FE Report | 2015-06-16 00:00:00
The World Bank (WB) found a mismatch between Bangladesh's public expenditures and economic growth which the funding agency says is not rising at an expected level despite higher spending. Such observations came from the multilateral development financier during an anatomy...
FE Report | 2015-06-16 00:00:00
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) signed Monday a historic agreement opening their borders to motor vehicles of each other for both passenger and freight transit. Transport ministers of countries concerned inked the deal in the Bhutanese capital of Thimphu...
Zaidi Sattar | 2015-06-16 00:00:00
Yes. This is the policy dilemma though largely unknown if not ignored. For the Bangladesh economy the policy dilemma that is emerging is whether to persist with high protection of most import substituting industries or focus on export orientation. The...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Monday invited Awami League president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to her Iftar party scheduled for June 21. The BNP chairperson will host the Iftar party in honour of political leaders at the city's Bashundhara Convention...
LONDON, June 15 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh thinks about the welfare of its neighbours instead of going alone. She also urged all the neighbouring nations to take a united stance against poverty as it the common...
The verdict on an appeal by Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid against the death sentence awarded to him by a war crimes tribunal will be announced today (Tuesday), reports bdnews24.com. It has been included at the top of the...
FE Report | 2015-06-16 00:00:00
Private sector credit growth fell slightly in April over the previous month, following a downward trend of imports due to lower prices of essential commodities including fuel oil in the global market. The growth in private sector credit flow came...
A batch of 47 Bangladeshi nationals, earlier trafficked into Thailand by sea, returned home on Monday evening, reports UNB. A Biman Bangladesh airlines flight, BG 089, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 7:30pm. Among the returnees, 10 hail from...
FE Report | 2015-06-16 00:00:00
Economists suggested the government on Monday to cut the higher job creation target in the upcoming seventh five-year plan (FYP), to be implemented during financial year (FY) 2015-16 and FY 2019-20. Since the country's investment is not picking up and...
FE Report | 2015-06-16 00:00:00
Prime Minister's Adviser on International Affairs Dr Gowher Rizvi Monday said third-party monitoring of development activities makes a government accountable. "Citizens' monitoring is good for development of a country… third-party monitoring of development activities makes a government accountable," he said...
A delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at a meeting with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday said their country wants to see political stability in Bangladesh for a meaningful development, reports UNB. "China had earlier made its...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said on Monday the BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's statement regarding BNP's relationship with India was "false, baseless and groundless," reports UNB The minister said BNP is 'an anti-Indian party' and the party was formed for making...
Our Correspondent | 2015-06-16 00:00:00
MAGURA, June 15: At least 15 people were injured in a clash between supporters of Awami League (AL) and BNP at village Binodpur in Magura Monday. Shudarshan Kumar Roy, assistant police super of Magura, said rivalry was prevailing between local...
SYLHET, June 15 (UNB): Police arrested an Islami Chhatra Shibir activist from Hasannagar area in Sunamganj district town on Sunday night in connection with 'subversive activities'. The arrestee was identified as Sajjadur Rahman, president of Sunamganj district unit Islami Chhatra...
A local Awami League (AL) leader was shot and wounded allegedly by a Jubo League (JL) leader in the city's Bangsal area on Monday, reports UNB. Injured Haji Md Ripon, organising secretary of AL Ward No-35, was admitted to Dhaka...
Our Correspondent | 2015-06-16 00:00:00
SYLHET, June 15: A court in Sylhet Sunday sent the photojournalist, who was arrested in the blogger Ananta Bijoy Das killing case, back to the jail after a 7-day remand. The investigators were now checking the information, given by Idris...
Talha Bin Habib | 2015-06-16 00:00:00
The government will procure 60 million oral contraceptive pills at a cost of around Tk 600 million this year, officials said. To push the move forward the ministry of health and family planning (MoHFP) has sent a proposal to the...
The High Court (HC) issued a rule asking the government on Monday to explain why the eight sections of the Admission Policy 2015 for higher secondary level would not be declared without lawful, report agencies. The court has instructed the...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) filed on Monday a case against the owner of a private cable network for accumulation of illegal wealth, reports UNB. ACC deputy director Jalal Uddin filed the case against M Shahjahan Ahmed, owner of New Star...
FE Report | 2015-06-16 00:00:00
Leaders of five organisations of officials and employees working in Bangladesh Secretariat demanded keeping the provisions of time-scale and selection-grade in the new pay-scale for the government servants. They placed the demand at a meeting with Finance Minister AMA Muhith...
President Md Abdul Hamid has urged citizens to invent and get familiar with new technologies to keep up with the world, reports bdnews24.com "New inventions in information technology are constantly providing advanced technologies," the President made the appeal while speaking...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina's ICT adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy said Bangladesh is moving ahead in every sector very fast, reports UNB received from London on Monday. "No one could have imagined that Bangladesh would advance in such a pace...
Astronomy Olympiad at DIU from Nov 13 The XIth Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO) will be held on Daffodil International University (DIU) permanent campus at Ashulia from November 13-22 this year. In this connection, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed...
A day after appointing its registrar general, the Supreme Court (SC) appointed two registrars on Monday for its Appellate Division and the High Court Division, reports UNB. Additional registrar of the Appellate Division M Zakir Hossain, also District and Session...
CHITTAGONG, June 15 (UNB): A 12-km-long tailback was created on Dhaka-Chittagong highway Monday morning. A vehicle became dysfunctional on the highway at Bashbaria in Sitakunda upazila earlier Sunday midnight, created the tailback. Mohammad Yeasin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sitakunda Highway Police,...
Ihsanul Karim, a noted journalist and former press secretary to President Md Abdul Hamid, has been made Prime Minister's Press Secretary, reports UNB. The Public Administration Ministry issued an order on Monday appointing him the Press Secretary to Prime Minister...
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