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ICB Securities to provide best value for money to investors

FE Report | 2014-09-22 00:00:00

ICB Securities Trading Company Limited (ISTCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), has vowed to provide best value for money to investors through adopting prudent trading strategies and personalised service focussing on business growth, officials said. "To promote...

Two cos recommend dividends

2014-09-22 00:00:00

The board of directors of Bangas has recommended 50 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2014, reports UNB. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will be held on October 21 on the factory...

Top 4 Sensex cos lose Rs 393.91b in market valuation

2014-09-22 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Sept 21 (PTI): Four of the top-10 Sensex firms suffered a combined loss of Rs 393.91 billion from their market valuation last week, with state-run ONGC taking the steepest hit. While ONGC, RIL, CIL and SBI suffered losses...

Photo: DBBL jointly introduced the UnionPay card

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Photo: An agreement was signed recently between Totalgaz Bangladesh and IFC

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Photo: United Hospital Limited

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Daily Market Commentary

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Concern over govt move to reduce minimum age for marriage

FE Report | 2014-09-22 00:00:00

The Citizen's Initiatives on CEDAW, Bangladesh (CIC-BD) has expressed concern over the government's move to reduce minimum age for marriage in the draft early marriage prevention act 2014 saying it would be conflicting to national and international acts and policies....

Pro-BNP lawyers demonstrate against 16th amendment

2014-09-22 00:00:00

BNP-loyal lawyers on Sunday alleged that the ruling Awami League made the 16th amendment to the constitution under a deep rooted conspiracy as it wants to secure its reign in perpetuity controlling all the institutional bodies like the judiciary, reports...

‘India\\\'s moral support needed to save BD democracy’

2014-09-22 00:00:00

BNP chairperson's adviser Khandker Mahbub Hossain said on Sunday India's moral support is needed for 'saving democracy' in Bangladesh as a neighbour and the world's largest democracy, report agencies. Khandker Mahbub, also vice-chairman of Bangladesh Bar Council, made the remarks...

Split in BNP, its alliance imminent, says Hasan

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Claiming that some BNP leaders are covertly maintaining link with them, Awami League publicity affairs secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said BNP may face split in the party alongside its alliance, reports UNB. "The 20-party alliance is on the...

Jamaat may go underground if banned, fears Muhith

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Shrugging off the allegation of government-Jamaat entente, Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Sunday feared that the Islamist might go underground if it is banned, report agencies."It's rubbish. We discussed yesterday. How could Jamaat have talks with us? Jamaat itself is...

People reject Jamaat\\\'s hartal: Maya

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya said Sunday countrywide hartal called by the Jamaat-e-Islami to protect its leader war criminal Delwar Hossain Sayeedi has been rejected by the people of the country, reports BSS. "Jamaat did not...

Jamaat\\\'s slack hartal ends

2014-09-22 00:00:00

The second and final phase of countrywide 24-hour hartal, called by Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh demanding the release of its jailed nayeb-e-ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee, was held peacefully in the capital as well as other parts of the country today (Sunday), reports...

Increase enrolment in cadet colleges: JS body

2014-09-22 00:00:00

The parliamentary standing committee concerned on Sunday suggested the defence ministry for taking steps to gradually increase the number of students in the country's cadet colleges, reports UNB. It also recommended the ministry to take necessary measures to renovate the...

Action against Madrasa super, school headmaster ordered

2014-09-22 00:00:00

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md  Shahriar Alam directed the authorities concerned to take actions against a Madrasa super and Headmaster of a school for keeping students standing beside roads to greet him during his visit to Charghat in Rajshahi...

FF testifies against war crimes accused Jabbar

2014-09-22 00:00:00

A freedom fighter prosecution witness (PW) recounted on Sunday before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 a horrific tale of how he and seven other captives had escaped death after Razakars shot at them on a canal bank in village Suryamoni of...

AL-backed Alim wins Fulgazi UZ by-polls

2014-09-22 00:00:00

FENI, Sept 21 (UNB): Awami League (AL)-backed candidate Abdul Alim was unofficially declared winner in the by-polls to the post of chairman of Fulgazi upazila held on Sunday. Alim, also AL's Sadar upazila general secretary, bagged 47,266 votes while his...

24 BNP-Jamaat leaders, activists held in Magura

Our Correspondent | 2014-09-22 00:00:00

MAGURA, Sept 21: Some 24 BNP-Jamaat leaders and activists including Jamaat's Sreepur upazila unit general secretary were arrested in Magura from Saturday night to early hours of Sunday. Magura assistant police super Shudarshan Kumar Roy informed that police conducted raids...

Photo: Vehicles plying the city roads Sunday despite a 24-hour countrywide hartal

2014-09-22 00:00:00

ACC okays charge sheet against 10, including 2 bank officials

FE Report | 2014-09-22 00:00:00

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved a charge sheet against 10 people, including two former officials of Sonali Bank, in a case filed against them for allegedly embezzling Tk 13.20 million. The commission approved the charge sheet in its regular...

RAB ditches European Parliament statement

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Refuting the European Parliament's (EP) recent statement over the impunity of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), the elite force headquarters here on Sunday said RAB does not want any impunity for its any member involved in crimes, reports UNB. RAB's reaction...

Students confine DU hall provost for over 3 hrs

2014-09-22 00:00:00

The students of Dhaka University's Shahidullah Hall on Saturday night confined their provost to his office for nearly three and a half hours demanding increasing security and library facilities at the dormitory, reports UNB. Campus sources said suspicious vehicles frequently...

Rights bodies urge PM to take strong stand at UN climate summit

FE Report | 2014-09-22 00:00:00

Some right- based organisations urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday to take strong stand at climate summit of the United Nations (UN) for the country's climate- induced migrants' rights and other justified issues. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called...

Four killed in Tangail road accident

2014-09-22 00:00:00

TANGAIL, Sept 21 (BSS/UNB): Four persons were killed and four others injured in a road accident in Jarmuki area on the Dhaka-Tangail highway under Mirzapur upazila of the district this morning. The deceased were Ismail Hossain, 60, a freedom fighter,...

Man killed in cop firing during B\\\'baria UP by-polls

2014-09-22 00:00:00

BRAHMANBARIA, Sept 21 (UNB): A man was killed and 20 others were injured as police opened fire on two feuding groups at a centre during the by-election to Champaknagar union parishad in Bijoynagar upazila on Sunday. The deceased was identified...

Tk 29m gold bars seized from Biman flight at Ctg airport

Our Correspondent | 2014-09-22 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Sept 21: The Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport Customs authority seized 58 gold bars weighing seven kilograms (7 kg) from a passenger of Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight Sunday. Md Ullah Al Amin, the passenger from Dubai, was arrested in...

Signal No 3 at seaports

2014-09-22 00:00:00

The maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal no three, reports UNB. The warning came as the well-marked low over Northwest Bay and adjoining Orissa coast moved northwards and...

Schoolboy dies in city falling from rooftop

2014-09-22 00:00:00

A schoolboy died Sunday after falling from the rooftop of a under-construction six-storey building at Meradia under Khilgaon thana in the city, police and hospital sources said, reports BSS. Family sources said the deceased was Riajuddin Ahmed, 8, a student...

Malaysian HC visa section to remain closed on Oct 5-7

2014-09-22 00:00:00

The visa section of the High Commission (HC) of Malaysia would remain closed from October 05 to October 07 on the occasion of Durga Puja and the holy Eid-ul-Azha, reports BSS. The visa operations would resume on October 08, a...