Rezaul Karim | 2015-07-22 00:00:00
The government is set to revise the existing standard specifications on wheat import in the face of the recent 'scam' regarding import of the food item, officials said. "The government has taken the move against the backdrop of allegations of...
SHANGHAI, July 21 (Agencies): A new $100 billion international bank dedicated to the emerging BRICS countries opened in China's commercial hub Shanghai on Tuesday, officials said, as an alternative to other multilateral lenders. The New Development Bank (NDB), backed by...
CHITTAGONG, Jul 21: A helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) made emergency landing in Mirsarai upazila's Durgapur village on Tuesday afternoon. The copter developed a technical fault in the engine as it was flying from Dhaka to Chittagong. It landed...
A two-year-old boy died as an artificial litchi got stuck in his throat in the city's Hazaribagh area on Tuesday. The ill-fated little boy was identified as Tanjil, son of grocery shop owner Md Ibrahim of 136 Basila Road, Hazaribagh....
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-07-22 00:00:00
The government is set to enhance its revenue mobilisation target to 16.1 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the final year of the proposed Seventh Five-Year Plan (SFYP), officials said Tuesday. The proposed target is 5.3 percentage points...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Tuesday the Privatisation Commission (PC) and the Board of Investment (BoI) will be merged, report agencies. "We want to merge the Privatisation Commission and the Board of Investment," she said in her introductory speech...
FE Report Workers and leaders of different workers' organisations in the apparel industry demanded immediate resignation of the Inspector General (IG) of the DIFE for his failure to resolve the issue of non-payment of wages of 1,300 workers of Swan...
An international team, led by a Bangladeshi scientist of Princeton University, has discovered an elusive massless particle theorised 85 years ago, reports UNB. The particle could give a rise to faster and more efficient electronics because of its unusual ability...
Syful Islam | 2015-07-22 00:00:00
Service sector is getting high importance in the draft export policy 2015-18, which will be placed before the cabinet shortly, as ventures in this field hold significant economic potentials, officials said. "Tourism, architecture, engineering and consultancy services have been included...
ATHENS, July 21 (AFP): Greece's government hiked taxes and paid billions of euros to its creditors on Monday as banks reopened just days after the debt-laden country reached a reforms-for-cash deal with its European partners. Greeks woke up to widespread...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-22 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Jul 21: The trial court has ordered 10 days' police remand for Saiful Islam of a C&F firm in Chittagong in connection with the smuggling of liquid cocaine in Sunflower brand edible oil. The order came on Tuesday as...
Police have arrested three drug traders from Satpai-Kalibari area of Netrakona town and recovered 600 pieces of Yaba tablets from their possession. The Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Netrakona Sadar Thana said,on a tip-off, a police team challenged them in Kalibari area...
Awami League supported candidate Rostam Ali was elected chairman in Magura Sadar Upazila Parishad by-polls on Tuesday beating his nearest rival BNP-backed candidate Ali Ahmad Biswas. Returning Officer of the election, additional deputy commissioner of Magura, Syed Rabiul Islam announced...
Results of the preliminary examinations of the 12th Teachers Registration for non-government schools and colleges have been published. The tests were held under the Non-Government Teachers’ Registration & Certification Authority (NTRCA) and the results were published at 4:00pm on Tuesday....
A revision has been filed challenging the judicial magistrate court order that rejected no confidence petition against the charge-sheet in the 7-murder case. Selina Islam Beauty, wife of Nazrul Islam, panel mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) who was brutally...
The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has issued a red alert notice on Bangladesh expatriate Kamrul Islam, one of the main accused in beating and killing of 13-year-old Rajon in Sylhet. "Bangladesh requested the Interpol for issuing red alert on...
In April last year, American Scott Olson touched down in Bangladesh and became the first known storm chaser in the country. On the other side of the world, back in Oklahoma in the US, Tim Vasquez and a team of...
FE Online Report | 2015-07-22 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) saw positive trend while the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw negative trend in early hour of trading on Wednesday, the second trading sessions after Eid-ul-Fitr holidays. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up...
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on Wednesday deferred for two weeks (to August 5) the hearing on the charges of contempt of court against Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury. Advocate Abdul Baset Mazumder, lawyer of Zafrullah Chowdhury, during today’s...
Lightning strike killed a farmer and injured his brother at Singair Upazila of Manikganj district on Tuesday afternoon. The victim was identified as Shujon Miah, 22, son of Abed Ali of Purbo Vakum village under the Upazila. Local people said...
Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Tongi and sadar Upazila of Gazipur district. In Tongi Upazila, a student of Notre Dame College was crushed under the wheels of a bus on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Cherag Ali...
Bangladesh, who dictated the terms on the Day-1 in the first Test against South Africa in Chittagong on Tuesday, lost two quick wickets when play resumed on Wednesday, the second day of the five-day match. Mominul Haque was bowled by...
US stocks closed lower on Tuesday as results from IBM and United Technologies that dampened early optimism over earnings season, and after-the-bell declines in major tech shares suggested losses would continue on Wednesday. Among others, shares in Apple Inc tumbled...
Two people were killed in two separate incidents in Paikgachha upazila of Khulna district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Mohananda Sana, 24, son of Parimal Sana, hailing from Choladhana village, and Rajendranath Roy, 42, son of Boloram Roy,...
Chittagong district administration in cooperation with Chittagong Metropolitan Police in a drive evicted illegally set up 62 shops and establishments in the port city’s Bayezid area on Tuesday afternoon. An executive magistrate of district administration led the eviction drive beside...
Auto-rickshaws have been banned from plying on national highways. The Roads and Highways Department order on Wednesday follows the death of many auto-rickshaw passengers after the three-wheelers were run over by heavy vehicles in recent weeks. Road transport minister Obaidul...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in a drive arrested a young man along with 6,750 Indian rupees from Sadipur village of Benapole municipality on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as Ramzan Ali, 26, son of Ahsan Ali, a resident...
Asian stocks skidded on Wednesday after weak earnings dragged down US equities, while the dollar was trading just below highs hit earlier this week. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS extended losses and was down about 1.1...
The time for submission of the probe committee report on Rajon killing case has been extended by five days to July 23. Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) formed the three-member probe committee to investigate the allegations of negligence of duty of...
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