FE ReportThree second year students of the Institute of Business Administration of the Dhaka University have won 'the best of the best' award at the regional finals of HSBC's Young Entrepreneurs Awards (YEA) in Hong Kong.The students -- Zeeshan Rahman,...
DU CorrespondentThe seventh "International Education and Career Expo 2007" began at the city's Bashundhara City Complex Thursday.Conference and Exhibition Management Services Limited has organised the five-day expo.Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor SMA Faiz inaugurated the event as the chief guest.Speaking on the...
NARAYANGANJ, July 12 (UNB): Twelve suspected robbers were arrested by police from a truck at Raghunathpur under Fatullah thana Tuesday midnight.Police said they raided the truck following a confessional statement of arrested robber Shah Alam.During the raid, police also recovered...
The third death anniversary of Nurunnahar Begum, wife of late Kabiruddin Ahmed will be observed tomorrow (Saturday).On the occasion, a milad mahfil will be held after Zohar prayer at the orphanage of Pir Dudu Mia of Shariatpur. Relatives and friends...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) is likely to further raise both statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) and cash reserve requirement (CRR) of the commercial banks to curb inflationary pressures on economy through tightening monetary policy. "We will revisit the SLR...
BNP secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan Thursday announced a 13-point agenda for a recast of all organs of the state and government institutions, purportedly in tune with the socio-political purge kicked off by the army-supported interim regime, reports UNB. To...
S M JahangirYet another upward adjustment of power tariff is likely soon as the government is considering price hike of natural gas which is used for generation of electricity.Power and Energy Adviser Tapan Chowdhury gave Thursday such indication while talking...
The anti-corruption watchdog would probe into allegations of corruption against reformist politicians as well, as none was above the law, said the new ACC secretary Thursday, reports UNB"If we get corruption allegations against them, we must investigate the charges," said...
Farmers enduring a fertiliser crisis took to the streets in two districts Thursday, triggering clashes with police, reports bdnews24.com. A violent skirmish took place Thursday between police and fertiliser-hungry farmers in Godagari of Rajshahi district leaving at least 12 people...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) expects a last minute rush of the people to declare their undisclosed money by July 31, the deadline set for doing so by paying the tax at the normal rate, in addition...
Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) will go for aggressive marketing this year to attract investment in three EPZs that remain under-utilised, BEPZA chairman said, reports bdnews24.comThe EPZs are Monglain Khulna, Ishwardi in Pabna and Uttara in Nilphamari districts. "We'll...
The Bangalore company that hired one of the Indian suspects in the failed terror attack on Glasgow airport in the UK sought to distance itself from the case on Wednesday, saying it had no record of his movements after he...
Awami League (AL) presidium member Motia Chowdhury has criticised "restriction" on free movement of AL president Sheikh Hasina and asked the government to ensure democratic and constitutional rights for her, reports UNB.Talking to reporters outside Bangabandhu Memorial Museum Thursday, Motia,...
Imports were up 14 per cent to about $ 16 billion during the last fiscal year (2006-07), compared to the previous fiscal, reports UNB.Bangladesh Bank figures released Thursday showed imported goods worth $15,903 million reached the country as per the...
The judgment in the rotten wheat scam of Fatullah thana will be delivered on July 18. Judge Shamsumnnahar of the special makeshift court at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, trying high profile corruption suspects, set the date Thursday after closing the arguments...
President Iajuddin Ahmed will leave the city for Singapore tomorrow (Saturday) on a five-day visit. He will undergo a medical check-up at Mount Elizabeth Hospital as per previous schedule as advised by his Singaporean physicians, said a Bangabhaban handout. The...
A special court of Judge Shahed Nooruddin, after concluding the testimonies of the defence witnesses and their cross-examinations, fixed July 16 for arguments, in the graft case faced by detained Awami League presidium member Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir. Alamgir, a bureaucrat-turned-politician...
Kamrul Ahsan, currently serving as Consul General of Bangladesh in Dubai, has been appointed High Commissioner to Singapore, said an official announcement Thursday.-UNB
President Iajuddin Ahmed has approved an ordinance to convert Biman Bangladesh Airlines into a public limited company, according to a government circular, which was available Thursday, reports bdnews24.com. The law ministry Wednesday published the amended law, Bangladesh Biman Corporation (Amendment)...
FHM Humayan Kabir Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed is likely to sit with different ministries in late July to review action plans and preparations on implementation of the annual development programme (ADP) of the new fiscal, official sources said.Sources in the...
FE ReportIndices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped on profit taking although the total market capitalisation maintained growth Thursday, the last trading session of the week.On the day, the total turnover declined to Tk 1.698 billion from Tk 1.956...
FE ReportPrices of most essential items shot up by almost 2.0 per cent to 45 per cent in the local market during last one month as a government move to establish cooperative among the district-level growers still remained at a...
FE ReportAsian Development Bank (ADB), the country's major development partner, has raised its lending rates for both its US dollar and Japanese yen single currency pool-based loans. According to information received in Dhaka from the ADB's headquarters Thursday, the lending...
KATMANDU, JULY 12 (AP) : Nepal's government presented a 169 billion rupee (US$2.6 billion; euro1.9 billion) annual budget on Thursday aimed at holding crucial elections later this year and cutting off the annual allowance for the king and royal family....
The High Commission of Canada in Dhaka has said no Canadian education institution presently operates an offshore campus in Bangladesh, reports UNB.The High Commission's clarification came in the wake of a recent publication of the University Grants Commi-ssion (UGC) of...
FE ReportThe US dollar slightly eased against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Thursday in the inter-bank foreign exchange market influenced by limited demand for the greenback, fund managers said.The market experienced sufficient supply of dollar facilitating the taka to regain some...
The Ministry of Home Affairs Thursday asked its attached offices to finalise their missions, visions and citizens charters by July 20, reports BSS.The decision was taken at a meeting with Home Secretary Mohammad Abdul Karim in the chair, an official...
The caretaker government Thursday appointed chairmen and members to the Chittagong Hill Tracts' three district councils, reports bdnews24.com. CHT affairs adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury had earlier approved the 'interim' appointments of the new chairmen and members to Rangamati, Khagrachhari and...
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Noor Mohammad Thursday hoped that the caretaker government would take quick step to give the police an envisaged pay rise, reports UNB.Talking to UNB and television channels at Rajarbagh Police Lines, he said the Chief...
HANOI, July 12 (Xinhua): Vietnam detected 225 corruption cases involving 482 people, and losses worth 72.7 billion Vietnamese dong (VND) (over 4.5 million U.S. dollars) in the first half of this year. Those involved include 20 policemen, one military officer,...
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