FE Report | 2014-05-01 00:00:00
A domestic help works, on an average, for 58.1 hours per week. The period is four hours more than what the workers in agriculture and non-agriculture sector spend on their jobs a week. A survey also found that a domestic...
FE Report | 2014-05-01 00:00:00
Gas crisis in industrial units will ease soon with addition of 300 mmcfd gas in the national grid after construction of the Bibiyana-Dhanua gas transmission pipeline is over, said Prime Minister's Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Affairs Adviser Towfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury....
Bangladesh's government and members of rival political parties all bear responsibility for the violence which scarred national elections on January 5, 2014, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Tuesday on its website. Hundreds were killed and injured...
The second paragraph of the report titled 'Govt losing large amount in taxes as DPI providers not under tax net' published on page 1 of FE's April 30 issue should be read as "The Direct Proforma Invoice (DPI) providers are...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-05-01 00:00:00
The government is currently burdened with idle funds worth more than Tk 55 billion due mainly to poor implementation of its annual development programme (ADP). Sources familiar with the matter said political unrest during last October-December had slowed the ADP...
FE Report | 2014-05-01 00:00:00
Bodies of six abducted persons, including panel mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) Nazrul Islam, were recovered from the river Shitalakkhya Wednesday, three days after their forced disappearances, police said. Three others of the victims were identified as Nazrul's two...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-05-01 00:00:00
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon the world leaders this week to view every migrant as a 'human person' instead of treating him/her as only a factor of production. Like every other person, they must enjoy all rights. They are...
Monira Munni | 2014-05-01 00:00:00
A vast majority of the country's labour force is still being deprived of their legitimate rights in the absence of sufficient laws, coupled with poor enforcement of the existing ones, labour rights activists and experts have said. According to them,...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-05-01 00:00:00
An alarming rise in the incidents of abduction in the recent months has sparked concern and panic among the people from all strata in society, rights activists said. Apart from businessmen, politicians and professionals, general people are also now feeling...
FE Report | 2014-05-01 00:00:00
The central bank has warned the top management of nine new private commercial banks (PCBs) against setting 'aggressive' profit targets for ensuring discipline in the country's banking sector. The caution was made at the first meeting of chairmen and managing...
Tens of thousands of working people of the country along with the rest of the world will join street rallies and other activities to raise their voices for ensuring their rights and work place safety along with upholding spirit of...
The hajj flights that will carry Bangladeshi pilgrims to Saudi Arabia to perform hajj this year will begin on August 27. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon revealed this while talking to reporters after a meeting on the...
A new disease called Chikungunya that causes painful and sometimes crippling symptoms has spread in the capital Dhaka, raising a public health alarm. The mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus first broke out in the northern Chapainawabganj district in 2008 and a year...
Wife of MP Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury Nixon died on Tuesday night after reportedly falling off the roof of the six-storey building they lived in at Gulshan-2, Dhaka. Muntarin Mujib Chowdhury, 33, allegedly slipped and fell, Nixon's personal assistant Khandker Jahidur...
Tokyo stocks rose 0.42 per cent at the opening on Thursday, tracking rallies on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve said the US economy was picking up. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 59.42 points to 14,363.53 in early trade....
May Day today (Thursday). The historic May Day is being observed in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world befittingly. In Bangladesh, May 1 is being observed with a fresh vow to establish the rights of workers. The 1st of May,...
Europe's main stock markets closed mixed on Wednesday, and the dollar slid, as data revealed a slump to US growth, while traders awaited the outcome of the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting. London’s FTSE 100 index of leading companies added 0.15...
Supporters of Narayanganj City Councillor Nazrul Islam, whose decomposed body was found in Shitalakhya River in Narayanganj district on Wednesday, have removed their blockade on Dhaka-Chittagong highway. Police, however, kept the road closed till Thursday morning. Siddhirganj Police Station OC...
Wall Street stocks on Wednesday moved somewhat lower in early trade after a report showed US economic growth slumped significantly in the first quarter. About 35 minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 10.92 (0.07 percent) to 16,524.45....
A team of Narayanganj's Bandar Police Station recovered the body of another person from Shitalakkha River on Thursday, raising the number of dead bodies rescued from the river to seven within 20 hours. The body, with its hands and feet...
Oil prices eased in Asian trade on Thursday as the US economy stalled in the first quarter of this year while US crude stockpiles rose, suggesting weaker demand. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for June delivery slipped six cents to $99.68...
The dollar moved in a tight range in Asia on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve said it would make another cut to its stimulus as the economy picks up, but first-quarter GDP figures disappointed. In midday Tokyo trading, the...
Hardly 16 hours after recovery of half a dozen dead bodies from Shitalakhya and Dhaleswari rivers in Narayanganj, one more body has been recovered from Shitalakkha River in Bandar Upazila of Narayanganj. Bandar Police on Thursday recovered the body of...
Pro-Moscow separatists seized government offices in more Ukrainian towns on Wednesday, in a further sign that authorities in Kiev are losing control of the country's eastern industrial heartland bordering Russia. Gunmen who turned up at dawn took control of official...
The gold prices fetched $ 1289.19 at 0400 GMT today compared with $ 1,288.50 on Wednesday. Earlier, prices of the precious metal fluctuated between US $1,292 an ounce and $1,297.75 on the London Bullion Market on Tuesday and Wednesday, according...
Bangladeshis suffer heart attacks at least 10 years before those in the West, says a new study. The preliminary results of the study find presence of toxic heavy metals such as arsenic, copper and mercury in human blood that doubles...
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