FE Report | 2014-11-25 00:00:00
The office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of Bangladesh brought 285 objections in its 17 audit reports on financial dealings by various government organisations that involved an amount of Tk 61.95 billion. Various government organisations, financial institutions and...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-11-25 00:00:00
The number of actual personal income tax-payers has been stagnant, if not on the decline, during the last two years. A substantial part of the individual income tax receipts comes in the form of as advance income tax (AIT). The...
Mobarak Hossain, the first-ever union-level ruling Awami League leader of Brahmanbaria, was on Monday awarded death penalty for perpetrating crimes against humanity, especially genocide, during the Liberation War 43 years ago, reports UNB. With the 64-year-old war criminal in the...
FE Report | 2014-11-25 00:00:00
Visiting Transparency International (TI) founder Dr Peter Eigen said on Monday the government, private sector and civil society members must work collectively for sustainable growth of RMG (readymade garment) industry here. Placing the concept of GITI (Garment Industries Transparency Initiative)...
Munima Sultana | 2014-11-25 00:00:00
Cost of the Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane highway project is set to increase again by minimum Tk 2.0 billion from the existing Tk 32 billion, as the project's lifetime has to be spun out by another year. Sources said the Roads and...
FE Report | 2014-11-25 00:00:00
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina directed the government officials Monday to take stern actions against those creating anarchy and violence at the educational institutions. She asked the officials to take prompt actions without waiting for permission from their higher authorities. ...
FE Report | 2014-11-25 00:00:00
State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said Monday that the law enforcing agencies could not arrest Abdul Latif Siddique without consent of the parliament Speaker. "The parliament session is going on. He (Siddique) is still a member of...
The High Court has ordered government to constitute an expert committee in a week for procuring detectors suitable for tracing formalin in food. The bench of justices Salma Masud Chowdhury and Md Khasruzzaman gave the order Monday. They ordered that...
The government is considering enactment of a law on the appointment and qualifications of Supreme Court judges, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister told Parliament Monday. The law will be enacted in line with article 95 (2) of the Constitution,...
Three people were killed in two road crashes in Kahalu and Adamdighi Upazilas in Bogra district on Monday night. Two motorcyclists were killed when a tractor hit their bike on Bogra-Naogaon highway at Nashratpur Bazar in Adamdighi Upazila. The dead...
Debates raged the whole day long about Abdul Latif Siddiqui, still facing fire right, left and centre for his anti-Hajj rant 2 months back, after the former telecoms minister returned home on Sunday night. Demonstrations were held and threats to...
Criticising the government for not taking action against Biman chairman Jamal Uddin Ahmed despite his alleged involvement in various irregularities, including gold smuggling, BNP on Monday wondered why the Prime Minister has been so soft about him and in which...
A group of unruly villagers beat a man to death and critically injured three others suspecting them to be ‘robbers’ in Gopalganj Sadar Upazila early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Rahim Sarder, 40, a resident of Puronu Bazar under...
Hitting out at the government for not arresting sacked telecoms minister and Tangail-4 lawmaker Latif Siddiqui despite having arrest warrants against him in cases filed for his rant on Holy Hajj, Jatiya Party (JP-Ershad) has questioned whether he is above...
Hitting out at the government for not arresting sacked telecoms minister and Tangail-4 lawmaker Latif Siddiqui despite having arrest warrants against him in cases filed for his rant on Holy Hajj, Jatiya Party (JP-Ershad) has questioned whether he is above...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has ruled that both the prosecution and the condemned war criminals may enjoy the right to file review petitions against its verdict within the 15 days of receiving its certified copy. It, however,...
The Appellate Division of Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday fixed November 30 for passing its order on 2 leave-to-appeal petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in 'Zia Charitable Trust' graft case. The five-member full SC bench, headed by Chief...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered 477 bottles of Phensidyl in Bagha Upazila in Rajshahi district on Monday afternoon. BGB Battalion-37 Captain Masuduzzaman said a BGB petrol team raided Rawtha Bloc Ghat in the Upazila and recovered the 477 bottles...
FE Online Report | 2014-11-25 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw upward trend in early hours of trading on Tuesday, the 3rd session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE,...
At least half a dozen people died and four others sustained injuries in a road accident in Kahalu Upazila in Bogra district on Monday night. Almost all the victims were farm labourers. Police and locals said 10 farm labourers, involved...
US stocks rose on Monday on hopes that China will take further accommodative monetary policy action if needed. Energy shares weighed, with declines in Exxon and Chevron keeping the Dow industrials flat while the S&P 500 energy sector was down...
Bangladesh is hoping to get the regional connectivity deals signed in the forthcoming SAARC Summit despite a foreign secretary-level meeting failing to agree on them. Now those would be discussed in the foreign ministers’ level meeting on Tuesday afternoon, Foreign...
Asian shares traded mixed on Tuesday, pulling back from Monday's big gains despite Wall Street also hitting record highs overnight. New York shares reached new records on higher investor confidence with the Dow Jones at 17,817.9, while the S&P 500...
President Abdul Hamid inaugurated the newly constructed Jessore District Freedom Fighters' Complex on Monday. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haq, local legislator Advocate Monirul Islam and high government officials were present. The President exchanged pleasantries with local Freedom Fighters...
Fisheries and Livestock Minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque on Monday informed the Jatiya Sangsad that around 7,500 metric tons additional fishes are being produced yearly as a result of releasing nearly 3,500 metric tons fish fries in the last five years....
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested two alleged drug peddlers in possession of 993 bottles of contraband phensidyl from Jamtala area in Chapainawabganj Sadar Upazila on Sunday. The arrested were identified as Bharat Kumar Chowdhury, 26, son of Shambhunath of...
Police arrested a man from Abhaynagar Upazila in Jessore district on Sunday evening for his alleged involvement in the killing of Oliar Rahman, councillor of Noapara municipality and also joint general secretary of the Abhaynagar Upazila unit of Awami League....
A sexagenarian woman was crushed to death under the wheels of train in Dry-ice Factory area in Rajbari sadar on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Halima Bibi, 60, wife of Mozahar of the area. Witnesses said Halima was hit...
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