Detective Branch (DB) of police have arrested a man along with a firearm and one round of bullet from Adarsha Ayesha School ground at Hujarajapur village at Jessore Sadar upazila. The arrested is Anwar Hossain, son of Babar Ali, a...
A Dhaka court on Thursday sent Tazreen Fashions chairperson Mahmuda Akhter Mita to jail, rejecting her bail petition in a case over devastating fire in the garment factory that killed more than 100 workers in 2012. Senior Judicial Magistrate Kazi...
A suspected terrorist was killed in a “shootout” with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Pashchim (west) Charuria at Companiganj upazila in Noakhali at 11:15am on Thursday. Rab identified the deceased as Shahadat Hossin, 38, an alleged ringleader...
A soldier shot dead three colleagues and injured 16 others at the US Army's Fort Hood base in Texas before killing himself, the military says. US media named the suspect as Ivan Lopez, 34, although his identity has not been...
The ten-nation ASEAN has formally launched a "Dhaka Committee", heralding a new era in its relationship with Bangladesh. Dhaka sees it as a rare move by the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) because such committees are usually formed...
More than 800,000 people lack adequate healthcare in strife-torn western Myanmar after aid workers fled the region, the UN has warned, with children deprived of life-saving treatment. A wave of attacks against humanitarian workers in Rakhine state has choked off...
The number of refugees who have fled Syria and registered in Lebanon has surpassed the "devastating milestone" of one million, the UN says. Lebanon now has "the highest per capita concentration of refugees worldwide", said the head of the UN...
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat against West Indies in the first semifinal of the World T20 at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur in Dhaka on Thursday. Lasith Malinga is leading the Sri Lankan team in...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has laid importance on better connectivity and cooperation among the South and South East Asian countries. Sheikh Hasina said this when non-resident High Commissioner of Singapore Chan Heng Wing made a courtesy call on her at...
Moscow is pressing Nato to explain its plans to beef up military presence in Eastern Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said. "We not only expect answers, but answers... based fully on respect for the rules we agreed on,"...
FE Online Report | 2014-04-03 00:00:00
Stocks extended gaining streak for the fourth consecutive session Thursday with improved turnover and the key index of the prime bourse crossed 4,600 point-mark as investors continued to take position amid optimism. The key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange...
A workshop on 'Role of Digital Resources for the Enhancement of Higher Education' was held at UGC Auditorium in the city on Thursday. Prof Dr AK Azad Chowdhury, Chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC), attended the programme as the chief...
Australia were 92 for 4 wickets in 15 overs against West Indies in the first semi-final of ICC Women’s World T20 in Dhaka on Thursday. Earlier, Australia Women's captain Meg Lanning won the toss and opted to bat first. Australia...
A man was found dead at Pashchim Jamirtali village at Sadar upazila in Lakshmipur district on Thursday. Police recovered the body of Sohel, 35, son of Tofael Ahmed, a resident of the village around 3:30am. Locals spotted the body lying...
World food prices reached their highest level for 10 months in March due to poor weather in major producing countries and the crisis in Ukraine, a top grain exporter, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. The Rome-based Food...
Malaysia will not give up on the search for missing flight MH370, its prime minister said as he visited the search hub in Perth. Prime Minister Najib Razak's comments came at a joint news conference with Australian leader Tony Abbott....
Robbers looted valuables worth Tk 2 million from an expatriate’s house at Chhatak upazila in Sunamganj district on Wednesday night. Locals said a gang of 15-20 armed robbers stormed the house of expatriate Sirajul Islam at Badigaon village around 2:30...
Two Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders have been detained for murder of a fellow BCL member in Mymensingh. Saad Ibne Mamtaz, a student of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), died of injuries sustained during clashes between two BCL factions on Tuesday....
Bangladesh has done the right thing by abstaining from voting in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Crimea issue as it has not deviated from its foreign policy, State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam clarified Tuesday, reports...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-04-02 00:00:00
Taxpayers are still facing problem to locate their actual jurisdiction due to redistribution of tax files in different tax zones after expansion of tax offices in 2011. Both taxmen and taxpayers are confused over the actual jurisdiction of some individual...
Awami League loyalists won big in Monday's fifth phase upazila elections bagging chairman posts in 51 upazilas to take the overall lead to 62 against the BNP favourites in all the five phases as their total tally now stands at...
FE Report Sonali Bank Limited (SBL) filed Tuesday another case against the top bosses of Hall-Mark Group in a bid to recover about Tk 304.06 million, allegedly embezzled by one of the entities of the group. SBL executive officer Md...
FE Report IndustriAll Bangladesh Council (IBC) demanded on Tuesday compensation for victims and families of Rana Plaza tragedy based on the magnitude of sufferings and loss of probable earnings. The IBC also announced month- long programmes including workers' gathering, human...
FE Report Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday urged the government to make the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) as a constitutional organisation in order to reap maximum benefit in combating corruption. They alleged that the administration has become completely politicised and...
Reacting to Monday's harsh remarks made by the Planning Minister, Finance Minister AMA Muhith Tuesday said ministers should maintain some sorts of courtesy while talking about their colleagues, reports UNB. "Ministers should maintain some level of courtesy and it's all...
Today (Wednesday) is Keraniganj killing day. The Pakistani occupation forces killed about 10 thousand innocent people, including women and children, in Keraniganj on April 2 in 1971, reports BSS. The people of Keraniganj will observe 'mourning day' on the day...
Visiting UK Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan expressed surprise over BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman's claim that his father Ziaur Rahman was the 'first president of Bangladesh', says State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam, reports...
FE Report The Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) stayed Tuesday the bail earlier granted by the High Court (HC) to Sohel Rana, main accused in the Rana Plaza collapse case. Justice Hasan Foez Siddique,...
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