Highlighting various steps of her government to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and help local industries flourish, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday sought the business community's wholehearted participation in achieving the export target, reports UNB. Addressing the inauguration ceremony...
FE Report | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
A four-day public hearing on fresh electricity tariff hike for all categories of consumers will begin from January 20 before announcing the range of increase. The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has arranged the public hearing on January 20, 21,...
FE Report | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
The government has started issuing auction-based Islami Investment Bonds on Thursday, the first working day of the calendar year 2015, to create a new window for investment by the Islamic banks and financial institutions. Six bids, amounting to Tk 885...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
The government has decided to construct a flyover and an underpass instead of tunnel planned earlier to connect the capital's Jahangir Gate and Rokeya Swarani at Agargoan to cut distance and traffic congestions, officials said Thursday. Roads and Transport Ministry...
FE Report | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
The government has backtracked from its decision to enroll students in all public and private universities based on their secondary and higher secondary school results, just a day after it issued a directive in this connection, sources said. Earlier on...
SHANGHAI, Jan 1 (AFP): The New Year's stampede on Shanghai's historic waterfront killed at least 35 people and injured dozens more, with witnesses saying revellers had scrambled for fake money thrown from a building. The disaster happened in a crowded...
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Thursday urged the political parties to engage in talks shunning violence for finding out an acceptable way for holding a fair and inclusive election in the interest of the country, reports UNB. "Let's sit...
FE Report | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) has identified nine major challenges, including political instability and infrastructure bottlenecks, to the growth of the country's overall economy and urged the government to resolve those immediately. The chamber also put...
Siddique Islam | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
The central bank has asked the commercial banks to maintain the minimum standard for Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) and Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) from this month for implementation of the Basel-III roadmap. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued a circular...
FE Report | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
The salaries for the members of the Armed Forces comprising Army, Navy and Air Force have been proposed to be raised by 100 per cent keeping similarity with the planned hikes in those of the civil service. An eight-member committee,...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Thursday increased the credit ceiling to help boost the country's real estate sector, reports BSS. The central bank in a circular said all scheduled banks would now be allowed to offer the highest Taka 12...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
A committee has recommended incorporation of a provision for creating closed-end Investment Fund (IF) in the proposed rules on private equity and venture capital financing to facilitate funding arrangements for prospective private firms. The committee also suggested changing the title...
FE Report | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
A businessman was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in the capital's Fakirerpul area Thursday, police said. The victim was identified as Abdul Hamid who hailed from Sandwip. Detailed identity of the deceased could not be ascertained immediately. Quoting witnesses, Proloy...
FE Report | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
The last day of the two-day nationwide shutdown enforced by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami passed off in a relaxed mood as a significant number of vehicles and shops come into the business Thursday. During the hartal hours, government and non-government offices, business...
The latest draft voter list was published on Thursday showing an additional 4,672,176 voters. Election Commission (EC) Secretary Md Sirajul Islam told the press. By the latest count, the total number of voters now stands at 90,623,706 persons. Of them...
Four persons, including two motorcyclists, were killed in separate road accidents in the city's Norda, Darus Salam and Kamrangirchar areas early on Thursday. — BSS
BNP vowed on Thursday to hold a rally in the city on Monday (Jan 5), no matter whether the party is given permission or not. "The government has buried democracy by holding the January-5 election only to protect an individual's...
DINAJPUR, Jan 1: An elderly man was killed in a clash over land at Khasrabon Paschimpara in Parbatipur upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Nurul Islam, 72, a resident of the area. Police said there was longstanding...
NEW YORK, Jan 1 (Reuters): Oil prices fell on Wednesday to a 5-1/2-year low and ended with their second-biggest annual decline ever, down by half since June under pressure from a global glut of crude. Just before the close, Brent...
WASHINGTON, Jan 1 (AFP): Chick-fil-A, one of America's most popular fast food restaurants, is the latest corporation to investigate the possible hacking of its customers' credit card data. "Chick-fil-A recently received reports of potential unusual activity involving payment cards used...
CHICAGO, Jan 1 (Xinhua): Chicago Board of Trade agricultural commodities closed lower yesterday with all three major commodities falling on active fund selling. The most active corn contract for March delivery dropped 9.5 cents, or 2.34 per cent, to close...
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