Recruitment of 1,749 officials through the 35th BCS will be announced in a circular soon, Parliament was told Sunday, reports UNB. State Minister for Public Administration Affairs Ismat Ara Sadeq disclosed this in reply to a written question of independent...
Police picked up five Nigerians, including a woman, in the city's Uttara area and seized five fake passports from them last night, reports BSS. Twenty-four cans of beer were also recovered from their possession. The arrestees were Dumanteer (32), Meri...
SYLHET, Feb 9 (UNB): Dr Zafar Iqbal, a noted writer and Head of the department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), was admitted to Osmani Medical College Hospital Sunday.
Weather is likely to remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Monday), reports UNB. Light to moderate fog may occur over the river basins of the country until morning, Met Office said....
FE Report | 2014-02-10 00:00:00
The energy ministry Sunday directed the state-owned Petrobangla to complete negotiation with all the 'short-listed' international firms by March to expedite the process of building the country's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal. "We will implement the LNG terminal...
Saudi Arabian Health Minister Dr Abdullah Abdulaziz M Al Rabeeah has expressed his willingness to work with Bangladesh government, saying his government will recruit doctors and health professionals from Bangladesh, reports BSS. "We will work together in the health sector...
FE Report | 2014-02-10 00:00:00
The government may use a portion of its central bank reserve to construct the Padma Bridge, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Sunday. "A portion of the foreign currency reserve of Bangladesh Bank (BB) may be required when the work order...
The country's entire power distribution system will be brought under prepaid metering system by 2021, said State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid in the city Sunday, reports UNB. He made the announcement at a contract signing ceremony of...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-02-10 00:00:00
The government has decided to boost the railway link between Dhaka and the nearby city of Narayanganj by constructing a dual-gauge double-track line for smooth travel of the passengers, specially the office-going commuters, officials said Sunday. The Bangladesh Railway (BR),...
The law enforcers are harassing the BNP-backed upazila election candidates to create panic among the party supporters, BNP alleged on Sunday, reports UNB. BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the allegation at a press briefing at party's Nayapaltan...
Siddique Islam | 2014-02-10 00:00:00
Overall industrial credit disbursement rose by 12.26 per cent in the first-half (H1) of the current fiscal year despite political uncertainty and inadequate supply of gas and power. The industrial loans disbursed rose to Tk 803.56 billion in the first...
Syful Islam | 2014-02-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh is yet to make any tangible progress in several key areas as far as the implementation of the US Action Plan, linked to the restoration of the GSP is concerned, the US embassy in Dhaka said in a note...
Country's armed forces must remain vigilant and ready to face any threat and uphold the democratic trend and the constitution, Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina told a conference of generals on Sunday, reports UNB. The conference was held at the...
FE Report | 2014-02-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Dr Atiur Rahman said Sunday those businesses which faced losses during last year's political turmoil would get the central bank's support to overcome. But he warned the habitual loan defaulters would not be entertained. The governor...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-10 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Feb 9: Service charges on import bills claimed by the freight forwarders will remain postponed until March 30 next when stakeholders concerned are likely to find a negotiable solution mediated by the National Board of Revenue (NBR). It was...
FE Report | 2014-02-10 00:00:00
A Dhaka court sent Sunday Tazreen Fashions managing director Delwar Hossain, his wife and chairperson of Tazreen Mahmuda Akter to jail hours after they surrendered before it. The court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Tajul Islam passed the order rejecting their...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-02-10 00:00:00
Yaba traders have changed their smuggling route and now they prefer waterways for bringing the contraband drug into Bangladesh in order to avert strict surveillance on land routes by the law enforcers, intelligence sources said. The smugglers made the change...
A youth, who was detained following a clash between two groups of Bihari people in city's Pallabi area, died in police custody on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Md Jony, 25, son of late Md Mostafa, a resident of...
Progotishil Chhatra Jote, a conglomerate of left-leaning student organisations, called a strike at Social Sciences and Arts faculties of Dhaka University on Tuesday to realise its four-point demand, especially bringing an end to evening courses in all public universities and...
Bangladesh earned Tk 41.59 billion (US$ 534.90 million) by exporting 84.904.50 metric tonnes of different kinds of fishes in the last fiscal year (2012-13), which was less than the previous two years. Fisheries and Livestock Minister Md. Sayedul Haq informed...
A listed criminal was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Chawkbazar area of Barisal city early Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Faruk Hossain alias Panama Faruk (40), a resident of Bazar Road...
Chittagong’s railway links to Dhaka and Sylhet have been restored ten hours after a freight train derailed at Akhaura Upazila in Brahmanbaria. The train services on these routes started operating normally around 4:30am on Monday, said Akhaura GRP Station OC...
The government has decided to sell the unused bandwidth of the country's lone submarine cable to generate more revenue. On Sunday, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication took the decision, which is to be carried out by retaining enough bandwidth...
FE Online Report | 2014-02-10 00:00:00
The prices of most of the stocks on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hours of trading Monday amid minor volatility. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE went up by 21.78...
Asia's markets rose Monday, taking their lead from a strong rally on Wall Street as investors brushed aside below-forecast US jobs data, with analysts suggesting the recent downturn may have come to an end. Tokyo rose 1.03 percent, Sydney added...
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