Monira Munni | 2014-02-05 00:00:00
A fresh disagreement has cropped up between western retailers and local apparel manufacturers over some inspection standards after the latter opposed them terming them too costly, unrealistic and not implementable. The industry insiders said the ready-made garment (RMG) owners were...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-02-05 00:00:00
The problem of cost escalation in relation to public sector projects, particularly the major ones, has become a chronic one and the country's economy has been paying too heavy a price on this account. For instance, according to a report...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday opted for a fresh inquiry into all arms smuggling through Bangladesh to unveil whether Hawa Bhaban and the BNP chief had any involvement, reports UNB. "If you (MPs) allow us, we can launch a...
FE Report | 2014-02-05 00:00:00
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia said Tuesday that the 19-party alliance would launch movement shortly against the present government if it fails to hold fresh polls through a fruitful dialogue. "We're taking some time to reorganise ourselves and hopefully we'll...
Siddique Islam | 2014-02-05 00:00:00
The country's overall imports grew by 11.59 per cent in the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year (FY), 2013-`14, despite political uncertainty, officials said Tuesday. "The overall imports increased in the first six months of FY `14 mainly...
FE Report | 2014-02-05 00:00:00
The government is going to fix all value added tax (VAT) at a flat rate of 15 per cent by 2015, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Tuesday. "Our aim is to fix all VAT rates at 15 per cent flat...
SYLHET, Feb 4 (UNB): The death toll from the boat plunge in the Surma River at Protapur village in Dowarabazar upazila of Sunamganj has jumped to 12 with the recovery of five more bodies (Tuesday). Thirty four victims still remain...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-02-05 00:00:00
The government is weighing ways to minimise interest payment following the growing spending on account of the same in the July-October period of the current fiscal year (FY). According to the Finance Division's latest update, the interest payment on borrowings-both...
The work on upgrading Dhaka-Chittagong rail line to double-track will be completed by 2016, Bangladesh Railway (BR) director general Tofazzal Hossain said. He said 118 of the 320-kilomentre rail line on Dhaka-Chittagong route are now double-tracked, and the remaining 202...
PABNA, Feb 4: The Mobarakpur Oil-Gas Exploration Well Drilling Project in Santhia upazila, which remained shelved for nearly 34 years due to bureaucratic bottlenecks, is set to start soon. Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company (Bapex) is expected to start...
The government is likely to renew its contracts with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to import urea fertiliser under state-level arrangements. According to official sources, the industries ministry has already sent a proposal in this regard...
As many as 108 nomination papers out of total 1,852 were cancelled during the scrutiny on Tuesday in the 2nd phase polls to 117 upazila parishads billed for February 27. The returning officers concerned declared invalid 47 nomination papers of...
One cop was found dead and three policemen were injured in the Meghna river after a shootout with pirates in Munshiganj in the early hours of Wednesday. Munshiganj's Superintendent of Police Md Habibur Rahman told bdnews24.com that fires were exchanged...
Asian markets were mostly higher on Wednesday, with a rally on Wall Street giving Tokyo and Hong Kong some impetus to claw back some of the losses they suffered in the previous session. However, the dollar slipped against the the...
Dollar fell to 101.50 yen from 101.64 yen in New York Tuesday. The greenback is well down from the five-year highs above 105 yen touched at the start of the year. The euro bought $1.3522 and 137.30 yen against $1.3515...
Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive recovered a foreign made pistol and two rounds of bullet contained in a computer monitor from Sundarban Courier Service office in Dilkusha market of the upazila on Tuesday and arrested a man...
FE Online Report | 2014-02-05 00:00:00
Stocks closed flat Wednesday after volatile trading throughout the session with turnover decline further as investors witnessed a cautious trading amid profit booking tendency. The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) --- DSEX --- went up slightly by...
At least four people were killed and an unspecified number of people were injured as a bus hit a motorcycle in Sadar upazila in Netrakona district on Wednesday. Local people said a passenger bus dashed a motorcycle coming from opposite...
Police have detained 42 persons after raiding a students’ dormitory of Mirpur Government Bangla College. A pistol, 14 rounds of ammunitions and twenty-one machetes have been recovered during the raid. Darus Salam Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Rafiqul Islam said...
The verdict on the 1981 murder of Major General Muhammad Abul Manzur will not be delivered on Feb 10 as the judge of the court has been transferred. State counsel Asaduzzaman Khan Rochi has said that arguments, cross-examinations and hearing...
Unidentified miscreants killed a local Jubo League leader and dumped his body at a garden at Churamankathi village in Sadar upazila in Jessore district on Wednesday. The dead is Zakir Hossain, 32, general secretary of Churamankathi ward unit of Jubo...
Jatiya Party (JP) presidium member Brigadier General (retd) Kazi Mahmud Hasan died of cardiac arrest at United Hospital in Dhaka city on Tuesday night. Kazi Mahmud Hasan was taken to the hospital after he had fallen sick in his residence...
Former Awami League lawmaker Khandaker Rashiduzzaman Dudu died at Apollo Hospitals in Dhaka city on Wednesday morning. He was 70. Family sources and the doctors at Appolo Hospitals said Khandaker Rashiduzzaman Dudu, also former Chairman of Rupali Bank, was declared...
A man was beaten to death allegedly by village heads at Nagdah village in Alamdanga upazila in Chuadanga on Tuesday night. The victim was identified as Shaheed Hossain, 46, son of late Aftab Mondol of the village. Quoting locals, police...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has said the first meeting with the United States on Ticfa will be held in April. After more than a decade of wrangling, Bangladesh entered into the Trade and Investment Co-operation Framework Agreement (Ticfa) with the...
The High Court has issued a rule, asking why the clause in the Anti Corruption Commission Act to penalise someone for providing ‘false information’ will not be annulled and declared unconstitutional. The bench of Justice Quazi Reza Ul Hoque and...
An auto-rickshaw driver died as a truck collided with his vehicle in Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar early Wednesday. Three passengers of the auto-rickshaw were also injured in the accident. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. He was around...
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