The US Embassy in Dhaka on Tuesday said the wait times for obtaining US visa are expected to increase substantially in the months of July and August, reports UNB. Although wait times are currently relatively short and nonimmigrant visa applicants...
FE Report | 2014-07-09 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to launch a probe against supervisor of Sayedabad Bus Terminal Gulam Sarwar for his alleged involvement in embezzlement of Tk 30 million from the terminal fund. The decision was taken in a recent meeting...
CHITTAGONG, July 8 (BSS): Seven policemen were suspended Tuesday over the death of a businessman in police custody in the city. The suspension order came after the policemen were found involved in the death of Rokonuzzaman (45), a real estate...
FE Report | 2014-07-09 00:00:00
Small and Medium Enterprise Foundation (SMEF) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NCC Bank Tuesday to provide collateral free loans to the small and medium apparel entrepreneurs in Nilphamari and Syedpur garment cluster. Under the deal, SMEF will...
Sufiur appointed BD envoy to Myanmar The government has decided to appoint Md Sufiur Rahman, currently serving as High Commissioner in Sri Lanka, the new Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. A career diplomat, Rahman...
Khandoker Mohsinuzzaman, former Reader-in-Charge of The Independent, died in the city on July 05. He was 76, says a press release. He was suffering from various diseases along with liver cancer for the last few months. He breathed his last...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions with moderately...
Syful Islam | 2014-07-09 00:00:00
The government has taken an initiative for creating 15 million new jobs in next 10 years by taking advantage of planned Chinese relocation of labour-intensive industries abroad, sources said. The move has been taken to raise the country's annual Gross...
FE Report | 2014-07-09 00:00:00
US Ambassador in Bangladesh Dan Mozena has called for coordination between the Accord and the Alliance-two initiatives by the western retailers- to make their ongoing safety compliance efforts in Bangladesh's apparel sector more effective and successful. "The two brand initiatives...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-07-09 00:00:00
Construction works on the major highways heading towards southern and northern districts and repairs of ruptures caused by rain on other routes pose the risk of severe traffic snarl-up during Eid rush, sources said. An official of the Roads and...
Arafat Ara | 2014-07-09 00:00:00
The country's overseas employment continued to decline over the last one and a half years due to the government's lack of policy initiatives to create new foreign jobs, said sector insiders. According to the data of Bureau of Manpower, Employment...
FE Report | 2014-07-09 00:00:00
A section of people and companies, involved with telecom and ICT-related business, are allegedly siphoning off a substantial amount of money from the country in the name of advertisements on some foreign websites. Leaving aside the old ways of under-...
Criminals responsible for the abduction and murder of seven people in Narayanganj have been 'identified' in the investigation progress report submitted to the High Court, reports bdnews24.com. Mizanur Rahman Khan, member of the administrative probe committee, formed following the court's...
Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) has clarified a few pieces of information in a news item published in The Financial Express in the July-1st issue under the headline 'BSC buying vessels at higher prices'. The clarification issued by BSC's general manager...
FE Report | 2014-07-09 00:00:00
The UN Arbitral Tribunal at The Hague has awarded an area measuring 19,467 square kilometres to Bangladesh out of a disputed swathe of 25,602 sqkms in the Bay of Bengal in its verdict on the Bangladesh-India maritime boundary dispute. Bangladesh...
In the wake of maritime boundary verdict, the Indian government on Tuesday said the settlement of the dispute will further enhance mutual understanding and goodwill between India and Bangladesh by putting an end to a long-pending issue, reports UNB. "We...
Abul Kashem | 2014-07-09 00:00:00
A move is underway to replace the Bank Deposit Insurance Act 2000 with a new law that would safeguard the interests of depositors of both banks and financial institutions (FIs). The existing act protects the interests of only bank depositors,...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-07-09 00:00:00
World over cities and towns do have a father each, heading the municipal or city corporations. Dhaka is one mega city which has a couple of fathers. The city fathers are usually elected by the residents. Here also, Dhaka city...
FE Report | 2014-07-09 00:00:00
The government's net borrowing from the banking system to partly finance its budget deficit drastically fell by nearly 68 per cent in the just concluded fiscal year, officials said Tuesday. Its borrowing from the banking system came down to Tk...
Pankaj Dastider | 2014-07-09 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, July 8: Chinese construction firm Max-Renken JV is set to get the contract for construction of the port city's 5200 metres long Muradpur-Lalkhan Bazar flyover. If constructed, it will be the fourth flyover implemented by the Chittagong Development Authority...
Issuing 24 directives to help the government to ensure good governance, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked on Tuesday the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) to discharge their responsibilities rising above fear and allurement, and remain active for protecting the interests of people,...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader Tuesday asked the construction firm implementing the Moghbazar-Malibagh flyover project to keep suspended its works for seven days before and three days after Eid. The minister said this while inspecting the traffic situation in Moghbazar area. ...
KHULNA, July 8: Workers and Employees of state owned nine Jute Mills in Khulna-Jessore Tuesday blocked Khulna-Jessore highway and Railway at three different spots in protest against the decision to turn Jute Mills into holding companies. — BSS
KISHOREGANJ, July 8 : Train communications of Dhaka with Sylhet and Chittagong remained suspended for four hours as two bogies of a freight train derailed at the outer-signal of Bhairab Railway Station in Bhairab upazila Tuesday. The train services on...
Germany handed Brazil their worst ever defeat in their footballing hostory as the European team drubbed the five-time World Cup champions 7-1 in the first semi-final of the 32-nation tournament in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on Tuesday. Germany, the three-time World...
Tokyo stocks slipped 0.25 percent on Wednesday morning, tracking a fall on Wall Street as the latest US earnings season kicked off. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 38.16 points to 15,276.25 by the break, while the Topix index of...
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