FE Report | 2015-08-10 00:00:00
Inclusive growth, reduction in inequalities and good governance are among the prerequisites for achieving the target to cut moderate and extreme poverty to 18.6 and 8.9 per cent respectively by 2020, policymakers and experts said Sunday. Dwelling on challenges to...
KHULNA, Aug 9 (UNB): Six suspected tiger poachers were killed in a 'gunfight' with police at Mandarbari of the Sundarbans (west) in Koyra upazila on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Rafiqul Islam (38), Ansar Sana (55), Siddique Sana (45),...
Two days after the murder of Niladri Chatterjee Niloy, the inspector-general of police (IGP) advised the bloggers not to write blogs that may hurt religious sentiments, reports bdnews24.com. AKM Shahidul Hoque's call comes at a time when police are drawing...
Siddique Islam | 2015-08-10 00:00:00
The central bank warned Sunday the top management of four state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) that it might appoint observers to the boards of directors of the banks if they failed to improve their respective performance, officials said. The Bangladesh Bank...
FE Report | 2015-08-10 00:00:00
The results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations were published Sunday with a lower pass percentage of 69.60 and also a lower number of top-graders this year. Last year, the average success rate was 78.33 per cent. A...
FE Report | 2015-08-10 00:00:00
The standing committees of the national parliament have been ineffective because of factors such as political influence, lawmakers' conflict of interests and absence of legal obligation to implement their recommendations, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), in a research report released on...
FE Report | 2015-08-10 00:00:00
Former president of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Rakibur Rahman got bail from the Special Tribunal in a 1996 share scam case. Humayun Kabir, Judge of the Special Tribunal, Sunday granted Mr. Rahman bail. The securities regulator filed 15 cases...
The High Court has issued a rule asking why the decision to impose a 7.5 per cent VAT (Value added tax) on the tuition fees of private universities, and medical and engineering colleges should not be declared illegal. The bench...
President Md Abdul Hamid has paid homage to Ho Chi Minh during his visit to Vietnam. He placed floral wreaths at the mausoleum of the country’s legendary revolutionary leader at 4.50pm (local time). After placing the wreaths, the president stood...
Another 159 Bangladeshi migrants are set to return home from neighbouring Myanmar on Monday. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)-17 officials said the 159 trafficking victims are set to arrive at Cox’s Bazar at some time between Sunday morning and afternoon. They...
A female textile worker was killed as a bus ran over her on Gazipur-Mymensingh highway in Rangila Bazar area of Sreepur upazila on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Ranu Akhter, 25, worker of a textile mill. Police said...
Police arrested six BNP leaders, including Savar municipality mayor, from different areas in Savar upazila on the outskirts of Dhaka city on Sunday night. They arrested on charge of carrying out subversive activities in the area. Rasel Sheikh, assistant police...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 3,314 pieces of Yaba tablet from a hotel in Amnura Jhilimhbazar area of Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila on Sunday afternoon. The arrestees were identified as Akbar Ali, 36, son...
The ringleader of an inter-district robbers' gang was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Gopalpur village in Pangsha upazila of Rajbari early Monday. The deceased was identified was Abdur Rouf, 28, son of Abdur Rahman, s resident of Faziyadanga...
FE Online Report | 2015-08-10 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw downward trend in early hour of trading on Monday amid choppy trading, the second trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down...
Two accused have reportedly confessed to killing Rahat after abducting the eight-year-old schoolboy on August 2 in Sherpur. Sherpur Senior Judicial Magistrate Hakim Bulbul Ahmed recorded the statements of Aslam Miah and Robin Miah under section 164 of the Code...
Customs Intelligence officials arrested two people along with 10 gold bars weighing 1 kilogram and worth Tk4 million at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport in Dhaka on Sunday night. The arrested were identified as M Al-Amin, hailing from Savar and...
A strong tremor jolted the Solomon Islands on Monday morning, the US Geological Survey said. It said, there was no Pacific-wide tsunami warning issued for the quake-prone South Pacific region. The shallow earthquake, measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale, was...
A court in Bagerhat on Monday morning sentenced a man to death for killing his father over a trifling matter in Morelganj upazila in 2010. The convict was identified as Badsha Gazi, 45, son of Motahar Ali Gazi and a...
A Chittagong court sentenced a businessman to one year imprisonment and fined him about Tk13 million (one crore thirty lakhs) on charges of deception as his bank cheque bounced to a receiver due to non-availability of fund in his account....
Asian shares edged higher but held near 1-1/2 year lows while commodity currencies such as the Malaysian ringgit weakened further on Monday after Chinese data highlighted a deepening slowdown in demand in the world's industrial powerhouse. MSCI's broadest index of...
Two people were killed and four others injured in a collision between a bus and a truck on the Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Bhaperhat area of Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha district on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Jahidul, 46,...
Six policemen of the Detective Branch (DB) of police of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) have been closed to the district police line on charges of dereliction of duty. The closed policemen are sub-inspectors (SI) Rezaul and Monir, constables Shah Alam,...
A court in Khulna on Monday placed Sharif and Mintu, the two prime accused in the Rakib killing case, on a five-day remand. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Faruk Iqbal passed the order after Sadar Police Station sub-inspector Kazi Mostaque Ahmed, also...
A farmer drowned in the pond after being hit and chased by two police constables on the Bhola-Bheduriya launch ghat road in Bheduriya village of sadar upazila in Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Abu Jamil, 50, son of...
The S&P BSE Sensex kept on building momentum in afternoon trades on Monday. The 30-pack index surged over 150 points, led by buying in banking and financial and IT stocks. Global cues were supportive and, thus, added to the positive...
At least 11 people have been killed and 20 injured in a stampede at a temple in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. Pilgrims have been marking a Hindu religious festival in Deoghar town. It happened as pilgrims tried to...
FE Online Report | 2015-08-10 00:00:00
Stocks extended their losing streak for the third running sessions on Monday with volatile trading as investors remained cautious amid profit taking. The market started with a mixed trend and landed into the red as the session progressed. DSEX, the...
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