The holy Ashura was observed in Bangladesh and elsewhere in the Muslim world with due respect and religious solemnity. The Holy Ashura is observed on the 10th of Muharram, the 1st month in Arabic calendar, to commemorate the Karbala tragedy...
The dean election of Dhaka University (DU) will be held on Thursday. Voting to choose the deans of different faculties of the university will be held at Nawab Nabab Ali Choudhury Senate Bhaban on the campus from 10am to 2pm,...
Patrolling has been intensified at the Kolkata Port Trust following inputs of threat perception at the port and its installations, reports suggested on Tuesday. The terror alert was reportedly received on Monday night after a couple of intercepts suggested that...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-03 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Nov 2: Western Marine Shipyard ships a newly-constructed aluminium body catamaran type passenger ship to Tanzania tomorrow (November 3). The ship, named MV Dar Es Salam, was mounted on another heavy carrier mother vessel at the Chittagong port for...
No major incident of violence was reported on Sunday, the first day of the countrywide 48-hour hartal, enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami, reports UNB. The hartal was called protesting Jamaat ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami's death sentence for his crimes during the Liberation...
FE Report | 2014-11-03 00:00:00
The fault lines in Saturday's countrywide blackout still remained clouded in the 'dark' as the Power Division declined to assign any specific reason while energy experts blamed insufficient 'protective measure' for the massive power-system breakdown. After the outage had occurred,...
FE News Desk | 2014-11-03 00:00:00
A special tribunal in Dhaka sentenced Mir Quasem Ali to death Sunday for his crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War while the fate of Mr Kamaruzzaman, already on death-row, will be decided by the apex court today (Monday)....
Zahid Hussain and Nadeem Rizwan | 2014-11-03 00:00:00
More than a year has passed since the Rana Plaza building collapsed in Dhaka, killing more than 1,100 Ready Made Garment (RMG) workers. Compliance with labour, health and safety standards in the Bangladeshi garment industry has since been under serious...
FE Report | 2014-11-03 00:00:00
The securities regulator has censured the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) for its failure to initiate the necessary process for winding up or conversion of its eight closed-end mutual funds (MFs) within the stipulated timeframe. At the same time the...
Monira Munni | 2014-11-03 00:00:00
No effective step has yet been taken to bring the subcontracted garment factories under a regulatory framework despite their poor working condition and safety. A large number of such factories are members of neither Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association...
FE Report | 2014-11-03 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the time for submission of individuals' tax returns by another month, until November 30 next following requests of taxpayers. The deadline was scheduled to expire Sunday (November 2). The board issued an...
FE Report | 2014-11-03 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has announced steps to facilitate ongoing tannery relocation process from the city's Hazaribagh to Savar, officials said. Under the supports, the banks have been allowed to transfer non-performing loans (NPL) of the tanneries, which have already...
The securities regulator has formed a two-member body to probe the alleged involvement of a rating agency in trafficking data to India, officials have said. The committee formed on Thursday has been asked to submit its report within 30 working...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs suggested on Sunday government cooperation with the subcommittee formed to recover illegally-occupied shops of the Gulistan Shopping Complex in the capital. It also recommended providing the lists of shop...
MYMENSINGH, Nov 2: One person was killed and 20 others injured when a train hit a sand-laden truck at the Bahadurpur level-crossing under Gouripur upazila of the district on Sunday morning. The identity of the deceased could not be known...
The Supreme Court will pronounce its judgment within a few hours on the appeal filed by condemned war crimes convict M Kamaruzzaman, assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e Islami, challenging the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) sentence. Closing the arguments on appeal,...
Suspected hartal supporters set a passenger bus on fire in Dhanmondi area in the city on Sunday night. However, no casualties are reported in the arson attack on the vehicle. Police, quoting witnesses said, a group of unidentified young men...
The 48-hour nationwide hartal, enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir protesting Jamaat Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami’s death sentence for his war crimes, entered the 2nd day on Monday. The 2nd-phase of the 72-hour hartal (shutdown) that began at 6:00am...
For city-dwellers the dawn of 3rd November 39 years ago was like no other. They awoke to the sound of air force fighters screeching through the clear blue sky. As everybody switched on to their radios they found it off...
A jubilant procession brought out in Chittagong on Sunday afternoon by the supporters of Ganajagaran Mancha following ICT-1’s verdict awarding capital punishment to Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali for his wartime offences, came under bomb attack. At least two people...
Condemned war crimes convict M Kamaruzzaman will go to gallows as the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court upheld the ICT-2's verdict on Monday morning. The apex court pronounced its judgment on the appeal filed by Kamaruzzaman, assistant secretary general...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2’s judgment that had condemned Jamaat-e-Islami leader M Kamaruzzaman to death for war crimes. A four-member Appellate Division bench headed by Justice SK Sinha delivered the...
The son of an additional inspector general (AIG) of police who ran over a readymade garment worker in Dhaka while driving his father’s car without a licence has been arrested. Banani police OC Bhuiyan Mahbub Hossain on Sunday said North...
In a shocking incident, a young girl was slaughtered by her father at Baddipur colony at Satkhira Sadar Upazila on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Kamrunnahar, 18, daughter of Matiur Rahman of the area. Victim’s younger sister Kariman...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid tribute to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi Road No 32 in the city on Monday, marking the 40th Jail Killing Day. She...
A Dhaka court has placed three suspected members of outlawed militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) on a 2-day remand each in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act. They are Md Abdullah, Md Redwan and Md Mufiqul Islam Ripon. Metropolitan Magistrate,...
Bangladesh national cricket team's captain Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and elected to bat first in the 2nd Test of their three-match series against Zimbabwe at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Monday. Bangladesh made just one change to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday paid homage to four national leaders and family members of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths on their graves at Banani Graveyard marking the 40th Jail Killing Day. On November 3 in 1975,...
FE Online Report | 2014-11-03 00:00:00
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed mixed trend while and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in the early hours of trading on Monday amid nationwide general strike. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, stayed at 5,105.46 points, gaining...
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