A woman was killed and her husband injured in a road accident in Mirzapur upazila in Tangail district on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was Marjia Begum, 32, wife of Mizanur Rahman, a resident of Salanga area under Kaliakoir upazila of...
The BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir left for Singapore Sunday midnight for treatment days after he was released from prison on bail. Mirza Alamgir and his wife Rahat Ara Begum left for the South East Asian city...
A Sylhet court has sent Ruhul Amin to jail in the case filed in connection with the brutal killing of Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon in Kumargaon area of Sylhet city on July 8. Judge Anwarul Haque of the Judicial Magistrate...
Save the Children has expressed concern over the recent brutal killing of Sylhet minor boy Samiul Alam Rajon. In a letter, Save the Children’s country director Michael McGrath expressed worries over current child rights situation in Bangladesh, said a press...
An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale, shook Indonesia on Sunday. The US Geological Survey says the tremor struck off the Indinesian island of Java. However, there was no risk of a tsunami. No casualty was reported. The temblor...
Awareness campaign will be launched as dengue fever is back in Dhaka. The authorities have devised plans to launch dengue fever awareness campaign in the city as the mosquito-borne infection has returned. The ‘breakbone fever’ caused by the bite of...
A man was reportedly killed in a gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in Majhgram area of Patuakhali town on Monday. The deceased was identified as Tariqul Islam Taru, who had been accused in nine cases, RAB claimed. RAB...
Because of very heavy rainfall landslides are occuring in places over the hilly regions of Chittagong division. The floods in the south-eastern and south-western districts have worsened in the last 48 hours ending at 6am on Monday. Meteorologists say due...
FE Online Report | 2015-07-27 00:00:00
The country’s twin-bourse witnessed negative trend in early hour of trading on Monday, the second sessions of the week. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), dropped 6.69 points or 0.13 per cent to slide to 4,779.79, after...
A landslide, caused by heavy rains, in Cox’s Bazar early on Monday has left at least two people dead. Two others were rescued but three others were still missing after the landslide hit the South Baharchhara area of Cox's Bazar...
The apex court on Monday cancelled bail for BNP leaders MK Anwar, Amanullah Aman and Abdul Awal Mintoo, ordering them to surrender before trial court, according to a news agency. - mbz
Water levels in 24 rivers stations marked rises and 59 stations recorded falls, Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said on Sunday. It said among the 84 monitored water level stations, nine were above danger level on Sunday evening. An...
Armed terrorirst on Monday stormed a police station in India’s Punjab state, bordering Pakistan, opening fire targetting cops leaving five people dead. India tightened security on its border with neighbour Pakistan following the attack eary in the morning. Witnesses said,...
Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of late singer Whitney Houston, has died aged 22, a family representative has said. Kristen Foster said she passed away on Sunday surrounded by her family and was "finally at peace in the arms of God"....
Asian shares began the week on a plaintive note amid losses on Wall Street and worries over China, while investors braced for a Federal Reserve meeting that might take another small step toward lifting US interest rates. Japan's Nikkei slipped...
A Bangladeshi national was shot to death by Border Security Force (BSF) of India near Bangladesh-India border at Dakhsin Patari village in Shapahar upazila of Noagaon district on early Monday. The deceased was identified as Ziaur Rahman, 35, son of...
Oil prices fell on Monday. Investors are looking to the US Federal Reserve for direction this week. A weaker dollar makes dollar-denominated commodities, including oil, cheaper for consumers using other currencies. Brent crude for September LCOc1 was down 2 cents...
A housewife was allegedly killed by her husband in Nawabganj upazila of Dhaka district. The deceased was identified as Shahnaj Begum, 30, wife of Mohammad Shahin, hailing from Balihari village of Swarupkhali upazila in Pirojpur district. The couple used to...
The BSE Sensex extended its losses and was trading over 400 points on Monday down amid concerns over participatory notes norms and China stock markets plunging over 8 per cent, marking their biggest one-day drop in more than eight years....
A case has been filed against four people including two local journalists under the Information and Communication Technology Act 2006 for publishing a fake photo of torture on two children at Joynagar village in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira district. The...
A Dhaka court has deferred the date for submission of report about the authenticity of a case filed against Khaleda Zia and three others for instigating murders of 42 people during the 20-party alliance’s nationwide blockade and hartals earlier this...
FE Online Report | 2015-07-27 00:00:00
Stocks saw mild correction for the second consecutive sessions on Monday, with turnover falling further, as investors continued to book profit. The market opened with a downward trend and the downturn sustained throughout the session amid choppy trading. DSEX, the...
FE Online Report | 2015-07-27 00:00:00
The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of the ‘Bangladesh Ship Recycling Act-2015’, subject to the vetting of the Law Ministry. The approval came from the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime...
The tiger population in Bangladesh part of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, has sharply declined to 106 from 440 in 2004, confirms a top forest official quoting the tiger census 2015. Forest conservator Dr Tapan Kumar Dey said...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2015-07-26 00:00:00
In the highly competitive global economy where trade takes place, expanding export is not easy. It requires continuous endeavour, initiative and campaign. This is particularly true if a country belongs to less developed category. For multifarious reasons to achieve competitive...
Abdur Rahman Chowdhury from Virginia, USA | 2015-07-26 00:00:00
Following protracted negotiations lasting for weeks Iran and the US-led western countries signed the historic nuclear agreement on July 16. The agreement is the revised and comprehensive version of the framework agreed in April. Iran will reduce its number of...
The securities regulator, though in a belated move, is contemplating, according to a report published in this paper last week, incorporation of a few new provisions in the listing rules to make things transparent for new companies wanting to go...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2015-07-26 00:00:00
Recent World Investment Report said foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh declined by 4.50 per cent in 2014 despite the fact that the South Asian countries collectively managed to attain a 16 per cent higher FDI during the same period....
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