FE Report | 2014-12-25 00:00:00
Macro-economic stability, better governance in the banking system, development of markets and further trade liberalisation, among others, are necessary for Bangladesh to help attain its desired economic growth for the current fiscal year (FY), 2014-15. Besides, stronger attention to efficient...
FE Report | 2014-12-25 00:00:00
The proposed pay hike for government servants might put pressure on private sector for wage enhancement, the chief of a leading trade body said Wednesday. He also feared another adversity from the political front. "This (pay hike) will create pressure...
The Christian community across the country will celebrate the holy Christmas today (Thursday) commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ amid festivity and religious fervour, reports BSS. Christians would offer special prayers, illuminate churches, decorate Christmas trees at homes and places...
FE Report | 2014-12-25 00:00:00
Tax-revenue collection marked a Tk 14.84-billion shortfall from the target in the first five months of the current fiscal year (FY) for a perceived slowdown in two segments of the economy. Sluggish trend in domestic consumption and bleak investment scenario...
BHATIARY (Chittagong), Dec 24 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said besides establishing new structures for Bangladesh Army, a process was underway to procure a significant amount of military equipment from various countries including China and Serbia to make...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-25 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Dec 24: Several hundred shops in the Singapore-Bangkok Market in Chhotapole area near Halishahar police camp under Halishahar police station have been ravaged in a devastating fire in the city this evening. Fire Service officials at Agrabad Fire Station...
At least 40 people, including a ruling party MP, were injured in triangular sporadic clashes involving BNP and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists and police near the Bakshibazar makeshift court following BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's appearance before it in two...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-12-25 00:00:00
Foreign aid commitment to Bangladesh is continuing to plunge as it dropped by 60 per cent to US$896.6 million in July-November period of this year due to 'go-slow' in aid confirmation by some key development partners, officials said Wednesday. The...
FE Report | 2014-12-25 00:00:00
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) gave clean chit to ruling Awami League MP Enamul Haque from the allegation of accumulating illegal wealth worth Tk 2.13 billion. "We did not find irregularities in his accumulation of wealth, so we decided to...
BAGERHAT, Dec 24: 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 capsize in the Sundarbans, will submit its report to...
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...
WASHINGTON, Dec 24: Police said Wednesday they shot dead an African American teenager after he allegedly pointed a handgun at an officer in a town near Ferguson, Missouri, scene of a prior police shooting that sparked nationwide protests. St. Louis...
Christian community across the country is celebrating the holy Christmas today (Thursday) commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ amid festivity and religious fervour. Christians are offering special prayers, illuminate churches, decorate Christmas trees at homes and places of worship and...
A fire gutted hundreds of different kinds of shops in Singapore market in Chittagong cit on Wednesday evening. The fire went up in flames around 6:40pm and was brought under control at night, police and eyewitnesses sources said. Over 400...
Three siblings were injured as fire erupted from a gas pipeline in Kaliganj under Dakhkhin Keraniganj Police Station in the outskirts of Dhaka city on Thursday. The injured were identified as Shaheen, 26, son of Hossain Sheikh, and Shaheen’s two...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has directed her party’s senior leaders of Gazipur to make the 20-party alliance’s December 27 rally a success at any cost. Khaleda, a former prime minister, urged them to foil all the obstacles to the rally....
The death toll from Tangail road accident has risen to 10. The accident took place at Ashura under Madhupur Police Station on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Habibur Rahman, 50, his daughters ‘Hena’, 28, and ‘Ayesha’, 12, Firoza...
A medical test conducted on actress Naznin Akter Happy has revealed that she did not sleep with any man under duress. The medical test was conducted on Happy at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on December 14, a day...
Around 98 per cent of free textbooks meant for distribution among school students reached the Upazila headquarters by December 24, a week before the beginning of a new academic year. Md Abul Kashem Miah, Chairman of National Curriculum and Textbook...
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo outpaced Argentine Lionel Messi to occupy the No 1 spot in The Guardian’s list of top 100 footballers of the world-2014. The list published in its entirety by the British newspaper, contains a few surprises. According to...
The two JMB men, arrested in Dhanmondi on Tuesday, have said that apart from helping the JMB men accused in Burdwan blast case to cross over into India, they were coordinating the terrorist activities in the two countries. During preliminary...
An eight-month pregnant housewife has suffered serious burn injuries in an acid attack allegedly by her husband in Matlab Dakkhin Upazila in Chandpur. The victim, Lucky Chakrabarty, 25, was undergoing treatment at Chandpur General Hospital on Thursday. Lucky was married...
US stocks closed flat in a short session on Wednesday. Both the S&P 500 and Dow touched intraday records, and the Dow closed at a slight record, the day's moves were slight and volume was light with many market participants...
Firefighters with the help of police and local people doused the fire which broke out in a slum in Gabtoli area in Dhaka city on Wednesday night. Four people, including a woman and a child, sustained burn injuries after the...
European stocks inched up on Wednesday in a shortened session ahead of the Christmas break. Shares in British medical device maker Smith & Nephew Plc surged 7 per cent. Oil major BP Plc gained 1.1 per cent, outpacing oil and...
Two allaged criminals were killed in separate incidents of gun battles with police in Pabna and Comilla districts on Thursday. A mugger was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and cops in Gokulnagar village under Ishwardi Upazila in Pabna...
Police have failed to submit investigation reports in 2 cases filed over Rana Plaza collapse, 20 months after the multi-storey building caved in at Savar town killing more than 1100 people and maiming scores. Investigation officer (IO) of the cases...
A man was hit and killed by a train in Gazipur district on Wednesday night. The accident occurred around 8:30pm near Tongi Upazila’s Boubazar area, said Railway Police's Assistant Sub-Inspector Zia Uddin. The unidentified man, aged around 20, suffered head...
At least two Bangladesh nationals were killed in a building collapse in Subang Jaya in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur city in Malaysia on Wednesday aternoon. One of the deceased was identified as Mohammad Sumon Mollah, 30. The other Bangladeshi...
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