Robbers strangulated to death one Elias Hossain (70) and his daughter Parveen Sultana (25) at Mohammad Nagar area in Khulna city Friday night. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Labonchara Police Station Mossarraf Hossain said a gang of armed robbers entered the house...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said Bangladesh has not been sitting around waiting for the world "to save us" rather it's fighting for its own future with limited resources and technologies. "We are keen to see the Sustainable Development...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Saturday said the central bank is fully prepared to invest in mega projects, including Padma Bridge, from its reserves to expedite country's infrastructural development. "If anyone comes up with the investment plan...
Seven policemen have been suspended in connection with Friday’s ‘police firing’ on some demonstrators in Kalihati upazila of Tangail that left three people dead and 50 others injured. “Three sub-inspectors and four constables have been withdrawn and a 3-member probe...
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq today said modern roads including seven flyovers and underpasses will be constructed from Shib-bari of Gazipur to Hazrat Shahjalal International Conference Centre after the Eid-ul Adha. "The work of testing soil of both...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed sought strong support from the chief of the Director General of World Trade Organization (WTO) to realise trade preference for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), which they require for attaining sustainable growth. The commerce minister put...
Aiming to solve the shortage of capital of the ICT entrepreneurs and companies in Bangladesh, BASIS and IDLC have officially launched a complete financial service programme called "IDLC Udbhabon", reports BSS. Loan facilities will be offered under this programme including...
The Telenor Group in association with the Norwegian Embassy Thursday organised a seminar on "Business Sustainability-perspective on creating shared value" at a city hotel, reports BSS. Katja Nordgaard, Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Affairs at Telenor Group, made...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) is going to launch its second strategic plan, aiming at achieving 14 specific goals in the medium and long run, reports BSS. Governor Dr Atiur Rahman will announce the five-year Strategic Plan for 2015-2019 at a programme...
Bangladesh Bank has asked all banks in the country to keep sufficient money at their ATM booths during the Eid-ul-Azha holidays, reports bdnews24.com. In a circular on Tuesday, it asked the banks to ensure security for uninterrupted financial transactions at...
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Business leaders on Thursday called for an effective collaboration among the joint chambers to address the prevailing constrains for boosting FDI (foreign direct investment) in Bangladesh. Terming Bangladesh's present regime for investment quite attractive in comparison with many Asian countries,...
FE Report Speakers at a discussion meeting underscored the need for devising a mechanism for gradual depreciation of Taka, and formation of a sovereign fund with a portion of the forex reserve to help boost investment, trade and exports. They...
FE Report Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will fly to New York, US on September 23 to attend the UN Sustainable Development Summit and 70th UN General Assembly (UNGA). She will lead a 60-member high-powered official delegation, including the finance minister,...
The High Court (HC) stayed on Thursday for six months the 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) slapped on the tuition fees of English medium school students, reports UNB. The HC order came three days after withdrawal of VAT...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) received Tk 5.26 billion income tax Thursday from the tax fairs across the country which is 11 per cent higher than that of the corresponding period last year. Some 17,218 people submitted income tax...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Thursday quizzed Midland Bank Managing Director Md Ahsan-uz Zaman over money laundering. ACC Deputy Director SM Rafiqul Islam questioned him at the ACC's Segunbagicha office for about two and a half hours from 12:00 noon. The...
GAZIPUR, Sept 17: Muggers snatched away a truck loaded with 19 cows from a group of cattle traders in Mirer Bazar area of the city early on Thursday. Victim traders said they bought the 19 cows from Rajshahi and were...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2015-09-18 00:00:00
This discourse is not intended to malign the noble creature that provides us protein substance to the extent of badly impeding its offspring generation. A chicken is never ‘silly’, it is us mortals who are. More so when we allow...
FE Report | 2015-09-18 00:00:00
Despite many successes in the field of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the country is still far from attaining the goal of eradicating poverty and hunger because of income inequality prevailing in the society. Speakers at a seminar in Dhaka...
People will no longer require to go through a time-consuming manual process to get return from their investments in savings certificates, as the Bangladesh Bank (BB) has introduced e-payment of interest and principal amounts of all savings instruments, reports BSS....
All the mobile phone subscribers will have to reregister their subscriber identification modules (SIMs) and removable user identity modules (RUIMs) with the fingerprint from December 16 next, reports UNB. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) issued a notice in this regard...
FE Report Fisheries and Livestock Minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque warned on Thursday of taking legal action against those who would be found involved in using steroid hormone for fattening sacrificial animals. He also said there would be veterinary medical teams...
FE Report | 2015-09-18 00:00:00
Hundreds of people thronged Kamalapur railway station in the city on Thursday aiming to queue for train tickets for September 23 which will be sold today (Friday). Officials concerned expect that more than 50,000 people will stand in the queue...
Twenty-three rights bodies urged on Thursday Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina to speak up for global responsibility for climate refugees, or environmental migrants, in the upcoming UN Sustainable Development Summit, reports UNB The PM should speak up for a demand...
The by-election to Tangail-4 constituency will be held on November 10 instead of October 28, reports UNB. The Election Commission (EC) issued on Thursday a notification rescheduling the by-polls to the constituency that fell vacant following the resignation of former...
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