Kamrun Nahar | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
A textile producer said it has started exporting industrial sewing thread after meeting the local apparel makers' demand. Well Thread, a product of Well Group, one of the largest composite industrial sewing thread manufacturers, has been exporting to countries in...
FE Report | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Wednesday said the country's readymade garment sector has been achieving export growth constantly, despite having been the victim of international conspiracy and bad campaign. "Garment sector is victim of international conspiracy and bad campaign....
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Sep 2: The Chittagong Port Authority has handed over three of its container vessels to a private operator. Summit Alliance Port Ltd (SAPL), the operator, will pay Tk 1.40 million for the three ships every month for the next...
Govt to purchase six aircraft soon The government has undertaken an initiative to procure six more aircraft from Boeing Company aimed at increasing capacity of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon told this in...
Mentioning Bangladesh has achieved noteworthy development in electricity production, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu urged Tuesday industrialists to establish alternative energy-based factories instead of natural gas-dependent ones, reports UNB. He was speaking at a seminar on 'Challenges and Opportunities of...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 2 (BSS) : Effective initiative has been taken to build a new industrial area here keeping the provision of more than 500 industrial plots including job creation opportunities of around 10,000 people. To this end, site selection process...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina slammed on Wednesday USA, Canada and Pakistan for giving shelters to the self-confessed killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports BSS. "The government is making all-out efforts for full execution of...
The BNP-led 20-party alliance will stage demonstrations across the country on Saturday protesting the price hike of gas and power, reports UNB. The programme was announced through a statement signed by BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Wednesday....
The High Court (HC) turned down on Wednesday a writ petition seeking the court's directive to scrap the much-talked-about sections 57 and 86 of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act, reports UNB. An HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub...
A lawyers' forum leader in Chittagong has been threatened with death in a text massage on his mobile phone purportedly sent by banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), reports bdnews24.com. Chittagong Bars Association's former general secretary Ashok Kumar Das...
NATORE, Sept 2 (UNB): A local Jubo League (JL) activist who suffered bullet injuries in an attack on a procession of the party in the district town on Saturday died at a Rajshahi hospital on Wednesday night. Rajib succumbed to...
CHITTAGONG, Sep 2 (UNB): A former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was shot to death by a group of miscreants in Shershah Colony area under Bayezid thana of the city on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Mehedi...
A Magura court on Wednesday placed on Wednesday five people on a two-day remand each in connection with the shooting during a factional clash of ruling Awami League in Magura, reports bdnews24.com. The clash left one dead and a baby...
LAXMIPUR, Sept 2 (UNB): Police arrested on Wednesday two people in connection with the killing of Chandraganj union unit Awami League leader vice-president Omar Faruk. They were arrested from Latifpur area in Sadar upazila in the early of Wednesday. The...
FE Report | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
Heavy rains, coupled with water stream from neighbouring India, left more than 2.0 million people marooned along with flooding of 0.3 million hectares of farmland with seasonal Aman crop and vegetables in last seven days, officials said. Water in the...
As water resource sector is facing enormous pressure due to population growth, economic development and climate change, the 100-year Bangladesh Delta Plan (BDP)-2100 will provide long-term solution ensuring better and sustainable water management, water experts told a workshop in the...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 2 (BSS): Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha said on Wednesday that setting up of a circuit bench of the High Court (HC) in Chittagong is under consideration. "Provision for setting up of the circuit bench of HC is...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) app-roved a charge sheet against on Wednesday an assistant general manger (AGM) of Agrani Bank and another for allegedly swindling out about Tk 20 million, reports UNB. The approval was given in a regular meeting of...
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque said on Wednesday that Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations would have 100 marks questions on the country's 1971 liberation war as Muktijoddha learning process for the future government official, reports BSS. "School textbooks...
The northern part of Bay of Bengal continued to witness a 'deep convection' of whirlpool of waters caused by strong monsoon, a met office statement said in the city on Wednesday, reports BSS. The met office kept its warning signal...
Prof Yunus opens master's course at RGNIYD Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus inaugurated the Masters degree course in Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Rajiv Gandhi National Institution of Youth Development (RGNIYD) in Sriperumbudur of Tamil Nadu, India on Tuesday....
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Barisal, Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions with heavy to very heavy fall at different places over Chittagong, Barisal and...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
At least 13 non- banking financial institutions (NBFIs) have been allowed to receive a part of the development and non-development funds of the government and autonomous bodies as deposits, officials said. The Banking and Financial Institution Division of the Ministry...
FARIDPUR, Sept 2 (BSS): Six people were killed and sixty-five injured, when two local passenger buses collided head-on on Wednesday afternoon at Nagarkanda upazila's Jamtala point on the Faridpur-Barisal highway. According to police sources, two of the deceased were identified...
Yasir Wardad | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
Rice output in the country reached an all-time high of 34.708 million tonnes in the last fiscal year (FY'15), registering some 0.3 million tonnes increase over FY'14, the latest data revealed. Rice production achieved a 0.9 per cent growth in...
FE Report | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
Government's decision to raise duty on sugar import has started affecting its prices in the local markets. Prices of the essential have soared by Tk 3.0-4.0 per kg at retail level in last three days, according to traders at some...
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