FE Report | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
Businessmen in Dhaka urged on Wednesday the government to prepare investment-friendly development plan for the country to attract more local and foreign investments for graduating Bangladesh into a middle-income country by 2021. They have suggested giving priority to development of ...
NEW DELHI, Nov 19: Leading gold buyer India may clamp fresh controls soon on soaring imports of the precious metal that have widened the country's trade deficit, a report said on Tuesday. "Things are being worked out by the finance...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested three more foreign nationals from Uttara in the city on Wednesday for staying in the country illegally. On a tip-off, a team of Rab-1 conducted a drive in the area at about 5:50 am...
Planning Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal has said that the 7th Five Year Plan (SFYP) will be a growth and investment friendly development plan incorporating all backward and underprivileged people and regions. ‘If we could lift our development train...
Poet Nirmalendu Goon, who has been suffering from old-age complexities for a long time, has received financial assistance from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Prime Minister handed over a cheque for Tk 2 million to the poet for his treatment...
Poet Sufia Kamal’s 15th death anniversary is being observed in the country today by different sociocultural and rights organisations. They have chalked out various programmes to mark the day in a befitting manner. A discussion titled ‘Young generation’s active role...
The US Senate has confirmed the nomination of Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat as the new ambassador of the United States to Bangladesh. Bernicat will succeed incumbent Ambassador Dan W Mozena. Earlier, Bernicat, while giving her testimony before the US Senate...
At least 35 people, including a cop, were injured in a factional clash of BNP in Dakkhin Sunamganj Sadar Upazila in Sunamganj district on Wednesday afternoon. The clash occured between the supporters of Faruk Ahmed, convener of Dakkhin Sadar Upazila...
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel arrested a Bangladeshi juvenile in Baliadangi Upazila in Thakurgaon district on Wednesday evening. The victim was identified as Shafiqul Islam, 16, son of Shamsul Haque, a resident of Momintuli village. Quoting locals, a Border...
A four-day Russian cultural festival will begin in the capital and port city Chittagong from Friday to mark the ‘Russian Cultural Day-2014’. The festival will be organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy under the cultural ministry and Russian Embassy in Dhaka. ...
FE Online Report | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed positive trend while the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw negative trend in early hours of trading on Thursday amid see-saw, the last session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went...
Robbers looted valuables after stabbing a couple at a house under Shyampur Police Station in the city early Thursday. The injured couple were identified as Harun-ur-Rashed, 38, an executive of a still mill, and his wife Selina Akhtar Doly, 30....
Eighty-five men and women who were in a Malaysia-bound trawler, packed with 625 aspiring migrants, have landed in jail. Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Ahmad Sayeed gave the order once they were produced before him on Wednesday evening. Among them 19 were...
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of producing 0.63 million tonnes mustard from 0.55m hectares of land during the current Robi season in the country, official sources said. The fixed mustard production target is higher by...
Grameenphone's (GP) Board has appointed Rajeev Sethi as the new Chief Executive Officer of the company. Sethi, who has been the marketing chief of Uninor, the Indian subsidiary of GP's parent company Telenor, will replace Vivek Sood from Dec 1....
A bus helper was killed in a road accident in Bhandaria Upazila in Pirojpur district on Thursday. The dead is Sagor, 20, son of Piyar Ali, a resident of Birkathi village of Kathalia Upazila and helper of a local bus....
FE Online Report | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
Stocks slipped in the red again today (Thursday) after previous sessions’ upturn amid sluggish turnover as investors followed cautious stance. The market opened with a positive mood, but could not sustain as the session progressed. DSEX, the prime index of...
A tribunal in Chittagong on Wednesday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for violating a minor girl in 2011. The convict was identified as Abdul Hye aka Abdullah,48, son of late Abdul Haque of Purba Gomdandi...
Police recovered the body of a young man with the throat slashed from Dehan village in Sadar Upazila of Thakurgaon district on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Shamsul Haque, 57, son of late Mohammad of the same village....
A local leader of Awami Shwechchhasebak League, a front organisation of the ruling party, was chopped to death by unidentified assailants at Kachua village at Lalpur Upazila of Natore district on Thursday. The dead is Ashraf Ali, 40. He was...
US stocks were down slightly Wednesday afternoon following minutes from the most recent Federal Reserve meeting as investors weighed expectations of when US interest rates may rise. Tech names were among the biggest drags on the market, with shares of...
Asian stocks mostly fell on Thursday as fresh data signalling a further loss of momentum in China's economy weighed on sentiment, while the yen slid to multi-year lows against the dollar and euro. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside...
The freedom fighters (FF) and close relatives of the martyred war heroes were accorded a reception in Dhaka Cantonment on the eve of the Armed Forces Day on Thursday morning. General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan, the Chief of Army Staff, received...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested two persons with 200 bottles of contraband phensidyl at Chak Gopinathpur village at Badalgachi Upazila in Naogaon district on Wednesday. The arrested are Babu, 27, and Mahmudul, 26, sons of Belal Hossain of the...
Speakers at a training course have said the flourishing dairy sector has been changing rural economy and meeting nutritional demand of the growing population in building a healthier nation. They stressed for increasing cow milk production through disseminating and popularising...
Five Bangladeshi citizens returned home on Wednesday night, hours after they were picked up by India's Border Security Force (BSF) personnel from Lalghat border point in Tahirpur Upazila in Sunamganj district. BSF handed them over to BGB after a flag...
One person has died and at least two others have been injured in a clash between Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) factions in Sylhet. BCL is the student affiliate of the ruling party. A BCL faction vandalised the library of Hazrat...
Another 3ft (1m) of snow is expected to hit parts of north-eastern US after a massive snowstorm left at least seven dead in New York state on Wednesday. Weather-related deaths were also reported in New Hampshire and Michigan. Parts of...
A Honduran beauty queen has been found shot dead in a suspected crime of passion just days before she was due to compete in the Miss World pageant in London, police said on Wednesday. The bodies of Maria Jose Alvarado,...
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