Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-10-29 00:00:00
The government and the local apparel sector entrepreneurs have finally taken a decision that was long overdue. They have decided to allow conditional entry of foreign investors in the readymade garment (RMG) sector outside the export processing zones (EPZs). A...
Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates have expressed deep concern over the growing phenomenon of terrorism, and stressed the importance of combating it, including ISIS, reports UNB. Both the countries agreed to cooperate with each other in various fields and...
FE Report | 2014-10-29 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith pointed out Tuesday five challenges facing the least developed countries (LDCs) to increase ODA (Official Development Assistance) that can help them graduate from the LDC status. The five challenges are resource development, domestic resource mobilisation, reduction...
Bangladesh this year posts its highest ever overall score (68) in the rankings of the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Gender Gap 2014 Report, published Tuesday. The country made important improvements to opportunities for economic participation for women, and gains...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 is set to deliver its judgment today (Wednesday ) on the trial of crimes against humanity allegedly perpetrated by Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami during the 1971 Liberation War, reports UNB. Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chairman...
The fourth session of the 10th parliament will begin on November 13. President Abdul Hamid summoned the parliament session. — UNB
Members of Airport Armed Police (AAP) in cooperation with immigration police and customs officials arrested a Malaysian woman with 6 kg gold worth Tk 30 million at Shahjalal International Airport here Tuesday. The arrestee was identified as Raja Baslima Binte...
Bangladesh, India and Nepal have signed a protocol on cooperation in evaluating data on rice varieties released in the respective countries. The three countries signed the protocol at the workshop on Regional Cooperation on Seed Issues, held in Kathmandu, Nepal...
India’s Border Security Force personnel shot and injured two Bangladeshis in Baliadangi Upazila in Thakungoan district on Tuesday morning. The victims were identified as Idris Ali, 25, son of Kazimuddin of Taltola village and Chainu Miah, 30, son of Dudu...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 is set to deliver the verdict in the war crimes cases against Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami on Wednesday, more than four months after the deferment of the judgment in June. Nizami, 71, is...
Khaleda Zia has cancelled a public rally she was supposed to address in Natore district on Thursday. The rally has been rescheduled to November 1, BNP’s Assistant Office Secretary Shamimur Rahman Shamim said. The sudden change of plans was made...
Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami has been brought to Dhaka Central Jail from Gazipur’s Kashimpur jail amid tight security. The Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer will have the verdict on his 1971 war crimes charges delivered on Wednesday. The government has ordered the law-enforcing...
Drizzles in the last couple of days in many places of the country have made both the day and the night temperatures cooler. The cooler weather has been announcing the approach of winter. With October about to end, a thin...
The government has proposed staggered SSC exams though it had earlier favoured an unbroken test schedule. The draft schedule will be debated over the next 3 days before being finalised, education ministry’s Deputy Secretary (Madhyamik-1) Enamul Qader Khan has said....
Admission tests for Chittagong University honours courses are set to start on Monday. The ‘D’ unit test – for the faculty of social science – will begin at 10:30am, Vice-chancellor Anwarul Azim Arif said. The examinations for other faculties will...
A total of 23 Jahangirnagar University (JU) students have been expelled for varying terms for engaging in clashes in August to establish dominance in and around the campus. All the punished students belong to Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the ruling...
Some miscreants hacked to death a local Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader at Magura Government College premises in Magura town on Tuesday night. The dead is Rajon Khan, 25, a BCL leader of the college unit. Police and witnesses said...
Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami was taken to the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 situated at Old High Curt building in the city from the Dhaka Central Jail around 9:20am on Wednesday amid tight security. The ICT-1 will deliver the verdict in...
A survey has found that women get sexually harassed more in public places than any other areas. The study, conducted by NGO Action Aid in 7 cities and rural areas across Bangladesh for two months, also finds the prevalence of...
Customs officials arrested a man along with four gold bars and a gold chain at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as Mazharul Islam of Comilla district. Mainul Khan, Director General of...
Terming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s UAE tour unsuccessful, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has said that the PM’s three-day official visit could not help remove the obstacles towards reopening the Gulf country’s labour market for Bangladeshis. ‘The Prime Minister’s tour...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 started reading out the 204-page verdict in the war crimes cases against septuagenarian Jamaat-e-Islami leader Matiur Rahman Nizami on Wednesday morning. Presiding judge Justice M Enayetur Rahim began with preliminary remarks before handing over to...
FE Online Report | 2014-10-29 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday, the fourth session of the week, amid volatility. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 7.96...
Hundreds of activists of Ganajagaran Mancha, a platform funded by bloggers on Feb 5 last year, and different other student organisations have gathered in Dhaka’s Shahbagh Mor (intersection) demanding capital punishment to Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and war crimes accused Matiur Rahman...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Wednesday awarded death penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami in four charges of crimes against humanity he committed during Bangladesh’s independence struggles in 1971. Five minutes after Nizami was produced before the...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Wednesday sentenced Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami to death for his war crimes committed during Bangladesh's independence struggles in 1971, accorduing to private TV channels.
Jamaat-e-Islami has called for hartals (shutdowns) spread into three dyas (Thursday, Sunday and Monday) to protest the death sentence awarded to its Ameer Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami by the war crimes tribunal. The party, in a statement on Wednesday afternoon,...
Grameenphone Limited today reported revenue of BDT 76.74 billion for the first 9 months of 2014, a 6.10 per cent up from the corresponding period of last year. Service revenue grew by 5.8 per cent (YoY) along with 13.2 per...
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