The ninth Cleft Lip and Palate Project (CLIPP) started at Dhaka Community Hospital (DCH) on September 4, said a press release. The DCH and MERCY Malaysia joint venture project has been organised by them every year since 2008. It is...
The orientation ceremony, Fall-2015 of the newly-enrolled undergraduate students of North South University (NSU) was held on its Bashundhara campus in the city on Sunday, said a press release. Chairman of Board of Trustees of NSU and former president of...
Negotiations on for setting up five BTV centres: Inu Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said on Sunday negotiations are going on with two foreign companies for establishing five full-fledged centres of Bangladesh Television (BTV) at the divisional headquarters of the...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a many places over Rangpur and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Dhaka divisions with moderately...
MONGLA (Bagerhat), Sept 6 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday two submarines would join the navy fleet in mid-2016 as part of efforts to build a skilled, modern and balanced three-dimensional Navy. "...a process for the induction of...
Siddique Islam | 2015-09-07 00:00:00
Capital base of all the public-sector banks shrank further in the second quarter (Q2) of 2015 as the quality of their assets kept deteriorating continuously, officials said. The aggregate capital shortfall of the eight state-owned banks increased over 21 per...
FE Report | 2015-09-07 00:00:00
The government is considering incorporating festival allowance in the existing law aiming to ensure the benefits for all workers especially those of garment factories, State Minister for Labour Mujibul Haque said Sunday. The garment sector often faces agitation over the...
FE Report | 2015-09-07 00:00:00
Chittagong Port will need to invest US$1.9 billion for expansion of its storage capacity required to accommodate growing trade up to 2043, according to a development plan designed by a foreign firm. Such estimation is made in a master plan...
As the flood situation continued to deteriorate in different parts of the country, it has brought miseries to the people in northern districts leaving them marooned and damaging their crops, houses and other infrastructure, reports BSS quoting the local people...
FE Report | 2015-09-07 00:00:00
Simplification of the existing income tax law is an imperative for encouraging taxpayers to pay tax, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Sunday. He said the self-assessment provision of the income-tax law should be simplified to remove fear-factor on payment of...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-07 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Sep 6: A court in Chittagong has directed the police to send sample from drum no-59 of the seized sunflower oil consignment to the Narcotics Control Department (NCD) laboratory to examine if it contains cocaine. The court of additional...
FE Report | 2015-09-07 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said debt burden is a 'curse' for a developing country as it tarnishes the sovereignty of a nation. "Although Bangladesh had some problems in 1970s, it gradually improved its situation," he said while speaking as...
Primary and Mass Education Minister Mustafizur Rahman announced on Sunday that the government would provide stipends to 5.2 million (52 lakh) more primary school students, reports UNB. "At present, 78 lakh (7.8 million) students get stipends and the number will...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-07 00:00:00
PABNA, Sep 6: A young man was gunned down in a village under Atghora upazila of Pabna on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Bishal Khan, 26, son of late KM Mehedi Hasan Khan alias Masud Khan of Bharathpur...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) scrapped on Sunday the High Court (HC) verdict that banned for six months screening of the 'Rana Plaza', a film based on the rescue of victim Reshma alive from the ruins of...
FE Report | 2015-09-07 00:00:00
Parliament passed Sunday two bills aimed at ensuring transparency and accountability in the financial reporting and dealings in foreign currencies. The bills passed are on 'The Financial Reporting Act 2015' and 'The Foreign Exchange Regulation (Amendment) Act 2015'. The much-talked-about...
Mohammad Mufazzal and Babul Barman | 2015-09-07 00:00:00
The country's mutual funds (MFs) have failed to emerge as reliable investment tools in the absence of professionalism and dedication on the part of the Asset Management Companies (AMCs), experts and stakeholders have observed. Their observation came in the backdrop...
Syful Islam | 2015-09-07 00:00:00
No tangible progress has yet been made in paying back funds worth billions of taka to hundreds of thousands of youths who were cheated by Jubo Karmasangsthan Society (Jubok), now infamous multi-level marketing (MLM) company. "Except exchanging letters between the...
A suspected mugger was killed in police firing while robbing a rickshaw passenger of his belongings in the city's Wari area on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Akash alias Ferdous, 30. Officer-in charge of Wari Police Station Tapon...
Bangladesh made a routine payment of US$907 million to the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) against imports during the July-August period of this calendar year, officials said. After clearing the payment, the country's foreign exchange reserve came down to $25.40 billion...
Customs intelligence officials Sunday seized 8,526 pieces of wrist watch and 1,400 pieces of battery worth around Tk 100 million (10 crore) from a container at the freight unit of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. — UNB
Dhaka city has long been facing numerous problems for lack of visionary urban planning, Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain said on Sunday. “Urban planners are unable to predict how much the city will expand during a particular...
Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment and Forests Ministry Dr Hasan Mahmud has urged South Asian civil societies to develop mass awareness on regional togetherness and common issues in the region so that politicians can work together. He...
Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad has criticised the government for raising the prices of gas and electricity. “There’s no logic behind this price hike… many had suggested them [govt] not to raise gas and power prices but they did...
Police have arrested a Jamaat-e-Islami leader in Comilla on charge of making derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and some Cabinet members on social networking site Facebook. The arrestee was identified as Md Yusuf, ameer of Chouddagram South unit...
Dhaka’s development agency RAJUK is launching online services for building and occupancy permissions. The services will start with Dhanmondi and Lalbagh areas under Dhaka South City Corporation. All other areas in the city would be brought under the service gradually,...
A school student has been crushed under a truck in Dhaka city. Police and hospital sources identified the deceased as Rabiul Islam, 11, Class-V student of Batchar Government Primary School in Kadamtoli area. Kadamtali Police Station’s sub-inspector M Saleh Ahmed...
Bangladesh Army personnel on Monday morning busted a den of armed miscreants in Dighinala Upazila in Khagrachhari district and arrested a suspected miscreant. The army team also recovered one Sub-Machine Gun (SMG), two Self-Loading Rifles (SLR), three SLR magazines and...
FE Online Report | 2015-09-07 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw upward trend in early hour of trading on Monday, the second session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 17.35 points or...
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