JAMALPUR, Sept 19 (BSS): Education Engineering Department (EED) has constructed 45 high school buildings in the district. Under the 'Development of Selected Non-government High School Project' the EED constructed the buildings spending Tk 245.4 million (Tk 24 crore 54 lakh)....
Mother, daughters drown in boat capsize A woman and her two daughters were drowned when a boat capsized at Matbari Beel (water body) in Maksudpur upazila of Gopalganj on Friday. The deceased were Bithi Bala, 32, wife of Nripen Bala,...
LONDON, Sep 19 (Reuters): Oil benchmarks slipped lower in early European trading on Friday, while gold markets registered gains after the US Federal Reserve held back from hiking headline interest rates. At 1239 BST, the Brent front month futures contract...
NEW DELHI, Sept 19 (PTI): Crude palm oil futures prices dipped by 1.17 per cent to Rs 387.20 per 10 kg Friday after speculators booked profits at prevailing levels amid subdued spot demand. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, crude palm...
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The High Court (HC) has stayed execution of the securities regulator's directive regarding conversion or redemption of the closed-end mutual funds (MFs). The HC bench, comprising Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice A K M Zahirul Hoque, issued the stay...
Prime Finance Asset Management Company Limited (PAMC) has disclosed the net asset values (NAVs) of the unit funds managed by the company, said a press release. According to the disclosure, the total NAV of Prime Financial First Unit Fund stood...
FE Report | 2015-09-20 00:00:00
The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) on Saturday unveiled the logo of 5th capital market fair to be held in the port city on 8-9 October. CSE Director and team leader of the organising team Mohammed Mohiuddin unveiled the logo at...
United Commercial Bank (UCB) has formally launched its new logo. The sketched new logo was presented to Chairman of the bank MA Hashem and Managing Director Muhammed Ali by prominent artists namely Mustafa Manwar and Rafiqun Nabi at a ceremony...
Rajshahi division trailed by a mammoth 345 runs against Barisal Division in the second innings on day two of the four-day 17th National Cricket League (NCL) at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium (SKS), Rajshahi Saturday, reports UNB. In the day's other...
Rejuvenated Bangladesh A team who came back in the three-match unofficial one-day international series with a 65-run victory in the 2nd match, will face their counterpart India A team in the 3rd and last match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium...
Monira Munni | 2015-09-20 00:00:00
The government has released cash incentives amounting to Tk 8.75 billion for disbursement among major exporters for fiscal year (FY) 2015-16. The Ministry of Finance on September 16 advised the Chief Accounts Officer of the Finance Division to release the...
BENAPOLE, Sept 19 (UNB): Jute export to India through the Benapole land port has come to a halt following a circular issued by the Jute Commission of India that reportedly imposed restrictive conditions on jute import to that country, according...
The government is considering setting up one more border haat in Khagrachhari district aiming to expand local trade and contact between Bangladeshis and their Indian counterparts, a commerce ministry official said. The district magistrate of Khagrachhari has recently sent a...
Tannery owners, worried about preserving raw hides made available during Eid-ul-Azha sacrifice due to hot weather and Indian restrictions on cow smuggling, reports bdnews24.com. Hides of animals sacrificed during Eid meet nearly half of Bangladesh's annual demand of raw hides...
Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Sept 19: The hide traders of Rangpur district are worried that they would not have enough cash to procure hide during the forthcoming Eid-ul-Azha this year as they are yet to recover the arrears of last year...
RFL, the country's leading plastic goods maker, on Saturday launched a water purifier under the brand name Drinkit, in a bid to ensure pure water at an affordable price to the people, reports UNB. "Drinkit water purifier gives complete protection...
FARIDPUR, Sept 19 (BSS): The four- day income tax fair organised by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to encourage people to pay income tax ended here Saturday at Ambica Memorial Hall. The closing ceremony held at the fair venue...
Arafat Ara The drive against non-compliers of mandatory jute packaging remains ineffective, with local use of jute bags being negligible, millers said. Sector insiders have identified short supply of jute-made bags, higher cost of the same compared with plastic-made ones...
The Bank of England may have to cut rates to combat low inflation, rather than raise them as its next move, its chief economist Andy Haldane has said. UK inflation may not pick up in the second half of the...
Although the government has earmarked some spots for slaughtering sacrificial animals during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha to keep the city clean, the initiative seems to be ineffective as city dwellers are worried how they will carry the meat back home from...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock at the death of Sheikh Rashid bin Muhammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, son of Sheikh Muhammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai,...
Non-cadre first and second class government officers on Saturday demanded reinstatement of selection grade and time scale in the national pay scale for eliminating discrepancies between cadre and non-cadre officers, reports UNB. Bangladesh Swammilito Shorkari Kormokorta Parishad (BASSKOP) came up...
Detectives in separate drives arrested six alleged criminals, including three stamp forgers and an illegal arms trader, from different parts of the capital on Friday night, reports UNB. A team of the Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested three people,...
Fourteen Bangladeshis, including women and children, returned home on Saturday morning following their abortive attempt to enter India illegally due to arrest by Indian Border Security Force (BSF), reports UNB. BSF handed over them to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) from...
BHOLA, Sept 19 (UNB): A fisherman was shot to death and 35 others were injured with bullets in an attack by pirates at Kutubdia channel of the Bay of Bengal in Chittagong district on Friday. The deceased was identified as...
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