Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim has said doctors and medicines will be send from Bangladesh for the cause of Palestinians wounded in Israeli attacks. ‘We, on behalf of the 14-party alliance, will send doctors and medicines for treatment...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Thursday morning from London after winding up her 3-day official visit to the United Kingdom (UK) to attend the 1st-ever Girl Summit. The Bangladesh Premier visited the UK at the invitation of her...
Two women were killed and 10 others injured in a stampede by an overwhelming crowd of distressed people for receiving Jakat clothes distributed by a private organisation in Manikganj town ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. The tragic incident took place around 3:30am...
FE Online Report | 2014-07-24 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hours of trading on Thursday, the last trading day before Eid vacation. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 18.08 points...
The authorities expelled three female students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Wednesday night on charge of assaulting another female student in the name of ragging. The expulsion order came from an emergency meeting of the JU syndicate at night. The...
Police on Wednesday night arrested an expatriate, who returned from South Korea recently, for stabbing his wife in the city. Shahriar Hossain Mithu, 30, was picked up from the rented residence of his wife Sadiya Rahman Dipa in North Shahjahanpur...
The death toll in Gaza topped 700 on Thursday as Israeli tank fire before dawn killed 16 people in the Hamas-dominated coastal territory, including six members of the same family, Palestinian health officials said. The continued violence defied world efforts...
The employees of Biman Bangladesh Airlines will observe a work abstention programme from 9.00am to 5.00pm on August 6 at the Biman headquarters in Uttara in the city to press home their 14-point-demand. Biman Sramik League president Moshiur Rahman earlier...
Miscreants killed a woman after rape and dumped the body into a beel (tater body) in Chandpur at some time between Tuesday night and early Wednesday. Police recovered the body of the unidentified woman from Kuchirbeel at Betiapara village in...
The Supreme Court once again deferred hearing of 2 petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, questioning the legality of the appointment of a judge who indicted her in 2 graft cases. The full bench of the Appellate Division, headed...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that her government has made many impossible things possible over the last couple of years through its relentless efforts keeping in view a prosperous future for the nation. ‘We have deep feelings and affection...
A clash between Awami League factions in Chittagong has left one dead and three others injured, local people and police say. The fight broke out on Wednesday night in Bayzid Bostami locality’s Banglabazar area. It was unclear what triggered the...
Police arrested an alleged a robber in possession of two crude bombs and a sharp weapon from Paglakanai Beka Bridge area in Jhenidah town on Wednesday night. The arrestee was identified as Ali Akter, 20, son of Golam Sarwar, a...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel recovered six cocktails in Budhpara area in Rajshahi city on Wednesday night. On a tip-off, a team of the elite force conducted a drive in Budhpara, adjacent to the campus of Rajshahi University (RU), around...
FE Online Report | 2014-07-24 00:00:00
Stocks ended higher on Thursday, the last trading day before the ensuing Eid-ul-Fitr with improved turnover as optimistic investors went for buying binge on large cap stocks amid optimism. Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) will go...
The International Monetary Fund yesterday lowered its US economic growth forecast for 2014 after severe winter weather in the first quarter delivered a sharp contraction. The IMF projected that the world's largest economy would grow a ‘disappointing’ 1.7 per cent...
Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Engineer Khondoker Mosharraf Hossain, MP, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has laid utmost importance on education with the conviction that no development is possible without education. He was addressing a function while distributing donations...
Japan’s trade deficit ballooned to a record in the first half of the year as exports fell further in June, data showed Thursday, ramping up pressure on the central bank to unveil fresh measures to boost the economy. The figures...
Suicide bombers and gunmen on Thursday attacked a bus transferring convicts from a prison north of Baghdad, sparking fierce clashes with security forces that left at least 60 dead, police said. Security and medical officials said that around 50 prisoners...
A powerful Ukrainian rebel leader has confirmed that pro-Russian separatists had an anti-aircraft missile of the type Washington says was used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and it could have originated in Rassia. In an interview with Reuters,...
The High Court has upheld a lower court verdict awarding death sentence for 2, life in prison for 9 and a 10-year jail term for a 12th convict over the 1994 murder of 7 people in Lalbagh area in the...
The head doctor fighting the deadly tropical virus Ebola in Sierra Leone has himself caught the disease, the government said. The 39-year-old Sheik Umar Khan, hailed as a ‘national hero’ by the health ministry, was leading the fight to control...
Sri Lanka were 212-3 at tea on the first day of the series-deciding second and final Test against South Africa in Colombo on Thursday. Mahela Jayawardene was batting on 101 and Angelo Mathews was on 48. South Africa won the...
S Iftikhar Murshed from Pakistan | 2014-07-23 00:00:00
There has been an unexpected mix of stern criticism and curiosity on my last article, 'The builder of sandcastles' (FE, July 16). The angry reaction of the major political parties was instructive. If the pride of any of the leaders...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Primary and Mass Education Ministry suggested Tuesday the ministry to take steps for reducing the salary disparity between headmasters and assistant teachers of primary schools, reports UNB. The committee came up with the recommendation at...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-23 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, July 22: A large number of people had stood in long queues in front of the seven counters at Chittagong rail-station since early morning to buy advance tickets of intercity trains for journey home to celebrate Eid festival with...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Tuesday alleged that the current government is killing and repressing the opposition leaders and activists in the Israeli style, reports UNB. "The Israeli troops are mindlessly and inhumanly carrying out carnage in...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has reiterated its commitment to help people in need in Bangladesh and ensure their safe access to healthcare during any crisis, reports UNB. "Every effort has to be made to ensure that...
Under Secretary General and Head of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) of the Unites Nations, Herve Ladsous, arrived in the city Tuesday evening on a three-day official visit, reports BSS. During his visit, Ladsous is expected to call on...
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