LONDON, July 17 (AFP): US cable giant Liberty Global said on Thursday it has bought a 6.4-per cent stake in ITV, Britain's largest free-to-air commercial television broadcaster, from BSkyB for £481 million ($824 million, 610 million euros). Colorado-based Liberty Global,...
ICB Asset Management Company Limited (ICB AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), disclosed the following total net asset value (NAV) of different mutual funds (MFs) at the close of business operation on July 16, 2014, said a...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Thursday stressed the need for forging a national consensus to take the country forward through holding a fresh election under a non-party caretaker government, reports UNB. "We want to work together and restore peace. We all...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law Ministry Thursday suggested the government to reduce backlog of cases across the country using the techniques the Mymensingh District Judge has applied for the speedy disposal of 50,000 cases, reports UNB. It also recommended...
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The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) approved Thursday a charge sheet against 30 people, including 11 officials from Prime Bank Limited, on allegation of embezzling around Tk 926 million from the bank. A regular meeting of the commission approved the charge...
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Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan Thursday said the government will provide Tk 100,000 for each dead launch accident victim. The government had provided Tk 10,000 for each dead launch accident victim, which was later increased to Tk 30,000. Tk 45,000 was...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia goes to Saudi Arabia tomorrow (Saturday) to perform Umrah at the invitation of the Saudi government. The BNP chief is scheduled to fly from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in a flight of Emirates Airlines Saturday evening,...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has allocated Tk 3.0 billion from its Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) to public and private universities for setting up quality assurance (QA) cells, reports UNB. UGC chairman Prof AK Azad Chowdhury revealed this at the...
A meeting of the Awami League (AL)-led 14-party alliance will be held today (Friday), reports UNB. The meeting will begin at 11.00 am at the party president Sheikh Hasina's political office at Dhanmondi in the city, said a press release...
The government appointed Thursday Saida Muna Tasneem, currently serving as Director General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the new Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Kingdom of Thailand, reports UNB. In her diplomatic career, Tasneem served in Bangladesh Permanent...
FE Report | 2014-07-18 00:00:00
The government have decided to disburse salaries and pensions for the current month to the non-gazetted employees of government offices and non- commissioned officers and personnel of the defence forces on July 22. The employees of government, semi- government and...
BNP leader Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury Minar, the prime accused in the murder case of Fulgazi Upazila Parishad chairman and Awami League (AL) leader Ekramul Haque, was freed from jail on bail Thursday. He walked out of District Jail at around...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina stressed Thursday the need for undertaking a master plan in each upazila to ensure planned urbanisation and thus render better services to people, reports UNB. "My directives are already there to provide much better services...
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Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain said Thursday the river Buriganga has turned into a dustbin due to lack of proper planning. He also informed that dredging work will be carried out to bring back the navigability of several...
The United States has said it has a tremendous opportunity to encourage physical connectivity by expanding port and 'last mile' connectivity across the Bay of Bengal region and linking key Indian, Bangladeshi, and Burmese transit hubs, reports UNB. The connectivity...
Munima Sultana | 2014-07-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh is going to participate in the Girl Summit in the United Kingdom as a progressive partner and highlight the government's commitment to eliminate child marriage by incorporating it in visions 2021 and 2040, sources said. They said though the...
A house owner in Mirpur area of the city was held for allegedly raping a female tenant (18) Wednesday night, reports BSS. The girl used to live in a house at Bawnia in Mirpur section-11 and was sleeping with her...
FE Report | 2014-07-18 00:00:00
The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched a project in the field of art and culture in Bangladesh. A 9-member cultural delegation from the South Korea National University of Arts arrived in Dhaka on July 6 to provide talented...
Muggers took away a fruits-laden rickshaw van after injuring its driver by firing near Plassey intersection in the city early Thursday, reports UNB. The injured was identified as Rana (30), also owner of the van, on which he sells fruits...
CHITTAGONG, July 17 (UNB): The police arrested two youths for allegedly violating a female garment worker in CRB area of the city Wednesday night. The arrested persons were identified as Ismail (23), son of Yunus Mia and Mamun (25), son...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Chittagong, Dhaka, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Sylhet, Barisal and Khulna divisions until 6:00 pm today (Friday), reports UNB. Moderately heavy to heavy falls...
FE Report | 2014-07-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh and Bhutan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) Thursday to exchange information relating to money laundering and terrorism financing. M. Mahfuzur Rahman, Deputy Head, Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) and Executive Director, the Bangladesh Bank (BB), and Eden Dema,...
FE Report | 2014-07-18 00:00:00
The official review panel Wednesday asked the authority of a garment factory of Hameem Group to shut the unit for structural flaws. The committee asked That's It Fashions Ltd in the city's Tejgaon industrial area to close its top six...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-07-18 00:00:00
The microcredit regulator is going to seek restructured and expanded new organogram of 265 positions instead of previously proposed organogram of 207 posts to meet the demand of the sector which has expanded substantially over the years. The new organogram...
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