AL-backed candidates win Mehendiganj UZ poll BARISAL, Sept 22: Awami League (AL)-backed candidates were unofficially declared winners in the polls of Mehendiganj Upazila held Sunday. Returning officer M Dulal Talukder declared the election result last night. Advocate Munsur Ahamed won...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-09-23 00:00:00
Maintenance of Kuril flyover faces looming uncertainty as Rajuk and Project Builders Limited (PBL), the constructing company, began shifting the responsibility to each other following the finding of fault. The over-the-road bridge, built with local technology, was commissioned a year...
Bangladesh is expected to benefit from India's advancement in space as both the neighbouring countries have agreed at a recently held Foreign Ministers-level meeting in New Delhi to move forward on bilateral cooperation in two high technology areas-nuclear field and...
Representatives of four organisations of the United Nations (UN) working on Bangladesh nutrition situation called on Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Choudhury at her parliament office in the city Monday, reports BSS. The representatives are Christa Rader of the World Food...
In separate incidents, six people were killed in lightning strikes in Lalmonirhat, Satkhira, Joypurhat, Bagerhat and Rajshahi districts on Monday, reports UNB. In Lalmonirhat, lightning killed two people -- Malek, 43, at Lohakuchi village in Kaliganj upazila, and Rabeya, 37,...
The Honorary Consulate of Malta in Dhaka has celebrated the 50th anniversary of the country's independence. On the occasion, the Honorary Consul of Malta M Shoeb Chowdhury and his spouse hosted a reception at a city hotel Friday, says a...
US Ambassador in Bangladesh Dan W Mozena will start his six-day tour today (Tuesday) to visit Comilla, Feni, Noakhali, Lakshmipur, and Chandpur districts, report agencies. With the culmination of this trip, Mozena will fulfill his pledge to visit all 64...
Admission test 2014-15 for the first year honours courses under Gha unit of Dhaka University (DU) will be held from 10:00 am to 11:00 am Friday, says a press release. The test will be held in 97 centres including 53...
In separate incidents, customs officials seized 31 gold bars weighing some 3.5 kg and arrested two people at Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Monday, report agencies. The prices of the seized gold worked out at about Tk 16...
The 33rd death anniversary of freedom fighter major Kazi Mominul Haque will be observed today (Tuesday). On the occasion, Bir Muktijoddha Major Momin Foundation will hold Qurankhwani and milad mahfil for the salvation of the departed soul at Jame Mosque...
A man was burnt to death as a fire broke out in a multistoried building in the city's Fakirapool area Sunday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Ebadat (35), a security guard of the building. Shahjadi Sultana, an...
Plain-clothes police arrested three alleged drug dealers along with 1,000 bottles of Phensidyl syrup in the city's Khilgaon area on Sunday night, reports UNB. The arrestees were identified as Rashidul Islam alias Rashi, 22, Ismail Mondal, 35, and Jahangir Alam,...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions until 6pm today (Tuesday). Moderately heavy to very heavy falls...
FE Report | 2014-09-23 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has received 50 per cent higher tax from the weeklong income tax fairs across the country that conclude Monday amid huge rush of taxpayers. NBR received Tk 16.75 billion income tax and 149,309 tax...
FE Report | 2014-09-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh and Malaysia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Monday for installation of 1,320 megawatts (mw) coal-fired power plant on 550 acres of land at Maheskhali in Cox's Bazar under joint venture. As per the MoU, a consortium of Malaysian...
NEW YORK, Sept 22 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived here Monday morning amid a warm reception to attend the 69th UN General Assembly (UNGA). An Emirates flight carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage reached J F Kennedy (JFK)...
Weddings in India are big occasions - more so than in other cultures. Families save for their whole lives to pay for this one special event, which very often runs into days of celebrations with thousands of guests, reports BBC....
The UN refugee agency says Turkey urgently needs help to care for 130,000 Syrian refugees who have crossed the border in recent days, reports BBC. The UNHCR said this was the largest influx in such a short period since the...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) will quiz Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan and former Housing and Public Works Minister Mirza Abbas on October 12 next in connection with a 7-acre land in the city allocated for journalists during the previous BNP...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-09-23 00:00:00
The government's borrowing from non-bank sources, including that from some non-traditional ones, marked a steep rise in the fiscal year 2013-14. This has led to a rise in the overall debt-servicing liabilities of the government. The government's net borrowing from...
The BNP-led 20-party alliance's first hartal after the January-5 election failed to draw any strong public response Monday as the normal life was largely unaffected, except a few sporadic clashes between pro-hartal activists and police in the capital and elsewhere,...
FE Report | 2014-09-23 00:00:00
China agreed to finance Bangladesh's larger priority development projects on easier terms and at a cut-down lending rate, officials said Monday after negotiations in Dhaka. The Chinese government's lending agency--EXIM Bank--assured of relaxing the terms and conditions, including lowering the...
FE Report | 2014-09-23 00:00:00
The central bank has taken punitive actions against 184 bankers including 18 general managers and above for their involvement in 4476 complaints in the fiscal year (FY) 2013-14, officials said. The number of complaints in the country's banking sector increased...
Pankaj Dastider | 2014-09-23 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Sept 22: Mercantile Marine Office (MMO), Khulna, a branch of Mercantile Marine Department (MMD), Chittagong has remained manned with only one LDA (lower division assistant) for the last 15 months, sources concerned said. Though six persons were recruited for...
FE Report | 2014-09-23 00:00:00
The government decided Monday to speed up the slow moving World Bank-funded projects in Bangladesh to receive continuous financial supports from the multilateral lender, officials said. Economic Relations Division (ERD) officials said Monday since a number of world Bank-funded projects,...
FE News Desk | 2014-09-23 00:00:00
President Md Abdul Hamid signed Monday the 16th Constitution Amendment Bill empowering parliament to impeach Supreme Court judges for incapacity or misconduct, in a much-debated transfer of the authority from a judicial body. The president's assent to the bill came...
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