Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk says protests will continue after he rejected President Viktor Yanukovych's offer to appoint him as prime minister of the country, reports BBC. Mr Yatsenyuk said the opposition was generally ready to accept leadership, but several...
The Philippines has agreed the final section of a peace deal with Muslim rebels fighting a long-running insurgency in the south of the country, reports BBC. It is the fourth part of a roadmap for peace with the Moro Islamic...
A Chinese court has sentenced prominent human rights activist Xu Zhiyong to four years in prison, reports BBC. Xu, who campaigned for children's rights and against corruption, was convicted of "gathering crowds to disrupt public order". Several other activists from...
The nomination of 112 aspirants out of 1,732 were cancelled during the scrutiny in the first phase elections to 98 upazila parishads slated for February 19. Of the 112, nomination papers of 41 chairman aspirants were rejected while of 48...
India celebrates Republic Day NEW DELHI, Jan 26: Millions of Indians watched a display of the country's military power and cultural diversity amid tight security during national day celebrations. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was a special guest at Sunday's...
RBS says it will need to set aside another £3.1 billion to settle claims relating to mortgage products, PPI claims and interest rate hedging. The bank's chief executive, Ross McEwan said: "The scale of the bad decisions during that period...
RANGPUR, Jan 26 (BSS): Nursery business has become effective in cutting poverty to bring fortune to hundreds of rural people side by side improving environment and ecology in the northern region in recent years. Hundreds of rural people including women...
Local people have rescued 35 persons from the capsized launch in Patuakhali. Many are still trapped in the sunken vessel, said one of the rescuers. The authorities, however, claimed that almost all the passengers who were on board the ill-fated...
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RAJSHAHI, Jan 26: In protest against the 'impetuous' decision of Bangladesh Cricket Board aiming at destroying the future of Test Cricket of Bangladesh, activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, Rajshahi city unit, formed a human chain in front of Shahid Kamruzzaman...
GAIBANDHA, Jan 26 (BSS): Agri experts in a function here on Monday urged farmers to farm boro seedlings in dry seedbed with covered polythene sheets to get more yield adapting to changed climatic condition. "Due to cold wave boro seedlings...
FARIDPUR, Jan 26 (BSS): Five people were killed and thirty five others received injuries yesterday afternoon in two separate road crashes in the district. According to police sources, four people including two bus drivers were killed at Senkhali under Madhukhali...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Jan 26 (BSS): International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD), Begum Rokeya Day and Human Rights Day were observed through different programmes here on Saturday. Committee of the Concerned Citizen (CCC), Chapainawabganj of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) arranged rally, discussion meeting, prize...
JESSORE, Jan 26 (BSS): A weeklong "Madhu Mela" in celebration of the 190th birth anniversary of poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt was inaugurated on the bank of Kapataksha river at Sagordari in Keshabpur upazila of the district on Saturday. Different cultural...
RAJSHAHI, Jan 26 (BSS): Speakers at a press conference today said creating mass-awareness about sign and symptoms of leprosy and availability of its free treatment are very important to build a leprosy-free society. To this end, synergic effort is needed...
JAMALPUR, Jan 26 (BSS): Bangladesh Sugarcane Research Institute (BSRI), Jamalpur sub-station has brought 22 plots under sugarcane cultivation in the district this year. According to the BSRI office, under the annual research programme the plots have been taken up through...
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CHUADANGA, Jan 26: A 65-year old woman took her own life by taking poison over a family feud at Dumuriya village under Jibannagar Upazila of the district Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Halima Begum (65), wife of Mofiz...
KUSHTIA, Jan 26 (UNB): Police recovered the hanging body of a schoolgirl at Padmavila village in Khoksa upazila on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Runa Akter, 11, a class-V student of Padmavila Primary School and daughter of Raju Mondol...
SYLHET, Jan 26 (UNB): At least two workers went missing as a boat capsized in the Jadukata River in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj district on Sunday morning. The missing workers were identified as Abu Sayeed, 18, and Ayna Mia, 18,...
JOYPURHAT, Jan 26 (UNB): A man was hacked to death by some miscreants at Polikadoa village in sadar upazila on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Hasan, a hardware trader and son of Abdul Hafiz of the village. Police...
Admission tests at BRUR from Jan 30 The rescheduled admission tests for first year degree (honours) courses for the 2013-14 academic sessions at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) will be held on January 30, 31 and February 1 next. The...
The operators of two exchanges for the virtual currency Bitcoin have been arrested in the US. The Department of Justice said Robert Faiella, known as BTCKing, and Charlie Shrem from BitInstant.com have both been charged with money laundering. The authorities...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-01-27 00:00:00
The apparent shortage of coins of 1 and 2 taka denomination has given a big boost to the local candy sector, insiders said. According to them, sales of candy, priced as low as Tk 1 and Tk 2, have led...
FE Report German Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Albrecht Conze on Sunday said Bangladesh should establish internationally agreed social standards to be an emerging industrial country. "Bangladesh's future as an emerging industrial country depends on a reputation of excellence - not...
FE Report | 2014-01-27 00:00:00
Tanners on Sunday renewed their demands including bank loan at easy terms and lower interest rates while the government urged them to start shifting process to the Savar Tannery Estate gearing up the relocation process. Newly-appointed Industries Minister Amir Hossain...
The government has decided to distribute machine readable passports (MRPs) among 0.6 million Bangladeshi expatriates living in Malaysia as Bangladesh faces a deadline to do the job by March, 2015. The Home Ministry has already prepared a proposal for signing...
SHANGHAI, Jan 26 (AFP): A shockwave is looming in China's multi-trillion dollar "shadow banking" system, with an unprecedented default only days away on a $500 million investment product sold to hundreds of people. Staff at China's biggest bank ICBC pushed...
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