FE Report | 2014-03-07 00:00:00
A cut in corporate income tax rates would take effect in the upcoming budget for fiscal year (FY) 2014-15 as the government found it to be one of the highest in the world, said the revenue board chief. The National...
FE Report | 2014-03-07 00:00:00
Key roads in the city's Mohakhali, Banani and Tejgaon areas witnessed nagging gridlock Thursday evening as traffic on the two flyovers at Mohakhali and Banani remained suspended causing immense sufferings to commuters. Sources said vehicular movement on the streets were...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) launched two new credit schemes Thursday to help students and women buy computers. Governor Dr Atiur Rahman inaugurated the schemes. The purchasing should be done online. The loan, with as low as 10 per cent interest, should...
BRAHMANBARIA, Mar 6: Five people were killed as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw crashed into a jeep at Bariura in Sarail Upazila on Dhaka-Sylhet highway Thursday afternoon. Highway police said the accident took place around 3 am when the Dhaka-bound Pajero jeep...
Bangladesh Railway is set to procure 70 diesel locomotives under suppliers credit as part of its long term plan. "The locomotives would be procured to improve train service," Railway Minister Mohammad Mazibul Hoque said. He said Bangladesh Railway (BR) has...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday morning paid rich tributes to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi in the city on the occasion of the historic March 7....
The EU and the USA have joined Ukraine's government in condemning as "illegal" a move by the Crimea region to set up a referendum to endorse joining Russia. The EU, meeting in Brussels, threatened “serious consequences” if Russia did not...
Women diplomats and chiefs of UN agencies in Dhaka have joined hands to push women’s rights issue “higher” on the political and media agenda as they gear up to celebrate International Women Day on Saturday. Ambassadors Wanja Campos da Nobrega...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two Indian nationals in possession of a large quantity of contraband items at Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga district on Thursday afternoon. The arrestees were identified as Ishwar Dul, 37, son of Punya Dul,...
Some 4,400 brick kilns out of total 6,417 are not environment-friendly, Environment and Forest Minister Anwar Hossain Manju has said. “Some 4,400 brick kilns of the country have not been made environment-friendly yet. As per the government’s decision, the brick...
Experts at a roundtable have observed that coordination among Bangladesh, India and Myanmar is essential to maintain the success Bangladesh has achieved in controlling malaria. They said Bangladesh has already achieved Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for combating malaria set for...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) destroyed seized smuggled narcotic substances worth Tk 2.6 million by crushing them under bulldogger in Chuadanga town on Thursday afternoon. The destroyed items include 7,000 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup and 15 kilograms of...
Two brick kiln owners and a man have been fined Tk 140,000 for polluting environment at Paba Upazila in Rajshahi district. Executive Magistrate and the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Razzaqul Islam conducted mobile court in Ramchandrapur and Joykrishnapur areas. The...
Babul Barman | 2014-03-06 00:00:00
The government's revenue earnings from the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) marked 16 per cent rise in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY), compared to same period last fiscal as the trading volume was on the rise....
FE Report | 2014-03-06 00:00:00
Akij Cement Company Ltd (ACCL) launched Wednesday a campaign for lessening carbon emission and electricity consumption in its own factory as part of its commitment to making the environment greener. Under the campaign styled "Let's Turn to Green", the company...
MUMBAI, Mar 5 (Reuters): The BSE Sensex gained 0.3 per cent on Wednesday to approach a record closing high hit last month, extending a recent rally as continued buying by foreign investors boosted stocks of blue chip companies such as...
Jamal Uddin | 2014-03-06 00:00:00
The country's most of the internet bandwidth (data communication ability) operators are now in dire straits, as too many companies are operating in a relatively small market, stakeholders said. They blamed wrong policy of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)...
LONDON, March 5 (Reuters): European shares were steady on Wednesday as Washington and Moscow set up talks to ease tensions over Ukraine, but companies Subsea 7 and Adidas suffered after downbeat results. The FTSEurofirst 300 was down 0.1 per cent...
NEW YORK, Mar 5 (Reuters): US stocks rallied on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 at a record high, as fears of a confrontation between Russia and Ukraine eased and Russian President Vladimir Putin said there was no need to use...
MUMBAI, Mar 5 (Reuters): The BSE Sensex gained 0.3 per cent on Wednesday to approach a record closing high hit last month, extending a recent rally as continued buying by foreign investors boosted stocks of blue chip companies such as...
HONG KONG, Mar 5 (Reuters): Hong Kong shares sank on Wednesday, led by cyclical counters, as China set a lower target for growth in fixed asset investment this year and a mainland listed company said it expects to default on...
RANGPUR, Mar 5 (BSS): The farmers have already completed transplantation of Boro seedlings on 94 per cent of targeted land area in the northern region as the process is nearing completion, officials in the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said....
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