FE Report Bangladesh's overseas employment grew by one percent in 2014 than the previous year, mainly due to an increase in the outflow of female workers, said a report of the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU). It also...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-12-29 00:00:00
Passport became costlier for people seeking to go abroad as the government began collecting 15 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on passport-issuance fees from Sunday. Those who came on the day for the important service were found in a...
JAKARTA, Dec 28 (AFP): An AirAsia plane with 162 people on board went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore Sunday morning, officials and the Malaysian airline said. "The AirAsia flight flying from Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with Jakarta...
NOAKHALI, Dec 28: A Bangladeshi expatriate was shot to death by a miscreant in South Gate on the suburb of Johannesburg, the capital city of South Africa, early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Nurul Islam Dalim, 27, son of...
There was no Bangladesh national among 155 passengers and seven crew members on board the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501. The 155 passengers comprise 149 Indonesians, three South Koreans, one Singaporean, one Malaysian and one Briton. — UNB
President Abdul Hamid has underscored the need for establishing direct road and rail communications China’s Kunming. The President said this when visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban. During the meeting, President Hamid...
A nationwide daylong hartal, called for Monday by the BNP-led 20-party alliance, is passing peacefully since morning. The opposition coalition has been enforcing the dawn-to-dusk hartal (shutdown) protesting the ‘foiling’ of its scheduled rally in Gazipur and demanding the release...
State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has come under heavy fire from experts, politicians, journalists and the public for having doubted the presence of child 'Jihad' inside an abandoned deep tubewell pipe in Dhaka. Many blamed the minister's 'irresponsible'...
The conditions of three patients with injuries have deteriorated overnight at the burn and plastic surgery unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). A woman and her two children received serious burns as a petrol bomb was hurled at an...
Officials leading rescue operations believe that the missing AirAsia jet is likely at the bottom of the sea, based on radar data from the plane’s last contact. ‘(Because) the coordination that was extended to us and the evolution from the...
A ruling party activist has been killed during a clash between two rival groups at Shekhra Gopalpur village in Shailkupa Upazila in Jhenidah district. The dead is Kuddus Hossain, 25, an activist of the local unit of Awami League and...
A ferry with several buses, cars and scores of passengers, including the Shipping Minister, remained stranded in the middle of Padma River in Shimulia-Kawrakandi route for over 12 hours from 10:30pm on Sunday due to blurred visibility caused by thick...
Hartal supporters have clashed with police, vandalised vehicles, and exploded bombs in Dhaka as the 20-party alliance tries to enforce a daylong nationwide shutdown in Bangladesh. At least one person was injured in police firing during clashes in Mirpur on...
A female school teacher was killed after being hit by a brickchip hurled by suspected hartal supporters in Noakhali Sadar Upazila on Monday morning. The dead is Shasunnahar, 37, hailed from of Poragachha village of Ramganj Upazila in Lakshmipur district...
FE Online Report | 2014-12-29 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading on Monday, the 2nd session of the week, amid volatility. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 1.85...
Bangladesh’s first war crimes tribunal will deliver its verdict on Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam on Tuesday. Hearing in the Jamaat assistant secretary general’s case was completed on September 18. The ICT-1, headed by Justice Enayetur Rahim, fixed the date...
The Chinese foreign minister has called for dialogue between the two main political parties of Bangladesh to patch up their differences, says the BNP. The BNP's Vice-Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury made the statement after Wang Yi met Khaleda Zia on...
Banglsdesh’s labour migration abroad has increased by only 1 per cent in 2014 from the previous year as the country could not explore new labour markets, says a report. It, however, says the women migration has witnessed a rise by...
The BNP has blamed the ruling party activists for the violence during its daylong nationwide shutdown today (Monday). Police have cordoned off the BNP headquarters in Dhaka’s Naya Paltan since Monday morning. Party’s Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged...
Ferry services on Shimulia-Kawrakandi and Paturia-Daulatdia river routes have resumed after a 12-hour suspension due to poor visibility caused by thick fog. Fifteen ferries, including two carrying Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan and Faridpur MP Bahauddin Nasim, were stranded in Padma...
Some miscreants killed a man and dumped his body in a cropland at Kolishakundu village in Harinakunda Upazila in Jhenidah district on Sunday. The dead, aged around 50, could not be identified. Locals spotted his body in the field and...
A man was killed in an elephant attack at Kamarkhali village in Durgapur Upazila in Netrakona district on Sunday. The dead is Chan Mia, 55, a resident of the area. Police said a herd of 6 elephants came down the...
At least two people were killed and six others injured in a road accident in Santhia Upazila in Pabna district on Monday. The dead are Helal Uddin, 40, and Ramjan Ali, 42, both residents of the Upazila. Police said a...
The Barisal University (BU) authorities have taken punitive action against 16 students for attacking the university’s assistant registrar Bahauddin Golap and vandalising his office on the BU campus. The decision came at a Syndicate meeting held at its liaison office...
At least six people have died after a train rammed into a covered van near the Kamalapur Railway Station in Shahjahanpur area in the city, police say. Monday afternoon’s accident on the level crossing left 10 others injured, some of...
A man was killed and at least 10 other people were injured as a bus plunged into a ditch after it collided with a minibus in Ashulia Toll Plaza in Savar on Monday morning. The deceased could not be identified....
The nationwide daylong hartal, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance to protest the ‘foiling’ of its Gazipur rally and demanding the release of its arrested leaders, is passing amid stray incidents. The shutdown began at 6:00am and will end at...
FE Online Report | 2014-12-29 00:00:00
Stocks returned to the green territory today (Monday) after three sessions’ fall as investors took position on selected large-cap stocks despite country-wide shutdown enforced by BNP led 20-party alliance. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) went...
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