FE Online Report | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw downward trend in early hour of trading on Thursday amid marginal volatility, the last session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by...
A section of pro-liberation teachers of Shahjalal University for Science and Technology (SUST) continued their three-hour work abstention programme for the third consecutive day on Thursday, protesting the attack on some teachers allegedly by a group of BCL men and...
Dhaka's rail communications with Chittagong and Sylhet cities have remained suspended following derailment of a freight train in Akhaura junction near Akhaura Railway Station in Brahmanbaria district on Thursday morning. Local sources said wheels of three bogies of a Dhaka’s...
Two passengers of an auto-rickshaw were killed and its driver injured when a bus hit the vehicle in Kakrail under Ramna Police Station in Dhaka city early Thursday. The deceased were identified as Asif Manjur, 25, and Rubel, 28. The...
The ruling Awami League-backed panel swept the election to the Bangladesh Bar Council. Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, chairman of the bar council, announced the official results of the election on Wednesday night. Sammilita Ainjibi Somonnoy Parishad, the AL-backed lawyers' panel,...
While the incapacity of Dhaka city to cope up with only half an hour’s shower has been exposed in recent monsoons, experts have laid emphasis on overcoming the lack of coordination among different authorities concerned for maintaining its collapsing drainage...
A man has been killed in a lynch-mob attack in Manikchhari Upazila in Khagrachhari district. The deceased was identified as Abdul Matin, 60, a resident of Malangipara. Manikchhari Sadar Union Parishad Chairman Abul Kalam said the elderly man was beaten...
A Dhaka court has indicted Tazreen Fashions’ Managing Director Delwar Hossain, Chairperson Mahmuda Akter and 11 others for the 2012 fire that left more than one hundred workers of the garment factory dead. The court of Dhaka’s District and Sessions...
FE Online Report | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
Stocks finished the week flat on Thursday with choppy trading almost throughout the session as late buying spree offset early losses. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), settled the week at 4,765.72, after edging up 1.84...
Newly appointed German Ambassador in Dhaka Dr Thomas Prinz on Thursday said Bangladesh needs to uphold freedom of press and protect bloggers as blogging has become a new form of journalism. “You know there’s new form of journalism which is...
Bangladesh and Mauritius, an East African country, have agreed to further improve their relations through exchange of high-level visits. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, now in Mauritius, met President of Mauritius Ameenah Gurib-Fakim in the State House Port Louis on...
Detectives arrested four people along with a truckload of rice carried without any valid document at Rupdia Bazar in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Wednesday night. The arrestees were identified as the truck driver, Islam Sheikh Moni, son of...
A madrasa student died from electrocution at Rehaichar in Sadar municipality area of Chapainawabganj district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mizanur Rahman, 14, student of Sangkarbati Hifjul Madrasa, and son of Anwarul Islam, a resident of Haripur Dewan...
European shares rose sharply on Thursday, tracking strong gains on Wall Street and ahead of a European Central Bank meeting that investors expect will deliver a boost to markets following recent turmoil. The market was led higher by British low-cost...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel seized 1,500 kilograms of hilsa while those were being smuggled to India through Alipur check post area at Bhomra border point in Satkhira Sadar upazila on Thursday morning. Major Mojammel Haque, deputy commander of BGB...
Japan's Nikkei index closed higher for the first time in four days, spurred by a rally on Wall Street. US shares snapped a two-day losing streak overnight, rebounding from Tuesday's steep losses as the S&P 500 and Dow Jones rose...
Local motorcycle-makers have demanded immediate ban on import of final-painted CKD (Completely Knocked Down) bikes to protect the interest of the domestic industries. Otherwise, they said, the local industry would be affected badly, making hundreds of jobs in this growing...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Thursday arrested an official of NCC Bank on charge of misappropriation of around Tk90 million from Kamlapur area in the capital early. "We arrested Siddikur Rahman, 32, an officer of National Credit and Commerce (NCC)...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the business community to tap the opportunities provided by the government for promotion of their business and industries. "We don't do businesses of our own, rather we promote businesses for ensuring further economic...
The US Embassy in Dhaka its Consular Section, the American Center with the Archer K. Blood American Center Library and the Education USA Student Advising Center, will remain closed on Sunday on the occasion of US Labor Day, an American...
Bangladesh Railway is set to operate 10 extra trains in different routes to carry home bound passengers during the Eid-ul-Azha and start selling tickets in advance from September 15. "We will operate five pairs of special (extra) trains in different...
At least 10 local activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured in a clash with police in Shariatpur town on Thursday. Police and locals said a group of BCL activists of Naria Government Degree College hired some motorcycles on...
A Sylhet court on Thursday sent Mohaimin Noman, one of the two siblings arrested in connection with the killing of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das, to jail on completion of his seven-day remand. Judge of Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate court-3 Anwarul Haque...
Our Correspondent, | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
SYLHET, Sept 2: Transplant Aman Crops on at least 30,390 hectares in Sylhet division were affected in the ongoing flash floods, caused by the excessive rains and rolling waters from the hills in the upper region on the borders. However,...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
KHULNA, Sept 2: Khulna Shipyard Limited (KSY) has started construction of two 'large patrol crafts' (LPCs) at a cost of Tk 4 billion (Tk 400 crore) and the construction work will be completed by next two years. It is expected...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
PABNA, Sep 2: Blacksmiths are busy sharpening knives on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims throughout the world. They are busy making knives, machetes and choppers for slicing the flesh of sacrificial animals....
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Sept 2: An acute crisis of fodder has been prevailing in the flood-hit areas in Gangachhara, Kawnia and Pirgachha upazila in Rangpur district. As a result the cattle farmers are facing serious trouble. According to sources the flood affected...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
MAGURA, Sept 2: Boro procurement drive has brought no benefit for Magura farmers. Boro procurement is run to ensure fair price of paddy for farmers. But this year the drive has brought no good for Magura farmers as farmers were...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
BOGRA Sep 2: The farmers in all twelve upazilas of Bogra district are expecting a satisfactory production of bitter-gourd following various government steps and favourable climatic conditions as well as timely supply of agri-imputes in this season. The vegetable is...
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
