The members of Government Railway Police (GRP) recovered 34 gold bars from 2 passengers at Kamalapur Station in Dhaka on Wednesday. So far, contraband gold has mostly been seized from passengers travelling by air. However, the bars were found today...
FE Online Report | 2014-07-16 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 19.02 points...
A man has been killed in a ‘gun battle’ between two rival groups of an ultra party at Abhoynagar Upazila in Jessore district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Siraj Akand, 40. Police claimed that he was the leader...
American public health schools offer masters in public health even when students study for a graduate degree in medicine, making it possible to earn two degrees at the same time. Professor Richard Oberhelman of one of the US’s oldest public...
A court in Sylhet has sentenced a man to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) for killing his cousin in Sadar upazila 2 years ago. The court also fined convict M Ramzan Ali, 30, son of late Gazi Miah, a resident...
In a stark contrast to Assam's opposition for relaxing visa regime for Bangladesh nationals visiting India, Tripura is battling for them. Tripura’s Lok Sabha MP Jitendra Chaudhury has met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and urged her to relax the...
In an overnight drive on Monday, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested four alleged muggers from the city’s Gulshan area and recovered looted Tk 512,000 and 139000 Indian rupees from their possession. The arrested were identified as Mahbubul Alam, 30,...
In 2 separate anti-smuggling drives, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel seized a large quantity of smuggled goods worth about Tk 20.5 million in Rajshahi region on Tuesday, BGB sources said today. On a tip-off, a BGB team seized 2 trucks...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader has directed the Chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) to inspire women to take driving as their profession. He made the directive while inaugurating a car training programme at BRTC training centre in the city’s...
A court in Chandpur on Tuesday sentenced a man to 2 years’ rigorous imprisonment for torturing his wife for dowry at Matlab (North) Upazila in the district in 2009. The court also fined the convict, Al Amin Jamader alias Mizan...
The government on Wednesday appointed Kazi Imtiaz Hossain, currently serving as Bangladesh Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand, as the new High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Australia. A career diplomat, Hossain served in Bangladesh missions in New York, Kolkata, Geneva...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in separate drives seized a large quantity of smuggled Indian goods along with arms worth about Tk 20.38 million from different areas of Joypurhat district in on Sunday and Monday. A big consignment of Indian...
FE Online Report | 2014-07-16 00:00:00
The stock market returned to the green on Wednesday after previous session’s negative trend as optimistic investors took position on lucrative stocks. The market opened with a positive note which continued till the closure. Eventually, the DSEX, the prime index...
FE Online Report | 2014-07-16 00:00:00
The country's two bourses returned to the green on Wednesday after previous session’s negative trend as optimistic investors took position on lucrative stocks. The capital markets opened with a positive trend that continued till the sessions closed. Eventually, the DSEX,...
Asian markets were mixed Wednesday, with investors unimpressed by data showing better than expected Chinese economic growth in the second quarter. The dollar held on to gains made in New York. Tokyo dipped 0.10 per cent, or 15.86 points, to...
Police in Nigeria have arrested Mohammed Zakari, a senior commander of the Boko Haram sect, blamed for killing hundreds of people since 2009, a police officer said Tuesday. Zakari, 30, was linked to the recent killing of seven people, including...
The central bank has issued guidelines for customer services and complaint management and asked all banks and financial institutions (FIs) to follow it to ensure better services to customers. A Bangladesh Bank (BB) press release on Tuesday said the guidelines...
A discussion on ‘Adulteration-Free Safe Food: Our Responsibility’ has been held at Dhaka University (DU) Senate Bhaban. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman addressed the discussion as the chief guest with DU Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique...
The dollar rose in Asia on Wednesday as the head of the US Federal Reserve indicated that interest rates could rise earlier than expected if the world's biggest economy continues to pick up pace. In Tokyo afternoon trade, the dollar...
A Narayanganj court has sentenced three persons to death for killing a woman and her daughter two years ago. The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Mizanur Rahman pronounced the verdict in the 2012 murder case on Wednesday afternoon....
Mexico said on Tuesday it had rescued 458 children from a vermin-infested refuge for abandoned boys and girls, some of whom it believes they were sexually abused. The attorney general's office said police and army troops raided a home known...
Police rescued a schoolgirl in Lohagara Upazila of Chittagong district on Tuesday night, three months after she was allegedly abducted by her private tutor from Benapole union of Sarsa Upazila of Jessore. Police also arrested the tutor, Firoz Biswash, son...
Faruque Ahmed | 2014-07-15 00:00:00
The process of amalgamation of the Board of Investment (BOI) and the Privatisation Commission (PC) has made significant progress as the drafting of a new law in this connection is almost complete. Sources said the preparation of an organogram for...
FE Report | 2014-07-15 00:00:00
Sale of advance bus tickets for the home-goers to celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr festival with their near and dear ones began in the city Monday amid the law-enforcement agencies' tight security arrangements. The ticket-seekers, however, gathered at bus counters run by...
FE Report | 2014-07-15 00:00:00
Buoyed by successive two dispute resolutions over the country's territorial waters through international arbitration, the cabinet gave directives Monday to the ministries and departments concerned to kick-start combined efforts for tapping marine resources from the large swathe of the Bay...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-07-15 00:00:00
Power generation in the private sector has reached 45 per cent of the total production during the last seven years, and experts say gradually the private sector will outbid the public sector in terms of production. Against the country's current...
GAZA CITY, July 14 (AFP): The Palestinian Hamas movement said Monday it would not end hostilities with Israel without concessions by the Jewish state and that no serious efforts towards a truce had been made. "Talk of a ceasefire requires...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-07-15 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is facing a big problem with managing its funding shortfall this month, as it takes a very small of amount of loan in line with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-prescribed 'indicative target' (IT). Operation of...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-07-15 00:00:00
The government is learnt to be weighing a proposal from US-based ConocoPhillips for amending the existing production-sharing contract (PSC) to award the company higher incentives. Energy experts maintain that any renegotiation of the foreign firm's terms would prove ruinous for...
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