SHANGHAI, July 25 (AFP) : China has approved the setting up of three private banks, including one by Internet giant Tencent, the industry regulator said Friday, in a long-awaited economic reform aimed at bringing competition to state banking giants. Previously,...
FE Report Prices of vermicelli increased as the Eid festival is just days away. Vermicelli (locally known as semai) is a food item widely consumed during Eid festival. Both rural and urban people prepare special delicacies made of semai to...
RANGPUR, July 25 (BSS): Speakers at the concluding ceremony of a three-day fruit tree fair Thursday afternoon called upon all concerned, including rural people, for increasing fruit production to attain self-reliance through alleviating poverty. The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)...
CHICAGO, July 25 (Xinhua): Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell three sessions in a row yesterday as strong earnings boosted U.S. equities. The most active gold contract for August delivery fell 13.9 U.S....
SINGAPORE, July 25 (AFP): Oil prices were mixed in Asia Friday as soft gasoline demand in the United States offset upbeat manufacturing data from China, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for September delivery dipped 11 cents to...
British Prime Minister David Cameron has expressed UK's disappointment over the January 5 election in Bangladesh and laid emphasis on an open society and political system in which democratic political participation and media freedoms are respected, reports UNB. "The PM...
Bangladesh is looking for leading the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the only global organisation of national parliaments, as Saber Hossain Chowdhury, MP, has floated his candidature for its President election, said an official, reports UNB. The IPU will be electing a...
Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya urged the party leaders and activists Friday to be alert to face the movement called by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party BNP after Eid-ul-Fitr, reports BSS. "The BNP-Jamaat will organise for...
BOGRA, Jul 25 (UNB): A local leader of Jubo League was hacked to death at Chaklokmapara in the district town Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Golam Hafiz Likhon, 40, vice-president of Jubo League town unit. Police and witnesses...
BNP accused the government Friday of spreading lies over British Prime Minister (PM) David Cameron's comment about the January-5 election in Bangladesh during his Wednesday's meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports UNB. "They (govt) have said David Cameron told...
Md Shah Jahan | 2014-07-26 00:00:00
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) received a record number of money laundering allegations last year, an indicator of a sharp rise in capital flight from the country. The annual report 2013 of the ACC, which was published recently, showed that the...
FE Report | 2014-07-26 00:00:00
Country's all key highways witnessed a mad rush of vehicles as people, braving all hassles and road risks, began massing out of the capital Friday to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr festival at ancestral homes. Thousands of Eid holidaymakers started thronging the capital's...
FE Report | 2014-07-26 00:00:00
The central bank is set to announce a new monetary policy today (Saturday) for July-December period, which, according to insiders, will be a restrained one. In the meantime, a top official of the bank earlier hinted there would be some...
Bangladesh shooter Abdullah-Hil Baki won the silver medal in the men's 10-metre Air Rifles shooting event of the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland Friday. Baki put a strong fight in the latter part of the event to win the...
BARISAL, July 25: Two women and a child were killed and 10 people injured in a stampede while collecting Zakat clothes distributed by a private organisation at Kathpotti in Barisal city on Friday. Of the deceased, two were identified as...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold a press conference today (Saturday morning) to brief the media about the outcomes of her recent London tour. The PM's press conference will be held at 11:30 am at her official Ganobhaban residence. Sheikh...
WASHINGTON, July 25 (AFP): The International Monetary Fund warned on Thursday that geopolitical risks in Ukraine and Middle East were looming over a global economy already hit by slowdowns in the US and China. After "negative surprises" from the United...
FE Report Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan said Friday there will be no ferry crisis during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr to ensure smooth journey for the homebound passengers. "There will be no ferry crisis during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. Homebound passengers will not...
Customs Intelligence officials arrested two people, including a Saudi Airlines employee, along with 1.3 kg of gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday evening, reports UNB. The arrested were identified as Nazir Ahmed, a Saudi Airlines employee, and Aslam...
Viral hepatitis kills approximately half a million people every year in the 11 countries of WHO's South-East Asia Region, including Bangladesh, reports UNB. An estimated 100 million people are currently infected with hepatitis B virus and another 30 million with...
NARAYANGANJ, July 25 (UNB): Garment workers threatened Friday to lay siege to the houses of factory owners on Eid day if they are not paid their salaries and bonuses before the festival. President of central committee of Bangladesh Textile Garments...
MANIKGANJ, July 25 (UNB): A mobile court fined Friday two launches plying Paturia-Daulatdia route Tk 2,000 as they had no life-saving and fire-extinguishing equipment. The mobile court of the district administration and Shipping Department, led by Magistrate M Saiful Hasan,...
SYLHET, July 25 (UNB): A worker of a stone quarry was killed in firing by Ansar members in Companiganj upazila of the district Thursday midnight. The deceased was identified as Jahur Ahmed (40), son of Faizur Rahman of Biswambharpur of...
A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) sealed off a fake cosmetics factory at Brahmankista Natun Bazar under Keraniganj upazila in Dhaka district Thursday, reports UNB. The mobile court also fined the factory manager Kabir bin Jakir Tk .05...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-26 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, July 25: Valiant freedom-fighter Euke Ching Marma passed away on Friday morning at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH). He was 80 years old. He is survived by his wife, daughter and two sons. He was the country's only Bir...
2 killed in M'singh road crash MYMENSINGH, July 25 : Two people were killed and 10 others injured when a bus rammed into a private car on the Netrakona-Mymensingh highway at Kashiganj in Tarakanda upazila of the district Friday. Identity...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Barisal, Chittagong, Rangpur, and Sylhet, divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, and Khulna divisions today (Saturday). Moderately heavy...
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