FE Report | 2014-09-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh will export 50,000 tonnes of boiled rice to Sri Lanka as the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved Thursday a proposal in this regard. "We decided to export 50,000 tonnes of boiled rice to Sri Lanka. Presently, we have...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stressed on Thursday the need for planned land use and land management, as local and foreign entrepreneurs are making big investments in the country these days, report agencies. Hasina said the country's land needed to be...
FE Report | 2014-09-19 00:00:00
Taxpayers across the country have found the ongoing tax fairs, kicked off Tuesday, a convenient place to obtain Taxpayers Identification Number (TIN) and submit tax returns. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been receiving increased response from taxpayers, even...
EDINBURGH, Sept 18 (Agencies): Scotland voted Thursday in an independence referendum that could break up the centuries-old United Kingdom and create Europe's newest state since the collapse of Yugoslavia. Some 97 per cent of eligible Scots -- nearly 4.3 million...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-19 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Sept 18: The country's per capita income has now increased to US$ 1,190 from $ 759 in the year 2008-09, and poverty rate has come down to 25.6 per cent in June 2014 from 48.9 in 2000. Ministry of...
Experienced and skilled officials are regularly leaving the state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (BAPEX), State Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources told parliament on Thursday, reports UNB. Despite getting financial and other privileges in BAPEX, the trend...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-09-19 00:00:00
The government is eyeing to award well drilling job to foreign firms, keeping the drilling rigs of Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (BAPEX) idle, it has been alleged. Sources said a vested quarter in the government is involved...
The 24-hour nationwide hartal, enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami demanding release of its jailed nayeb-e-ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee, continued amid poor response on Thursday, reports UNB. In the capital, Jamaat-Shibir activists brought out processions in support of the shutdown in different areas,...
NEW DELHI, Sept 18 (PTI): India today signed a 5-year trade and economic cooperation agreement with China with a view to improve the trade balance. The 'Five year Trade and Economic Development Plan' was signed by Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...
FE Report | 2014-09-19 00:00:00
The prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange - DSEX registered a sharp rise Thursday, hitting the highest level since its inception in January, 2013, as the market was on a steady gaining streak for the third day. The DSE Broad...
FE Report | 2014-09-19 00:00:00
The central bank has asked four state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) for taking effective measures to improve their financial health immediately through expediting classified loan recovery drives, officials said. The instruction came at a meeting held at the Bangladesh Bank (BB)...
FE Report | 2014-09-19 00:00:00
The European Union (EU) Parliament in a resolution called upon Bangladesh government Thursday to stop giving impunity to the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members for violation of human rights. According to the newsroom of the parliament, human rights violations by...
The fire that broke out at the Gulshan Tower in the city's Gulshan area on Thursday evening was brought under control. The fire originated on the ground floor of the 13-storey building at Gulshan-2. — UNB
The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) reconstituted on Thursday five parliamentary standing committees on different ministries. The five committees are: Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce Ministry, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Ministry, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu has said that the government has plans to set up heavy industries across the country and undertook a goon number of projects in the last five years. The minister made remark while replying to a...
Scotland voted against breaking apart the United Kingdom in four small constituencies, early referendum results showed on Friday, as Scots agonized over the fate of their country following a divisive independence campaign. Scotland's verdict on the union should be clear...
Leader of the Opposition Raushan Ershad has told the Jatitya Sangsad (parliament) that adulteration of food is going unabated in the country. Terming food adulteration a serious crime, she said it is posing a grave threat to public health. ‘The...
Train services of Dhaka with Chittagong, Feni and other eastern and south-eastern districts were restored on Friday morning after more than 7 hours of disruption following a train-bus collision at a level crossing at Fatehpur in Feni Sadar Upazila on...
Rangpur's rail communications with other parts of the country was restored on Thursday night after 6 hours of disruption due to derailment of a train in Lalbagh area in Sadar Upazila on Thursday afternoon. The Dinajpur-bound ‘Burimari Express’ train derailed...
Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has been passing a busy day in New Delhi since he arrived in the Indian capital on Wednesday. Mahmood Ali, in India on a 4-day visit, has been passing a very busy day on...
Detectives detained 7 members of Jamaa’tul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), a banned outfit, on Thursday night. The 7, including the JMB’s acting chief, were picked up from Dhaka’s Turag neighbourhood with a big cache of explosives. Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka...
Police again swooped on the activists of Ganajagaran Mancha at Shahbagh in the city on Thursday night. Witnesses said several hundred activists of Ganajagaran Mancha gathered at Shahbagh intersection to stage a protest rally there a little while after the...
Scotland has chosen to stay in the United Kingdom (UK), spurning independence in a historic referendum that had worried allies and investors, results showed on Friday with more than two thirds of the vote declared. Scotland’s final verdict on the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached Tungipara in Gopalganj district to inaugurate several development projects and attend a rally. The helicopter carrying her touched down there just after 10:00am on Friday. She paid tributes to Bangladesh’s founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur...
State Minister for Science and Technology Yeafesh Osman has said that a nuclear power plant will be set up in Labanchhara in south-western district of Khulna. He said the Chinese government has shown their interest to build the nuclear power...
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