Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
Four categories of people have been relieved of mandatory submission of tax returns if they don't have taxable income by relaxing the rules to avert unnecessary hassles. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has relaxed the rules and its income-tax...
Monira Munni | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
The government is set to serve a show-cause notice asking the Tuba Group management to explain why it will not be declared that the five factories of the Group were closed illegally. The decision on issuance of the show cause...
Syful Islam | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
The owner of Tazreen Fashions Ltd, Delwar Hossen, has now moved the government high-ups to get insurance claim of deadly fire incident which burnt 111 garment workers alive and injured many, sources said. Last week Mr Hossen submitted an application...
In a front page report, published in the August 24, 2014 issue of the FE under the heading, 'Dhaka writes to sponsors to become NDB shareholder', it was mentioned that the NDB (initially known as BRICS Bank) is being viewed...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 24: A large consignment of contraband yaba tablets was seized from a trawler in the Karnaphuli river in the early hours of Sunday. Lt Commander of the Coast Guards Darul Huda said the trawler was detained by the...
Bangladesh Bank has brought a change in the deferred payment against the import bill regarding the import of different goods. A circular of the Foreign Exchange Policy Department (FE Circular No. 27, dated July 01, 2014) said it had since...
TEHRAN, Aug 24: Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said it has brought down an Israeli stealth drone above the Natanz uranium enrichment site in the centre of the country. This stealth drone was trying to approach the Natanz nuclear zone, the...
Asian markets were mixed on Monday following a broadly negative lead from Wall Street after the head of the US central bank said she was still concerned about employment in the country. While Janet Yellen's speech on Friday said slackness...
Islamic University in Kushtia has been shut for a month following a clash between police and members of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL). Students have been asked to vacate the residential halls by 12:00pm on Monday, Proctor Mahabubur Rahman said....
A British adult retailer has apologised after launching a range of lingerie named Isis – but said it did not support jihadists in Iraq and Syria and had no plans to withdraw the line. Ann Summers’ Isis range includes lacy...
Rajshahi University (RU) authorities will receive online admission forms for the 1st year (Honours) course in 2014-2015 academic session from 12noon on Wednesday (August 27) instead of Monday (Aug 25), said a press release undersigned by Prof Iliash Hossain, Administrator...
Experts have urged to make educational institutions smoking-free to save the young generations from the catastrophe of indirect-smoking. Speaking at an awareness-building meeting they elaborately narrated the consequences of smoking and indirect smoking in public places like educational institutions, transports,...
President Abdul Hamid returned home on Monday morning from London after wrapping up a 7-day visit to the United Kingdom for eye treatment and medical check-up of his health. A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the President landed...
The 10th branch of Meghna Bank Limited was inaugurated at a simple ceremony recently at “M A Trade Center”, Madambibirhat, Bhatiari, Chittagong. Managing Director & CEO of the Bank Mohammed Nurul Amin presided over the ceremony. Vice Chairman of the...
A man and his son were killed when a thunderbolt struck them at Kachua Beel (water-body) in Dakhkhin Sunamganj Upazila in Sunamganj district on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Abdul Hafiz, 55, and his son Azim Uddin, 32,...
Some miscreants have chopped a man to death and dumped his body at a field in Shehala village under Daulatpur Upazila in Kushtia district. Local people spotted the throat slashed body of Shahidul Islam Fida, 40, son of Pocha, a...
The country's noted educationists have urged the people, especially the students and teachers, to plant trees to improve environment and build a safer planet for the next generations. The call came at a programme titled, ‘Tree Plantation Campaign-2014’ held at...
The Jagannath University Journalists Association president and five of his colleagues have been injured in attacks allegedly by several other newsmen and outsiders. The injured include bdnews24.com’s JnU correspondent Mobarak Hossain, Alokito Bangladesh’s Moniruzzaman Toofan, Sokaler Khabar’s Tanvir Raihan, Daily...
FE Online Report | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw upward trend in early hours of trading on Monday, the second trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the...
A court in Narayanganj has sentenced six people to death and one to life imprisonment for killing businessman Md Rafik Bhuiyan in 2009. Narayanganj Additional District and Sessions Judge Mamunur Rashid announced the verdict on Monday. Those given the death...
BNP's senior leader Rafiqul Islam Miah has said the Prime Minister’s absolute authority will be established if parliament’s power to impeach Supreme Court judges is restored through the 16th amendment to the Constitution. ‘Judges won’t be able to independently pronounce...
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in an overnight raid, detained four people with 55,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Khilgaon area of Dhaka city, police said. A DB spokesman confirmed the arrest saying, ‘A car and Yaba...
India's Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have arrest six Bangladesh nationals from Lauer Gorh border point in Sunamganj district. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) officials said, the detention took place around 4pm on Sunday. The victims were workers who usually dig...
The Daily Inqilab has retracted its libelous report on a senior police officer and apologised for carrying it. In a notice published on its website on Sunday, Inqilab admitted that it did not maintain ‘adequate cautions’ in writing, editing and...
A stampede at a Hindu temple in central India killed at least 10 people and injured scores early Monday, the latest in a string of deadly accidents at mass religious events, officials said. Hundreds of pilgrims gathered at a holy...
A Dhaka court on Monday indicted senior BNP leaders Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Amanullah Aman and Joynal Abdin Farroque and 144 other leaders and activists on charges of creating unrest in 2013. Two cases, filed with Paltan Police Station, accuse them...
A major 6.9-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Peru Sunday, US experts said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or considerable damage. The quake hit at 2321 GMT 42 kilometers (26 miles) east-northeast of the town of Tambo at a...
A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked northern California early Sunday, seriously injuring two people, igniting fires and buckling roads in the scenic Napa valley wine region. The US Geological Service said that the quake was the most powerful to hit the...
An Israeli air raid in Gaza left two Palestinians dead overnight Sunday to Monday, taking the number of killed Palestinians in the seven-week conflict to 2,122, Palestinian sources said. A spokeswoman for the Israeli army said warplanes had carried out...
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