Two persons died in a fire at a residential hotel at Bangshal in the city in the early hours of Friday. The dead were identified as Saijuddin (35) and Sultan Mian (55). They were boarders of 'Bangladesh Muslim Abashik Hotel'...
FE Report | 2014-08-02 00:00:00
Dhaka is yet to be in its normal state as most of the Eid holidaymakers who had left for home to celebrate the biggest festival of the Muslims did not return until Friday. The capital city remained in a holiday...
FE Report | 2014-08-02 00:00:00
The workers of five Tuba Group factories rejected Friday the apparel trade body's assurance about payments and decided to continue their ongoing agitation unless their demands are met. They said the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) made a...
Faruque Ahmed | 2014-08-02 00:00:00
The government has decided that the 100 MW power to be imported from Tripura will be supplied in the Comilla zone and preparations are underway to set up the connectivity system for the purpose. Technical experts from both the countries...
FE Report | 2014-08-02 00:00:00
Hoteliers and resort owners at various tourism spots of the country made brisk business during the Eid-ul-Fitr this year as the turnout at different tourism spots was higher compared to that last year, industry insiders said. A large number of...
US stocks finished sharply lower on Friday 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...
Europe’s stock markets tumbled for a second day running on Friday, with a broad sell-off in global equities markets showing no signs of abating despite solid US jobs data. Frankfurt's main DAX index dived 2.10 per cent to end at...
A US jobs report for July that showed continued strength, but not enough to boost inflation pressures, sent the dollar tumbling against most other major currencies Friday. US hiring remained strong last month, generating 209,000 new jobs. But it was...
Argentina says there is little hope of resolving its damaging debt dispute at a US court hearing, accusing the judge of bias as the repercussions of its partial default continue to mount. The country needs to strike a deal with...
At least 107 Palestinians were killed and an Israeli soldier was missing presumed captured as a fresh wave of violence swept through the Gaza Strip on Saturday following the failure of an agreed ceasefire. The attacks continued throughout the night,...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon blamed Islamist organisation Hamas for violating the 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza on Friday. The UN chief urged both Israel and Hamas sides to show maximum restraint and return to the agreed 3-day truce ‘that tragically...
The death toll from a blast at a Chinese automotive parts factory rose to 100. More than 179 others were injured in the sudden explosion on Saturday at the eastern China factory that supplies automotive parts to US giants General...
The body of BNP leader and former water resource minister LK Siddiqui will be brought home from Singapore this (Saturday) evening. LK Siddiqui, former Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad (parliament), passed away at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore around...
Hundreds of workers of Tuba Group staged demonstration in front of Hossain Market in the city on Saturday morning demanding cancelling ‘the bail’ for its owner Delwar Hossain in a case filed over Tazreen Fashions fire two years ago. Tuba...
An unidentified man was crushed under the wheels of a train in Boro Moghbazar in the city while a middle-aged man allegedly committed suicide in Dhaka’s Sabujbagh area on Friday. Witnesses said a Kamalapur-bound train knocked down a man, aged...
The Bangladeshi inventor of a new technology for power generation using gravitational energy has received encouraging response from local and international power and tech companies. The main feature of the new technology, invented by Shahid Hossain, managing director of Ultramax...
FE Online Report | 2014-08-02 00:00:00
Share trading and official activities at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) will reopen tomorrow (Sunday) after a nine-day Eid vacation including weekly holidays, officials said. The DSE authorities on July 10 announced that the...
A massive landslide has buried dozens of homes in Nepal, with six people confirmed dead and many missing. The landslide has blocked the Sunkoshi river, east of the capital Kathmandu, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes and move...
World oil prices slipped on Friday as recent worries over potential disruptions from conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine continued to ebb. In New York, the US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for September delivery slid 29 cents to...
A man was killed in a clash in Sadar Upazila in Sirajganj district on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Rana Khan, 30, son of Habibur Rahman of Chandidasgati village in the Upazila. Police said Habibur Rahman and Motaleb...
India is willing to sign a global trade deal, which it has torpedoed, if other World Trade Organisation members can agree to its parallel demand for concessions on stockpiling food, senior officials in New Delhi said on Friday. The deadline...
A newly married woman was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband at Bagrabazar in Sadar Upazila in Chandpur on Friday. The deceased was identified as Swapna Akther, 18, hailed from Paschim Daishara village of Faridganj Upazila. Badal Patwari, of...
Palestinian officials in Gaza say more than 100 people have been killed by Israeli missile strikes since the collapse of a temporary ceasefire on Friday. Most of the deaths have been in or around Rafah where Israeli forces are carrying...
Patients have been suffering untold miseries as holiday mood prevailed at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday, three days after the Eid holidays ended. Patients and their relatives alleged that they are suffering mainly due to the absence...
A man was killed in his sister’s house over land dispute at Uttarbhag Union under Rajanagar Upazila in Moulvibazar district on Friday. The dead is Siraj Miah, 45, son of Abdur Halim Miah of Zadurkul village. Locals said there was...
A massive landslide killed at least eight people and blocked a mountain river in northern Nepal, causing the water to form a lake that threatens to burst and sweep several villages, officials said on Saturday. The death toll could still...
A man was killed and three other people were injured in a road accident in Godagari Upazila in Rajshahi district on Saturday. The dead is Abdul Matin, 60. Police and witnesses said a Dhaka-bound bus on its way to Chapainawabganj...
Two girls allegedly committed suicide in Barisal and Barguna districts on Friday. Mitu Khatun, 18, a student of Saheber Hat College and daughter of Khorshed Alam of Charkhanam village in Barisal Sadar Upazila, committed suicide by hanging herself from the...
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