Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Engineer Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Monday said Thailand is eager to recruit 50,000 Bangladeshi fishermen.
Day: March 4, 2013
BNP vows to thwart ‘mass killing’
The BNP has announced that it will form committees to protect the people from what it alleges ‘genocide’ initiated by the ‘government’ across the country.
Train torched in Dhaka
Miscreants have set a train on fire at Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station, the nerve-centre of Bangladesh’s rail network, in the last leg of the two-day strike called by Jamaat-e-Islami.
India will fulfill all promises: Pranab
Visiting Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has assured President Zillur Rahman that India will fulfill all promises made to Bangladesh to settle the unresolved bilateral issues.
Banks face tighter control as law being amended
The government on Monday approved the proposal of the Bank Company (Amendment) Bill-2013 in principle to strengthen the country’s banking system.
Cropland expansion blamed for biodiversity loss
[JAKARTA] Rapid cropland expansion is the main cause of biodiversity loss in tropical countries, a study by UNEP’s (the UN Environment Programme) World Conservation Monitoring Centre and the Cambridge Conservation Initiative has found.
Madrid leaves Catalans defeated again
Real Madrid had the measure of Barcelona once again, with a 2-1 victory in Saturday’s Liga Clasico at Santiago Bernabeu.
Ferdous again pairs with Rituparna
Ferdous again pairs with Indian actress Rituparna Sengupta in a Kolkata film titled ‘Akarshon’, directed by Debraj Sinha.
Bank investment limit in stocks to be reset
The government has approved on principle a proposal to stop illegal banking and reset the ceiling for the banks to invest in the share market.
Senior business leaders for dialogue to end crises
Senior business leaders have called for an immediate dialogue among the major political parties to resolve the ongoing political crisis in the interest of the country’s economic development and to save lives and properties of the people.