The German Embassy in Dhaka has launched a project of improving and expanding the existing facilities of the school that Monir Hossain, a 14-year-old arson victim of hartal, used to attend, reports UNB. Chargé d' Affaires of the German Embassy...
RU Correspondent | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Nov 18: The Rajshahi University (RU) authorities and the Agrani Bank Ltd, university branch, signed a corporate agreement worth Tk 10 million. RU treasurer Prof Sayen Uddin and Assistantt General Manager (AGM) of Agrani Bank, RU branch Md...
HC unhappy over probe into N'ganj 7-murder case Disappointed with the modus operandi of the investigation into the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case, the High Court (HC) Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to be cautious in carrying out the current investigation...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6pm today (Wednesday). Night temperature may fall slightly over northern part and may remain nearly unchanged elsewhere over the country and day temperature may remain...
FE Report | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh needs to make heavy investment to transform its nearly 48 million youths aged between 10 and 24 into a dynamic workforce for economic growth, said a report of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). It also suggested paying serious...
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called an early election, two years ahead of schedule, reports BBC. At a news briefing, he said he would dissolve parliament later this week and was also delaying a planned but unpopular increase in...
Bangladesh was among 13 countries at high risk of being hit by terrorism, said the Institute for Economics and Peace, reports bdnews24. The Global Terrorism Index released along with its annual report shows Bangladesh scoring 5.25 for the year 2013....
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
The US oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips' exit from two deep-water (DW) blocks in the Bay of Bengal will formally be effective from the next month, turning the country's overall outcome from the 2008 offshore bidding round to 'zero'. The...
FE Report | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
The government Tuesday approved a high-voltage power grid line project, to be installed between Ashuganj and Bhulta, at a cost of Tk 8.53 billion to facilitate smooth and quality power supply to the capital city, officials said. Presided over by...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has instructed its tax offices across the country to furnish information regarding tax payment status of the research organisations under their respective circles. The income tax policy wing sent letters to all the field...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
The policy about management of capital market-related trust funds, in the nature of Mutual Funds (MFs) and unit funds, is spelt out under securities rules. But this, according to some market-analysts, is not being properly adhered to, in the case...
FE Report | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh needs to diversify its economy beyond textiles and execute productivity-boosting reforms to weather likely challenges ahead and attain higher economic growth, said a renowned Greek economist here Tuesday. Dr. Louka T. Katseli, from her experience fresh from the Eurozone...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
Big projects in this part of the world turn out to be big money spinners for the unscrupulous section of people involved in their implementation. All avenues are explored to squeeze out the maximum possible unearned income from the funds...
FE Report | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
The government of India is looking at ways to restrict imports of Xiaomi mobile phones and several other consumer goods from China through standards and safeguards, according to a report available on the website of Economic Times of India. The...
FE Report | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
The central bank has relaxed its loan provisioning policies to facilitate agricultural and microcredit disbursement, officials said. Under the relaxations, the commercial banks will have to maintain provisioning for all unclassified short-term agricultural and microcredits at 2.5 per cent instead...
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations of 2015 will begin on February 2. The examinations will begin simultaneously under the country's 10 education boards, including one madrasah board and another technical educational board. The Education Ministry has...
Responding to a media report alleging that 16 high officials, including secretaries, have had fake freedom fighter (FF) certificates, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque Tuesday said the government would investigate the matter and take necessary steps if the...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained three foreign nationals in the city's Moghbazar area for their overstaying in Bangladesh illegally in the early hours of Tuesday. The detained were Jabir Khamis, 32, from Chad, and Jeorge Martin, 35, and...
A cleaning worker of Dhaka South City Corporation was killed as a speeding vehicle ran over him in Gulistan in the city on Tuesday. The dead is Md Joinal, 42, son of Kala Miah of City Colony at Dhaka’s Gabtoli....
A clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) left at least 10 people injured at Dinajpur Medical College on Tuesday. Dinajpur Kotwali Police Station's OC Altaf Hossain said at least 10 students were injured in the clash, in...
Bollywood star Salman Khan's sister Arpita Khan tied the knot with businessman Aayush Sharma on a star-studded Tuesday evening at 5-star Taj Falaknuma hotel in India’s Hyderabad. The celebrations, which kicked off with the ‘baraat’ at 4:30pm, continued until late...
Several MPs came down heavily on the ministers who were absent in Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) on Tuesday and demanded their presence in the House. While reading out a notice on issues of public importance, Jatiya Party MP Fakhrul Imam first...
'Inadequate sanitation in South Asia leads to a number of diseases including diarrhoea. But the most dramatic result of open defecation is the Ebola outbreak in West Africa,' a World Health Organisation (WHO) report said this in a report published...
Police have detained a female student of Rajshahi University (RU) from the house of slain teacher Prof AKM Shafiul Islam. The woman was found inside the sociology department teacher’s locked house in Chouddapai area, adjacent to the university campus, on...
Irani Akhter is an 11th grader at a remote college of Satkhira district. But she is unlike other girls of her age at Sushilgati village. She is a volunteer and, apart from her studies, makes every effort to bring women...
A schoolboy was crushed under the wheels of a bus on the Dhaka-Khulna Highway in Sadar Upazila of Gopalganj district on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Mista Shikdar, 11, a class three student of Chandra Dighalaya Government Primary...
FE Online Report | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday, the fourth session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE,...
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