FE Report | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
Japan has expressed its interest to recruit technical interns from Bangladesh. Japanese International Manpower Development Organisation (IMDO) Managing Director Kazuo Tusubota conveyed this message Monday during his meeting with Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (EWOE) Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain at...
The 134rd birth and 82nd death anniversaries of Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, the pioneer of awakening for women's rights in the subcontinent, will be observed today (Tuesday) amid various programmes in the capital and elsewhere across the country, reports BSS....
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Dec 8: Class-III and class-IV government employees staged demonstration today in front of the Chittagong Press Club demanding implementation of their five points including the lowest basic salary at Tk 18,000 per month. Hundreds of government employees under the...
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources, Power and Port will arrange a grand rally at Phulbari in Dinajpur on December 27 in protest against the renewed activities of Asia Energy, now renamed as Global Coal Management...
Awareness prog on 'Hepatitis B Virus' held An awareness programme on 'Hepatitis B Virus and Cervical Cancer' was held at ASA University Bangladesh (ASAUB) in the city Saturday. ASAUB and the GlaxoSmithKline Bangladesh Limited jointly organised the programme. Prof Dr...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina provided on Monday financial support to a number of ailing senior and renowned cultural personalities of the country, reports UNB. The recipients are ailing film actor Abdus Samad, popularly known as Tele Samad, film director...
Police in a drive arrested seven outsiders along with 1,250 pieces of Yaba tablets on Dhaka University (DU) campus Monday, reports UNB. The arrestees were identified as Wasim, Sajib, Shuzan, Bachchu, Shahidul Islam, Kabul and Akbar. Tipped off, a team...
FE Report | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh citizens are no more eligible for the Diversity Visa (DV) Programme following an end to the country's 50,000 quota in 2012. The US Embassy, in a media statement on Monday, requested the Bangladeshi citizens not to take any attempt...
A Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) mobile court Monday unearthed a fake medicine factory, sealed it off and punished its owner, reports UNB. The mobile court, led by RAB Headquarters Executive Magistrate AHM Anwar Pasha, along with RAB-10 personnel conducted a...
Customs Intelligence officials seized four gold bars worth Tk 2.0 million and UAE currency dinar worth over Tk 3.24 million in two separate incidents at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) Monday, reports UNB. Ummey Nahida, assistant director of the Directorate...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Tuesday), reports UNB. Moderate to thick for may occur over the riverbasins and light to moderate fog elsewhere over the country, Met...
FE Report | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
The government announced Monday Hajj package that will allow 101,758 pilgrims to perform Hajj on September 22 (subject to the moon sighting in Saudi Arabia) next year with two packages being offered by the government and the private sector. "Under...
FE Report | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
The country's export earnings from apparel products registered an upward growth during the first five months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2014-15, helping reverse a negative growth in overall export receipts till the previous month. The country fetched $4.99...
Bangladesh and Bhutan have agreed to boost trade and negotiate a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries apart from strong collaboration in the power sector, especially hydroelectric power, reports UNB. Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque said this at...
FE Report | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
The government would seek help of a senior World Bank executive for confirming some US$500 million budgetary support as the Bank official will arrive in Dhaka today (Tuesday) for a three-day visit, officials said Monday. Economic Relations Division (ERD) officials...
FE Report | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
Speakers at a seminar on Monday stressed the need for more dialogue between workers and employers to achieve the goal of US$50 billion export by the year 2021. Besides relations development, the speakers also emphasised the need for workers' safety,...
In a twist of fate, a band of robbers had to leave suddenly after they had broken into a branch of the state-owned bank in Moulavibazar Monday, reports bdnews24.com. Apparently, the ill-equipped robbers failed to crack the vault. The branch...
FE Report | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
The country's apparel makers identified on Monday higher cost of fund, absence of buyers' participation, and scarcity of suitable land for factory relocation as the impediments towards remediation of the non-compliant units. They also held higher import duty on safety...
Siddique Islam | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
Industrial term loans registered a steep rise in the first quarter (Q1) of this fiscal year (FY) principally due to higher lending on account of import of capital machinery, officials said. The disbursement of such credits increased 44.24 per cent...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
The number of individual taxpayers is set to grow by 20 per cent in the current fiscal year (FY), 2014-15, following the taxmen's increased efforts and monitoring to widen the tax-net. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has attained an...
Munima Sultana | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
Sheer inability of Dhaka to take the mounting load of motorised and non-motorised transports has been mathematically proved in a recent study that indicated the city traffic is facing a "total blockage'. It has found that the capacity of the...
State Minister for Youth and Sports Biren Sikder, MP, greeted the players, officials and coaches of national hockey team for becoming champions in the Junior AHF Cup Hockey Tournament, reports BSS. In a message on Sunday, the state minister also...
Bangladesh Women's Volleyball Team will take part in the First South Asian Women's Volleyball Championship to be held at the Nepal National Sports Council in Kathmandu from December 19-23, reports UNB. Bangladesh team, which has been undergoing training at the...
MADRID, Dec 7 (AFP): Cristiano Ronaldo netted a record 23rd hat-trick in La Liga and his 200th goal in the Spanish top flight as Real Madrid equalled a Spanish record of 18 consecutive wins in all competitions with a 3-0...
Younis happy to be back in one-day fold DUBAI, Dec 7: Veteran Pakistan batsman Younis Khan Sunday expressed his delight at being recalled to the one-day team which raised hopes of a final campaign in next year's World Cup being...
COLOMBO, Dec 7 (AFP): Kumar Sangakkara hit 86 as Sri Lanka squeezed past England with six wickets and two balls to spare in the fourth one-day international Sunday to take a 3-1 lead in the seven-match series. James Taylor missed...
FE Report | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
Sector-stakeholders and economists at a business summit Sunday suggested timely policy intervention, creating environment for local and foreign investment in road, rail and port capacity building to meet the infrastructure challenges to enable the country to attain the vision of...
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq said with over 2.7 million cases pending in courts, foreign companies and investors feel discouraged to cut commercial deals with Bangladesh. The government has already made substantive amendments in some of the...
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