FE Report | 2015-03-31 00:00:00
A blogger was stabbed to death in broad daylight in Tejgaon area of the capital Monday by assailants who told police they did it on duty calls from religious faith. The deceased was identified as Washiqur Rahman Babu, 27, a...
Shah Alam Nur | 2015-03-31 00:00:00
Leading exporters of readymade garments now set their sights on the domestic market as local consumption of global-class wear holds a great potential, industry-insiders said. Data available with the apex trade body in the clothing sector show the domestic market...
FE Report | 2015-03-31 00:00:00
The cabinet approved Monday the draft "Development Surcharge and Levy (Imposition and Realisation) Act, 2015 to impose a 1.0 per cent surcharge on the use of SIM or RIM cards of mobile phone operators aiming to raise funds for public...
FE Report Review of the World Bank (WB)-funded 22 development projects in Bangladesh began on Monday, where the appraisers found slower pace of implementation and delay in aid finalization, said official sources. The Economic Relations Division (ERD) officials also said...
MANIKGANJ, Mar 30: Two construction workers died after inhaling toxic gas while working in a septic tank at Hasli village in Sadar upazila Monday. The deceased were identified as Shahin (20), son of Shahmuddin of Char Balitek village in Sadar...
A court in the city Monday sentenced seven men to death and a woman to life imprisonment for killing a Swechchhasebok League leader in the city nine years ago. The condemned convicts are Mahmudur Rahman Sohel, Hasan Sarwar Dipu, Mohammad...
Monira Munni | 2015-03-31 00:00:00
Some 110 apparel makers have allegedly failed to comply with their required detailed engineering analysis (DEA) within the set timeframe, posing uncertainty over timely completion of factory remediation programme. The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety has recently sent a list...
FE Report Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) president Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmad Monday urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to be sympathetic to the businesses for collecting value added tax (VAT) and supplementary duty. He...
Munima Sultana | 2015-03-31 00:00:00
Tender for land development work for metro rail depot has been delayed again for not getting concurrence from the project's development partner due to lack of mitigation measures. The Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development (DMRTD) Project first set the target...
FE Report The BNP-led 20-party alliance has called upon the government as well as the Election Commission (EC) to hold free, fair and neutral polls in three city corporations. BNP joint secretary general Barkatullah Bulu, in a press statement on...
M Azizur Rahman | 2015-03-31 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has shown interest to provide funds to facilitate import of re-gasified LNG from India for implementing a 750-800 megawatt (MW) combined cycle power plant project worth US$ 550 million in Khulna, a top official said...
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations of 2015 will begin across the country tomorrow (Wednesday), reports UNB. The examinations will be held at 2,419 centres across the country. This year a total of 1,073,884 students under 10...
FE Report Services from the state-owned healthcare centres in rural areas are being hampered for lack of adequate infrastructures, medial equipment, nurses, physicians and medicines, a social audit on health said. According to the survey findings, the government should take...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina received the Women in Parliament (WIP) Global Forum Award on Monday, report agencies. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam handed over the award to the PM at the Cabinet meeting at Bangladesh Secretariat,...
FE Report Inward remittances help promote education opportunities for migrants' children in Bangladesh, according to a RMMRU report. The findings also showed that migrant workers - both female and male - prefer government jobs for their children instead of sending...
FE Report Coaching business has emerged as a key barrier to the country's primary education system as over 65 per cent guardians are forced to send their kids to coaching centres, making free primary education facility expensive. According to a...
CHITTAGONG, March 30 (BSS): Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Monday physical work on much- awaited tunnel under the river Karnaphuli would begin in December this year. The minister said the government would sign a deal by...
Indian National Investi-gation Agency (NIA) formally submitted on Monday a charge sheet against 21 people, including four Bangladesh nationals, to a special court in Kolkata for their involvement in the Burdwan blast, according to Indian media reports, says UNB. Banned...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Comilla and Noakhali until 6:00 pm today (Tuesday),...
Navy seized Tk 140m current nets in 15 days Bangladesh Navy under its Operation Jatka programme seized illegal current nets worth about Tk 140 million during the last 15 days. During the drives, the Navy members seized 44, 52,500 metres...
FE report The country's frozen food exporters sought full waiver of tax at source from existing 0.60 per cent in the national budget for 2015-16. "We have demanded five per cent advance income tax waiver on cash incentive for frozen...
FE Report The ministry of textiles and jute Monday urged non-resident Sudanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Hassan E El Talib to pay off US$ 169 million outstanding export bills of jute goods. Textiles and Jute Minister Mohammad Emaze Uddin Pramanik...
FE Report Migrant workers are still facing physical, mental and sexual harassment at their workplaces, said a WARBE report. It also said many Bangladeshis returned home from Iraq, Sudan and Malaysia in 2014 having been cheated by dishonest recruiting agencies....
Muhammad Zamir | 2015-03-30 00:00:00
Everyone needs to be worried about water security, pollution and the environment. We need to accord these factors the priority that they deserve. As we observed World Water Day on March 22, we were reminded once again about the precarious...
Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury | 2015-03-30 00:00:00
World Water Day was observed all over the world on March 22, 2015. In Bangladesh, the day was observed with seminars, messages from the Prime Minister and other dignitaries. Some newspapers published special supplements. The seminars and the newspapers provided...
The country's sea coast, running parallel to the Bay of Bengal, has long been subjected to nature's wrath with millions of its people facing an uncertain future in terms of their lives and livelihoods. Coastal belt stretches along the southern...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-03-30 00:00:00
A couple of news items published in two different Bangladesh dailies Sunday last did have the necessary contents to evoke a few logical questions about the seriousness of the authorities here to secure trade facilities from neighbouring India. The first...
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