The securities regulator BSEC should exercise its full power for the sake of development of the country's capital market, said State Minister for Finance MA Mannan on Thursday.He was speaking at a seminar held on the occasion of World Investor Week 2017.In association with all market intermediaries, the Bangladesh Securities...
Read moreThe government is expecting to complete the registration process of undocumented Rohingyas -- officially termed as 'Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Citizens' -- in next few months.It might take two and half months to complete the process and know their actual number, said a minister at Bangladesh Secretariat Thursday.Since beginning on September...
Read moreBangladesh Hajj Office in Saudi Arabia has accused some of the Moallems for their inefficiencies and negligence that caused immense sufferings to the Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims this year.In a report, it also blamed the general car syndicate of Saudi Arabia for mounting the sufferings. This year, the pilgrims had to...
Read moreRIYADH, Oct 05 (AFP): Saudi Arabia signed on Thursday preliminary agreements to buy S-400 air defence systems and receive "cutting edge technologies" from Russia during King Salman's landmark visit to Moscow, the Saudi military industries firm said.The agreement was announced as King Salman, who is on the first official trip...
Read moreMore than 60,000 rice and wheat traders are operating their business across the country without having licences from the authority concerned, according to food directorate officials.A large number of traders remain outside the purview of regulations, making the forecast of food grain stock situation difficult, they added. There are more...
Read moreSTOCKHOLM, Oct 5 (AFP): British author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel "The Remains of the Day", won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the Swedish Academy said.The 62-year-old, "in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world," the...
Read moreSpeakers at a conference on the role of renewable energy in achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) have underscored the need for developing a business model to promote decentralised solar power system, reports UNB.They said the decentralised renewable energy (DRE) solution holds significant potential for generating 1000-1500MW power in the next...
Read moreQUETTA, Oct 5 (AFP): A suicide attacker blew himself up outside a Sufi shrine in Pakistan's restive southwest Thursday, killing 13 people and wounding at least 20 others, officials said, as Muslims attended annual celebrations of a local saint.The incident comes after a bomb attack on the same shrine --...
Read moreBEIJING, Oct 5: China has issued a travel advisory to its nationals visiting India, the first such warning after the Doklam standoff, warning them about denial of visas to visit "restricted areas" like the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, according to a report published in www.livemint.com.The Chinese Embassy in India issued...
Read moreBangladesh Women Journalists Forum (BWJF) honoured the first woman general secretary of The National Press Club Farida Yasmin at a programme on Thursday.Syed Abul Maksud, writer and columnist, attended the programme as the chief guest.The BWJF organised the programme on the National Press Club premises in the city.Journalists from print,...
Read moreA jampacked footpath at Farmgate in the city on Thursday. The area of footpaths is gradually declining across the capital compared to the number of pedestrians. — FE Photo by KAZ Sumon
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