Rezaul Karim | 2015-06-28 00:00:00
The government considers amending the Bangladesh Coinage Order, 1972 with a view to transforming the notes and coins of taka-five denomination into government currency, officials said. If amended, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) believes this will help the government cut...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-06-28 00:00:00
The setting of record high revenue earning target against the backdrop of existing lower tax mobilisation capacity in all likelihood will affect implementation of the budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2015-16, financial analysts said Saturday. The analysts said although...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-06-28 00:00:00
An international ranking of attractive destinations to foreign investors has placed Bangladesh one notch up in 48th position among 110 countries. The Baseline Profitability Index (BPI), constructed by Dr Daniel Altman, an Adjunct Professor at New York University's Stern School...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith said on Saturday the number of audit objections against 55 ministries and divisions stood at 853,314 and they involved Tk 6.15 trillion (615,606 crore), reports UNB. The minister revealed such information in Parliament while responding to...
'Liquid cocaine' has been detected in one of the drums of a consignment of Bolivian sunflower oil, which the customs intelligence officials seized at the Chittagong port on June 8 last. Laboratory tests on the liquid samples from the consignment...
FE Report | 2015-06-28 00:00:00
Intermittent heavy rain crippled life and business across the country while flashfloods left many virtually marooned in coastal belts and low-lying areas around the capital for the last few days. Reports say at least 10 lives were lost in sudden...
FE Report | 2015-06-28 00:00:00
Assailants shot dead early Saturday an official of an ice-cream factory in a drive-by attack in Dhaka's Kalabagan circular-road area early Saturday, police said. The deceased was identified as Obaidul Haque, 35, manager of Kwality Ice Cream Company. Obaidul was...
FE Report | 2015-06-28 00:00:00
College admission-seekers and their guardians in the country were worried as the government could not publish the admission results even after two days of the schedule. The first merit list for the college admission for the academic year 2015-16 was...
Munima Sultana | 2015-06-28 00:00:00
Due to the government's reluctance to introduce air-conditioned (AC) bus service for growing middle income group of people, the number of private car users is increasing in the capital taking up inadequate road space, experts have said. Transport experts and...
Monira Munni | 2015-06-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) is going to select its leadership for at least next two terms snatching away the voting rights of its members, sources said. The country's apex apparel body represents the largest foreign currency earner...
BNP termed disgraceful on Saturday for the nation the US Department of State's 2014 Country Reports on Bangladesh's Human Rights Status, saying the real situation in the country is more horrible than the report has projected, reports UNB. "We can't...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia would not get the chance to take part in the next general election in 2019, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) President and Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has said, report agencies. He spoke over the next general...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina strongly condemned on Saturday the terrorist attack at a gas factory near the city of Lyon in France where one person was found decapitated and an explosion took place on Friday, reports BSS. "This dastardly...
Thirteen South and Central Asian countries, including Bangladesh, will meet together in Astana, Kazakhstan tomorrow (Monday) to discuss ways to counter violent extremism within the framework of good governance and the rule of law, especially through partnerships with civil society,...
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Socialist Party of Bangladesh (SPB) demanded on Saturday punishment of those who were involved in the import of rotten wheat, reports UNB. The two parties came up with the demand from a joint-rally organised...
Bangladesh has underscored the need for addressing some of the key outstanding challenges over maternal malnutrition, child marriage, unskilled birth attendance and gender disparity in tertiary education through IPU's meaningful cooperation, report agencies. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali discussed the...
Though no effective move is in sight to recast the party as per its chief's announcement following its failure in movement, senior BNP leaders claim they are silently preparing to carry out a 'magical overhaul' of the party and its...
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan left Dhaka on Saturday for London to attend the 114th conference of the International Maritime Organisation (IOM), reports UNB. A four-member delegation, led by the minister, went to London to attend the conference.
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) president of Government Bangla College unit was arrested from near Kafrul thana on Saturday on charge of instigating a girl student of the college to commit suicide, reports UNB. Sub-inspector (SI) Moniruzzaman of Kafrul thana said...
The country's maiden satellite named 'Bangabandhu Satellite' is expected to be launched by December, 2017, reports BSS. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, also in charge of the Ministry of Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology in the House, said...
SYLHET, June 27 (UNB): An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) sustained stab injuries in an attack by miscreants at Shahi Eidgah area here on Friday night. The injured was identified as Arafat Hossain Chowdhury Akash (21), a resident of...
FE Report | 2015-06-28 00:00:00
The government and exporters have initiated a joint move to help boost frozen fish export to Russian market following a slowdown in its shipment to the potential market. As part of the move, a five-member expert team will leave Dhaka...
FE Report | 2015-06-28 00:00:00
Teachers of public universities will form human chains across the country today (Sunday), demanding restructuring of the newly proposed national pay-scale, which they termed 'disgraceful and discriminatory'. The university teachers have been demonstrating for long demanding immediate announcement of a...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister, also in charge of the Post and Telecommunications and ICT Ministry in Parliament, Obaidul Quader said Saturday the government is turning 8,500 post offices into e-centres for reaching information and communication technology services to the...
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