RAJSHAHI, Jan 30 (BSS): A mobile court in the city fined seven pharmacies Tk 38,000 last night. The mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Ashraf Ahmed Russel conducted drives in different areas of the metropolis and found seven pharmacies guilty...
Our Correspondent | 2014-01-31 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Jan 30: Harvesting of ginger is going on in Nilphamari district. This year the growers of ginger are sustaining huge losses as 80 per cent of the crop was destroyed due to virus and excessive rain. Sources said although...
RAJSHAHI, Jan 30 (BSS): A college teacher was killed on the spot in a road accident in Soipara area on Rajshahi-Naogaon Highway under Mohanpur Upazila of the district this morning. The deceased was identified as Shamsher Ali, 40, a teacher...
FE Report | 2014-01-31 00:00:00
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has hailed a verdict of the High Court (HC), declaring illegal and unconstitutional the provisions of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) (amendment) Act 2013 that curtailed the power of the ACC to sue government officials. Local chapter...
Terming killings in crossfire militant acts, BNP Thursday called upon the government to uphold the constitution and the rule of law by stopping extrajudicial killing, reports UNB. "The government has to decide whether it'll keep the judiciary and the Supreme...
A leader of Jessore unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of BNP, was reportedly abducted from Topkhana Road area of the capital Wednesday, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Foysal Khan, vice-president of the JCD district unit....
FE Report | 2014-01-31 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Thursday sued Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu, mother-in-law of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman for failing to submit her wealth statement. The ACC approved the case on Tuesday. Deputy Director of the Commission RK Majumder filed the...
Voicing deep concern over the recent spate of reported extrajudicial killings, President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury Thursday urged the government to take prompt action against it, reports UNB. In a statement, the former president said, "The...
FENI, Jan 30 (UNB): A local leader of Jubo Dal was killed in a gunfight with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Laskar Taluk in Sadar Upazila Thursday. The deceased was identified as Golam Sarwar (32), vice-president of...
FE Report | 2014-01-31 00:00:00
The government is yet to take steps to enforce the law prohibiting smoking in public places exposing the people to health hazards. In a bid to protect children, women and non-smokers from the deadly impacts of passive smoking, the government...
Khairul Islam | 2014-01-31 00:00:00
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has said the National University largely failed to impart desired quality education, putting the total higher education sector into a serious question mark as the university covers majority of the country's tertiary education. The National...
FE Report | 2014-01-31 00:00:00
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader directed the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) Thursday to make its bus leaseholders accountable by punishing or awarding according to their deeds. "Punish those who are engaged in derogating the BRTC's image through corruption, illegal work,...
Munima Sultana | 2014-01-31 00:00:00
The Singapore government has found minor involvement of only one Bangladeshi worker in the country's worse ever riot on December 8 last. Sources said no Bangladeshi worker was among the 25 persons, charged in the Singapore court for their direct...
Women rally at Shaheed Minar Feb 1 President of Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote Tarana Halim in a statement Thursday called on all irrespective of religion, caste and creed to be united to stop political violence on women and urged them to...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Friday), reports UNB. Moderate to thick fog may occur over Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions and the river basins and light to moderate fog elsewhere...
FE Report | 2014-01-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association (BMBA) submitted a 15-point proposal Thursday to the securities regulator for development of the capital market. The newly-elected BMBA executive committee led by its president Tanjil Chowdhury submitted the proposal, when they met Bangladesh Securities and...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-01-31 00:00:00
The Finance Ministry has issued a circular seeking a list of loan defaulting candidates for the upcoming fourth upazila parishad election, official sources said. The Bank and Financial Institutions Division (BFID) under the Ministry of Finance (MoF) sent a circular...
Monira Munni | 2014-01-31 00:00:00
Official inspection teams have filed cases against 1683 factories and establishments, including 392 garment units, across the country for doing business without valid approval and adequate safety measures, people involved with the inspection process said. From January to December 2013,...
FE Report | 2014-01-31 00:00:00
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed said Thursday Bangladesh will get rid of poverty within the next 20 years. "By this time, we will also become the citizens of a middle-income country." He said these at the monthly luncheon of the Foreign...
Syful Islam | 2014-01-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh has taken a move to procure two vessels from Russia under Government-to-Government (G-to-G) arrangement to enrich the fleet of the state shipping corporation, sources said. A similar move to buy six other vessels for Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) from...
There has been yet another debate in the British parliament on the January 5 national election in Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com. In the debate at the House of Commons Wednesday, one of the ministers said Britain should help Bangladesh work towards...
The FE expresses its regret for some 'unprofessional' comments/ observations/references, made by Mamun Rashid in his column, 'thinking loud', that appeared on page 8 of this paper in its issue on January 30, 2014. Those comments/observations/references, by the aforementioned writer,...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-01-31 00:00:00
The government would have to spend an additional amount of money, 131 per cent higher than the original estimate, for constructing a part of the Dhaka city circular road due to delay in implementation because of inefficiency of the authorities...
CHITTAGONG, Jan 30: A special court here sentenced on Thursday to death 14 people, including Jamaat-e-Islami ameer and war crimes accused Matiur Rahman Nizami and former State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar, in the sensational 10-truck arms smuggling case,...
FE Report | 2014-01-31 00:00:00
The Sonali Bank is continuing to lose its operating profits owing to a number of scams. The bank fetched only Tk 3.3 billion operating profit in 2013. The amount is Tk 7.73 billion less than that of the previous year....
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has termed the Bangladesh Bank's (BB) Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) a balanced one, report agencies. In a statement Thursday, the FBCCI said the MPS has given special emphasis on increasing...
FE Report | 2014-01-31 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) scrapped Thursday section 32 (ka) of amended Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) law which curtailed the commission's authority to sue public officials, judges without prior approval of the government. A HC division bench comprising Justice Kazi Reza-Ul Haque...
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