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Bourses see downward tend at opening

FE Online Report | 2014-12-24 00:00:00

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw negative trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday amid choppy trading, the 4th session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by...

Call to raise compensation to workers maimed in workplace accidents

2014-12-24 00:00:00

Speakers at a seminar have criticised the government for fixing the maximum compensation fixed by for a dead worker and injured ome – Tk 0.1 million (100,000) and Tk 0.125m (1,25,000) respectively. The demanded that the government take effective steps...

Khaleda starts for makeshift court in Bakshibazar

2014-12-24 00:00:00

BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has left her Gulshan residence on Wednesday morning to appear in a court situated in Old Dhaka in connection with 2 graft cases. Party sources said Khaleda Zia, also the leadeder of the 20-party alliance,...

10 deaths confirmed: Body formed to probe Jhalakati crash

2014-12-24 00:00:00

The road transport ministry on Wednesday formed an investigation committee to probe a fatal road accident which took place at Rajapur Upazila in Jhalakati district killing at least 10 people on Tuesday. Confirming that the death toll in the fatal...

Khaleda in court

2014-12-24 00:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has arrived in a Dhaka court to attend a hearing over Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. Her motorcade reached the premises of the special court set up at Old Dhaka's Alia Madrasa around 12:20pm. Earlier around...

Clash outside court hearing graft case against Khaleda

2014-12-24 00:00:00

A clash has broken out between police and BNP supporters outside a special court in Old Dhaka, where a hearing over graft cases against Khaleda Zia were held on Wednesday. Her motorcade arrived in the premises of the special court...

JSC student shot dead; his father, 2 brothers injured

2014-12-24 00:00:00

A Junior School Certificate (JSC) examination candidate was shot to death and three of his family memebrs were injured in an attack by local miscreants at Uttar Satirpara at Narsingdi Sadar Upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as...

MP Chhabi Biswas hurt in AL-BNP clash

2014-12-24 00:00:00

A member of parliament (MP) of the ruling party has been injured in an attack near Alia Madrasa in Old Dhaka’s Bakshibazar during a clash between the activists of Awami League and BNP on Wednesday afternoon. Witnesses said Awami League...

Court defers hearing of Khaleda graft case

2014-12-24 00:00:00

The hearing of the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been deferred. The court of Dhaka’s Third Special Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar set January 7 for the next hearing in the case filed by the...

8 killed in Tangail road accident

2014-12-24 00:00:00

At least eight people were killed and an unspecified number injured in a fatal road accident in Tangail district on Wednesday. Local people and police were rescuing the injured. Witnesses said a rashly-driven truck rammed an auto-tempo (small human hauler)...

Asian shares higher

2014-12-24 00:00:00

Asian shares traded higher on Wednesday, taking the lead from Wall Street where shares closed at a record level overnight. The Dow Jones finished over 18,000 for the 1st time after data showed the US economy grew at its fastest...

Police sergeant sandwiched between 2 trucks

2014-12-24 00:00:00

A police sergeant has died after being sandwiched between two trucks in Fardipur. The dead is Saroj Kumar Roy, 57, a traffic police sergeant and resident of Kotalipara Upazila of Gopalganj district. He was supposed to retire on February 15...

Clashes leave 10 injured

2014-12-24 00:00:00

A series of clashes between two rival groups leaft least 10 persons injured many of them crictically, at Birgaon village at Roypura Upazila of Narsingdi on Tuesday afternoon. The clash originated between the two groups to establish dominance at the...

DSE turnover dips below Tk 2.0b-mark

FE Online Report | 2014-12-24 00:00:00

Stocks ended marginally lower for the second running session on Wednesday with turnover dipping below Tk 2.0-billion level as investors followed cautious stance. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) went down by 15.06 points or 0.31...

Gold haul at Shah Amanat Airport

2014-12-24 00:00:00

An air passenger has been held along with ornaments and gold bars weighing over 4 kilograms (kg) at Hazrat Shah Amanat (R) International Airport in Chittagong 33 gold bars weighing almost 4kg airport. Customs Assistant Director Sushanta Paul of Hazrat...

