Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated on Tuesday Savar Tannery Industrial City urging tannery owners to give required attention to industrial waste management to check pollution, reports BSS."We should always remember the pollution while setting up industries. So, we have to take active measures for waste management," she said while inaugurating...
Read moreAcademicians, researchers and activists have stressed the need for mainstreaming social business into different universities of the world as they found it an important and relevant new 'economic theory' which deserves more attention.They also argued that as the interest in social business in the academic world is growing fast, it...
Read moreSpeakers at a workshop suggested on Tuesday signing of bilateral and regional trade agreements to overcome the challenges after graduation from the least developed country (LDC) status. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) can be used as a tool in this regard, they said, suggesting signing FTA with the country's largest trading...
Read moreThe state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is looking for a joint venture (JV) partner for construction and operation of an import-based LPG storage, bottling and distribution plant.BPC has planned to import LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) in bulk quantity after building large LPG storage tanks under the JV partnership. It will...
Read moreNEW YORK, Nov 6 (AFP): Wall Street stocks were modestly higher early on Tuesday as the United States headed to the polls for congressional elections seen as a referendum on Donald Trump's presidency.About 15 minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.3 percent at 25,526.12.The broad-based S&P...
Read moreJatiya Oikya Front (JOF) is set to sit with the Prime Minister again today (Wednesday morning) in its last-ditch effort to reach an understanding to hold the next general election in a credible manner with the participation of all parties, reports UNB.Dr Kamal Hossain will lead the Oikya Front delegation...
Read moreHours after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked them to step down, four technocrat ministers of the current cabinet resigned on Tuesday evening, reports UNB.Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam BSc, Religious Affairs Minister Principal Matior Rahman, Science and Technology Minister Architect Yafesh Osman and Posts, Telecommunications and Information...
Read moreThe ruling Awami League (AL) will distribute its nomination papers among the aspirants from Friday for the upcoming general election, reports BSS.The aspirants have to collect the nomination papers from Awami League President's Dhanmondi political office (new building) from 10 am on November 09, said a press release signed by...
Read moreVehicles forming a long queue at a filling station in the Tejgaon industrial area of the city on Tuesday amid a gas supply shortage — FE photo by Shafiqul Alam
Read moreIn a shocking revelation, the head of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) cybercrime wing has said data from "almost all" Pakistani banks was stolen in a recent security breach."According to a recent report we have received, data from almost all Pakistani banks has been reportedly hacked," FIA Cybercrimes Director retired...
Read moreChief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda said on Tuesday the election date can be delayed if all the political parties reach a consensus to do so, but not the announcement of the election schedule, reports UNB.If all the political parties agree, the election date can be revised, but not...
Read moreA two-day 'Annual Banking Conference-2018' will begin at the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) in the city today (Wednesday), reports BSS. Four plenary sessions will be held during the conference and 22 articles will be presented, while people from home and abroad, including experts, bankers, researchers and students, will...
Read morePassersby moving past an overhead clustre of cables used for dish antenna and internet connections near the Dhaka Stock Exchange building at Motijheel in the city on Tueasday — FE photo
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