FE Online Report | 2014-04-01 00:00:00
Stocks ended higher Tuesday with turnover crossing Tk 3.0 billion-mark after three sessions as investors took position amid optimism. The market opened with a positive trend and the upward trend continued till the market closure. At the end of the...
India's central bank kept key interest rates steady on Tuesday in a widely anticipated move less than a week before the start of national elections. After a meeting in the financial capital Mumbai, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said...
Japan on Tuesday lifted a self-imposed ban on weapons exports, introducing new rules covering the arms trade in a move supporters say will boost Tokyo's global role, but which unnerved China. The cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved a...
The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is the "most challenging" ever seen, the man responsible for co-ordinating the search from Australia says. Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston also said that the search for the plane could take weeks....
India’s third largest heavy commercial vehicle manufacturer, AMW Motors Ltd. (AMW) announced the appointment of Uttara Motors as its dealer for Bangladesh. Uttara Motors will provide customers a full range of services including vehicle sales, maintenance and repair and spare...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday claimed that the 4th Upazila (UZ) Parishad polls were more free, fair and neutral than any other elections in the past. "Despite a political situation marking confrontational speeches, the polls were more free, fair...
China has charged former General Gu Junshan with corruption, misuse of state funds and abuse of power, state media report. Gen Gu, who was deputy logistics chief in China's army, is the most senior officer to be tried at a...
The Russian energy company, Gazprom has raised the price it charges Ukraine for gas by more than a third. The company's chief executive Alexei Miller says the change was because Kiev has failed to pay its bills. He said its...
Two Tunisian policemen have been sentenced to seven years in prison for raping a young woman in a case that has triggered angry protests. The woman, known as Meriem Ben Mohamed, said she was attacked after officers stopped her in...
Prime Minister David Cameron has commissioned a review of the Muslim Brotherhood's UK activity, No 10 says. The Muslim Brotherhood is an Egyptian political organisation, which Cairo has declared a terrorist group. Recent press reports have suggested members have moved...
Sonali Bank has sued a company of Hall-Mark Group to realise around Tk 300 million from them. The Hall-Mark group is embroiled in numerous financial scams. Sonali Bank’s Rupasi Bangla corporate branch official Abdus Salam filed the case at Dhaka’s...
Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and opted to bat in the World Twenty20 Super-10 Group Two match against Australia at Mirpur in Dhaka on Tuesday. Both teams were already out of the semi-finals after losing all their three...
Sri Lankan opener Tillakaratne Dilshan has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee for breaching the players' code of conduct during the game against New Zealand in Chittagong, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said. Dilshan was found to...
Hong Kong's de facto central bank on Tuesday said it was investigating numerous banks for alleged foreign exchange market manipulation, the latest in a series of international probes. Global regulators are investigating a number of firms linked to the suspected...
More than 150,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011, a monitoring group said in a new toll released Tuesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented the deaths of 150,344...
A member of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), injured in a clash in Mymensingh on Monday, died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital on Tuesday. The dead is Saad Ibne Mamtaz, a student of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) and organising secretary of...
A recent meeting of the Executive Committee of UCB held at Corporate Office, focused on more usage of technology and less paper-work. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Anisuzzaman Chowdhury, Chairman of Executive Committee. Among other EC Members and...
The High Court has ordered all unregistered mobile SIM cards to be deactivated with immediate effect. Justices Mirza Hussain Haider and Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar gave the order after a primary hearing on a writ petition on Tuesday. The respondents...
Customs officials seized 62 gold bars weighing 7.23 kilogrammes (kg), worth about Tk 35 million from an aero plane at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in the city on Tuesday. They also arrested two people. The arrestees were identified by...
Australia beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in their last Group two match in Dhaka Tuesday, ending a miserable tournament with one win in four games. Bangladesh were lifted to 153-5 by Shakib Al Hasan's 66 and 47 by skipper Mushfiqur...
Mr. A Rouf Chowdhury was re-elected Chairman of Bank Asia at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bank held on Monday. He is a sponsor Director of the Bank. Mr. Chowdhury is an eminent businessman and industrialist...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said Bangladesh always welcomes assistance from other countries or organisations but never wants any sorts of assistance that includes harmful conditions. “We always welcome assistance from other countries or organisations but we would never...
Malaysia is interested to recruit 150,000 Bangladeshi farm workers for the development of its agriculture sector, said visiting Malaysian Home Minister Dr. Ahmed Zahid Hamidi on Tuesday. Dr Hamidi said this when he met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her...
Tourist areas and economic centres usually bustling with activity on the Indonesian island of Bali were deserted on Monday, as its Hindu population observed a day of silence, it appears. Foreign tourists were required to stay in their hotel compounds,...
Visiting UK Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan on Tuesday said that the United Kingdom (UK) would continue its cooperation with Bangladesh as they are looking forward to working very closely with the government of Bangladesh. “The cooperation...
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 on Tuesday....
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the bail granted by the High Court to Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana in a case filed by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) under the Building Construction Act. Supreme Court’s Appellate Division Chamber Judge Justice...
Country’s biggest cell phone operator Grameenphone (GP) has repatriated Tk 11.29 billion till 2012. Posts, Telecommunication and Information Technology Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui stated this in the Parliament, responding to a written question of AKM Mayeedul Islam (Kurigram-3). He also...
The Bangladesh women have beaten Sri Lanka women by 3 runs to pick up their first World Twenty20 win Tuesday. Electing to bat first, the hosts posted 115 for 9 with Rumana Ahmed top-scoring with 41 off 34 balls at...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Tuesday said the government has decided in principle to form a committee to look into the existing problems of the country’s garment factory owners and workers. “The ‘Alternative Dispute Resolution Body’ will be formed with...
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