Purchase limit for the buyers at 'border haats' (market) along Bangladesh-India frontier has been doubled. Now a buyer will be able to purchase goods worth $200 (Tk 15,560) at these 'haats' as the two neighbours gear up to set up...
With two 'border haats' already operational with Bangladesh, the tiny northeastern state of Tripura wants more. "We have identified possible locations. We want 100 border haats all along the border with Bangladesh," said Tripura MP Jiten Choudhury, reports bdnews24.com. Mr...
State Minister for Labour and Employment M Mujibul Haque on Sunday appreciated the process of transformation the Bangladesh labour inspectorate has undergone over the past two-and-a-half years, reports UNB. "It's now better funded, better resourced and better trained," he said,...
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) is likely to sign a host country agreement with Bangladesh by September next to set up a country representative office in Dhaka, aiming to boost the relationship between the two sides. The draft of the...
Best Buy of RFL Group has opened two outlets at Amberkhana and Mirboxtola in Sylhet city. RN Paul, Director of RFL, inaugurated the outlets last week, said a press release on Sunday, reports UNB. Gias Uddin Biswas, Chief Operating Officer...
A public works project aiming to break new ground in terms of design and delivery - 'Strengthening Women's Ability for Productive New Opportunities (SWAPNO)' project - was launched in Satkhira and Kurigram districts on Sunday, reports UNB. The most substantial...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 16 (BSS) : Senior bankers at a workshop here Sunday asked the field level officers and others concerned to promote and expedite the green banking and financing activities towards Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) for promoting eco-friendly banking...
Babul Barman | 2015-08-17 00:00:00
Profits in most of the general insurance companies tumbled in the first-half (January-June) of the year compared to the same period a year-ago, due mainly to political unrest. Industry insiders said the political turbulence prompted businesses to take a 'wait-and-see'...
FE Report | 2015-08-17 00:00:00
Special Tribunal started Sunday taking deposition in a case filed against Chittagong Cement Clinker & Grinding Company (CCCGC) and three other persons, lawyers said. The securities regulator in 1997 filed the case against the company and the trio on charge...
EBL cardholders to enjoy special discount at Apex M. Nazeem A. Choudhury, Head of Consumer Banking of Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) and Rajan Pillai, Chief Operating Officer of Apex Footwear Limited signed a customer benefit agreement in Dhaka recently. Under...
FE Report | 2015-08-17 00:00:00
Stocks slipped into the red for the second running session Sunday with turnover hitting four weeks low as most of the investors were reluctant to make fresh investments. Analysts said the market fell marginally with falling turnover as investors followed...
FE Report | 2015-08-17 00:00:00
Public university teachers threatened on Sunday to go for tough movement from next month if they do not have a separate pay-scale. "We want a separate pay-scale. If our demand is not fulfilled by the current month, then we will...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 16 (BSS): Chief Justice (CJ) Surendra Kumar Sinha has said the judges, lawyers and others concerned should work together for reducing the gradually increasing pressure of cases in lower courts besides infusing dynamism in the judicial activities. He...
FE Report | 2015-08-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh should think about some innovative 'payment for ecosystem service' (PES) programmes to facilitate sustainable management of the country's natural resources and reduce environmental risks, an environmental economist said. "The risks for agriculture, forestry, fishery, weather and climate should be...
JOYPURHAT, Aug 16 (UNB): Another minor boy was abused allegedly by a restaurant owner in Poura area of Akkelpur Upazila on Saturday evening. The boy was abused a by the restaurant owner for refusing to work in his restaurant. The...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-17 00:00:00
Sylhet, Aug 16: Detective Branch (DB) of police submitted charge-sheet on Sunday afternoon in the much-talked-about case for brutal killing of 13-year-old Samiul Alam Rajon at Kumargaon bus-stand in Sylhet on July 8. DB's inspector Suronjit Talukder filed it with...
BRAC University arranged a talk on the life and contribution of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on its campus in the city on Saturday, said a press release. Prof Dr AA Ziauddin Ahmad, chairperson of Department...
Fire breaks out at Baitul Mukarram A fire broke out at Baitul Mukarram national mosque in the city's Motijheel area on Sunday. Sources at Fire Service and Civil Defence Control Room said the fire broke out at an abandoned Aujukhana...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Barisal, Rangpur, Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a many places over Rajshahi and Khulna divisions with moderately heavy...
Though BNP thinks the two formulas for the election-time government recently given by the High Court (HC) are impractical, the party claimed on Sunday the apex court through it recognised that no fair election is possible under the current ruling...
Health Minister Mohammad Nasim has appealed to the countries sheltering the fugitive assassins of Bangabandhu to send them back, reports BSS. He said, "The verdict of the Bangabandhu murder case has been partially executed. Even now some of the killers...
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