FE Report | 2014-04-10 00:00:00
The country's Zilla Parishads have become inactive for long because of the triangular conflict among local lawmakers, district administrators and nominated chairmen, a research report of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) said Wednesday. Unveiling the report, local chapter of the Berlin-based...
Awami League (AL) MP from Barisal-5 constituency Shawkat Hossain Hiron died at Apollo Hospitals in the capital on Wednesday morning. He was 57, reports UNB. Hiron, who had been undergoing treatment at the hospital, was declared dead about 7:00am, said...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-04-10 00:00:00
The government is now mulling providing cash subsidy also to exporters of agro-processing products as is enjoyed by the existing manufacturer-exporters of such items, officials say. The government has taken an initiative to this end to enhance exports and expand...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has expressed keen interest to set up deep seaport in Sonadia and a container terminal in Doublemooring, Chittagong through their DP World, a leader in international marine terminal operations and development, logistics and related services,...
FE Report | 2014-04-10 00:00:00
The World Bank (WB) has identified rising non-performing loan (NPL) in commercial banks and resurgence of political instability as key risks for expanding Bangladesh's economy as expected. Bangladesh's downside risk also lies on inadequate compliance in the garment industries and...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-04-10 00:00:00
The recommendation for banning six generic drugs in the local market made by the Adverse Drugs Reaction Advisory Committee (ADRAC) is now awaiting the Drug Control Committee's decision. Several experts in their opinion said although the director general of the...
Veteran journalist ABM Musa, a close aide of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, passed away at a city hospital on Wednesday. He was 83, report agencies. Family sources said Musa, who had been receiving treatment at Labaid hospital for old-age complications...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-04-10 00:00:00
In a land of acute or chronic shortage of almost everything, potato production is surprisingly plentiful, and in huge surplus, due to bumper production almost every year. And the growers suffer immense financial losses due to its lower prices. There...
FE Report | 2014-04-10 00:00:00
The proposal for relaxation of some conditions attached to loans from the capital market re-financing scheme is now under consideration of the ministry of finance (MoF), officials have said. The officials at the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) have...
Five people, including a police official, were killed and two others injured in three separate road accidents in Sabujbagh, Cantonment and Gulistan areas of the city Wednesday. The deceased were identified as sub-inspector Bikash Kumar Ghosh, 40, of Sabujbagh Police...
Guinness World Records authorities have officially certified Bangladesh's record for singing its national anthem simultaneously by the largest number of 254,537 people on March 26. The record has also been officially posted on the Guinness World Records website. — UNB
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has greeted Leader of the Opposition Begum Rawshan Ershad, PM's Special Envoy and Jatiya Party Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on the occasion of Bangla Nabo Borsho 1421. PM's office...
A 'robber' was killed in a gunfight between police and a gang of bandits at Badda in the city on Thursday. The dead is Badshah, 28. Tipped off that a gang of robbers was going to hold a clandestine meeting...
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has reiterated the demand that the petitions seeking pre-arrest bail be entertained, or else, it warned there will be dire consequences. The SCBA also demanded measures to put an end to alleged corruption and...
BNP will hold a long-march programme towards Teesta Barrage this month demanding Bangladesh's fair sharing of Teesta water from India. The decision was taken at a BNP standing committee meeting held at party chairperson’s Gulshan office on Wednesday night with...
Awami League-backed chairman candidate won polls in Dumki upazila in Patuakhali while its rebel candidate won election in Gazaria upazila in Munshiganj in Wednesday’s re-elections. In Patuakhlai, AL loyalist Shahjahan was unofficially elected chairman in Dumki upazila as he bagged...
Hong Kong stocks rose 0.14 per cent by the break on Thursday but trade was edgy after China released data showing imports and exports tumbled last month. The benchmark Hang Seng Index was up 31.08 points at 22,874.25 on turnover...
Tokyo shares rose 0.69 per cent on Thursday morning following gains on Wall Street after US Federal Reserve minutes showed no support for an early rise in interest rates. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 98.50 points to 14,398.19 by...
Chinese shares were flat at the opening on Thursday, as the market awaited trade data for March due later in the day, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index was down 0.87 points to 2,104.37. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which...
Switzerland has assured Bangladesh of providing annual development assistance worth US $ 40 million by 2017 as part of its long-term development cooperation efforts. Swiss Ambassador Christian M Fotsch has made the assurance during a meeting with State Minister for...
Chevron Bangladesh and BRAC have launched a comprehensive three-year road safety awareness programme for Sylhet city and Bibiyana gas field project area. BRAC founder and chairperson Fazle Hasan Abed and Chevron Bangladesh president Geoff Strong have jointly launched the programme...
FE Online Report | 2014-04-10 00:00:00
Share prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading on Thursday, the last trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by...
A local activist of Jamaat-e-Islami was killed and 13 other people were injured in a clash between Awami League (AL) supporters and them in Belkuchi upazila in Sirajganj district on Wednesday night. The dead is Alamgir Hossain, 35, son of...
A court in Gazipur has sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for violating his daughter in 2013. The court also fined the convict, Mansur Ali, 46, son of Farhad Hossain, a resident of Piprasit area in Kaliakoir upazila of...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged drug peddler in possession of 22 kilograms of hemp at Ashulia at Savar in the outskirts of the city on Wednesday night. The arrestee was identified as Jahidul Islam, 33. Police...
Robbers looted gold-made ornaments, cash and other valuable items worth Tk 300,000 from a house at Alaibahar in Sylhet city early Thursday. Locals said a gang of armed robbers, numbering 10/12, stormed the house of Shangkar Bhattacharya at the village...
Indian police returned the body of a Bangladesh boy, who was shot to death by people of Indian Khasia tribe on Tuesday, through Bisnakandi border of Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet on Wednesday night. Sub-inspector (SI) Shain of Meghalaya police of...
Bangladesh has sought cooperation of the international community for the implementation of its National Strategy to address the issue of undocumented Myanmar nationals in Bangladesh. Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque, now in Geneva, conveyed the request while briefing the international...
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