European shares headed for a stronger open on Thursday. Financial spreadbetters predicted Britain's FTSE 100 to open 11 to 13 points higher, or as much as 0.19 per cent, Germany's DAX to gain 17 to 21 points, or as much...
US stocks rose modestly on Wednesday as energy-related shares rose for a third straight session and data pointed to improving conditions in the US services sector, which makes up a majority of the economy. At 2:00 p.m. (1900 GMT), the...
Japan's benchmark Nikkei index took its lead from the US on Thursday and opened in positive territory after reaching a fresh seven-year high a day earlier. The Nikkei 225 was up 0.76% in mid morning trade to 17,854.27 points. Australia's...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has finished the trial of detained former MP Muhammad Abdus Subhan. The former lawmaker is charged with crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Bangladesh’s independence struggles in 1971. The ICT-2, led by Justice Obaidul...
The High Court has sentenced former managing director of the BTCL SM Kalimullah to four months in prison for contempt of court. The bench of Justice MR Hasan also fined the former public servant Tk 10000. He will have to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday returned home wrapping up her 3-day official tour when Bangladesh and Malaysia signed four deals. Sheikh Hasina and her entourage reached Hajrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport around 1:40pm (BST). Deputy Minister of Human Resources,...
Unidentified miscreants stabbed a businessman and snatched away Tk 27,000 from him in Old Dhaka on Thursday. Witnesses said the incident took place around 6:00am in the city’s Lalbagh area. The victim is Mustakim Hossain Babu, 35, an ornament trader...
The body of Dr Shamarukh Mahjabin Shama, daughter-in-law of former lawmaker Khan Tipu Sultan, was dug out from her grave in Jessore town on Thursday for a re-autopsy. Authorities exhumed the body around 10:30am in presence of Executive Magistrate Abdus...
FE Online Report | 2014-12-04 00:00:00
Stocks edged marginally lower today (Thursday) after three sessions’ upturn with turnover remaining above Tk 5.0 billion-mark as investors went for quick profit. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended at 4,961.84 points, shedding 30.15 points...
A Kishoreganj court has sent a teacher of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) to jail in a dowry harassment case. Senior Judicial Magistrate Ali Ahsan passed the order. Accused Arifur Rahman of Dinajpur district is a teacher of...
A month-long International Trade Fair-2014 has begun in Sylhet Sadar Upazila playground. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith inaugurated the fair, organised by Sylhet Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as the chief guest on Wednesday evening. The Finance Minister...
Two rival factions of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) called their own meetings for Thursday afternoon in Porsha town of Naogaon district. Apprehending clash, the local administration imposed emergency section (Sec 144) in the Upazila headquarters on Thursday. Shahin Kamal, officer-in-charge...
President of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma on Thursday said the CHT Peace Accord has not been implemented over the last 17 years because of bureaucratic complexity and lack of goodwill of military and civil officials....
Sramik League (SL) activists blocked the road at Rampura in the city on Thursday evening, protesting the arrest of one of their leaders. A team of Rampura Police Station picked up Abdul Mannan, president of ward-22 unit of Sramik League,...
The hope for implementation of the long-pending Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh brightened up on Thursday with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declaring her approval for the deal, saying "the problem will be solved soon", reports Times of...
As part of its graft prevention activities, the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) for the first time is going to hold public hearings on graft allegations at Muktagachha Upazila in Mymensingh, aiming to make public servants accountable to people and thus check...
HABIGANJ, Dec 2 (BSS): A court here is likely to pass an order tomorrow (Wednesday) on the supplementary charge sheet in the AMS Kibria murder case as police last month submitted the revised report accusing 11 more people as new...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia said Monday night her party will announce tougher action programmes this month alongside celebrating the nation's victory to ensure a fair inclusive election by ousting the current 'illegal government', reports UNB. The BNP chief came up...
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity ((PCJSS)) president Santu Larma said Tuesday the government had signed Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord merely to disarm the people of the hill tracts, and threatened a non-cooperation movement from May 2015, unless the...
A full-fledged 119-member executive committee of BNP's associate body Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal (JMD) has been formed with Ishtiaq Aziz Ulfat its president and MM Shafiuzzaman Khokan the general secretary, reports UNB. BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has...
Abdur Rauf Daud Merchant, convicted for the murder of Indian music baron Gulshan Kumar, has been rearrested in Gazipur as soon as he was released on bail, reports bdnews24.com. Merchant, said to be an aide of Dubai-based Indian mafia Daud...
Awami League (AL) Publicity and Publication Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud said Ziaur Rahman, founder of BNP, was a spy during the war of liberation, reports BSS. "It has been proved and documented that Zia acted as a spy on behalf...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 2 (UNB): A court here placed Tuesday five people on a two-day remand in connection with the murder of Rajshahi University (RU) teacher Prof AKM Shafiul Islam. Judge of the Metropolitan Magistrate Court-3 Sharmin Akhter passed the order...
FE Report | 2014-12-03 00:00:00
A European Union (EU)-supported agriculture and nutrition project has helped in enhancing the nutritional status of 10,000 households (HH) directly through nutrition education and application of newer technologies in Bangladesh, alongside its replication in Nepal. In the country, the project...
FE Report | 2014-12-03 00:00:00
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has taken a move to probe the alleged grafts of Dhaka Forest Department Forest Ranger Md. Abdul Motalib as he allegedly amassed huge wealth through illegal means. ACC has issued a letter to Deputy Director...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Tuesday called for creating awareness in society about the effects of climate change, reports BSS. "If we fail to aware society, everything will be meaningless," he said speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural...
Journalists demanded exemplary punishment to the driver and any other people responsible for the accident in which renowned journalist Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury, was killed, reports UNB. The demand came up at a human chain in front of the National Press...
A court in Narayanganj Tuesday granted three more members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on a seven- day remand for quizzing in the sensational seven-murder case, reports UNB. The three, identified as Abul Kalam Azad (38), Bazlur Rahman (45) and...
The Ministry of Information has asked the authorities concerned to take necessary actions to stop the broadcasting by 'Channel 16', a private TV channel, reports UNB. Sources in the ministry told the news agency that they have already sent a...
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