Leaders of different social and environmental organisations Sunday demanded increase of tax on bidi, cigarette and all tobacco products in the upcoming budget for protecting public health and saving lives from their harmful effects, reports BSS. Tobacco and tobacco products...
A day-long Embassy Open House programme of Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC drew a large number of visitors from all over the United States (US) and tourists from other countries, reports UNB. The programme was organised in coordination with Cultural...
FE ReportA day-long 'Managers Conference-2011' of Khulna Region of Pubali Bank Ltd was held in Khulna recently. Ahmed Shafi Choudhury, Director & Chairman of Audit Committee, Board of Directors of the bank graced the conference as chief guest while Helal...
Meghna Cement reschedules AGM The authorities of Meghna Cement Ltd have stated that the 19th annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will now be held on June 22 instead of June 15 to comply with section 85(1)(a) of Companies...
ICB Asset Management Company Limited (AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), has disclosed net asset value (NAV) of different mutual funds. The total NAV of different mutual funds managed by the ICB AMCL at the close of...
Abahani Limited, Moha-mmedan Sporting Club and Azad Sporting Club won their respective final round matches of the 3rd Women's Club Cricket League, marred by rain, all in DL method at separate venues Tuesday, reports UNB. Abahani Limited beat BKSP by...
Kishorganj DSA beat Narsingdi DSA by 2-0 goal in the National Women Football Championship at the Bir Shrershtha Saheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city's Kamalapur Tuesday, reports UNB. In the day's match, Asma put Kishorganj DSA ahead...
COLOMBO, May 24 (AFP): Sri Lanka Cricket Tuesday turned down an invitation by Pakistan to return to the troubled nation, saying security was still a problem two years after its players were attacked there. "We are not going to send...
ROME, May 24 (AFP): It is five years since Juventus were found guilty of match-fixing for their part in the Italian Calciopoli scandal and having finished the 201011 season in seventh, it seems they are still paying for it. Juve...
Vendor beaten to death A vendor was beaten to death as he refused to pay additional toll to market leasers at Kharibari hat in Fulbari Uapzila Kurigram of Monday night. The deceased was identified as Kochimuddin (60).Police said when Kochimuddin,...
Senior journalist Azizul Haque Banna died of cardiac arrest at the city's Apollo Hospitals Tuesday morning. He was 62, reports UNB. He left behind his wife, three daughters, one son and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his...
FE Report Md Ehiyar Rahman, father of SM Jahangir Alam - First AGM (Public Relations) of Janata Bank Limited, has recently died of a cardiac arrest at a city hospital. He was 74, according to a press release. He left...
LONDON, May 19: The BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia spent a busy day holding meetings with several ruling party leaders of the UK Wednesday. During the meetings with Parliamentary Human Rights Group Vice-Chairman Lord Avebury at the House of Lords and...
Leaders of different social and environmental organisations Sunday demanded increase of tax on bidi, cigarette and all tobacco products in the upcoming budget for protecting public health and saving lives from their harmful effects, reports BSS. Tobacco and tobacco products...
A day-long Embassy Open House programme of Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC drew a large number of visitors from all over the United States (US) and tourists from other countries, reports UNB. The programme was organised in coordination with Cultural...
FE ReportThe country's fuel import bill is set to soar 50 per cent to a record US$6 billion in the next financial year, as the government's short-term solution to power crisis exacts a toll on the economy. Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation...
Doulot Akter MalaThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its strategic country plan for Bangladesh pledged to provide U$$ 3.715 billion fund for 2011-14 to develop the country's weak infrastructure, power and energy sector and the capital market. The multilateral development...
Shamsul Huq Zahid The recent stock market collapse, obviously, has its social, political and economic fallout. The economic fallout is already evident from the ongoing liquidity crunch in the banking sector. And there are thousands of individual investors who are...
The per capita external debt burden had declined to US$ 146.80 in 2009-10 fiscal from $ 151.21 the previous year, reports UNB. The debt burden of $ 6.59 in 1973-74 rose to $ 136.92 in the 2003-04 fiscal, according to...
FE ReportThe securities regulator Tuesday requested the merchant banks not to go for 'forced selling' of stocks for the sake of the investors. Newly-appointed chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Dr M Khairul Hossain made the call when...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, May 24: After ten years the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) has decided to increase holding tax in the city from next July. The CCC has completed the holding survey and revaluation activities in 30 wards out of...
FE ReportThe government Tuesday signed a US$140 million loan agreement with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to finance the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project. Finance Minister A M A Muhith and visiting IDB President Dr Ahmad Mohamed Ali signed the deal...
Syful Islam The National Security Intelligence (NSI) has said it fears a price spike in the month of Ramadan after its agents found traders "deliberately slowing down import" in an attempt to raise food prices. The agency cautioned the prime...
SYLHET, May 24: Firefighters have recovered five bodies of the six people who went missing after a boat sank in the Kashniar Haor Monday. The bodies were recovered during a drive between Tuesday morning and Tuesday noon. - bdnews24.com Indian...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over all the seven divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0 pm today (Wednesday). Moderately heavy falls are also likely at places, Met office...
LONDON, May 19: The BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia spent a busy day holding meetings with several ruling party leaders of the UK Wednesday. During the meetings with Parliamentary Human Rights Group Vice-Chairman Lord Avebury at the House of Lords and...
Leaders of different social and environmental organisations Sunday demanded increase of tax on bidi, cigarette and all tobacco products in the upcoming budget for protecting public health and saving lives from their harmful effects, reports BSS. Tobacco and tobacco products...
A day-long Embassy Open House programme of Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC drew a large number of visitors from all over the United States (US) and tourists from other countries, reports UNB. The programme was organised in coordination with Cultural...
Jubair Hasan The government is expected to launch a combined drive from next week against the city's unfit vehicles and operators who charge excess fares from the passengers ignoring the recently revised transport fares, officials said. The special move comes...
Six years after the gruesome murder of former Finance Minister Shah AMS Kibria, reinvestigations into the case found former State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar to be a mastermind of the plot executed by militants, officials said, reports BSS....
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