Death toll in deadly clashes between Egypt’s army and fighters of ISIS — the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria – reached 117 on Wednesday night. More than 100 militants and 17 soldiers were killed after simultaneous assaults on military...
The Supreme Court will give its verdict on Sunday on whether the bail of BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three violence-related cases is tenable or not. A four-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha,...
FE Online Report | 2015-07-02 00:00:00
The first trading session of the new fiscal year ended in the red zone with falling turnover as investors followed cautious stance. The market opened with a downward note, which sustained throughout the session amid marginal volatility. DSEX, the prime...
US Embassy in Dhaka has congratulated Bangladesh on Thursday for becoming a lower-middle income country, meeting the World Bank (WB)’s requirements. Bangladesh and three other countries were upgraded to the lower-middle income category by the WB, with Bangladesh’s per capita...
Asian stocks rose for a third consecutive day on Thursday though widening cracks in Chinese stocks and Greece's standoff with its creditors capped gains while the dollar was bolstered by upbeat US economic data. Stocks in Shanghai slipped more than...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said she has revised her growth target and wants Bangladesh to be a ‘higher-middle income’ country within three years. “Bangladesh is a free and sovereign state. We will have to develop it like one....
An Election Commission (EC) inquiry has failed to identify those who harassed journalists during the Apr 28 City polls and tried stopping them from entering polling stations. The EC's probe body filed its findings on Tuesday after recording statements of...
Members of fire service recovered the body of a man from an abandoned well after 20 hours of his falling into it in Tartipur area in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Dalim, 50,...
The work on the much-sought Cox's Bazar International Airport Construction Project formally began on Thursday, aiming to expand the country’s tourism sector by attracting more and more international tourists. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the construction work through videoconferencing...
Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has said he will donate his $32bn (£20bn; €29bn) personal fortune to charity. The 60-year-old nephew of King Salman is one of the world's richest people, a BBC Online report said. He said...
The US Embassy in Dhaka, including the Consular Section and the American Center with the Archer K Blood American Center Library and the Education USA Student Advising Center, will remain closed on Sunday marking the US Independence Day. Emergency services...
Oil prices steadied on Thursday after a day of steep losses driven by an unexpected build in US crude stocks that added to a global supply glut. Traders were keeping a close eye on nuclear talks between Western powers and...
Chittagong Metropolitan Police in a drive arrested two men, including a fake journalist, with 590 pieces of contraband yaba tablets from Karnaphuli Bridge area in the port city on early Thursday. They were identified as Abdus Sabur alias Aman, 31,...
The 30-share Sensex closed the day at 27,945.80, up 75.07 points. The broader 50-share Nifty ended 8.15 points down at 8,444.90. 20 of 30 stocks on Sensex ended the day in red. Mahindra & Mahindra was the top gainer, up...
Bangladesh Bank on Thursday started releasing newly printed notes of Taka to the local market. The new notes of different values of the local currency will be available at headquarters of the central bank as well as at different branches...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against three people, including two officials of Sonali Bank, for allegedly swindling out over Tk40 million from the bank. ACC Deputy Director Mir Zainul Abedin Shebly filed the case against...
Jamaluddin Ahmed in the first of a three-part article | 2015-07-01 00:00:00
It is a fact that no society in history has ever secured a high level of economic affluence without a government. Where governments did not exist, anarchy reigned and little wealth was accumulated by productive economic activities. After governments took...
AKM Nozmul Haque | 2015-07-01 00:00:00
One man can make a difference. Gen. Park changed the whole of South Korea in 10 years' time. General Lee Kuan made Singapore one of the most liveable cities of the world. For any good job, one person is enough....
The debate over offering exploration of onshore gas to international oil companies (IOCs) has been in the air for quite sometime. The government, too, is in double mind. This is reflected by its decision to open up onshore gas bocks...
Rahman Jahangir | 2015-07-01 00:00:00
The 36th National Science Week, now going on, appears to be as lacklustre as science education's appeal to students is lukewarm to students in secondary schools. This leads all those, who want promotion of science and technology, to believe that...
Tahera Akter and Mahfuzar Rahman | 2015-07-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh is on the verge of setting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) based on the bigger challenges the country has been facing. As SDGs are going to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) over the next 15 years (2016-30), smarter...
I was reading an interesting story about unscrupulous butchers selling buffalo meat as cow meat or beef. Although there is nothing new about it and it has been happening over the years, it pains us at times. A few days...
There has been a mushroom growth of employment agencies in the country over the last few decades. The employment agencies have emerged both as a blessing and a curse. A large portion of job seekers who are university graduates visit...
The Bangladesh Railway provides several services prior to the holy Eid-ul-Fitr or Eid-ul-Azha every year. This year the railway authority has added a total of 135 compartments to the current fleet on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr and all cargo trains...
Deepak Nayyar | 2015-07-01 00:00:00
Interest rates are in the news. Most stakeholders wanted a reduction larger than what was announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The finance minister sought to stimulate growth. Corporates hoped to revive investment. Households waited for smaller monthly...
Frank Peters | 2015-07-01 00:00:00
An essential 'wake-up' report has just been published that should be compulsory reading for every man, woman and child. Children damaged by corporal punishment today are the law-breaking, antisocial, broken adults of tomorrow - human time bombs of anger and...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-01 00:00:00
PABNA, June 30: People here have already started early Eid shopping despite higher prices of items, much ahead of the festivity to avoid the last moment's abnormal rush in the markets. Customers are buzzing in the markets of the district...
KISHOREGANJ, June 30 (UNB): Two days into its enforcement, the District Transport Owners' Association on Monday night withdrew the indefinite strike in the district following an assurance of meeting their demands. The decision to call off the strike came after...
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