FE Report | 2015-07-16 00:00:00
The government has extended the duration of two counter-guarantees on two state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs), Sonali Bank and Janata Bank, funding worth Tk 50 billion by one year to ensure uninterrupted import of fertilisers, officials said. The ministry of finance...
Two 'abducted' Myanmar soldiers have been rescued from the Bandarban frontier, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has said, reports Reuters. BGB Director General (DG) Major General Aziz Ahmed told bdnews24.com, " The Bangladesh Army and BGB have recovered two abducted members...
In the lead story headlined 'Third-party scrutiny of TIN in 25 areas shortly' carried on the front page of the FE in its July 15, 2015 issue, it was inadvertently mentioned that service-providing entities can crosscheck authenticity of tax files....
Maj Gen (Retd) Amjad Khan Chowdhury, managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of PRAN-RFL Group who died in the USA on July 8, was laid to eternal rest in the city on Wednesday, reports UNB. He was buried at...
Bangladesh Railways will start selling advance return tickets of trains for the convenience of Dhaka-bound passengers on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the greatest religious festival of Muslims, from Thursday (July 16) morning. "Keeping their (homebound passengers) safe return in...
Customs houses across the country and branches of banks, related to customs house, will remain open on Friday, the first day of the three-day Eid-ul-Fitr holidays. National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken the decision aiming to continue the export...
Today (July 16) is the day of arrest of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. On this day in 2007, Sheikh Hasina was arrested by the then caretaker government. She was released from the special sub-jail of the...
Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in Birganj upazila of Dinajpur and Syedpur upazila of Nilphamari districts on Wednesday. Police said an unidentified young man, aged around 25, was killed in a road accident at Bot Toli Kumarpara...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has attacked the bailout deal offered by eurozone leaders to Greece. The creditor said Greece’s public debt had become “highly unsustainable” and it needed relief from its debts. The BBC’s economics editor Robert Peston said...
Growth in the world’s second largest economy, China, beat expectations in the second quarter of the year, but it was still the weakest showing since the global financial crisis. The economy grew 7 per cent from a year ago –...
Different amusement parks and spots in Dhaka city have taken special preparation on the occasion of Holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims, to spread joy among the children. Like previous years, they have taken some additional measures such...
The National Moon Sighting Committee will sit on July 17 (Friday) to ascertain the commencement of Holy Shawal month of 1436 Hijri and fix the date of Holy Eid-ul-Fitr. Holy Eid-ul-Fitr will be observed in Bangladesh on July 18 if...
The Holy Eid-ul-Fitr will be observed in Bangladdesh on July 18 (Saturday), subject to the appearance of the new crescent moon of Shawal month. Sources at Islamic Foundation and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) said the main Eid congregation will...
Six people were killed and 12 others injured in separate road accidents in Rajshahi on Wednesday. Three persons, including a college-teacher were killed and five others injured when a speeding truck collided head-on with a human hauler at Kesharhat on...
Bangladesh Bank has directed all commercial banks to ensure ATM and POS (Point of Sale) services during Eid-ul-Fitr holidays which begin on Friday. A central bank cisrular, regarding the matter, had been sent to respective Chief Executive of the banks....
The Greek parliament passed sweeping austerity measures demanded by lenders to open talks on a new multibillion-euro bailout package to keep Greece in the euro, but dozens of hardliners in the ruling Syriza party deserted Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The...
The International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday convicted Forkan Mollik of Patuakhali for war crimes and condemned him to death for rapes and killings during Bangladesh’s independence struggles in 1971. Justice Obaidul Hassan, chief of ICT-2, pronoinced the verdict for the...
Officials, general employees and staff of the offices of Dhaka University (DU), including main administrative building, have gone into 15-day vacation on the occasion of the forthcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. A DU press release said the offices of the university will open...
Customs intelligence officials arrested two people with 860 grams of gold from green channel of Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport on Thursday. The Customs officials identified the detainees as Omar Faruk, and Alal Uddin, 37. Al Amin of Hazrat, Assistant...
Two brothers have died in an encounter with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Rangpur. The gun battle was reported from an alley beside a clinic near the cantonment check post around 3:00am on Thursday, RAB-13 Deputy Commander Maj Ashraf...
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s ‘helicopter shot’ and Tillakaratne Dilshan’s ‘Dilscoop’ have been hailed as innovations in limited-overs cricket. These shots help batsmen score fast and upset the bowler’s length and line. Now the International Cricket Council (ICC) in its facebook page...
The sextuplates born off same mother in Sylhet have died within nine hours after their birth. Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital dources said all the six newborns of the same mother have died within a few hours of their...
Half a dozen HSC question paper 'leakers' have been arrested in the city. Detective Branch of police, dealing with cyber crimes, have picked up the six men from Dhaka’s Demra for their suspected link to leaking HSC test question papers...
Bangladesh and Australia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to help combat money laundering and terror financing. Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) and the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (AUSTRAC) have signed the MoU on the sidelines of...
A week after he was stripped of the portfolio of LGRD and Cooperatives Ministry, Awami League’s Secretary General Syed Ashraful Islam has been made Public Administration Minister. The Cabinet Division on Thursday issued a gazette notification signed by Cabinet Secretary...
Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2015-07-15 00:00:00
David had loaned his friend John $500 last year, $500 the year before and $500 the year before that. David knows John's income potential is such that he would never pay any of the loans back. David in desperation lastly...
Shihab Sarkar | 2015-07-15 00:00:00
As the countdown to Eid-ul-Fitr gets closer, newer miseries are added to life in the capital. No matter if one goes shopping for the festival or commuting to work and back, the city residents find themselves stuck in myriads of...
Words fail to describe the barbarity inflicted on a 13-year old vegetable vendor in Sylhet. Mindless cruelty is not quite foreign to people in this part of the world. But this one should be rated at the top of the...
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