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The prices of most of the shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hours of trading on Sunday amid choppy trading. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up...
An Upazila poll presiding officer has been withdrawn at Chandpur’s Shahrasti Upazila (UZ) for dereliction of duty. Md Delwar Hossain, presiding officer at the Noagaon Government Primary School centre, had been found to have breached the electoral code of conduct...
Supporters of chairman candidates backed by the ruling Awami League and the BNP have clashed at a centre in Jhenaidah’s Harinakundu Upazila (UZ) soon after the UZ polls began. The clash occurred at the Arhuakandi Government Primary School centre around...
Polling was suspended at a centre at Jessore Sadar Upazila (UZ) following an explosion and clash within an hour of the balloting getting under way. Two voters were injured in the clash, triggered by Awami League and BNP supporters. Injured...
Still-cheap funds and signs of US economic strength after a lull kept Wall Street buyers cautiously in action this week, despite the Ukraine crisis and the Fed’s interest rates misfire. Trade became more bumpy amid rising tensions between the West...
At least 10 people have been injured in a clash between supporters of two chairman candidates during polls at Bhola’s Doulatkhan Upazila. Supporters of Awami League and BNP-backed candidates got into a heated argument and scuffle over the formation of...
A Dhaka court on Sunday scrapped bail for three top BNP leaders, including Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in three murder cases filed with Ramna Police Station last year. Ruhul Amin, the Judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions...
A local Awami League leader died in a series of clashes among supporters of an Awami League-backed chairman candidate a renegade candidate during the 4th phase of Upazila (UZ) polls at Gazaria UZ in Munshiganj on Sunday. District Returning Officer...
A middle-aged man was killed in a road accident at Rayerbazar in Dhaka city on Saturday. The dead is Shahb Uddin, son of Siddiq Miah of Daulatkhan upazila of Bhola. Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) sources said a truck rammed...
A man was stabbed to death by unknown assailants at Paikar village at Kahalu upazila in Bogra district on Saturday. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Locals after spotting the body at Khejurtala at the village informed...
Voting has been suspended in 2 polling centres in Comilla district and 8 centres in Patuakhali during the 4th phase of Upazila (UZ) Parishad elections. In Comilla, polling was halted in two centres in Borurha Upazila due to snatching of...
Russian troops used armoured vehicles, automatic gunfire and stun grenades on Saturday to seize a Ukrainian airbase in Crimea a day after President Vladimir Putin signed laws completing Russia’s annexation of the Black Sea peninsula. Ukrainian forces also abandoned a...
A man was shot and injured in a series of clashes in Chhotohatia Haji Laxmi Bibi Madrasa polling centre at Satkania upazila in Chittagong on Sunday. The clashes took place between supporters of two chairman candidates during the 4th phase...
Own rank badge for the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) consistent with the posts of BGB was introduced on Sunday as part of the reorganisation process of the country’s frontier forces fulfilling a long-cherished demand. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally adorned...
Jim Bolger, a special envoy to New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, has 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. Bolger, who arrived in Dhaka on...
Newspapers Owners' Association of Bangladesh (Noab) will observe holiday on March 26 (Wednesday) on the occasion of Independence and National Day. The decision came at a meeting of the executive committee of Noab, said a Noab press release on Sunday....
FE Online Report | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
Stocks returned to the red Sunday, a day after positive trend with turnover hitting five-month low as most of the investors remained reluctant to make fresh investments.The market opened with a positive spree, but could not sustain. At the end...
Cricket giants Australia won the toss and elected to field first against Pakistan in their World T20 Super10 match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur on Sunday afternoon. SQUADS Pakistan: Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez (Captain), Umar Akmal,...
The Westin Dhaka, part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., took part in “Starwood Careers Day” recently at the Ballroom 1 of the Westin Dhaka. Starwood Careers Day 2014 is Asia Pacific-wide effort aimed at attracting passionate individuals to...
A Dhaka court has rejected bail petition of BNP standing committee member Dr Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain in a money laundering case. Metropolitan Sessions Judge Ruhul Amin passed the order following a hearing over the case filed by the Anti-corruption Commission...
The BNP has alleged the ruling party candidates have taken over polling centres with the support of the local administration in the 4th phase of the Upazila (UZ) polls. "The ruling party candidates have taken over many polling stations by...
Soheil Rana, owner of Savar’s collapsed factory building Rana Plaza, was granted a six-month bail in a case accusing him of flouting building rules. Bench of Justices Md Rezaul Hasan and Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar granted him bail on Sunday....
Soheil Rana, owner of Savar’s collapsed factory building Rana Plaza, was granted a six-month bail in a case accusing him of flouting building rules.Bench of Justices Md Rezaul Hasan and Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar granted him bail on Sunday. More...
Voting in 91 upazila parishads across 43 districts came to a close at 4pm on Sunday amid stray incidents of violence that killed at least four persons in Munshiganj, Comilla, Brahmanbaria and Jhalakati. The polling was held from 8am to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the country’s people now exercise their voting rights with huge enthusiasm in various elections as the Election Commission is now fully independent. The Prime Minister came up with the remarks when former chief...
Mamata Banerjee, who blocked Delhi-Dhaka deal on Teesta, wants India’s foreign policy to be driven by the self-interest of the nation. The manifesto released by Banerjee’s party Trinamool Congress ahead of India’s national elections promises a foreign policy, which will...
Jatiya Party (JP) MPs staged a maiden walkout from the 10th Parliament on Sunday, apparently protesting power tariff hike. Begum Raushan Ershad, officially recognised as the Leader of the Opposition in the House, led her party to stage the walkout...
Forty-eight women Members of Parliament (MPs), elected from the reserved seats unopposed, were sworn in on Sunday. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath to the new 48 MPs at the Oath Chamber of the Jatiya Sangsad. Of the...
President Abdul Hamid underscored the need for improving the standard of higher education in the country. The President said this when a 10-member delegation of Chittagong University, led by its Vice Chancellor Prof Anwarul Azim Arif, met him at Bangabhaban...
The Board of Directors of IFIC Bank on Sunday recommended 15 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2013. The board has also decided to issue 'Subordinated Debt (Bond)' for Tk 3,000 million for raising Tier-II...
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