A Dhaka court Sunday rejected a fresh bail prayer of Oishee Rahman, arrested for her suspected involvement in her parents' gruesome murder, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur passed the order following a hearing on the bail petition filed...
The country's 4,516 Union Information Service Centres (UISCs) will be turned into outsourcing centres for developing the IT literate youths as freelancers, reports BSS. The UISCs, Polytechnic and other institutions are creating each year thousands of IT literate youths who...
DINAJPUR, Jan 19 (UNB): A retired police officer, who was stabbed allegedly by his son at Jagannathpur Mondalpara at Birampur municipality Friday, died Sunday. The victim was identified as Aftab Uddin (60), a former assistant sub-inspector of police and a...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Monday), reports UNB. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the river basins and light to moderate fog elsewhere over the country until morning,...
Monira Munni | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
Labour leaders of the country's ready-made garment (RMG) sector Sunday identified more than 20 problems troubling the RMG industry. Those include implementation of the labour law and the new wage structure, which they held responsible for the workers' agitation. The...
GAIBANDHA, Jan 19 (UNB): Over 80 people, including 22 policemen, were injured in a clash between law enforcers and Jamaat-Shibir activists during a police operation at Khanbari village in Sundarganj upazila early Sunday. Mosharraf Hossain, Assistant Superintendent of Gaibandha Police,...
Siddique Islam | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
The banks will have to maintain statutory reserve separately under the new procedure, declared by the central bank, from February 1, officials said. The statutory reserve consists of two components - cash reserve requirement (CRR) and statutory liquidity ratio (SLR)....
FE Report | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) granted anticipatory bail to Jamuna Group Chairman Nurul Islam Babul and Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam in separate cases Sunday. Mr Babul got eight-week anticipatory bail in each of the two cases filed on charge of...
Bangladesh is in favour of reviving a 1999 treaty that allowed transshipment of goods through India, new Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has told a Kolkata-based English daily, reports bdnews24.com. He said the country was looking at establishing regional connectivity to...
The High Court (HC) asked BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman Sunday to surrender before the trial court in connection with the money-laundering charges he was acquitted of, reports UNB. After hearing the admissibility of an appeal filed by the Anti-Corruption...
A total of 102 upazilas across the country will go to polls on February 19 next, the Election Commission (EC) announced Sunday, reports UNB. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad declared the election schedule at the EC Secretariat's media...
FE Report | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
The European Union (EU) envoy in Bangladesh William Hanna ruled out Sunday the possibility of making any change in the on-going generalised system of preference (GSP) facilities for Bangladesh. "Our current assistance to the development of Bangladesh will continue. We...
FE Report | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
Dhaka stocks saw the gaining streak for the eighth running session Sunday with the turnover improving further amid investors' growing confidence. The turnover value on the DSE improved further to Tk 7.08 billion, registering 10.0 per cent increase from the...
FE Report | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh outpaced India in readymade garment (RMG) exports despite setbacks like a building collapse and a factory fire in the apparel sector, leading Indian newspapers reported Sunday. Between January and October 2013, RMG shipments by India to the US market...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
The insurance regulator will announce new tariffs for non-life insurance firms in a month replacing the old ones. The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) took the decision following the demand from the non-life insurers. IDRA sources, however, said the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
Enforcement of the Transfer Pricing (TP) provision from July 1 this year is likely to be delayed due to the non-formation of a relevant cell. The provision, incorporated in the Finance Act 2012, is scheduled to be enforced on a...
The BNP that boycotted the January 5 national election is all set to hold its scheduled mass rally in the city on Monday in an effort to stage a big showdown, reports UNB. As part of its countrywide programme and...
Terming the January 5 national election unique, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday the country for the first time saw an elected government handing over power to another elected one, reports UNB. "We've been able to continue the democratic...
Pankaj Dastider | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, January 19: In a move to lessen importers' woes the NBR (National Board of Revenue) has halved the rate of physical examination of consignments at the Chittagong Customs House (CCH) to 20 per cent on an average from 40-50...
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra congratulated her Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina Sunday on her reappointment as the premier after the January 5 elections. "Prime Minister of the kingdom of Thailand H.E. Yingluck Shinawatra Congratulates newly elected Prime Minister of Bangladesh...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed banks not to show interests kept in suspence accounts as earning of the banks during rescheduling of classified loans. The BB issued a circular Sunday in this connection asking banks to strictly follow the...
Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has decided to operate special bus services for the Bishwa Ijtema this year. BRTC will operate special bus services from January 21 to February 3 for carrying devotees of the Bishwa Ijtema. The BRTC would...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered 102 crude bombs from Chowdhury Crossing (intersection) in Chapainawabganj town on early Monday. One of Rab-5 senior officers, wishing anonymity, said a team of the elite force conducted a drive at an old...
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
