FE Report | 2014-11-17 00:00:00
The government ordered Sunday providing prepaid electricity meters to every client across the country within three years from now to ensure efficient power use, by plugging meter tampering. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) Nasrul Hamid gave...
Siddique Islam | 2014-11-17 00:00:00
The volume of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the country's banking system continued to increase as a portion of rescheduled credits also turned classified for borrowers' inabilities to repay the money. According to official count, the quantum of classified loans increased...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-11-17 00:00:00
"All democratic governments which have legitimacy should ensure transparency on some basic economic data." Professor Dr. Nurul Islam expressed this view in an exclusive interview with the FE, on the sidelines of a conversation with a group of the country's...
Bangladesh has swept the three-match Test series against Zimbabwe 3-0 to register their first ever three-match series win, reports bdnews24.com. The tourists were bowled out for 262 while chasing Bangladesh's massive 448. The hosts won the match by 186 runs...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-11-17 00:00:00
A total of 119 local and international syndicates are controlling the country's yaba trade, informed sources said. Law-enforcement agencies in recent times have found more than 100 local and 19 international syndicates involved in yaba smuggling. The syndicates are using...
Syful Islam | 2014-11-17 00:00:00
The government has made mandatory the environmental impact assessment (EIA) before approval of any investment project, as anything having negative impact on environment is now taken into account. At the same time, official sources said, the government also has asked...
RU Correspondent | 2014-11-17 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Nov 16: Ansar-al Islam Bangladesh-2, a new pro-Islamist organisation, has claimed responsibility of murdering the Rajshahi University (RU) teacher, Prof AKM Shafiul Islam Lelin. The outfit has claimed the responsibility in a Facebook status by saying: "Prof AKM...
Five gas distribution companies, out of the total six, on Sunday submitted their respective proposals to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) to raise gas price at the consumer level, reports UNB. The companies are Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution...
KURIGRAM, Nov 16 (UNB): The revision trial of the killing of Bangladeshi girl Felani resumes on Monday at a special court constituted by Border Security Force (BSF) in Cooch Behar of India. BGB sources said Felani's father, Nurul Islam, will...
A woman and her son were killed, when a bus hit them on the footpath at Uttara in the city on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Ruma Akhter, 30,and Alif, 8. "A bus ploughed into the footpath after...
President Abdul Hamid returned home on Sunday night after his China and Singapore visit. ‘The President arrived in Dhaka from Singapore at 10:50pm by a regular flight of Singapore Airlines,’ President’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said. He was received by...
India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) Director General Sharad Kumar will lead a team of the agency, probing the explosion in West Bengal’s Burdwan town, on a visit to Bangladesh on Monday. The 4-member team will remain in Bangladesh on November...
The death toll in Sunday’s road accident at Kalihati of Tangail rose to five as two more people succumbed to their injuries at Tangail Medical College Hospital at night. However, their identities could not be known. Earlier three people –...
The government has registered 170 million births until September this year, the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) has been informed. Local Government Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Syed Ashraful Islam told the JS on Sunday that 16,71,78,312 people have registered their births with...
Some miscreants chopped to death a local Swechchhasebak League leader and his younger brother at Naogaon Sadar Upazila on Monday. The dead are Ohidur Islam, 42, vice-president of Sadar Upazila unit of the volunteer front of ruling Awami League and...
Rajshahi University teachers have told police they have 15 days to find the murderers of their colleague Prof AKM Shafiul Islam. The announcement came from a meeting of the teachers association on Sunday night. They also decided to boycott classes...
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang announced plans for a landmark regional economic project that has the potential to transform the lives of 440 million people in its catchment area during a meeting with Myanmar’s President U Thein Sein. ‘The Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar...
Branding Bangladesh as an emerging economic powerhouse in South Asia, Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister YB Encik Khairy Jamaluddin has said his country wants to play a part in Bangladesh's 'next chapter' development success story. 'This is a new Bangladesh...
The government has fixed an all-time record target of producing 9.55 million tonnes of winter vegetables from 0.49m hectares of land in the country during the 2014-2015 robi season, official sources said. The fixed national target of winter vegetables production...
A man serving imprisonment in Satkhira jail in narcotics case died on the way to jail hospital on Sunday. The dead is Rafiqul Islam, son of late Hossain Ali of Keragachchi village in Kolaroa Upazila of Satkhira district. Superintendent of...
Robbers looted cash, motorbike, gold ornaments and other valuables from two houses at Patkelghata Upazila at Satkhira on Sunday. Local people said a gang of 10-12 armed robbers broke into the house of Banu Saha at Dhandia village early in...
A daylong hartal, enforced by local social organisation Amra Sylhetbasi to protest the inclusion of Sylhet City Corporation mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury’s name in the supplementary charge-sheet in Shah AMS Kibria murder case, is going on peacefully in the city...
At least 30 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups over a road construction work in Bajnamahal area of Chaatak town in Sunamganj on Sunday afternoon. Quoting locals, police said armed followers of Yahhiah Abedin and Billal...
Two members of a family were killed as a rashly-driven old truck ploughed through their roadside house in Kashiani Upazila in Gopalganj district on Monday morning. The dead are Rashida, 60, and Laila, 7. Sub-inspector Rothin, in-charge of Ramdia police...
Customs officials seized 10 gold bars weighing 1.16 kilograms (kg) at Hazrat Shah Amanat (R) International Airport in Chittagong city on Monday. Shahadat Jamil, assistant commissioner of the airport customs, said Mohammad Faruk, a resident of Raujan Upazila of Chittagong...
Banks in Bangladesh have been losing documents submitted by clients despite assurances about security of transactions and savings. The list of loss ranges from cheques, demand drafts, documents on Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR), Security Deposit Receipt (SDR), Mudaraba Term Deposit...
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