Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed deep gratitude to Bangladesh at the withdrawal of its candidature for a non-permanent membership of UN Security Council (UNSC) in favour of Japan. Recalling the warm hospitality of Bangladesh government during his recent...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 13: A Hajj pilgrim died at the Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city early on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Yunus, 62, a resident of Nazirpara of the city's South Patenga. — BSS
CHITTAGONG, Sep 13: The Bangladesh Railway (BR) authority in a special drive on Saturday evicted nearly one hundred temporary kitchen markets set up near the railway tracks in the port city. The BR Eastern Zone conducted the three-hour eviction drive...
The murder of David Haines was an ‘act of pure evil’, British Prime Minister David Cameron has said after the release of a video purporting to show the UK hostage’s beheading. The PM vowed to do ‘everything in our power...
Amid reports of obtaining freedom fighters' certificates through forgery by many, including officials, the government has decided to prepare a fresh digitised list of genuine war heroes, aiming to prevent the illegal practice. ‘After conducting a massive scrutiny, a fresh...
The Appellate Division on Sunday will deliver its verdict on two petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia over the legality of appointment of a judge, who indicted her in two graft cases. Khaleda’s two petitions are on the top...
The parliamentary committee on law ministry on Sunday will place before the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) its report on the Bill to restore the Parliament’s power to remove Supreme Court judges. The Parliament Secretariat on Saturday released the orders of the...
The Gazipur district unit of Awami League has brought out a colourful procession in Tongi town as celebration for Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, winning the World Health Organisation (WHO) award in recognition to her contribution...
With the recent ugly incidents of enforced-disappearances, abductions and killings are haunting the people of the country, a report about a similar incident has sent a new panic wave across the country. A nephew of Mosharraf Hossain, assistant personal secretary...
Police on Friday night arrested a human trafficker and rescued four people while they were being taken to Chittagong for sending them to Malaysia through illegal sea route. The five people were detained from Probhakaradi area in Araihajar Upazila in...
The Appellate Division has quashed two petitions by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the legality of the appointment of a lower court judge, who indicted her in two graft cases. A five-member bench led by Chief Justice M Muzammel Hossain...
Bodies of a couple have been recovered from a private hospital in Jhenidah. Police retrieved the bodies from Doctors’ Clinic, a private hospital in Jhenidah district town, around 3:00pm on Saturday. The deceased are Jewel Hossain, 30, and Nasrin Khatun,...
Police arrested a man along with three light guns (LG) in Shah Amanat (RA) Third Bridge area in Chittagong city on Saturday afternoon. The arrested is Mostaque Ahmed, 50, a resident of Ramu Upazila of Cox’s Bazar district. Mohammad Mohsin,...
Police arrested a man along with three light guns (LG) in Shah Amanat (RA) Third Bridge area in Chittagong city on Saturday afternoon. The arrested is Mostaque Ahmed, 50, a resident of Ramu Upazila of Cox’s Bazar district. Mohammad Mohsin,...
A four-day long Asia-Pacific Armies Management Seminar (PAMS) began at a city hotel on Sunday. PAMS has been held throughout the Asia Pacific region since 1978. Top Army officers and security officials from 23 countries in the Asia, Pacific and...
FE Online Report | 2014-09-14 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw upward trend in early hours of trading on Sunday, the first session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE,...
Some half million Gaza children made a delayed return to school on Sunday after a devastating 50-day war with Israel that killed more than 2,100 Palestinians and damaged hundreds of school buildings. Gaza Education Ministry official Ziad Thabet said the...
Survivors from a ferry that sank after encountering steering problems in the central Philippines said Sunday that they floated and were tossed about by the churning sea in pitch-black darkness for six hours while praying and holding on to an...
Egypt's stock market edged up in early trade on Sunday after the Cairo government said it would invite an International Monetary Fund mission to visit, while Qatar's bourse rose after the country took a step to reconcile with its Gulf...
President Asian Development Bank (ADB) Takehiko Nakao is arriving to Pakistan for 3-day visit from Monday to discuss projects of national importance and ADB’s assistance in solving the critical economic issues. During the visit, ADB head would discuss overall macro-economic...
Myanmar’s economic growth rate could rise to 9-10 per cent if the country invests more in human capital and infrastructure and this could push its per capita income up more than 500 per cent by 2030, according to a new...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 12: Speakers said at a discussion personal and institutional integrity in banking sector is very important to earn clients confidence on the banking activities. They viewed integrity is totally influenced by morality and honesty so practicing individual or...
TOKYO, Sept 12 (AFP): IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Friday commended Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to power the economy by boosting the female workforce, but added he needs to do more, including accepting more immigrants. "The global economy...
SINGAPORE, Sept 12 (AFP) : Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and two other investors have entered into an agreement to invest a combined $700 million in US firm XPO Logistics, the American company said. XPO Logistics said in a statement...
MUMBAI, Sept 12 (PTI): Snapping a two-day declining trend, the rupee Thursday managed to end two paise higher at 60.93 against the greenback after late dollar demand and negative cues from stocks washed out a major part of mid-session gains....
YANGON, Sept 12 (Xinhua) : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has predicted that Myanmar will see annual average gross domestic growth (GDP) as high as 9.5 per cent by 2030, according to a new report of the regional institution available...
HANOI, Sept 12 (AFP): Vietnam Airlines said it will be partially privatised in November, part of a long-delayed drive to sell off the communist country's mostly inefficient state-owned enterprises. Around 25 per cent of the national carrier will be sold...
SHANGHAI, Sept 12(AFP) : When the last version of Apple's biggest-selling gadget went on sale, China was among the first territories to offer it. That will not be the case with the iPhone 6, despite the country's importance to the...
Babul Barman | 2014-09-13 00:00:00
Stocks ended higher last week, extending the rally for the third week in a row with turnover improving slightly as investors focused on micro-cap and selective large-cap stocks. Last week featured all five trading sessions as usual. Among them, the...
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