FE Report The head of the European Union (EU) Delegation in Dhaka Ambassador William Hanna on Sunday raised the issue of the non-payment of Rana Plaza victims' compensation and the required safety measures on the eve of the first anniversary...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 9 (AFP): Twenty-five years ago, the World Wide Web was just an idea in a technical paper from an obscure, young computer scientist at a European physics lab. That idea from Tim Berners-Lee at the CERN lab...
FE Report Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed Sunday assured the apparel makers of addressing the problems, especially those which have emerged centring on the ongoing factory inspection programme. "We will sit shortly with the concerned stakeholders, to identify the problems and...
The High Court has issued a contempt rule against vernacular dailies 'Dainik Samakal' and 'Naya Diganta,' reports bdnews24.com. The newspapers had run reports based on statements by several organisations demanding withdrawal of Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud's comments during a court hearing....
FE Report Prime Minister's Economic Affairs Adviser Mashiur Rahman Sunday assured taking steps to provide utilisation permission (UP) and import entitlement authority to the Bangladesh Garments Accessories and Packaging Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGAPMEA). He said the finance minister in...
Awami League (AL) general secretary and LGRD minister Syed Ashraful Islam said on Sunday the BNP made a big political mistake by not joining the January 5 parliamentary elections, reports UNB. It will take a long time for the party...
The Election Commission has (EC) been apparently playing a silent role over a huge number of allegations and objections filed by the candidates of the ongoing upazila elections. The commission receives 15-20 applications every day over alleged violations of the...
While the High Court (HC) granted bail to three BNP leaders, the Supreme Court cancelled HC bail granted to five of its leaders in separate cases on Sunday, reports UNB. The Appellate Division of the SC scrapped bail granted by...
GAZIPUR, Mar 9 (UNB); Police on Sunday arrested 14 people, including the two gun-totting ones, in connection with Saturday's clashes between the supporters of Awami League (AL)-backed chairman candidate and its rebel contestant in the election to Sreepur upazila. The...
KUSHTIA, Mar 9 (UNB): Pointing at BNP, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said on Sunday that the law enforcement agencies will not turn a blind eye to its conspiracies to topple an elected government before the expiry of its tenure....
COMILLA, Mar 09 (UNB): Two upazila polls candidates were fined in Burichang upazila of the district for violating the electoral code of conduct on Saturday. A mobile court, led by Executive Magistrate Rabeya Basri, slapped a fine of Tk 15,000...
The hearing on the summing-up arguments will begin afresh today (Monday) at the reconstituted International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 in the case of detained Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami being tried on charges of crimes against humanity during the 1971 liberation...
KHAGRACHHARI, Mar 9 (UNB): A member of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) was shot dead and another person injured in a gun attack by masked miscreants in Babuichhari area of Dighinala upazila this (Sunday) morning. The deceased was identified as...
The deadline for the submission of nomination papers to contest the elections to the 50 parliamentary reserved seats expired Sunday, reports UNB. Earlier on February 23, the Election Commission announced the polls schedule for the reserved seats which are exclusively...
Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Dr Mizanur Rahman said on Sunday it is not possible to eliminate militancy and communal violence from the country with its existing constitution, reports UNB. "A constitution of hotchpotch can neither eliminate...
FE Report Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Sunday that it would take around 10 to 15 years to bring a radical change in the banking sector for which the government has already launched work. "The pre-condition of bringing characteristic change...
Monira Munni | 2014-03-10 00:00:00
Local apparel manufacturers and buyers have been locked in a fresh row over payment of wage benefits to workers during the suspension of productions in non-compliant factories following the ongoing safety assessment initiative, industry insiders said. Labour leaders and a...
Syful Islam | 2014-03-10 00:00:00
Concerned about the security of public money following burglaries in bank branches, the ministry of finance (MoF) has summoned the chief executives of state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs). The chief executives would have to appear before the MoF high-ups Monday (today)...
The status of government primary school headmasters has been upgraded to grade II from grade III, announced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday, reports UNB. "We've upgraded the status of headmasters of government primary schools to grade II from grade III,"...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-03-10 00:00:00
The Ukraine crisis has worried local food importers as it has sent jitters to the world's grain markets, leading food traders told the FE Sunday. Bangladesh mainly imports wheat, oil seed and yellow peas from Ukraine. It imports around 30...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has demanded an early election and warned the government of consequences if it did not do so, reports bdnews24.com "I tell the government that the people are eagerly waiting for the polls. You will have to...
After introducing various types of banking services for farmers, sharecroppers and some other underprivileged people, Bangladesh Bank (BB) has now extended its initiatives to bring street urchins and child workers under institutional financial support. The central bank directed Sunday all...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has extended the suspension of its circular relating to payment of a 0.5 per cent freight brokerage charge to Shippers Council of Bangladesh (SCB) by shipping firms/agents for six more months, following a High Court stay order...
Aspirants to fill the 50 parliamentary reserved seats for women will be elected uncontested as they have no rivals. This picture emerged on Sunday, the last day of the submission of the nomination papers, Election Commission official Mihir Sarwar Morshed...
Asian markets tumbled on Monday following a surprisingly poor batch of economic data out of China, while revised Japanese figures showed 2013 growth was slower than expected. The losses came after healthy gains on most bourses last week and despite...
Vietnamese aircraft spotted what they suspected was one of the doors of a missing Boeing 777 on Sunday, while questions emerged about how two passengers managed to board the ill-fated aircraft using stolen passports. Interpol confirmed it knew about the...
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has issued its fresh ranking in which Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan ceded his number-two position for ODI all-rounders to Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews. In the new ranking published after the Asia Cup, the Bangladesh...
Malaysian authorities are seeing a possibility of the involvement of militants from China’s Muslim minority in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370 airplane as it occurred just one week after knife-wielding assailants killed at least 29 people at a train...
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