FE Report | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu said Monday that the government would form the committee soon with the responsibility to prepare a draft law in light with the National Broadcasting Policy, 2014 for the welfare of the media. "We will form...
BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Monday that the National Broadcasting Policy is nothing but part of the government's desperate bid to re-establish one-party rule, reports UNB. "The broadcasting policy is not any isolated move. This is part of...
Awami League (AL) Advisory Council member and former Railway Minister Suranjit Sengupta, MP, requested BNP Monday to discard the politics of communalism, militancy and terrorism, reports BSS. "All the democratic institutions will be destroyed if both Awami League and BNP...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 11 (UNB): Five people, including four policemen, were injured in a 'gunfight' between activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir and police in the Babunagar area in Satkania Upazila Sunday midnight. The injured policemen were Sub-inspector (SI) Imrus Tarek, SIs...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader said on Monday no cattle market alongside roads and highways will be allowed ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, reports UNB. He said this while inspecting the four-lane upgradation works on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Siddhirganj in Narayanganj. Turning...
BENAPOLE, Aug 11 (UNB): A local leader of Jubo Dal was chopped to death by miscreants at Rajganj in the Putkhali border area here Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Shamim Ahmed, 42, president of the Putkhali union unit...
A 91-member committee of Awami League (AL) South Korea unit has been formed with S N Siraji Robin and M Shahidul Islam Hasan as president and general secretary respectively, according to a message received in Dhaka Monday, reports BSS. The...
KHULNA, Aug 11 (BSS): A court of Khulna here today (Monday) cancelled bail of Phultala Upazila Jamaat Ameer and Vice Chairman of Phultala Upazila Parisad Gausul Azam Hadi on charge of anti-state activities. Shahinur Rahman, magistrate of Senior Judicial Magistrate...
A total of 15 Bangladeshi young government officials and Bangladesh Bank officers will soon leave for Japan to study for two years under Japan Development Scholarship (JDS), reports UNB. Out of 116 candidates, 15 young Bangladeshi government officials and Bangladesh...
RANGPUR, Aug 11 (BSS): A total of 84 people, including 11 activists of Jamaat-Shibir, were arrested in separate raids conducted at different places in the district during the past 48 hours ending this (Monday) morning, police sources said. The Jamaat-Shibir...
FE Report | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
The cabinet approved Monday the proposal for concluding accord on inter-governmental agreement on dry ports formulated by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Presided over by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the weekly cabinet...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
The government has sought World Health Organisation (WHO) support in getting Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing regent, a chemical to test DNA and RNA, for early detection of the dreaded Ebola virus in anyone's body. Official sources said the process...
Maids from Bangladesh and Myanmar -- brought to the city to bolster a shrinking workforce -- are returning home just months after arriving, aggravating a shortage of domestic helps, according to online scmp.com Monday. In addition, agencies supplying maids report...
The results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations of 2014 will be published tomorrow (Wednesday), reports UNB. All the examination centres and educational institutions have been asked to collect the results on Wednesday from their respective education...
The 62nd birthday of journalist and poet Ahsan Hamid will be observed Thursday (on August 14), according to a press release. Elaborate programme has been chalked out to mark the day. Poet's friends and well-wishers have been invited to attend...
A Dhaka court has acquitted Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmad Akbar Sobhan, his son and an employee in a fraud case, reports bdnews24.com. Judge Erfan Ullah of the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court Monday, however, framed charges against two of the...
The 10th death anniversary of eminent writer, linguist and educationist Prof Dr Humayun Azad will be observed today (Tuesday), reports BSS. Dr Azad served as a teacher of the Bangla Department of Dhaka University (DU) for a long time. He...
PM mourns death of photojournalist Rakib Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina expressed Monday deep shock at the death of senior photojournalist MA Rakib Khan. In a condolence message, the PM said the nation has lost a dedicated and professional photojournalist...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions today (Tuesday). Moderately heavy to heavy falls are also likely at places...
MUNSHIGANJ, Aug 11 (UNB): The operation to salvage sunken launch 'Pinak-6' was postponed due to rough weather Monday. Munshiganj deputy commissioner Md Saiful Hasan Badal announced this at a press briefing at Padma Rest House here around 11am. The salvage...
Monira Munni | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
The country's overall export earnings in July, the first month of the 2014-15 fiscal, declined by 1.37 per cent over the corresponding month of last fiscal, officials said. Total earnings from shipments of merchandise products stood at $2.98 billion during...
LONDON, Aug 11 (AFP): Britain's Africa minister Mark Simmonds resigned Monday, a spokesman for the prime minister's Downing Street office said, becoming the second Foreign Office minister to quit in a week. The spokesman insisted that Simmonds' decision was unrelated...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
Hundreds of laid-off garment workers of five factories of the embattled Tuba Group are on a search for new jobs as an uncertainty looms large over resumption of production in the industrial units. They are at loose ends, having no...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
The national exchequer incurred loss in respect of revenue receipts by Tk 50 billion against its revised target for the last fiscal year largely due to volatile political situation and resultant sluggish investment trend. According to final data of tax-revenue...
FE Report | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
The Ministry of Shipping (MoS) has pledged to help the local owners of ocean-going ships who are now in deep troubles. As part of the pledge, the MoS will sit with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) for devising favourable policy...
FE Report | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
The amount of classified loans in the country's banking system increased further in the second quarter (Q2) of 2014 primarily because of a surge in default credits handed out by the scam-hit BASIC Bank, officials said. According to provisional figures,...
FE Report | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
Land conflict has emerged as a serious social concern in Bangladesh as one in every five households had or has dispute in one of their land parcels, according to a study revealed Monday. Economists, experts and public officials concerned suggested...
Pankaj Dastider | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 11: China is likely to construct an economic zone (EZ) at Anwara, south of Chittagong Port, as the government is actively considering the issue to be settled within next few months. A high-powered delegation from China is likely...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) will gradually shift some of its responsibilities to the bourses as per the international practice. "The securities regulator has to attend a number of issues that are supposed to be the job of...
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