GAZA CITY, Aug 03 (AFP): At least 10 people died in a fresh strike on a UN school in Gaza Sunday shortly after Israel confirmed it had begun withdrawing some troops from the war-torn enclave. The strike on the school...
BEIJING, Aug 3 (Agencies): A strong earthquake in southern China's Yunnan province has killed at least 175 people and injured more than 1,400. China's official Xinhua News Agency says at least 150 people died in Sunday's quake. Yunnan province's information...
FE Report | 2014-08-04 00:00:00
The central bank has asked the commercial banks to remit Saudi Riyal 6,800 for house rent, food and other expenses of each of the pilgrims who will go to Hajj under private management, officials said. On Sunday, the Bangladesh Bank...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-08-04 00:00:00
The central bank has identified the spending of a substantial amount on the renewal of work permits by many Bangladeshis in Saudi Arabia, the job market squeeze in Qatar and the closure of bank accounts of small money-transfer companies in...
Syful Islam | 2014-08-04 00:00:00
The deal with Malaysian Maritime and Dredging Corporation (MMDC) on capital dredging and bank protection of the Karnaphuli River has been cancelled for the foreign firm's repeated failure to implement the project, vital for operation of the Bangladesh's main seaport,...
Monira Munni | 2014-08-04 00:00:00
Uncertainty looms large over remediation of non-compliant garment factories identified under a government-led inspection drive prompted by a recent crisis as the necessary funding matter is not effectively settled, industry-insiders and officials have said. Under the government-ILO scheme, BUET has...
FE Report | 2014-08-04 00:00:00
The striking Tuba Group workers rejected the authorities' offer at a tripartite meeting Sunday to start disbursing their wage arrears from Wednesday. The workers said Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) leaders and the government were mocking them by...
FE Report | 2014-08-04 00:00:00
Officials and employees of the city's various government, semi-government and private sector offices as well as business centres and financial institutions arrived at their respective workstations Sunday. It was 'unofficially' the first working day after the Eid festival, as a...
NARAYANGANJ, Aug 3 (Agencies): Seven people were killed and eight others injured when a vegetable-laden truck went down a ditch on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Rupganj upazila Saturday midnight. Police said the accident took place when the Dhaka-bound truck from Sylhet...
NEW DELHI, July 3: The Indian government Wednesday hiked the minimum export price of onion to US$ 500 per tonne to improve the domestic supply and curb prices. MEP is the rate below which no exports are allowed. — PTI
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned an attack that killed 10 people at a UN school in the Gaza Strip on Sunday as ‘a moral outrage and a criminal act’. In his most strongly worded statement yet on an attack against...
Tokyo stocks were flat on Monday morning, with buying limited by drops on Wall Street last week, a higher yen and concerns over the European economy. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.03 per cent, or 5.34 points, to...
Hong Kong stocks rose 0.24 per cent in the first few minutes of trade on Friday, despite losses on Wall Street last week. The benchmark Hang Seng Index climbed 57.68 points to 24,590.11 at the open, according to AFP.
Chinese stocks were higher in morning trade on Monday on selective buying of heavyweight financial shares, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.42 per cent, or 9.10 points, to 2,194.40. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on...
US share prices finished sharply lower after a news-packed week that bolstered confidence in the economy even as speculation grew that the Federal Reserve will more quickly raise interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 467.20 points (2.75 per...
The death toll from Mirzapur road accident rose to four as one of the injured persons has died on way to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, police and hospital sources said. The dead is Rustam Ali, 55, an engineer of Biman...
The Met Office has advised cautionary signal No. 3 for Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra maritime ports as a monsoon low in the Bay of Bengal could lead to squally weather. In a weather forecast, it said the low...
Israel said it would unilaterally hold fire in most of the Gaza Strip on Monday to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid and allow some of the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by an almost 4-week-old war to go...
Three candidates are now vying for Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC)’s Ward-2 councillor’s post of in the race as the younger brother of slain councillor Nazrul Islam has withdrawn his candidature. Abdus Salam withdrew from the election race on Sunday, the...
The death toll in an earthquake in China’s Yunnan province rose to 381 as rescue workers dug through shattered homes looking for survivors on Monday morning, 18 hours after the calamity struck the country’s southern province. At least 1,891 people...
FE Online Report | 2014-08-04 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) rose in the first 30 minutes of Monday’s session, the second trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE,...
A launch, packed with holidaymakers, capsized in Padma River at Louhajung Upazila in Munshiganj district on Monday morning. Police and locals said the accident took place near Mawa Launch Ghat around 11:15am. The launch, Pinak-6, carrying over 250 passengers from...
Bangladesh mission in Kunming has found all Bangladeshis living in areas ‘under its jurisdiction’ safe after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck south-western China. The quake killed at least 381 people and left 1,881 injured in a remote area of Yunnan...
A child was killed and 30 people wounded in a strike on a refugee camp in Gaza City on Monday just minutes into an Israeli-declared truce, medics said. The strike hit a house in the beachfront Shati refugee camp, killing...
Australia and New Zealand marked the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I Monday, with Prime Ministers Tony Abbott and John Key calling it a conflict that shaped their nations. Some 61,000 Australians and more than 18,000 New...
Fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels left at least 10 civilians dead in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as an international probe at the crash site of downed flight MH17 made headway. The deputy mayor in the encircled insurgent stronghold...
FE Online Report | 2014-08-04 00:00:00
Turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) hit a three-month high on Monday as investors went for buying spree on large cap stocks amid optimism. The total turnover on DSE stood at Tk 5.60 billion, registering an increase of 30.84...
Israel's right to security does not justify its actions in Gaza, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Monday, as he called for a political solution to be ‘imposed’ by the international community. ‘How many more deaths will it take to...
A Guam jury has convicted a man of murdering three Japanese tourists in a crash and stabbing rampage that hurt 11 others. The panel of 10 women and two men on Monday rejected the mental illness defense of 22-year-old Chad...
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