The implementation rate of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) will be hopefully around 96-97 per cent in the current fiscal year (2014-15), reports UNB. Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal expressed the hope while replying to a supplementary during the question...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-11-18 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) is likely to be held in May next in Dhaka, after a lapse of five years. Officials disclosed Monday the move initiated towards holding the government-donor meeting and the consent given by the donors in...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-11-18 00:00:00
The operational and management aspects of the longest-running - now over 33-year old since its launch in April 1981 -- unit certificate scheme of the state-owned Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) have raised a lot of questions. The questions revolve...
FE Report | 2014-11-18 00:00:00
The teachers of Dhaka University demanded Monday immediate arrest of and exemplary punishment to the killers of Rajshahi University Professor AKM Shafiul Islam. The DU teachers made the demand at a human chain programme under the banner of Dhaka University...
Monira Munni | 2014-11-18 00:00:00
The government has started taking action against the garment units that are doing business without any legal approval, sources said. The units are also not members of either Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and...
FE Report | 2014-11-18 00:00:00
South Asian countries should focus on the growth of small and medium-sized cities, as urban-led economic growth has not resulted in improvements in social and human development outcomes, according to a think-tank report released Monday. The 17th annual report of...
Siddique Islam | 2014-11-18 00:00:00
Five state-owned banks sought over Tk 100 billion initially from government to meet their capital shortfalls measured by the Basel-II standard, officials said. The appeal from the capital-strapped banks was made at a review meeting of the banks with Bank...
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) directed Monday the First Securities Services Limited (FSSL) to remove Kazi Saifur Rahman from the post of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. The commission also said that Rahman should be barred...
Bangladesh Navy has detained a Myanmar-flagged trawler in deep sea carrying over 600 people who were being trafficked to Malaysia, an official says. — bdnews24.com
NARAYANGANJ, Nov 17 (UNB): A court here Monday convicted six people and sentenced them to death for killing a businessman in 2008. The condemned convicts are Soleman, Ripon, Jahangir, Akkas, Ohid alias Ronny and Akhter Hossain of Araihajar upazila. —...
Principal Staff Officer (PSO) of Armed Forces Division Lt Gen Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Haq called on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Monday. During the meeting, the PSO handed over an invitation letter to the President to lay wreath...
Chairperson of the Brac and Board of Trustees of Brac University Sir Fazle Hasan Abed met President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Monday. During the meeting, Abed handed over an invitation letter to the President requesting him to attend the...
All scheduled classes and examinations of Rajshahi University (RU) remained suspended for the 3rd consecutive day on Tuesday as the teachers have been boycotting classes demanding immediate arrest of the killers of Dr AKM Shafiul Islam, a professor of the...
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale have jolted the southeast region of the country. The quake was felt in the southeast region around 537 kilometres (km) away from the Bangladesh Metrological Department Seismic Centre at Agargaon in...
The High Court on Monday fixed November 23 for order on the plea for revoking the evidence before the trial court provided by prosecution witness (PW) Joj Mia in the August 21 grenade blast case a decade ago. After hearing...
The seasonal lean period of ‘monga’ passed off from Rangpur region without any bite for the 6th consecutive time this year following a big change in the overall socioeconomic condition of the common people. The poor led normal life this...
The government will launch campaign soon throughout the country against piracy, said Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu. He said the anti-piracy campaign sould be launched to ensure revival of the film industry. He said to protect the film industry piracy...
The 4th session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) resumes on Tuesday afternoon. The House will resume its sitting at 4:00pm with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury in the chair. The sitting will start with recitation from the Holy Quran,...
Bangladesh Navy personnel on Tuesday brought back to Cox’s Bazar the Myanmar-flagged trawler (engine-propelled boat), detained in Bangladesh’s territorial waters while heading towards Malaysia with over 600 people on board. Bangladesh Navy ship BNS Durjoy forced the overloaded trawler to...
A six-member committee has been formed to provide assistance to the visiting National Investigation Agency (NIA) team over sharing information about the October 2 bomb blast in Burdwan town in India’s West Bengal state. Home Ministry senior secretary Dr Mozammel...
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the government to propose inclusion of anti-corruption as a distinct goal in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) agenda. The call came in a letter written to the Bangladesh Prime Minister by the...
A man was killed in a room of a boarding (residential hotel) in Manikganj Sadar Upazila on Monday. The dead is Rakibul Islam Rakib, son of Niamat Ali, a resident of Char Ruppur village of Easwardi Upazila of Pabna district....
FE Online Report | 2014-11-18 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hours of trading on Tuesday, the third trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 9.06 points...
The engine-driven boats in Bay of Bengal near the coasts of Teknaf Upazila and St Martin island are seen as life-changers. Those desperate to cross over to Malaysia through the sea reach for these motor-propelled boats in ever greater numbers,...
Asian markets headed higher on hopes of more stimulus in Europe after closing down on Monday on news of a recession in Japan. Japan's Nikkei 225 was up 1.8% to 17,271.53, following Monday's fall - the biggest one day drop...
Police recovered the body of a hotel manager from 'Hotel Greenbag' in Vatarkhal in Barisal city on Tuesday morning. The dead is Mizanur Rahman, 55, of Patharhat area of Mehendiganj Upazila of the district. Being informed, police rushed to the...
A Chittagong court on Monday sentenced two people to life term imprisonment for killing a businessman in 2006. The convicts are Jahir Uddin, son of Atar Ali, and Zia Uddin, son of Ruhul Amin, both residents of Korerhat area in...
The S&P 500 edged up to close at a record on Monday as deal activity worth $100 billion offset concerns about overseas growth after Japan's economy slipped into recession. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 12.62 points, or 0.07 per...
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