FE Report | 2014-05-08 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will launch online tax return submission system from January next in a bid to facilitate taxpayers, NBR chief said Wednesday. The revenue board will introduce the system on a pilot basis and start full-fledged...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-08 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, May 7: The police administration issued a red alert in the Chittagong Port and Shah Amanat International Airport immigration Tuesday, hanging pictures of the recent Narayanganj seven-murder suspects. Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) deputy commissioner (HQ) Masudul Hassan said they...
BNP Wednesday briefed foreign diplomats in Dhaka on the latest political developments, law and order and human rights situation, mainly secret killings and forced disappearances, in Bangladesh, reports UNB. The meeting was held at a Gulshan restaurant in the city....
SATKHIRA, May 7 (UNB): A local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami was killed in a 'shootout' with police during a drive at Bhadrakhali in Kaliganj upazila early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Ashraful Islam, general secretary of Kushulia union unit of...
The government is going to allocate Sheikh Rehana a house on one and a half bighas of land in Gulshan in the city, reports bdnews24.com. The formalities to allot House No. 10 on Road No. 84 at a token price...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-05-08 00:00:00
The government is set to allow the private oil-fired power plant owners to import furnace oil without prior permission from the state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), a top government official said. The private oil-fired power plant owners would not require...
FE Report | 2014-05-08 00:00:00
The average rate of inflation declined marginally in April last but it continued to remain above the government's projection for the current fiscal (2013-14). The point-to-point inflation declined very marginally by 0.02 per cent to 7.46 per cent in April...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-05-08 00:00:00
Insecurity of life and property is taking an economic toll. It is adversely affecting the aggregate consumption and savings as well as investment activities. This situation also creates the possibilities for capital flight. Such a message was served this week,...
State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan said the list of the accused in the Narayaganj seven abductions-murders case will be published any time, reports UNB. The investigation report over the incident is almost complete, he told the news agency by...
FE Report | 2014-05-08 00:00:00
The central bank and the securities regulator have decided to work closely for ensuring stability in the country's capital market. The decision was taken at a meeting of the senior officials of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) held...
FE Report | 2014-05-08 00:00:00
The Padma Bridge Project is likely to receive an allocation of Tk 81 billion in the budget for the next fiscal (2014-15). The allocation would include the entire $200 million or Tk.16 billion grant component of the Indian assistance worth...
The government has decided to change the court premises to hold trial of Khaleda Zia in the 'Zia Charitable Trust' and 'Zia Orphanage Trust' corruption cases, citing security concerns. Dhaka's Third Metropolitan Sessions Judge will hear the cases in a...
Bhutan wants to import Bangladesh's unused internet bandwidth as Dhaka in principle has decided to sell the surplus. The new Bhutanese High Commissioner Pema Choden expressed the Thimphu interest while meeting with State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam...
The Health Ministry has asked the authorities concerned to take necessary steps for publishing a fresh circular within three days for filling up 911 vacant posts under Health Directorate following allegations of irregularities in the recruitment process. — UNB
Tokyo stocks rebounded on Thursday morning after a tumble the previous day with a weak yen and upbeat comments from Fed chief Janet Yellen on the US economy supporting the market. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 1.09 per cent,...
Hong Kong shares were 0.36 per cent higher in early trade on Thursday, after Fed chief Janet Yellen said the US economy is on track for ‘solid growth’ in the second quarter. The benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 77.25 points...
Chinese stocks were flat in morning trade Thursday due to caution ahead of the release of April trade figures, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index edged down 0.06 per cent, or 1.26 points, to 2,008.82. The Shenzhen Composite Index,...
The Investigation Officer (IO) in the case over the abduction and murder of seven men in Narayangnj has been changed. The move comes after relatives of slain Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC)’s panel mayor Nazrul Islam alleged the IO was in...
Slain Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) panel mayor Nazrul Islam's wife has demanded that the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) officials ‘involved’ in her husband’s murder be arrested and brought to justice. The army on Wednesday forced three officers, accused of taking...
Bangladesh’s textiles sector will henceforth be under the Department of Textiles and not the Board of Investment (BoI). The Cabinet has approved the shift in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan told...
The Public Administration Ministry has formed a 7-member probe panel to look into the alleged involvement of Rab officials in the abductions and killings of 7 people, including Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) panel mayor Nazrul Islam and senior lawyer Chandan...
Speakers at a sit-in programme in the city have demanded stopping extrajudicial killings and fair investigation into and trial of every incident of secret killings. They also observed the whole country, including Narayanganj, has turned into a death valley as...
The state minister for foreign affairs has expressed concern over Rohingyas being denied citizenship recognition in Myanmar. M Shahriar Alam has raised the issue at a meeting with the visiting US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia (regional...
More than 50 students fell unconscious after being made to stand under the sun for hours to greet Pirojpur Sadar MP AKMA Awal. The students of Karimunnessa Girls School say they waited at the school’s ground for three hours on...
At least three people were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at Natore Sadar upazila on Thursday morning. Two of the dead could be identified as truck driver Sirajul Islam, 35,...
Assailants shot to death two siblings at Baghaichhari Upazila in Rangamati district on Thursday. A gang of unidentified armed men stormed into the house of Priyodev Chakma, 40, and his brother Shushanta Chakma, 35, at Madyapara village at Baghaichhari and...
FE Online Report | 2014-05-08 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 Thursday, the last trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the...
A Roads and Highways Department (RHD) officer has sued a journalist as he was investigating suspected corruption in the department. Patuakhali RHD Sub Assistant Engineer Md Hasan Al-Mamun filed the case with Patuakhali Sadar Police Station (PS) on April 25...
At least 54 students were hospitalised after they fell sick eating foods at a feast at a local women's madrasa in Bheramara upazila in Kushtia district on Wednesday. Locals said 54 students of Ma Khadizatul Kobra Mohila Madrasah ate foods,...
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