FE Report | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
A parliamentary sub-committee was formed Wednesday for preparing a detailed report on the insurance industry by detecting different irregularities, including non-settlement of insurance claims. Tipu Munshi MP has been made chief of the three-member sub-committee assigned to the task of...
FE Report | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
The National Electricity Week 2014 begins today (Thursday) across the country aiming to create mass awareness among people about electricity saving and ensure customer-friendly services by state-run power entities. The theme of the programme is 'Bangladesh advances as nation runs...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
The planning minister, for the first time in the current fiscal would evaluate implementation status of development projects today (Thursday), official said on Wednesday. The evaluation is taking place amid unsatisfactory performance of the government ministries and agencies. Planning ministry...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
The government has no immediate plan to cut domestic prices of petroleum products despite the fact that the international prices of the same have declined substantially. The international prices of oil have declined by nearly half since the latest upward...
FE report | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
Essential commodities consumed by people of low-income group should be exempt from payment of the value-added tax, says State Minister for Finance MA Mannan. He also suggested exploring the possibility of reducing the rate of VAT from 15 per cent...
FE Report | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday expressed his concern over possible rise in inflation once the new pay-scale for public servants is announced. "This is the appropriate time to announce new pay-scale since the rate of inflation is now low,"...
FE Report | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
Hossain Khaled was elected president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) on Wednesday at its 53rd Annual General Meeting (AGM). Humayun Rashid was elected Senior Vice President and Md Shoaib Choudhury Vice President for the year 2015....
A court Wednesday issued warrant of arrest against BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman in a defamation case filed for his "disparaging remarks" against Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Dhaka Metropolitan magistrate Ataul Haque issued the arrest warrant upon a petition...
The government is going to appoint 16,000 primary school teachers in all districts barring the three in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The primary and mass education ministry released a circular making the announcement on Wednesday. — bdnews24.com
Dense fog has been disrupting movement of ferries and other watercraft on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi route in Padma River since Wednesday night. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) sources said, due to the dense fog, the marking points and the beacons...
Israeli soldiers beat to death a Palestinian minister during a mass rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday, Palestinian medical sources said in Gaza city and Ramallah. The sources confirmed the death of Ziad Abu Ain, minister...
Railway authorities have formed 2 committees to investigate how a train rammed into the Chittagong Railway Station platform. Three people, including the shunting engine operator, had been suspended over the incident, said East Zone Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Murad Hossain....
Eminent economist Prof Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud was accorded a reception on Wednesday for his outstanding contributions to the country’s economy through his works and researches. Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and vernacular daily Banik Barta jointly accorded the reception...
A pedestrian was killed and a rickshaw-puller injured as a gas cylinder for inflating balloons exploded in Bogra town on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Ruku Chowdhury, 18, son of Maksud Chowdhury, a resident of Gohail Road under Sutrapur...
The High Court has revoked the government order on appointment of the new chief of the Naryanganj 7-murder investigating committee. The bench of justices Md Rezaul Haque and Gobinda Chandra Thakur has said in an order that Public Administration Ministry’s...
Assam's PWD Minister Ajanta Neog flagged off trial run of Guwahati-Dhaka bus service on Wednesday. The 32-seater air-conditioned bus of Assam State Transport Corporation carrying a joint delegation of officials of India and Bangladesh left Guwahati’s Inter State Bus Terminus...
Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali, who let the law go up in smoke by lighting up a cigarette at a function to give away prizes to students in July and hurled abusive words at journalists in August, has again...
A young man died from electrocution in Thakurgaon on Wednesday night. The dead is Kantes Roy, 21, a final year diploma engineering student of a polytechnic institute and son of Debendra Nath, a resident of Amhar village of Dinajpur district....
Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route in Padma River resumed after 8 hours of disruption caused by dense fog on Thursday morning. Bidyut Kumar Saha, manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) at Aricha Ferry Ghat in Manikganj said they...
Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan has been voted the world's sexiest Asian man for the 3rd time in four years. The 40-year-old actor reclaimed the crown, which he lost last year, in the 11th edition of the ‘50 Sexiest Asian Men...
A prison guard died from electrocution at Dhaka Central Jail on Thursday. The dead is Ratan Khan, 35, bearing jail guard badge No. 12450. He was the son of Ali Azam of Jamalpur district. Nayon, another guard at the central...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday expressed profound shock at the death of former District and Sessions Judge of Dhaka Kazi Golam Rasul. PM's Press Secretary AKM Shameem Chowdhuri said the Prime Minister in her condolence message recalled the contributions...
FE Online Report | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw downward trend in early hours of trading on Thursday, the last session of this week. The day’s trading at DSE started with the new automated trading system as...
The National Power Week 2014 is being observed in the country on Thursday. President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon all to be prudent in using electricity. In separate messages, they wished success of all programmes...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered fake Indian currency notes worth Tk 0.1 million in Chapainawabganj town on Wednesday afternoon. Lieutenant Colonel Abu Zafar Sheikh Mohammad Bazlul Haque, commanding officer of Chapainawabganj BGB Battalion-9, said being informed, a BGB team...
Khagrachhari ‘Transport Owners-Workers Samannay Parishad’will enforce an indefinite transport strike in the district from December 14 protesting a rise in terrorist activities and extortion in transport sector. They announced the programme at a press briefing held at the office of...
A speedy trial tribunal in Dhaka has convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for violating a disabled girl in Madaripur district in 2011. The convict is Farid, a resident of Banshgari village at Kalkini Upazila at...
Operation of flights of several international airlines, which were scheduled to land or take off, faced an unusual delay at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport in Dhaka on Thursday due to dense fog-caused poor visibility. Sources at the airport said...
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