Siddique Islam | 2015-01-23 00:00:00
The central bank is set to unveil its second half-yearly (H2) monetary policy on January 28 aiming to achieve sustainable economic growth through curbing inflation, officials said. "Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Atiur Rahman will announce the next monetary policy at...
A total of 31 out of 49 benches of the High Court(HC) division have been reconstituted with the changes of Judges and their jurisdictions, reports UNB. The reconstituted benches will start their function on Sunday next. New Chief Justice(CJ) Surendra...
Bangla Language Introduction (Amendment) Bill, 2014 was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad on today, reports BSS. Independent Member Dr M Rustam Ali Farazi placed the bill with a call for introducing Bangla as a language across the country, especially in...
FE Report | 2015-01-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) have condemned the government's effort to create pressure on private television channels to broadcast news on the ongoing democratic movement as 'terrorist activities'. BFUJ President Shawkat Mahmud, General...
GAIBANDHA, Jan 21 (BSS): A three-day long Digital Innovation Fair-2015 will begin on Independence Square of the town here from January 22 under Access to Information Programme of Prime Minster (PM) Office. This was disclosed in a press conference organized...
GAZIPUR, Jan 21 (UNB): A septuagenarian woman was stabbed to death by a gang of robbers at Baupara village in the city early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Kamaljan, 70, wife of late Moslem Uddin of the area. Locals...
BENAPOLE, Jan 21 (UNB): A young man was hacked to death by miscreants at Shangkarpur Battala in Jessore town on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Joy,22, son of Jalal Uddin, a resident of the same area. Police said...
RANGPUR, Jan 21 (BSS): A mobile court of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) today stopped illegal lifting of sand, seized a shallow machine and a truck red-handed from the river Ghaghot at Kishamat Bishu Manzai area of the city. Led by...
Youth commits suicide in Rajshahi A young man committed suicide by hanging himself with the ceiling of his room in Rajshahi Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Maruf, 32, son of Dalim Khalifa, a resident of Ramchandrapur area of...
SANAA, Jan 21 (agencies): Shiite militia fighters attacked Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi's residence and seized the presidential palace Tuesday in what officials said was a bid to overthrow his embattled government. As the UN Security Council began an emergency...
MOSCOW, Jan 21 (AFP): Russia Wednesday responded disparagingly to President Barack Obama's annual State of the Union address, claiming it showed that the United States wanted to dominate world affairs. "Americans have set a course for confrontation," Russian Foreign Minister...
TEL AVIV, Jan 21 (AFP): A knife-wielding Palestinian attacked passengers on a bus in Tel Aviv on Wednesday wounding at least 12 people before being shot by a passing prison officer, Israeli police said. It was the first attack in...
TOKYO, Jan 21, 2015 (agencies): Japan will do its utmost to free two of its countrymen believed to be held captive by the Islamic State militant group, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters on Wednesday, adding that Tokyo would never...
PARIS, Jan 21 (AFP): France unveiled a raft of measures Wednesday to curb radicalisation and better monitor jihadists two weeks after an Islamist killing spree in Paris that sent shockwaves across Europe. Jitters from the worst attack on French soil...
Power problems cause more delays for Eurostar trains LONDON, Jan 21: Rail passengers between England and France are facing delays after power-supply problems in the Channel Tunnel. Rail operator Eurostar said trains between London, Paris and Brussels were being delayed...
Tea prices in Bangladesh dropped for a second straight week at a weekly auction on Tuesday as renewed political unrest disrupted supplies and hit usually higher winter demand from local buyers, reports Reuters. Bangladesh has been racked by political unrest...
LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters): Gold climbed above $1,300 an ounce on Wednesday for the first time since August as a softer dollar, worries about the global economy and hopes of stimulus measures from the European Central Bank (ECB) fuelled demand....
SINGAPORE, Jan 21 (AFP): Oil rebounded in Asia Wednesday as traders bought the commodity at cheaper prices following a slide to near six-year lows, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for February, which dived $2.20 Tuesday, was up 34...
LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters): Copper prices dipped on Wednesday, under pressure from the uncertain outlook for demand from top consumer China, with investors also eyeing the outcome of this week's European Central Bank policy meeting for signs of stimulus measures....
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures fell to their lowest in over two weeks on Wednesday, after worries over monsoon floods Borneo's key palm-growing areas triggered a round of technical selling in the tropical oil. The ringgit's...
LAUNCESTON, Australia, Jan 21 (Reuters): The latest production reports from mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto hammer home an uncomfortable truth: No matter how much output increases and costs are cut, falling commodity prices triumph. Both BHP and Rio...
Mushfiqur Rahim has urged his team-mates to take inspiration from their 8-0 drubbing of Zimbabwe last year, ahead of the World Cup, reports Cricinfo. Mushfiqur felt that since Bangladesh could recover from a horrid 2014 to comprehensively beat their closest...
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