Assistant Secretary to the Environment and Forests Ministry Anwar Hossain Khan died of cardiac arrest at a city hospital Monday. He was 58, reports UNB. The body of Anwar, also a freedom fighter, was taken to his village home in...
BOGRA, Jun 16 (BSS): Certificate-awarding ceremony of Flying Instructors Course of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) was held at Flying Instructors' School (FIS), Arulia in the district Monday. Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Muhammad Enamul Bari attended the ceremony as...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna and Barisal divisions with moderately heavy falls at...
FE Report | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
The trial court deferred until June 23 the delivery of verdict in the case of Ramna Batamul concert bombing as the writing of the judgment could not be completed within the set timeline up to Monday. "I could not complete...
Claiming that locals point their fingers at the local ruling party MP for the killing of 10 persons at Mirpur Bihari camp, BNP renewed on Monday its demand for forming a judicial probe body to promptly identify and punish those...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
New-generation biotechnology-based pharmaceutical products of world standards are being manufactured by a good number of leading local companies, industry sources said about the advances in the field. The pharmaceutical companies' investments in producing biotech-based products are leading the local industry...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
The government has moved to introduce a special incentive and a preferential rate against foreign currencies to be sent by Bangladeshi migrants. The ministry of expatriates' welfare and overseas employment (MoEWOE) requested the ministry of finance (MoF) and the Bangladesh...
FE Report | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
Two cooperation agreements are going to be signed between Bangladesh and Cambodia today (Monday) as the cabinet endorsed the deals on the day, under a provision of one a joint commission will be formed. In another major transaction of business,...
FE Report | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith identified on Monday weak governance as one of the major hurdles to attaining the expected level of the country's economic growth despite good progress in development activities. "Governance is very weak here. The country could not...
Munima Sultana | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh should graduate from its position as labour-intensive single product-producing country to a producer of technological-based diversified goods for doubling the Japanese investment through brining in clean technologies. Japanese Ambassador Shiro Sadoshima gave the suggestion, assuring that his country is...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is going to introduce transfer pricing regulations from July 1, 2014 in a bid to check tax avoidance by multinational companies. The Transfer Pricing Law, approved through the Finance Bill-2012, remained in process of...
FE Report | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
Visiting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen Monday said his country is very much interested to increase bilateral trade with Bangladesh. "To this effect, the two countries tomorrow (Tuesday) will sign an agreement to explore untapped trade relationships between the countries,"...
West Bengal (WB) police is looking for the owner of the flat, from where Nur Hossain was arrested with two accomplices on Saturday night, reports bdnews24.com. A police officer said the main thrust of police investigation in West Bengal is...
FE Report | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
The verdict of the UN Permanent Court of Arbitration on maritime boundary arbitration between Bangladesh and India is expected to be announced later this month, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Monday. Khursheed Alam, an additional secretary at the ministry...
FE Report | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
The country's foreign exchange (forex) reserve crossed the US$21 billion-mark for the first time Monday, thanks to a robust growth of export earnings. The reserve rose to $21.03 billion on the day, setting a new record, from $20.93 billion of...
Customs officials seized 36 gold bars, weighing 4.2 kg, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital on Monday morning. Tipped-off, a team of custom officials launched a drive in the flight after all the passengers got down from...
State Minister for Youth and Sports Biren Sikder said Monday the government would set up 31,000 biogas plants across the country for unemployed youths. "The government would also train 10,01,150 youths under the Department of Youth Development (DYD)," he said...
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said Monday the government would provide assistance to poor patients so that they, too, could avail bone marrow transplantation. He said, on March 10, 2014, bone marrow transplantation started in Bangladesh and it...
Chinese shares were lower in morning trade on Tuesday as investors took profits from heavyweight banking stocks, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.47 per cent, or 9.76 points, to 2,076.22. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks...
Hong Kong stocks dipped 0.27 per cent in the opening exchanges on Tuesday, ahead of a US Federal Reserve policy meeting and as investors keep an eye on the unfolding crisis in Iraq. The benchmark Hang Seng Index dipped 63.04...
Argentine stocks plunged on Monday after the US Supreme Court rejected the country’s appeal against having to pay hedge fund holders of its bonds, a decision that could pressure government finances. The main index of the Buenos Aires market lost...
Tokyo stocks opened 0.20 per cent higher on Tuesday, following a choppy session on Wall Street as investors weighed the impact of the Iraq crisis and an upcoming US Federal Reserve meeting. The Nikkei 225 index was up 29.70 points...
The US Supreme Court on Monday turned back Argentina's appeals against paying at least $1.3 billion to hedge fund investors in its defaulted bonds, piling pressure on the country's finances. The justices effectively upheld an August 2013 New York appeals...
Oil prices eased in Asian trade on Tuesday, but losses were limited as investors fret over a potential supply disruption due to the worsening sectarian violence in key crude producer Iraq. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for July delivery fell...
Chevron Bangladesh has launched its blood donation drive 2014 marking the World Blood Donor Day. The drive in Dhaka was inaugurated by Chevron Bangladesh President Geoff Strong. On the first day of the drive on Sunday, employees of the Bibiyana...
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday sounded the alarm on the perils facing the world’s oceans, calling for a global strategy to save the planet's life-giving seas. ‘Let’s develop a plan’ to combat over-fishing, climate change and pollution,...
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