The education ministry has planned a meeting with educationists to discuss alleged leak of question papers in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations. A ministry official, who chose to remain anonymous, said the meeting will be held on June 11....
Asian markets mostly fell on Wednesday after two days of healthy gains, while investors also took their lead from Wall Street’s retreat from record highs. The dollar edged higher against the yen as a recent batch of upbeat data boosted...
A Brahmanbaria court has ordered police to accept a case of murder against Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel. Senior Judicial Magistrate Najmun Nahar has instructed the OC of Nabinagar Police Station on Wednesday to lodge the case after hearing a...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has convened a meeting with the allies after a faction of Dilip Barua-led Samyabadi Dal decided to join the alliance. Dilip Barua was industries minister in the Awami league-led 14-party Grand Alliance government during its 2009-2013...
The Election Commission (EC) has initiated the process to hold polls for seats reserved for women in Upazila (UZ) Parishads after overcoming complications. These seats are filled up through indirect polls. The commission discussed the issue in its Monday meeting,...
AB Bank Limited opened its 89th branch at Green Cornet, Plot No: 7, Block: A, Bashundhara Residential Area in the city Wednesday. Director of AB Bank Faheemul Huq along with the President and Managing Director of AB Bank Shamim Ahmed...
The officer-in-charge (OC) of Pabna’s Ataikula Police Station has been removed following the brutal killing of five local Awami League and Jobo League activists in an attack at a local market. OC Akram Hossain has been removed from his duties...
FE Online Report | 2014-06-04 00:00:00
Stocks slipped in the red for second running session on Wednesday with turnover rose slightly as investors continued to book short-term profit amid cautious stance. The market opened with positively yet it failed to sustain the momentum. Eventually, DSEX, the...
Former Major Arif Hossain has reportedly admitted to his involvement in the murder of seven people in Narayanganj last month. Arif, also a former officer of Narayanganj-based RAB-11, gave a confessional statement before the District Judge KM Mohiuddin on Wednesday,...
Microsoft unveiled two new Windows devices -- a tablet-laptop hybrid and a seven-inch tablet -- at Asia's largest tech show in Taiwan Wednesday. Tapping in to the "2-in-1" trend for laptops with detachable keyboards, which is a dominant theme at...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government envisaged boosting annual export earning to US $ 5 billion from software and IT service sector. To achieve the target, she said, the private and public sector should work together. The Prime...
The Taliban on Wednesday released dramatic footage of their handover of army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl to US forces after five years in captivity. "Don't come to Afghanistan again. Next time, nobody will release you," one of the gun-toting militants is...
Saudi Arabia says 282 people are now confirmed to have been killed by the Mers virus, almost 100 more than initially thought. The increase came after a national review of hospital data from the time the virus emerged in 2012....
A student from Bangladesh has been shot dead by miscreants in the US state of Florida. Shihab Mamun, 22, was a student of Palm Beach State College. His family members live in Arizona state. Mamun hailed from Netrokona district. He...
The government on Wednesday decided not to allow the construction of commercial or private buildings in Dhaka unless they install effluent treatment plants (ETP). The decision came at a meeting chaired by Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain. The...
President of the Supreme Court Bar Association Khandker Mahbub Hossain on Wednesday brought to the notice of the Supreme Court (SC) the comments of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Law Minister Anisul Huq about the judiciary. The SCBA president placed...
US President Barack Obama has condemned Russian "aggression" in Ukraine. Speaking in Warsaw to mark 25 years since the fall of communism in Poland, he hailed Polish democracy as a beacon for neighbouring Ukraine. "How can we allow the dark...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for China on Friday on a 6-day official visit during which both the countries are expected to complete negotiations on the construction of a deep seaport at Sonadia in Cox’s Bazar district. A Biman...
Grameenphone, the country’s leading telecom service provider, and Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), the national trade body for Software & IT Enabled Service industry, have agreed on a partnership to promote internet for all in Bangladesh. The...
State Minister for Labour and Employment Md Mujibul Haque Chunnu on Wednesday asked the garment owners to pay their workers wages and bonus before the holy Eid-ul-Fitr. The junior minister gave the directive at a meeting of ‘Crisis Management Core...
Bangladesh will seek Chinese loan support worth around US$ 4 billion for six specific projects during Prime Minister’s forthcoming China visit, said Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Wednesday. “In formal bilateral discussions, the issue of Chinese loan support for...
A wave of attacks across Iraq, including twin car bombs in an ethnically mixed tinderbox city, killed 20 people Wednesday as a year-long surge of violence showed no signs of let-up. Nearly 50 people were also wounded in the violence,...
Princess Zahra Aga Khan, the eldest child of Aga Khan, will visit Aga Khan School in the city on the occasion of its Silver Jubilee on Thursday. She is scheduled to arrive here on Wednesday and will leave Dhaka Thursday...
The by-election in the Barisal-5 constituency that fell vacant following the death of Awami League MP Shawkat Hossain Hiron will be held on June 15 instead of June 12. The Election Commission on Wednesday rescheduled the by-polls without assigning any...
Ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who ousted Egypt's first freely-elected leader, will be sworn in as president on Sunday after he overwhelmingly won last week's election, state media reported. The electoral commission on Tuesday said Sisi won 96.91 percent of...
The government of Bangladesh and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday signed an agreement for a $100-million loan to help scale up skills training for young workers to boost income and productivity. The assistance is the first tranche of...
Health Minister Mohammad Nasim on Wednesday said no one can harm Awami League (AL) unless the party men do so. “We’ve seen their (BNPs’) strength. Unless the Awami League men do harm to themselves, nobody will be able to cause...
The power and energy sector may receive a development allocation of about Tk 105 billion in the national budget for 2014-15 to be unveiled by Finance Minister AMA Muhith in parliament on Thursday. Of the allocation, according to official sources,...
Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif stressed the need for digitisation of land management for resolving various land related disputes. ‘Land management has to be brought under digitisation. If it can be done, land related disputes will be resolved immediately,’ he...
HABIGANJ: Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members recovered another cache of arms and ammunition on the second day of their drive Wednesday at Satchhari jungles along the Indian border in Chunarughat upazila, according to a news agency. Today’s haul include 222...
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
