Bangladesh is taking up the issue of protection of its maritime fisheries and illegal entry of foreign vessels into its territorial waters. This was decided at an inter-ministerial meeting on Friday chaired by minister for fisheries and livestock Mohammad Sayedul...
FE Report A 7-member delegation of the German Parliamentary Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development will arrive in Dhaka today (Saturday) to assess the condition in the country's ready-made garment (RMG) sector. Led by Ms Dagmar Woehrl, who is the...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-04-26 00:00:00
The ongoing spell of unbearable heat has pushed the sales of almost all electrical home appliances, especially air conditioners, air-coolers, electric fans and IPS up, shopkeepers said. They said the sales of these items had witnessed a sharp increase over...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-04-26 00:00:00
Illegal buying of direct-to-home (DTH) devices by local households has led to the outflow of a substantial volume of funds to neighbouring India. The sale of DTH devices in Bangladesh's market have multiplied in recent times. These are smuggled into...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-04-26 00:00:00
The government is exploring the options to mobilise greater volume of external aid, up to 3.0 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), to help meet the additional resources needed for developing infrastructure and cutting poverty, officials said Thursday. Presently,...
France geared up Friday for action to protect engineering jewel Alstom from a possible bid by US giant General Electric, amid a policy switch to get flagging French businesses back on track. “Alstom is the symbol of our industrial power...
European stock markets closed down on Friday after a mostly positive week, with traders taking profits amid lingering unease over the Russia-Ukraine crisis. London’s FTSE 100 fell 0.26 per cent from Thursday’s close to 6.685.69 points. Germany’s DAX 30 ended...
FE Report A US senator on Friday called for immediate steps both from the government and the apparel makers of Bangladesh to stop suppression of fledgling trade unions (TUs). "If the BGMEA and the government of Bangladesh do not take...
FE Report Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal Friday formally launched the countrywide census on slums and floating population 2014. While launching it in Comilla district headquarters, the minister called upon the slum dwellers to put in efforts for educating their...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Apr 25: The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) Chairman Friday said the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) will start full operation within the next 18 months. Besides, Karnaphuli capital dredging project will take one more year to be...
FE Report Newspaper owners expressed its deep concern over the process of complexities that arose in newsprint import, saying that it would put the industries of newspaper, printing and publications at stake. Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (Noab) in a...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-04-26 00:00:00
An acute shortage of fresh water is causing untold sufferings to the city dwellers as sizzling summer heat has been prevailing across the country. To meet the growing demand of water, Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) is struggling...
The temperature dropped in the city as sporadic rain was reported from some districts Friday afternoon bringing some relief from the scorching heat sweeping the country for over a week, reports bdnews24.com. The Met Department said the drop in temperature...
President Abdul Hamid will leave Dhaka for Singapore tonight (Saturday night) on a seven-day visit for undergoing follow-up medical check-up there. The President will undergo medical check-up at the National Eye Hospital and the Mount Elizabeth Hospital there. He is...
PABNA, Apr 25: Communication Minister Obaidul Quader said the government would award work order for construction of the Padma Bridge by June this year. He made the disclosure while visiting the under-construction Chatmohar-Handial road in Pabna Friday morning. "The government...
THAKURGAON, Apr 25: The government will soon recruit 15,000 more teachers for primary schools as a part of its move to ensure quality education for children. Disclosing it at a view-exchange meeting here today, Primary and Mass education Minister Mostafizur...
Members of Customs Intelligence arrested a man and recovered 28 gold bars from his possession at Shahjalal International Airport on Friday. Sources at the airport said, Md Abdul Latif, a Bangladeshi national, came Dhaka from Dubai by an aircraft of...
COX'S BAZAR, Apr 25 (UNB): Three alleged Yaba smugglers were killed in a gunfight with members of Bangladesh Coast Guard near Shah Parir Island in Teknaf upazila early Friday. The deceased were identified as Amim Majhi, 50, of Shah Parir...
Police have recovered three bullet-riddled bodies of suspected smugglers from a trawler in Cox’s Bazar district. Five other men including one with bullet injuries were also detained from the same vessel around 6pm on Friday at the Fishery Ghat on...
Apple wowed investors this week while a disappointing outlook from Amazon revived anxiety about the overall tech sector as the busiest week of first-quarter earnings season concluded. Deep losses on Friday pushed the market into the red for the week,...
Commodity markets traded mixed this week as dealers reacted to a renewed escalation of tensions over the Russia-Ukraine crisis as well as weather factors. Many markets began the week on Tuesday following the Easter break that had cut short also...
Tokyo investors will be looking to US and Japanese central bank meetings next week as well as a series of earnings from firms including Panasonic and Japan Airlines. The Federal Reserve kicks off a two-day meeting Tuesday, with markets looking...
Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive arrested five people, including a union parishad (UP) chairman at Hakimpur upazila in Dinajpur on Thursday night. The arrested were identified as Rawsan Ali, chairman of Golapbagh Union Parisad in Nawabganj upazila...
At least 51 shops and three houses were gutted in separate incidents of fire in Dinajpur, Sirajganj, Munshiganj and Sylhet districts on Friday. In Dinajpur, some 32 shops were burned down by a fire which broke out at Joynanda Bazar...
A local Awami League office was vandalised by Jubo League men in Tarash Upazila in Sirajganj district on Friday morning. Locals said there had been a longstanding dispute between two groups of Jubo League, the youth wing of the ruling...
President Barack Obama has announced his intent to appoint Dr N Nina Ahmad as the first Bangladeshi to his 14-member Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). Dr N Nina Ahmad is co-owner and Executive Vice President of...
Miscreants slaughtered a businessman and dumped his body on the bank of Dhala River in Goainghat upazila in Sylhet district at some time between Friday night and Saturday morning. Police quoting family sources that Akul Mia, a clothe trader, went...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel seized a large quantity of Indian cotton and Phensidyl syrup worth Tk 38.3 million at Navaran Bazar at Benapole union under Sarsa Upazila in Jessore on Friday. A BGB patrol team halted a Dhaka-bound truck...
A local Jubo Dal leader who was allegedly abducted by unidentified miscreants at Uttara in Dhaka on Thursday night found dead in Lakshmipur Sadar upazila on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Shamsul Islam Solaiman, joint secretary of Lakshmipur district...
Three suspected thieves have been beaten to death by a mob in Gazipur district early on Saturday. This happened in a village of Bormi Union under Sreepur Upazila around 3am, Sreepur Police Station OC Mohsin-ul Quadir said. “All three were...
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