Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-11-02 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) last Thursday put on hold an order, issued only three days back, transferring 27 of its income tax commissioners in one go. A final decision on the transfer of these officials, according to sources,...
Eminent economist Prof Wahid Uddin Mahmud finds little scope for reducing the interest rate on micro-credits under the current operational framework and suggested a change compatible with a new definition of microfinance. He said interest cuts can only be possible...
A devastating fire broke out at a house at Nawabpur in the city's Old Dhaka on Saturday night. The fire broke out on the 4th floor that housed a chemical godown containing gas cylinders, said local residents. Fire Service duty...
Detective Branch (DB) of police in separate drives arrested six alleged members of a fake currency racket along with counterfeit notes worth Tk 5.0 million (50 lakh) from different parts of the capital on Friday night, said Masudur Rahman, deputy...
Police arrested two assistant sub-inspectors and a constable of Bhatara Police Station from East Bhatara in the city early on Saturday on charge of demanding toll from two people after arresting them. The arrestees identified as assistant sub-inspectors Mir Shariful...
Education medal always inspires the meritorious students to more positive learning together with flourishing their latent talents, speakers said at a medal giving ceremony in Rajshahi. They said there should be provision of providing education medal or other incentives to...
Bangladesh has smarted from the biggest power outage in recent memory apparently after a failure at a power station that feeds electricity imported from India into the National Grid (NG). Electricity eluded tens of millions across vast swathes to bring...
The verdict for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali, charged with committing war crimes during Bangladesh’s independence struggles, will be delivered today (Sunday). The International Crimes Tribunal-2, headed by Justice Obaidul Hassan, announced the date on Thursday. Mir Quasem was indicted...
The Indian High Commission in Dhaka will celebrate the golden jubilee of its flagship foreign scholarship programme on Sunday, bringing together Bangladeshi alumni in the capital. President Md Abdul Hamid will join the celebration at the Bangabandhu International Convention Centre...
The 2nd phase of the nationwide 72-hour hartal, called by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting its Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami’s death sentence for wartime offences, began at 6:00am on Sunday. The 48-hour 2nd round nonstop shutdown will end at 6:00am on Tuesday. Members...
State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has sounded warning against those planning to create chaos over the judgment in a war crimes case on Sunday. Speaking to the reporters he said zero tolerance will be shown towards those...
Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali has been brought to the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 ahead of the imminent verdict in his war crimes trial on Sunday. Mir Qausem reached the ICT-2 premises around 9:17am. Earlier at 9:11 am, a prison...
A man was killed and three other persons were injured as a train dashed a stationary truck on a level crossing in Gouripur Upazila in Mymensingh district on Sunday. The deceased could not be identified. Witnesses said the Mymensingh-bound mail...
Security around the war crimes tribunal in the city’s Old High Court area has been beefed up ahead of the verdict in Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali’s trial on Sunday. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2, headed by justice Obaidul Hasan,...
The judges of a war crimes tribunal have started reading out the judgment in the case against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali on Sunday morning. Mir Quasem is now present at the International Crimes Tribunal-2 in Old High Court area...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested two alleged arms traders along with a pistol, two rounds of bullet and two magazines in Nachol Upazila in Chapainawabganj district on Saturday night. The arrestees were identified as Ashraful, 24, son of Farid...
Jamaa-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali has been condemned to death by the International Crimes Tribunal -2 for wartime offences on Sunday.
Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali has been condemned to death by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2. A three-member panel of judges of the ICT-2, led by Justice Obaidul Hasan, pronounced the verdict on Sunday. Twelve out of 14 charges have...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered Tk 7.7 million worth of precious red sandalwood smuggled from India intercepting a bus at Amrakhali under Benapole union in Sharsha Upazila of Jessore on Saturday evening. Being tipped off, a BGB team stopped...
FE Online Report | 2014-11-02 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed positive trend while the country’s 2nd bourse – Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – saw negative trend in early hours of trading on Sunday amid countrywide shutdown. DSEX, the prime index of the premier bourse...
Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police have arrested three activists of outlawed Islamist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad (HuJI), Bangladesh, from Postogola area in the city. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP Detective)’s Additional Deputy Commisioner in charge of media Saeedur Rahman said the...
Rapid Action Batallion (RAB) personnel recovered 24 powerful grenades in Feni on Saturday night. The grenades were found beside a construction site in the district town last night. RAB-7 Feni camp commander Major Ahammed Hossain Mohiuddin said the explosives were...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir have called a nationwide general strike for Thursday (Nov 6) in protest against its top leader Mir Quasem Ali’s death sentence for wartime offences. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2, headed by...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Assignment Officer and Awami League leader Md Rakib Hossain died of cardiac arrest in the city on Saturday night. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister expressed deep shock at demise of her Assignment Officer Rakib Hossain, an Assistant...
The income-tax returns filing deadline has been extended by a month for individual tax payers. Those who are yet to file their tax returns can now do so within November 30, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) said on Sunday....
The total NAV of MTB Unit Fund stood at Tk 307,847,822.63 on the basis of cost price and Tk 289,429,085.05 on the basis of market price at the close of business operation on October 30. The face value per unit...
FE Online Report | 2014-11-02 00:00:00
Stocks returned to the red Sunday after previous session’s gain as the investors went for selling spree amid countrywide shutdown enforced by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. Despite the countrywide shutdown, the market opened with a positive mood, but could not sustain as...
Bangladesh has opened its first-ever resident diplomatic mission in Vienna, the capital of Austria, which is expected to help promote Bangladesh’s good image in that country. Bangladesh government conveyed its deep appreciation to the government and people of Austria for...
The Supreme Court will judge on Monday Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman’s appeal to overturn his death sentence for war crimes in 1971. The Appellate Division scheduled his verdict, more than a month after the four-strong bench headed by Justice Surendra...
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