The Teesta River is flowing above danger level due to the surge of upstream water, inundating 10 villages in Dimla and Jaldhaka upazilas of Nilphamari districts. Since 6:00am Monday, water at Dalia point of Teesta Barrage has been flowing 12...
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 index closed down 2.8 per cent, the most since mid-October. The index had fallen as much as 3.2 per cent. Greek banks and the stock market were closed on Monday and were expected to remain...
Detectives arrested an alleged drug peddler in possession of 120 packs of heroin from Bandutia area in Manikganj town on Monday afternoon. The arrested is Habi Hossain, 38, son of Kashem Ali, a resident of the area. Sub-inspector of DB...
Australia and New Zealand will play the first day-night test cricket match when the southern hemisphere rivals meet in the last match of a three-game series in November. Cricket Australia said in a statement Tuesday that the test at the...
US stocks extended their losses in heavy trading on Monday after a collapse in Greek bailout talks intensified fears that the country could be the first to exit the euro zone. Greece appeared to confirm it was heading for a...
Two days into its enforcement, the Kishoreganj 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 Superintendent of Police...
FE Online Report | 2015-06-30 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hour of trading on Tuesday, maintaining the previous day's upward trend. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 29.13 points or...
Oil futures hovered below three-week lows on Tuesday as investors waited for developments in Greece following a bank shutdown, keeping them away from riskier assets and putting Brent crude on course for a second month of declines. Brent crude futures...
The number of people living in cities without access to civic amenities has increased by 60.43 per cent in the last 17 years. According to the latest census on slum dwellers and floating population conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of...
The country has got some 10,313 abandoned houses, according to statistics placed in the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament). Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain has placed the statistics replying to a starred question from Jatiya Party MP Mahjabeen Morshed....
A passenger on one of Japan's high-speed bullet trains tried to set himself on fire Tuesday, causing smoke to fill the carriage and forcing the train to stop, Japan's transport ministry said. Two people were found unconscious, a ministry official...
A pilot of the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) is still missing a day after his fighter aircraft crashed into sea. Rescuers continued to search for Flight Lieutenant Rumman Tahmid Chowdhury who was flying an F-7 fighter on Monday. The jet...
The benchmark Sensex turned choppy after its initial surge of 117 points though it's trading higher by 53.98 points on firm value-buying in healthcare, metal, realty, FMCG, capital goods and consumer durable sectors. The 30-share Sensex resumed lower at 27,627.39...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday again placed Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of Awami League MP Pinu Khan, on a 2-day remand in a case filed for reportedly shooting two people to death with his firearm at New Eskaton in the...
UN Women Bangladesh is expanding its social media presence with the launch of its official Facebook page. The UN agency says the social media presence will help spread the work of UN Women in Bangladesh to promote gender equality and...
A motorcyclist was killed as a bus rammed into his vehicle at Bharashimla More on the Satkhira-Kaliganj road in Kaliganj upazila of Satkhira district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Moksed Gazi, 45, son of Rabbani Gazi, a resident...
An elderly woman was killed and two other people were injured in a road accident on the Sylhet-Sunamganj highway in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj district on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Manjura Begum, 65, wife of late Abdul...
FE Online Report | 2015-06-30 00:00:00
The Jatiya Sangsad passed Tk2.951 trillion (Tk2,95,100 crore) national annual budget for 2015-2016 fiscal year (FY) on Tuesday afternoon. On June 4, Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith proposed the Tk2.951tr national annual expenditure before the parliament for passing. Finance...
Norway, Sweden and Denmark are combining their missions in Bangladesh, calling it the ‘Nordic Embassy’ in Dhaka from Wednesday. In a joint statement, the three embassies on Tuesday said such joint Nordic embassy was being established in many countries “to...
FE Online Report | 2015-06-30 00:00:00
The last trading session of the fiscal year 2014-15 closed higher, extending the gaining streak for the third straight sessions on Tuesday as investors went for buying spree. The market opened higher which sustained throughout the session. DSEX, the prime...
An Indonesian military transport plane crashed into a hotel and residential area in the northern Sumatra city of Medan on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people, a national search and rescue agency official said. "That's the latest information, the number...
The Road Transport and Bridges Ministry on Tuesday signed a US $705 million deal with a Chinese firm to implement the multi-lane dream tunnel to be constructed beneath the Karnaphuli River in Chittagong. Bangladesh Road Transport and Bridges Secretary and...
The government has been told to clarify if the wheat it bought from Brazil for Tk4 billion is suitable for human consumption. High Court Justices Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Taher Md Saifur Rahman gave the order after hearing a petition...
US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat on Tuesday reaffirmed US government’s commitment to fighting against human trafficking together saying it is a critical time for Bangladesh, for this region, and for this call to action. “Today is an important day....
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday told Parliament that action will be taken against the culprits behind the BASIC Bank scam once the probe report by its board of directors is available. "We've already formed a new board of directors...
Customs authorities have arrested two persons from Dhaka in connection with the seizure of liquid cocaine concealed in a container in Chittagong Port. In a press briefing at their Segunbagicha headquarters on Tuesday afternoon, Customs Intelligence and Investigation’s Director General...
It has already taken too long a time for the high-tech park at Kaliakoir to get off the ground. Conceived more than one and a half decades ago, the project is intended to be a pace-setter for information communication technology...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-06-29 00:00:00
With the Middle Eastern manpower market going dry, Bangladesh has become increasingly dependent on Malaysia to get jobs for its large pool of unskilled workers. Malaysia also needs a huge number of workers, primarily in the agriculture sector. But the...
Nargis Sultana | 2015-06-29 00:00:00
Dhaka Elevated Expressway is Bangladesh's first project of its kind. It is one of the biggest infrastructure projects taken up by the incumbent government to ease traffic congestion in the capital and around. It will be 46-km long including the...
B K Mukhopadhyay from Kolkata | 2015-06-29 00:00:00
Nowadays, it is a recognised fact that entrepreneurship management has become a colossal concept. It speaks of the capacity and willingness to develop, organise and manage a business venture along with any of its risks in order to make a...
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