FE Report | 2015-02-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) Chairman A R Khan on Thursday emphasised proper distribution of benefit of the country's natural resources. "We all should enjoy similar benefit in terms of consumption of natural resources," he said. The BERC chairman was...
Our Correspondent | 2015-02-06 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Feb 5: The Shippers' Council of Bangladesh (SCB) has expressed grave concern over the indefinite blockade coupled with frequent hartal calls disrupting public life and hampering production, supply chain of goods and exports. The disruption has left a very...
Japan has agreed to relax the rules of origin for Bangladeshi knitwear products in its market which the Bangladesh government considers as its big achievement, reports UNB. "Japan in principle has agreed to relax the rules of origin for Bangladesh....
NEW DELHI, Feb 05: India union home secretary Anil Goswami resigned Wednesday, hours after he admitted that he had called up CBI officers to dissuade them from summoning former Union minister Matang Sinh for questioning in Kolkata and then arresting...
COLOMBO, Feb 5 (AFP): Sri Lanka's new government Thursday gave the green light for China's $1.4-billion port project in the capital despite warning while in opposition that it would scrap the controversial venture. Government spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said the cabinet...
FE Report | 2015-02-06 00:00:00
Businesspeople at a meeting Thursday called upon the main political parties to immediately resolve the ongoing political crisis for the sake of the country's economy. They also suggested imposing a ban on hartal forever and 'politics of violence' so that...
Siddique Islam | 2015-02-06 00:00:00
The overall trade deficit of the country more than doubled in the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year (FY) 2014-15 because of higher import payments and lower export receipts, officials said. The deficit increased by nearly 118 per...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-02-06 00:00:00
The flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Bangladesh declined marginally by 4.0 per cent in 2014 after three years' of upswing. Provisional statistics available with the Bangladesh Bank revealed that the FDI inflow last year stood at $1.53 billion...
FE Report | 2015-02-06 00:00:00
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina asked Thursday commercial banks and financial institutions to check banking transactions and identify financers of militant and destructive activities, especially those since January 05, 2015. She also asked banks and financial institutions to strictly monitor...
Affirming that she is ready to face any consequence, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia reiterated Thursday that the ongoing movement of her party-led 20-party alliance will continue until it reaches its desired goal, reports UNB. In a statement signed by BNP...
FE Report | 2015-02-06 00:00:00
At least four people were killed and many others injured as the 31st day of the countrywide indefinite blockade and last day of 108-hour hartal, called by the BNP-led 20-party alliance, passed off on Wednesday. The hartal and blockade were...
FE Report | 2015-02-06 00:00:00
Expressing his deep concern over the continuing loss of lives and detrimental effect on the economy due to ongoing violence in Bangladesh, the British High Commissioner has called upon all parties to refrain from inciting or committing acts of violence...
A court has acquitted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of corruption charges pressed by the BNP-Jamaat-e-Islami coalition government 13 years ago in the construction of Bangabandhu Novo Theatre. Late finance minister Shah AMS Kibria, late education minister AHSK Sadeque, Commerce Minister...
Unidentified miscreants carried out an arson attack on a parked bus leaving a sleeping child burnt in Kasaibari rail-gate area at Uttara in the city in the early hours of Thursday. The injured child was identified as Najim Uddin, 13,...
Leaders of Awami League and Jatiya Party (Ershad) sat in an informal meeting with diplomats and representatives from different countries on Thursday night at the residence of European Union (EU) Ambassador in Dhaka, according to private TV channels . The...
Abu Ahmed | 2015-02-05 00:00:00
The best way to help a poor person is to help him/her in educating his/her sons and daughters. Those days of ration cards through which the poor people used to have access to cheap food are no longer there. The...
Frank Peters | 2015-02-05 00:00:00
A University of Florida research team has called for an immediate end to corporal punishment in schools. It underscores that scientific evidence increasingly justifies abolishing corporal punishment. Adding yet another nail to the coffin of the despicable barbaric practice, the...
The other day I read an article by Maya Awal in a newspaper. In this time of oborodh, a period during which I have not met my friends nor family, only a few things have given me entertainment while fewer...
Curtains are about to be raised for World Cup Cricket 2015 and the cricketing world is eagerly waiting for this mega event to commence. The Tigers have already reached in Australia and the expectation from them is sky high. It...
G.M. Khurshid Alam in the second of a three-part paper titled \'Regulatory and Institutional Issues in Land Titling and Registering Properties — towards a more efficient land market\' | 2015-02-05 00:00:00
The Ministry of Lands (MOL) is entrusted with land administration and management, settlement of the government-owned lands (khas), and vested and abandoned properties. The Ministry is responsible for land acquisition, collection of land development tax, and land surveys, and is...
Parisa Hafezi and Jonathan Saul of Reuters in Ankara/London | 2015-02-05 00:00:00
Iran is sweetening the terms it offers on oil development contracts to draw the interest of foreign investors deterred by sanctions and low crude prices, as its pragmatic president seeks to deliver on his promise of economic recovery. Tehran is...
Douglas Busvine and David Brunnstrom of Reuters in New Delhi/Washington | 2015-02-05 00:00:00
A "breakthrough understanding" to open India's nuclear power sector to US firms reached during President Barack Obama's visit to New Delhi last month could be finalised this year, Indian officials say. The January 25 announcement by Obama and Prime Minister...
Aruna Viswanatha and Karen Freifeld of Reuters from Washington | 2015-02-05 00:00:00
Credit rating firm Standard & Poor's will pay $1.5 billion to resolve a collection of lawsuits over its ratings on mortgage securities that soured in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis, concluding one of the U.S. government's most ambitious...
FE Report | 2015-02-05 00:00:00
The country's premier bourse Wednesday placed a number of proposals including the reduction of fee charged by Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL) and tax holiday facility for the exchange to the securities regulator, officials said. Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) made...
FE Report | 2015-02-05 00:00:00
Stocks witnessed marginal gain Wednesday for the second running session as opportunist investors went for late hours buying spree on lucrative issues despite deepening political deadlock in the country. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) went...
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