Munima Sultana | 2014-08-01 00:00:00
A less-than-required level of budgetary allocation during the last seven years has pushed up 90 per cent the funding needs for overall maintenance of roads and highways throughout the country, official sources said. The gap between the demand and the...
At least 17 people drowned as boats capsized in three rivers across the country in last three days, the worst such accident having taken place in Kushtia. In Sirajganj, reports UNB, six people were drowned and about 20-30 went missing...
FE Report | 2014-08-01 00:00:00
The capital city remained in holiday mood on Thursday even though government, semi-government offices, banks and financial institutions and some major business houses reopened after a three-day Eid vacation. A small section of people started returning to the city after...
India and Bangladesh are likely to start coastal shipping from mid October this year, a top Indian shipping official has said. An agreement has already been made between the two friendly neighbours to open up sea routes in order to...
FE Report | 2014-08-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh's ban on export of five items green chilli, brinjal, cucumber, lemon and coriander leaves, imposed during the month of Ramadan, is likely to continue for ensuring uninterrupted supply in the domestic market, a senior trade official said. The government...
The results of this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations would be published on August 13, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid told reporters after a meeting at the Secretariat on Thursday. — UNB
Tokyo stocks fell 0.33 per cent on Friday morning after a sell-off on Wall Street on weak eurozone data, the Argentine debt default and other negative news. The Nikkei 225 index fell 52.26 points to 15,568.51 by the break while...
Chinese stocks were flat in morning trade on Friday despite strong manufacturing activity for July, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index edged down 0.08 per cent, or 1.74 points, to 2,199.82. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on...
Hong Kong stocks fell 0.66 per cent in the first few minutes of trade on Friday, after news of Argentina's debt default and a rise in US jobless claims caused a slump on Wall Street. The benchmark Hang Seng Index...
US stocks on Thursday plummeted about two per cent in a broad sell-off attributed to a range of factors, including weak eurozone data, the Argentine debt default and disappointing US corporate earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 317.06 points...
At least 10 people were killed and 30 others injured as a train rammed a bus in Kaliganj upazila in Jhenidah district on Friday. The deceased could not be identified immediately. Kaliganj police said the Khulna-bound ‘Simanto Express’ train from...
The World Trade Organisation on Thursday said its 160 members had failed to agree a landmark global customs pact in a move the US said left the body on ‘uncertain new ground’. ‘We have not been able to find a...
Miscreants killed a man and dumped his body in a drain in Khetlal upazila in Joypurhat district at sometime between Tuesday and Wednesday. Local people found the decomposed body of the unidentified young man, wearing jeans pant and shirt, in...
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire to begin on Friday morning, the United Nations and United States announced, although Secretary of State John Kerry cautioned there were ‘no guarantees’ the lull in violence would bring an...
Qul Khwani of eminent writer, journalist and former lawmaker Baby Moudud will be held at her Dhanmondi residence at Road # 10/A and House # 45 after Asr prayer on Friday. Family members have requested all relatives, friends, professional colleagues,...
A Dhaka court has remanded three members of the outlawed Jam’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) for three days. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Kumar Dey issued the order after the accused were presented before his court in two cases on Thursday afternoon....
At least four people were killed in separate incidents of ‘shootout’ between miscreants and the law enforcers in Tangail, Jhenidah and Rangpur district during the Eid holidays which ended on Thursday. In Jhenidah, Monirul Islam, 35, a vendor, was killed...
At least 46 people were killed and many more injured in road accidents across the country during four days of Eid holidays on Monday-Thursday. Of them, eight were killed on Monday while 22 on Tuesday, the Eid day, nine on...
Three tourists, including a minor boy, drowned as a boat carrying them sank in Piyain River at Jaflong under Goainghat upazila in Sylhet district on Thursday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Sakil, 10, son of Khurshed Miah of Bichhamoni...
Initially her apprehension was about not being able to celebrate Eid with families if dues were not paid to her before the festivity. After four days of hunger strike, garment worker Ruma Begum fears she would not get her dues...
BNP’s acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir left Dhaka for Singapore for treatment on Friday morning. BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s press wing member Sairul Kabir said Mirza Alamgir will take treatment at Singapore’s National University Hospital for various health...
Major stocks in Europe witnessed negative trend on Thursday after the Dow posted its biggest single sell-off since February on weak eurozone data and as news of Argentina’s debt default and a rise in US jobless claims shook the markets....
Police say two girls died after the boat they were in sank in a beel near Marialoy Belua village in Tongibari in Munshiganj today. The deceased were identified as Taniya Akhter, 18, and Afsana Akhter, 14. Police said six members...
The High Court has granted bail to Tuba Group Managing Director Delwar Hossain in a case filed over a fire incident at Tazreen Fashions Limited in Savar that killed over 116 garment workers two ywars ago. Tazreen Fashions is part...
Some miscreants hacked a shopkeeper to death and dumped his body in a bamboo cluster at Amjhupi village at Meherpur Sadar Upazila on Thursday. The dead is Abdul Kuddus, 45, son of Jan Mohammad of the village. Informed by locals,...
A fracas among holidaymakers over purchasing train tickets turned deadly on Friday at Natore’s Lalpur. The clash left at least 3 persons dead and ten others injured. The clash erupted at Iswardi Bypass Railway Station around 9:30am on Friday, said...
The second named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season formed Thursday, prompting warnings for Barbados, Dominica and St. Lucia islands, US forecasters said. Tropical Storm Bertha, packing winds of 45 miles (75 kilometers) per hour, was located east of the...
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