Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has described media reports on statements given by two of its former officers on the Narayanganj multiple murders as 'misleading', reports bdnews24.com. A statement released by the force's media wing also claimed the comments of Narayanganj...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-06-08 00:00:00
Share of service sector to the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has marked a steep fall since the financial year 2010-11 as its contribution to the outgoing fiscal has plummeted again, officials said Saturday. Bangladesh Statistical Bureau (BBS) data showed...
KUNMING (China), June 7 (UNB): Seeking duty-free access of more Bangladeshi products to Chinese market alongside increased investment by Chinese entrepreneurs in Bangladesh, Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday allocating a separate economic and industrial zone in Chittagong...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-06-08 00:00:00
A meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's president-elect Petro Poroshenko in France on the sidelines of the "Victory day" celebrations has raised hopes about a possible ceasefire in the eastern Ukraine where the "Kiev" troops are battling the...
FE Report | 2014-06-08 00:00:00
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) welcomed Saturday the proposed budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2014-15 as it has proposed to extend tax holiday facility for under-developed areas to 10 years from seven years. "The proposed budget...
FE Report | 2014-06-08 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) said Saturday implementation of the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2014-2015 would be possible if the government could effectively handle some issues including political stability, active administration and keeping inflation below 7 per cent. ...
FE Report | 2014-06-08 00:00:00
Both stock exchanges of the country urged the government Saturday to reconsider the tax measures proposed in the budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2014-15 for the capital market. According to them, the measures might leave negative effects on market...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-06-08 00:00:00
Owners of houses are set to receive rents from tenants through banking channels from the upcoming fiscal year if their aggregate amount of rents exceeds Tk 25,000. A dedicated bank account will have to be opened by the house owners...
Seven Bangladeshi crew members abducted by Somali pirates on November 26 in 2010 have been released almost three and a half years after their captivity. The ill-fated Bangladeshi crew members were kidnapped when they were on board a Malaysian flag...
The fate of the longstanding LNG terminal project might be decided at a meeting of the Project Processing Committee (PPC) Monday, said Petrobangla chairman Dr Hussain Monsur. The Petrobangla chairman also said that they received a term-sheet of US-based consortium...
At least three people were killed and two others injured in a collision between a covered van and an auto-rickshaw in Jagorjhuli on the Dhaka-Cittagong highway in Sadar upazila in Comilla on Sunday. Among the deceased, two were identified as...
Two persons have been killed as rival groups clashed over a land dispute in Naogaon district. The incident took place in Ujanpur village in Badalgachhi Upazila. Clashes broke out after a negotiation between Shahidul Islam and his neighbour Hasan Ali...
Voicing his doubt over the implementation of the next annual budget, Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad has termed it mere a dream-driven one. ‘We didn’t welcome the budget… we rather expressed our doubt over its implementation. Our doubt will be...
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) president Akihiko Tanaka is expected to visit Dhaka University (DU) on June 16. Akihiko Tanaka will address the students, teachers, researchers and officials of DU at a programme at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban...
A man who used buffaloes to smuggle fake currency notes from Bangladesh to India has been arrested in West Bengal. Mohammad Makdum Jalal Shaikh, 35, a resident of Malda in India’s West Bengal state, ran a racket that deployed buffaloes...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in China on a 6-day official visit, departed Kunming for Beijing on Sunday morning. The Prime Minister and her entourage departed Changshui International Airport of Kunming in China’s eastern Yunnan province, around 10:30am (local time)...
Two children drowned in a pond in Fullashri village under Agoiljhara Upazila in Barisal district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Poly, 7, daughter of Siraj Molla and Mim, 8, daughter of Shahjahan Talukdar of the village. Sajjad Hossain,...
The State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the government is putting in it’s best efforts for modernisation of the country’s police force and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) by providing necessary manpower, training and logistic supports. The...
A power department office in Jhenaidah’s Maheshpur was vandalised by locals enraged by an outage lasting several hours. Police said a mob ransacked the office of the West Zone Power Distribution Company (WZPDCL) on Friday night, infuriated at not finding...
FE Online Report | 2014-06-08 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed sharp decline in the early hours of trading on Sunday, the first trading day after the budget announcement. DSEX, the prime index...
A Bangladeshi youth was gunned down by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel at Benapole union in Sarsa upazila of Jessore on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Parvez Alam, 21, a cattle trader and son of Sujon Master of...
Robbers injured five members of a family and looted gold ornaments, cash and other valuables worth Tk 10 million from a businessman’s house in Ashulia upazila in Savar on Saturday. Locals said a gang of 15-20 masked robbers stormed the...
The local people of Bandarban’s Roangchhari have held a man who they are accusing of raping and killing a young woman. According to them, a 23-year-old Marma woman was thrown into a gorge after she was raped several times allegedly...
A man was killed and 10 other people injured in a road accident at Rabna Bypass More (intersection) in Tangail Sadar Upazila on Sunday morning. Identity of the deceased could not be ascertained immediately. Tangail Model Police Station officer-in-charge Akhtaruzzaman...
With the rise of water level in 2 major rivers, erosion has taken serious turn at different places along the riverbanks of 4 Upazilas in Gaibandha district recently creating untold sufferings and anxieties for the river basin people. Local sources...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is now in China on a 6-day official tour, reached Beijing on Sunday afternoon after wrapping up her 1st leg visit to southern Chinese city of Kunming. A flight of China Southern Airlines carrying the...
Police recovered hanging bodies of a woman and her daughter in Bijoynagar village under Harirampur Upazila in Manikganj district on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Jyotsna Begam, 28, wife of Tara Miah of the village, and their daughter Sadia...
A young man died from electrocution while trying to hang Argentina's national flag on a two-storey building in Dakkhin Jatrabari area in the city on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Sajal, 22, worker of a surgical equipment workshop in...
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