BERLIN, Mar 23 (Reuters): German airline Air Berlin, which is almost 30 per cent owned by Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, will be delisted, with Etihad raising its stake to 49.9 per cent, German weekly WirtschaftsWoche reported on Saturday. Citing company...
NEW DELHI, Mar 23 (PTI): "We are launching equity cash segment for trading on our Bolt Plus platform on April 7 this year. We have already launched currency Futures & Options in November 2013, interest rates futures in January and...
The newly-floated Sonali Life Insurance Company Limited has recently settled a death claim within seven days. Md Mahbur Rahman Mukul met with an accident and succumbed to his injuries on the spot. A team of the company headed by Senior...
Recently 98 officials of Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation got promotions from different levels from Senior Officer to Deputy General Manager. The present Managing Director took initiatives to re-arrange the organogram of BHBFC creating new opportunities for developing the skill...
BNP alleged on Sunday that the ruling party activists with the help of local administrations indulged in massive polling station capture in 43 districts in the 4th phase of upazila (UZ) elections on the day, reports UNB. "There was a...
The Election Commission (EC) was satisfied with the Sunday's election to 91 upazila parishads in 43 districts, though it said stray and unwarranted incidents of violence led to suspension of voting in 32 polling stations, reports UNB. "Though we tried...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday the country's people now exercise their voting rights with huge enthusiasm in various elections as the Election Commission (EC) is now fully independent, reports UNB. The PM came up with the remarks...
A Dhaka court rejected on Sunday the bail petitions of BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and its three other party leaders in four separate cases, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge (in-charge) Ruhul Amin passed the orders...
Brushing aside the allegation that proper proceedings had not been followed in framing charges against Khaleda Zia and others in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases, public prosecutors said on Sunday the accused had bought time...
The opposition Jatiya Party staged a walkout on Sunday from the House, the first such demonstration in the 10th parliament, protesting the government's decision of increasing power tariff, reports BSS. Leader of the Opposition in parliament Begum Raushan Ershad led...
Forty-eight women Members of Parliament (MPs), elected from the reserved seats unopposed, were sworn in on Sunday, reports UNB. Of the 48 MPs, 38 were elected to the 10th parliament from Awami League (AL), while 5 from Jatiya Party (JP),...
Jim Bolger, a special envoy to New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, Sunday sought Bangladesh's support for his country's candidature in the election to non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council in 2015-2016, reports UNB. Jim Bolger, who arrived...
President Abdul Hamid Sunday laid emphasis on taking appropriate measures to increase the standard of higher education to international level in all the universities of the country, reports UNB. The president made the remark when a 10-member delegation of the...
Leaders of the Dhaka Union Journalists (DUJ) Sunday urged the government to take immediate steps to ensure their trade union rights in the newspapers houses, implement the award of the eighth wage board and stop termination spree. Newly elected leaders...
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The country needs to prepare an index listing the areas vulnerable to climate change to ensure transparent and pro-poor distribution of funds allocated in this sector, speakers said at a seminar on Sunday. They said the index is needed since...
Own rank badge for the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) consistent with the posts of BGB was introduced Sunday as part of the reorganisation process of the country's frontier forces fulfilling a long-cherished demand, reports UNB. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will interrogate eight top officials of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited, a sister concern of Petrobangla, in connection with a graft allegation, reports UNB. The commission Sunday sent notices, signed by ACC deputy director...
Police recovered the decomposed body of a minor girl from the underground water tank of an under-construction hospital building in the city's Darus Salam area Sunday, over one month after she had gone missing, reports UNB. The victim was identified...
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A two-day competition to commemorate World Water Day was organised involving 200 volunteers from 15 districts of Bangladesh, said a release Sunday. Coca-Cola in Bangladesh in partnership with JAAGO Foundation organized the event titled 'Great Water Challenge' on 21 and...
Newspapers Owners' Association of Bangladesh (Noab) will observe holiday on March 26 (Wednesday) on the occasion of Independence and National Day, reports UNB. The decision came at a meeting of the executive committee of Noab, said a Noab press release...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Dhaka, Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions in next 24...
Urs Sharif held The Urs Sharif of Syedena Hazrat Syed Shah Irshad Ali Al-Quaderi Al-Baghdadi (AS), a great saint of the Quaderia Order of Bengal and the 21st generation descendant of Hazrat Bare Peer Ghausul Azam, Syed Abdul Quadir Jilani...
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Japanese investors could invest in building international standard special economic zones in Bangladesh in view of the government policy to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), said speakers at a seminar in the capital Sunday. They laid emphasis on increasing collaboration...
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