FE Report | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
Customs officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) seized smuggled gold bars weighing 43 kilogrammes (kg) on Wednesday, its intelligence officials said. The gold bars worth Tk 215 million were found in three cartons at cargo village of the airport...
Deputy Country Director of UNDP in Bangladesh Nick Beresford has said corruption leads to creating unemployment and the young people suffer badly as a consequence, reports UNB. "Fighting corruption is a global concern because corruption is found in both rich...
MYMENSINGH, Dec 10 (UNB): In a daring attack on a police vehicle, miscreants snatched an accused at Chanpur village in Muktagachha Upazila Wednesday, leaving two assistant sub-inspectors (ASI) of Muktagachha thana injured. Officer-in-charge (OC) of the thana Kamal Hossain said...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 9 (UNB): Several hours after the train accident at Chittagong Railway Station, the railway authorities suspended three of its employees Wednesday for negligence to duties. The suspended employees are ATM Jahurul Haque, driver of the train engine, its...
A seminar on "Energy Security in Bangladesh and the Role of Nuclear Power" organised by Mechanical Division of Institution of Engineers' Bangladesh (IEB) will be held at its seminar room in the city today (Thursday), said a press release. State...
Swedish envoy calls on DU VC Ambassador of Sweden in Bangladesh Johan Frisell called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter's office Wednesday. During the meeting, they discussed possibilities of strengthening bilateral relationship...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Thursday), reports UNB. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the river basins and light to moderate fog elsewhere over the country,...
Siddique Islam | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
Country's foreign-exchange market eased slightly Wednesday as an upturn in both remittance inflow and export earnings began to take the heat out of the greenback, bankers said. "Higher inflow of remittance and rising trend of export earnings have contributed to...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in its probe found the involvement of 21 of its officers, including Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowhdury's son-in-law Lt Col Tareque, Major Arif Hossain and Lt Commander MM Rana, in the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case, reports...
FE Report | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
The government formed a three-member body, finally, to probe capsize of an oil tanker which sank in a river in the Sundarbans with over 350,000 litres of furnace oil 30 hours after a collision. The probe committee, led by Nautical...
FE Report | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
A parliamentary sub-committee was formed Wednesday for preparing a detailed report on the insurance industry by detecting different irregularities, including non-settlement of insurance claims. Tipu Munshi MP has been made chief of the three-member sub-committee assigned to the task of...
FE Report | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
The National Electricity Week 2014 begins today (Thursday) across the country aiming to create mass awareness among people about electricity saving and ensure customer-friendly services by state-run power entities. The theme of the programme is 'Bangladesh advances as nation runs...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
The planning minister, for the first time in the current fiscal would evaluate implementation status of development projects today (Thursday), official said on Wednesday. The evaluation is taking place amid unsatisfactory performance of the government ministries and agencies. Planning ministry...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
The government has no immediate plan to cut domestic prices of petroleum products despite the fact that the international prices of the same have declined substantially. The international prices of oil have declined by nearly half since the latest upward...
FE report | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
Essential commodities consumed by people of low-income group should be exempt from payment of the value-added tax, says State Minister for Finance MA Mannan. He also suggested exploring the possibility of reducing the rate of VAT from 15 per cent...
FE Report | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday expressed his concern over possible rise in inflation once the new pay-scale for public servants is announced. "This is the appropriate time to announce new pay-scale since the rate of inflation is now low,"...
FE Report | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
Hossain Khaled was elected president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) on Wednesday at its 53rd Annual General Meeting (AGM). Humayun Rashid was elected Senior Vice President and Md Shoaib Choudhury Vice President for the year 2015....
A court Wednesday issued warrant of arrest against BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman in a defamation case filed for his "disparaging remarks" against Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Dhaka Metropolitan magistrate Ataul Haque issued the arrest warrant upon a petition...
The government is going to appoint 16,000 primary school teachers in all districts barring the three in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The primary and mass education ministry released a circular making the announcement on Wednesday. — bdnews24.com
Dense fog has been disrupting movement of ferries and other watercraft on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi route in Padma River since Wednesday night. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) sources said, due to the dense fog, the marking points and the beacons...
Israeli soldiers beat to death a Palestinian minister during a mass rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday, Palestinian medical sources said in Gaza city and Ramallah. The sources confirmed the death of Ziad Abu Ain, minister...
Railway authorities have formed 2 committees to investigate how a train rammed into the Chittagong Railway Station platform. Three people, including the shunting engine operator, had been suspended over the incident, said East Zone Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Murad Hossain....
Eminent economist Prof Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud was accorded a reception on Wednesday for his outstanding contributions to the country’s economy through his works and researches. Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and vernacular daily Banik Barta jointly accorded the reception...
A pedestrian was killed and a rickshaw-puller injured as a gas cylinder for inflating balloons exploded in Bogra town on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Ruku Chowdhury, 18, son of Maksud Chowdhury, a resident of Gohail Road under Sutrapur...
The High Court has revoked the government order on appointment of the new chief of the Naryanganj 7-murder investigating committee. The bench of justices Md Rezaul Haque and Gobinda Chandra Thakur has said in an order that Public Administration Ministry’s...
Assam's PWD Minister Ajanta Neog flagged off trial run of Guwahati-Dhaka bus service on Wednesday. The 32-seater air-conditioned bus of Assam State Transport Corporation carrying a joint delegation of officials of India and Bangladesh left Guwahati’s Inter State Bus Terminus...
Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali, who let the law go up in smoke by lighting up a cigarette at a function to give away prizes to students in July and hurled abusive words at journalists in August, has again...
A young man died from electrocution in Thakurgaon on Wednesday night. The dead is Kantes Roy, 21, a final year diploma engineering student of a polytechnic institute and son of Debendra Nath, a resident of Amhar village of Dinajpur district....
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