Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina asked the officials Tuesday to ensure timely delivery of passports without any delay and harassment, reports UNB. "Make sure that the passport seekers get their passports in time. Do not harass them," she said while...
Faruque Ahmed | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
Shrimp export to the United States has almost halved over the past several years although Bangladesh's overall exports marked all-time high last year mainly for steady flow to the European market, the industry sources said. Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) officials...
Shamim Osman, a ruling party MP from Narayanganj-4, alleged Tuesday that local city mayor Selina Hayat Ivy was trying to save some perpetrators of the sensational seven-murder incident by shifting the blame to so-called godfathers, reports UNB. "From the very...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
Income tax collection from bank depositors' interest income increased by 26.31 per cent in the last fiscal year (FY) mainly because of a large volume of excess liquidity in the banking system, sources said. Barren private sector investment situation in...
Two passenger aircraft, one from Bangladesh and the other from Saudi Arabia, narrowly avoided a mid-air collision over the eastern Indian city of Jamshedpur early on Monday, it has now been revealed. Officials say one of the pilots wrongly acted...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
The government\'s net domestic borrowing came down to a three-year low in 2013-14 fiscal despite a substantial rise in the sale of its savings tools. A number of economists said higher aid disbursement was the main reason for the decline...
FE Report | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
The central bank warned Tuesday the top executives of non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) against irregularities in respect of sanctioning and rescheduling of loans for ensuring good governance in the sector. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) also cautioned the NBFIs not to...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
There was a time in this part of the world when people used to curse their rivals seeking Divine intervention in getting the latter entangled in civil litigation, a very time consuming and expensive affair. The dispute over land among...
Monira Munni | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
The Alliance inspection teams have identified major structural flaws in eight more garment factories---six in Dhaka and one each in Narayanganj and Chittagong--- and requested the official review panel to take immediate action in this connection, sources said. The North...
FE Report | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
The point-to-point inflation climbed to 7.04 per cent in July from 6.97 per cent in the previous month as prices of essential items were spiked amid hot sales during the lunar month of fasting, officials said. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics...
FE Report | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
The results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published today (Wednesday). Chief information officer of the Ministry of Education (MOE) Subodh Chandra Dhali said the results will be published at 1.00pm across the country. Mr...
FE Report | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
Cracks in a four-storey building in the city triggered panic among its residents on Monday last. The building was constructed violating the RAJUK'S building codes in the capital's Siddikbazar area, locals and officials concerned said. Locals alleged that the owner...
Although top leaders of the BNP-led 20-party alliance had repeatedly threatened to wage a strong movement after Eid-ul-Fitr, the coalition on Tuesday declared a 13-day soft action programme, including a rally in the capital, for August 19, reports UNB. BNP...
A fire broke out in a plastic factory warehouse at Swaryghat of Old Dhaka Tuesday night. Eight units of the fire brigade were trying to bring out the fire until filing the report at 10:20pm, it was learnt. The extent...
GENEVA, Aug 12: The World Health Organization on Tuesday authorised the use of experimental drugs in the fight against Ebola as the death toll topped 1,000 and a Spanish priest became the first European to succumb to the virus in...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) initiated Tuesday a move against former judge Faruq Ahmed as allegations surfaced that he acquitted a large number of accused in several cases by abusing his power. The Commission at its regular meeting on the day...
The number of US job openings hit a 13-year high in June and more workers quit their jobs, pointing to a tightening labor market, Labour Department data showed on Tuesday. Non-farm job openings in the private and public sectors rose...
A court in Narayanganj has ordered the home and the foreign affairs ministries to take steps for bringing back Nur Hossain, the prime suspect in 7-murder case, from India through the Interpol. The order which was issued by Chief Judicial...
A van-cart puller was killed in a road accident at Hajirhat point on the Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in the outskirts of Rangpur city on Tuesday afternoon. The accident occurred when an unidentified Syedpur-bound vehicle from Rangpur ran over the victim at...
Tokyo stocks rose 0.16 per cent on Wednesday morning, as the market cast off early losses that came on the back of data showing Japan's economy contracted in the last quarter. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which opened 0.33 per...
Wall Street stocks on Tuesday finished lower following disappointing German economic data and ahead of Wednesday’s report on US retail sales. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 9.44 points (0.06 per cent) to 16,560.54. The broad-based S&P 500 dropped 3.17...
Chinese stocks were flat in morning trade on Wednesday amid caution ahead of the announcement of key economic figures later in the day, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.08 per cent, or 1.86 points, to 2,219.73. The...
Hong Kong shares opened 0.15 per cent higher on Wednesday as investors shrugged off a weak lead from the US and European markets. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 36.83 points to 24,726.24 in the first few minutes of trade,...
RAB personnel arrested the owner of sunken launch ‘Pinak-6’ in Chittagong city early Wednesday. Being tipped off, a special team of RAB headquarters in association with RAB-7 conducted a drive at Agrabad in the port city early in the morning...
Tens of thousands of civilians remain trapped by militants on a mountain in northern Iraq and need ‘life-saving assistance’, the United Nations warns. Members of the Yazidi sect fled there 11 days ago after fighters from Islamic State (IS) seized...
At least two people were killed and several others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at Magura Sadar Upazila on Wednesday morning. One of the dead was identified as Jewel Rana, 35, a resident of...
The results of 2014 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations are out with record 78.33 per cent students passing out. This year, 70,602 examinees got GPA-5. Among them, 38,787 are boys with 77.86pc pass rate and 31,815 girls with...
FE Online Report | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and 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 31.00 points or 0.68...
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