Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday underscored the need for proper utilisation of unused lands of closed industries in the public sector, saying that no government industries would be privatised further in the country. The Prime Minister said this while presiding...
A strong rally on Wall Street evaporated on Tuesday and stocks ended with deep losses as concerns about China’s economy outweighed lower valuations that some saw earlier as bargains. In a dramatic trading session, major indices turned negative in the...
The Election Commission (EC) will introduce ‘Citizen Identification Information’ services from next week to issue ‘temporary’ identity cards to about 4.7 million voters who do not have national identity cards (NIDs). NID wing’s chief Brig Gen Sultanuzzaman Md Saleh Uddin...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to push ahead with the reforms agenda and increase public spending as part of the drive to strengthen the economy, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was quoted as saying by an Indian newspaper....
Police recovered 80 gold bars in Magura on Wednesday morning. They also arrested three people in this connection. Police identified the arrestees as Subadh Kumar Shil, 33, hailing from Manikganj district, Niranjan Shil, 34, and Suman Shil, 35, residents of...
Election Commission’s Deputy Secretary Abdul Bari has been removed from an EC project following reports that he ‘assaulted’ two journalists. The public administration ministry issued an order on Tuesday withdrawing the deputy director of ‘Identification System for Enhancing Access to...
RAB has confessed to ‘being misled by false information’ while arresting Ganabhaban protester Abul Kalam Azad's cousin Sohel Mahmud in a drugs bust. Narayanganj-based RAB-11 handed over Bappi Poddar of Metro Knitting and Dyeing and two others to police on...
FE Online Report | 2015-08-26 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw upward trend in early hour of trading on Wednesday amid modest volatility, the fourth session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by...
Voting to elect members of Bangladesh Bar Council started on Wednesday morning. Poll booths at 77 centres across the country opened for voting at 10am and will close at 5pm. The poll is being held three months behind schedule because...
UK Minister of State for International Development Desmond Swayne has said that extrajudicial killings cannot be tolerated in any democratic country and called for bringing the ‘perpetrators’ to justice. “Bangladesh is a democracy, and it’s essential that democratic values should...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) troops have exchanged fire with a ‘separatist outfit’ of Myanmar near the international border in Bandarban district. Additional troops of army and the BGB have been flown in to Thanchi Upazila’s Bara Modak area after Wednesday...
The newly-appointed ambassador of Saudi Arabia has informed the foreign minister that they have so far issued visas for more than 80,000 Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims. Abdullah HM Almutairi briefed the progress to the minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Wednesday...
Chittagong’s railway links with the rest of the country resumed early on Wednesday after being snapped for more than 7 hours. Services were stopped on Tuesday after the Dhaka-bound 'Mahanagar Godhuli’ express train went off the tracks in Shashidal Railway...
A Supreme Court lawyer has sent a legal notice to the government seeking repeal of Sections 57 and 86 of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. Lawyer Younus Ali Akhand sent the notice by post to the secretaries of...
FE Online Report | 2015-08-26 00:00:00
Stocks closed higher on Wednesday with turnover falling slightly as investors followed cautious strategy. DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up marginally by 12.72 points or 0.26 per cent to end above the 4,800-mark to...
The government has constituted a committee to take necessary steps to demolish or relocate unauthorised religious structures built on riverbanks across the country. The convening committee was formed at a meeting on ‘eviction of illegal structures from riverbanks’ held at...
Noting that the countrymen have lost their freedom of speech, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Wednesday said they want to see true democracy in the country. “People have lost the rights to live…. They’ve lost the freedom of speech...
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Mercia Stephens Bloom Bernicat on Wednesday said the decision to extradite one of the Bangabandhu killers, Rashed Chowdhury, now in the USA, depends on court as this is now under a judicial process. "The issue is...
Chittagong Special Divisional court in a verdict Wednesday awarded a customs official with eight years of imprisonment for acquiring wealth beyond his source of income. Judge Mir Ruhul Amin delivered the verdict convicting former superintendent of customs exercise and VAT...
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Canada's Novel International University to intensify its research activities. BSMMU VC Prof. Dr Kamrul Hasan Khan, Pro-VC Prof Dr Md Shahidullah Shikder and Novel International...
Chittagong Special Divisional court in a verdict Wednesday awarded two former T&T engineers to 10 years imprisonment for misappropriating Tk6.4 million through cheque fraudulence. Judge Mir Ruhul Amin delivered the verdict convicting former divisional engineer Kamrul Hasan and his assistant...
Two television journalists were shot and killed in Virginia on Wednesday morning while conducting a live television interview, the station said. The shooting, apparently by a disgruntled current or former employee of the television station, occurred at about 6:45am EDT...
State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam had a series of meetings with his high-level Mexican counterparts and business entrepreneurs, and stressed joint efforts for taking the ties between the two countries to a newer height. Bangladesh initiated negotiations...
Bangladesh Bank has issued new directives regarding its refinance scheme about promotion of milk production through cow rearing. The government has introduced the scheme in order to make the country self-reliant in milk production. Under the scheme, farmers will get...
China Wednesday showed keen interest in cooperating in the maritime and blue economy sector in Bangladesh and proposed to constitute a ‘Working Group’ in the Ministry of Commerce of China to work on the technical areas. Visiting Chinese Commerce Minister...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-08-26 00:00:00
After three years of hectic negotiations, countries of the world have apparently reached a consensus on implementing the new development blueprint termed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The member states of the United Nations (UN), numbering 193, agreed on August 02...
Sultana Yesmin | 2015-08-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar (BCIM) Region Cooperation Forum, earlier known as "Kunming Initiative", was established in 1999 with the objective of enhancing physical connectivity and boosting trade relations among the member countries. One of the major objectives of the...
The findings of the Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) study concerning graft and other irregularities in the government land offices are least surprising. These are not startling for the people who have to deal with the officials and other functionaries at...
Wasi Ahmed | 2015-08-26 00:00:00
Newspaper reports say that the government has almost completed its homework on transit and transhipment charges to formally operationalise the movement of Indian transit cargo through various modes of transport. It has been reported that the National Board of Revenue...
Rahman Jahangir | 2015-08-26 00:00:00
Culture of ethnic minorities across the world has always been a tourists' delight. Thousands of foreign tourists visiting South Asian countries make it a point to savour the exquisite beauty of such colourful and varied cultures of ethnic groups. That...
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