Suspected pro-hartal elements exploded four crude bombs in Segunbagicha area in Dhaka on Monday. Witnesses said agroup of 10-12 youths brought out a brisk procession in BIRDEM lane in Segunbagicha near Shilpakala Academy and blasted four cocktails at 10:30am. However,...
Asian stocks rose on Monday, following fresh gains on Wall Street, while the euro wallowed near 28-month lows versus the dollar on nervousness before a vote in the Greek parliament that could result in snap elections. MSCI's broadest index of...
Members of law enforcement agencies arrested at least a dozen people from in front of the BNP headquarters in Naya Paltan in the city on Monday. The arrests were made during hartal hours from morning to afternoon. However, the identities...
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has left Dhaka ending his three-day maiden visit to Bangladesh. His visit followed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Beijing sojourn in June where both sides struck a number of deals to take relations forward. Bangladesh also...
BNP's local unit in Sylhet has called a half-day hartal (shutdown) in the district for Tuesday in protest against the arrest of its metropolitan unit convener. Police arrested Shahriar Hossain Chowdhury and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists Sumon Chakraborty and...
The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of the Digital University, Bangladesh Bill, 2014, aiming to improve the standard of ICT education and thus gear up the country’s development activities. The approval was given at the regular weekly...
The results of this year’s Primary School Certificate (PSC), Junior School Certificate (JSC) and their equivalent examinations will be published across the country on Tuesday. The results will be handed over to the Prime Minister at 9 am, Education Minister...
Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang on Monday hoped that the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and Vietnam would be strengthened further with increased trade volume between the two countries in the coming days. Tan Sang said this when Bangladesh Ambassador to...
China wants ‘peaceful solution’ to any problem through discussions as it does not want violence in Bangladesh, said Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Monday. “If any problem emerges, China wants its peaceful solution through discussions,” he told reporters at...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called upon the country’s artists, literateurs and cultural activists to work together to help establish a non-communal society by changing the behaviours of those having terrorist and fanatic mindsets. The Prime Minister came up...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched a probe into the alleged swindling out of money by former MP and chairman of Premier Bank Dr HBM Iqbal. The Commission recently decided to launch a probe into the alleged graft committed...
Speakers at a function on Monday laid emphasis on the basic need for financing and simplification of policies for the tea sector, which was one of the prides of the country. The issues came up at the fourth meeting of...
The BNP has accused the government of trying to 'sabotage' its street agitations. However, the 20-Party Alliance has not announced fresh demonstrations. The coalition enforced a daylong shutdown Monday across Bangladesh. A school teacher has been killed in Noakhali while...
Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday said Bangladesh’s journey towards progress will get further momentum as soon as it reaches a political consensus. The Chinese Minister made the remark at a meeting with Opposition Leader Raushon Ershad at...
ATHENS: Five people have died and 59 are still awaiting rescue after a blaze on an Italian ferry off the island of Corfu, Greek officials say.One man is known to have died trying to escape the ship, and a further...
KUALA LUMPUR: The missing AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501 is likely to be at the bottom of the sea, the head of Indonesia's search-and-rescue agency has said. Bambang Soelistyo said the hypothesis was based on the co-ordinates of the plane when...
MOULVIBAZAR: Four members of family suffered injuries in a fire which broke out at Ghorakhal village in Sadar upazila early Monday. The injured were identified as Tahir, 60, Rimon, 50, Sumon, 27, and Joynal, 30. Locals said the fire originated...
After Sri Lanka, Bangladesh now wants to export rice to neighbouring India from its bulging stock. “We’re going to export rice to India, too. We’ve some surplus rice and more new rice stock is being added to,” Foreign Minister AH...
Suspected pro-strikers have set ablaze a bus in city and exploded an improvised bomb in the lead-up to the daylong shutdown Monday across Bangladesh. bdnews24.com's Chief Political Correspondent Sumon Mahmud saw the bus on fire on Sunday evening at Paltan...
Babul Barman | 2014-12-28 00:00:00
A total of nine listed companies raised more than Tk 19.80 billion, including premium, in the outgoing year from the stock market through right shares. The figure shows a whopping 998 per cent growth compared to previous year. According to...
FE Report Four indenting firms have bagged the "Best Indentors' Award-2014" for repatriating highest amount of foreign currency during the years 2011-12 and 2012-13. Bangladesh Indenting Agents' Association (BIAA), a body of foreign companies' agents in Bangladesh, gave the biennial...
FE Report | 2014-12-28 00:00:00
The securities regulator will finalise its Auditors' Panel for performing audit functions of listed companies by March next year to ensure proper financial reporting of companies, officials said. A policymaker of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) told the...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Sunday issued a ‘Master Circular (MC)’ containing detailed policies, rules, regulations and compliances for banks to resist the money laundering activities. The MC, issued by the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) of the central bank on...
Detained Jubo Dal president Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Sunday night after he fell ill. Police said Alal, who is now on a three-day remand in a case filed in connection with Wednesday’s...
President Abdul Hamid on Sunday stressed establishing direct road and rail link between Kunming and Chittagong via Myanmar to enhance trade and commerce as well as people-to-people contact between the two countries. Abdul Hamid said this when visiting Chinese Foreign...
Detained Jubo Dal president Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday night after he fell ill. Police said Alal complained of chest pain in the evening, according to a news agency.
The BNP has alleged that police are raiding houses and arresting its leaders and activists across Bangladesh a day ahead of the 20-Party Alliance's nationwide shutdown.Party’s Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at a press briefing Sunday afternoon claimed police...
Bangladesh is expecting a top-level visit from China next year as part of the activities to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and China. “Let’s see…next year there’ll be a number of activities and naturally...
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