DU announces Tk 1.84b budget
June 30, 2009
DU Correspondent — Dhaka University (DU) Monday announced its Tk 1.84 billion budget for the fiscal 2009-10 showing a deficit of Tk 100 million with an allocation of only 11 per cent of the total amount for education and research sector.
Calling home means a lot to Bangladeshi expat workers
June 30, 2009
FE Report — Bangladeshi workers living in the Persian Gulf and the South-East Asian countries blow up some 10 per cent of their income in mobile and internet telephony, an international survey said Sunday.
Compromise on ‘undisclosed’ or ‘black’ money
June 30, 2009
ACCORDING to some experts, the budget proposals created opportunities for whitening some Taka 2,000 billion in black money, nearly half the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). It is difficult to say how far these estimates are fairly objective.
Export, remittance rise despite recession: PM
June 30, 2009
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday painted a rosy picture of the economy saying that export rose by 12.5 per cent and remittance of US$ 8.8 billion received despite global economic recession and natural calamity, says UNB.
Banks asked to follow rules in reporting interest rates
June 30, 2009
FE Report — The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked commercial banks to properly follow the existing rules and regulations in reporting on interest rates from the month of July this year, officials said.
Coach positive too
June 29, 2009
Bangladesh cricket coach Jamie Siddons displayed a similar sort of satisfaction like his ex-captain Mohammad Ashraful on the Tigers’ recent performance in the ICC World Twenty20 after he faced the local media for the first time yesterday since returning from Australia at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
Moussavi rejects partial vote recount
June 29, 2009
Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi Saturday refused to support a panel set up by the electoral watchdog Guardian Council to conduct a partial recount of votes in the disputed presidential election, a media report said.
Refusing to be cowed by attacks on his party offices, Moussavi again demanded for fresh polls.
Rivals kill another outlaw at IU
June 29, 2009
Another cadre of outlawed Gono Mukti Fouj (GMF) was killed by his rival party men on Islamic University (IU) campus after 11 days of the murder of two cadres of the outfit.
Police recovered the severed head of the outlaw near the main gate of the university yesterday morning. They, however, could not trace the remaining part of the body.
Tk 1411.58cr budget to be announced today
June 29, 2009
The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) will announce a Tk 1411.58 crore budget today for the fiscal year 2009-10.
The amount is Tk 402.17 crore higher than the original budget and Tk 594.26 crore higher than the revised budget of 2008-09 fiscal year.
Khaleda seeks Hasina’s help in sending team to Tipai
June 29, 2009
Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia today sought the help of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for sending a separate BNP delegation, including technical experts, to visit the Tipaimukh Dam site.
Khaleda, also the BNP chief, sought the help, sending a letter to the premier at her office (PMO).