Siddique Islam | 2014-12-26 00:00:00
Depreciating tendency of the Bangladesh Taka (BDT) against the US dollar increased on the last two working days as there were increasing import payment obligations before ending this calendar year, bankers said. The BDT depreciated by 0.02 per cent against...
FE Report | 2014-12-26 00:00:00
A joint drive of customs intelligence and DB police on Thursday recovered 62 kilogrammes of gold and Tk 4.50 million worth of local and foreign currencies from a house at Purana Paltan in the city. Acting on a tip-off, they...
FE Report | 2014-12-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Dr Atiur Rahman said in Dhaka on Thursday the non-performing loans (NPLs) are not 'a big problem' for the economy although different quarters are very critical about this issue. "The amount of the classified loans seems...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-12-26 00:00:00
The government is set to offer a single-tier Value Added Tax (VAT), instead of existing three tiers, on import of crude edible soyabean, palm and palmolin oil in a bid to ease process of release of the essential consumer item....
COMILLA, Dec 25 (UNB): The busy Dhaka-Chittagong Highway saw chaotic traffic on Thursday with a 50-km long tailback created following a road crash in Burichong upazila. A vegetable-laden truck overturned at Nimsar in the morning, disrupting traffic on the highway...
Monira Munni | 2014-12-26 00:00:00
A move is underway to take necessary actions against the apparel factories, failing to initiate detailed engineering analysis (DEA) within the stipulated timeframe, officials said. The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) sought necessary directives from the labour...
Two people were killed in gunfights with law enforces in Pabna and Comilla districts early on Thursday. In Pabna one person was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and police at Gokulnagar on the Ishwardi-Rajshahi Highway in Ishwardi upazila...
Garment factory workers have blocked a road in Dhaka's Mohammadpur in protest against the repeated postponement of salary payments. Locals said workers of Azim Garments held demonstrations near the Mohammadpur Bus Stand around 1:30pm on Thursday, disrupting regular traffic on...
Two Bangladeshi workers have been killed after being trapped in wet concrete following the collapse of a floor being levelled at an LRT terminal construction site in Putra Heights near Petaling Jaya in Malaysia. The bodies of the workers were...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-12-26 00:00:00
The government has awarded a contract to China's Sinopec International Petroleum Service Corporation for drilling four onshore exploration wells in Titas gas-field keeping the state-run oil and gas exploration company almost idle, said officials. State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production...
The oil slicks remaining fused with the shore soil of the Sundarbans' rivers should be shoveled off from the affected areas and be stored in a particular place to properly clean up those, reports UNB quoting a chemical engineer. "After...
Syful Islam | 2014-12-26 00:00:00
The government has decided to conduct a feasibility study anew before going for construction of a deep-sea port at Sonadia in Cox's Bazar, officials said. The decision has been taken as a previous feasibility study of 2006 has become outdated...
NEW DELHI, Dec 25 (PTI): The government has hiked import duty on both crude and refined edible oil by 5 per cent to protect the interest of domestic farmers and oil processors amid fall in global prices, a move that...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 25 (AFP): Pakistan said on Thursday it would set up military courts for terror-related cases, as part of an ambitious anti-terrorism plan following a deadly Taliban school attack that killed 150 people. In a midnight address to the...
The Christian community of the country as elsewhere across the world, celebrated the merry Christmas on Thursday, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, reports UNB. The Christians are offering special prayers in churches on the occasion as it is one...
Police in an overnight drive arrested BNP’s senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in the city. Party and family sources said plain clothes policemen picked up BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy from his friend’s house in the city’s Shiddheshwari...
BNP is set to stage nationwide demonstrations on Friday protesting the ‘ruling party’s attacks on its peaceful gatherings in the city’s Bakshibazar on Wednesday and arrests of party leaders and repression on them across the country. The programme will be...
Law enforcers stormed Badre Alam College premises in Bhawal in Gazipur and established total control over the college field and its adjoining area on Thursday night as tension is running high between local units of BNP and Awami League over...
Two bikers were killed in a road accident on Sherpur-Bongaon road in Sherpur Sadar Upazila on Thursday night. The dead are M Joinal Miah, 32, and M Arif Hossain, 27, residents of Narayanpur in Sherpur town. Quoting locals, police said...
Law enforcers reportedly raided the house of BNP’s Dhaka city unit convener Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel in the city on Thursday night. However, the BNP leader was out of the houses during the police raid. BNP sources said plainclothes police raided...
Ferry services in Shimulia-Kawrakandi and Daulatdia-Paturia waterways remained suspended for over 6 hours till Friday morning due to poor visibility caused by dense fog. Sirajul Haque, manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) at Shimulia Ferry Ghat (terminal), said...
Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus says social business is like ‘frying a fish in its own oil’ – a Bangla idiom that in English roughly means once the pump is primed, the enterprise will carry on under its own steam. ‘I...
Detectives arrested an alleged arms trader in possession of a foreign-made pistol, one magazine and five rounds of bullet from Dharmatala Road in Khanpur area of Narayanganj city on Thursday. The arrested is Mir Rasel, son of Mir Anwar Hossain,...
Businesses have urged politicians to shun violence to ensure an investment-friendly atmosphere in Bangladesh in the coming year. The country witnessed less violence in the outgoing (2014) year than it had in 2013 when the BNP and its allies hit...
Police arrested 7 leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal (JCD) and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, including the vice president of the local unit of Jubo Dal, from different parts of Gazipur city early Friday. Of the arrestees, one was identified...
Police recovered 500 pieces of Yaba tablet in Sharsha Upazila in Jessore district on Thursday night. Three people were arrested in this connection. They are Fatema, wife of Habibar Rahman Habi, Jahangir, son of Abdul Gaffar, and Rafiqul, son of...
A mobile court in Narayanganj on Thursday sentenced 2 young men to 6 months’ imprisonment each for taking and peddling drugs. The convicts were identified as Alamgir Hossain, 26, son of Samiullah, and Al Amin, 25, son of Ali Jabbar,...
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has said that Bangladesh Television (Btv) played a vital role in the war of liberation in 1971. He said this while addressing as the chief guest at a function marking the golden jubilee of...
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