The premier bourse Wednesday observed a marginal rise both in the benchmark index and turnover value for the third consecutive session as major sectors contributed positively. The market started its session with a flying note at 10.30 am and the...
British Prime Minister David Cameron has greeted everyone who will be observing the holy month of Ramadan. "I'd like to send my very best wishes to everyone observing the holy month of Ramadan. It's a hugely important time as Muslims...
Two people, including a schoolgirl, were killed by lightning strike at Nama Koiyakori village in Nokla upazila in Sherpur district on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Nurunnahar Begum, 45, wife of Shahidul Islam and Mamtaz Bilqis Begum, 12, daughter...
Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) has launched three retail banking products namely SIBL Islamic Consumer Finance, SIBL Islamic Auto Finance and SIBL Islamic Home Finance. Chairman of the bank Major (retd) Dr Md Rezaul Haque inaugurated the products at Hotel...
A bill, titled 'International Finance Corporation Bill, 2015', was placed in Parliament seeking to scrap the 'International Finance Corporation Ordinance, 1976' and create greater scope for the IFC to play a role in developing the country’s private sector, give legality...
It was MP Pinu Khan’s son Bakhtiar Alam Rony who fired the shots that killed two people at Dhaka’s Eskaton two months ago, a witness has told a Dhaka court. Rony’s friend Kamal Mahmud testified before the court of Dhaka...
FE Online Report | 2015-06-17 00:00:00
Curtains came down on the three-day ICT Expo Fair-2015 on Wednesday night. President Md Abdul Hamid on Monday inaugurated the ICT-Expo Fair-2015 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the city. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division and Bangladesh...
Holy Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, commences on Friday. Religious Affairs Minister Matior Rahaman said Muslims in Bangladesh will start fasting from Friday early morning since the new crescent moon of the Arabic month was...
Appreciating Bangladesh's women empowerment, US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat has said they support a Bangladesh where women thrive and are valued in all sectors. "We support a Bangladesh where women thrive and are valued in all sectors. When women...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to appear before a makeshift court in Old Dhaka on Thursday to attend the hearing of two graft cases filed against her by the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC). When contacted, Khaleda Zia’s counsel Advocate Sanaullah...
The much-awaited Nakugaon land port in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur district is set to start its full-fledged operation on Thursday. Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan will inaugurate the operation of the land port. Officials here said the land port activities, including...
Ghana has expressed its willingness to procure jute sacks from Bangladesh for their agricultural products packaging. Ghana gave an official offer to buy jute sacks from Bangladesh when Ghana’s High Commissioner to India with concurrent accreditation to Bangladesh Samuel Panyin...
Bangladesh and India play the first of their 3-match one-day international (ODI) series at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium at Mirpur in the city on Thursday. The match is slated for a 3:00pm start. Bangladesh captain Mashrafe bin Mortaza urged fans to...
Mushfiqur Rahman | 2015-06-17 00:00:00
The proposed budget for the fiscal 2015-16 has been placed in parliament with the goal of attaining higher growth. The business community reacted positively as they considered the budget 'business- and investment-friendly'. Leading economists of the country, however, question whether...
Sayed Kamaluddin | 2015-06-17 00:00:00
Former Chinese strongman Deng Xiaoping has been widely quoted as having said that it does not matter if the cat is white or black as long as it catches the mice. In Bangladesh we really don't bother about black or...
Syed Mahbubur Rashid | 2015-06-17 00:00:00
The Finance Minister has given a vivid picture of the proposed development of the railway in his budget speech for fiscal 2015-2016. The government has adopted strategies to revitalise the railway system and taken initiatives to make full use of...
Complaints about the country's development administration have been aplenty. Quite a good many of them have been persistent in nature and are loud enough to draw national as well as international attention. Most of the time local experts and international...
Abdul Bayes | 2015-06-17 00:00:00
In a recent research dissemination seminar held under the auspices of the Research and Evaluation Division of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) and the Leveraging Agriculture on Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA), a few important papers related to nutrition...
Rahman Jahangir | 2015-06-17 00:00:00
Traffic jams in the Bangladesh capital is aggravating with every passing day. It seems, the authorities tasked with reducing it are either giving a damn to it or simply ignoring it seeing extensive media coverage of the grim situation. Newspapers...
Rain prevented the only Test between Bangladesh and India from producing a possible result. More than half the duration of the match was washed away by rain and no play was possible. The Indian team which must be cursing its...
The prices of essentials have already registered a sharp rise, putting the fixed income people under severe stress. Every year the commerce ministry assures people that the prices will remain stable, but we do not see the promises being materialized...
Rain brought some relief to the city dwellers as they have been languishing under extreme summer heat. But along with some relief, the rain has also brought some miseries for the people as traffic congestion deteriorates and water-logging takes place...
Dipok Kumar Roy | 2015-06-17 00:00:00
To have high hopes is not a fault, when it comes to a national budget. We need to improve our capacity to cope with the hopes running high. Then come the questions: Are we capable of implementing such a big...
Md. Rashed Chowdhury | 2015-06-17 00:00:00
El Niño is part of a climate cycle in the tropical Pacific known as the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). It flips back and forth every few years between the cool La Niña and the warm El Niño phases. In...
Our Correspondent | 2015-06-17 00:00:00
SYLHET, June 16: Two technical schools are being established at Golapganj and Beanibazar upazilas of Sylhet. Besides, two in Sunamganj and one each in Moulvibazar and Habiganj districts will be established soon, said Md. Shahjahan Mia, Director General of the...
RAJSHAHI, June 16 (BSS): Agriculture Secretary Shaymal Kanti Ghosh here said the present government has attained remarkable success in agriculture sector and urged the officials concerned to put in their collective efforts to uphold the success in the days ahead....
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Tuesday asked Jamaat-e-Islami to withdraw the hartal it has called on Wednesday. Jamaat-e-Islami announced a 24-hour countrywide hartal for Wednesday protesting the verdict of the Supreme Court (SC) that...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed in the capital on Tuesday evening ahead of Jamaat-sponsored Wednesday’s 24-hour countrywide hartal. Jamaat on Tuesday called the countrywide shutdown protesting the Supreme Court verdict upholding the death penalty of war...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Tuesday strongly condemned BNP Chairperson’s remark and media’s ‘distortion’ of his quote regarding the meeting between Khaledai Zia and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “I condemn her (Khaleda’s) irresponsible remarks,” he said in a...
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