FE Report | 2015-07-02 00:00:00
The cabinet committee on public purchase on Wednesday approved a proposal allowing the Russian state-backed energy giant Gazprom International Investment B.V to drill five new gas wells. "The purchase committee approved the proposal of digging new five wells at different...
FE Report | 2015-07-02 00:00:00
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) welcomed on Wednesday the government decision for reducing tax at source on export to 0.60 per cent from one per cent, saying that it will encourage the country's shipment of...
The High Court (HC) ordered Wednesday the authorities concerned to form a high-powered commission to fix minimum and maximum house rents based on areas, reports UNB. The commission will also solve problems between house owners and tenants after properly identifying...
The Election Commission (EC) will start data collection of possible voters soon after Eid-ul Fitr for updating the country's voter list, reports UNB. The commission is going to announce schedules of data collection at a press briefing today (Thursday), said...
SATKHIRA, July 1 (UNB): A court sent on Wednesday four BNP men, including Kalaroa municipality mayor Aktarul Islam, to jail in connection with the attack on the convoy of the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina in Kolaroa upazila on August...
SATHKHIRA, July 1 (UNB): Police arrested an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami on charges of murder and subversive activities from Kurikaunia village in Ashashuni upazila on Wednesday morning. The arrestee was identified as Maulana Yeahia, a resident of the area. Ajmal Huda,...
The High Court (HC) granted on Wednesday an interim bail to BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi in four cases filed against him in connection with street violence, reports UNB. An HC bench comprising Justice Mohammad Rezaul Haque and...
A Pirojpur court has sentenced four men to death and three others to life in prison for killing a youth nearly 17 years ago, reports bdnews24.com. District and Sessions Judge SM Solaiman delivered the verdict on Wednesday in the case...
Police said there is enough evidence to incriminate Bakhtiar Alam Rony for killing two people in a shooting in the city's New Eskaton, reports bdnews24.com. They will have 'no problem' proving MP Pinu Khan's son guilty in court, said Dhaka...
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam demanded on Wednesday that the death penalty awarded to war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury be upheld for his crimes against humanity perpetrated during the Liberation War in 1971, reports UNB. He made the plea before a...
FE Report | 2015-07-02 00:00:00
The 94th founding anniversary of Dhaka University (DU) was celebrated on Wednesday with much enthusiasm among the students, teachers, officials and alumni. Marking the day, the university authorities decorated the country's oldest and largest university with colourful lightings, balloons and...
The Trust Technical Training Institute (TTTI), a vocational training institute directed by Bangladesh Army, was formally inaugurated at Savar on Wednesday, says an ISPR press release. Area Commander of Savar Area and General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Ninth Infantry...
Detectives arrested eight suspected robbers and recovered 135 stolen mobile phone sets from Postagola area on Tuesday night, reports UNB. On information that a gang of robbers were holding a meeting to commit robbery, a special DB team, led by...
Principal Staff Officer (PSO) of Armed Forces Division Lt Gen Md Mainul Islam called on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban in the city on Wednesday says an ISPR press release. During the meeting, the PSO thanked the government to recruit...
GAZIPUR, July 1 (UNB): Two people, including a girl, were crushed to death under the wheels of a running train near Joydebpur railway station in the city early Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Motaleb, 70, a resident of Proholadpur...
FE Report | 2015-07-02 00:00:00
Today (July 2) is the 14th death anniversary of Dr Shibtosh Roy, a renowned arsenic specialist. He died in a road accident on this day at Taraganj of Rangpur in 2001 at the age of 51, said a press release....
DoE fines 12 washing factories for polluting Buriganga The Department of Environment (DoE) has fined 12 washing factories Tk 3.6 million for polluting the Buriganga river at Keraniganj in the city on Wednesday. DoE director (Monitoring and Enforcement) Md Alamgir...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at a few places over Dhaka, Sylhet, Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions with moderately heavy to...
The World Bank (WB) in a posting on its website says that Bangladesh has become a lower-middle income country. The WB's latest estimates of Gross National Income per capita (GNI) continue to show improved economic performance in many low-income countries,...
At least 202 workers were killed in their workplaces in 147 separate accidents in the country during the last six months, according to a survey. The survey carried out by a local NGO – Safety and Rights Society – says...
Advance bus tickets sale for Eid holiday-makers will start on Friday morning. Respective bus service counters will provide tickets for 60 routes in north and southern regions of the country. Bus counters will also take booking for return tickets. Bangladesh...
A welding factory worker was stabbed to death by some miscreants in the city’s Jatrabari area on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Akbar Hossain, 20, worker of a local welding factory and a resident of Sutikhalpar in...
The first of the two Twenty20 international matches between Bangladesh and South Africa will be played at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur in Dhaka on Sunday (July 5). It will be a day/night match. Bangladesh recalled off-spinner Sohag Gazi...
The Bangladesh chief of the Al Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and his top advisor are among 12 Islamist radicals arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), the force's media spokesperson claimed on Thursday. But RAB spokesperson Maqsudul Alam did...
In a dramatic demonstration of its expanding reach, ISIS apparently launched simultaneous attacks Wednesday on five Egyptian military checkpoints, killing 35 people, including 20 Egyptian soldiers, and injuring 30 others. At last report, clashes on the Sinai Peninsula were continuing....
Police arrested two people on charges of slaughtered in Netrakona driver in Netrakona Sadar upazila early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Jewel Mia, 23, who was a driver of a motorcycle, used to carry passengers. The arrestees were identified...
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chairperson of BRAC, has been named laureate of World Food Prize-2015. Fazle Hasan Abed, 79, won this year’s World Food Prize for his unparalleled achievement in building a unique and integrated development organisation. The...
Four people have died of an unknown disease and over 50 others fell sick in Krishnapur village in Santhia upazila of Pabna district. The deceased were identified as Hannan, 42, son of Abed Ali, Taher, 45, son of Sobhan, Kafil,...
FE Online Report | 2015-07-02 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw downward trend in early hour of trading on Thursday, the first session of the new fiscal year. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by 29.84...
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