Syful Islam | 2015-03-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh and Myanmar are considering signing preferential trade agreement in a move officials say could take both-way commerce to a new high. The Bangladesh Tariff Commission recently carried out a study on the prospect of such an accord between the...
FE Report The government will amend the existing mobile court law to make the provision of jail terms for industry owners responsible for river pollution. The existing law has only the provision of imposing monetary fine on the owners, if...
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) has appointed a Korean consulting farm to rehabilitate and expand a total of 376 kilometers water pipeline under MODS Zone-6. DWASA and the Korean farm - Kunhwa Engineering and Consulting Company Ltd -...
FE Report For the first time a NASA International Space Apps Challenge 2015 is going to be arranged in Dhaka and Chittagong next month (April), hosted by local software developers' association -- Basis. In the contest the participating software developers,...
Microsoft Bangladesh Pvt Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) to promote 'genuine software' Saturday at the BCS Innovation Centre, Dhanmondi in the city. Sonia Bashir Kabir, managing director of Microsoft Bangladesh and AHM Mahfuzul...
The United Kingdom has said Bangladesh needs to improve its investment climate, infrastructure and the skills of its labour force to grow and absorb the two million new entrants into the labour force each year, reports UNB. "While the garment...
Walton brand products received a huge response from the visitors and the businessmen at the just concluded six-day long Nepal International Trade Fair (NITF), reports UNB. Along with the Nepalese visitors and businessmen, a good number of entrepreneurs from Nepal,...
Syria notched a 4-0 goals victory over India in their group-E second match of the AFC Under-23 Championship-2016 Qualifiers at the Banga- bandhu National Stadium Sunday, reports UNB. With the second successive victory, Syria earned six points from two matches...
Joypurhat Government College defeated Ujjiban Sporting Club by 3-0 goals in the match of the Sheikh Kamal Nitol Tata Joypurhat DFA League at Joypurhat district stadium Sunday, reports UNB. Sayikat scored two goals for the winners in the 32nd and...
Bangladesh Army outplayed Chittagong District by 7-0 goals in the final round match of the ATN Bangla 30th National Hockey Tournament at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB. Milon Hossain made a hat-trick scoring...
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman M Badiuzzaman sought cooperation from all, including politicians, on Sunday to eliminate the all-pervasive corruption from the country, reports UNB. The anti-graft chief made the appeal while speaking at a human chain programe arranged by the...
Food Minister Advocate Quamrul Islam said on Sunday a level playing field will be created only for the persons of good manners, not for the people with criminal background ahead of the city corporation elections, reports BSS. "It will not...
7Two Bangladeshi nationals, got stranded in separate hotels in Yemen, are 'safe' and they are 'not worried' about their safety, said an official at Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait on Sunday, reports UNB. "They're safe and sound," Counsellor SM Mahbubul Alam...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said the government has given permission to 1,967 newspapers for publication across the country, reports BSS. Replying to a scripted question from independent member M Rustom Ali Farazi, the information minister said out of the...
The government has decided to reclaim the original channel of the Buriganga River, the lifeline of Dhaka city, aiming to save it from illegal encroachment and pollution and enhance its water flow, reports UNB. The decision came from the 28th...
RAJSHAHI, Mar 29 (UNB): Three activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured as police opened fire on them in Raipara area of the city on Saturday night. The injured were identified as Parvez (26), son of Anwar Hossain, a...
BAGERHAT, Mar 29 (UNB): Twelve days into the filing of a case on charge of gang raping a Hindu widow in Rampal upazila of the district, police on Sunday arrested one of the four accused from Fatullah in Narayanganj. The...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2015-03-30 00:00:00
The debt-service liability (DSL) of the state-owned entities, autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies spiked to Tk 1.8 trillion at the end of the last fiscal (2013-14), according to official statistics. The amount, which comprises both principal and interest, is equivalent to...
Loan defaulters cannot take part in the mayoral and councilor elections in the country, said an official release Sunday issued by Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary affairs. Anyone can get the information from the ministry website. — BSS
MELBOURNE, Mar 29 (AFP) Michael Clarke hit 74 in his last one-day international to lead Australia to their fifth World Cup title with a seven-wicket win over New Zealand in a disappointing final Sunday. A record crowd of 93,013 at...
FE Report | 2015-03-30 00:00:00
Country's apparel traders seek to retain the manual system alongside automated one until efficient realtime update of export data is ensured in the electronic export mechanism. They noted that the relevant data are not being uploaded instantly by the customs...
FE Report | 2015-03-30 00:00:00
The tax authority deferred Sunday the meeting with Nobel laureate economist Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus until April 13, 2015 to discuss income tax-related disputes. The income tax commissioner concerned set the new date at the request of his (Yunus) tax...
FE Report The BNP-led 20-party Alliance once again called a 48-hour countrywide hartal (strike) from this (Monday) morning, alongside ongoing non-stop blockade, demanding immediate and safe return of the alliance leaders who have remained missing for long. BNP, in a...
The first line of the graphic part of the item 'Income tax collection' published on page 1 of FE's March 29th issue, should be read as 44.17 per cent instead of Tk 44.17 per cent. The inadvertent mistake is regretted.
FE Report Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations, scheduled to start from April 1 (Wednesday), will be held as per the given routine despite nationwide blockade. Earlier, the ministry of education had changed the schedule of Secondary School Certificate...
FE Report | 2015-03-30 00:00:00
The central bank should act promptly with deploying efficient inspection teams to check fraud and forgery in the country's banking sector, senior bankers and experts have said. They have also underscored improving internal control and compliance (ICC) of the commercial...
FE Report The customs authorities realised an additional Tk 4.32billion as revenue during the July-February period of the current fiscal year against various false declarations both in terms of weight and nature of imported goods. The Chittagong Customs House along...
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