FE Report The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations began Thursday across the country amid allegation of question paper leakage. Besides, the students and their guardians also fear further question paper leakage ahead of the subjects like English...
FE Report India and Bangladesh are working on signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to check fake currency, Foreign Secretary of India Sujatha Singh said at a meeting, an Indian news agency reported on Monday last. The New Delhi-based...
FE Report Pharmaceutical manufacturers proposed Thursday to cut import duty on raw materials in a bid to accelerate export growth of drugs. They also proposed to revise existing Statutory Regulatory Order (SROs) in respect of new generation drugs. The association...
The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) passed the 'Law and Order Disruption Crime (Speedy Trial) (Amendment) Bill-2014' on Thursday with a provision to extend tenure of the speedy trial law for more five years, reports BSS. State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman...
While countries in South-East Asia have made substantial economic progress, diseases such as dengue and malaria fuel a vicious cycle of poverty and have a significant impact on socioeconomic status of communities, reports UNB. These diseases are still killing thousands...
A schoolgirl was killed as a speedy vehicle hit her in the city on Thursday evening. The deceased was identified as Sita Akhter, 15, a student of Class-VIII of a Brac-run school and daughter of Joj Miah of Kaloua village...
A minor boy went missing as a boat capsized in Karnaphuli River in Sadarghat area of Chittagong city on Thursday. The boy was identified as Sunny, 7, son of Jahangir Alam Prodhan of Char Patharghata area under Karnaphuli Police Station....
At least two people, including a woman, were killed as a speedy truck crashed into a group of people in Madhabpur twon in Habiganj district on Thursday. One of the deceased was identified as Noor Hossain, supervisor of a local...
A local activist of Jubo League, the youth front of the Awami League, was shot to death by a gang of armed miscreants at Gopinathpur at Lakshmipur Sadar upazila on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Rabiul Isam, 30,...
Police arrested two alleged female drug peddlers along with 61 bottles of Phensidyl at Gomostapur upazila in Chapainawabganj district on Thursday. The arrestees were identified as Rokeya Begum, wife of Khosh Mohamamd, and Jobeda Begum, wife of late Mafiz Uddin...
Two housewives and a schoolgirl were found hanged in three separate incidents in Louhajang, Sreenagar and Sadar upazilas of Munshiganj district on Thursday. Police recovered the hanging body of Lata Begum, 23, a housewife, from Jiyostala village in Sadar upazila...
The fire that erupted at a branch of a private bank at Dilkusha in the city’s Motijheel on Friday morning has been doused. However, no injury is reported as of filing this report at about 11:45am. Mohammad Ali, duty officer...
Hong Kong stocks finished the morning 0.25 percent lower on Friday following a five-session winning streak while investors await the release of US jobs data later in the day. The benchmark Hang Seng Index dipped 57.50 points to 22,507.58 by...
Tokyo stocks edged up 0.13 per cent on Friday morning, reversing early losses, supported by a weakening yen as investors await the release of key US jobs data later in the day. The Nikkei 225 index added 19.45 points to...
Growth in rich economies slowed to 0.5 per cent in the last quarter of 2013 because companies in Europe cut back their stocks of materials after a build-up in the third quarter, the OECD has said. In the third quarter,...
A construction worker died from electrocution at Phulbari village at Mohamamdpur upazila of Magura on Friday. The deceased was identified as Syed Rabi, 17, a construction worker and son of Syed Omar Ali of Narandia village in the upazila. Manirul...
A suspected Indian cricket bookie was arrested at Benapole in Sarsa upazila in Jessore on Thursday afternoon. Benapole immigration police OC Md Moniruzzaman said higher authorities in Dhaka had imposed an embargo on Atanu Dutta’s, 40, leaving Bangladesh. There was...
Asian markets were mixed on Friday with mild profit-taking following a healthy week of gains, with the focus now on the release of US jobs data later in the day. The euro extended losses seen in Europe and New York...
Showkat Hossain Hiron, the Awami League MP from Barisal-5 constituency, is in a critical condition even after undergoing treatment at Singapore. Hiron, also former mayor of Barisal, was brought back to Bangladesh in the early hours of Friday. “Hiron has...
Fifty-four species of fish, of the total 154, in the water-bodies of Sunamganj are now facing extinction due to adverse impacts of climate and different human activities, according to a study report published recently. The sweet water sources in the...
A suspected thief was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Ghior upazila in Manikganj district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Mamun, 26, son of Badsha Hossain of Tara Bandutia village of the upazila. Locals said when Ranjit...
A female Western journalist was shot dead and another wounded in Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost on Friday, on the eve of the country's presidential election, police said. "Two female journalists were shot this morning inside a district police headquarters,...
A Turkish court Friday ruled against a government ban on YouTube that came after the video-sharing website was used to spread damaging leaked audio files from a state security meeting. An Ankara court ruled against the March 27 block, Hurriyet...
A government-appointed panel has urged that no amnesty be offered to former Maoist rebels or security forces who committed serious abuses during Nepal's civil war, one of its members said Friday. More than 16,000 people died in the decade-long conflict...
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten said Friday it has told online retailers to stop selling whale meat after a UN court ordered an end to the country's Antarctic whale hunt. The move -- which also includes a ban on dolphin meat...
The euro extended its losses in Asia on Friday after the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) signalled he was ready to aggressively loosen monetary policy as the eurozone faces the threat of deflation. The single currency dipped to...
Israel has called off the planned release of 26 Palestinian prisoners, placing already embattled peace talks in further jeopardy after both sides took steps Washington called "unhelpful". Israel's chief negotiator, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, told her Palestinian counterparts on Thursday...
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