Eighty persons including BNP leader Amanullah Aman have been indicted for vandalism and arson attack at Aminbazar and Tetuljhora at Savar two years ago. Magistrate Nazmul Haque Shyamol of Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal ordered their trial to begin on Thursday....
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 has started reading its verdict on Zahid Hossain, better known as Khokon Razakar, in war crimes cases. He is accused of war crimes at Faridpur’s Nagarkanda during 1971. ICT-1 headed by Justice M Enayetur Rahim began...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Thursday condemned fugitive BNP leader Zahid Hossain Khokon alias Khokon Razakar to death for crimes against humanity during the country’s independence struggles in 1971. Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chairman of the 3-member ICT-1, delivered...
Angry at the infighting in Chittagong University (CU) unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the ruling party’s student wing, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked two leaders of her party to resolve it. Hasina, also the president of Awami League (AL),...
A female examinee of Junior School Certificate (JSC) examination was crushed under the wheels of a truck in Buddha Para area of Barisal city on Thursday morning. The dead is Nadira, 14. Police and locals said a recklessly-driven truck hit...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel rescued six people, including three women, at Benapole at Sharsha Upazila in Jessore on Thursday. All the victims hail from different areas of Sadar Upazila of Narail district. Shamsur Rahman, in-charge of Putkhali BGB-23 camp,...
After a record opening stand, Bangladesh made 430 for the loss of 7 wickets on the 2nd day of third and final cricket Test against Zimbabwe at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury in Chittagong on Thursday. Bangladesh lost ace all-rounder Shakib Al...
A woman has handed over her drug addict son to police for taking lawful action against him at Amtoli Upazila in Barguna district. Morjina Begum, a ward councilor of Amtoli Pourasabha, handed over Tareq Noman, 30, to police on Wednesday...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in ant- smuggling drives seized a large quantity of Indian smuggled goods and drugs worth about Tk 7.03 million from different areas of the Joypurhat district on Wednesday night. The goods are-140 litres kerosene oil,...
A total of 250 poor but meritorious students, who will appear in the SSC and Dakhil examinations-2015, received grant of Tk 0.5 million from Nahid Foundation (NF) on Wednesday to fill up their examination forms. The grant was distributed among...
FE Online Report | 2014-11-13 00:00:00
Stocks returned to the red Thursday after two session’s robust gain with sluggish turnover value as the investors remained cautious. The market opened with an upward trend which could not sustain as the session progressed. Eventually, DSEX, the prime index...
Lack of entrepreneurial skill caused by lack of effective and quality education and constraints of capital are the barriers to private sector development in Bangladesh, speakers said at a panel discussion titled "Challenges to Private Sector Development in Bangladesh" Wednesday....
The 66th birthday of novelist, writer and film maker Humayun Ahmed is being observed across the country on Thursday. Different organisations and satellite television channels have chalked out various programmes to mark the day befittingly. Humayun Ahmed was one of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Thursday urged the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) not to involve themselves in any activities that defames the organisation. ‘My mother has instructed me...
The current session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) resumed on Thursday afternoon. The sitting resumed at 4:05pm of with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair. The day’s proceedings began with recitation from the Holy Quran, according to...
At least 80 Bangladeshi immigrants have been arrested at Cameron Highlands in Kuantan in Malaysia. Some local newspapers and a state news agency, quoting Cameron Highlands’ district police chief DSP Wan Mohd Zahari Wan Busu, said that police detained 80...
Bangladesh’s tail-end batsman Rubel Hossain has helped the hosts pile up 503 runs in their 1st innings on the 2nd day of their 3rd and final cricket Test against Zimbabwe in Chittagong on Thursday. The tail-ender smashed a quick-fire 45...
A supplementary chargesheet has named 35 people, including former State Minister for Home Lutfozzaman Babar, Khaleda Zia's ex-political secretary Harris Chowdhury and Sylhet City Corporation mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury in the ex-Finance Minister SAMS Kibria murder case. Kibria was injured...
The board of directors of Pharma Aids has recommended 25 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2014. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will be held on December 28 at Kendrio Kanchi-Kancher Mela...
The overall general point-to-point inflation rate slightly declined to 6.60 per cent in October this year from 6.84pc in the previous month (September). Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal stated this while releasing the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) at a...
Chinese company M/s Hua Xin Industrial Co Ltd will invest $36 million to establish a Jute & Cotton Textile and jute-based furniture manufacturing industry in Mongla Export Processing Zone, a press release said in Dhaka Thursday, according to a news...
Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Atiur Rahman received Gusi Peace Prize International 2014 for his contribution as poor men’s economist. ‘Yes, the Bangladesh Bank governor has received the Gusi Peace Prize,’ general manager of the Governor’s Secretariat AFM Asaduzzaman said on...
The High Court on Thursday granted ad interim bail for 4 weeks to Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) mayor and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s advisor MA Mannan and 21 other leaders and activists of the party in a vandalism case. An...
The fourth session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) that began Thursday after a 56-day recess, will continue till November 30. The first sitting of the 4th session began at 4:00pm with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair....
Wasi Ahmed | 2014-11-12 00:00:00
As the discourse is on for a long time towards removing gender inequality, now overwhelmingly lopsided in favour of the males, can anyone forecast how long will it take, given the state of things as they are, to close the...
Md. Ashraf Hossain | 2014-11-12 00:00:00
A Bangla contemporary recently published a report titled "How much will price increase"? The news mentioned that the government has lost the authority to fix price of medicine and in the past one year, prices have increased two to four...
Rumi, the great Persian poet said, silence is golden. But silence is sadly missing from our day-to-day life. Whether we want it or not we are perturbed by unknown and immeasurable volume of cacophonies in our life that makes forget...
The World Diabetes Day is observed every year on 14th November to create awareness about the disease among common people. It is good to know that people of our country are becoming increasingly conscious of diabetes and getting encouraged to...
After quite some time the Tigers have had the taste of success in cricket. Obviously they have been celebrating it along with the sports lovers of the country. Inclusion of Shakib has definitely injected new life into the side and...
Dipok Kumar Roy | 2014-11-12 00:00:00
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are now deemed the engine of growth. National governance for SMEs relates to national policies and action plans encompassing financing, technical and technological support, tax incentives, research, transparent record keeping and business support services. Corporate...
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