Md. Saidur Rahman Despite having long historical backgrounds and experiences in politics, both the Awami League and Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the two major political parties in the country, seem to lack internal democracy within the parties. According to the party...
The historic May Day is being observed today in the country as elsewhere in the world as a mark of respect to the workers who made supreme sacrifices in their bid to establishing one minimum demand---eight-hour working day--- of the...
Gopal Sengupta According to media reports the eminent jurists recommended that the parliament amends the constitution, scrapping the current provision which allows former chief justices to lead caretaker governments. They instead suggested strengthening the existing system of the Supreme Judicial...
When it suits their purpose some banks plead that contract law, in black and white, does not permit them to be flexible. I placed Taka 2.0 million (20 lakh) in the schemes of a particular private commercial bank on April...
The internecine conflict within Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) keeps surfacing intermittently leading to sporadic eruption of violence on different university campuses. Earlier these prompted a flurry of action among the top leadership of the ruling Awami League. Even the prime...
The Bashundhara Group is planning to set up a Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh. As a keen enthusiast of power generation, I would request you to kindly give more details on the modality of the nuclear reactor that will be...
M Nurul Islam, former additional managing director of Mercantile Bank Limited, died at his residence at 'Priyoprangan' of Paribag in the city Friday. He was 72, said a press release. He left behind his wife, two sons, one daughter and...
FE ReportA doa mahfil, seeking eternal peace of the soul of late advocate AM Altaf Hossain, former member of Jamalpur District Bar Association, will be held at his Rampura residence in the city after Asr prayers today (Sunday). AM Altaf...
M Azizur RahmanChinese oil and gas firm Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Services is the lone international firm to submit proposal for developing four onshore gas structures in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) under joint venture with the state-owned Bapex, a top government...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Saturday announced the restriction on all kinds of mass rallies and processions as well as carrying all types of sticks, lethal weapons, explosives and firearms at Muktangan, Paltan Maidan, Zero Point, North and South gates of...
Iraqi Prime Minister (PM) Nouri al-Maliki made a brief stopover at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city Saturday on his way home from South Korea. Minister for Industries Dilip Barua received the Iraqi PM as he arrived for...
A four-member delegation headed by Finance Minister AMA Muhith will leave Dhaka for Hanoi today (Sunday) to take part in the 44th Board of Governors Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to be held in the Vietnamese capital on...
FE ReportThe country's overall imports grew by nearly 42 per cent in the first nine months of the current fiscal. A jump by 122 per cent in import of food grains during the period was one of the main reasons...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Apr 30: United States' ties with two nuclear powered South Asian countries India and Pakistan are under new strains. US-Pakistan ties are under cloud over CIA's undiscolsed and surreptitious operations in Pakistan and India whom Washington...
FE Report Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday said the government will not publish probe report on Grameen Bank right at this moment. "We've decided that we will not publish probe report on Grameen Bank right at this moment," he...
CHUADANGA, Apr 30 (UNB): Over 100 students of Shankerchandra Government Primary School under Sadar Upazila of the district fell sick after taking de-worming tablets Saturday. Among the sick students, 17 were rushed to Sadar Hospital while others were given treatment...
Mahmudur RahmanThe colour, the historical significance and the pageantry apart, the spectacle of the Royal Wedding in England provided a brilliant answer to why the British have been able to stretch their former empire to as far as they did:...
Yasir WardadShah Shuja, owner of four 'done' (30 decimals per 'done') of land at Chachchara Bari village in Ramnagar Union in Nilphamari district met his demand for irrigation by shallow tubewells this year. Talking to the FE, he said 20...
M Nurul Islam, former additional managing director of Mercantile Bank Limited, died at his residence at 'Priyoprangan' of Paribag in the city Friday. He was 72, said a press release. He left behind his wife, two sons, one daughter and...
FE ReportA doa mahfil, seeking eternal peace of the soul of late advocate AM Altaf Hossain, former member of Jamalpur District Bar Association, will be held at his Rampura residence in the city after Asr prayers today (Sunday). AM Altaf...
M Azizur RahmanChinese oil and gas firm Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Services is the lone international firm to submit proposal for developing four onshore gas structures in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) under joint venture with the state-owned Bapex, a top government...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Saturday announced the restriction on all kinds of mass rallies and processions as well as carrying all types of sticks, lethal weapons, explosives and firearms at Muktangan, Paltan Maidan, Zero Point, North and South gates of...
Iraqi Prime Minister (PM) Nouri al-Maliki made a brief stopover at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city Saturday on his way home from South Korea. Minister for Industries Dilip Barua received the Iraqi PM as he arrived for...
A four-member delegation headed by Finance Minister AMA Muhith will leave Dhaka for Hanoi today (Sunday) to take part in the 44th Board of Governors Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to be held in the Vietnamese capital on...
Mohammad MufazzalA government committee has drawn up 'strict' rules for floating of stakes in 21 state-owned enterprises, suggesting that the authorities must re-valuate the firms before their shares are put up for sale. The four-member body led by SK Sur,...
The 26th annual general meeting (AGM) of National Credit and Commerce (NCC) Bank Limited has approved 32 per cent stock dividend (bonus share) for the year that ended on December 31, 2010. The AGM was held in the city recently....
President of Bharti Airtel, one of the mobile service providers in India, Atul Bindal visited Dhaka recently on a short tour. During his visit, he met with Editor of the Financial Express (FE) Moazzem Hossain and discussed various issues on...
FE ReportThe Dhaka Sheraton Hotel is going to start its new journey with the name 'Ruposhi Bangla Hotel' from today (Sunday), under the management of the state-owned Bangladesh Services Ltd (BSL). General manager of the hotel Mahfuzur Rahman Saturday said...
The 23rd annual general meeting (AGM) of Reliance Insurance Limited has approved 35 per cent stock dividend for the year that ended on December 31, 2010. The AGM was held in the city Saturday. Chairman of the board of directors...
Mr Irteza Reza Chowdhury and Mr Mohammed Roshangir have been promoted to the post of deputy managing directors (DMDs) of Bank Asia Limited recently, said a press release. Prior to their promotion, Mr Irteza Reza Chowdhury was the senior executive...
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