Mugger beaten to death in Keraniganj KERANIGANJ, Sept 6: An alleged mugger was beaten to death by a mob in the Bamansur area near Keraniganj Model Police Station early Saturday. The deceased identified as Ripon,26, hailed from Daudkandi Upazila of...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi and Dhaka divisions today (Sunday). Moderately...
The name of former finance minister M Syeduzzaman was misspelled as M Sayeduzzaman in the item titled 'Correction' carried on Page 8 in Saturday's issue (September 06, 2014) of the Financial Express (FE). The inadvertent printing error is regretted.
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-09-07 00:00:00
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts expressed concern last week over gross irregularities in the bifurcated Dhaka City Corporation (DCC). In a meeting held on August 27 last with Dr. Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir in the chair, the parliamentary watchdog...
Monira Munni | 2014-09-07 00:00:00
Tuba Group authorities have failed to submit a detailed report on the dues of workers of their closed five factories within the stipulated timeframe and sought more time in this connection, sources said. On the other hand, labour leaders have...
Sonia H Moni | 2014-09-07 00:00:00
The government has sent a new list of 14 shrimp and fish processing plants to Russia with a view to expanding the market share of Bangladesh, officials said. "We sent the list at the end of last week. We have...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-09-07 00:00:00
State-owned Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB) is likely to get international recognition by January next. This will help promote the country's exports and reduce time and money in getting foreign official recognition required by the buyers, sources said. A two-member team...
FE Report | 2014-09-07 00:00:00
Some 22 Bangladeshi workers, out of 58, returned home from Sudan Saturday after facing immense sufferings as they were cheated by a fraudulent manpower agent. All the workers went to Sudan in January and February last through Al Purbasha, a...
FE Report | 2014-09-07 00:00:00
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Saturday conveyed the eagerness of his country's businesspeople to undertake comprehensive investment packages in Bangladesh by using the BIG-B initiative as the "centrepiece" of newly-defined cooperation between the two countries. The BIG-B (Bay of Bengal...
Bangladesh has withdrawn its candidature for the non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council in support of its 'long-tested' friend Japan, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced, reports bdnews24.com. The announcement came at a joint briefing after the summit talk...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged on Saturday the Japanese businessmen to make more investment in Bangladesh, especially in high-tech manufacturing, as the country is offering the maximum scopes for foreign investors, reports BSS. "Specifically, we expect Japanese investment in high-tech...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-09-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh is still lagging behind the targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in some areas including employment generation and adult literacy rate, a government report has said. The country, however, has done well in some other areas like poverty...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-09-07 00:00:00
The just-concluded NATO summit in Wales, Britain, was billed as probably the most important one since the inception of the western military alliance in 1949. The two-day meet concluded on September 5 with pledges to fight the Russian 'invasion' in...
The bill for a constitutional amendment to restore Parliament's authority to impeach Supreme Court judges will be tabled in the Jatiya Sangsad today (Sunday), reports bdnews24.com. A post of the National Parliament website says it is included in the agenda...
Pankaj Dastider | 2014-09-07 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Sept 6: Land acquisition of one of the country's mega power plants at Matarbari of Moheshkhali island upazila has started through distribution of cheques for compensating to the affected local residents. The recipients of cheques were also advised to...
HABIGANJ, Sept 6: At least five people, including a woman, were killed and 16 others injured, when a bus and a human hauler collided head-on on the Habiganj-Sayestaganj road at Dhuliakhal Amtoli in Habiganj Sadar uapzila on Saturday. Of the...
At least four people were killed and four others injured in road accidents in Mymensingh and Narsingdi districts in the last 24 hours ending at 7pm on Saturday. A speeding bus hit an auto-rickshaw at Shambhuganj at Mymensingh Sadar Upazila...
The 54th council and 5-day-long annual forum of Commonwealth Telecommunication Organisation (CTO) starts in Dhaka this (Monday) morning. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is hosting the event, which is one of the most prestigious summit of telecommunication, known as CTO...
Police arrested one person with 200 pieces of Yaba tablets and cash Tk 25,000 from Kathaltali in Rangamati town on Saturday. The arrested was identified as Rasheda Begum, wife of Jasimuddin, a resident of the area. Being tipped off, a...
Bangladesh and Japan have embarked on a visa-free regime by exempting visa for diplomatic passport holders. During an official meeting in Dhaka between Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, they also decided to consider visa...
An officer of RAB-11 was remanded for 8 days immediately after his arrest on Saturday in connection with the Narayanganj 7-murder case. Meanwhile, another RAB-11 member, arrested earlier in this connection, made an attempt to commit suicide in jail. He...
A five-year-old boy and a college student drowned in separate incidents in Adamdighi and Sonatala Upazilas in Bogra district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Mashrafee, 5, son of Mamun Hossain of Palanpara village in Alamdighi Upazila, and Shirazul,...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered about 0.1 million (100,000) pieces Yaba in Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday. Lieutenant Colonel Abu Zar Al-Zahid, commanding officer of 42 BGB Battalion based in Teknaf, confirmed the report saying a Myanmarese national...
An old woman has been electrocuted in Godagari Upazila in Rajshahi district. The dead is Hasina Begum, 50, wife of Nurul Islam of Dharampur village. She came in contact with an electrified power switchboard in her house and received injuries....
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left Dhaka for Colombo on Sunday morning, ending his 22-hour whirlwind tour of Bangladesh. Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali saw him off at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport around 10:40am. Shinjo and his wife...
FE Online Report | 2014-09-07 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading on Sunday, the opening session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 18.93 points or...
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has applauded Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her ‘dynamic and visionary leadership’ which has guided Bangladesh towards the brink of becoming a middle income country. Bangladesh has set its sights on attaining the middle income...
After its vigilance in Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar districts, the Election Commission has warned its voter registration workers that Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees may attempt to become registered voters in Dhaka city. The updating of voters’ lists in Dhaka and Chittagong...
Some miscreants shot to death a Juba League (JL) leader in Sonaimuri Upazila in Noakhali district on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Arif Hossain, 30, joint secretary of the JL in Amishaparha Union under the Upazila. Party sources...
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