S M Jahangir | 2014-10-28 00:00:00
KUALA LUMPUR; Oct 27: Top leaders of Malaysian palm oil industry have laid emphasis on ensuring best business practices and supplying quality products to cope with the growing global demand for oils and fats. Keeping this in view, they also...
The government has given the go-ahead to export 50,000 tonnes of rice to Sri Lanka, reports bdnews24.com. Food Minister Quamrul Islam told reporters Monday that Sri Lanka will buy rice from Bangladesh at $450 per tonne. Bangladesh had exported some...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-10-28 00:00:00
The profit earned by a number of listed banks was higher in the third quarter (July-September) of the current calendar year compared to that fetched during the corresponding period of last year. Bankers attribute the positive development to political stability...
DUBAI, Oct 27 (UNB): Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Monday signed three deals, including an 'Agreement on Security Cooperation' between the two countries, aiming to enhance cooperation on containing crimes, reports UNB The two other deals signed are...
Bangladesh have clinched their first Test victory this year beating Zimbabwe by three wickets on the third day of the first Test, report agencies. All-round performance by young Taijul Islam guided Bangladesh to take 1-0 lead in the three-match Bashundhara...
Settlement of Monday's share transactions on the Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL) halted for long due to technical glitches, officials said. According to CDBL officials, technical disruption was observed when they started the settlement job at around 4:30 pm after...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-10-28 00:00:00
The government has finally agreed to conditionally allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in the garment industry outside the export-processing zones (EPZs) for boosting apparel exports. Officials and sector-insiders said the agreement came at a recent meeting of the government with...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-10-28 00:00:00
A 75 per cent increase in subsidy expenditure on power between the months of June and August last has stirred up worries among finance ministry officials. The ministry of finance (MoF) at its recent meeting has reviewed the issue and...
FE Report | 2014-10-28 00:00:00
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) quizzed Meghna Group chairman and managing director of Tanveer Food Limited Mustofa Kamal Monday in connection with alleged money laundering. ACC deputy director Joynul Abedin Shibly interrogated Mustofa Kamal for two hours from 3 pm...
The third Bangladesh-US Partnership Dialogue begins in the US capital of Washington today (Tuesday), aiming to further widen and deepen the ties between the two countries overcoming the political gap that surfaced following the January 5 elections. Besides, the issue...
Dhaka district magistrate today announced the time limit for renewal of arms licence, from December 1, 2014 to January 31,2015, in Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and Dhaka district areas, said a press release. Details are available on the website: www.dhaka.gov.bd. ...
A construction worker died as he fell from an under-construction multi-storey building in the city's Segunbagicha area Monday. The deceased was identified as Md Afzal Hossain (24), son of Maznu Mridha of Kaunia village under Dashmina upazila in Patuakhali district. ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home from Dubai early Tuesday concluding her 3-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A special Biman flight carrying the Prime Minister and members of her entourage landed at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International...
The UAE has issued a joint statement with Bangladesh on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 1st official visit. Pointing to warm relations, the statement said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited UAE at the invitation of Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai...
A local leader of Awami League (AL) has been chopped to death in Pabna district. Iqbal Hossain was the president of the ruling party’s Sadar Upazila's ward no. 4 unit. Local AL MP Golam Faruk's personal secretary Kamruzzaman has confirmed...
Mohammad Sadiq, a former secretary, has been appointed a member to Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC). A gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Public Administration confirmed the appointment, cancelling his post-retirement leave (PRL) on Monday. With the new appointment,...
The investigation wing of the International Crimes Tribunal has finalised its report against three people accused of crimes against humanity. The documents will be submitted to the Tribunal this (Tuesday) morning. The three accused are Md Forkan Mollick of Patuakhali...
Junior British minister for international development Lynne Featherstone has asked Bangladeshi youths to campaign for a change in the condition of girls. ‘You young people are the change-makers. And I have to say girls and women can't do it on...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said he dropped plans to make house rent payment above Tk 25,000 through banks mandatory because of political pressure. Speaking to reporters on Monday evening at his Secretariat office, Muhith said: ‘Compromises have to be...
Experts underscored the need to take appropriate steps to address the reason behind dropout of students in the country’s educational institutions. They suggested that the reason behind the dropout of students should be addressed effectively to ensure education for all....
FE Online Report | 2014-10-28 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed upward trend in early hours of trading on Tuesday, the third session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE,...
A large number of social business personalities, experts and observers from home and abroad attended the 34th Social Business Design Lab which took place at Grameen Bank Bhaban at Mirpur in the city. At the lab, 6 new social business...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in a drive have arrested Mufti Zubayer Abdullah, a leader of outlawed Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) in the city. RAB-3 sources said Zubayer used various fake names, including Sazed Mohammed Foyez, Khairul Hasan and Noyan, to carry...
The verdict on war crimes accused Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami will be delivered on Wednesday. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 had postponed the verdict on the case against the Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer twice before. The latest being June 24 when the...
The verdict on war crimes accused Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami will be delivered on Wednesday. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 had postponed the verdict on the case against the Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer twice before. The latest being June 24 when the...
Police in separate drives on Monday night and Tuesday arrested 138 people, including nine leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir, in Bogra town and three Upazilas of Bogra district on various charges. Bogra Uposhohor...
Markets with a difficult environment provide huge opportunities, Nepal’s first Forbes billionaire Binod Chaudhary says asking business students’ to be ‘a dreamer’. Delivering a lecture at Eastern University in Dhaka, Chaudhary said that emerging markets like Bangladesh ‘give you the...
Customs Intelligence officials recovered a good number of gold bars, weighing 6 kilograms (kg) at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in Dhaka’s Kurmitola on Tuesday morning. The Customs Intelligence men also arrested a Malaysian national in this connection from the...
Some miscreants have strangulated a woman to death in her house at Mirpur in Dhaka. The assailants also looted valuables from her house at Mirpur-2. The dead is Hosne Ara, 65. The murder took place sometime during Monday evening, said...
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