Four die in Naogaon road crash

2014-12-24 00:00:00

A head on collision between a truck and a battery-run auto-rickshaw has left four persons dead in Naogaon district. The dead were all passengers of the auto-rickshaw. The accident around 11:00am on Wednesday at Mahadebpur area left two other people...

Tofail blames \\\'bad politics\\\' for problem with KEPZ

2014-12-24 00:00:00

Attributing the ongoing battle between the government and KEPZ to ‘bad political culture’, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has assured Youngone Corporation of resolving the issue soon to attract more foreign investment to Bangladesh. Describing the history of land allocation to...

ACC now gives clean chit to AL MP Enamul

2014-12-24 00:00:00

In another controversial decision, the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has relieved Awami League MP Enamul Haque of graft charges. The Commission recently cleared the ruling party MP from the allegation of illegal wealth accumulation worth Tk 21.3 billion, an ACC...

Popular children\\\'s books author Ekhlas Ahmed passes away

2014-12-24 00:00:00

Renowned writer and popular author of children’s books Ekhlas Uddin Ahmed passed away at the age of 74 on Wednesday morning. He breathed his last around 4:00am while being treated at Square Hospital at Panthapath in the city. ‘Ekhlas Uddin...

Another black teen shot dead by cops in US

2014-12-24 00:00:00

A teenaged black youth was shot and killed by US police at a gas station late on Tuesday in a St. Louis suburb near where unarmed teen Michael Brown was killed by a white officer in August, police and local...

MoU inked to promote FDI

2014-12-24 00:00:00

A  Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Board of Investment (BOI), Bangladesh and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU), Japan on cooperation in promoting Foreign Direct Investment was signed today (Wednesday) in the city. Amir  Hossain Amu MP,  Minister, Ministry...

PRAN AGM approves 32pc dividend

2014-12-24 00:00:00

The Agricultural Marketing Company Ltd–AMCL (PRAN) has declared 32 per cent dividend to its shareholders for the year 2013-2014. The dividend was announced at the 29th annual general meeting of the company held at Trust Milonayaton, 545 Old Airport Road,...

BB bidding guidelines for Islami bond

2014-12-24 00:00:00

Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Wednesday issued the guidelines for bidding of Bangladesh Government Islami Investment Bond, which is known as Islami Bond. According to the guidelines, only Islamic Shariah-based banks and financial institutions will be allowed to participate in the...

Xmas to be celebrated Thursday

2014-12-24 00:00:00

The Christian community of the country, as elsewhere across the world, will celebrate Christmas on Thursday, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, according to a news agency.  

Yunus 5th Global Thought Leader 2014: Survey

2014-12-24 00:00:00

Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh and pioneer of Social Business, has ranked 5th among global influential thinkers in the Global Thought Leader 2014 survey. The survey was carried out by Zurich-based Gottlieb Duttweiler...

BGB-BSF talks begin in city Friday

2014-12-24 00:00:00

The director general (DG)-level formal border talks between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) will begin at the Pilkhana BGB headquarters in Dhaka on Friday, according to a news agency.    

Indian court sentences 19 BD nationals

2014-12-24 00:00:00

A court of Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh of India on Tuesday sentenced 19 Bangladeshi nationals, including women, to five months’ imprisonment for entering the country illegally, according to a news agency.  

Oil spill: UN team to submit report on Dec 31

2014-12-24 00:00:00

The expert team of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which is working to assess the extent of impacts caused by the oil spill following an oil tanker crash in the Sundarbans, will submit its report to the government on...

200 shops, 100 shanties gutted in Ctg fire

2014-12-24 00:00:00

At least 200 shops of a market and 100 shanties gutted as a slum caught fire at Barapol in the city’s Halishahar on Wednesday evening. Sub-assistant director of Chittagong Fire Service Jasimuddin said the fire broke out at the slum...

Khaleda to Sramik Dal: Make movement a success

2014-12-24 00:00:00

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Wednesday night urged the leaders and activists of her party’s labour wing Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal to play a strong role in the ongoing movement to make it a success. She made the call when pro-BNP senior...