The death toll in twin bomb explosion in Bangkok reached 22 on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Hong Kong warned its residents to avoid travel to the capital of Thailand while other governments in Southeast Asia, Far East and Asia advised citizens to...
FE Online Report | 2015-08-19 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading on Wednesday, maintaining the previous session’s positive trend. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 11.41 points or...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has met with Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi and consoled the Indian President on Wednesday morning. The Bangladesh PM is also set to hold a meeting with India Prime Minister Narendra Modi after attending funeral of...
An accused in two murder cases in Kushtia has been killed in a ‘shootout’ between his associates and police. The gun battle took place at Jagati BATB Forestry Complex in Kushtia Sadar upazila early Wednesday. The deceased, Jakir Hossain, 30,...
Journalist Probir Sikdar has been released on bail on Wednesday before expiry of a three-day remand. Judge of Cognisance Court-1 of Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court, Faridpur, M Hamidul Islam granted him bail in the morning. After securing bail from the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid homage to Suvra Mukherje, wife of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and a noted Rabindra Sangeet exponent, by placing wreaths at her coffin on Wednesday morning. Suvra Mukherjee passed away in New Delhi on Tuesday morning...
The rail communication of Khulna with the whole country, including Dhaka city, remained snapped since Wednesday morning following the derailment of a freight train in Daulatpur. Bangladesh Railway (BR) sources said two bogies of a Khulna-bound rice-laden train from Ishwardi...
FE Online Report | 2015-08-19 00:00:00
Stocks edged marginally higher for the second running sessions on Wednesday amid volatile trading as investors remained active on lucrative stocks. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 7.70 points or 0.41 per cent...
A Bangladesh national was beaten to death allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Kalmudanga border in Naogaon Sapahar upazila on Wednesday. The dead is Shafiqul Islam, 38, son of Islam Ali, a resident of Kalmudanga village in...
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday ordered the central jail authorities to admit BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for medical treatment. An HC bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Mustafa Zaman...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday met her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi at his official residence New Delhi on Wednesday afternoon. The two leaders discussed bilateral issues, including strengthening business ties between Bangladesh and India for mutual benefits. “Both the...
Police arrested two men along with Tk13.3 million (Tk1.33 crore) at Bangabandhu Bridge in Sirajganj district on Tuesday afternoon. The arrested were identified as Babu Islam, 28, son of Rafiqul Islam, a resident of Gazaria upazila of Munsiganj district, and...
A Jubo League (JL) leader, shot and injured who sustained bullet injuries in an attack by assailants in Dhaka’s Wari on Tuesday night, died at Square Hospital in Panthapath on Wednesday. The dead is Abdul Mannan, 30, general secretary of...
The government on Wednesday suspended BNP-backed Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan as he has been charged with criminal offences. Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperative Ministry issued a circular in this regard on Wednesday, a news agency report said....
Nironjan Roy | 2015-08-18 00:00:00
It is generally recognised that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has made a big contribution to our country's economic development. ADB is the only regional development financial institution where Asian countries have exclusive access to receive financial aid for economic...
M. Serajul Islam | 2015-08-18 00:00:00
The Republicans with a few Democrats in the US Congress are opposing the Iran nuclear deal through which the latter has committed itself not only not to pursue any nuclear weapons programme for the next fifteen years but also not...
Turning Hatirjheel into a lake was a brilliant idea. But giving the idea a practical shape was a very daunting challenge. Yet the planners and engineers who undertook the challenge rose equal to it in terms of physical infrastructure built...
Abdul Bayes | 2015-08-18 00:00:00
Under the supervision of eminent economist Dr Mahabub Hossain, households in 62 villages, randomly selected, were surveyed four times (1988, 2000, 2008 and 2014). It helped generate longitudinal panel data at household level to serve as the most credible and...
Sayed Kamaluddin | 2015-08-18 00:00:00
Interestingly, three different stories hogged the newspaper headlines on the same day last week concerning interference in the law enforcement agencies, discrimination breeding violence and politicisation plaguing transportation system - all emphasising on what has become a social phenomenon. Top...
English is an important means of communication around the world. Academically as well as in business, English plays a crucial role. In our country, students of urban areas are better off in English compared to those living in the countryside....
It is sad that Dhaka, a city of 16 million people, has a very poor public transport system. We still have to depend on the vehicles like rickshaws which are not compatible with modern age. As a result, private cars...
Stress has become common nowadays and every day we encounter it in our urban life. We have to manage stress and live a healthy life. Stress can badly mess up with our physical and mental health so we need to...
FE Report | 2015-08-18 00:00:00
The country's small businesses and shop owners have urged the taxmen to expand income tax net and reduce harassment in tax collection. They also urged the income tax officials not to impose heavy burden of tax on shop owners only...
Abu Afsarul Haider | 2015-08-18 00:00:00
Our heart fills with joy upon hearing the news of 'Tigers' winning in the game of cricket, or the country elevating itself to middle-income status, but it aches upon seeing the newspaper headlines that carry series of harrowing and gruesome...
Syed Badrul Haque | 2015-08-18 00:00:00
August 15, 1975 stains our nation's calendar pitilessly. On this day, the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was brutally killed along with his family members, save two, by military adventurers abetted by self-seeking unconscionable politicians. The gory...
Khondaker G Moazzem and Kishore K Basak in the first of a two-part article focusing on compliance standard in the apparel sector | 2015-08-18 00:00:00
Despite significant economic upgrading in the apparel value chain, social upgrading remains weak in most of the supplying countries. As one of the major sources of global apparels, Bangladesh's apparel sector is no exception. Usually, different social issues in the...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-18 00:00:00
BOGRA, Aug 17: Achieving short training from Technical Training Centre, around 10,500 youths, most of them are women and jobless, from poor and extreme poor communities of the remote villages of Gunaher, Chamrul, Gobindapur, Zianagar, Narhotto and Fapor union, have...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-18 00:00:00
SYLHET, Aug 17: Speakers at a workshop in Sylhet Monday said a natural disaster in Bangladesh will create varying quantities and types of waste and debris, dependent on the disaster type, intensity, location of impact, resilience and preparedness of the...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-18 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Aug 17: Benarashi Saree industry of Syedpur which was in a vulnerable condition for years has now been partially revived. Sources said nearly 200 weavers are now engaged in Benarashi Saree making in such areas of Golahat, Mistripara and...
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