The holy Shab-e-Meraj will be observed tonight night across the country with due religious fervor. Different Islamic organisations will arrange special prayers and milad mahfils in mosques and at other places to seek blessings of the Almighty Allah. The Muslims...
RANGAMATI, May 25: Three people were killed and 11 others injured in a lightning strike at Begenachhari in Barkal upazila Sunday noon. The deceased were identified as Shanti Priya Chakma, Refresh Chakma and Sunil Chakma. — UNB
The Pay and Services Commission has posted a questionnaire on its website to gather information and data related to salaries. The questionnaire was published on the website www.paycom.portal.gov.bd, said a handout Sunday. Employees under the National Pay Scale will be...
Three people were killed and 11 others injured in a lightning strike at Barkal upazila in Rangamati district on Sunday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Shanti Priya Chakma, Refresh Chakma and Sunil Chakma. A thunderbolt struck the victims when...
The Dhaka University (DU) has fired a teacher for falsifying research and expelled 102 students from different departments and affiliate colleges for cheating in examinations. The syndicate took the decisions at a meeting on Sunday night, Vice-Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin...
Tokyo shares rose 0.73 per cent on Monday morning, tracking a rally on Wall Street, while exporters were boosted by a weaker yen. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 104.87 points to 14,567.04 by the break, and the Topix index...
Chinese shares were higher in early trade on Monday, helped by gains in US capital markets last week, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.48 per cent, or 9.71 points, to 2,044.28. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks...
The prices of shares in Hong Kong’s capital markets climbed 0.39 per cent in the opening exchanges on Monday, taking a lead from a record close on Wall Street at the end of last week. The benchmark Hang Seng Index...
A prosecution witness, also freedom fighter, has accused SM Qaiser of carrying out genocide leaving 118 Hindus killed in 22 predominantly minority areas under Nasirnagar thana at Brahmanbaria in collaboration with the Pakistan occupation forces and his private outfit during...
The prices of most of the shares in South Korean stocks witnessed downward trend on Monday. Seoul’s Kospi slipped 0.18 per cent at the end of trading, according to UNB.
The prices of most of the shares in Australia’s capital markets witnessed upward trend on Monday. Sydney was 0.26 per cent higher at the end of trading, according to UNB.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was accorded a warm reception at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on Monday morning. On Sunday, the Prime Minister reached Tokyo on a four-day official visit at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Sheikh Hasina...
The head of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. on Monday said the group will be publishing newspapers for ‘decades’ and hit out at the ‘morbid mindset’ of those who say print is dead. Chief executive Robert Thomson, who oversees more than...
Three policemen have been injured during a drive to arrest a leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir in Rajshahi city. Police said handmade bombs were lobbed at them during a scuffle with Shibir activists in a field near Rajshahi University (RU)...
FE Online Report | 2014-05-26 00:00:00
Shares prices on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) saw positive trend while the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw negative trend in early hours of trading on Monday, the second trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE,...
The indefinite transport strike, enforced by Transport Owners and Workers Federation to press home its 6-point-demand, continued for the second day in 16 districts under Rajshahi division on Monday. Their demands include a ban on the movement of unauthorised vehicles...
Human rights organisations have urged the government to decentralise the process of approval, monitoring and design of waterways vessels to reduce accidents. They also demanded that officials concerned be brought under trial in case of negligence of duties in making...
Eleven Bangladeshi construction workers have returned home from India upon completion of their two-and-half-year’s imprisonment in the neighbouring country. Indian police handed over the workers to the Bangladesh Immigration Police at Benapole check post on Sunday night. The returnees hail...
A local Jubo League activist was slaughtered by unidentified miscreants at Madanpur village at Lakshmipur Sadar upazila on Monday. The deceased was identified as Roman Hossain, a resident of the village. Roman was abducted from near his house by a...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in Japan on a four-day official visit, on Monday stressed the need for uninterrupted democratic process for ensuring the development of any country. ‘An uninterrupted democratic process can only ensure the development of a country,’...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered 10 live bombs, one pistol and 26 bottles of wine from Pachbhulot border point at Benapole on Monday. Lieutenant Colonel Mostafizur Rahman, commanding officer of BGB Battalion-23, said on secret information, a BGB patrol...
A Bangladeshi youth was abducted allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel near Nagarbhita border at Baliadangi upazila in Thakurgaon district on Monday. The victim was identified as Mofizuddin, 25, son of Abdul Malek of Samirnagar-Kashua village of the...
Police have arrested Jannatul Ferdous Neela, reportedly a girlfriend of Nur Hossain, the main accused in Narayanganj 7-murder case, in another case of killing. Neela was held on Sunday night from her house in Siddhirganj, Narayanganj. That followed confessional statement...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had an audience with Japanese Emperor Akihito at Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday afternoon and invited him to visit Bangladesh at a convenient time. The Prime Minister extended the invitation to His Majesty and the...
FE Report | 2014-05-26 00:00:00
Stocks closed flat on Monday with turnover improved slightly as investors remained cautious ahead of the national budget to be placed in the parliament on June 5. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended at 4,378.34...
Millions of voters are casting ballots across Egypt to choose a new president, for the second time in two years. A huge security operation has been mounted by police and the military, amid fear of attacks by militants seeking to...
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will hold a meeting with Narendra Modi one day after he takes oath as prime minister of India. Shirin Sharmin reached New Delhi on Sunday morning to represent Bangladesh in the ceremony to swear in the...
FE Report | 2014-05-25 00:00:00
CNG pump owners have threatened to go on a non-stop strike from June 8 unless the government implements the recommendations of the energy ministry by June 7 to help them stay in the business. The decision came from the annual...
TAIPEI, May 24 (AFP): Taiwan on Friday raised its full-year economic growth forecast for 2014 to a three-year-high of 2.98 per cent, citing rising private investment and consumer spending. The government revised the gross domestic product figure upward from an...
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