Senior journalist and ex-MP N Mahfuza Khatun Baby Moudud, also a close friend of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, died on Friday noon. She was 66, report agencies. Suffering from cancer for long, she breathed her last at the United Hospital...
Reaz Islam, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LR Global, Friday sent a rejoinder to a report published in July 24, 2014 issue of the FE under the headline 'BSEC detects insecure investment of MFs'. In the rejoinder, Mr Islam said...
Mixed corporate earnings produced varied results on Wall Street last week week, resulting in gains for the Nasdaq, losses for the Dow and a nearly flat S&P 500. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index, buoyed by strong results from Apple and...
Jihadists from the Islamic State group killed at least 50 Syrian soldiers in an ambush on Friday, summarily executing most of them after their capture, a monitoring group said. The assault in Raqa province, the IS jihadists’ Euphrates valley stronghold,...
The Israeli military says a 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza will start on Saturday morning. The military, in a statement issued in Jerusalem on Friday, said the lull will start at 8:00am local time on Saturday and end at 8:00pm...
India on Friday said it wanted ‘visible’ signs the World Trade Organisation would agree to its vast food subsidy schemes before approving a landmark global customs pact as talks went down to the wire. Refusal by India to endorse the...
Europe’s stock markets dropped on Friday as a fall in German business confidence offset positive British growth data, while traders reacted to a huge tie-up of the continent’s pay-TV sector. In Paris, the CAC 40 shed 1.82 per cent to...
Police arrested a polygamous person at Monaharganj Upazila in Comilla district on Friday in a dowry-related case filed by his eighth wife. The arrestee was identified as Abu Zafar, 55, son of late Abdul Hamid of Hatimara village of the...
The Russian central bank moved on Friday to shield the country’s economy from tightening Western sanctions over Ukraine, raising its main interest rate in a bid to forestall a resurgence of capital flight. The Bank of Russia surprises with a...
Customs Intelligence officials recovered 1.3 kilograms (kg) of gold worth Tk 6.5 million at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport on Friday evening. They also arrested two people – Nazir Ahmed, a Saudi Airlines employee, and Aslam Khan – for bringing...
Israel and Gaza’s dominant Islamist organisation Hamas have agreed to a 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. The truce is due to begin at 0800 local time (0500 GMT). Efforts to negotiate a 7-day ceasefire proposed by the...
She always identified herself first as a journalist and considered the National Press Club (NPC) as her home. AN Mahfuza Khatun Baby Maudud on Friday night received her last farewell there bathing in respect and love from her family, relatives,...
Two people were killed and 15 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at Pabna Sadar Upazila on Friday night. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Witnesses said the accident took...
The US says China has tested a missile designed to destroy satellites and is urging Beijing to refrain from destabilising actions. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said the ‘non-destructive’ test happened on Wednesday. She said a previous destructive test of...
An activist of local Awami League unit was gunned down by unidentified miscreants at Laxmipur Sadar Upazila on Saturday. The dead is Ahsan Ullah, son of Sultan Ahmed of Nandigram village. Wahiduzzaman, in-charge of Dattapara police camp, said the miscreants...
A mobile court in Natore on Friday seized 135 sacks of fake Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) fertiliser from a shop at Walia Bazar at Lalpur upazila on Friday. The court also fined the owner of the shop, Moazzem Hossain, Tk...
Although 2 years have elapsed since after the arson attack on a dormitory of the century-old MC College in Sylhet, the investigation report on the incident has not yet been made public. Sources said the college authorities, police and district...
Bilateral relations between Bangladesh and United Kingdom have reached a new peak after her visit to London, claims Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. ‘I think this visit has been successful and fruitful for Bangladesh’s socio-economic development. This will take our relations...
Two people were killed and six others injured on Saturday when a truck carrying buffaloes and a pickup van collided head-on at Magura Sadar Upazila. The accident took place at Kochundi on Magura-Dhaka highway, Highway police’s Sub-Inspector (SI) Oziar Rahman...
A half-day railway and road blockade programme, called by the workers of 2 jute mills in Mirerdanga, Khulna, which remained fully closed for the last one year, demanding reopening of the mills and payment of their arrears, got underway on...
A half-day railway and road blockade programme, called by the workers of 2 jute mills in Mirerdanga, Khulna, which remained fully closed for the last one year, demanding reopening of the mills and payment of their arrears, got underway on...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has announced the monetary policy (MPS) for the first half of the current (2014-2015) financial year on Saturday (July 26). The central bank earlier set July 27 for announcing the MPS, but rescheduled the date because of...
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The central bank unveiled an ‘investment-friendly, cautious’ monetary policy Saturday with an aim to achieve maximum economic growth by slashing inflationary pressure on the economy. “We’ve sought cooperation from the stakeholders to help implement the investment-friendly, cautious monetary policy properly,”...
Southeast Bank Foundation as a part of its Corporate Social Responsibility activities has donated two modern ambulances to “Tareque Memorial Hospital” situated at Chhagolnaiya, Feni Saturday. Ayesha Shireen Rahman, Project Director, Southeast Bank Foundation handed over the keys of the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday stressed the need for scrapping the Supreme Judicial Council and restoring the article 96 of the Constitution saying that this system does not go with the parliamentary democratic system. She made the comment while...
Muslims across the country have observed the Holy Shab-e-Qadr or Lailatul Qadr, the night when the first verses of the holy Quran were revealed upon the Greatest Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), with due religious fervor and solemnity on Friday night....
A man was killed and four other people were injured in an attack by a marauding buffalo in Bakalia area of Chittagong city on Friday night. The dead is Nurul Islam, 50, a carpenter and a resident of the area....
Muggers stabbed to death the driver of an auto-rickshaw at Chowdhurypara in Halishahar in Chittagong city early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Khokon, 22, a resident of Abbaspara under the police station. Witnesses said a gang of muggers intercepted...
Grameenphone (GP) and Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) signed an agreement recently for facilitating the collection of GP’s sales proceeds from all across Bangladesh. The agreement was signed from Grameenphone by Mr. Vivek Sood, CEO and Mr. Mainur Rahman Bhuiyan Acting...
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