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)...
Cellular phone operators of the country are going to get access to the Election Commission's database by March next to verify the subscribers' information before activating new connections, said officials. They said the telecom regulator has almost finalised different issues...
Department of Environment (DoE) on Monday fined 42 dyeing and washing factories in Dhaka district Tk 12.6 million (1.26 crore) for polluting the water of the Buriganga river. After a hearing at DoE's Dhaka headquarters, its director fined the factories...
Rights activists have urged the civil society members of the South Asian countries to get united to make the governments of Saarc nations to focus more on climate change issues. They said if the civil society members of the Saarc...
Law enforces in separate drives arrested four alleged drug smugglers in Manikganj and Faridpur districts on Monday evening. They also recovered about 1,000 Yaba tablets from them. In Manikganj police held a drug smuggler Abul Kalam Azad at Koitara village...
A mobile court seized a large quantity of expired medicines from the possession of three pharmacies in Sherpur town and fined them Tk 25,000 for storing those. Witnesses said the mobile court, led by executive magistrate Shamsuddin Munna, raided three...
A special court in Jhalakati has sentenced a man to 10 years’ imprisonment for possessing illegal firearms. The convict was identified as Mostafizur Rahman, 32, son of Mojibur Rahman Majnu of Asatyakathi village under Nesarabad upazila in Pirojpur district. Judge...
Asian stocks were mixed on Tuesday as traders awaited the result of a Bank of Japan policy meeting, following disappointing Japanese quarterly growth figures the day before. After a day of gains, Asia’s markets had no cues from Wall Street...
FE Online Report | 2014-02-18 00:00:00
The prices of most of the stocks on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed upward trend in early hours of trading Tuesday, the third trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE...
Law enforcers arrested a man with a large quantity of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) equipment in the city on Monday night. The arrestee was identified as Lincoln, 23. A team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) conducted a drive at...
A mobile court in Khagrachhari has sentenced two opposition activists to 17 days’ imprisonment each for distributing some leaflets with offensive remarks against a vice-chairman candidate in Manikchhari upazila election. The convicts were identified as Shahidul Islam of Hatimura area...
Armed robbers stormed into a flat at Islambagh in the old part of Dhaka city and looted cash and valuables worth several hundred thousand taka exploding bomb, injuring four inmates of the house on Tuesday morning. Quoting inmates of the...
A local Awami League leader has been shot and stabbed indiscriminately in Gazipur. Hafiz Uddin Hafiz, 45, religious affairs secretary of party’s Gazipur municipality unit, is now under treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), said Mahbub Naim, Sub-inspector (SI)...
A court in Dhaka on Tuesday accepted charges against Ansarullah Bangla Team chief Mufti Jasimuddin Rahmani and seven students of North South University (NSU) in blogger Rajib murder case. Metropolitan Magistrate Sabrina Ali took the charges into cognisance after scrutinising...
Thai police are confronting protesters at a site in central Bangkok, with several people injured and one police officer reported killed. Police are trying to retake official buildings and sites that have been blocked by demonstrators. Earlier on Tuesday, they...
A college student was killed and three other people were injured as a covered van hit them on the Atish Dipankar Road under Sabujbagh police station in the city on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Atiqur Rahman, 26,...
India's Supreme Court has commuted the death sentences of three men convicted of plotting the 1991 assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Chief Justice P Sathasivam spared the men, citing delays in deciding their mercy plea. Murugan, Santhan and...
The High Court has summoned the Investigating Officer (IO) probing the murder of journalist couple Sagar and Runi. The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Mohammad Ullah gave the order on Tuesday after three suspects in the case...
Japan led Asian stock markets higher today after the country’s central bank announced new measures to support growth. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo was up 3.1 percent at 14,843.24 after the Bank of Japan said it was doubling the size...
RAB claims they have arrested a young man who received and circulated the audio-video message of al-Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri calling for an 'intifada' (uprising) in Bangladesh. RAB personnel nabbed 21-year old Md Rasel Bin Sattar Khan from Tangail’s Majhipara...
The Appellate Division has withdrawn a stay on a defamation case against former army chief Gen Moeen U Ahmed. A full bench headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain issued the order on Tuesday after hearing an appeal to scrap...
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