FE Report | 2014-12-24 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) cancelled membership of about 445 garment factories for the year 2014 due to non-compliance and non-payment of annual fees. The action was taken at the board meeting held Tuesday at its headquarters...
FE Report | 2014-12-24 00:00:00
The central bank has amended its rules on appointment and removal of chief executive officers (CEOs) of commercial banks, prohibiting their sacking sans its prior permission. Under the amended rules, the authorities of commercial banks cannot force the CEOs to...
A bogie of an inter-city train caught fire at the Kamalapur Railway Station in the city on Tuesday, reports UNB. Sources at the Fire Service Central Control Room said the compartment of 'Parabat Express' kept at the platform-3 went up...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-12-24 00:00:00
Country's central bank last week asked the banks to bring down the share of the non-performing loans (NPLs) in their respective outstanding volume of loans to below 10 per cent by the end of the current month, meaning the end...
Convicting detained Syed M Qaiser of Habiganj, a former state minister during HM Ershad's military rule in the mid-80s, for crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, the International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Tuesday unanimously sentenced him to death, reports...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-12-24 00:00:00
The government is going to form a company to look after implementation of expensive liquefied natural gas (LNG)-relevant projects, including import and proper use of the costly fuel, a senior official said. State-run Power Cell has already placed a proposal...
Monira Munni | 2014-12-24 00:00:00
Two leading global buyers have warned of their business cut with a local apparel-manufacturing group following an alleged attack on trade-union leaders in a latest hassle, sources said. The warnings came after an incident of attack on union activists that...
Eid-e-Miladunnabi, the day of birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SM), will be observed in the country on January 4 (Sunday) as the moon of Rabiul Awal was sighted in Bangladesh sky on Tuesday. The decision was taken at...
Though Bangladesh is not a participant of football’s greatest events like World Cup, it hosted soccer’s superpower Argentina and African Super Eagles Nigeria's national team players over 2 years ago. Now Bangladesh is going to stage a mega event in...
India's Bodo militants swooped on villages in different parts of Assam and massacred unarmed villagers on Tuesday night and early Wednesday. Indian media reports said Bodo ‘extremists’ killed at least 60 people, including 18 women and 19 children. Media reports,...
A teenaged female worker of a readymade garment (RMG) factory has been gang raped in the city. The worker, Nazma (not real name) was gang raped when she went to meet her fiancée at Baten Nagar at Dhaka’s Darussalam. Police...
A bullet 'accidentially' came out from the pistol of a Jubo League leader and critically injured a minor girl who was playing nearby in Savar Upazila of Dhaka district on Tuesday. The victim, 9-year-old Mahima Akhter, a fourth-grader at Sunflower...
An alleged kidnapper was killed and his three associates were injured in lynch mob attack in Sitakunda Upazila in Chittagong district on Tuesday afternoon. Police quoting witnesses said, locals caught the four while they were forcing a man into their...
BNP on Tuesday filed application with the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and the Public Works Department (PWD) seeking clearance to hold 2 public rallies in the city on January 3 and 5. A reliable sources at the party said they...
Chittagong's Hazrat Shah Amanat (R) International Airport plunged into darkness on Wednesday morning due a 2-and-half-hour blackout for unknown reason. The power failure for more than 2 hours halted all the activities at the country’s 2nd largest international airport. However,...
BNP Chairperson and 20-party leader Begum Khaleda Zia is likely to appear before a court in old part of Dhaka on Wednesday in connection with two ccorruption cases filed against her by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). Court sources said...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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