Shamsul Huda | 2014-11-04 00:00:00
The proposed National Urbanisation Policy remains shelved for more than a decade due to government's attaching less importance to it and an inter-ministerial tug of war, officials said. Bangladesh Urban Forum (BUF), a public private partnership- based national platform placed...
FE Report | 2014-11-04 00:00:00
The inward flow of remittances fell by nearly 25 per cent in October over the previous month's mark, in a bit ebb tide after a steady surge. Official figures show the downturn came after a steady growth in the overall...
The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), will be observed in the country today (Tuesday) with due religious fervour and solemnity, reports UNB. On this day in the Hijri year of 61, Hazrat Imam, the grandson...
The government has brought amendment to the Islamic Bond Policy Act 2004 (Amended 2014) giving its effectiveness from January 1, 2015. Bangladesh Bank on Monday issued a circular in this regard referring to a decision of the Internal Resource Division...
The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations slated for November 5 and November 6 have been rescheduled for November 19 and 20 respectively due to hartal called by Jamaat-e-Islami. The decision for rescheduling the examinations was...
The primary online application for admission into first year honours courses for academic session 2014-15 under the National University (NU) will continue until November 20. The admission seekers have been asked to visit the NU website for details of the...
The Infrastructure Development Company is set to celebrate the installation of three million solar home systems (SHSs) with a two-day fair on renewable energy in Dhaka. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend the celebration at Sonargaon Hotel today (Tuesday) and...
Japan's shares continued to lead Asia higher on Tuesday after last week's surprise stimulus move by the country's central bank. The Nikkei 225 index rose 3.2 per cent to 16,946.33 in morning trade after being closed for a holiday on...
FE Online Report | 2014-11-04 00:00:00
The holy Ashura is being observed in Bangladesh and elsewhere in the Muslim world with due respect and religious solemnity. The Holy Ashura is observed on the 10th of Muharram, the 1st month in Arabic calendar, to commemorate the Karbala...
Six-member Bangladesh delegation headed by Principal Information Officer (PIO) Tasir Ahmed arrived in Kathmandu to attend SAARC media Conference beginning in the Nepalese capital today (Tuesday). SAARC media forum is organising the two-day conference where representatives from eight SAARC member...
Officials of Bank and Financial Institutions division under the Ministry of Finance took part in a training programme on capital market recently. Bangladesh Institute of Capital Market (BICM) arranged the programme where state minister for finance MA Mannan was present...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has said that the regional campus of South Asian University will be established in Bangladesh. The education minister said he had made a proposal to establish the regional campus of SA University in Bangladesh and...
The World Trade Center (WTC) in New York opened for business on Monday, over 13 years after the original towers were destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US city. Employees at publishing giant Conde Nast are starting to...
India's capital, Delhi, is headed for fresh elections after the main parties said they were unable to form a new government. Delhi has been without a government since February, when the then chief minister Arvind Kejriwal quit after an anti-corruption...
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal hit a century against Zimbabwe on the second day of second Test in Khulna today. Beside Tamim, ace allrounder Shakib Al Hasan also was playing a responsible knock for the Tigers scoring a half-century. Earlier on...
State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid has said that the government will appoint a consultant to assess the current situation of the country’s power transmission system. Observing that the country’s power transmission and distribution system has been 30-35...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to cut ties with war criminals, terrorists and militants, saying there will be no place for them in Bangladesh. ‘It is good to launch movement along with the...
A team of India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to visit Dhaka next week to get additional inputs about the activities of terror group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) following the arrest of two JMB leaders last week in Bangladesh, Indian...
FinderGPSTracking App on the Android PlayStore, developed by Monico Technologies Limited has been selected as the top ten finalists to participate in the REC@CONNECT Challenge arranged by CRDF Global and US Department of State. "We are pleased to inform you...
Ace Bangladeshi allrounder Shakib Al Hasan hit a century, followed by opener Tamim Iqbal's one, on the second day of second Test against Zimbabwe at Khulna stadium today. Shakib this morning reached his half-century in T20 mode. But after lunch,...
Saturday’s collapse of national grid has hit RMG and cold storage industries hard. Country -wide power outage resulted in production loss, sudden rise in production cost, delay in shipment and increase in shipment cost in the RMG industry. Vice president...
The central bank has extended the timeline by three and half years to repay the money it owes to its clients. In 2006, Bangladesh Bank took over the bank and appointed an administrator following a financial scam involving Tk 6.5...
Gunmen shot dead at least five people in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province on Tuesday in an attack on Shia Muslims during one of their most important religious festivals, the state news agency SPA reported. Nine people were wounded by the...
Customs Intelligence officials on Tuesday afternoon recovered gold weighing 6 kilograms (kg) at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in Kurmitola in Dhaka. Customs Joint Commissioner Kazi Mohammad Ziauddin said six gold bars were recovered from a passenger. ‘Six gold bars...
Bangladeshi and Indian experts have jointly drawn up a power transmission line route from Suryamaninagar in north-east India to Bangladesh’s Comilla district. The meeting, held in Agartala, the capital of India’s north eastern state of Tripura, decided on the route...
A 36-day-old-girl, who was thrown violently onto a bed by her father in Patgram Upazila in Lalmonirhat district on Friday, died at a local hospital on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Habiba Akter Hasi, daughter of Hasibul, 24,...
M Kamaruzzaman, sentenced to death for wartile offences, was taken to Dhaka Central Jail from Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur on Tuesday. Jail sources said Kamaruzzaman, who was kept at Part-2 condemned cell of Kashimpur Jail, was taken to Dhaka...
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