FE Report | 2014-03-06 00:00:00
The new ICT minister said that he would take move to put an end to the legal dispute over Janata Tower by launching the country's first Software Technology Park (STP) at the building. State Minister for Information and Communication Technology...
HONG KONG, Mar 5 (AFP): Standard Chartered Bank said Wednesday net profit fell more than 16 percent in 2013 and warned of a difficult first half for 2014 following significant challenges for its South Korean operations. The London-based lender, which...
PM thanks KSA for allowing BD workers to change Aqama Bangladesh extended on Wednesday its sincere thanks to Saudi Arabian government for allowing nearly nine lakh Bangladeshi workers there to change their Aqama (work permits) and professions. Prime Minister Sheikh...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-03-06 00:00:00
The government has initiated a move to prepare the draft rules of Safe Food Act- 2013 aiming to ensure public health safety, a high official said. "We have started working to prepare the draft rules of Safe Food Act- 2013....
CHITTAGONG, Mar 5 (BSS): Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu Wednesday said that gas crisis has become a national problem as there is huge gap between its generation and demand. The minister said production in fertiliser factories under the ministry has...
The World Bank, together with UK-DFID and IFC, is supporting the Government of Bangladesh to develop Economic Zones through the Private Sector Development Support Project (PSDSP), reports UNB. Economic Zones are a strategic instrument for attracting domestic and foreign investment,...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-06 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Mar 5: The Chittagong Port Authority in a rejoinder on a news item published under the headline "Regulatory needs keep Pangaon non-functional" in our issue of March 2, 2014 said "CPA container vessels as far as classification, protection and...
TOKYO, Mar 5 (AFP): The dollar held steady in Asia Wednesday after rallying in US trade as fears of a conflict over Ukraine eased, boosting investor demand for riskier assets. In Tokyo afternoon business, the greenback bought 102.22 yen, against...
BEIJING, Mar 5 (Reuters) : China sent its strongest signal yet that its days of chasing breakneck economic growth were over, promising to wage a "war" on pollution and reduce the pace of investment to a decade-low as it pursues...
SINGAPORE, Mar 5 (AFP): Oil prices were mixed in Asia Wednesday as fears of an immediate armed conflict in Ukraine receded, but analysts said the presence of Russian-backed troops in the Crimean peninsula continue to support prices. New York's main...
SYDNEY, Mar 5 (AFP): Australia's economy expanded a better-than-expected 0.8 per cent in the last three months of 2013 as the commodity-powered nation's transition away from its reliance on the mining sector picked up speed, data showed Wednesday. The Australian...
NEW DELHI, Mar 5 (PTI): India and Pakistan yesterday held a meeting on cross-Line of Control trade and travel during which ways and mechanisms for increasing people-to-people contact, increasing the trade volume and improving infrastructure at trading points were discussed....
MOSCOW, Russia, Mar 5 (AFP): Russia on Wednesday revealed it sold a record $11.3 billion in foreign currency to support the ruble on Sunday, during a "Black Monday" of panic selling over the crisis in Ukraine which analysts say rattled...
BRUSSELS, Mar 5 (AFP): Eurozone growth accelerated to 0.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2013, enough of an improvement on 0.1 per cent in the previous quarter to suggest that modest recovery remains on track, the EU's data...
US stocks fell on Wednesday in early trade after a report showed only modest private-sector jobs growth in February. About 30 minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 29.73 points (0.18 percent) to 16,366.15. The broad-based S&P 500...
FE Online Report | 2014-03-06 00:00:00
Share prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading Thursday, the last session of the week amid volatility. DSEX – the prime index of the DSE –...
Two persons, among them a policeman, have been injured in a bomb explosion in Lalbagh area in old part of Dhaka city. The incident took place in front of Hossain Market around 5am on Thursday, said Inspector (Investigation) SM Shahjahan...
A schoolgirl reportedly committed suicide by jumping under the wheels of a running train in Kalihati upazila in Tangail district on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Ankhi Akter, 14, student of class IX and daughter of Abdul Latif,...
The High Court has ordered maintaining the status quo on the construction of the fuel oil-based power plant of Orion Group on the bank of Buriganga River as well as on its infrastructural works. The court on Wednesday also summoned...
A motorcyclist was killed and his co-rider injured in a road accident at Savar in the outskirts of the city on Thursday morning. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Mostafa Kamal, officer-in-charge of Savar Police Station, said...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has warned that the allies of militants will not be spared. “An initiative has been taken to form police bureau of counter terrorism unit to curb militancy and terrorism. Those who join hands with the militants...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged drug trader and recovered 300 bottles of Phensidyl from him in Chaklapara in Jhenidah town on Wednesday. The arrestee was identified as Rabiul Islam, 40, son of Lutfor Rahman, a resident...
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