Two suspected robbers were killed in a lynch-mob attack in Boalmari upazila in Faridpur district on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Milon, 30, son of Shahid Member, and Murad, 28, son of Motaleb Fakir in Chatar area of...
Robiul, a teenaged boy from Chittagong, was lost for words when he spotted his father on the premises of the Cox's Bazar branch of Red Crescent. For the first time in months, the elderly man was able to hug his...
Bangladesh has shattered its previous record of highest power generation by crossing the 8,000MW-mark, Power Development Board officials say. PDB spokesperson Saiful Hasan Chowdhury said it produced 8,032MW at 9:30pm on Sunday night. There was no power outage at the...
A survey on consumer satisfaction claims that on average 87 per cent people are happy with the ‘uninterrupted power supply’ in Bangladesh. MIDAS, an NGO, conducted the survey on behalf of the government during October, November and December in 2013,...
A boy was killed and three other people injured in a road crash in Chaqndpur Sadar upazila on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Titu, 14, son of Md Saleh Ahmed. Witnesses said a taxi collided with a goods...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel rescued two girls while they were being trafficked away and arrested two suspected human traffickers from Link Road in Cox’s Bazar town on Sunday. The arrestees were identified as Puja Haldar, 18, daughter of Atul...
A bike rider was killed and two others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Narayanganj Link Road in Chashara of Narayanganj district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Parvez, 32, a resident of Kadamtali area of Dhaka. Witnesses...
FE Online Report | 2015-07-06 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed downward trend in early hour of trading on Monday amid marginal volatility, the second session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by...
A Bangladeshi cattle trader was tortured to death allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel at Debhata upazila in Satkhira district on Sunday evening. Locals said, the body of Rubel Hossain was recovered from Komorpur village on Bangladesh-India frontier...
China’s main share brokerages have agreed to spend 120 billion yuan ($19.3b, £12b) to prop up the ailing stock market. The main Shanghai Composite index has fallen 30 per cent since the middle of June, nullifying most of this year’s...
Greece's Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis resigned after European participants who arrived in Italy to join a meeting following Greek referendum, expressed preference for his absence, Italian media reported on Monday. The surprise resignation of Varoufakis comes ahead of the meeting...
Detectives in separate drives on Sunday arrested four people with 1,200 kilograms of explosives from Dhaka and Chittagong. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) deputy commissioner (media) Muntasirul Alam confirmed this. Identities of the arrestees could not be known immediately. Further Details...
Asian stock markets headed lower after Greek voters overwhelmingly rejected austerity demands from creditors in Sunday's referendum. The euro fell across the board after Greece rejected the conditions of a bailout package, increasing the odds of the country's exit from...
The Speedy Trial Tribunal, Sylhet on Monday again deferred until July 14 the charge framing of the former Finance Minister SAMS Kibria murder case. Sylhet Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Makbul Hossain passed the order during today’s (Monday’s) hearing where five...
Oil prices fell sharply on Monday after Greece rejected debt bailout terms and as China rolled out emergency measures to prevent a full-blown stock market crash, adding to worries about poor demand growth at a time of global oversupply. The...
The government has undertaken a project to set up 156 fire stations in different upazilas and important locations across the country. State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan told this in the Jatiya Sangsad on Monday while replying to a...
FE Online Report | 2015-07-06 00:00:00
Stocks witnessed marginal correction on Monday for the third consecutive sessions with turnover falling further as investors followed cautious stance ahead of Eid festival. The market opened with a downward trend, which sustained throughout the session amid marginal volatility. DSEX,...
India's stock markets fell on Monday after Greeks overwhelmingly rejected conditions of a rescue package from creditors, raising fears foreign investors would ride out the uncertainty by paring down riskier holdings in emerging markets. The benchmark BSE Sensex cut initial...
A fire broke out at a slum in Sadar Ghat area of Chittagong city on Monday morning. Fire service officials said the fire erupted from a shanty at Anumajhir Ghat slum around 11:05 am and soon engulfed the adjacent shanties....
The Cabinet on Monday finally approved the draft of "The Cox's Bazar Development Authority Act-2015" with a view to ensure development of the tourist city under a master plan, land zoning and regulate the ongoing hazardous construction activities. The approval...
The euro zone's blue-chip share index fell 1.7 per cent on Monday after Greek voters rejected austerity measures demanded in return for a debt deal, raising concerns about the country's possible exit from the euro zone. Banks were the worst...
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the 'National Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Policy 2015' seeking the ICT sector’s faster development and promotion to help the country achieve the middle-income status by 2021 and turn it into a...
Police arrested six people along with 26 piece gold bars, weighing 10 tolas each, from Forest Gate area in Panchlaish thana of Chittagong city on Monday. Mahiuddin Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Panchlaish Police Station said, tipped off a team of police...
A joint survey began in Bangladesh and India on Monday to record the choice of nationality of 51,584 people in 162 enclaves in each other's territories ahead of enclave exchange on July 31 next. According to the Land Boundary Agreement...
Govt committed to make Bangladesh poverty free: Minister Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif said Saturday the Awami League (AL) government is determined to make Bangladesh a poverty-free country. "Different pragmatic measures taken by the government has helped boost the country's...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-07-05 00:00:00
The new fiscal year 2015-16 starts with a new budget that provides some protection to the country's domestic industries. Although most of the local manufactures and producers are not happy enough as they find the protection measures, mostly through tariffs,...
RANGPUR, July 4 (BSS): The officials, experts and farmers are expecting bumper production of highly fleshy, fibreless and tasty local variety Haribhanga mango this season as its harvest continues in full swing now with excellent output in the district. According...
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