MUMBAI, June 25 (Reuters): The BSE Sensex and Nifty fell on Wednesday for a fifth session in six, with blue-chips such as Reliance Industries Ltd taking a hit as caution ahead of expiry of June derivatives on Thursday and fears...
FE Report The actual size of the fund that has flown out of the country in recent years through both formal and informal routes remains a mystery. A few very recent reports by competent international agencies on the issue have...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-06-26 00:00:00
It's all about implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP). In the first 10 months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2013-14, the government agencies could implement only 67 per cent of the revised ADP outlay, out of an aggregate...
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was scheduled to arrive in the city Wednesday night on her first bilateral visit to demonstrate the importance her government gives to Bangladesh, reports UNB. Though both the countries termed it as a 'goodwill'...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) arrested Wednesday a director of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) for allegedly swindling about Tk 1.40 billion (140 crore) from the bank, reports UNB. ACC assistant director SM Rafiqul Islam conducted a drive in the city's...
FE Report | 2014-06-26 00:00:00
The World Bank said Wednesday that the 7.3 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth target in the next fiscal would be ambitious if the private investment, infrastructure development and political stability are not ensured. "If the government wants to...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, June 25: Chittagong district administration started Wednesday eviction and demolition of illegal houses raised by illegal land-grabbers along the Moti Jharna and Batali Hills. Officials of different government agencies concerned and Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP), headed by...
NARAYANGANJ, June 25: The Narayanganj-5 parliamentary constituency that fell vacant following the death of Jatiya Party MP Nasim Osman goes to polls today (Thursday). The voting will be held from 8 am to 4 pm without any break. Four candidates...
All government and non-government colleges, Alia madrasas and equivalent educational institutions will remain closed from June 29 to August 6 on the occasion of Ramadan, Jumatul Bida, Shab-e-Qadr and Eid-ul-Fitr. — UNB
FE Report | 2014-06-26 00:00:00
Accord's inspection has identified 'critical structural findings' in 14 buildings out of its 760 surveyed garment factories since the inception of its assessment programme until to date. "We requested the official review panel to take immediate steps regarding these 14...
Kamrun Nahar | 2014-06-26 00:00:00
Experts termed the allocation for safety net programmes in the proposed budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2014-15 confusing and unmanageable in view of the nature of programmes and the number. They, however, were hesitant to call some of them...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-06-26 00:00:00
The ministry of commerce (MoC) decided Wednesday to ban export of green chilli, brinjal, cucumber, lemon and coriander leaves to increase supply and keep their prices under control during the upcoming month of Ramadan. "The steps have been taken to...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-06-26 00:00:00
An initial agreement will be signed today (Thursday) with a US consortium, capping hectic negotiations, for building the country's first floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Bay of Bengal, officials said. The state-owned Petrobangla completed negotiations with a...
State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan said Wednesday that legal initiative had already been taken to bring back Nur Hossain, the main accused in the abduction and killing of seven persons in Narayanganj, report agencies. "Home Ministry has already initiated...
FE Report | 2014-06-26 00:00:00
The stock market investors placed a 10-point charter of demands including allocation of a special fund of Tk 250 billion in the new budget for the fiscal year 2014-15 to bring stability in the capital market. Bangladesh Capital Market Investors'...
Welcoming Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's Bangladesh visit, BNP hoped Wednesday that her visit would create a new scope for resolving the outstanding problems with the neighbouring country, reports UNB. "Sushma Swaraj is a seasoned politician who has been...
A delegation of the Law Commission, led by its chairman Justice ABM Khairul Haque, submitted its annual report to President Md Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban Wednesday, reports UNB. During the meeting, the delegation apprised the President of the commission's ongoing...
FE Report | 2014-06-26 00:00:00
The Anti-corruption Commission's (ACC's) probe into alleged corruption in BASIC Bank Limited is progressing well and legal actions would be taken against all the accused, a top official of the Commission said Wednesday. "We are conducting the inquiry on a...
FE Report | 2014-06-26 00:00:00
Cheated by traffickers in their quest for jobs abroad, victim migrants demanded Wednesday of the government to go for enforcement of 'The Overseas Employment and Migration Act 2013' immediately for protecting them. They made the demand at a press conference...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina categorically said Wednesday that the government's stern actions against those involved in food adulteration would continue in future to safeguard the public health, reports BSS. She said activities including adulteration of the food items that...
Two activists of Jubo League (JL) were killed in separate incidents in Comilla and Mymensingh Tuesday night and Wednesday, reports UNB. In Comilla, an activist of the ruling Awami League's youth wing was stabbed to death by miscreants at Tulatali...
RAJSHAHI, Jun 25 (UNB): The Rajshahi University (RU) unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) will enforce a strike on the campus Thursday demanding immediate arrest of those involved in chopping off one of the legs of a Shibir leader on...
CHITTAGONG, Jun 25 (BSS): A Chittagong court today indicted Hefajat-e-Islam Nayeb-e-Ameer Mufti Izharul Islam Chowdhury and his son Harun Bin Izhar over possessing acid from a madrasah in Chittagong city where an explosion killed three people last year. Metropolitan Sessions...
A prosecution witness blamed Wednesday Jamaat-e-Islami stalwart Maulana Abdus Sobhan for killing eleven (11) unarmed civilians, including his brother, in collaboration with the Pakistan occupation forces during the Liberation War in 1971, reports UNB. Hailing from Bharara in Pabna, Akkas...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Wednesday stressed spreading the light and opportunities of education to create a patriotic, educated and skilled new generation as well as talented leaders with deep social values to materialise the golden dream of the nation,...
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