Additional secretary GM Jainal Abedin Bhuiyan, who is now on post-retirement leave (PRL), has been made chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) for a one-year period on contractual basis, reports UNB. In this connection, a circular was issued by the...
A textile engineer was shot to death by miscreants on Green Road in the city Tuesday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Saddin Hossain Sani (25), a textile engineer of a private company in Savar and son of Sawkat...
Veteran journalist ABM Musa has been kept on life support at Labaid Hospital in the city since Monday night, reports UNB. He was taken to the hospital at about 2:00 am Monday and doctors put him on life support as...
Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Muhammad Enamul Bari returned Tuesday from the USA after taking part in "Pacific Air Chiefs' Symposium (PACS)" there, reports BSS. During his visit, the Chief of Air Staff took part in various briefings and...
SYLHET, Apr 8 (UNB): Barely three days into the killing of three Bangladeshi nationals by Indian civilians in Tripura of India, another Bangladeshi was shot to death by members of India's Khasia community at Bagaiya in Goainghat Upazila Tuesday. The...
Police Sunday arrested a schoolboy on charges of posting a video of slapping a girl, his classmate on Facebook page, reports BSS. "We captured the juvenile from Purbachal City area Sunday night on charges of posting a video on Facebook...
JOYPURHAT, Apr 8 (BSS): US Ambassador Dan Mozena said here today that Bangladesh would soon emerge as a middle-income country. The envoy was on a tour of Joypurhat where he visited the country's biggest sugar mill, Joypurhat Sugar Mills. Explaining...
Managing Director (MD) of Oeko-Tex Limited Abdus Sobhan, CIP, has been honoured with Swadesh Sanmanona-2014 for his contribution to the country's economy, said a press release. He received the award from State Minister for Youth and Sports Biren Sikder at...
DU, FU, Australia ink deal Dhaka University (DU) and Federation University (FU) of Australia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the VC's university office Tuesday. DU Treasurer Prof Dr Md Kamal Uddin and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Engagement) of FU Prof...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rajshahi, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Jessore and Kushtia until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday), reports UNB. Weather...
The government is going to sign a deal with another Chinese company to set up a 1320MW coal-fired power plant at Maheshkhali Island in Cox's Bazar district, reports UNB. According to official sources, the state-owned Power Development Board (PDB) will...
FE Report | 2014-04-09 00:00:00
Mongla is likely to emerge as the country's first economic zone out of five selected sites as the authorities concerned have already finalised land purchase deals for the purpose, sources said. The five selected areas for setting up of economic...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-04-09 00:00:00
The prices of Hilsa fish have increased in retail markets in the city ahead of Pahela Boishakh, the first day of Bengali New Year. Customers allege that sellers in the market are raising the prices as they want to take...
BNP urged (Tuesday) the government to unfreeze all the bank accounts of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia which were frozen during the 1/11 political changeover, reports UNB. "Her (Khaleda) all accounts were frozen when the illegal and unconstitutional government had arrested...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-04-09 00:00:00
The government has offered tax benefit to lure investment in world-class hotels by allowing the investors to import capital machinery at a reduced rate of Customs Duty (CD). The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has set 5.0 per cent CD,...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-04-09 00:00:00
Short supply of energy -- both power and gas -- is taking its toll on production in the country's manufacturing sector, industry insiders and businesses say. According to them, production in many manufacturing units is now well below their capacities...
Siddique Islam | 2014-04-09 00:00:00
The government has relaxed regulations, allowing foreigners to invest in its treasury bonds by using Non-Resident Investor's Taka Account (NITA), officials said. Under the relaxations, the purchase is made with funds of a Non-Resident Foreign Currency Account (NFCA) or a...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-04-09 00:00:00
Good sense, as it seems to be the case now, has started dawning on the key management functionaries of the country's premier bourse, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), as far as its operations are concerned. Briefing the media about the...
FE Report | 2014-04-09 00:00:00
The National Pay and Services Commission will recommend a package of benefits instead of cash payment for public servants. "Enhancement of cash benefits sometimes fuels inflation. Taking the matter into consideration we want to recommend some extra benefits like health...
FE Report | 2014-04-09 00:00:00
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Bangladesh's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to grow below 6.0 per cent this fiscal due to impact of political unrest and uncertainty during and after the last January 5 national election. "Imports, remittances, tax...
Miscreants shot Tuesday at a bKash agent and took away Tk 1.0 million at Mirpur in the city. Two criminals riding on a motorbike shot at the bKash agent and snatched away a bag containing Tk 1.0m near Brac Bank...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith leaves Dhaka today (Wednesday) to attend the first high-level meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation in Mexico. The three-day meeting will be held on April 15-16 in Mexico City. The major objective of...
Awami League MP from Barisal-5 Sheikh Shawkat Hossain Hiron passed away at Apollo Hospitals in Dhaka on Wednesday. Hiron, who was the Mayor of Barisal City Corporation (BCC) from 2008 to 2013, had been suffering from various ailments, including heart...
The High Court has scrapped bail it granted to the main accused in Samiul Azim murder case. An HC bench comprising justices Md Nizamul Huq and M Jahangir Hossain has passed the order following a petition seeking cancellation of the...
Influential people have allegedly been hindering the access to justice for the family and friends of Tanvir Mohammad Toki, a teen-aged boy who had passed his A-level exams before death in Narayanganj more than 13 months ago. "Various obstacles created...
Hong Kong stocks ended the morning session 1.01 per cent higher on Wednesday, in line with broad regional advance after Wall Street capped a three-session losing streak. The benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 228.43 points to 22,825.4 by the break...
Tokyo stocks were down 1.82 per cent on Wednesday morning after the yen soared on fading hopes for near-term monetary easing by the Bank of Japan, denting exporter shares. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index shed 266.44 points to 14,340.44 by...
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