JERUSALEM, Feb 2 (AFP): Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid has decided to suspend the transfer of public funds to West Bank settlements pending a probe into their alleged misuse, his office said. The move announced late Saturday was not expected...
A Technical Cooperation Agreement between Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA), Roads Division, Ministry of Communications, and Economic Relations Division (ERD), Ministry of Finance, was signed in the city Sunday, said a press release. The aim...
MADRID, Feb 2 (Xinhua): Spain's inflation rate, measured by the country's own methodology, stood at 0.2 per cent in January, down from 0.3 per cent in December 2013, according to preliminary data issued by the National Institute of Statistics (INE)....
FRANKFURT, Feb 2 (AFP): Weaker-than-expected eurozone inflation data could prompt the European Central Bank to cut its interest rates this week, but experts are reluctant to place their bets just yet. The ECB's policy-setting governing council is scheduled to hold...
NEW YORK, Feb 2 (Reuters): AT&T Inc, the No. 2 US mobile provider, on Saturday announced a price cut for customers who share large data plans in its latest attempt to regain ground lost to market leader Verizon Wireless and...
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 2 (AFP): Sixteen-year-old Owen Fairchild doesn't hang out at Facebook as much as he did when he was just a kid. It is not that he and his friends are abandoning the social network. They are spreading...
NEW DELHI, Feb 2 (AFP) : Tata Motors is launching two models this week for India's Auto Expo but the sudden death of its operations chief has left the vehicle giant in turmoil as it struggles to rebuild its fortunes....
ABU DHABI, Feb 2 (AFP) : Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways said Sunday it has entered the final stage of an assessment whether to purchase a stake in Italy's debt-laden airline Alitalia. The two carriers "have entered the final phase of...
New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): Gold prices recovered by Rs 60 to Rs 30,350 per 10 grams in the national capital Saturday on stockists buying for seasonal demand amid a firm global trend. However, silver held steady at Rs 43,600...
FRANKFURT, Feb 2 (Reuters): General Motors Co's unit Opel said it had signed a collective labor agreement with employees at its German factories in Ruesselsheim, Kaiserslautern and Eisenach, in an accord that includes a job protection guarantee until 2018. The...
The deadline for the submission of nomination papers for the upcoming polls in 117 upazilas of the country's 52 districts expired Sunday, reports UNB. Aspirants must submit their nomination papers to returning officers or assistant returning officers concerned by 5:00...
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Sunday termed the current regime subservient to a particular country, saying it has no right to represent the people of independent Bangladesh, reports UNB. "This regime is in office by garbing power using...
FE Report | 2014-02-03 00:00:00
The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed concern over the inauguration of a project and participation in a political programme of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman M Badiuzzaman. Terming such activities to be against the spirit of the anti-graft watchdog, TIB...
FE Report | 2014-02-03 00:00:00
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday appointed the inquiry officers to conduct the probe into the alleged illegal wealth of the former lawmaker of BNP Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee and former Jamaat lawmaker Mia Golam Parwar. The appointment was given...
The Election Commission is likely to announce the polls schedule for the 50 women reserved seats in the 10th Parliament next week, reports UNB. "The election schedule for the reserved Parliamentary seats will be announced after February 9," Election Commissioner...
CHITTAGONG, Feb 2 (BSS): Awami League (AL) leaders here Sunday demanded punishment to BNP leader Khaleda Zia for her alleged involvement in the sensational 10-truck arms haul in 2004. AL leaders in a press conference alleged that the then Prime...
CHITTAGONG, Feb 2 (UNB): Joint forces members in their overnight drive Saturday arrested 54 more Jamaat-Shibir men in connection with the assault on Awami League MP Abu Reza M Nezamuddin Nadvi at Lohagarah Upazila. Mohammad Shahjahan, officer-in-charge (OC) of Lohagarah...
Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) staged protests by blocking road in front of the university as one of their fellow students sustained injuries in a road accident near the campus Sunday, reports UNB. The injured was...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) Sunday upheld the bail granted by the High Court (HC) to four BNP leaders, including its standing committee members Barrister Moudud Ahmed and MK Anwar, in two cases filed with Motijheel Police...
CHITTAGONG, Feb 2 (BSS): Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina is expected to address a public rally on March 1 in Satkania Upazila of the district. General Secretary of the Chittagong South district unit of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) Mofizur Rahaman...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has made Advocate Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah as her representative in Gopalganj-3 (Tungipara and Kotalipara), reports UNB. Abdullah, who is the Religious Affairs Secretary of Awami League, will perform the responsibilities in development activities at the...
Dismissing his discharge plea, the International Crimes Tribunal-2 Sunday indicted Syed Mohammad Qaiser, a former state minister during Ershad's regime, for his involvement in crimes against humanity including genocide of War of Liberation in 1971, reports UNB. After reading out...
FE Report | 2014-02-03 00:00:00
Speakers at a function Sunday stressed on continuation of positive action programmes to help empower the underprivileged people, particularly women until they achieve equal rights in the society. They also observed that despite being a conservative nation like other Muslim...
DU Correspondent | 2014-02-03 00:00:00
Price of books this year at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair will remain almost same as last year thanks to the stable price of printing materials, the publishers claimed. The participating publishing houses said that this year buyers could have...
FE Report | 2014-02-03 00:00:00
The first phase of the three-week national campaign on measles-rubella vaccination to eliminate the two infectious diseases from the country concluded Thursday covering almost 97 per cent students of educational institutions. Extended Programme of Immunisation (EPI) sources said out of...
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