Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-10-30 00:00:00
Tax revenue collection grew by 16 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, banking largely on a bonanza of car sales and Eid shopping. Officials attribute the robust growth to an impressive performance by three of...
FE Report | 2014-10-30 00:00:00
Speakers at a programme said Wednesday although Bangladesh is on track to achieve the middle-income status by 2021 it still faces challenges like public financial management, lack of capacity in utilising resources and absence of good governance. Experts from various...
Our Correspondent | 2014-10-30 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Oct 29: Additional police and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members were deployed in the port city and different parts of the district on Wednesday. The deployment took place, as the Jamaat-Shibir men tried to disrupt common life, following announcement...
FE Report | 2014-10-30 00:00:00
US Ambassador Dan W Mozena has called for formulating policies and setting a pricing structure for attracting international oil companies (IOCs) to engage in exploration of energy and thus aid the country's economic development. "The policies and pricing structure will...
FE Report | 2014-10-30 00:00:00
Different trade-bodies urged Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Wednesday to withdraw its 72 hours hartal for the sake of the country's economy and continued growth. They also called upon the political parties to take alternative programmes instead of hartal. Jamaat-e-Islami has called countrywide...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-10-30 00:00:00
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has undertaken a plan to organise public hearings at the upazila headquarters (HQs) on allegations of corruption against the government officials employed at the lowest tier of civil administration. The move is designed to hold...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 Wednesday condemned Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami to death for crimes against humanity, including genocide and the murder of intellectuals, during the Liberation War in 1971, report agencies. The International Crimes Tribunal-1 Chairman Justice M Enayetur...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-10-30 00:00:00
Representatives of regional businesses and academia made a clarion call for political cooperation, trade-and investment-related integration and pro-active fiscal steps to take the Asian economies forward. As the participants in an international conference on Global Economic Recovery: Asian Perspective held...
FE Report | 2014-10-30 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) last Wednesday imposed new conditions on issuance of capital, right shares, use of IPO funds and sale of shares transferred by sponsors and directors of listed companies. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission...
FE Report | 2014-10-30 00:00:00
Despite efforts to improve the environment, Bangladesh's position in world rankings in respect of creating conditions for doing business has dropped three stages from last year's mark of 170. Out of 189 economies surveyed, Bangladesh ranked 173rd in the latest...
FE Report | 2014-10-30 00:00:00
The securities regulator has fined Golam Mostafa Tk 30 million and ntv Chairman Alhaj Md. Mosaddek Ali Falu Tk 10 million for their alleged involvement in unusual manipulative share transactions, officials said. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) imposed...
It is uncertain whether the Junior School Certificate (JSC) and equivalent examinations will be held during the Jamaat-e-Islami's countrywide shutdown. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Wednesday told reporters that he, too, was 'worried'. "We are not considering deferring the...
NARAYANGANJ, Oct 29 (UNB): The bullet-hit bodies of two young men were recovered from Kewdhala area of Bandar upazila Tuesday night. The deceased were identified as Sujon (26) son of Robi Chandra, and his friend Masum(25), son of late Abu...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina meets the press today (Thursday) afternoon to brief journalists about her recent UAE tour. The press conference will be held at 4:30 pm at her official residence Ganobhaban. The Prime Minister went to the UAE on...
Unknown miscreants shot to death a young man in the city’s South Badda area on Tuesday evening. The deceased was identified as Delwar Hossain, 25, an employee of a sari shop at Gulshan DCC Market and son of Mokfal Bepari...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has said that this year’s Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will begin across the country on November 2. He said 20,90,692 students from 27,925 educational institutions will sit for the...
The 1st phase of nationwide 72-hour hartal, called by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting sentence awarded to its Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes, began at 6:00am on Thursday (Oct 30). The 1st phase shutdown will continue till 6:00am on Friday while...
A mobile court fined an adulterated noodles and vinegar making factory Tk 0.2 million in the city’s Uttar Badda area on Wednesday afternoon. The mobile court, conducted by of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) raided ‘Crespo Industries’ at Swadhinata Sarani and...
In separate drives police arrested 39 people, including 13 leaders and workers of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, from different parts of Satkhira, including the district town on Tuesday and Wednesday. Police said, among the arrestees, the...
Suspected hartal supporters exploded crude bombs at Dhaka’s Pallabi on Thursday morning, the 1st session of the Jamaat-e-Islami enforced 2 phases of nationwide shutdown. Police, quoting witnesses, said, a group of young people, mostly teen-aged boys, took out a brisk...
The superintendent of Jessore Juvenile Correctional Centre and its two inmates were injured in police firing inside the centre on Wednesday afternoon. Following the firing, all eight policemen deployed at the centre at Pulerhat in the suburb of Jessore town,...
Some miscreants chopped a local Jatiya Party (JP) leader, leaving him critically injured in Rangpur city on Wednesday. The victim was identified as SM Yasir, member secretary of the city unit of JP. Confirming the incident, Rangpur city JP convener...
Some miscreants hacked a middle-aged man in Dhaka University area on Wednesday. The victim was identified as Alamgir Bhuyan, 50, a resident of Kutubkhali in the city’s Jatrabari area. Campus sources, quoting witnesses, said a gang of unidentified miscreants, equipped...
An automobile mechanic was crushed to death under a truck he was repairing it in Chhatak Upazila in Sylhet district on Wednesday night. The dead is Pradip, 25, hailing from Hamidpur village of Ghatail Upazila of Tangail. Witnesses said a...
Police on Wednesday arrested 17 activists of Jamaat-Shibir from different parts of Chittagong city for trying to engage in act of sabotage after Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami was awarded death sentence for wartime offences. A team from Bakalia police...
Bangladesh and Pakistan have made trading across borders easier by implementing computerised systems that allow web-based submission of documents, reducing the time to export and import, said a new World Bank report released from Washington on Wednesday. The report -...
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 will deliver on Sunday (November 2) its judgment on the trial of war crimes accused Mir Quasem Ali, a policymaker of Jamaat-e Islami. As the tribunal resumed at 11:07 am today (Thursday), a two-member bench headed...
FE Online Report | 2014-10-30 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw upward trend in early hours of trading on Thursday, the last session of the week amid countrywide shutdown. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE went up by 26.26...
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