One fuel-tanker of a training aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force fell to the ground in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi Monday due to technical fault. The aircraft, however, managed to return to Kurmitola airbase in Dhaka and landed safely, according to...
Traffic came to a halt on the Gulshan-Mohakhali road after Government Titumir College students vandalised cars in front of the institution. Students began vandalising cars on the road around 6:15pm Monday. The incident followed Bangladesh Chhatra League's declaring the committee...
Customs officials seized smuggled computer equipment at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital Monday. Acting on a tip-off, the customs officials seized 960 hard disks and 400 motherboards which were brought in the country from South Korea, said sources...
The United States is set to introduce a customer- friendly visa application process for intending Bangladeshi visitors from next week saying the new system will simplify interview appointment scheduling, fee collection, and visa pickup, reports BSS. "Starting September 14, 2014,...
An amount of Tk 9 billion (900 crore) against the demand of Tk 35b (3,500 cr) has been allocated to maintain the rural roads and culverts in fiscal year 2014-2015, LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam has said. He...
An on-duty police officer has been killed in a road accident at Karimpur police outpost, 12 kilomtres from Faridpur town. The dead is Zainul Abedin, 45, an Assistant Town Sub Inspector (SI). Zainul Abedin was checking the documents (papers) of...
A prosecution witness (PW) while testifying before the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 claimed that Engineer Abdul Jabbar committed atrocities during Bangladesh's independence struggles in 1971. PW 2 Abdul Quddus Matabbar testified before the ICT-1 against fugitive war crimes accused Engineer...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has cautioned admission-seekers and their parents against pursuing higher education on 48 campuses of a dozen private universities in Bangladesh. A media statement from the UGC has listed the troublesome campuses of 12 private varsities....
Two villages under Betdighi union in Fulbari Upazila in Dinajpur have been declared free from malnutrition. Chairman of Betdighi union Shah Md Abdul Quddus has officially declared Faridabad and Chalk Enayetpur villages free from malnutrition at a ceremony. The declaration...
The government is preparing a mega plan to develop Tejgaon Industrial Area as a commercial as well as a residential district. The decision came at a Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Meeting sources said a high-powered committee,...
Senior lawyers will hold a discussion meeting at the Supreme Court Bar Council building in the city this (Tuesday) afternoon on the government’s move to re-empower parliament to remove judges through the 16th amendment to the Constitution. Bangladesh Ganotantrik Ainjibi...
A Saudi Arabian court has jailed six people for up to six years for security offences. The Specialised Criminal Court sentenced the six and also banned them from traveling for fixed periods after their release. In February, King Abdullah decreed...
FE Online Report | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) rose in early hours of trading on Tuesday, the third session of the week. Today’s (Tuesday) trading at DSE started by five minutes...
FE Online Report | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) rose in early hours of trading on Tuesday, the third session of the week. Today’s (Tuesday) trading at DSE started by five minutes...
British High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert Gibson has said the changing climate is one of the most serious threats Bangladesh is facing. Gibson said this while, he along with the envoys of two other European countries, visited three climate adaptation...
A mortar shell has been recovered in Heyako area under Fatikchhari Upazila in Chittagong district. The 13-kilogram shell was discovered by the locals who were digging in a grave in a bid to burry a dead on Monday. Shafiul Alam,...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested three alleged Yaba traders and recovered 9,000 contraband tablets in Bandartila in Chittagong city on Monday night. The arrestees were identified as Syed Alam, 50, of Teknaf Upazila of Cox’s Bazar district, Shahjahan, 35,...
A Chittagong court on Tuesday ordered death by hanging for two persons found guilty of killing a man 8 years ago. Momin Ullah, the judge of the Special District and Sessions judge’s court, Chittagong, passed the order in the afternoon....
At least three people were killed and five others injured in a truck accident at Piarpur under Faridpur municipality on Monday night. The dead are Thandu Sheikh, 32, a resident of Jessore district, Shakhawat Bapari, 35, a resident of Munshiganj...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three alleged drug peddlers in possession of eight kilograms of hemp from Rathkhola in Faridpur town on Monday night. The arrestees were identified as Azim Sheikh, Boidyanath Das and Bachchu Fakir, all residents...
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) will start selling the advance tickets of inter-city trains for the homebound train passengers from September 26 ahead of Holy Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja, Railways Minister Mujibul Haque has said. During a media briefing in the...
Asian shares mostly gained on Tuesday led by Tokyo and a weak yen. The Nikkei 225 rose 0.5%, while the Shanghai Composite was up 0.1% after a holiday on Monday. Korean and Hong Kong markets are closed for a holiday....
European shares edged higher in early trading on Tuesday, with Telecom Italia gaining after some interest in its Brazil unit and ABB rallying after unveiling a plan to buy back shares. Telecom Italia rose 3 per cent after news that...
Khurshid Alam, a former chairman of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) expired today morning in the city. He was suffering from old-age ailments. Aged 84, Mr Khurshid breathed his last in the United Hospital in the city, according to a DSE...
A recovery by the resources sector after recent falls in iron ore prices has helped the share market break a run of four straight losses. The market's gain came despite a weaker reading of business confidence, and data on home...
US stocks have opened mostly lower as investors weighed the prospects of Scottish independence and a General Electric deal to sell its home appliances division to Sweden's Electrolux. Five minutes into trade the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 19.77 points...
Oil prices have dropped with the European benchmark contract slipping below $US100 ($A108.20) a barrel on concerns about fragile demand, heavy supply and a strengthening US dollar. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for October delivery fell 63 cents to $US92.66...
A robust dollar swept to a 14-month high on Tuesday as investors tweaked bets on an early hike in US interest rates, burdening oil, gold and stocks in the energy majors. As the dollar broke to a six-year peak on...
FE Online Report | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
Stocks returned to the green on Tuesday after two sessions’ correction with turnover rose slightly as investors took position on large-cap stocks. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended at 4,647.43 points, gaining 38.47 points or...
Gold prices slid Monday, as a stronger US dollar led investors to sell the precious metal. Gold for December delivery, the most actively traded contract, fell $13, or one per cent, to $1,254.30 a troy ounce on the Comex division...
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