and its equivalents round the world have been saying and doing about...
Clive CrookAlberto Gonzales is assured of his place in history. When he at last steps down as US attorney-general next month, it will be as the most reviled and ridiculed holder of that office in recent memory. With Democrats cheering...
Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Aug 28 (IPS) - Sri Lanka, which is fighting a longstanding insurgency against Tamil separatists, is fast gaining notoriety as "one of the world's worst places" both for journalists and humanitarian aid workers -- due primarily to...
Shu-Ching Jean Chen from Hong KongFrom the standpoint of Asian air travellers, it is a marriage of heaven and hell. The end product could be an indicator of the extent to which stodgy Chinese state-owned companies will open up to...
Fayen WongBusiness leaders in the Asia-Pacific region said on Wednesday they will ask governments to put a price on carbon emissions as soon as possible to combat climate change.The Pacific Rim business heads, gathered in Sydney for the Asia Pacific...
China and the United States have become each other' s second trade partner since 2006, with a good momentum evident in bilateral trade over recent years. Their cooperation has also witnessed a fast expansion in investment, services and other sectors....
The Indian economy has seen above expectation growth, particularly in manufacturing and services, according to figures released by the Indian Ministry of Statistics recently.The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) had increased over the second quarter on the year before, rising by...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) says it will not conduct scrutiny of the returns of marginal taxpayers to detect tax evasion."We'll not look for the returns of the holders of tax index number (TIN) who pay income...
S M JahangirThe government is yet to sign agreements with the bidders selected for setting up 10 small power plants. The selection process was completed two months back.The inordinate delay in the signing of the agreements contradicts the government's apparent...
BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain Friday brushed aside Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan's claim that his faction represented the mainstream BNP. "Those expelled are no more in the party. Their claim of being the mainstream BNP is illegal," he told bdnews24.com...
Debates clearly surfaced within Awami League (AL) in recent time over holding dialogue with the Election Commission (EC) and participating in next year's general elections keeping party chief Sheikh Hasina in jail, reports UNB. Difference of opinion is also evident...
Javier Blas, FT Syndication ServiceROME: Developing countries face serious social unrest as they struggle to cope with soaring food prices, inflation that shows no signs of abating, the United Nations' top agriculture official has warned.Jacques Diouf, director-general of the UN's...
A Z M AnasThe caretaker government opens talks with the World Bank (WB) next week for a US$75 million loan package needed to cushion the impact of devastating flood."We'll be negotiating with bank officials Sunday for the credit to be...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The cultivation of 'ropa' (transplanted) Aman, popularly known as T- aman, has intensified since last week following full recession of flood waters from the affected districts across the country, according to the Department of Extension (DAE). The...
All government colleges in country's divisional cities will be reopened today (Saturday) following a government announcement in this connection, reports UNB.The authorities of all government colleges in the cities have decided to reopen their respective institutions Saturday.In Sylhet, the authorities...
Arafat Rahman Coco was admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital Friday afternoon with chest pain, less than 24 hours after he was taken to the Dhaka Central Jail, reports bdnews24.com. The younger son of detained former prime minister...
SATKHIRA Sept 07: Border Security Force (BSF) of India shot dead two Bangladeshi shepherds at Kushkhali frontier in Sadar Upazila here Friday. The deceased were identified as Ali Hossain (25), son of Barakatullah of Satani village and Harun Mollah (18),...
BAGERHAT, Sep 07: Twenty-five fishermen went missing as four fishing trawlers capsized in the Bay Thursday night due to bad weather. Survivors said the four trawlers, carrying 50 fishermen, sank in the Bay as they were hit by strong currents....
A young man was gunned down by unknown assailants at Dania under Shyampur thana Thursday night. The victim was identified as Syed Shafi Mahmud (24), son of Syed Mohammad Ibrahim of 61 Islampur under Kotwali police station. Police quoted victim's...
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