LONDON , July 27, 2014 (Bloomberg): Soybeans fell in Chicago, extending a weekly loss, on the outlook for an ample US harvest. Corn was little changed, and wheat rose. Yields in Iowa, among the biggest US soybean growers, may rise...
NEW DELHI, Jul 27 (PTI): After two days of losses, gold prices recovered by Rs 250 to Rs 28,350 per 10 grams yesterday emergence of buying by jewellers and retailers ahead of the festive season amid a firming global trend....
MUMBAI, July 27 (AFP): India sits on one of the world's biggest coal reserves, yet its power stations are starved of the fuel with some idle and others running dangerously low on supplies. Coal accounts for nearly 60 per cent...
A Dhaka court summoned Sunday BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to appear before it on September 3 in connection with the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases, reports UNB. Judge Basudev Roy of Dhaka Special Judge Court-3 passed...
Awami League (AL) presidium member and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said Sunday there will be no discussion with BNP on the next parliament election, reports BSS. "There is no question of dialogue. Election will be held as...
PM sends Eid greetings to Raushan Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has greeted Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Raushan Ershad on the occasion of the Eid-ul-Fitr. Prime Minister's protocol officer Shaikh Aktar Hossain handed Hasina's Eid card to Raushan's...
FE Report | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
About 200 apparel factories have failed to clear wages, festival allowances and other financial benefits although the government and manufacturers assured of clearing all kinds payments to the workers by Sunday. Workers' representatives in the apparel industry sought government's immediate...
Faruque Ahmed | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) is vertically expanding factory buildings in several EPZs to create more space for expansion of the existing plants or setting up new ones to mitigate land scarcity. The BEPZA is also looking for...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
The home-bound people had to face some hassles Sunday including delayed departure of most of the launches and extra fares as several thousand Eid holidaymakers thronged the Sadarghat river terminal on way to their respective village homes. Many launches were...
President M Abdul Hamid , Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia greeted the countrymen Sunday as well as the Muslims across the world on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the greatest festival of the Muslim Ummah,...
FE Report | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
The number of country's Hepatitis virus-infected patients is on the rise, experts said. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), as many as eight to 16 million people are affected with Hepatitis B or C virus in the country. Considering the...
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) rescued two kidnapped persons, including a teenage girl, and arrested three alleged kidnappers from Tongi in Gazipur in separate incidents early Sunday, reports UNB. The victims were identified as Md Abdul Quader...
The World Raymen, a consortium for peace-keeping and voluntary aids, has distributed Eid clothes among 100 school going street children like previous years, said a press release. The distribution ceremony was held on the Shishu Academy premises Saturday evening. Safiul...
The Payra Port Authority (PPA) has protested a news item published in the FE in the July 24, 2014 issue under the headline 'Payra port yet to handle goods after 8 months: lacks planning, no feasibility study so far'. It...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions until 6:00...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has intensified its efforts to realise the outstanding revenue worth Tk 30 billion from the country's four mobile operators to lessen its revenue deficit for the last fiscal year. The revenue as 'SIM (subscribers'...
An alleged mugger was killed in a lynch-mob attack in the city's Wari area on Sunday morning, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Sajjadur Rahman Robin, 25, son of Saifur Rahman Liton of Bhajhari Saha Street in Wari. Police...
FE Report | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
UN resident coordinator Neal Walker highlighted Sunday the urgency for a dialogue among major political parties to find out a solution to the prevailing political crisis and creating conducive environment for a credible, inclusive election in future. "No one from...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
Rent-a-car bookings dropped more than 75 per cent ahead of this Eid-ul-Fitr festival compared to last year's due to a longer holiday and availability of tickets of all modes of transport, business-insiders said. Shortage of tickets of inter-district buses, trains...
In the first sentence of the news analysis titled 'No respite from barbarism as Israel extends offensive to West Bank' published on the front page of FE's July 27 issue should be read as 'As a hawkish president has taken...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
A section of transport operators capitalised on the rush of home-bound people Sunday, as they carried the passengers on rooftops putting thousands of lives at risk. The city's train, bus and launch terminals saw a rush of the homebound people...
FE Report | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh has reduced its extreme poverty by 4.2 per cent and poverty by 5.9 per cent between 2010 and 2014 indicating significant progress in achieving the millennium development goal (MDG) of poverty reduction by 2015, said Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
A number of economists were critical of some major features of the new half-yearly monetary policy statement (MPS), including higher target of government borrowing and lower ceiling of credits to the private sector. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) unveiled Saturday the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday called for early construction of a circular road around the capital city and asked the authorities to reclaim the lost parts of Buriganga and other rivers for the project, reports UNB. The Prime Minister gave...
The holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country tomorrow (Tuesday) if the moon of Shawwal month is sighted in the Bangladesh sky today (Monday), reports UNB. The National Moon Sighting Committee will...
Siddique Islam | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
The central bank has asked the commercial banks to make sure cash is available round-the-clock at all ATMs (Automated Teller Machine) and POS (Point of Sale) points during the Eid holiday. "We've taken measures to ensure the electronic transactions particularly...
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