The ministry of health has directed the medical and dental entrance coaching centres to remain closed until the admission test is over Friday, reports bdnews24.com. It also requested the Ministry of Home Affairs to ensure the order, effective from Sunday,...
The State Bank of India on Sunday launched three new Indian Visa Application Centres (IVACs) in Rangpur, Barisal and Mymensingh, reports UNB. Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran inaugurated the three centres through a videoconference in Barisal in presence...
A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held today in the Baitul Mokarram conference room of Islamic Foundation at 7 pm to review reports on moon sighting for the holy month of Jilhaj, 1436 Hijri to fix...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-14 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Sep 13: A ship used for water supply, owned by the Chittagong Port Authority, capsized in the port area today. The ship, MV Mashak, capsized while anchoring in a jetty of the port at around 5.00 am, port sources...
Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said readymade garment (RMG) workers would be paid wages and bonuses before the Eid-Ul-Azha, reports UNB. "The garment factory owners have informed me that they will pay wages and bonuses to workers before...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2015-09-14 00:00:00
The woman sitting at the hospital reception was obviously in a state of distress. With a wad of invoices she was clicking the calculator on her cell phone no doubt trying to add up the expenses. The phone rang and...
Officials have identified a Bangladeshi national among 107 victims who died in the Mecca crane collapse on Friday, reports UNB. "Yes, so far we've identified a Bangladeshi national among the victims," Bangladesh Ambassador in Riyadh Golam Moshi told the news...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2015-09-14 00:00:00
The public exchequer is facing a 'huge pressure' in paying out hefty arrears accrued from July for pay hike of employees, and subsequently the government may have to withhold subsidy disbursements of some sectors. Officials at the Finance Division told...
FE Report | 2015-09-14 00:00:00
Business and daily activities in Dhaka almost came to a halt Sunday as demonstrations by private university students against the imposition of VAT on their tuition fees escalated. In a latest development, Finance Minister AMA Muhith dropped a broad hint...
FE Report | 2015-09-14 00:00:00
Special Tribunal on capital market Sunday granted bail to country's two top businessmen A Rouf Chowdhury, Sayed H Chowdhury and two others in a 1996 stock market scam case involving Premium Securities, a brokerage firm. Mr. Rouf Chowdhury, chairman of...
FE Report | 2015-09-14 00:00:00
Public university teachers sought on Sunday Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's intervention in looking into the prevailing issue relating to their demand for a separate pay scale. They also threatened to go for a tougher movement after Eid, if the government...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-09-14 00:00:00
Country's private universities have paid 38 per cent of the total demanded income taxes in the last 15 years while a major part remained stuck in court cases. The tax authority, in an analysis, has found the private universities having...
Syful Islam | 2015-09-14 00:00:00
Trade Commissioner of the European Union (EU) Cecilia Malmström is set to skip a crucial review meeting on Sustainability Compact in November in Dhaka reportedly for government's failure to enact rules on Bangladesh's labour law, officials said. The law was...
The Natural Compressed Gas (CNG) filling stations will remain open round the clock for seven days during the Eid-ul-Azha, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said. "The CNG filling stations will remain open round-the-clock on the Eid day...
The private university students of Bangladesh, who have been pressing the demand for withdrawal of a government-imposed 7.5 per cent VAT on tuition fees, will continue their agitations on Monday. The announcement came at the end of their daylong demonstrations...
The Bangladesh A cricket team left Dhaka for India’s Bangaluru (formerly Bangalore) this (Monday) morning. Before leaving Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport, the Bangladesh captain and brilliant national team player Mominul Haque said they want to continue their winning streak...
The East West University (EWU) authorities have announced there would be no tuition fee hike for the next three years from September, 2015, amid demonstration by private university students demanding the withdrawal of VAT on the universities. Private university students...
An Assistant Thana Education Officer (ATEO) of Chittagong has been sued on charges of distorting the name of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Mohammad Moazzem, general secretary of the Malghar Ward unit Awami League (AL) under Anowara Upazila of Chittagong district,...
Taliban militants have stormed a jail outside the central Afghan city of Ghazni, killing at least four policemen and freeing more than 350 prisoners. The deputy provincial governor of Ghazni province Mohammad Ali Ahmadi said one militant blew himself up...
Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali died of a cardiac arrest this (Monday) morning at a hospital in Singapore. He was 67. Acting secretary of the ministry Rupon Kanti Sheel confirmed the news saying, "He breathed his last in Singapore...
FE Online Report | 2015-09-14 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading on Monday, the second trading session of the week. After first 30 minutes of the day’s trading, DSEX, the prime index of...
Mainland Chinese shares led the rest of the region lower as a raft of government data over the weekend pointed to more signs of weakness in the Chinese economy. Growth in both fixed-asset investment, up 10.9% in August from a...
Three people were killed in a road accident at Rainadi on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Narsingdi Sadar upazila on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Dr Sirajul Islam, 58, a resident of Moghbazar in the capital, his daughter’s father-in-law Adbul Khaleq,...
A man was killed in a clash with rivals following a dispute over money at Gagli village in South Sunamganj upazila of Sunamganj district on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Eklasur Rahman, 55, son of late Abdul Mannan...
BNP chief Khaleda Zia will leave for the United Kingdom (UK) Tuesday, where she will celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with her son Tarique Rahman. BNP’s Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan told reporter, “Begum Zia is leaving the day after tomorrow. She...
Jeremy Corbyn has named John McDonnell shadow chancellor and defeated leadership candidate Andy Burnham shadow home secretary. Hilary Benn will be shadow foreign secretary in the new Labour leader's first shadow cabinet. Lord Falconer will be shadow justice secretary, Angela...
Asian shares came under pressure on Monday after Chinese markets were hit by soft economic data, while the dollar sagged as investors questioned whether the US Federal Reserve will be confident enough to raise rates for the first time in...
Security forces in Egypt have mistakenly killed 12 people, including Mexican tourists, during an anti-terror operation, the interior ministry says. The tourists were travelling in four vehicles that entered a restricted zone in the Wahat area of the Western Desert,...
Police in a drive arrested a government medical officer and two of his associates along with 2,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from as saw mill in Zia Road area of Mirpur municipality area of Kushtia district on Sunday night. The...
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