Local BNP units will enforce strike in eight Upazilas Thursday to protest alleged rigging of votes there during the first phase of the Upazila Parisad election. BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told this to reporters at the party’s...
The country’s foreign currency reserve hit a record high US$ 19-billion mark Wednesday. The forex reserve now stands at US$ 19048.09 million which is enough to meet import expenditures of the next six months, according to a central bank statement....
FE Online Report | 2014-02-19 00:00:00
Stocks rebounded Wednesday, snapping a four-day losing streak with turnover improved slightly as investors went for buying spree amid optimism. The market opened with a positive note, and the key index of the premier bourse gained 29 points within first...
Asian markets were mixed Wednesday, with Tokyo stocks dropping after the previous session's surge, as investors awaited US housing data and minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting. The yen rebounded in Asia after tumbling on the Bank of Japan's...
The billionaire French industrialist and senator Serge Dassault has been detained for questioning over alleged vote-buying in a Paris suburb. Police are questioning him about his activities in Corbeil-Essonnes, a suburb where he was mayor in 1995-2009. The parliamentary immunity...
A Chittagong court has indicted the railway’s former General Manager (East zone) Yusuf Ali Mridha and four others in a case over irregularities in appointing staff. Metropolitan Sessions Judge SM Mojibur Rahman on Wednesday ordered recording of testimony in the...
Anti-government protesters have surrounded Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s temporary office in Bangkok’s northern outskirts to demand her resignation a day after clashes with police left at least five people dead. Maj. Gen. Surachat Jitjaeng said Wednesday that Yingluck and Cabinet...
BNP on Wednesday alleged that the government is hatching various plots to manipulate upazila election results into its favour as they did in the January 5 parliamentary polls. Addressing a press briefing at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office around 11:30am, BNP...
Bangladesh Under-19 team will need 245 runs in reply to Australian Under-19 team score of 244 for six wickets to be the Group-B champion after the third and last match of the ICC Under-19 World Cup Cricket at Sheikh Zayed...
US Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asia Atul Keshap is likely to visit Dhaka next week to discuss various current issues with government officials and other stakeholders. In his current role, Keshap works closely with Assistant Secretary of State Nisha...
Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu on Wednesday said BNP’s apprehension about manipulation of upazila elections is nothing but a political trick. The minister came up with the remarks while talking to reporters after casting his vote in the upazila election...
US Ambassador Dan W Mozena on Wednesday announced an additional grant of $85,000 from the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation to restore and renovate the exterior of the Varendra Research Museum in Rajshahi. “I’m pleased to announce the additional grant...
The counting of votes cast in the polls to 97 upazila parishads of the country’s 40 districts began on Wednesday afternoon. The voting in the upazilas ended at 4pm amid stray incidents of violence. The Election Commission said the polling...
The Election Commission on Wednesday afternoon said the first phase of elections in 97 upazila of the country’s 40 districts were largely peaceful. The commission, however, said voting in only two polling stations at Shailakupa upazila of Jhenidah and Nawabganj...
Jamaat-Shibir men allegedly torched a polling centre following a clash with ruling party men at Nalshandhya in Ullapara upazila on Wednesday. Tajul Huda, officer-in-charge of Ullapara Model Police Station, said an altercation ensued between the supporters of Awami League-backed and...
In the wake of al-Qaeda chief’s reported threat, the government has taken massive security measurers to ensure smooth observance of Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day. “We’ve taken massive security measurers to observe Amar Ekushey and International Mother...
A local activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir sustained bullet injuries in police firing during a clash at Khettarapara village in Kalaroa upazila on Wednesday. The injured was identified as Humayun Kabir, 22, son of Ayub Ali of the village. On...
Customs officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International airport recovered 51 gold bars weighing about 6kgs worth about Tk 2.5 crore on Wednesday. Wazed Ali, Assistant Commissioner (Customs) of the airport said acting on a tip-off, the customs officials challenged Joinal Abedin,...
President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday urged all to work more sincerely and effectively with a view to establishing women rights in the society. The call came when Executive Director of Manusher Jonno Foundation Shaheen Anam called on the President at...
Nearly two and a half months after his arrest, BNP vice-chairman and its Dhaka city unit convener Sadeque Hossain Khoka was released from jail on bail on Wednesday evening. As Khoka came out of Dhaka Central Jail around 5.00pm, leaders...
NEW DELHI: The chief minister of an Indian state Wednesday ordered the release of all seven people jailed for plotting the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, meaning they could walk free in days. J. Jayalalithaa, chief minister of...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-18 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Feb 17: Abducted gold trader Mridul Chowdhury was found alive after six days at Kongsanagar village under Comilla district Monday morning. His wife and other members of the family were so happy to have him in their midst. Kotwali...
Munima Sultana | 2014-02-18 00:00:00
A move is underway to set up a cantonment on around 200 acres of land on both sides of the Padma bridge project for ensuring fool-proof security of the country's key installation. The Bangladesh Army was going to place a...
The government knows where al-Qaeda's message was transmitted from, said Maj Gen (retd) Tariq Ahmed Siddiqui, Prime Minister's Adviser for Defence Affairs, reports bdnews24.com. "The transmission's source cannot be revealed for the sake of investigation," Siddiqui told reporters after attending...
NEW DELHI, Feb 17 (Agencies): India's embattled government said Monday it had lifted tens of millions of people out of poverty as it announced an interim budget ahead of elections that it is widely tipped to lose. Finance Minister P....
FE Report | 2014-02-18 00:00:00
The amount of classified loans in the country's banking system dropped by more than 5.0 per cent in December 2013 than the amount in December 2012, following relaxation of the loan rescheduling policy. The volume of classified loans came down...
The education ministry Monday finalised the schedule of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations which will begin from April 3, 2014, sources at the ministry confirmed. "The ministry has issued a letter to all education boards today (Monday)...
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