A red carpet was rolled out as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in China’s south-eastern city of Kunming on Friday. The Prime Minister arrived in Kunming on the 1st leg of her 6-day official visit to China during which both...
The Dow and the S&P 500 on Thursday bolted to new records after the European Central Bank launched aggressive measures to stimulate fragile eurozone growth and avert deflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 98.58 points (0.59 per cent) to...
The prices of most of shares in Australia’s capital markets witnessed a positive trend on Friday after US stocks reached record highs on Thursday. The stocks also reacted enthusiastically to a series of new measures from the ECB. Sydney added...
Mahbubul Alam, former editor of The Independent and also a former caretaker government adviser, died at BIRDEM Hospital in Dhaka on Friday morning. He was 79. The senior journalist breathed his last at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital...
The movement of train movement on Dhaka-Sylhet route resumed on Friday morning after 9 hours of suspension following derailment of a compartment of a an inter-city train at Noapara Rail Station in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj district. Railway sources said...
Civil servants may see their allowances taxed in the next fiscal (2014-2015) year. Finance Minister AMA Muhith hinted that government employees may have their allowances taxed while presenting the national annual budget on Thursday. Public servants are exempt from paying...
Experts have stressed the need for working out a national security strategy based on a broad spectrum of security concerns, including civil, military, political, economic, energy, environmental and human security. In his deliberation of the Shaheed Colonel Jamil Ahmed Memorial...
The BGMEA has described the proposed budget being investment and industry-friendly. It has also congratulated the government for presenting what it called a people-oriented budget. A BGMEA press release issued today said: ‘In the proposed budget, the government has promised...
China's military tie with Bangladesh is not directed against any third country, Beijing’s Dhaka envoy has said. Li Jun said the cooperation ‘strictly adheres to relevant international laws and norms on international relations’. He said this in an email reply...
Members of plainclothes police arrested a man along with a firearm and three powerful bombs in Sadar upazila in Kushtia on Thursday. The arrested was identified as Saiful Islam Shahid,28, son of late Siraj Uddin of Baniapara in Kumarkhali upazila....
A Brahmanbaria judge has been withdrawn a day after she ordered police to register a murder case against RAB personnel. It means, Senior Judicial Magistrate Najmun Nahar will not be able to decide whether a case or charge-sheet will be...
Unidentified miscreants killed an auto-rickshaw driver and dumped his body on the bank of Basia River at Tukerkandi village under Biswanath upazila in Sylhet on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Swapan Jahangir, 27, son of Imanul Haque of Alunia...
A suspected mugger was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Tongi Station Road in Sadar upazila in Gazipur on Friday. The deceased was identified as Sujan, 30. Quoting witnesses, police said one Sajal along with his wife and sister went...
Detective Branch of police arrested one of the aides of Nur Hossain, the prime accused in Narayanganj 7-murder case, from a remote char area under North Channel union in Faridpur Sadar upazila on Friday. The arrestee was identified Zamanur Rahman...
FE Online Report | 2014-06-06 00:00:00
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Friday said the quality of investments, both public and private, is needed to be increased to achieve the target of 7.3 percent growth set by the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Dr Debapriya...
Terming China a good development partner of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed her firm belief that the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor (BCIM-EC) would stimulate greater cooperation between the two countries once it is implemented. “I firmly believe the...
The front-runner in Afghan's presidential election, Abdullah Abdullah, has survived a bomb attack targeted at his convoy in Kabul. Police say there were several casualties when two blasts hit the site of a rally. Mr Abdullah says some of his...
Japan could be the first foreign destination for new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese media reported Friday, suggesting the trip could happen as early as this month. Coming top of Modi's travel itinerary would mark a diplomatic coup for...
Asian shares mostly fell Friday despite another record close on Wall Street after the European Central Bank unveiled a batch of measures to kick-start the stuttering eurozone economy, including negative interest rates. The euro edged down from its New York...
Unidentified miscreants stabbed a man to death in Doarabazar upazila in Sunamganj. The victim was identified as M Cherag Ali, 50, son of late Ibrahim Ali of Neyamatpur village in the upazila. Locals said the miscreants stopped Cherag Ali while...
Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Aubrey Belford of Reuters from Bangkok/Chiang Mai | 2014-06-05 00:00:00
On Dec. 27 last year, Thailand's powerful army chief stood before a crowded news conference and stunned the beleaguered government of Yingluck Shinawatra by saying he would not rule out military intervention to resolve a deteriorating political crisis. General Prayuth...
Louis Charbonneau and Parisa Hafezi of Reuters from New York/Ankara | 2014-06-05 00:00:00
US stocks rose on Wednesday, pushing the S&P 500 to a record close, following mixed economic data a day ahead of the meeting of European Central Bank. The broad-based S&P 500 rose 3.64 points (0.19 per cent) to 1,927.88, nearly...
Chinese share were down in morning trade on Thursday amid shrinking trading volumes as investors fretted over the weak economy, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.36 per cent, or 7.31 points, to 2,017.52. The Shenzhen Composite Index,...
Tokyo stocks opened 0.30 per cent higher on on Thursday after US shares edged up to a new record close. The Nikkei 225 index was up 44.63 points at 15,112.59 at the start. The euro bought $1.3603 early Thursday against...
Hong Kong shares opened flat on Thursday despite another record finish for the S&P 500 on Wall Street as traders awaited the release of key jobs data later in the week. The benchmark Hang Seng Index dipped 9.05 points to...
Europe's main stock markets slipped on Wednesday, with caution prevailing on the eve of interest rate decisions in Britain and the eurozone, dealers said. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies 0.26 percent to 6,818.63 points, taking a hit from...
Oil prices on Wednesday finished lower after a US energy inventory report showed a drop in crude supplies but higher stocks of gasoline and other refined products. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for July delivery slipped two cents to $102.64...
At least five people, including three policemen, were injured in bomb explosions in a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) infighting on Temple Road in Bogra town on Wednesday evening. Witnesses said an altercation ensued between two rival groups of BCL over...
Customs officials at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport seized 48 gold bars weighing about 5.6 kilograms from an aircraft on Thursday morning. Ruhul Amin, Assistant Commissioner (Customs) at Hazrat Shahjalal Int’l Airport in Kurmitola in the city said a Dhaka-bound...
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