BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will appear before the Special Judge’s Court-3, Dhaka, on Monday in connection with Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust funds graft cases. She will attend the trial of the two cases now being held in...
China has expressed its deep interest to upgrade or newly construct three paper mills of the country- Karnaphuli Paper Mills, Khulna Paper Mills and North-Bengal Paper Mills, Pakshi- on government-to-government (G to G) basis. China Chemical Engineering Second Construction Corporation...
Amid widespread protests by the auto-rickshaw operators in different parts of the country, Secretary of the Road Transport and Highways division MAN Siddique said the government is firm in its decision to stop plying of three- wheelers on highways across...
FE Online Report | 2015-08-02 00:00:00
Stocks inched slightly higher on Sunday amid volatile trading throughout the session as investors followed cautious stance. The market moved between positive and negative territory throughout the session and finally landed in green. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka...
A man has been arrested for his suspected involved in a turf war between two rival factions of the ruling party’s youth front, whose firing killed one person and hit a baby in her mother’s womb. Magura’s Superintendent of Police...
Police have arrested a man for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl in Rayerbazar area of Dhaka city, hours after a nine-year-old was allegedly raped in Mirpur. Mainul Islam, officer in-charge of Hazaribagh police station said, a couple complained to them...
A second piece of suspected plane debris has washed ashore on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, after a wing part suspected to come from the missing flight MH370 was found on Wednesday. The object, believed to be the door...
When the country’s southern districts have remained under flood waters during the rainy season, the northern districts are facing heat waves. Heavy rainfall, triggered by land depression with the influence of ‘Komen’ caused flood in several coastal districts of Khulna,...
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates say 41 people will go on trial for trying to "seize power and establish a caliphate" in the Gulf nation. The state news agency said the group comprised foreigners and UAE nationals. Attorney General...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Smart NID cards will help contain crime and corruption in the country boosting dynamism in different organisations both in the public and private sectors. "The Smart NID Card will help to contain crime...
Separate courts in Dhaka on Sunday sent BNP leader Amanullah Aman to jail in a number of cases filed for arson attacks and vandalism during the BNP-led 20-party alliance’s blockade and hartal programme. Ten Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Courts, one Senior...
The Awami League in a letter has asked the Election Commission to take steps to cancel expelled leader Abdul Latif Siddique’s membership in Parliament. The letter signed by General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam reached the EC on Sunday, bdnews24.com reported....
Welcoming the half-yearly (H1 FY2015-16) monetary policy, Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Sunday termed it a policy designed to avoid excessive inflation. Through a press release, FBCCI also thanked the central bank for the policy...
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will sit in a meeting with Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in New Delhi from tomorrow (Monday). BGB DG Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed will lead a 22-member Bangladesh delegation while his counterpart BSF DG Devendra...
President M Abdul Hamid is expected to pay a state visit to Vietnam from August 9-12, during which the entire range of bilateral issues will come up for discussion, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday. Among the bilateral...
Two more minor girls have become victims of rape in separate incidents in the city’s Hazaribagh and Mirpur areas as there seems no end to the nefarious act. Police arrested a suspected rapist known as Khokon in connection with the...
The transport ministers of Bangladesh and Nepal have agreed to open direct bus services between Dhaka and Kathmandu. The agreement came from a meeting between Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader and visiting Nepalese Physical Infrastructure and Transport Minister...
Bangladesh on Sunday expressed deep condolences and sympathies to the victims of the arson attack perpetrated by Israeli settlers in Palestine on July 31. The attack on a Palestinian house in the town of Duma in the West Bank burned...
Observing that the main objective of the Awami League government is to ensure people’s welfare, Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said there will be no poor in Bangladesh after three years. “The poverty rate has slid down to 22 per...
Soccer Club, Feni beat Chittagong Abahani by 2-0 goal in their Manyavar Bangladesh Premier Football League match at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong Friday, reports UNB. Jatta Mustafa scored first in the 12th minute for Feni Soccer while Dawda...
U-14 Football Tangail and Mymensingh women football teams confirmed their final berth of the JFA U-14 Women's National Football Championship eliminating their respective rivals in the semifinals at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Friday, reports UNB. The finalists...
FE Report | 2015-08-01 00:00:00
Speakers at a programme on Friday identified expansion of the capital market base across the country without creating awareness among the investors as one of the key factors for the 2010 share market debacle. Besides, the people engaged in the...
The 37th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of National Tea Company Limited, was held at a city hotel on Friday that approved 20 per cent cash dividend for the shareholders, said a press release. Company's chairman Dr AK Abdul Mubin presided...
Mohammad Ali | 2015-08-01 00:00:00
A dispute over the legality of an IPO approval by the securities regulator has been pending for the last three years with the court in absence of 'necessary initiative' from the petitioner concerned, insiders said. Pubali Bank Ltd filed the...
Babul Barman | 2015-08-01 00:00:00
Stocks edged slightly lower last week that ended Thursday, breaking four-week gaining spell, as investors were cautious amid mixed corporate earnings news and concerned over monetary policy statement. The Bangladesh Bank Thursday announced an 'accommodative' monetary policy for the first...
Retirement fund body EPFO plans to give an option to its subscribers to choose from various investment products where they want their money to be invested and a larger focus might be eventually on the equity market, reports PTI. At...
The Hong Kong central bank said on Friday it has fined State Bank of India's Hong Kong branch HK$7.5 million ($1 million) for breaching the city's anti money-laundering and counter terrorism financing rules. The fine marks the first time the...
China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Wednesday it would invest $1.0 billion in the next three years into its Aliyun cloud computing arm to challenge Amazon.com Inc's lucrative Web Services division, opening a global front in the battle between...
Munima Sultana | 2015-08-01 00:00:00
When the two city corporations in Dhaka strive to manage tonnes of waste, a significant portion of such garbage is recycled by a section of people who help develop a waste-based market, not less than a billion taka. Market insiders...
Today is the first day of August, the month of mourning. In this month in 1975, the Bangalee nation lost the greatest son of the millennium, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports BSS. On August 21, 2004,...
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