The country’s export earnings in the first nine months of the current fiscal year totalled $ 22,242.66 million, up by 12.88 per cent over the same period last year. The growth has been attributed to good performances in RMG, leather...
Vietnam said Thursday it had decided against hosting the 2019 Asian Games for financial reasons, and was exploring procedures to withdraw from staging the region's largest sporting event. There was scant public jubilation when the communist country's capital was chosen...
The High Court (HC) will deliver its order on Sunday on a revision petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking to quash the trial court indictment orders against her in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft...
The High Court (HC) will deliver its order on Sunday on a revision petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking to quash the trial court indictment orders against her in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft...
In the wake of frequent drowning incidents, particularly in the bay, the ministry of education on Thursday issued a six-point directive over study tour and picnic. According to the directives, prior-permission of the head of the respective educational institutions, informing...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to sit with top leaders of the 19-party alliance tonight (Thursday night) to discuss the country’s latest political situation and finalise their next course of action. The meeting is scheduled to begin around 9:30pm...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Japanese national Kazuhiko Higuchi as the new Country Director for its Bangladesh resident mission. Mr Higuchi succeeds M Teresa Kho, who moved to become the Country Director for ADB’s resident mission in New...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu will join a global meeting on the future of the Internet Governance slated for April 23 and 24 in Brazil. The minister will lead a five-member delegation of Bangladesh at the meeting titled ‘NETmudial 2014’...
Students of Rangpur Medical College (RMC) went on an indefinite strike on Thursday afternoon to press home their eight-point demands. The medical students announced the strike after some miscreants beat one of their fellows at a hostel. The demands include...
Twelve Bangladeshi migrants, who were held hostage in Iran by their fellow countrymen for ransom, were brought back home on Thursday. They arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday morning from Iran as Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and...
A supply line of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd caught fire after it developed a leak on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Sreepur upazila on Thursday night. Witnesses said the fire erupted around 6:30 pm while Titas employees were working...
Japanese Ambassador in Dhaka Shiro Sadoshima met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday night. The meeting that began at 9:10pm at the BNP chief’s Gulshan office continued for nearly 35 minutes. During the meeting, they discussed Bangladesh’s current political situation...
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Raushon Ershad on Thursday demanded of the government to immediately rescue abducted Abu Bakar Siddique alias Siddiqur Rahman Litu, the husband of Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers’ Association (Bela) chief Syeda Rizwana Hasan, unhurt. In a...
A man who sustained bullet wounds in an attack by extortionists in the capital’s Rampura area succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday, a day after the incident. The victim was identified as Abdus Selim...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been suffering from a nagging sinus pain which is forcing her to cut short her schedule programmes. She did not attend any programme on the occasion of Mujibnagar Day on Thursday. She left early from...
China's largest Twitter-like service, Weibo, has had a lukewarm reception on the first day of its listing on the US stock market. The flotation on the Nasdaq stock exchange raised a less-than-expected $286 million (£170 million). The stock was priced...
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Russia Thursday that if there was no progress in de-escalating the crisis in Ukraine, there would be more sanctions imposed on Moscow. "If we don't see progress... there will be additional sanctions, additional...
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon on Thursday ordered an investigation to find any negligence of the authority in the St Martin’s tragedy where four students drowned and two others were missing. The minister directed Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2014-04-17 00:00:00
The Pubali Jute Mills was set up immediately after liberation to promote industrialisation of the country. The mill was closed last month. About two thousand workers became unemployed. During the last two months, five private sector mills were closed down...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-04-17 00:00:00
Myanmar recently hosted the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) summit and was earlier elected the chairman of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). These are big leaps forward for a nation which remained largely...
At a time when the nation was in a high spirit enjoying the festivities of Pahela Baishakh, the news of the tragic death of two university students and missing of four others off the coast of the St. Martin's Island...
Abdul Bayes | 2014-04-17 00:00:00
The other day, I was in a remote village in Thakurgaon. On my way to that village, I was struck by the sight that women were planting in almost knee-deep muddy fields. Most of them supply labour in advance (called...
Ridwan Quaium | 2014-04-17 00:00:00
The dreadful traffic condition in Dhaka has led the commuters to search an alternative mode of transport that would save time and help them to avoid the notorious traffic congestion. Some environmentally concerned citizens have found the solution through cycling....
Affordable transport service for mid-income and low-income groups of people in the capital city is insufficient. Many of the city-dwellers have to depend on rented vehicles in order to commute which are extremely expensive. Every day they confront acute problem...
The police have recently pressed charges against 11 people, mostly Juba League men, in the sensational murder case of Juba League leader Riazul Haque Khan Milky. But the family of the victim has expressed dissatisfaction over the report and claimed...
Mohammed Tajul Islam | 2014-04-17 00:00:00
As a nation we clearly need to invest in infrastructure. To be on the higher trajectory of GDP (gross domestic product) growth, the ratio of investment to GDP needs to be raised to 35-40 per cent from its present average...
FE Report | 2014-04-17 00:00:00
Stocks returned to the red Wednesday after a single session break as the investors booked profit on some particular large cap stocks. Positive start of index faded out due to selling pressure as the session progressed. At the end of...
FE Report | 2014-04-17 00:00:00
Prime Bank Limited has moved to take the technology-based banking services to a superior position to let its customers avail international standard banking services from the local bank. Md Ehsan Khasru, Managing Director and CEO of Prime Bank Ltd, said...
Xpress Money in association with its banking partner, Agrani Bank is offering its customers a chance to win exciting prizes through its "Boisakhi Utshob" promotion. The promotion was launched Wednesday and will last till May 20, 2014. This 35-day promotion...
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