Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
Headlines of a number of news reports concerning banking sector developments, published during the last couple of days, appeared very much linked, of course, accidentally. Most national dailies last Monday carried reports on the Financial Stability Report (FSR) that had...
FE Report | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
The government could spend 91 per cent of Tk 750 billion outlay of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) in the last financial year, the lowest in the past five years, officials said Tuesday. Despite spending nearly 25 per cent of...
Siddique Islam | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
The interest rate on Bangladesh Government Treasury Bonds (BGTB) slumped Tuesday as commercial banks rushed to stake their huge liquidity on auctions of the secure tools. Treasury officials said the yield, generally known as coupon interest rate, of the 15-year...
FE Report | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
The US State Department has once again put Bangladesh in the Tier-2 category in its latest report on human trafficking because of the country's failure to fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of the scourge. According to...
Bangladesh has become the fourth largest inland freshwater fish producer in the world and will soon be meeting its internal demand for fish, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque said Tuesday at a press brief on the launch of...
Maldives has decided to reopen its mission in Dhaka, a year after closing it on account of financial crisis back home.Its Foreign Minister Dunya Maumoon conveyed the decision to Bangladesh's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam Monday when...
Mohiuddin Babar | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
For many families, the festivity spell of the Holy Eid-ul-Fitr came to an untimely and grief-stricken end. They lost their near and dear ones in accidents across the country during the post-Eid holidays. The news and reports of these tragedies...
FE Report | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday urged the district-level revenue officials to work in close cooperation with local administration for increasing volume of revenue as well as number of taxpayers. The finance minister gave the instruction while addressing a session...
Syful Islam | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
Mongla seaport is being modernised under a Tk 20 billion (2,000 crore) project to turn it into Bangladesh's second shipping hub to handle an increased volume of domestic and transit cargoes. Officials said the Mongla Port Authority (MPA) has taken...
Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) authorities have formed an eight-member medical team for the proper treatment of the newborn who was shot inside the womb of its mother allegedly by Jubo League men in Magura, reports UNB. Dr Ashraful Haque...
The Supreme Court will deliver its judgment today (Wednesday) on the appeal filed by condemned convict Salauddin Quader Chowdhury challenging the death penalty handed down against him by the ICT-1 for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War, reports...
Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal alleged on Tuesday that the government is conspiring to destroy BNP's young leadership with the help of its 'puppet' administration, reports UNB. "The government has long been conspiring to destroy BNP and politics by maligning the young...
NARAIL, July 28 (BSS): Khaleda Zia should sever relations with Jammat-militant cliques and return to democratic politics, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon said on Tuesday. "Khaleda's realisation about election is not sufficient, so, she should make it...
A minister said on Tuesday the people of Bangladesh will not accept anything except death for Salauddin Quader Chowdhury if his crimes are proven, reports bdnews24.com. The Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq made the comments while speaking at...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina directed the deputy commissioners (DCs) on Tuesday to discharge their lawful responsibilities to protect public interests rising above fear and allurement, reports UNB. "The main responsibility of DCs is to ensure the security of public...
Voicing satisfaction over the growing ties with Bangladesh, Japan has reiterated its commitment to take the relationship to a new height, reports UNB. At the request of the Japanese side, State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam held a...
Indian High Commission in Dhaka will open a condolence book at the High Commission of India in city's Gulshan-1 for two days - Wednesday and Thursday - to allow personalities to make their remarks showing respect to departed Indian former...
A top zoologist has appealed to the Bangladesh government to take expeditious measures to save the Royal Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans after a survey found their numbers dwindling alarmingly, reports bdnews24.com. There were 440 tigers in the Bangladesh part...
Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor said on Tuesday his ministry has preliminarily selected Comilla, Kushtia and Bogra for making SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) cultural capital in 2016, reports BSS. He said this while presiding over a preparatory...
A Hindu temple sits firmly on the remains of a Buddhist shrine in Dinajpur in an awe-inspiring sight that testifies to the conquest by Hindus of Buddhists at Barendra - a region in ancient north Bengal, reports bdnews24.com. Buddhist monasteries...
The 44th death anniversary of martyred intellectual Prof Rafiqul Islam will be observed today (Wednesday), reports UNB. On this day in 1971, Pakistani occupation forces picked up Rafiq, a teacher of the Bengali department of Darshana College, from his residence...
The maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal No three following a monsoon depression over the Bay of Bengal, reports UNB. The monsoon depression over the North Bay and adjoining...
BC team meets UGC chairman A-five member British Council (BC) delegation, led by its Deputy Director Matt Pusey, met UGC Chairman Prof Abdul Mannan at his office in the city on Tuesday. UGC member Prof Dr Abul Hashem and Additional...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at many places over Rajshahi, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and a few places over...
A joint team of the Lawful Interception Cell (LIC) of the police headquarters and the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a drive arrested eight suspected members of banned Islamist militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from...
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