M Azizur Rahman | 2014-11-10 00:00:00
The cabinet committee on economic affairs is set to approve inking an overvalued LNG terminal deal Tuesday, which will eventually entail huge cost overruns for the import of the fuel, a top official said Saturday. He said the government will...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-11-10 00:00:00
Individuals and companies both have to pay tax at source at the time of opening local letters of credit (L/C) for purchasing or procuring products from the domestic sources, the revenue board said to clear a mist. The National Board...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-11-10 00:00:00
Several thousand graft allegations have piled up with the department of cooperatives against the managing bodies of multipurpose cooperative societies across the country over the years for lack of action, officials said. Dillydallying by the authorities concerned in settling the...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-11-10 00:00:00
The final draft of Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC-14) has redefined high-rise, considering the buildings with 11 storeys (33 metres) or more as high-rises against the current seven-storied or more, officials said. The decision has been taken at a meeting...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-11-10 00:00:00
Well-knit syndicates of brokers and middlemen surround land-registry offices, subjecting people to harassment and extra payments, service-receivers alleged. Those who seek services from the registry offices have to make an additional expenditure of at least Tk 6,000 each to complete...
The High Court (HC) issued Sunday a rule asking for explanation as to why the 16th amendment of the constitution that provided the parliament with the power to remove Supreme Court judges should not be considered illegal and unconstitutional, reports...
The death sentence against Muhammed Kamaruzzman, a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party convicted of war crimes during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence, should immediately be stayed, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) adding Kamaruzzman should be granted a right to appeal...
Amid stray incidents of police obstruction, BNP staged demonstrations across the country on Sunday protesting the denial of permission to it for holding a rally at the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan, reports UNB. The party brought out processions at different places...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-10 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Nov 9: Lighter vessel workers called off their countrywide strike from 7.00 pm Sunday, following successful negotiation between law-enforcers and workers' representatives. A meeting in this regard was called at the office of Chittagong Range DIG Md Shafiqul Islam....
As part of the ongoing countrywide update of electoral rolls, the Election Commission has so far registered more than 4.5 million (45 lakh) people as fresh voters in 511 out of the 514 upazilas and thanas across the country. With...
The Detective Branch (DB) of police in separate raids Saturday night arrested eight persons with fake currency notes to the tune of over Tk 11million (1.10 crore) and equipment used for producing those from the city's Mirpur area. Acting on...
COMILLA, Nov 9: Two alleged criminals, accused in a case filed for snatching a pistol from a policeman after shooting him, were killed in a 'shootout' with police at Alekharchar in Sadar upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified...
An elderly woman Aroshjan Bibi, 80, was killed and 10 other people were injured when a leguna (human hauler) collided head on with a motorcycle at Chayhara on Jagannathpur-Sunamganj road in Sunamganj district on Sunday. After the accident, local people...
The 59th meeting of the Board of Governor of Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) has been held at the center’s international training complex conference hall in Savar. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, who is also the chairman of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to visit Malaysia in the 1st week of December. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak extended an invitation to Hasina during his visit to Dhaka in November last year. A foreign ministry official said Prime...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered 3.7 kg heroin and arrested a young man at Benapole union at Sarsa Upazila in Jessore district on Sunday evening. The arrestee is Sharif, 22. Further details about the arrestee could not be known....
State Minister for Textile and Jute Mirza Azam has said that the government has taken a programme to set up an economic zone in Jamalpur district. ‘Export oriented industries with foreign and local investment would be set up in the...
Traffic police and city corporation officials have expressed satisfaction at the ‘effectiveness’ of signal timing countdown system installed in Dhaka to reduce vehicular congestions. They monitored functioning of the system in Shahbagh area from 4pm to 6pm on Sunday. During...
A Narayanganj court on Sunday afternoon rejected the bail petition of former RAB-11 officer MM Rana arrested earlier in connection with abduction and killing of 7 people in Narayanganj district on April 27. The Senior Judicial Magistrate, Narayanganj, passed the...
The International Trade Centre (ITC) is going to organise 3 Business-to-Business (B2B) events in Europe this (November) month. The events, focusing on IT and ITES industry, will held under the Netherlands Trust Fund-III Bangladesh project. The events will be held...
A man was killed and 10 other people were injured in an accident on Satkhira-Kaliganj road at Satkhira Sadar Upazila on Sunday afternoon. Witnesses said a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Bakal in front of Satkhira Medical College...
Detectives arrested two people along with 15 fake currency notes amounting to Tk 15,000 at Chotkapota village under Sarsa Upazila in Jessore district on Sunday night. The arrested is Abdul Salam, son of Wazed Ali, and Anarul Islam Anar, son...
A man allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the path of a moving train in Rajshahi city on Sunday afternoon. The dead is Azam, 32, resident of Zinnanagar area of the city. Witnesses said a Chapainawabganj-bound train hit Azam when...
India's Border Security Force (BSF) personnel picked up a Bangladeshi young man from Baliadangi Upazila in Thakurgaon district on Sunday night. The victim is Muktarul, 20, son of Lafizuddin, a resident of Barocharaigati village of the Upazila. Quoting local people,...
A man was arrested along with half-a-dozen crude bombs in Jhalokati town on Sunday night. The arrested is Shamsul Haque Zahid. Police said being tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive in a madrasa in the district town...
FE Online Report | 2014-11-10 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) fell in early hours of trading on Monday, maintaining the previous day’s negative trend, the 2nd trading session of the week. DSEX, the...
Some miscreants hijacked a car after shooting its driver dead in Rampura area in the city on Monday morning. The victim, Faruk Khan, 28, was reportedly taking the car for delivery from the Mongla Port to a customer in Rampura’s...
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