FE Report | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
A teenage girl student committed suicide on Wednesday at North Mugdapara in the capital. The deceased was identified as Sumaiya Akhter (17), daughter of one Moniruzzaman of 135/4 North Mugdapara Madinabagh area. She was a student of Mugdapara Haider Ali...
Customs officials seized gold weighing 2.1 kg at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) and detained a man in this connection Wednesday, reports UNB. The detainee was identified as Sheikh Muhammad Mainuddin (29). He arrived here from Malaysia by a flight...
Eye Health’s symposium today A symposium on 'Universal Eye Health' organised by Orbis International will be held at Bangladesh University of Health Science at Mirpur in the city at 11:00 am today (Thursday). Prof Jalal Ahmed, director of National Institute...
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 may occur elsewhere over...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
Tax officials across the country have been directed to dig out reasons why the ratio of collected taxes was low compared to the number of returns submitted by the deadline by individual taxpayers. Official sources said the instructions came after...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
The authorities made little progress in dredging the Mongla-Ghashiakhali channel as only seven per cent work could be completed even in four years since inception of the key project, officials said. The Shela River, where the cargo vessel-oil tanker collision...
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Shahriar Alam on Tuesday stressed the importance of global cooperation and partnership between the developed and the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to attain the post-2015 development goals, reports BSS. "A robust framework of global...
A police officer has slumped dead after suffering a heart attack while tackling a clash between rival factions of auto-rickshaw drivers in Sylhet, reports UNB. At least 15 persons, including policemen, were injured when trouble broke out at Goalabazar at...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Dec 17: The Department of Environment (DoE) has fined Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) a sum of Tk 0.5 million for illegally constructing Mayor's Bungalow on the top of the Batali Hills in the city. The director of the DoE...
Syful Islam | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh has started lobbying the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to extend the special transition period of the TRIPS agreement on humanitarian grounds so that the country could continue to make cheaper drugs available to poorer sections of people. Trade officials...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (Agencies): Pakistani leader Nawaz Sharif has vowed to rid his country of terrorism after a Taliban attack at a school in Peshawar killed 148 people, mostly children. He spoke after emergency talks with all main political parties...
Sadiq Ahmed | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
Planning for development is more an art than a science. For any objective, good planning consists of setting a feasible target, a strategy to achieve that target, and a road map consisting of specific resources, policies and implementation arrangements to...
FE Report | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
The World Bank (WB) will provide Bangladesh with $1.07 billion in loans for improving primary education, coastal resilience system and nutrition situation for the poor. The Executive Director of the World Bank board in Washington head office endorsed US$400 million...
FE Report | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
The special tribunal, formed to resolve the capital market-related cases, is set to start functioning in early January, 2015. A top official of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) said this Wednesday. "The setup of the tribunal is almost...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
The operation of US oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips in two deepwater blocks - DS-08-10 and DS-08-11 -- came to an end on Monday after three and a half years of signing production-sharing contract (PSC). ConocoPhillips was awarded 70 per...
The Pay and Services Commission has finalised a new salary structure for government employees, reports bdnews24.com. It recommended Tk 80,000 as highest salary and Tk 8,200 as lowest. The commission proposed 100 percent increase in salaries for employees at the...
Strong domestic demand, supported by 'healthy' remittance inflows, may lead to an 'upside surprise' in Bangladesh (economy) in the current fiscal year, ending on June 30, 2015, said the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in a new report. The Asian Development...
LUXEMBOURG, Dec 17: The Palestinian Islamic militant group Hamas must be removed from the EU's terrorism blacklist, but its assets will stay frozen, a European court ruled on Wednesday. The original listing in 2001 was based not on sound legal...
Mymensingh, Dec 17: Police arrested three youths on Wednesday in connection with the gruesome murder of a Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal leader and three members of his family in Lobonkota village under Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh. General secretary of Habirbari union...
The RAB says it has arrested seven members of a gang involved in bank frauds. Those arrested include two employees of the Dutch Bangla Bank-its Shantinagar branch's officer Waheduzzaman Sohel and Gulshan branch's security guard Al Amin. — bdnews24.com
FE Online Report | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hours of trading on Thursday amid choppy trading, the last session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by...
A local Jubo League (JL) leader was killed in a road accident in Mastarbari area in Gazipur city on Wednesday midnight. The dead is Rakib Hossain, 35, joint-secretary of Sadar Upazila unit Jubo League and son of Abdur Rashid of...
The government has appointed a new judge for the court, which is trying two corruption cases involving BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, her elder son and BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman and others. The Mionistry of Law on Thursday gave...
A cargo vessel capsized in Shitalakkha River in Gazipur district on Thursday. At least two crew of the sand-laden cargo went missing following the accident. BIWTC and Fire Service and Civil Defence sources said the two, workers of the vessel,...
Asian share markets rallied on Thursday after US stocks enjoyed their strongest session this year when the Federal Reserve sounded upbeat on the economy and promised to be patient in removing policy stimulus. The Dow up 1.69 per cent, the...
European stocks were set to rise on Thursday, tracking a rally on Wall Street after the US Federal Reserve gave an upbeat assessment of the economy and said it would take a patient approach toward raising interest rates. At 0710...
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