FE Today Logo

Search results for:


Photo: Eastern Bank Ltd ( EBL)

2014-11-12 00:00:00

Photo: Professional Advancement Bangladesh Limited (PABL)

2014-11-12 00:00:00

Indian economist against banks\\\' involvement in \\\'risky businesses\\\' under stock market

FE Report | 2014-11-12 00:00:00

Amiya Kumar Bagchi, a renowned Indian economist, has suggested that banks should not be allowed to be involved in the 'risky businesses' under stock market. "Ethical banking requires both the ability of bankers to exercise discretion on the one hand...

GPH Ispat AGM held

2014-11-12 00:00:00

The 8th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of GPH Ispat Ltd was held at Hotel Agrabad, Chittagong Monday. The meeting, attended by a large number of shareholders approved 20 per cent (5 per cent stock, 15 per cent cash) dividend for...

Prime Bank vows to fly with ‘Monarch’

FE Report | 2014-11-12 00:00:00

Prime Bank Limited has aimed at becoming the market leader in the country's premium banking service with its newly launched product ‘Monarch’ by the next three years, officials said. Monarch, a premium banking service of Prime Bank, was launched two...

Photo: Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited (AIBL)

2014-11-12 00:00:00

Photo: Uttara Bank Limited

2014-11-12 00:00:00

Photo: Beximco Industrial Park

2014-11-12 00:00:00

Tigers aim to whitewash Zimbabwe

2014-11-12 00:00:00

Bangladesh will take on Zimbabwe in the 3rd and last match of the Bashundhara Cement Test Series today (Wednesday) with an opportunity to whitewash the visiting side at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in port city Chittagong, reports UNB. The...

First B batch leave for Phuket today

2014-11-12 00:00:00

The first batch of the 52-member Bangladesh contingent for the 4th Asian Beach Games-2014 will leave Dhaka for the Thai tourist town Phuket today (Wednesday), with a high hope for women's kabaddi medal, reports UNB. Leading Asian athletes will battle...

Premier Div Chess begins today

2014-11-12 00:00:00

The Walton Home Appliance Premier Division Chess League begins at the Media Centre of Bangladesh Olympic Association in the city today (Wednesday), reports BSS. A total of 10 teams- defending champions Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited, runners-up Bangladesh Navy, Leonine...

Pakistan in command against NZ

2014-11-12 00:00:00

 ABU DHABI, Nov 11 (AFP): Opener Tom Latham hit a maiden hundred but Pakistan still managed to secure a big lead in their bid to win the first Test against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi Tuesday. The left-handed opener scored...

Siam shares 2nd slot after 6th round

2014-11-12 00:00:00

Ikramul Haque Siam shared the second slot with four points after the 6th round of the open under-18 Group of the Asian Youth Chess Championships under-14,16 and 18 Open and Girls Categories now being held in New Delhi, India, reports...

Partex beat Jamal by 11 runs

2014-11-12 00:00:00

Sri Lankan recruit Roshane Shiwanka Silva scored a brilliant century saw Partex Sporting Club recorded an exciting 11 runs victory over Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in the first round match of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League Tuesday at the...

Improving cyclone risk management

Farid Hasan Ahmed | 2014-11-12 00:00:00

Tropical cyclones from the Bay of Bengal, accompanied by storm surges, are one of the major hazards in Bangladesh. They occur mainly in April/May and October/November. Bangladesh has a long history of facing cyclones in the month of November: *...

Short duration rice to mitigate monga in northern Bangladesh

M G Neogi | 2014-11-12 00:00:00

'Monga', the Bengali term, was used to describe famine-like situation in northern Bangladesh in which the poor suffered acute deprivation caused by their lack of purchasing power arising from seasonal scarcity of gainful employment. This acute seasonal distress had been...

Graft and cooperatives

2014-11-12 00:00:00

The news that graft is ruling the roost in the country's cooperative societies is unlikely to stir up any major reaction at the policymakers' level. Where there are cooperatives, there must be irregularities - financial or otherwise. Such is the...

One to die for killing wife

2014-11-11 00:00:00

NARAYANGANJ, Nov 10 (BSS): A court here today sentenced one person to death for killing his wife at Naluapara area of the town in 2010. The court also fined him Taka 50,000. The District and Session Judge Ms. Lutfa Begum,...

T-Aman paddy harvest begins in Tangail

Our Correspondent | 2014-11-11 00:00:00

TANGAIL, Nov 10:  The harvesting of transplanted Aman paddy begins in the 12 upazilas of the district. According to sources, harvesting of the paddy have begun from the last week and till today 20 per cent of paddy has already...

Shirin back home from Madrid

Our Correspondent | 2014-11-11 00:00:00

NILPHAMARI, Nov 10: Shirin Akhtar, a girl of Nilphamari returned home Sunday last after participating in the International Girl's Day in Spain. The 3rd Int’l Girl's Day was held in Madrid, the capital of Spain from 12 to 14 Oct...

Effective value chain for ensuring fair milk price stressed

2014-11-11 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Nov 10 (BSS): Speakers at an orientation course have stressed for establishing of an effective value chain system to benefit both producers and consumers by ensuring production of more hygienic milk and its fair price. They said an effective...

2 found dead in districts

2014-11-11 00:00:00

SHERPUR, Nov 10 (UNB): Police recovered the body of an unidentified old woman from a paddy field at Kapashia village in Nalitabari Upazila on Sunday afternoon. Local people spotted the body on a canal at the Changtola paddy field of...

Son kills father in Jhalakathi

2014-11-11 00:00:00

JHALKATHI, Nov 10 (BSS): A father was killed by his drug addicted son at Rola village under Rajapur upazila of the district this morning. Officer-in-charge of Rajapur thana Masuduzzaman said, Kamal Hawlader, 25, asked his father Siraj Hawlader for money...

Road development project inaugurated in C\\\'nawabganj

2014-11-11 00:00:00

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Nov 10 (BSS): A road up gradation project between Dariapur of Sadar Upazila and Durlavpur under Shibganj Upazila of the district was inaugurated here on Sunday. Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) would implement the 18.435 kilometers road up gradation...

Brother of Burdwan accused nabbed from Narayanganj

2014-11-11 00:00:00

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained the brother of Sheikh Rehmatullah alias Sajid, the key accused in Burdwan blast, from Narayanganj. Md Monayem aka Monwar Hossain aka Mona was caught from Farazikanda on Monday night, RAB media wing director Mufti...

Growers happy with BINA Dhan-11 production in Gaibandha

2014-11-11 00:00:00

GAIBANDHA, Nov 10 (BSS): Growers of BINA Dhan-11 of the district are so much happy as they have got desired output against their crop this year creating positive impacts to other farmers. According to sources transplanted seedlings of different varieties...

One killed in Satkhira road accident

2014-11-11 00:00:00

SATKHIRA, Nov 10 (UNB): An unidentified man was killed and 10 people were injured in an accident on Satkhira-Kaliganj road in front of Satkhira Medical College Hospital in Sadar upazila on Sunday. Witnesses said the accident took place when the...

Prize distribution programme held in Panchagarh

2014-11-11 00:00:00

PANCHAGARH, Nov 10 (BSS): A prize distribution programme among 330 students of primary school in the name of safe food school education was held at Boda upazila parishad hall room on Sunday afternoon. Bangladesh safe food network and hunger free...

News in brief

2014-11-11 00:00:00

Youth commits suicide in Rajshahi A young man allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the path of a speeding train in Dashpukur area in Rajshahi on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Azam, 32, resident of Zinnanagar area of...

Photo: NARAYANGANJ: Farmhands clearing weeds

2014-11-11 00:00:00