The Russian economy may see zero growth this year because of the Ukraine crisis, Russia's finance minister has admitted. The minister, Anton Siluanov, warned the country's economy faced "the most difficult conditions since the 2008 crisis", Russian news agencies said....
MEPs have backed rules for a banking safety net to minimise the risk of further EU taxpayer-funded bailouts. A new European authority will have the power to wind up or restructure failing banks - the so-called Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM)....
A sharp fall in the price of petrol helped to keep US consumer inflation well below the Federal Reserve's 2 per cent target in March. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.2 per cent last month, up from 0.1 per cent...
LONDON: Europe's main stock market indices closed lower Tuesday, weighed down by concerns after a flare up of tensions in Ukraine. London's FTSE 100 ended down 0.64 per cent compared to Monday's closing level, at 6,541.61 points. Germany's DAX 30...
OTTAWA: Five people died overnight in a stabbing rampage at a house party marking the end of university classes in the Canadian city of Calgary, media said on Tuesday. Police were reportedly called around 1:30 am to a home in...
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday said their party is taking all-out preparations for waging a greater political movement to dislodge the current regime. ‘We’ll take to the streets together with people and force the current autocratic...
IZYUM: Russia warned Tuesday that Ukraine was on the brink of "civil war" after Kiev's leaders pushed troops and tanks toward a flashpoint eastern city to counter a separatist surge backed by Moscow. The 20 tanks and armoured personnel carriers...
What does a military general usually discusses with his colleagues? Surely, war. What does a politician usually discusses with his sidekicks? Without doubt, politics. What does Ershad, who is both a former general and a politician now, talk about when...
Rescuers found no trace of four students of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), 20 hours after they went missing in the Bay off Saint Martin’s Island on Monday. Two AUST students drowned and the four went missing after...
Unidentified miscreants have killed a motorcyclist and dumped his body at a cropland in between Mohanpur and Tanor upazilas of Rajshahi district. The dead is Abul Hossain, 40, son of Geda Mondol of Bishalpur village in Mohanpur upazila. Family sources...
At least four people, including a woman, were killed and five others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a human-hauler in Kaliakoir upazila in Gazipur district on Tuesday. The deceased could not be identified immediately. Witnesses said...
The border appeared to blur on ‘Pahela Boishakh’ in the eyes of hundreds of people living on either side who met relatives in the frontier district of Panchagarh, despite the geo-political divide. They met for over two hours at Amarkhana...
At least two people were killed and 13 others injured in a road accident in Kalai upazila of Joypurhat district on Monday. The dead are Mirza Md Shaheen, 22, driver of a pickup van, and pick up passenger Alal Sheikh,...
Hardly one day after two people died and more than 60 others injured in a collision between two 'express' trains in Sirajganj, two separate accidents in Bogra and Rajshahi districts have caused two more deaths on Monday. In Rajshahi, a...
FE Online Report | 2014-04-15 00:00:00
Share prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hours of trading on Tuesday amid modest see-saw. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 19.22 points or...
Hong Kong stocks tumbled 1.09 per cent on Tuesday morning as investors ignored a rally on Wall Street ahead of the release of Chinese economic growth data later in the week. The benchmark Hang Seng Index was down 250.12 points...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-04-14 00:00:00
The government has failed to follow a High Court (HC) order to set up an authority to enforce the national building code. The HC in its 2010 judgement asked the government to establish an authority to enforce the building code...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-04-14 00:00:00
Tax collection from the profits on bank deposits marked a record 53 per cent growth in the first three quarters of the current fiscal year (FY) 2013-2014 thanks to excess liquidity with higher rate of interests in the banking system....
FE Report | 2014-04-14 00:00:00
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) submitted Sunday a charge sheet (CS) to the court charging 20 persons for swindling of about Tk 92.7 million from the Arab Bangladesh Bank Limited (AB Bank). ACC deputy director Md Khairul Huda submitted the charge...
DU Correspondent | 2014-04-14 00:00:00
The government has finally prepared the 'Primary Teachers' Pool Policy 2014' allowing temporary recruitment against vacant posts under selective terms and conditions including payment of Tk 6000 monthly. Earlier, the government decided to recruit nearly 15,000 assistant teachers for the...
Muhammad Zamir | 2014-04-14 00:00:00
As Myanmar continues its efforts to roll back half-a-century of totalitarianism and usher in a comprehensive democratic process, controversy has found a new niche within its public realm. The latest nationwide census undertaken throughout Myanmar was initiated on an upbeat...
If the origin of Pahela Baishakh, Bangla New Year's Day, dates back to November 5, 1556 with its launching day at a much later date on March 10/11, 1584, it just covers a little less than the Bangalee people's thousand...
Wasi Ahmed | 2014-04-14 00:00:00
With the passage of nearly one and a half years since the Tazreen fire and about a year after the collapse of Rana Plaza, many are concerned about knowing the current status of the works that were to be in...
Neil Ray | 2014-04-14 00:00:00
For weeks prior to Pahela Baishakh the much sought after Hilsha has become one of the rarest things in this country. The impression is that it is nowhere to be found. After all, the craze of the Bangalees for overnight...
Christian Lowe of Reuters in Moscow | 2014-04-14 00:00:00
Gennady Timchenko, the billionaire Russian gas trader hit with U.S. sanctions over his alleged ties with the Kremlin following Russia's annexation of Crimea, said being singled out by Washington was a badge of honour. But Timchenko, who sold his stake...
The incumbent government is surely very eager to spread the use of computer and internet technology. Now, it has taken initiative to set up 100,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in various public places across our country. It will encourage young people to...
Jawayawardene and Sangakkara are two illustrious names in cricket. Sri Lanka triumphed over India in T-20 World Cup final with the tremendous performance of these two key cricketers, Sanga and Mahela. These two legends have been serving Sri Lankan cricket...
It is alarming news that different kinds of banned medicines are available in the markets in Dhaka. It is endangering public health and must not continue anymore. The banned medicines create side effects to patients and instead of curing diseases...
Md Jamal Hossain | 2014-04-14 00:00:00
Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman in his insightful column titled Does Economics Still Progress? in the New York Times published on September 27, 2011 fumed saying: "And all this makes me wonder what kind of an enterprise I've devoted my...
S. M. Ali Akkas | 2014-04-14 00:00:00
The Bangladesh economy was little affected and instead it showed resilience even in the most turbulent period of the global financial crisis starting in 2007. Export of readymade garments, the major export item of the country, could mostly avoid the...
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