TAIPEI, Sept 10 (AFP): Taiwan and China resumed talks Wednesday at an undisclosed location on a goods free trade agreement, sparking a protest against secrecy by demonstrators suspicious of closer ties with Beijing. Economic affairs minister Woody Duh told reporters...
BRUSSELS, Sept 10 (AFP) : France and Britain on Wednesday secured top positions in incoming European Commission president Jean Claude-Juncker's new team, which must tackle a stagnant economy, rising euroscepticism and the Ukraine crisis on its borders. Former French finance...
Gulf firms pledge $19b for W Africa projects DUBAI, Sept 10: Countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) on Tuesday secured commitments from Gulf states to invest $19 billion in infrastructure projects across the eight-nation bloc. Pledges...
FE Report | 2014-09-11 00:00:00
Stocks ended higher for the second straight session Wednesday with turnover crossing Tk 6.0 billion-mark once again as investors focused on micro-cap and selective large-cap stocks. Following previous sessions' gain, the market was almost 48 points up in the first...
FE Desk Report | 2014-09-11 00:00:00
Khurshid Alam, a former chairman of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) was buried at Banani graveyard in the city Tuesday evening. He passed away Tuesday at 5.00 am at the age of 84 at the city's United Hospital. He had been...
The Board of Directors and all staff of Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) and its subsidiaries-MTB Securities Ltd., MTB Capital Ltd., and MTB Exchange (UK) Ltd expressed condolence at the passing away of Saifuddin Ahmed Chowdhury, MTB Sponsor Director, and...
Completion of shares sale IDLC Finance Ltd. The City Bank Limited, one of the Corporate Sponsors of the Company, has further reported that it has completed its sale of 12,00,000 shares of the Company at prevailing market price through Stock...
FE Desk Report | 2014-09-11 00:00:00
The orientation programme of the 34th Batch of Chartered Secretary Course of ICSB was held Tuesday in the city. A total of 139 students who have been admitted in the regular course of Chartered Secretary for the Session July -December,...
Employees of Lafarge Surma Cement Limited (LSC) head office conducted Health and Safety workshops for the construction workers of various real estate companies. These workshops are being conducted as part of Lafarge's effort to ensure the safety and wellbeing of...
FE Report | 2014-09-11 00:00:00
The commonwealth telecom summit concluded Wednesday in the capital with a call for greater inclusion of the marginalised and unconnected people under the telecom network to eliminate the ICT disparity. The attending telecom experts and policy makers made the demand...
TOKYO, Sept 10 (AFP): Tokyo stocks clawed back early losses to finish 0.25 per cent higher Wednesday as the yen fell to a six-year low against the dollar, giving a boost to exporter shares. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index at...
The railway sector incurred losses to the tune of Tk 8.7 billion (870 crore) in the last fiscal year, according to statistics placed by Railway Minister Mazibul Hoque in the Parliament on Wednesday, report agencies. The expenses of the railway...
Defending the National Broadcast Policy 2104 again, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday that the Broadcast Commission would be formed in light with the policy so that the country's flourishing broadcast media could be run properly. "I know there's...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has said an inclusive and participatory democracy that empowers people at the core can ensure sustainable peace, security and development for Bangladesh in the post-2015 development era. "In Bangladesh, we strongly believe that an inclusive...
Apparently reacting to former Planning Minister AK Khandker's recent book, '1971: Bhetore Baire', Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said Wednesday a commander could write his or her autobiography, but it is not the right work for a commander to distort...
The Public Service Commission (PSC) will announce the preliminary tests for the 35th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations in a new format, reports bdnews24.com. Currently, job seekers have to sit for a one-hour-long, 100-mark MCQ exam in the preliminary test...
Comilla, Sept 10 (UNB): Police arrested Burichang upazila vice-chairman and Jamaat leader Saiful Islam from the town's Race Course area early Tuesday. Officer-in-charge of Comilla Kotwali Model Police Station Khorshed Alam said a team of police conducted a raid in...
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad Relieved on Wednesday party chief whip Tajul Islam and state minister for rural development and cooperatives Moshiur Rahman Ranga of the party presidium membership amid growing infighting among the party leaders, reports UNB. "The party...
A defence counsel pleaded Wednesday for acquittal of the alleged Al Badr commander ATM Azharul Islam from the war crimes offences as the prosecution totally 'failed' to prove beyond reasonable doubt the charges made against him, reports UNB. With the...
A Dhaka court here deferred Wednesday hearing until September 17 in Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, reports BSS. Judge Basu Deb Roy of a special court temporarily set up at Dhaka...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-11 00:00:00
PABNA, Sept 10: Police arrested six pro-AL men including a Jubo League leader from Debottar Bazar on charge of assaulting policemen during anti-drug operation at Debottar Bazar in Atghoria Upazila early Wednesday. The arrestees Md Rafikul Islam Bakul, son of...
CHITTAGONG, Sep 10 (BSS): Chittagong Port Protection Council (CPPC) today declared Saif Power Tech Ltd (SPTL) as persona non grata in Chittagong and asked it to leave Chittagong Port within one month. President of newly formed CPPC ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury,...
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