FE Online Report | 2014-07-09 00:00:00
The country’s two bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – saw upward trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday, the 4th trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went...
Twenty-five per cent more children are falling ill with TB than the UN had thought, with more than 650,000 hit by the disease each year in the 22 worst affected countries, specialists said on Wednesday. Reporting in The Lancet, they...
Oil prices edged lower in Asia on Wednesday as dealers await the latest US stockpiles report for clues about demand in the world's top crude consumer. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for August delivery eased two cents to $103.38 while...
A man was killed as a bus ran over him after he slipped down under it near Paturia Ferry Ghat at Shibalaya upazila in Manikganj on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Wadud, 25, son of Abdus Samad of...
The Bank of England is again set to leave its key interest rate at a record low of 0.50 per cent on Thursday after it launched measures to cool Britain’s housing market. The BoE is forecast also to leave its...
The dollar faced selling pressure in Asia on Wednesday as investors await the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting last month. In midday Tokyo trading, the greenback was quoted at 101.54 yen, against 101.57 yen in New...
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan soared by 24 per cent in the first half of 2014, according to UN figures released on Wednesday, revealing worsening nationwide violence as US-led troops leave after more than a decade fighting the Taliban. Ground combat...
Miroslav Klose became the top goal-scorer in the history of World Cup when he scored in Germany’s semi-final rout of Brazil in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on Tuesday. Despite his 23rd-minute effort in a devastating five-goal first-half haul for the Germans,...
Workers of a readymade garments (RMG) factory staged a demonstration at North Badda in the city to press for payment of their due wages on Wednesday, disrupting traffic on the Rampura-Badda Road. Police said the workers of Toba Garments factory...
A youth and a woman were killed by a thunderbolt in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh district on Tuesday. The deceased Promoth Chandra Roy, 18, son of Khogendra Nath Roy was a resident of village Baniapara of the upazila. Family members...
A septuagenarian man drowned in Kumar River in Faridpur on Wednesday. Police said, Mona Khan, a resident of Rothkhola area of the district town drowned when he was taking bath. Local people noticed that he did not raise up his...
The European Union has advised Bangladesh to pay ‘much more attention’ to promoting factory safety and workers’ rights to consolidate its clothing market while acknowledging that ‘much progress’ had been made after the Rana Plaza building collapse last year. It...
FE Online Report | 2014-07-09 00:00:00
Turnover on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dipped to a nine-month low Wednesday as investors were reluctant to take fresh exposure in the market. “The ongoing pessimism kept investors mostly inactive, bringing the turnover to a nine-month low,” said a stock...
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman participated in ECOSOC High-level Ministerial Panel on Employment-centric Sustainable Development' Tuesday at the UN HQs in New York. The High-Level Panel discussion was chaired by Mr. Martin Sajdik, President of the United Nations Economic...
Rail links between Chittagong and the rest of the country have been restored after remaining cut off for seven hours. An oil-carrying freight train jumped the tracks at Sitakunda’s Fouzdarhat at 6am on Wednesday while on its way to the...
Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed has directed deputy commissioners (DCs) to take steps aimed at keeping commodity prices in check. "The DCs have been asked to check prices not only during Ramadan but round the year through market monitoring cells," he...
The government on Wednesday appointed Tarik Ahsan, currently serving as Director General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the new High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka. In his diplomatic career, Ahsan served in Bangladesh missions in New York,...
Militants in Gaza fired more rockets at Tel Aviv on Wednesday, targeting Israel's heartland after Israeli attacks in the enclave that Palestinian officials said have killed at least 27 people. No casualties were reported in the rocket barrages, on the...
Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed has directed deputy commissioners (DCs) to take steps aimed at keeping commodity prices in check. ‘The DCs have been asked to check prices not only during Ramadan but round the year through market monitoring cells,’ he...
Ukraine's government kept up military pressure against pro-Russian rebels on Tuesday, threatening them with a "nasty surprise" while the militants said they were preparing to fight back after losing their main stronghold. President Petro Poroshenko, drawing confidence from the fall...
Police arrested four alleged arms traders along with a pistol at Fuleshwar village in Narail Sadar upazila on Tuesday night. The arrestees were identified as Yunus Mollah, 28, son of late Ranga Mollah, Reaz Morshed, 25, son of Ahmed Hossain...
The Council Members of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) led by its President, Mohammad Asad Ullah FCS called on commerce minister Mr. Tofail Ahmed , MP, Wednesday. The President of the Institute introduced the Council Members to...
The Council Members of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) led by its President, Mohammad Asad Ullah FCS called on commerce minister Mr. Tofail Ahmed , MP, Wednesday. The President of the Institute introduced the Council Members to...
Three mortar bombs landed inside Saudi Arabia on Monday close to its northern border with Iraq, where Islamist militants have grabbed land in a lightning advance, officials said. The mortars caused no casualties but will stoke security fears in Saudi...
Iraq's parliament Tuesday officially rescheduled its next session for early next week after criticism over initial plans for a five-week break, amid pressure for political leaders to agree on a new government that can confront militants who have overrun much...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged Chevron to supply gas from Bibiana Natural Gas Field Expansion and Capacity Building project to the national grid by September this year. The Prime Minister made the request when senior Vice President of...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred until July 27 the recording of deposition against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases. Special Judge’s Court-3 Judge Basudev Roy fixed the date following a...
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday granted bail to detained senior BNP leader Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a money-laundering case on three conditions. An HC bench comprising Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore passed the order...
Chief Information Commissioner Mohammad Faruk on Wednesday handed over the commission’s annual report 2013 to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office and informed her about its activities. Receiving the report, the Prime Minister said the free flow of information...
India's economy could pull out of its slowdown and accelerate by nearly six percent this fiscal year, a government study forecast Wednesday before the first budget by the new right-wing government. The finance ministry's India Economic Survey forecast 5.4-to-5.9 per...
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