The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to probe the allegation of gold swindling in the crests presented to foreign friends in recognition of their contributions to the country's Liberation War in 1971. The Commission at its regular meeting held...
Saadat Husain | 2014-06-03 00:00:00
I was flabbergasted to read the headline of the daily newspaper. "The fisherman works as a surgeon; he drives a drill machine to make a hole in the bone of the patient. Anesthesia is administered by the owner of the...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-06-03 00:00:00
Russia has not recognised the new president of Ukraine although it had said earlier that the verdict of the May 25 elections would be honoured. This has infuriated the Kiev government, which accuses Moscow of unleashing a global propaganda not...
At a pre-budget discussion organised jointly by the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI) and the private TV channel Ekattor, discussants highlighted several important issues but among those one seems to have stood out. This concerns the diversification of exports....
Wasi Ahmed | 2014-06-03 00:00:00
World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevêdo is now in town. Significant as it is, the visit, the first by the new WTO boss, is likely to familiarise him up-close with the issues Bangladesh is fraught with for quite sometime....
S. A. Mansoor | 2014-06-03 00:00:00
Digging roads alongside heavy traffic and in rainy weather indeed causes a muddy, dirty and risky environment for all. The whole thing could well be the result of usual public work procedure; it is linked with our financial year (July-June)....
The landslides in the Chittagong hill districts and other hill areas of the country take place following rains. The monsoon is approaching, but the settlers in the slopes are still oblivious of the looming danger. In Chittagong city itself, hundreds...
It appears that Titas Gas is contemplating to install pre-paid gas meters in some areas of Dhaka. It had earlier installed gas meters in many households in the city. But the quality of the meters was too poor and they...
It was an explosive Indian Premier League final which was thoroughly enjoyed by the cricket lovers all around the world and at the end it was the sheer beauty of cricket which came out victorious. Yes, finally Shakib Al-Hasan's team...
Manzur Ahmed | 2014-06-03 00:00:00
Asian LDCs (least developed countries) and countries with development needs are a marginalised group faced with many formidable challenges. These, among other, include adverse impact of climate change causing frequent crop failure, food crisis, unemployment and low productive capacities along...
Ayubur Rahman Bhuyan concluding his three-part article titled \'FY15 budget must be ambitious to achieve strong economic growth\' | 2014-06-03 00:00:00
A stark example is the burgeoning ready-made garment (RMG) sector, which does not pay any income tax despite making huge profits. The RMG industry recorded a phenomenal growth, primarily based on an elaborate incentive structure. The continued duty and tax...
There were a few factual errors in the second of a three-part article under the heading, 'Widening the tax net', written by Dr. Ayubur Rahman Bhuyan and published in The Financial Express (FE) in its issue on June 02, 2014....
Chinese stocks were higher in morning trade on Tuesday following a holiday, after data showed manufacturing activity strengthened to a five-month high in May, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.26 per cent, or 5.36 points, to 2,044.57....
The prices of shares in Hong Kong’s stocks markets were 0.90 per cent higher in the opening exchanges on Tuesday, the first day of trading after an extended holiday weekend. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 196.91 points to 23,278.56...
Tokyo stocks opened 1.03 per cent higher on Tuesday on a weaker yen and continued advances on Wall Street, extending gains after jumping more than two per cent the previous day. The Nikkei 225 index which soared 2.07 per cent...
The prices of shares in Australia’s capital markets witnessed negative trend on Tuesday. Sydney stocks were 0.25 per cent lower at the close of trading, according to AFP.
The Dow and S&P 500 on Monday again rose to new records following a solid report on US manufacturing activity, even as the Nasdaq lost ground. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 26.46 points (0.16 per cent) to 16,743.63, while...
Advance booking on inter-city trains can now be done only five days before the date of journey, according to a new railway ministry rule. Earlier, tickets could be had 10 days in advance. The new rule comes into effect from...
A two-and-half-year-old boy has died after having ‘soft drinks’ from an abandoned bottle in Sirajganj. His elder brother was admitted to hospital after falling ill over the incident in a village of Ullaparha Upazila on Monday. The victim, Kamrul Hasan,...
The investigation into the multiple murders in Narayanganj is at its final stage, according to the inquiry committee. The administrative committee has filed a report on the investigation's progress to the office of the Attorney General. 'The investigation is at...
A Bangladeshi young man was shot to death by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in Moheshpur upazila in Jhenidah district on Tuesday. The dead is Ripon Hossain, 30, son of late Raihan Uddin of Sarishaghata village of the upazila....
Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad has criticised the country’s two major political parties – Awami League and BNP – for making fun with a serious harmful chemical formalin. ‘Formalin is not a matter of joke. It hurts me when...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked the ruling party MPs to properly prepare themselves for participating in the general discussion on the next national budget in Parliament. The Prime Minister said this in her introductory speech at a joint...
Seven people have died after the auto-rickshaw they were travelling in collided head-on with a truck at Jessore’s Abhoynagar Upazila. The deceased could not be identified immediately. At least three other people were injured in the accident at Noapara on...
Europe's main stock markets ended largely flat on Monday as traders fretted ahead of the European Central Bank's meeting this week after mixed economic data. Frankfurt’s DAX 30 edged up 0.07 per cent to close at 9,950.12 points. London’s FTSE...
FE Online Report | 2014-06-03 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hours of trading on Tuesday, the third trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the...
Bangladeshi students in the trouble-hit Ukraine’s Luhansk City are ‘safe’ and they are attending classes, the students’ leader and Dhaka’s Moscow mission say. Rumours ran high in Dhaka that some Bangladeshi students were stranded in the city and trying to...
Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde died in a road accident in New Delhi on Tuesday. Munde death has deprived Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a senior ally just 9 days after he took office. Munde, 64, was injured in a...
A man was shot to death by some unidentified gunmen at Katakhali at Lakashmipur Sadar Upazila on Tuesday. The dead is Md Khokon, son of late Ali Ahmed of Titarkandi village at the Upazila. Lakshmipur Sadar police station SI M...
The Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) goes into the budget session at 5:00pm today (Tuesday). President Abdul Hamid on May 18 summoned the 2nd session of the 10th parliament as per Article 72 (1) of the Constitution. The maiden session of the...
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