FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-10-24 00:00:00
The government has moved to equip the Mongla Port with modern container and cargo handling equipment to enhance its capacity and achieve a double-digit operational growth in near future. "We have taken an initiative to boost the capacity of the...
Special Correspondent | 2014-10-24 00:00:00
The International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh (ICC-B) hopes the ensuing international conference will create a new platform of thoughts combining 'provocative and interesting minds' with core people from the global businesses. "We hope the two-day long conference will herald a new...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-10-24 00:00:00
Imported transformer, an electrical device, would be dearer as the customs wing has withdrawn the duty-benefit on the item to support local manufacturing industries. Transformer importers were enjoying only 2.0 per cent customs duty as capital machinery on import of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Thursday the international community has no question about Bangladesh's January-5 parliamentary polls, report agencies. Hasina said this in response to a question during a press briefing at Ganabhaban about her recent Italy tour attending the...
FE Report | 2014-10-24 00:00:00
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), the second largest labour market for Bangladesh, may reopen for Bangladeshi male workers soon after two years of suspension. Bangladesh and the UAE are likely to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this connection...
BOGRA, Oct 23 (UNB): BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Thursday warned that they will launch a strong movement for restoring democracy and the rule of law in the country through ousting the Awami League government. "This time, we'll return home after...
FE Report | 2014-10-24 00:00:00
The Internal Resources Division (IRD) suspended customs commissioner M Hafizur Rahman on Thursday, after it found primary evidence of his having undisclosed money and for staying abroad without abiding by instructions of the authorities concerned. M Hafizur Rahman, an officer...
The High Court(HC) Thursday clamped a ban on further allocation of land and construction of structures in Nijhum Dwip, an island declared a reserved forest in 2012. Passing the interim order upon a public interest litigation (PIL), an HC Division...
Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) Dr Mukhisa Kituyi arrives here tomorrow (Saturday) to attend a two-day international conference. Kituyi is scheduled to reach here around 8:40am by an Emirates flight, said Ajay B...
The written test for admission for first year MBBS and BDS courses under 2014-15 academic session of medical and dental colleges of the country will be held today. The test will be held from 10 am to 11 am simultaneously...
The number of poor people getting micro-credit should be read as 3.30 million out of 4.0 million, instead of 330 million out of 400 million, as published in the FE's News Analysis titled 'Poverty alleviation thru' micro-credit' on Page 1...
War crimes convict Ghulam Azam died on Thursday night at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), attending doctors said. BSMMU director Brigadier General Abdul Majid Bhuiyan said Ghulam Azam, 92, was brought from his prison cell to the Intensive Care...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said that no country in the world has recognised the current Awami League-led regime. Terming the government ‘illegal’, Khaleda, also the leader of the 20-party alliance, said the regime was formed through the January-5 election...
Minister for Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader has blamed the drivers, helpers and owners of the transport companies for collision between buses that killed at least 37 people on Tuesday in Natore. He said legal action will be taken...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested two people along with a firearm and one round of bullet in Jessore Sadar Upazila on Thursday. RAB-6 identified the arrestees as Abdur Rahman, son of late Liakat Ali, and Sajan, son of Israil...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in separate drives arrested three people along with Phensidyl syrup, hemp and liquor from different parts of Chapainawabganj district on Thursday. Tipped off, a team of RAB-5 raided the house of one Mohammad Amin at...
Migrant domestic workers from a number of countries, including Bangladesh, are victims of exploitation in United Arab Emirates (UAE), says a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report. It says domestic workers from a number of countries beaten, exploited, and trapped in...
The body of war crimes convict Prof Ghulam Azam was handed over to his family on Friday morning. Azam, 92, died at the BSMMU on Thursday night after serving 13 months of his 90-year jail term for crimes against humanity...
The driver of one of the buses, involved in Tuesday’s road crash at Boraigram Upazila in Natore killing 37 passengers, is alive. The driver was held responsible for the accident by the committee investigating the crash. Officials at the Ministry...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has said that peace and stability is needed for development of the country. He said militancy and politics of religion are the sources of unrest in many Muslim countries. Referring to unrest and bloodshed in...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the international community has interest in socio-economic development of Bangladesh, not in current politics or BNP’s demand for a fresh election. She was replying to questions from media personnel after her written speech at...
Hours after five Bangladesh nationals were killed in a road crash in the holy city of Makkah, another has died in a mishap in Saudi Arabia's Rafia. Family said Masud Rana was injured when the covered van he was driving...
A Bangladeshi young man was shot dead by India's Border Security Force (BSF) personnel at Kironganj border in Chapainawabganj district on Friday morning. Habildar Abdus Sattar, BGB’s Kironganj camp commander, identified the victim as Md Solaiman, 25, a resident of...
At least 13 shops were gutted in a fire which erupted at Jhoutala Bazar at Pirojpur Sadar Upazilaon Friday morning. Fire service and civil defence sources said the fire originated from an auto-rickshaw battery charger at a shop of the...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered 40,000 pieces of Yaba tablet in Naf River in Teknaf Upazila in Cox’s Bazar district on Thursday night. The border force also arrested four people, including three Myanmarese nationals, in this connection. The arrested...
BBC Radio 6 Music has won record audience figures, reaching almost 2 million listeners over the past 3 months. The digital-only station now has 1.99m listeners tuning in each week, up from 1.73m last year – a 15 per cent...
A businessman has decided to withdraw an extortion case he filed against three policemen after the trio reportedly returned the money they allegedly extorted from him. Md Maqbool Hossain’s lawyer Mostafizur Rahman Sujon said they moved the Metropolitan Magistrate’s court...
Medical and dental college admission tests were held without any incident on Friday. The 1-hour entry tests, held in 23 examination centres across Bangladesh, started simultaneously at 10:00am. Forty is the pass mark in the 100-mark MCQ test. ‘The examinations...
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