Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-02-26 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith is pleased with the country's banking sector performance as the sector, according to him, 'now stands on a strong footing with a satisfactory expansion'. But how far is his statement, delivered at the Sonali Bank's annual...
FE Report | 2014-02-26 00:00:00
The central bank has asked the commercial banks to limit their total investment in the capital market on consolidated basis along with the existing solo one to minimise investment risk, officials said. Under the new provision, the market value of...
FE Report | 2014-02-26 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) declared Tuesday the posts of eight directors of Pubali Bank Ltd (PBL) including its chairman 'vacant' for not having the required 2.0 per cent shares each in the bank, lawyers said. The eight directors are Hafiz...
A court in the city sentenced Tuesday eight people, including three siblings, to death for killing former commissioner of Lalbagh ward no-62 Haji Mohammad Alim 18 years ago, reports UNB. Dhaka third additional metropolitan sessions judge Md Akhtaruzzaman handed down...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-02-26 00:00:00
Sale of landed property in and around the capital continues to maintain sluggish trend as people are yet to regain enough confidence in investing money in the sector even after the improvement in the country's political situation. Some other factors...
State Minister for Labour and Employment Md Mujibul Haq Chunnu, told the Jatiya Sangsad Tuesday that 12183 foreign nationals have been working in industries and trade sectors. Replying to a question, the minister said that the government has issued fresh...
Several new ministers will be sworn in today (Wednesday), expanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's cabinet. Cabinet Secretary Muhammad Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said about the decision Tuesday. But he did not disclose the names of those becoming ministers. The current cabinet,...
Two people were killed in separate road accidents in the city's Jatrabari and Paltan areas on Tuesday. A rickshaw-puller was killed as a truck crashed into his rickshaw at Jatrabari in the early hours. In another accident, a motor workshop...
At least two new ministers will join Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 49-strong Cabinet on Wednesday. Highly-placed government sources said the two new faces would be Dinajpur-4 MP AH Mahmood Ali, who served as Foreign Minister in the “all-party” election-time government,...
Bangladesh is a resourceful country. The country is not poor although most of the people of the country are poor. US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena made the observation at a view exchange meeting with government officials at Pirojpur...
A third policeman has been suspended over Sunday’s ambush by masked gunmen on a prison van before they freed three convicted Jam’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants. Gazipur SP Md Abdul Baten said Habilder Major Ayub Ali of Gazipur Police Lines...
A man was electrocuted in Thanthania Hindupara in Bogra town on Tuesday evening. Another man was injured. The dead is Shamsu Pramanik, 50, a construction worker and son of Bachhu Pramanik of the same area. Locals said Shamsu came in...
Police are preparing a list of floating people and street-hawkers in Chittagong to ensure foolproof security ahead of the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup cricket tournament. The Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) have already started work by collecting information on the shanty-dwellers,...
Members of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) shot to death a Bangladeshi national in frontier area under Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat district on Wednesday. Identity of the deceased, a man, could not be known immediately. Locals said the incident took...
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested an alleged drug trader along with 57 packs of hemp in Nijnanduali area in Magura town on Tuesday night. The arrested is Muktar Sheikh, son of Aziz Sheikh of the area. MA Hashem, officer-in-charge...
Miscreants shot to death an unidentified young man and dumped his body near Munshiganj Forest Department office in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira district at some time between Monday night and early Tuesday. Local people said they noticed the body with...
A rare species of langur died from electrocution in Moulvibazar town on Tuesday evening. Locals said some people saw the langur on M Saifur Rahman Road in the district town and chased it off. At one stage, the langur came...
A man allegedly committed suicide by taking poison over a family feud at Bhekutia village in Jessore Sadar upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Siddiqur Rahman, a resident of the village. Locals said Siddiqur had a quarrel...
FE Online Report | 2014-02-26 00:00:00
The prices of most shares on both bourses --- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) --- saw negative trend in early hours of trading Wednesday amid volatility. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE went down by...
A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was killed in a head-on collision between two motorcycles in Daadghar area of Monaharganj upazila in Comilla on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Shahidullah Khan Sabuj, 32, president of Monaharganj...
A three-member panel of International Crime Tribunal (ICT)-1 in Dhaka has decided to rehear the closing arguments from both the prosecution and defence on March 10 in a case filed against Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami for war time...
Newly appointed minister AH Mahmud Ali was given the portfolio of Foreign Ministry while state minister Md Nazrul Islam Water Resources Ministry on Wednesday. Meanwhile, deputy minister for Water Resources Abdullah Al Islam Jacob was given the ministry of Environment...
The High Court on Wednesday ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to hand over all the post-poll violence cases in connection with the attack on the minorities to Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and Criminal Investigation Department (CID). An HC...
Three leaders of Magura district unit Awami League (AL) and BNP have been expelled from their parties for contesting the upazila elections going against the parties’ decision. The expellees are Mahammadpur upazila unit AL joint secretary Habibur Rahman and leader...
Stipend for the students of Primary School Certificate (PSC) Examination was declared on February 14 on the basis of examination result and thana quota. About 55 thousand students have been selected for talent pool and general categories. Each talent pool...
I was stunned to read the story that four suspended activists of the student wing of the ruling party fled from the Dhaka court when the latter cancelled their bails in the murder case of Zubair, a student of Jahangirnagar...
The garments sector has been playing a significant role in our economic development for long. But it is a matter of concern that this sector is in jeopardy due to poor technologies and bad management. Bangladesh is expected to raise...
Random hunting and selling of wild birds at the country's water bodies is posing serious threat to our wildlife. Most of the time, it is happening in front of the law enforcers. The offenders are totally indifferent to the harm...
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