Prawn culture in Teesta irrigation canal in Nilphamari begins

NILPHAMARI, July 15: District Fisheries Office of Nilphamari has undertaken a comprehensive project to cultivate lobster in Teesta irrigation canal in Nilphamari. Sources said the district fisheries office recently released 2000 fry into the canal water between the canal's Chanderhat...

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Hezbollah prisoner swapJERUSALEM, Jul 15: An Israeli government spokesman says the Cabinet has overwhelming approved a prisoner swap with Hezbollah.The hotly debated deal would release a convicted Lebanese child-killer and four Hezbollah guerrillas in exchange for two missing Israeli soldiers...

New ideas must catch a customer's mood

TEN years ago, Clayton Christensen's book, The Innovator's Dilemma, was a bestseller. Christensen showed how innovation could become a form of trap. Companies invest large amounts of time and money in innovation but then lack the ability to make their...

Financial troubles seen as deepening

THE nation is broke. This perhaps succinctly describe the current economic woes of America, the largest and most vibrant economy of the world. Peter Peterson, commerce secretary under Richard Nixon is planning to spend $1.0 billion of his own money...

VGF cards for urban poor to be launched

The government is contemplating introducing Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) card for the urban poor, reeling under soaring prices of essentials, ahead of the Ramadan month.The price monitoring committee in a meeting recently asked the food and disaster management ministry to...

Freedom to be enlightened

THE only scheduled bank operating in Bangladesh which can boast about the architectural beauty and functional facilities of its own training institute is undoubtedly Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) whose sprawling training institute covers acres of prime land in Mirpur of...

Power supply and industries

POWER or electricity is counted as the life-blood of a modern economy. Economic activities, ranging from the production processes to distribution and even marketing, are dependent on steady and reliable power supply. Many factors are responsible for the current underinvestment...

corporatewatch

Dhaka Stock ExchangeThe Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has de-listed (discontinued the trading of the shares) the company following its amalgamation with the Olympic Industries Limited with effect from today (Tuesday).Monthly get-together of DSEmembers' todayThe monthly get-together (lunch) of DSE members...

Good times not around: A harsh reminder by Finance Adviser

THERE has been an uproar in the media and among some political quarters, over the reported comment by Finance and Planning Adviser Mirza Azizul Islam at a seminar in the city.The media quoted the Adviser as saying 'the times of...

Raised untaxed income ceiling boon for undisclosed money holders

People having undisclosed incomes could enjoy the benefit of the existing untaxed income limit of Tk 165,000 at the time of declaring their legally-earned money under the latest offer the government has made to this end, a senior revenue official...

Boosting trade with Nepal thru' Banglabandha remains a far cry

The government's plan to bolster trade with Nepal through a direct road link across Banglabandha land port remains a far cry due to India's reluctance to provide transit facility, said a senior official Sunday.He said both the countries need transit...

When rumours gain ground over speculation

Bugs invaded the computers belonging to a large number of brokerage houses last Wednesday, causing serious disruption in daily operation of the Dhaka Stock Exchange-DSE. There had been no transactions during the usual hours of trading-between 10am and 2pm. However,...

Foreign portfolio investors' interest in Bangladesh market growing

The foreign portfolio investors were more active in the country's stock market in the just concluded fiscal year (2007-08) than the previous fiscal with their investment rising by nearly 37 per cent.According to data available with the Dhaka Stock Exchange...

How former students can help the present ones develop confidence

CONFIDENCE is crucial for success in student life. Students receive confidence from various sources-from parents, teachers, classmates, seniors. One of the most attractive way of gaining confidence for them is interaction with the former students of the institute. The relationship...

Entire 8m RMG pieces may not be exported to India

New Delhi's offer to import eight million pieces of garments from Bangladesh, aimed at reducing the trade deficit, may not be completely executed as prices being offered by many Indian buyers are quite low, sector insiders said Saturday.Their observation came...

Soaring energy costs and options for the economy

THE world might have to live with the higher cost of fuel oil for a longer time than anticipated, prompted by escalating demand for oil rather than lapses on the part of producers to pump out more oil. Even at...

BGMEA to launch 'service book' from August this year

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) will introduce a 'service book' among its member units to document detail information of the apparel workers for ensuring their legal rights."We'll launch the service book from August this year with an aim...

Secular fa

It goes to the credit of Mahtma Gandhi, and those who shared his philosophy that the new Indian state did not get completely and early obsessed with chauvinistic religious impulses. Gandhi gave his life to warn about the monster that...

Remittances may cross $10b in current fiscal

The central bank expects the remittances from abroad to cross US$ 10 billion in the current fiscal as various moves have been taken to help boost the inward flow from different parts of the world where expatriates and workers are...

Setting weekly goals can lead to success all through life

MOST of those who have succeeded in life contribute success to consistent efforts. Efforts put on continuous basis is very much helpful for success in student life as well. It has been observed that most of the successful students who...

Footsie joins bear market roll-call

FT Syndication ServiceLONDON: The UK became Friday the last of the world's leading stock markets to enter bear market territory amid fresh concerns that the credit crisis was entering a new phase and a record high for oil prices.The FTSE...

Valuable lessons from outside the classroom

CUSTOM dictates that in this, my final journal, I should exclaim: "It seems like only yesterday that I began my MBA". However, this clich

America's president must back the Group of Twenty

One of the biggest foreign policy challenges facing the next US president will be how to modernise the main forums of global decision-making. Crises in Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran will consume much of his time, but Barack Obama or John...

sports digest

Yorkshire will appeal against their expulsion from the Twenty20 Cup for fielding an ineligible player. Pakistan-born Azeem Rafiq, 17, played against Nottinghamshire in June, but he had not been registered for the first team and does not hold a UK...

Macro economic challenges

THE budget deficit will continue to be sizeable or on the higher side, notwithstanding the increased revenue collection in fiscal 2007-08. But for the momentum in revenue collection to sustain, economic growth will have to be yet higher or government's...

Delivery of remittances by post offices starts tomorrow

The Bangladesh Post Office (BPO) will start from tomorrow (Sunday) the delivery of remittances transferred through a US company, to recipients across the country.In January, the postal department signed a ground-breaking agreement with the global money transfer leader, Western Union,...

The prospect of 280 million Bangladeshis by 2085

The World Population Day was observed in Bangladesh amid worrying information that this country is falling far short in taking measures to control its population though it is already a highly overpopulated country and has the highest density of population...

sports digest

SYDNEY, July 11: Football Federation Australia is to take up with FIFA the legalities of an Australian club sending its young stars to Croatia, reports said Friday. Sydney United, formerly Sydney Croatia, has produced 32 Socceroos over the years and...

Baghdad opens door to foreign developers

Iraq has invited foreign companies to bid for contracts developing eight of its oil and gas fields, launching a process that will let big international oil companies back into the country for the first time in more than 30 years.Hussein...

The curse of early marriage

At 15 Jolly was preparing for her SSC exams. She never set for the tests. The teenager instead was married off to become a houswife. Although her parents boast of having a rich son-in-law, they have never tried to know...