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Human resource development should top the agenda of every government in the Asia and Pacific region for poverty alleviation, reports BSS. This was state

Human development must for poverty alleviation

d by decision-makers and policy-planners involved in rural development . . . . . . Read Full Story

Bangladesh to get its own 'brand image'

A high-powered body has outlined a basic promotional framework in a bid to help bolster Bangladesh's image worldwide through evolving a 'country branding' as the cornerstone of all potential promotional activities. The Strategic Country Promotion Council (SCPC) has also decided, in principle, to appoint a creative branding age . . . . . . Read Full Story

HEADLINE

Bangladesh to get its own 'brand image'

A high-powered body has outlined a basic promotional framework in a bid to help bolster Bangladesh

Human development must for poverty alleviation

Human resource development should top the agenda of every government in the Asia and Pacific regio

Reports on business environ compound confusions

Two reports prepared by two international agencies that dealt with, among others, the economic sce

POLITICS & POLICIES

Bhuiyan urges AL to discuss caretaker government reforms issue

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan urged the main opposition

Terrorists real enemies of Islam: Moudud

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Moudud Ahmed said that there was no room for terrori

Saber denies PTI report on Hasina's comments

Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Political Secretary to the opposition leader, outright rejected Saturday an

METRO & COUNTRY

Roche holds awareness programme on Hepatitis-C

An awareness programme titled "Hepatitis-C: Magnitude of the problem, its prevention and role of me

Breast cancer prevalence on rise in the country

The prevalence rate of breast cancer is on the rise in the country following ovary cancer, said expe

Chief Justice for protection of witnesses, victims in criminal justice system

Rapid social changes throughout the world give rise to greater criminal activities and so the law in

VIEWS & REVIEWS

Dissecting lawmakers’ perks and privileges

They did it again, a salary hike, first in 2003 and now a second sumptuous increase of perk and priv

Public in distress: Harassment all the way!

Mehrunessa Begum, a hapless widow in her 60s, stays near the notorious section of northern Mirpur ar

China's 'new economy' is not immune to a business downturn

As if to prove that there are as many answers to a question as there are economists, three widely va

EDITORIAL

The same old story about VAT

THE government needs resources to meet its annual recurrent as well as development expenditures. Tax

Prevention of software piracy

PIRATED softwares are being used in the country at random. Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) are a

Insurance industry in global market

THE main arguments for liberalisation of insurance is that the new order of free trade and services

LETTER TO EDITOR

Higher costs of living

THERE have been good sides to the economy's management in recent years and the same were discussed a

Alternative transport systems

For the last couple of years, the government has been trying to improve the city's traffic system. C

BUSINESS/ECONOMY

Bangladesh-Nepal trade marks sharp fall

KATHMANDU, Oct 1 (BDNEWS): The bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Nepal have come down from US$

IBBL foundation awards stipends to students

The scholarship and stipend awarding ceremony of Islami Bank Foundation, a subsidiary organisation o

$ gains further against BDT

The US dollar gained further against Bangladesh taka last week reducing gap between buying and selli

COMPANIES & FINANCE

OIC urges Islamic free trade area

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 (AFP): The 57-member Organisation of the Islamic Conference Saturday urged Musli

Hundreds rally across Indonesia against massive fuel price hike

JAKARTA, Oct 1 (AFP): Hundreds of people rallied in a third day of demonstrations across Indonesia S

S American trade summit gets off ground without key leaders

BRASILIA, Oct 1 (AFP): A South American trade summit barely got off the ground Friday, with the abse

CORPORATE/BUSINESS

Padma Life Ins premium up by 40pc

Padma Islami Life Insurance Limited's premium income went up by 40 per cent in 2004 compared to 200

London investors to focus on interest rate call, BP update

LONDON, Sept 30 (AFP) - The London stock market will look next week to an interest rate decision fro

Project delays 'drive up prices'

LONDON: Delays of big oil projects are helping to drive oil prices higher as energy companies become

BUSINESS & FINANCE

The call

It was a dark night. The stars were absent. The faded moon was hidden behind the dark monsters, at t

Grade inflation a mark of human kindness

Why has the grade point average of American college students, like English A-level scores, been risi

IBAites meet

In this age of information technology, we have very little time for meeting our old friends. The pre

LEISURE & ENTERTAINMENT

HIGHLIGHTS

Koi... Mil Gaye On SONY SET Sunday at 8:30 pm Rakesh Rohan's Koi... Mil Gaya is the story of R

TallTales &Trouble

Some people say gossipmongers have the worst of nightmares and there is at least one recurrent dream

MARKET & COMMODITIES

Deal signed on entrepreneurship dev for diversified jute products

The Jute Diversification Promotion Centre (JDPC) of the Ministry of Textiles and Jute and the Projec

Hungary sees VAT reduction on gasoline

BUDAPEST, Oct 1 (AFP): A five-percent reduction in the value-added tax on gasoline took effect in Hu

Low price frustrates potato growers in Chapainawabganj

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, October 01 (BDNEWS): Lower prices of potatoes and storage costs have frustrated the

SPORTS

BCB sits with cricketers for new payroll

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) sits with the national cricketers today (Sunday) to discuss about new

Cricketers should concentrate in domestic cricket: Anam

General Secretary of Bangladesh Cricket Control Board (BCCB) Mahbub Anam said, "Bangladesh Cricketer

Moin Khan to lead Pakistan in HK Super Sixes

KARACHI, Oct 1 (AFP): Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan will lead Pakistan in next month's Super Six

WORLD

Clark secures historic third term as New Zealand PM

WELLINGTON, Oct 1 (AFP): New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark secured a historic third term in pow

US 'space tourist' blasts off aboard Soyuz

BAIKONUR, (Kazakhstan), Oct 1 (AFP): A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur space centre in Ka

India, Pakistan to sign military trust-boosting deals

NEW DELHI, Oct 1 (AFP): Nuclear rivals India and Pakistan will next week sign accords to improve tru

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