Jubair Hasan | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
Country's property market has been going through a sluggish trend in recent months with the sales of both apartments and residential plots reaching rock bottom, business-insiders said. In a sort of paradox created by a number of adversities, house prices...
BEIJING, Nov 8 (UNB): President Abdul Hamid sought on Saturday further concession for access of Bangladesh's products to China and greater Chinese investment in Bangladesh, aiming to address the trade imbalance between the two countries. The President sought the support...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police has brought 100 business firms under surveillance following preliminary probe findings on their involvement in money laundering, competent sources said. According to them, these businesses used L/Cs as a tool of money laundering....
Denied permission for its rally on Saturday at the city's Suhrawardy Udyan, BNP announced a countrywide demonstration programme for today (Sunday), protesting what it said the government's undemocratic attitude, reports UNB. BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir declared...
FE Report | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
Prof Nurul Islam, emeritus research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), suggested on Saturday placing knowledgeable persons in institutions working on economic development planning. The suggestion came as a galaxy of economists at a discussion said cooking...
All internal and external dealings at two major seaports in Chittagong and Mongla have come to a halt due to suspension of work by river vessel workers, reports bdnews24.com. The workers are on an indefinite strike from Saturday demanding that...
FE Report | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
The share of the aggregate value of mutual funds (MFs) in the total market capitalisation of listed issues in Bangladesh is the lowest among nine selected Asian countries. The net asset value (NAV) of the listed closed-end MFs managed in...
Indian police have arrested a 36-year-old woman suspected of being involved in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports Reuters quoting Assam police. The arrest comes days after Indian security officials said they had uncovered a plot by...
Customs officials seized 12 gold bars and chains weighing 15 kg from the Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Saturday. On a tip-off, customs officials searched the ladies' toilet at the immigration clearance around 1:45 am and seized the...
Police on Saturday evening arrested the main accused in Burdwan blast and also the mastermind of the plan of killing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from Kolkata in India, Kolkata police sources said. The arrestee is Sheikh Rahmat Ullah alias Sajid...
Productivity in the coastal areas in Bangladesh can be doubled with coordinated efforts to improved crop productions and mitigate the risks of climate change, says a senior scientist of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). ‘Land and water productivity in...
A policeman was killed and 20 of his colleagues were injured, some of them critically, in a road accident in Khagrhachharhi district on Saturday night. The accident took place after a bus carrying them fell into a roadside ditch in...
BNP’s Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman’s ‘distasteful’ remarks against Bangladesh’s founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman are embarrassing even his party leaders and activists, Health Minister Mohammad Nasim has said. He said ‘An absconding person is making false and distasteful remarks...
President Abdul Hamid has said that China, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar-Economic Corridor (BCIM-EC) has the potential to open up opportunities for social and economic progress for millions of poor and marginal communities and ethnicities. ‘Physical linkages connect territories and communities....
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in a drive arrested an alleged drug trader and recovered 555 pieces of Yaba tablet from his possession at Charghat Upazila in Rajshahi district on Saturday afternoon. The arrestee is Idris Ali, 48, hailing from...
A group of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists attacked and injured Director of Beg Art Foundation Imtiaz Alam Beg and his two nieces at Dhaka University (DU) on Wednesday. The DU authorities have identified the attackers. They said four students,...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has announced that Tk 1 billion (100 crore) loan will be disbursed among the women entrepreneurs to make them self-reliant from their backward position. The minister said the government would like to provide more assistance to...
A 32-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl at Char Sonakur village in Gopalganj Sadar Upazila. Police identified the detainee as Hiru Molla who lives at Sonakur with his wife and daughter. The victim’s mother said...
FE Online Report | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
The country’s two bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – witnessed volatility at opening on Sunday, the 1st trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by 3.67 points...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday appeared before a make-shift court set up at Government Aliya Madrasa playground near Dhaka Central Jail in Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust corruption cases. The cases over the embezzlement of Tk 50...
A new platform named e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) started its formal journey in the country on Saturday with an aim to help flourish the sector by overcoming all obstacles. Earlier, the platform was formed to ensure the development of...
Bangladesh's mountaineer Wasfia Nazreen who has been named the Adventurer of the Year 2014-2015 by the National Geographic, said some 80 per cent people in Bangladesh have not seen a mountain but her visit to every continent made them proud....
The High Court (HC) on Sunday issued a rule asking the government to explain why 16th Amendment Act that empowers the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) to sack Supreme Court judges, should not be abolished. The ruling party this year amended the...
A young man died in a road accident in Golapganj Upazila in Sylhet district on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Zahid Ahmed, 29, son of Kholku Mia, a resident of the divisional city. Police said the accident took...
A minor drowned in a pond at Ayra village in Tanor Upazila in Rajshahi district on Saturday afternoon. The dead is Mahmudul Hassan, 5, son of Khabir Uddin, a teacher of Mundumala Dakhil Madrasa. Family sources said Mahmud drowned in...
Light rain or thundershowers is likely to occur at one or two places over Barisal, Chittagong and Dhaka divisions while weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country. Today (Nov 9)’s Met Office bulletin said...
Describing the police force as servants of the common man, Ganoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain has said that the law enforcers should not serve only a political party. ‘You (police) have to be servants of 160 million (16 crore) people....
FE Online Report | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
Amid gloomy market outlook, the key index of the country’s main bourse – Dhaka Stock Exchange – dipped below the 5,000-mark on Sunday, as investors went for selling spree, fearing further fall. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, plunged...
The defence lawyers of war crimes death row convict Muhammad Kamaruzzaman on Sunday said they would not go for presidential clemency before the review petition. Speaking at an emergency press briefing in the afternoon, they also claimed that Law, Justice...
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