FE Report | 2014-12-22 00:00:00
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) quizzed Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Rafiqul Islam on Sunday for allegedly amassing illegal wealth. "ACC Deputy Director Md Hamidul Hasan interrogated him for an hour in the afternoon at Segun Bagicha", ACC Public...
FE Report | 2014-12-22 00:00:00
Bangladesh secretariat has been brought under the WiFi connection, which will allow ministries to get high-speed internet facilities. "Not only secretariat officials, but also the visitors and guests will be able to use uninterrupted internet connection," said Zunaid Ahmed Palak,...
Syful Islam | 2014-12-22 00:00:00
The government has started examining the capacity of local dredger-makers and suppliers before starting a capital dredging programme to raise navigability of major rivers, officials have said. The move is taken, as poor navigability of the rivers has long been...
WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (AFP): US President Barack Obama "unconditionally" condemned on Sunday the killing of two uniformed New York police officers who were gunned down in their patrol car in Brooklyn by a lone gunman. "I unconditionally condemn today's murder...
FE Report | 2014-12-22 00:00:00
Government employees may have their monthly salary doubled under a new pay scale proposed Sunday. In the 16-grade pay scale, the highest basic pay is Tk 80,000 and the lowest Tk 8,200. However, the Pay and Services Commission set two...
FE Report | 2014-12-22 00:00:00
The central bank has slashed maximum interest ceiling on agricultural credits by 2.0 percentage points in view of a downturn in both lending and deposit rates, officials said. Under the revised provisions, the banks are allowed to charge maximum 11...
Monira Munni | 2014-12-22 00:00:00
A coordination committee has trimmed down its previous estimation of compensation for the Rana Plaza tragedy victims by $10 million to $30 million amid protest from rights and trade union activists. The Rana Plaza Coordination Committee (RPCC), monitored by the...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 21 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said two avant-garde Corvettes would be added to the Navy fleet next year and two modern submarines by 2016 as part of its modernization process since the government wants to...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-12-22 00:00:00
Canadian Niko Resources has moved afresh to sell its global stakes including those in Bangladesh as it appointed an international firm last week to look after these issues, said sources. It has engaged Jefferies LLC, an American investment bank and...
Noted scientist and inventor of jute genome sequence Professor Dr Maqsudul Alam died after a prolonged illness at a hospital in the United States on Saturday, reports BSS. He was 60. Dr Alam, a professor at the University of Hawaii,...
Pushing for an inclusive snap election, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday said the present government would fall like a house of cards in the face of people's fierce movement if it ignores the demand, reports UNB. "We together with...
Results of this year's Primary School Certificate (PSC) and Junior School Certificate exams will be published on Dec 30, Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman has said. The minister said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would announce the results that...
A writ petition seeking an end to legal practice by Supreme Court (SC) lawyers after they become members of parliament (MPs) was filed on Sunday. Dr. Yunus Ali Akand, a lawyer of the SC, filed the petition, which will be...
Asian stocks rose, with the regional index headed for its steepest 3-day advance in almost 2 months, as commodity shares climbed amid a rally in crude oil. New Zealand’s dollar dropped while Japanese bonds extended gains. The MSCI Asia Pacific...
A female teacher of Fashion Technology Institute at Shyamoli in the city has filed a case against a male student of the institution on charges of raping her. Following the case, the teacher, who is in her early thirties, was...
Bangladesh national team player Rubel Hossain who was sued by film actress Naznin Akter Happy under Women & Children Repression Prevention Act, has at last faced the journalists at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur on Sunday. However, the pace...
Detectives have arrested Tariqul Alam Siddiqui Nayan 40, vice-president of Chapainawabganj Zila Shikshak Karmachari Kallyan Samity and also a local leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. Officer in Charge (OC) of Chapainawabganj Sadar Thana Jasimuddin said, he was a wanted accused of...
The oil spill in Shela River and its canals following the sinking of a tanker with a large quantity of fuel oil on December 9 have seriously threatened wildlife in Sundarbans. Environmentalists say the sinking of the oil-tanker in the...
FE Online Report | 2014-12-22 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed upward trend while the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw mixed trend in early hours of trading on Monday, the 2nd session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by...
Staying in the United Kingdom by foreign students after completing their course or academic session may be tough in near future. Sources said students from non-European states who come to the UK to pursue studies, especially higher education, could face...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel arrested a man along with a big consignment of Yaba tablets in Nachole upazila in Chpainawabganj district on Sunday. The arrested is Abdur Rahim, 30, son of Lutfar Rahman of Zahanabad village of Godagari upazila...
Customs Intelligence officials seized 734 grams of gold from a passenger at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport in Dhaka on Sunday night. Customs officials said Farid Madbar, a passenger of a flight of Malaysian Airlines landed at the airport from...
A daylong hartal (shutdown), called for Monday by an ‘action committee’ formed by local people demanding arrest of the killers of Oliar Rahman, councillor of Noapara municipality, is being observed peacefully in Noapara. Picketers set fire on used tyres on...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 will deliver its verdict on former Jatiya Party minister Syed Mohammed Kaiser on Tuesday, in a case filed against him on charge of committing war crimes in 1971. Kaiser has been charged with murder, massacre,...
A defence witness in Jamaat leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman’s war crimes case has been arrested on charge of threatening women who had lost their husbands during Bangladesh’s independence struggles in 1971. Arshad Ali, a witness for Jamaat-e-Islami’s assistant secretary general Kamaruzzaman,...
The British High Commission in Dhaka and its office in Sylhet will remain closed on Wednesday and Thursday for Christmas Eve and the Holy Christmas Day. The DFID Bangladesh will also remain closed on those days, said a UK High...
A man was killed and at least 29 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups at Tarchuka village in Chhatak upazila in Sunamganj district on Sunday. The dead is Saheb Ali of the village. Sub-inspector Shafiq, in-charge...
A worker was killed and 22 other people were injured in separate road accidents in Lakshmipur district on Sunday. A worker was killed and two other people were injured around 8:30pm when a tractor, carrying firewood plunged into a roadside...
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