Police recovered the body of an unidentified middle-aged man from near Poradah rail station under Mirpur upazila in Kushtia district on Monday. Being informed by locals, a team of Government Railway Police (GRP) recovered the body from at about 8:30...
China continues to show signs of an economic revival as its factory activity expanded at the fastest pace in five months in May, raising some hopes across the region that Beijing's targeted measures to bolster growth are having an impact....
The government needs to do more to improve health for children in Bangladesh, said Rownak Khan, senior health specialist for UNICEF. Khan, of Bangladesh origin, recently said at UNICEF headquarters in New York that one of UNICEF’s largest programme is...
The verdict on the war crimes trial of Mobarak Hossain, allegedly a Razakar Commander at Brahmanbaria during the Liberation War in 1971, is expected to be delivered any day now. International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 concluded the trial of Mobarak Hossain...
A minor girl was killed as an easy-bike (battery-run three-wheeler) hit her at Niamatpur in Karimganj upazila in Kishoregnj on Monday. The deceased was identified as Lamia, 6, daughter of Mostafa of Rauha village. Police and locals said the easy-bike...
Police have stopped activists of Ganajagaran Mancha from observing a sit-in protest outside the Law Ministry in the city demanding withdrawal of a comment by law minister over the trial of Jamaat-e-Islami. Two Mancha activists were injured during the ensuing...
The decision to try Jamaat-e-Islami on charges of war crimes as a party should be left entirely to the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), former law minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed has said. His comment comes amid the furore that followed a...
The Cabinet on Monday approved a draft law to regulate receipt and utilisation of foreign funds by organisations in Bangladesh. The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the city, cleared the draft of Foreign Donations (Voluntary Activities) Regulation...
Asian capital markets rose on Monday, buoyed by record closes on Wall Street, as investors await US employment figures this week and possible European easing measures. The dollar gained in Asia while weak Japanese data weighed on the yen. The...
A daylong, called for Monday by local Awami League (AL) and its associate bodies protesting the killing of Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque, is progressing without major untoward incidents, at Feni’s Fulgazi upazila. The upazila unit AL general secretary Abdul...
FE Online Report | 2014-06-02 00:00:00
Stocks closed flat on Monday with turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) hitting one month high as late profit booking cut early gains. The market opened with an upward trend, but could not sustain. Eventually, DSEX, the prime index...
At least seven people, including five policemen, were injured in a gunfight between policemen and robbers at Sherpur village at Moulvibazar Sadar upazila on Sunday night. Police said being tipped off that bandits’ gang was taking preparation for committing robbery...
Spanish King Juan Carlos will abdicate in favour of his son Prince Felipe, the premier announced Monday, ending a 39-year reign that ushered in democracy but was later battered by royal scandals. The 76-year-old monarch, crowned in November 1975 after...
Taliban insurgents threatened Monday to attack Afghanistan's run-off presidential election, warning voters to stay away from polling stations for fear of injury or death. Afghans are due to go to the polls on June 14 to choose whether Ashraf Ghani...
The International Air Transport Association said on Monday that it expects airline companies to record combined net profits of $18 billion this year. Revenues were forecast to reach $746 billion, IATA director general Tony Tyler said in Doha, pointing out...
Unusually heavy monsoon rains have flooded Sri Lanka's capital and neighbouring districts where mudslides killed at least 13 people, officials said Monday. The island's western and southern regions experienced heavy rains with more than 100 millimetres (four inches) dumped within...
Jayant Rikhye, Head of International Asia Pacific and Head of Strategy and Planning HSBC Asia Pacific is visiting Bangladesh from 3 – 4 June 2014. During his visit, Jayant Rikhye will meet colleagues from Bangladesh and a number of key...
The Communications Ministry on Monday afternoon approved work order for China Major Bridge Engineering Company (CMBEC) Ltd to construct a bridge over Padma River. The CMBEC got the $1.55 billion job last month at 12.62 per cent lower than the...
Leading Taiwanese tech firm Asus unveiled a hybrid device which combines a laptop, tablet and mobile phone Monday in what it hailed as a "world first". The launch came the day before Computex -- Asia's biggest technology trade show --...
The Board of Directors of Chittagong Stock Exchange Ltd. in its 6th meeting held recently approved the appointment of Mr. Ahmad Dawood, FCA and FCMA as Chief Regulatory Officer (CRO) of the bourse. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission also...
Qatar Airways is interested in buying into India's budget airline IndiGo, the head of the fast-growing Gulf carrier said on Monday. "We are very keen on investing in IndiGo if it's available," Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker said,...
A new Palestinian unity government was sworn in before president Mahmud Abbas on Monday in line with a surprise unity deal between leaders in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The cabinet, which is made up of political independents, comprises...
Defending the law minister for his comment on the trial of Jamaat-e-Islami as an organisation for its anti-Liberation War role, Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said Saturday the law minister described the fact taking the law and the reality into...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Saturday there is no alternative to holding a fresh national election under a non-party administration to resolve the ongoing political crisis, reports UNB. "The country's people are passing through a hard...
A forum of city dwellers urged the Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina to stop any commercial use of Dhanmondi playground so that it remains open to all, reports UNB. They made the appeal while speaking at a press conference organised...
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said Saturday BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has become mentally distressed after loosing all the hopes and now she has started giving irrelevant speeches, reports BSS. "There are no signs of democratic values in...
RU Correspondent | 2014-06-01 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, May 31: Awami League backed Sabbir-Mithu panel swept the election of the Fourth Class Employees' Association of Rajshahi University (RU). BNP-Jamaat backed Masud-Shamim panel got no post. Md Sabbir Hossain and Shakhawat Hossen Mithu were elected president and...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said Saturday Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will be put on trial after flawless preparations and properly following the legal procedures, reports UNB. "A quarter is out for the hurried trial of Jamaat with a motive to have...
RU Correspondent | 2014-06-01 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, May 31: Police detained Thursday night six Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) leaders and activists from the Institute of Health and Technology (IHT), Rajshahi, including its institute unit president Saddam Hossain in connection with seditious activities. Other detainees are...
President of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) and Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu demanded Saturday budgetary allocation for curbing militancy in the country, reports BSS. "Political peace is essential for attaining eight per cent national economic growth by 2015 . (for...
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