FE Report | 2014-10-31 00:00:00
The Ministry of Education (MoE) has reverted from its decision to take Junior School Certificate (JSC) and its equivalent examinations as per the schedule amid nationwide general strike called by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. Finally, the MoE has rescheduled the junior grade...
FE Report | 2014-10-31 00:00:00
Parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) recommended Thursday taking effective steps to prevent erosion in the areas prone to river bank erosion and complete the ongoing projects at a fast pace. The committee also suggested involving...
Detective Branch (DB) of police rescued a C&F agent of Benapole port from the city's Mugda area early Thursday two days after he was reportedly kidnapped by miscreants, reports UNB. The rescued man was identified as Habibur Rahman Habi, a...
All overhead illegal internet and TV cables that still remained hanging from the electric poles must be removed within next 7 (seven) days in the Dhaka city, else punitive action, including filing of cases, will be taken against the offenders,...
CHITTAGONG, Oct 30 (UNB): Police Thursday sued four people, including a government officer, in connection with a 'mysterious' transfer of Tk 190 million (19 crore) from a bank in London into the account of Maijbhandar Darbar Shahi Mosque in the...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Thursday there was no fund crisis in constructing the Dhaka Elevated Expressway, reports BSS. "Physical work on the expressway was started today... process of fund mobilisation has been started, which is...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Undertakings asked the concerned authorities on Thursday to take "exemplary" punitive actions against the perpetrators of corruption in the state-owned Basic Bank in line with the investigation report, reports BSS. "The committee also called...
HABIGANJ, Oct 30 (UNB): The bodies of three Bangladesh nationals killed by Indian civilians in Tripura were handed over to Bangladesh border guards here on Thursday evening. Second-in-command of Teliamora camp of Indian Border Security Force Birendra Vajpayee handed the...
BCCW child painting contest today Bangladesh Council for Child Welfare (BCCW) has arranged a child painting competition at 10 am and a discussion at 5pm in the Council auditorium today (Friday) on the occasion of the World Children's Day. Prime...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched a probe into the alleged regularities committed by a section of officials of Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWASA), reports UNB. The commission has launched the probe following an allegation that CWASA...
Today (Friday) is the 103rd birth anniversary of veteran journalist Obaidul Huq, says a press release. Mr. Obaidul Huq, a doyen of journalism, was born in 1911 at Feni. He had his Masters in Philosophy from Dhaka University and completed...
The Chehlum of Rumisa Begum, elder daughter of eminent social worker and politician Shaikh Abu Ahmed known as Abu chairman and wife of a close associate of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani Advocate AKM Abdul Khaleque, will be held today...
The United States has reiterated its support for trial to bringing to justice those who committed atrocities in the 1971 Liberation War but reminded that trials should be fair and transparent maintaining the international standards, reports UNB. "We understand the...
Bangladesh and the United States have expressed deep commitments to cooperate with each other to counter terror-financing and violent extremism, reports UNB. Both countries have also recognised the threat of terrorism in the world, and acknowledged the effectiveness of counterterrorism...
The Amnesty International has urged the government of Bangladesh to overturn the death sentence against Motiur Rahman Nizami and all others saying that his death sentence for war crimes will not bring justice to the millions of victims of the...
In an effort to remove all sorts of confusion being created by some of the banks, Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued another circular on Thursday on the incentive for readymade garment (RMG) factories, reports UNB. The circular confirmed that all the...
Our Correspondent | 2014-10-31 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Oct 30: Transport operators have decided to run their vehicles on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway and other inter-district routes during hartal, following police assurance of providing security. The officials of Chattagram Paribahan Malik Samity have said they will operate buses,...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-10-31 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is set to extend the deadline for submission of income tax returns for 2014-15 tax-year by individual taxpayers following a poor trend in submission of tax returns until Thursday. The deadline is scheduled to...
FE report | 2014-10-31 00:00:00
A private commercial bank (PCB) has complied with the Bangladesh Bank (BB) directive cutting the number of directors from a single family to maximum two while two other PCBs clarified their positions within the deadline Thursday. "Premier Bank Limited has...
Siddique Islam | 2014-10-31 00:00:00
Banks are lowering the interest rate on deposits continuously to match their earnings with expenditures, bankers said Thursday. The interest rate on deposits, particularly fixed ones, dropped around 3.0 percentage points in September last compared to the corresponding period of...
Terming her recent UAE visit as a very successful one, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Thursday the visit was a step toward further boosting ties with countries of the Middle East in the areas of trade, investment and business,...
Stray incidents were reported during the first phase-from 6:00 am on Thursday to 6:00 am on Friday-of Jamaat's 72-hour countrywide hartal called to protest the death sentence awarded to their chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes. The incidents were...
FE Report | 2014-10-31 00:00:00
Twelve least developed countries (LDCs) have agreed to consider the "national productivity improvement" as a key factor for graduating certain countries to middle income nations by 2020. At a three-day regional meeting on "Financing the graduation gaps of the Asia-Pacific...
After six months of closing the trial, the International Crimes Tribunal-2 Thursday set to pronounce its judgment on the war crimes accused Mir Quasem Ali, a policymaker of Jamaat-e Islami, on November 2, reports UNB A two-member bench, headed by...
FE Report | 2014-10-31 00:00:00
The New York Times (NYT) has reported that 'modern-day slavery' still exists in Bangladesh, citing some recent incidents in labour migration as well as working environment in houses for domestic helps and in ready-made garments (RMG) factories for workers. NYT's...
FE Report | 2014-10-31 00:00:00
Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said Thursday that due to uncertainty the volume of investment from internal sources did not increase despite rise in foreign investment in the country. He, however, did not elaborate whether that 'uncertainty' is linked...
Sweden has officially recognised the state of Palestine, the Swedish foreign minister said, less than a month after Stockholm announced its intention to make the move. Its embassy in Dhaka in a statement said they would also increase aid to...
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