Staff Reporter
Finance Adviser Dr Mirza Azizul Islam yesterday expressed his disappointment over the rate of implementation of Annual Development Programme (ADP) in the first quarter of the current 2007-08 fiscal year.“The implementation rate of ADP in the July-September period is not satisfactory and we will hold series of meetings to gear up the implementation rate [...]

Pulack Ghatack
The economy, which had been facing pressure both on the external trading front as well as within the domestic consumer index since long, is now approaching a deep crisis due to colossal damages by cyclone. Persistent inflation had been battering the daily life of people for six years. Prices of almost all the essential [...]

UNB, DhakaChief Adviser Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed Thursday hoped that the cyclone-hit people will not only return to their normal life as in the past, but also lead a better life in near future following combined efforts of the government and the people. The head of the caretaker government expressed the optimism while receiving donations [...]

Staff ReporterAdviser for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and Information Barrister Mainul Hosein yesterday said democracy in the country had failed, as there were no democratic practices within the political parties.The Law Adviser said it has been proved that party dictatorship is not helpful for democracy.He said the government would not bring political reforms as [...]

UNB, DhakaIndian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee visits Bangladesh Saturday (December 1) to convey solidarity of the people of India with the people of Bangladesh in their hour of need.During his tour, the Indian Minister will meet Chief Advisor Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed and Foreign Advisor Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, a news release from the Indian [...]

UNB, Dhaka
A fast-track anti-graft court Thursday jailed Dhaka city ward commissioner and cine-villain Monwar Hossain Dipjol, who is on the run, for eight years for tax dodging.Pronouncing the verdict, Judge AK Roy also fined the convict to pay Tk 3.50 crore or suffer six months more in jail.Besides, the court ordered the government to confiscate [...]

পাকিস্তানে ১৬ই ডিসেম্বর জরুরি অবস্থা তুলে নেওয়া হবে বলে ঘোষণা করেছেন প্রেসিডেন্ট পারভেজ মুশারফ, এর আগে তিনি অসামরিক রাষ্ট্রপ্রধানের দায়িত্ব নেন৻ [Read more]

বাংলাদেশের বরগুনায় ত্রাণের দাবিতে কয়েকশো মানুষ আবার বিক্ষোভ প্রদর্শন করেছেন, পর্যাপ্ত সাহায্যের প্রতিশ্রুতি দিয়েছে জেলা প্রশাসন৻ [Read more]

Bangladesh government has officially announced the formation of the first ever public-private business forum titled ‘Bangladesh Better Business Forum’ (BBBF). [Read more]

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director in Bangladesh Hua Du told a press conference that Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate is likely to go down to below 6 percent in fiscal 2007-08 due to natural calamities. [Read more]