FE ReportThe US dollar remained steady with downward bias against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Wednesday in the inter-bank foreign exchange market with stable demand for the greenback, fund managers said.The exchange rate of the dollar varied between Tk 68.69 and...
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury Wednesday said he thinks the money allegedly received by former prime minister Sheikh Hasina for which the ACC filed a case against her was extortion, not donation, reports UNB."The people of Bangladesh do...
Bhutto- Musharraf meet soon, Sharif will return next weekISLAMABAD Sept 5 (Agencies): Former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto told a news agencies Wednesday she wanted to meet President Pervez Musharraf face-to-face after making progress in talks on a power-sharing deal between...
Dhaka, Sep 6 (UNB) - The government ordered the reopening of all government and non- government colleges in divisional cities, after a fortnight of their forced closure. An official announcement Thursday said, "The government has decided to withdraw an order...
Dhaka, Sept 6 (UNB) - Awami League President and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and others will have to face trial in the much-talked-about Mig 29 warplane purchase-scam case, as the High Court Thursday discharged all the petitions for quashing...
President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Mir Nasir Hossain left the city for New Delhi Tuesday to attend a regional consultation on the review of Asian Development Bank (ADB)'s Long-Term Strategic Framework (LTSF). ADB's...
FE ReportAt least four companies with initial public offerings (IPOs) worth Tk 1.0 billion of are going to be listed on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) soon.The companies are Bangladesh Finance and Investment Company Ltd, Phoenix...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe government may soon approve an action plan to back apparel units’ efforts to address compliance issues and face challenges ahead through strengthening Compliance Monitoring Cell (CMC). "The action plan is to safeguard Readymade Garment (RMG) units, which contributed about...
FE ReportBilateral and multilateral donors made commitments to provide emergency flood assistance worth about US$68.37 million until Monday last for relief operation and rehabilitating the people affected by the recent deluge across the country.According to official sources, out of the...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed its dissatisfaction over reports in both print and electronic media in India linking Bangladeshi nationals or 'outfits' to the recent blasts in Hyderabad, reports UNB.A Foreign Ministry release Tuesday said the Indian media...
Robbers looted gold ornaments worth about Tk (7.2 lakh) from the apartment house of eminent folk singer Dil Afroz Reba in Pallabi area of the city Tuesday afternoon, reports UNB.Neighbours said a gang of four pressed the calling-bell and got...
The government has moved to form a national registration authority for birth and voter registration and national identity cards (ID) preparation, a top government official said Tuesday. "The process to form the national registration authority is at its initial stage....
Jasim Uddin Haroon Formation of a single trade body for the country's freight forwarders faces setback as cases have been filed in this connection even against the government.The freight forwarders recently made a proposal to the Ministry of Commerce (MoC)...
The High Court (HC) delivers today (Wednesday) its orders deciding the fate of former prime minister and Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina as to whether she should be tried in the warplane-purchase-scam case, reports UNB.The much-talked-about Mig-29 case, pending...
The coal production in the second phase of the Barapukuria Coal Mine in Dinajpur was again suspended Tuesday due to leakage of gas, reports UNB.Reports received in Dhaka said that the authority was forced to halt the operation at 12...
Humans' DNA not quite so similar NEW YORK (AP): People are less alike than scientists had thought when it comes to the billions of building blocks that make up each individual's DNA, according to a new analysis. "Instead of 99.9...
Dhaka, Sept 5 (bdnews24.com) – Businessmen Wednesday asked the government to ensure a fearless environment for businesses. They said bringing confidence back to the mind of the businessmen was important to rein in the soaring prices of essentials—a concern that...
Army chief General Moeen U Ahmed Wednesday told businessmen at a high-profile meeting that they would not be unnecessarily hassled. "I want to say with certainty that no businessman will needlessly be harassed," Moeen told a meeting where businessmen sat...
A special court dealing with high-profile corruption cases Wednesday convicted the son of former BNP minister Shajahan Siraj of tax fraud and jailed him for 32 years together in four cases. Judge Shamsunnahar Begum handed down the prison sentence in...
The deep temperature change in the North Bay has kept the sea wild, the met office said Wednesday. Meteorologist Abdul Mannan told bdnews24.com the maritime ports of the country had been asked to show local cautionary signal 3 and river...
Classes resume in the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology on September 10 after nearly three weeks of shutdown. The syndicate, the highest decision-making body of the university, set the date in a meeting Wednesday, vice-chancellor M Aminul Islam told...
President Iajuddin Ahmed Wednesday said the polls would be held in line with the roadmap of the Election Commission and voter registration was accordingly underway. The president made the remark said while visiting 'Operation Nabajatra' voter enlistment with photographs and...
The Khulna City Corporation (KCC) has reportedly entered into an agreement with the local engineering university within the city area, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), to jointly conduct with a German university a three-month long baseline survey on...
Syed Ishtiaque RezaAiling power sector gives no signal of immediate solution to the persisting crisis. Load shedding in many parts of the city is continuing for varying periods. The most severely affected sector is business, especially the manufacturing sector. According...
Rukhsana ShaheenFOR long, social scientists have been struck by the tendency of certain behaviours, as opposed to diseases, to spread through populations as if they were contagious. In some instances, mere exposure to a behaviour is sufficient for replication and...
Cheryl Pellerin of USINFOEXPERTS from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will put a second tsunami-warning device in the Indian Ocean this month, as part of the U.S. government's commitment to help the region protect its communities from...
I hope I am not alone who suffers from aviophobia---fear of flying---an experience that frightens you to death when as a passenger you try your best to be oblivious to what is happening around for a few minutes as your...
FROZEN food sector is the country's second highest export earner. Despite this reality, the exporters of foreign shrimps, allegedly, deprive the labourers working in shrimp farms of their proper wages. It is reported that Khulna district itself has about 20,000...
Dahr Jamail"In violence we forget who we are" -- Mary McCarthy, novelist and critic Having spent a fair amount of time in occupied Iraq, I now find living in the United States nothing short of a schizophrenic experience. Life in...
Celestine BohlenViktor Gerashchenko, chairman of OAO Yukos Oil Co., sits in his almost-empty office on the 10th floor of the now-bankrupt oil giant's headquarters, its logo stripped from the roof, lobby and doors. The building in central Moscow is a...
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