FE Report | 2014-01-19 00:00:00
The United States (US) has condemned violence in Bangladesh and urged its political leaders to refrain from supporting violence, especially against minority communities. The State Department's spokesperson Jen Psaki told so a regular press briefing on January 17 in Washington...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-01-19 00:00:00
The real estate sector has almost stopped taking new projects following a drastic fall in the sales of plots and flats in recent times. The realtors said registration of new projects witnessed a significant fall last year for absence of...
NEW DELHI, Jan 18 (BSS): Indian Prime (PM) Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today said his government would take initiatives for amendment to the constitution for approval of the much- awaited land boundary agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh in the upcoming session...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-01-19 00:00:00
The public announcement favouring peaceful programmes in place of violent blockades and general strikes by the BNP and its allies has not been able to restore confidence fully among the businesspeople. This scribe got the impression while talking to a...
FE Report | 2014-01-19 00:00:00
Severe gas shortage in the capital has affected households, commercial and industrial units in the last few weeks, a number of victims said Saturday. They did not get adequate gas supply even on weekends Friday and Saturday as their cookers,...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-01-19 00:00:00
Indians bated with breath for days to know whether the scion of the famous Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty will be a candidate for the next premiership of India in the coming elections. The main opposition in India, BJP, has already announced...
Jasim Khan | 2014-01-19 00:00:00
The Grameen Bank (GB) attained a persistent double digit growth in lending micro-credit to the poor during the last five years despite different adversities. The micro-credit lender also showed a consistent performance in registering new members, lending house loans and...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warned Saturday BNP-Jamaat that they will have to shun militant and terrorist activities if they want to do politics in Bangladesh, reports UNB. "You (BNP-Jamaat) will have to shun militant and terrorist activities if you want...
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (AFP): Despite forceful criticism of Bangladesh's election, the United States largely plans to maintain cooperation with a Muslim-majority country it sees as a force for moderation, policymakers say. The United States and European Union voiced disappointment over...
In the third paragraph of the news item titled, "BB worried about use of unregistered SIMs in mobile banking", published in the FE on January 18, 2014, the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) was mistakenly mentioned as 'The Financial Action...
The Election Commission has said several upazila councils will go to polls in February as their terms are coming to an end. Bangladesh has 147 upazila councils. Tenures of over 100 of them will end by mid-February. "Terms of some...
The high-speed taxiway of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) will be inaugurated today (Sunday), an official of the Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB), said. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon will inaugurate the taxiway at the VVIP...
After a long wait, Bangladesh and India have initiated a process to end a five-decade row over a river island in south Tripura. Surveyors of both countries are engaged in demarcating the boundary at Muhurichar, the disputed 66-acre piece of...
The Japan development agency, JICA, is ready to talk again about the Padma bridge project if the government wants, its new chief for Bangladesh says. The new Chief Representative Mikio Hataeda told bdnews24.com that they were closely watching the progress...
BBC TV presenter Komla Dumor has died suddenly at his home in London at the age of 41, it has been announced. Ghana-born Dumor was a presenter for BBC World News and its Focus on Africa programme. One of Ghana's...
Despite forceful criticism of Bangladesh's election, the United States largely plans to maintain cooperation with a Muslim-majority country it sees as a force for moderation, policymakers say. The United States and European Union voiced disappointment over Bangladesh's January 5 election,...
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 in Gaibandha early Sunday. Mosharraf Hossain, Assistant Superintendent of Gaibandha Police, said police...
FE Online Report | 2014-01-19 00:00:00
Stocks on the bourses extended gaining streak for the eighth running sessions Sunday with turnover improved further as investor confidence boosted up amid stable political situation in recent days. The market started in a positive trend in the morning and...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) Sunday approved 13 development projects including the one to give the capital a facelift ahead of the T-20 World Cup Cricket scheduled for March next. The approval came from the first...
At least 16 soldiers have been killed when a bomb blast hit an army convoy in north-western Pakistan, officials say. They say a number of people were injured near the town of Bannu, and there are fears that the death...
Another Awami League activist who was injured in a clash between two factions of the party at Tikari village in Sadar upazila in Jhenaidah on Saturday died at a hospital on Sunday, raising the death toll from the clash to...
US officials have told the media that Washington does not plan to curb assistance for crucial projects in Bangladesh. While the United States does not consider the election credible and have pressed for a dialogue, it also indicated it would...
A court here on Sunday rejected a fresh bail prayer of Oishee Rahman, arrested for her suspected involvement in her parents’ gruesome murder. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur passed the order following a hearing on the bail petition filed by...
A youth was found dead at Daspara village in Dhunat upazila in Bogra on Sunday morning. Police recovered the body of Ashim Kumar Das, 25, son of Anin Chandra Das of the village, from a field adjacent to his house,...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested three arms dealers along with firearms, bullets and magazines, in Shibganj upazila headquarters in Chapainawabganj on Saturday evening. The arrestees were identified as Raja Mia, 37,of Telkupi village, Adur Rashid,...
Bangladesh is in favour of reviving a 1999 treaty that allowed transshipment of goods through India. “Connectivity is the biggest issue in South Asia and we will work towards improving it. We would like to ship our goods to Afghanistan...
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