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Stocks see sharp rise

FE Online Report | 2014-06-09 00:00:00

Stocks ended higher on Monday after previous session’s sharp decline as investors went for buying spree on lucrative stocks amid optimism. The market opened with a positive trend and the uptrend continued till the market closure. Eventually, DSEX, the prime...

Iran, US hold talks in Geneva for nuclear deal

2014-06-09 00:00:00

Senior Iranian and US officials were poised to hold direct talks in Geneva Monday aimed at bridging gaps on Tehran's disputed nuclear programme ahead of a July deadline for a deal. For the Islamic republic, the goal is to make...

Assad announces \\\'general amnesty\\\'

2014-06-09 00:00:00

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday announced a "general amnesty" for all crimes committed to date, state television said, without giving further details. The channel cited Justice Minister Najem al-Ahmad as saying the decree was issued in the context of...

Gap to be first US retailer to sell \\\'Made in Myanmar\\\' goods

2014-06-09 00:00:00

High street giant Gap is to become the first American retailer to source garments made in Myanmar, the US embassy in Yangon said, over a decade after sanctions against the former junta slashed the country's textile industry. The US embassy...

Asia shares mostly up

2014-06-09 00:00:00

Asian markets mostly rose Monday, buoyed by another record close on Wall Street in response to an impressive US jobs report, an upward revision of Japanese economic growth and healthy Chinese export figures. The euro ticked up as the upbeat...

BNP demands arrest of Rab addl DG

2014-06-09 00:00:00

BNP on Monday demanded the arrest of Rab additional director general Col Ziaul Ahsan for his reported involvement in extrajudicial killings and making many people, including opposition leaders and activists, disappeared. “Why step is not taken to arrest Rab additional...

Army chief calls on President

2014-06-09 00:00:00

Chief of Army Staff General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan paid a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Monday. During the meeting, General Iqbal Karim apprised the President of various activities of Bangladesh Army. The President expressed satisfaction over...

BSF forces work to stop on Benapole check-post

2014-06-09 00:00:00

Work on constructing a boundary wall of the immigration check-post site in Benapole was halted after protests by members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday. Manir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Benapole police immigration, said the BSF members forced...

$140mn WB fund for disaster prevention

2014-06-09 00:00:00

The World Bank will lend Bangladesh $140 million to improve and strengthen critical disaster prevention infrastructure in the country’s coastal areas. The assistance from the bank’s soft-lending International Development Association (IDA) will come under an agreement the global lending agency...

BD signs 5 deals with China

2014-06-09 00:00:00

Bangladesh and China have signed five deals during a summit between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang in Beijing. The Sonadia deep sea port is not among these agreements. Hasina met Li at the Great Hall...

2 BD police units off to UN Haiti mission

2014-06-09 00:00:00

Two Formed Police Units (FPUs) of Bangladesh Police on Monday left Dhaka to join the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti. The units comprising 140 male and 15 female personnel are under the command of Police super M Shawkat Ali. The...

Muhith recognises mistakes in choosing people for bank boards

2014-06-09 00:00:00

Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Monday there had been mistakes on the government part in selecting people for the boards of state-owned banks. “We had many mistakes in our choice…There was a weakness in monitoring the banks,” he said, according...

Dhaka, Cairo relations to remain good

2014-06-09 00:00:00

Egypt’s relations with Bangladesh will remain ‘good on all fronts’ and the present Egyptian government is ‘purely a civilian one, not backed by army’, said its Ambassador Mahmoud Ezzat Monday.  “I assure you, Egypt will have good relations with Bangladesh...

11 doctors fired for neglecting duty

2014-06-09 00:00:00

Health and Family Planning Minister Mohammad Nasim told Parliament Monday that a total of 11 doctors were terminated while punitive actions were taken against over 100 others due to their negligence of duty in the last five months, according to...

Schoolboy killed in clash in Jigatola

2014-06-09 00:00:00

A schoolboy has been killed in a clash between two groups of college students in Jigatola in the capital, Dhaka. The boy, 'Ayaj', was a student of Government Laboratory School and sat SSC exams this year, according to a news...

Pakistan Taliban claim deadly airport attack

2014-06-09 00:00:00

KARACHI: The Pakistani Taliban Monday threatened more attacks after claiming responsibility for a brazen five-hour assault on the country’s busiest airport in which gunmen disguised as police guards stormed the international airport in Karachi, set off explosions and killed 28...

