Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country today (Sunday). Light to moderate fog may occur over the country during late night until morning, Met Office said. Night temperature may fall slightly, and day...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
The income tax authority has initiated a move to include income tax (IT) education in the national board curriculum of secondary and higher secondary education aiming to build awareness among the students. The wing recently formed a committee to prepare...
Describing the recent activities of the BNP-Jamaat alliance as militancy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said categorically on Saturday her government would in no way give in to militancy, reports UNB. "We'll never surrender to militancy," she said while speaking at...
Expressing grave concern over the ongoing unrest and violence in Bangladesh, the United States has said it needs to be stopped regardless of its nature, reports UNB. "Well, regardless of what you call it, it needs to stop," said Marie...
FE Report | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations on two papers scheduled for Sunday and Tuesday have been rescheduled due to a fresh nationwide 72-hour strike. The BNP-led 20-party alliance has given the fresh hartal call as part of...
FE report | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh needs to build its capacity by 2018 to cater to the pharmaceutical market the size of which will grow to $ 2.0 billion (200 crore) by then with the demand for biotechnology-based products increasing. The existing $ 1.4 billion...
State authorities in Bangladesh need to ensure their response to and respect for the rights of all and avoid arbitrary use of force, arrests, and disappearances, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday, reports UNB. All the political leaders should give...
FE Report | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
The country's CNG filling station owners are counting loss worth Tk 100 million a day in the wake of the ongoing political turmoil. This was claimed by the leaders of the Bangladesh CNG Filling Station and Conversion Workshop Owners Association...
FE Report | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
A fire broke out Saturday at the sixth floor of seven- storied building of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) at Khamarbari at Farmgate in the capital. "The fire originated at around 4:20 pm from a burning cigarette butt on...
Renewing its claim that the 20-party has no link with subversive acts, BNP on Saturday denounced the petrol bomb attack on a passenger bus at Tulshighat in Gaibandha that left six people dead and many others injured on Friday, reports...
FE Report | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
Speakers at a discussion Saturday called for an end to the ongoing violence, saying that the political parties should sit in dialogue immediately to resolve the present political crisis. They suggested forming a six-member committee to communicate with the two...
SATKHIRA, Feb 07 (BSS): Joint general secretary of the ruling Awami League (AL) Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif said here today that the government would take action to contain terrorism following the steps taken by countries like France and Syria. "The politics of...
FE Report | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith formally affirmed Saturday his doubt about achieving the targeted growth of the gross domestic product (GDP), set earlier for the current fiscal year (FY '15), because of setbacks the economy is suffering from the ongoing political...
M Azizur Rahman | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
The government has backtracked on its earlier stance and decided to offer all the three deepwater blocks to the joint venture (JV) of US oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips and Norwegian Statoil instead of two, said sources. "We shall offer...
FE Report | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
A fresh spell of 72-hour countrywide hartal called by the BNP-led 20-party alliance begins at 6:00 am today. The hartal call came amid the loss of nine more lives in separate arson attacks in Gaibandha and Barisal with the non-stop...
NARAYANGANJ, Feb 7: Two children went missing and eight passengers were injured, when a trawler capsized in the River Shitalakshya on Saturday morning. The trawler sank following a collision with a sand carrying trawler near Madanganj Koyla Ghat under Bandar...
BRAHMANBARIA, Feb 7: A commuter train derailed at Gangasagar of Akhaura upazila on Saturday evening, halting train communication on the Dhaka-Chittagong and Chittagong-Sylhet routes. Locals said the last bogie of 'Nasirabad' train veered off the tracks in the area around...
Five people, including a Dhaka University student, were injured as a crude bomb was blasted at Chabir Hat of Suhrawardy Udyan near the Institute of Fine Arts of Dhaka University on Saturday evening. Witnesses said the crude bomb went off...
HONG KONG, Feb 6, 2015 (AFP) : The euro edged lower on Friday after rallying on an ECB assurance that Greek banks will retain access to crucial funds, while oil prices extended gains after a volatile week. Investors seemed to...
Prime Finance Asset Management Company Limited (PAMC) has declared the Net Asset Values (NAV) of Prime Financial First Unit Fund, the first private sector unit fund in Bangladesh, according to a press release. The total NAV of Prime Financial First...
The local currency maintained stable tone against the green back last week. Bangladesh has received USD 1.23 billion as inward remittances in the month of January, 2015. The average daily inter-bank USDBDT transaction volume was about USD 42.79 million against...
Syful Islam | 2015-02-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh is moving forward for signing a preferential trade agreement (PTA) with Sri Lanka aiming to enhance bilateral trade, officials said. "Most of the stakeholders supported signing of PTA instead of going for free trade agreement (FTA). The issue is...
CHAPEL HILL - UNC-Chapel Hill announced Thursday that it would require all companies that produce UNC apparel to sign an accord governing worker safety in Bangladesh, reports http://www.newsobserver.com. The university said it would require UNC logo gear to be made...
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman Thursday signed an MoU with Chris De Noose, Managing Director, World Savings and Retail Banking Institute in Brussels for capacity building of BIBM and BBTA. The MoU was inked during a stop over at...
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