Rezaul Karim | 2014-03-19 00:00:00
The government has started putting all out efforts to implement its election manifesto-2014 aiming to achieve socio-economic freedom of the people and overall development of the country, sources said. The government's long term objective is to take ahead Bangladesh to...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-19 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Mar 18: The readymade garment sector is passing through a very hard time now as the industry faces a negative propaganda following the incidents of Rana Plaza collapse and Tazreen fire, on the one hand, and GSP (generalized system...
Farmers and the poorest segment of the society will see no additional amount in their electricity bills, according to the recent announcement of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on power tariff adjustment, reports BSS. "Farmers and the poor people...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-03-19 00:00:00
Coal storage at the country's lone operative coalmine at Barapukuria in northern Dinajpur has already exceeded capacity due to lower-than-expected consumption, posing a threat of combustion to the coal yard, sources said. The quantity of stockpiled coal produced from Barapukuria...
Kamrun Nahar | 2014-03-19 00:00:00
The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is in financial hardship since a number of major entities -- both government and private - have been defaulting on holding tax payment and revenue collection from other sources has turned out to be...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-03-19 00:00:00
People often cite the example of a proverbial pond while explaining the state of affairs with the public sector development projects. Some unscrupulous government officials, it was alleged, had embezzled funds in the name of digging a pond and, later,...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-03-19 00:00:00
The central bank has upgraded its projection of the country's economic growth bringing its forecast closer to the finance minister's estimate. Finance Minister AMA Muhith in February last told the media that the country's gross domestic product (GDP) was likely...
FE Report | 2014-03-19 00:00:00
Experts at a programme said Tuesday that Dhaka city has been losing liveability in the absence of rule of law and anti-people activities. Criticising the various relevant authorities involved in the urban planning and development, they said there were four...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-03-19 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has moved to re-scrutinise the SIM replacement procedure in a bid to resolve the long-standing dispute with the country's four mobile phone operators. It has already started working on the issue again with the...
In a report titled 'EU still not happy with RMG safety measures' published on the first page of the March 17, 2014 issue of The Financial Express (FE), European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht was quoted repeatedly referring...
BAGERHAT, Mar 18: Three suspected forest robbers were killed in a 'gunfight' with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Tambul Bunia of the Sundarbans under Sarankhola upazila on Tuesday morning. Two of the deceased were identified as Boro Bhai...
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan told the Jatiya Sangsad Tuesday that the government has planned to set up four more new river ports in Cox's Bazar, Kishoreganj, Narsinghdi and Faridpur to facilitate domestic trade. Replying to a question the shipping minister...
Forty-eight women will be elected members of parliament (MP) from reserved seats on Wednesday afternoon as they have no rival, and none of aspirants pulled out of the polls race either by Tuesday evening, the last date for the withdrawal...
Unidentified miscreants have torched a rubber plant at Rajnagar upazila in Moulvibazar district destroying some 17,500 trees. Manager of the rubber plant Aminul Islam said the miscreants set fire to the trees on 44 acres of land on the nights...
A mobile court in a drive fined four shops at Sher-e-Bangla Market in Narayanganj city for storing banned polythene bags worth Tk 6,500 on Tuesday. The Department of Environment (DoE) conducted the drive. DoE sources said the mobile court led...
The officer-in-charge (OC) of Rampura Police station in the city Kripa Krishna Bala and its Inspector (Investigation) Nasim Ahmed were withdrawn on Tuesday. Sources at the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Headquarters said the two top police officers have been closed...
A man and his son were injured in an attack allegedly by a stalker and his associates at Durjoni Mohal village in Rupsha upazila in Khulna on Monday night. The victims were identified as Sheikh Hafizur Rahman, 45, and his...
Police recovered the hanging body of a minor girl from a house in the city on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Sufia Khatun, 13, daughter of Habibur Rahman of Lalmonirhat district. Sufia Khatun, who worked as a domestic assistant...
FE Online Report | 2014-03-19 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed sharp decline in early hours of trading on Wednesday, maintaining the last four session’s downward trend. DSEX, the prime index...
The Prime Minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy has set a target of $1 billion export earnings only from the information and communications technology (ICT) sector in five years from now. If this trend continues, he says, this sector will overtake...
BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia may appear before a Dhaka court on Wednesday in connection with two graft cases filed by the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC). A counsel of Khaleda Zia has said that the former prime minister is likely to...
A student of Thakurgaon Government Women’s College allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at the college hostel in Thakurgaon town on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Suchitra Rani, 18, an HSC examinee from the college and daughter of...
Bangladesh unions have criticised Primark, a retailer, for offering compensation to fewer than a quarter of the victims of 'Rana Plaza' disaster. Primark was one of more than two dozen Western retailers who had orders at the ready-made garment (RMG)...
A devastating fire which broke out early Wednesday at Mrigi Bazar at Kalukhali upazila in Rajbari burnt to ashes seven warehouses and two shops. Fazlul Haque Mandal, station officer of Pangsha Fire Service, said the fire originated at about 12:30am...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will appear in court on Wednesday afternoon to attend hearings aimed at framing charges against her in two graft cases. The former prime minister has started for the court in Old Dhaka from her Gulshan residence...
The general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League’s (BCL) Jagannath University (JnU) unit has been suspended for breach of discipline. Joint General Secretary Mofizul Islam Shishir will stand in for him, the ruling Awami League’s student front said in a statement...
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