A man was stabbed to death by his rival in Kedormorh area in the city Saturday. The deceased was identified as Abdur Razzaq, 30, son of Mansur Rahman,of the area. Quoting locals, Boalia thana officer-in-charge Ziaur Rahman Zia said Razzaq...
Green activists here on Saturday deplored Rajuk’s (Rajdhani Unnyan Kortripokho’s) move to drive out the initiators of natural wonder Zinda Park from its site. Located at Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj, Zinda Park over the last 33 years has been a...
Unnayan Onneshan, an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, in its current issue of the Bangladesh Economic Update (MEU) revealed that fall in growth in collection of revenue, rising per capita debt burden and shrinking public sector investment may contract expansion of gross...
Language movement veteran and freedom fighter Sayeed Uddin Ahmed died of old age complications at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) early Saturday. He was 85. Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in-charge of RMCH Dr Jamil Rahman said he breathed his last...
Newcomer Afghanistan scored a fighting total of 254 for 6 in 50 overs against hosts Bangladesh in their 2nd match of the Asia Cup Cricket at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah on Saturday. Sent into bat first,...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday urged the people of the country to get ready for an anti-government movement after upazila parishad elections saying that movement is the only way to unseat the ‘illegal government’ to restore ‘democracy and peace’....
The degree pass and certificate course examinations of 2012 under the National University begin across the country on Sunday. Some 475,972 examinees of 1627 colleges are expected to take part in the examination in 666 centers, said a PID handout....
Bangladesh, chasing 255 for victory against Afghanistan, lost their openers within the first two overs in their Asia Cup match at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah on Saturday. Shapoor Zadran’s length delivery sneaked through Shamsur Rahman’s defence...
BENAPOLE: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives recovered four pistols, six rounds of bullets, four magazines and one kg of explosives in Kadamtala Baropota area and Putkhali border in Sharsha upazila early Saturday. Lt Col Mostafizur Rahman,...
No Bangladeshi died in the gas tank explosion at a restaurant in Qatar's capital Doha. The explosion killed at least 12 people. The foreign ministry spokesperson Md Shameem Ahsan, however, said that one Bangladeshi was among the 32 injured. He...
The textile testing laboratory of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) got the accreditation certificate from the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories of India. This certification will enable the textile testing laboratory of BGMEA to proclaim...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-02-28 00:00:00
The government is considering setting up a garment village on the unused land under Bangladesh Sugar & Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC). The ministry of commerce (MoC) would seek opinions of the Privatisation Commission (PC) on approval of the proposal, a...
FE Report | 2014-02-28 00:00:00
An inter-ministerial meeting Thursday instructed Dhaka WASA for quick implementation of the water treatment plant at Daserkandi to facilitate treatment of waste water of Hatirjheel area. The meeting also took two other decisions regarding the waste management and law and...
NEW DELHI, Feb 27 (Reuters): Indian opposition candidate for prime minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday the country's millions of family-owned traders must learn to work with large modern shops and online retailers, in comments that could signal a shift...
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (AFP): The International Monetary Fund came out Wednesday in support of the fight against income inequality, with Fund economists saying income redistribution efforts can strengthen economic growth. Plunging into a debate over the gap between rich and...
LONDON, Feb 27 (AFP): Britain's state-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) plunged into a near £9.0-billion loss last year on vast charges for litigation and the creation of a 'bad bank' division, it said Thursday. The lender, which is 81-per...
SEOUL, Feb 27 (AFP): South Korea's current account surplus narrowed to an 11-month low in January, the central bank said on Thursday. The surplus stood at $3.61 billion, down from $6.41 billion in December, the Bank of Korea (BOK) said....
FRANKFURT, Feb 27 (AFP): Lending to businesses in the debt-mired eurozone contracted again in January, data published by the European Central Bank showed on Thursday. Private sector loans dropped by 2.0 per cent in January in a year-on-year comparison, the...
MADRID, Feb 27 (AFP): Spain's economy picked up pace in the fourth quarter, official data showed on Thursday, adding to signs that the country is emerging from five years of stop-start recession which destroyed millions of jobs. The Spanish economy...
TIANJIN, China, Feb 27 (AFP): In a series of vast hangars, dozens of Chinese technicians swarm over fuselages of Airbus A320 planes, foot soldiers in the battle to dominate what will become the world's largest aircraft market. The nearly completed...
ROME, Feb 27 (AFP): Italian family-run fashion house Versace said on Thursday it had agreed to sell a 20-percent stake to US private equity firm Blackstone in a deal that values the group at US $1.4 billion. The company said...
FRANKFURT, Feb 27 (AFP): Spring has arrived on the German labour market, with unemployment in Europe's largest economy falling for the third month in a row in February, data showed on Thursday. The number of people registered as unemployed in...
SINGAPORE, Feb 27 (AFP): An airline owned by Indonesia's Lion Group announced Thursday it will launch international services with a flight from Jakarta to Singapore later this year. Batik Air, which is part of the Lion Group that also owns...
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures dipped on Thursday as investors booked profits after the previous session's gains, but concerns over unfavourable weather squeezing supplies curbed losses and kept prices near a 17-month high. Prices jumped to...
MUMBAI, Feb 27 (Reuters): Indian sugar futures fell on Wednesday following losses in overseas prices, though they are likely to edge higher on Friday on an improvement in demand and a likely drop in domestic sugar production. Indian commodity exchanges...
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