The United Nations (UN) has encouraged the competent authorities in Bangladesh to investigate all the allegations relating city polls and the opposition to use the democratic institutions to express its concerns, reports UNB. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is aware...
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Country's foreign exchange (forex) reserves overshoot US$24-billion mark following steady growth of both export earnings and inward remittances. The reserves rose to $24.09 billion Wednesday, setting a new record, from $23.78 billion of the previous working day. It has incrementally...
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The Election Working Group (EWG), a coalition of election observer organisations, evaluated the just-held elections in three city corporations-North Dhaka, South Dhaka and Chittagong-as 'not credible'. "The elections were marred by a significant level of electoral fraud and incidents of...
Terming Tuesday's city polls a farce, pro-BNP professionals' electoral platform Adarsha Dhaka Andolan demanded on Wednesday annulment of the CC elections and resignation of the Election Commission, reports UNB. "Yesterday (Tuesday)'s polls were a serious scandalous incident of the nation's...
The Constitution allows an individual, guilty of contempt at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), to appeal and seek 'complete justice', the High Court (HC) has observed, reports bdnews24.com. Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo disposed on...
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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has said 'rigging and ballot box stuffing by ruling party cadres, polling officers and law-enforcement agencies' marked Tuesday's polls to the Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations. These were witnessed by the human rights defenders...
NOAKHALIi, Apr 29 (UNB): An activist of a local unit of Jubo League (JL) was shot dead and another one injured by their rivals at Amishapara Bazar in Sonaimuri upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ibrahim...
Two people were injured in crude bomb explosion while they were allegedly making crude bombs in a flat in the city's Mohammadpur area on Wednesday, reports UNB. The injured are Anwar (18) and Nuru (45). Mahbubur Rahman, sub-inspector (SI) of...
The Supreme Court (SC) has started hearing the appeal against the war crimes verdict of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed, reports bdnews24.com. The hearings started at the four-member appeals bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Wednesday....
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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against four people, including managing director of a cold storage, for allegedly swindling out more than Tk 170 million from Agrani Bank. ACC assistant director Sheikh Abdus Salam filed the case against them...
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The country's apparel makers placed a number of demands Wednesday to the government that include deduction of 0.3 per cent source tax on CM against FoB and 10 per cent income tax till 2019. Their demands also included duty- free...
Banks urged to finance cash-poor microlenders Banks can offer loans to providers of tiny loans, helping micro-financiers to overcome the fund crisis, a regulatory official said Wednesday. "MFIs are suffering from fund crisis. Banks can help them out," Microcredit Regulatory...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 29 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion have urged the branch level bankers to put in their best efforts to resist money laundering and other malpractices in banks for the sake of uprooting various social crimes associated with those....
Our Correspondent | 2015-04-30 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Apr 29: Asia's premier maritime and offshore conference Sea Asia 2015 was held from April 20 to 23 in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, hosted by Sea-trade and Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF), a statement said. Lui Tuck Yew, minister for...
Grameenphone Ltd is going to launch an economic SMS service for its outbound roaming customers from Thursday (today), reports UNB. This new service will allow the roaming customers of Grameenphone to send SMS to any Bangladeshi mobile number from abroad...
International Engineering Department, Sinomach, a Chinese company, has expressed keen interest to set up two medical universities and six medical colleges equipped with modern equipment for facilitating better medicare services in Bangladesh, reports BSS. A four-member delegation of the company...
RANGPUR, Apr 29 (BSS) : Adequate training for development skill and expertise of the women entrepreneurs could further flourish their trade, business and enterprises in enhancing the national economy, speakers said here Wednesday. They said the women entrepreneurs have already...
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A Chinese delegation Wednesday discussed the establishment of regional stock exchange with the securities regulator as part of the initiative to strengthen economic relationship among Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar (BCIM), officials said. The discussion was held at the office...
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The premier bourse will sit with the securities regulator today (Thursday) to discuss the ongoing situation of the capital market, officials said. Both the bodies will also try to address possible reasons responsible for the continuous falling trend of the...
Trust Bank signs MoU with Anwer Khan Medical A Memorandum of Understanding (Mou) signing ceremony between Trust Bank Limited and Anwer Khan Modern Medical College Hospital was held recently at Anwer Khan Modern Medical College Hospital. Under the deal, Trust...
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Twenty more listed firms recommended dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2014, posted on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) website Wednesday. ACI Formulations: The Board of Directors has recommended 30 per cent cash dividend. The annual general meeting (AGM)...
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