Chinese Ambassador in Bangladesh Li Jun met Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad at his Baridhara residence in the city Sunday, reports UNB. They discussed various issues relating to bilateral interest during the meeting.
FENI, Aug 3 (UNB): A court issued a warrant Sunday for the arrest of BNP leader Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury Minar, the prime accused in Fulgazi Upazila chairman Ekramul Haque murder case. Acting Judge of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court Alamgir...
MAGURA, Aug 3 (BSS): Over 800 leaders and workers of Binodpur and Kuchiamora union BNP joined Bangladesh Awami League (AL) Saturday night. They joined AL presenting bouquet to State Minister for Youth and Sports Advocate Biren Sikder at the Magura...
The US Ambassador-at-large for the Office of Global Criminal Justice, Stephen J Rapp, is coming to Dhaka on his fifth visit since the beginning of the war crimes trials in Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com. He will arrive today (Monday) morning on...
FE Report | 2014-08-04 00:00:00
Twelve rights-based organisations at a press briefing at Jatiya Press Club Sunday urged the government to strongly support food security issues through price support to agriculture, holding food stocks and subsidised prices instead of becoming party to WTO's Trade Facilitation...
FE Report | 2014-08-04 00:00:00
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) expressed Sunday sympathy and solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza. A team of CPD led by its Executive Director Prof Mustafizur Rahman called on Palestinian Ambassador in Bangladesh Shaher Mohammad in the capital ...
MYMENSINGH, Aug 3 (UNB): Four people, including a man and his grandson, were killed and two others injured in two road accidents in Bhaluka and Nandail upazilas on Sunday. Two women-Saleha, 28, and Lota Begum, 45, of Shariatpur district-were killed...
The marriage of a murder convict at Lakhsmipur jail has not violated prison laws, the State Minister for Home has said, reports bdnews24.com. Aftab Uddin Biplob, son of Awami League leader and controversial local mayor Abu Taher, who is currently...
Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu said the draft of the national broadcasting policy will be placed before the cabinet very soon, reports BSS. "There is nothing clandestine about it. The draft has been finalised after discussion with all stakeholders and...
The mobile court of RAB unearthed an illegal veterinary medicine factory and fined three persons, including its managing director, a total of Tk 0.4 million, reports UNB. The mobile court also sealed off the factory at Matuail in the city...
The academic activities of six new public medical colleges will start on January 10 next marking the Homecoming Day of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports UNB. The newly approved medical colleges are Shaheed M Mansur Ali Medical College in Sirajganj,...
Prof Dr Muhammad Alamgir was appointed vice-chancellor of Khulna University Engineering and Technology (KUET) for a second term Sunday, reports BSS. President and KUET Chancellor M Abdul Hamid made the appointment as per KUET Act 2003. Prof Alamgir expressed gratitude...
The Primary and Ebtedayee Terminal Examinations-2014 will begin across the country on November 23, reports UNB. The examinations are scheduled to end on November 30 while the result is likely to be published on December 28. The decisions were taken...
The namaz-e-janaza of former Water Resources minister and deputy speaker LK Siddiqui was held at South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad Sunday morning, reports UNB. Chief Whip ASM Firoz, members of the parliament, senior secretary to Jatiya Sangsad Md Ashraful Makbul,...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Dhaka, Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions Monday. Moderately heavy...
Harunur Rashid Chowdhury, an ex-army officer and adviser to the UNICEF Bangladesh, passed away at Labaid Cardiac Centre in the city on July 27, 2014. He was 86, said a press release. He left behind his two sons, one daughter...
FE Report | 2014-08-04 00:00:00
The World Bank has developed a pipeline of sub-projects in diverse sectors to provide its financial support at low interest rate through Investment Promotion and Financing Facility (IPFF) Project. The project is aimed at promoting private sector participation in infrastructure...
FE Report | 2014-08-04 00:00:00
The government has decided to appeal with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking its stay on the High Court (HC) Division's order that recently granted bail to detained Tuba Group managing director (MD) Delwar Hossain. The state law...
GAZA CITY, Aug 03 (AFP): At least 10 people died in a fresh strike on a UN school in Gaza Sunday shortly after Israel confirmed it had begun withdrawing some troops from the war-torn enclave. The strike on the school...
BEIJING, Aug 3 (Agencies): A strong earthquake in southern China's Yunnan province has killed at least 175 people and injured more than 1,400. China's official Xinhua News Agency says at least 150 people died in Sunday's quake. Yunnan province's information...
FE Report | 2014-08-04 00:00:00
The central bank has asked the commercial banks to remit Saudi Riyal 6,800 for house rent, food and other expenses of each of the pilgrims who will go to Hajj under private management, officials said. On Sunday, the Bangladesh Bank...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-08-04 00:00:00
The central bank has identified the spending of a substantial amount on the renewal of work permits by many Bangladeshis in Saudi Arabia, the job market squeeze in Qatar and the closure of bank accounts of small money-transfer companies in...
Syful Islam | 2014-08-04 00:00:00
The deal with Malaysian Maritime and Dredging Corporation (MMDC) on capital dredging and bank protection of the Karnaphuli River has been cancelled for the foreign firm's repeated failure to implement the project, vital for operation of the Bangladesh's main seaport,...
Monira Munni | 2014-08-04 00:00:00
Uncertainty looms large over remediation of non-compliant garment factories identified under a government-led inspection drive prompted by a recent crisis as the necessary funding matter is not effectively settled, industry-insiders and officials have said. Under the government-ILO scheme, BUET has...
FE Report | 2014-08-04 00:00:00
The striking Tuba Group workers rejected the authorities' offer at a tripartite meeting Sunday to start disbursing their wage arrears from Wednesday. The workers said Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) leaders and the government were mocking them by...
FE Report | 2014-08-04 00:00:00
Officials and employees of the city's various government, semi-government and private sector offices as well as business centres and financial institutions arrived at their respective workstations Sunday. It was 'unofficially' the first working day after the Eid festival, as a...
NARAYANGANJ, Aug 3 (Agencies): Seven people were killed and eight others injured when a vegetable-laden truck went down a ditch on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Rupganj upazila Saturday midnight. Police said the accident took place when the Dhaka-bound truck from Sylhet...
NEW DELHI, July 3: The Indian government Wednesday hiked the minimum export price of onion to US$ 500 per tonne to improve the domestic supply and curb prices. MEP is the rate below which no exports are allowed. — PTI
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
