Shamsul Huda | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
Two years have gone by since the establishment of the public-private partnership (PPP) office, but the implementation of any project is yet to begin under it, different sources said. The PPP office has accorded approval to the Dhaka elevated expressway,...
DU Correspondent | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
Dhaka University (DU) authorities have expelled 43 students and fined some 59 others following their involvement in unfair means during departmental examinations. In addition, the university also terminated a Political Science Department teacher, Nur Uddin Alo, for alleged forgery in...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, May 26: Residents of Halishahar area in the port city staged a demonstration today in front of Chittagong WASA (Water Supply and Sewerage Authority) Bhaban and Chittagong Press Club and laid siege to the senior officials and managing director...
FE Report | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
Frequent outages coupled with low voltage of electricity have now been rampant across the country despite lower demand of power following fall in temperature due to the recent rainfalls. State-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) says that the country's average...
NARAYANGANJ, May 26 (UNB): A court here Monday granted three-day remand to Narayanganj City Corporation female councillor Jannatul Ferdous Nila, said to be a 'girlfriend' of councillor Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the much-talked seven murder case, in connection...
The Indian entrepreneurs Monday expressed eagerness to invest in the country's power and agriculture sectors and providing training to Bangladeshi youths to turn them into skilled human resources, reports BSS. The views were expressed when a delegation of Confederation of...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
The well-off section of the people may witness an upward revision of tax measures on their wealth and tax slab in the budget for upcoming fiscal year (FY), sources concerned said. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is likely to...
TOKYO, May 26 (Agencies): Japan has pledged an assistance of 600 billion yen (equivalent to US$6 billion) to Bangladesh over the next five years, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday. Shinzo Abe's announcement came at a joint press conference...
NEW DELHI, May 26 (Agencies): Narendra Modi promised to forge a "strong and inclusive" India Monday after being sworn in as the 15th prime minister of the world's largest democracy. Ten days after his right-wing party won the first electoral...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
The official committee on hard loans has sent back a proposal on borrowing US$224 million from a Chinese bank for setting up the 275-megawatt coal-fired power plant at Barapukuria as it found the loan too expensive, officials said Monday. Besides,...
FE Report | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Hoque Chunnu came down heavily on Accord and Alliance Monday for their 'arbitrary' decision to suspend factory production under the ongoing inspection programmes. The state minister said suspension of production in apparel factories...
FE Report | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
Both sanction and disbursement of fresh loans from three BASIC Bank branches in the capital have been suspended temporally on charges of irregularities and corruption. The branches are Dilkusha, Shantinagar and Gulshan, the central bank officials said. The Bangladesh Bank...
The Rapid Action Battalion will no longer set up checkpoints on the streets to carry out stop and search, the elite police unit said. A spokesperson for RAB told the news agency that they would not perform 'additional tasks' from...
Tokyo stocks rose 0.87 per cent on Tuesday morning as the yen dipped against the dollar, boosting exporters. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 126.81 points at 14,729.33 by the break, while the Topix index of all first-section shares...
Chinese stocks were down slightly in light trade on Tuesday morning due to profit-taking, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.17 per cent, or 3.45 points, to 2,038.03. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s second...
Hong Kong shares opened flat on Tuesday as investors take a breather after a recent run-up, with trade quiet after a US holiday kept Wall Street closed at the start of the week. The benchmark Hang Seng Index dipped 10.06...
Indian shares surged past the psychologically key 25,000-point level on Monday as right-wing leader Narendra Modi was sworn-in as prime minister, with investors betting he would unleash economic reforms. The Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark index, known as the Sensex, rose...
Italian stocks jumped 3.61 per cent on Monday after Prime Minister Matteo Renzi scored a surprise landslide against eurosceptic parties in European Parliament elections. The FTSE Mib index in Milan closed at 21,493.87 points, with banks leading the rally. Shares...
The prices of shares at South Korea's capital markets witnessed a downward trend on Tuesday. Seoul stocks fell 0.16 per cent at the close of trading, according to AFP.
European stock markets on Monday reacted positively to European Parliament elections which put conservatives in a leading position, but also gave anti-EU forces a huge boost in France and Britain. The euro and sterling steadied after an initial wobble on...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has said it will not perform additional duties beyond its ‘seven’ specific tasks. Media wing director Habibur Rahman said the RAB Director General (DG) informed each of the elite force battalion that they won’t have...
A man was killed and his associate injured in a ‘shootout’ with police at Tala upazila in Satkhira on Tuesday. The dead is Gaffar Par, 40, son of Abu Par of Danganlata village of the upazila, while the injured was...
Bangladesh will push for creation of a regional electricity grid and an early breakthrough on the Teesta water sharing deal when Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury meets India’s new PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday afternoon. She will also discuss the issue...
At least four people have been killed and six others injured when a lorry and a pickup truck collided head-on at Syedpur Upazila in Nilphamari district, police say. The accident took place on Monday midnight on the Syedpur-Rangpur highway at...
FE Online Report | 2014-05-27 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 day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday hoped that the educated generation will create a safe and secure world for the posterity, sweeping away all the barriers and prejudices. ‘The day is not too far when educated generations will sweep away...
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