Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has expressed her firm belief that the people of the country will see an end to their days of sorrow as Awami League (AL) is in power for the second term in a row through...
FE Report | 2014-06-24 00:00:00
The securities regulator has requested the government's revenue authorities to scrap the proposal for taxing the gains on investments in stocks as it would further affect the capital market and the individual investors, officials said. The policymakers of Bangladesh Securities...
Step has been taken to collect information of the millionaires who do not pay taxes, Finance Minister AMA Muhith told the Parliament on Tuesday replying to a tabled starred question of Chhabi Biswas (Netrakona-1). He said that till May 2014...
Neymar demonstrated his importance to Brazil with a brace as the World Cup hosts beat Cameroon 4-1 in Brasilia on Monday to secure top spot in Group A and a last-16 tie against Chile. The Barcelona forward scored the tournament’s...
The Netherlands defeated Chile 2-0 to take top spot in Group B of 2014 FIFA World Cup in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Monday. With the win, the Dutch ensured top spot in Group B – and a date with Mexico....
Tokyo stocks fell 0.36 per cent on Tuesday morning, hit by profit-taking after the recent round of advances to five-month highs. The Nikkei 225 index gave up 56.07 points to 15,313.21 by the break, while the Topix index of all...
Chinese stocks were flat in morning trade on Tuesday after US stocks ended little changed overnight, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.08 per cent, or 1.59 points, to 2,022.78. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on...
Hong Kong stocks climbed 0.49 per cent in the first few minutes of trade on Tuesday, rebounding from a heavy sell-off in the previous session despite strong Chinese growth data. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 111.11 points to 22,915.92,...
The prices of most of the shares in South Korea’s stock markets witnessed upward trend on Tuesday. Seoul’s benchmark Kospi was up by 0.36 per cent at close of trading, according to AFP.
Cultural organisation Chhayanaut has welcomed the verdict of the 2001 Ramna Batamul bomb attack on a Bengali New Year celebration that had left a dozen people dead. Eight of the accused have been sentenced to death and six given life...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 is all set deliver the verdict today (Tuesday) in war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami. The ICT-1 set the date for pronouncing verdict through an order on Monday. Justice M Enayetur Rahim,...
Three former officers of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) – ex-Lt Col Tareque Sayeed Mohammad, former Major Arif Hossain and ex-Lt Commander MM Rana – along with 10 others arrested in connection with Narayanganj 7 murders were produced before a Narayanganj...
The prices of most of the shares in Australia's capital markets witnessed negative trend on Tuesday. Sydney stocks slumped 0.38 per cent, according to AFP.
European stock markets closed in the red on Monday as traders reacted to a further drop in eurozone business activity that offset positive news for Chinese manufacturing, analysts said. London’s FTSE 100 index of top companies lost 0.36 per cent...
US stocks on Monday were little changed in early trade following mixed economic data as markets kept an eye on the growing Iraq crisis. About 30 minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 15.51 points (0.09 per cent)...
A college student in China’s Guangdong province leaped to his death after losing more than $3,000 gambling on the World Cup. China’s state media identified the deceased only by his surname Lin, a 2nd-year student in a local college. State...
Indian Union Home Ministry has rejected the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) proposal to grant visa-on-arrival facility to Bangladesh nationals and visa-free entry to citizens of that country under the age of 18 and over the age of 65. This...
FE Online Report | 2014-06-24 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) saw marginal gains while the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed negative trend in early hours of trading on Tuesday, the third trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up...
The prison authorities are yet to take Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami to International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 because they say he is sick. The ICT is to pronounce its verdict on Nizami today (Tuesday). Senior Superintendent of Dhaka Central Jail...
Italy face Uruguay in a World Cup fight for survival on Tuesday night between the former champions as England hope to draw a line under a disastrous campaign by giving a sign of hope for the future. There will also...
The Cabinet has cleared the draft of the ‘Non-Formal Education Bill 2014’, aiming to expand and enhance the quality of non-formal education in the country. The final approval came from the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet held in the...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has deferred its verdict on Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami due to his illness. ICT-1 Chairman Justice M Enayetur Rahim said they received a letter from the prison authorities about Nizami’s illness, in view of...
The war crimes verdict on Matiur Rahman Nizami was postponed due to a ‘conspiracy and a cunning move’ claimed Ganajagaran Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarkar. International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 scheduled Tuesday for announcing the Jamaat-e-Islami chief’s verdict on 16 charges...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has invited her political arch-rival Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to an Iftar party. Khaleda arranged the Iftar to honour politicians at the Basundhara Convention Centre at Panthapath in the city on July 2. BNP deputy office...
Police and border guards have nabbed 42 Bangladeshis, 12 of them women, from various parts of the North 24-Pargana district of India’s West Bengal state during the last two days. A West Bengal police spokesman said these Bangladeshis were mostly...
Police arrested three people along with 100 bottles of Phensidyl from Satkhamar Bus Stand of Atwari Upazila in Panchagarh district on Monday night. The arrestees were identified as Amirul Islam, 27, his wife Ankhi Akhter Ankhi, 24, of Seprajhar village...
A case has been filed against 15 people for killing college student Rubel Hossain Mollah in Khulna. The victim’s father, Abu Bakar Siddque, filed the case against six named and nine unnamed people with Khanjahan Ali Police Station on Monday....
Former Jatiya Party (JP) lawmaker from Comilla Sadar constituency Ansar Ahmed died at Samorita Hospital in the city on Tuesday morning. He was 66. Ansar, who had been undergoing treatment at the hospital after he suffered a brain stroke on...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday to urge its leaders not to withdraw from the political process in Baghdad after their forces took control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk. Peshmerga fighters, the...
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