Tareque again on fresh 5-day remand

2014-06-09 00:00:00

NARAYAGANJ:  A court here Monday placed former Rab official Lt Col Tareque Sayeed on a fresh five-day remand in connection with the sensational Narayanganj 7-murder case, according to a news agency. Narayanganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Chand Nirupam passed the order...

Country under grip of uniform-less autocracy: BNP

2014-06-09 00:00:00

BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Monday alleged that the country is now under the grip of ‘uniform-less autocracy’. “The Awami League general secretary Sunday said criticism doesn’t suit those who placed budget wearing urdi (uniform) in the past. We...

BB moves to ease Padma bridge financing

2014-06-09 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Bank has decided to give additional financing facilities to the local contractors taking part in the construction of the Padma bridge. A circular from the central bank said Monday the single borrower exposure limit would not apply to...

JS passes over Tk 80.66b supplementary budget

2014-06-09 00:00:00

SANGSAD BHABAN: The Jatiya Sangsad passed Monday the supplementary budget of over Tk 80.66 billion for the fiscal 2013-14 to meet increased expenditures under different ministries. Finance Minister AMA Muhith placed the supplementary budget in the House on June 5...

Limping Rajshahi dental college still remains attached to RMC

Our Correspondent | 2014-06-09 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Jun 8: Even after construction of four storied infrastructure and procurement of necessary instruments at a cost of Taka 100 million four years ago, dental unit of Rajshahi Medical College has not yet been turned into a full fledged...

Coal-based ultra-critical power plant among deals BD-China signed

2014-06-09 00:00:00

BEIJING: Bangladesh and China Monday signed five instruments, including two agreements, one memorandum of understanding (MoU) and two Exchange of Letters (EoLs), to enhance their mutual cooperation in sectors like trade and investment, power generation and climate change, according to...

Clinic vandalised as alleged wrong treatment kills woman in Pabna

Our Correspondent | 2014-06-09 00:00:00

PABNA, Jun 8: Angry mob vandalised a private clinic and also beat up its doctor after death of a patient in the clinic Sunday morning. Earlier, a housewife died after caesarean operation in 'Medicit Clinic and Diagnostic Centre' of Bera...

7 killed in separate road accidents

2014-06-09 00:00:00

COMILLA, Jun 8 (UNB): Three people were killed and two others injured in a collision between a covered van and an auto rickshaw at Jagorjhuli area on the Dhaka-Cittagong highway in Sadar upazila on Sunday. Among the deceased, two were...

Post-budget seminar held in Nilphamari

Our Correspondent | 2014-06-09 00:00:00

NILPHAMARI, Jun 8: A day-long post-budget seminar was held in the conference room of Diabetic Samity Nilphamari on Saturday. Arranged by Campaign for Good Governance, a national NGO, the seminar was presided over  by the president Nilphamari district Unnayan Forum...

Erosion takes serious turn in Gaibandha

2014-06-09 00:00:00

GAIBANDHA, Jun 8 (BSS): With the rise of water level in two major rivers, erosion has taken serious turn at different places along the riverbanks of four upazilas in the district recently creating untold sufferings and anxieties for the river...

3 kids drown in districts

2014-06-09 00:00:00

BARISAL, Jun 8 (UNB): Two children drowned in a pond at Fullashri village in Agoiljhara upazila of the district on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Poly, 7, daughter of Siraj Molla and Mim, 8, daughter of Shahjahan Talukdar...

Man kills his uncle over land dispute

2014-06-09 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Jun 8 (BSS): A man allegedly killed his uncle Aminul Islam, 40, over land dispute at Keshua village of Borma union under Chandanaish upazila of the district on Saturday night. Police said Aminul died on the spot after his...

Hanging bodies of mother, daughter recovered

2014-06-09 00:00:00

MANIKGANJ, Jun 8 (UNB): Police recovered hanging bodies of a woman and her daughter at Bojoynagar village in Harirampur upazila Sunday. The deceased are: Josna Begam, 28, wife of Tara Miah of the same village, and their daughter Sadia Akter,...

Youth found dead in Sylhet

2014-06-09 00:00:00

SYLHET, Jun 8 (UNB): The body of a young man was recovered from a fish farm in Jaintapur upazila in Sylhet on Saturday afternoon. The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained immediately. Locals spotted the body at a...