FE Report | 2014-08-21 00:00:00
The central bank Wednesday awarded posthumously noted economists Dr. Professor Muzaffer Ahmed and Dr. Swadesh Ranjan Bose Bangladesh Bank Award 2013 for their outstanding contribution in the field of economics. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith handed over crests, gold...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has firmly stated that no company will get more than one block in the Bay of Bengal to explore oil and gas, reports bdnews24.com. During Wednesday's meeting at her office, Hasina also directed floating of fresh...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-08-21 00:00:00
The government would construct Bangladesh-Myanmar friendship road on the Cox's Bazar frontier en route to Kunming of China under the concept of regional connectivity to boost trade and economic cooperation, officials said Wednesday. Communications ministry officials said the Bangladesh-Myanmar friendship...
FE Report | 2014-08-21 00:00:00
Representatives of public and private sectors of Bangladesh and Japan sit here today (Thursday) to open economic dialogues for the first time towards promoting investment and trade between the two countries to a new height. The first Bangladesh-Japan public-private economic...
FE Report | 2014-08-21 00:00:00
Flood situation in the country deteriorated further, as the major rivers in 20 districts are now flowing above their respective danger mark (DM), causing submergence of a vast area in the last two days, officials said. They said the condition...
Tokyo stocks rose 0.79 per cent on Thursday morning after the dollar jumped against the yen on speculation that the US central bank may raise interest rates earlier than expected. The Nikkei 225 index was up 121.37 points at 15,575.82...
Chinese stocks were flat in morning trade on Thursday as the market awaited HSBC's preliminary manufacturing data for August later in the day, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.09 per cent, or 2.08 points, to 2,238.13. The...
Hong Kong stocks opened 0.28 per cent lower on Thursday despite a positive lead from Wall Street. The benchmark Hang Seng Index was down 69.9 points at 25,089.86 in the first few minutes of trade, according to AFP.
Today is August 21. Ten years ago on this day, the gruesome grenade attacks on an Awami League (AL) rally in the city’s Bangabandhu Avenue left more than 60 people dead and over 1000 injured, many of them maimed. Mohila...
The prices of most of the shares in Australia’s capital markets rose on Thursday. Benchmark Sydney stocks were 0.42 per cent higher when the session came to a close in the afternoon, according to AFP.
The prices of most of the shares in South Korea’s stock markets witnessed negative trend on Thursday. Seoul’s benchmark Kospi was 1.20 per cent lower at the end of today’s trade, according to AFP.
US stocks finished mostly higher on Wednesday as Federal Reserve minutes showed rising debate over recent improvements in the jobs market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 59.54 points (0.35 per cent) to 16,979.13. The broad-based S&P 500 gained 4.91...
The government has decided to prepare 32 sets of question papers for every subject in public examinations to combat leaks. ‘We’ll prepare 32 sets of question papers in public examinations. The students have to study everything (to answer them) even...
The Indian government has reduced the minimum export price (MEP) of onion to US dollar 350 per tonne following improvement in domestic supply situation and softening of prices. In June this year, the MEP on onion was re-introduced at $300...
The bodies of three Bangladeshi construction workers, killed in a span collapse in Malaysia on Monday night, arrived in Dhaka on Thursday. A flight carrying the bodies landed at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in the morning, a civil aviation...
FE Online Report | 2014-08-21 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 Thursday, the last trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the...
Five Bangladesh nationals have returned home from India after serving three years’ jail term for illegal stay in that country after intrusion. Indian Immigration police handed over the Bangladeshi boys to Benapole Immigration police at about 8:00pm on Wednesday. The...
All-rounder Kieron Pollard scored 89 runs and Denesh Ramdin hit 74 as West Indies rallied beat Bangladesh by 3 wickets in their opening one-day international cricket match at National Stadium in Grenada on Wednesday. With five 4s and six 6s...
Police on Wednesday evening released Moshrefa Mishu, President of Biplobi Oikya Front, a labour organisation, hours after arresting her before she could join a protest by Tuba factory workers. Mishu was picked up by police at the Gulshan-Badda Link Road...
Awami League (AL) and its associate bodies are observing the 10th anniversary of the grenade attack on an AL rally in front of its office at Bangabandhu Avenue in the city that killed 60 people and injured 1,000. The attack...
A woman was killed and four other people were injured while a covered van hit them in the city’s Shonir Akhra area on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Nasrin Chowdhury Neha, 21, daughter of M Delwar Hossain. Sub-Inspector...
Europe's main stock markets edged higher at the start of trading on Thursday, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index adding a marginal 0.02 per cent to stand at 6,757.03 points. Frankfurt's DAX 30 rose 0.15 per cent to 9,328.71 and...
Three senior Hamas commanders and four children were among at least 15 Palestinians killed in Gaza Thursday as Israel stepped up air strikes on day 45 of the bloody conflict. The leaders in the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades were among at...
Former Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds, a central figure in the Northern Ireland peace process who helped broker the 1994 IRA ceasefire, has died aged 81, Irish broadcaster RTE reported Thursday. Reynolds served as Taoiseach twice, once in 1992 and...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday sought more Japanese investment to turn Bangladesh into a middle-income country within the next 7 years. ‘We have set a target of building Bangladesh as a middle income country by 2021. So we need...
Thailand's junta-picked national assembly on Thursday chose coup leader General Prayut Chan-O-Cha as prime minister in a one-horse race that entrenched the military's hold on power. Nobody in the rubber-stamp legislature opposed the selection of the 60-year-old army chief, who...
Indonesian police used tear gas and water cannon Thursday to break up a rally by supporters of the ex-general who lost last month's presidential election, as a court was set to uphold his opponent's victory. As judges at the Constitutional...
Focusing on the major issues on enhancing bilateral trade and commerce between India and Bangladesh, India-Bangladesh Business Conclave will be held on August 24 at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the city. Organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC),...
Japan is considering building its own fighter jets after years of playing second fiddle in a US construction partnership, a report said Thursday, in a move likely to stoke fears of its military resurgence among Asian neighbours. Japan’s attempt in...
Thousands of rescuers combed through the wreckage of homes engulfed by landslides in western Japan on Thursday in the slim hope of finding survivors, a day after a wall of mud claimed at least 39 lives. Police officers, firefighters and...
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