FE ReportFormer Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Mohammed Farashuddin Monday said the government should put more emphasis on a large vibrant industrial sub-sector to ensure a higher economic growth. The former central bank governor presented the key-note paper at the seminar...
BOGOTA, Colombia, Aug 03 (AP): Colombia defeated Mali 2-0 on Tuesday to become the first team to win its openng two matches and guarantee itself a place in the knock-out phase of the Under-20 World Cup. Jose Valencia scored in...
Our CorrespondentKHULNA, Aug 3: BSTI -Khulna conducted a drive at Boyra Cold Storage of the city Tuesday and seized of formalin mixed 2500 kgs dates and 100 kgs of grapes. Tk. 20,000 was fined to the owner of the commodities....
SATKHIRA, Aug 3 (BSS): A task force raided Chalta area under Kaliganj thana of Satkhira district on Monday morning and recovered smuggled Indian Sarees. Acting on a secret information a task force comprising BGB, police and local administration led by...
MOULVIBAZAR, Aug 3 (UNB): A mobile court here on Tuesday fined owners of two grocery stores for selling essential commodities at exorbitant prices. RAB sources said owners of Janani Enterprise and Nasir Traders at a market in Srimongal upazila were...
A housewife allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Nilur Kahmar village in Nageshwari upazila Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Lucky, 25, wife of Azim Uddin of the village. Police quoting local people said following a quarrel with...
Police arrested five highway robbers including a ringleader at Shimultoli diversion on Sherpur-Jamalpur highway early Monday while taking preparation to commit robbery. Police nabbed notorious ringleader of Morakandi area of sadar upazila Ajad alias ZKalu Dakat,30 and his associates-Mobarak Ali,22,...
A mobile court here on Monday awarded a youth one month imprisonment for sexually harassing a schoolgirl. Police said Sumon Hawlader gave bad proposal to Shapla Akter, daughter of Liton Hawlader of Dabhit Co. Para in front of Hawkers' market...
A court here on Monday sentenced 13 people to different terms of jails-from five to nine years- for committing robbery at Jabra village in Gheor upazila in 2008. The convicts are Raja Mia, Rezaul Karim, Bachchu Mia, Alauddin, Lavlu, Mostafa,...
Outraged by persistent power outages, local people attacked two officials of Sarsha palli bidyut office, leaving them injured Tuesday morning. The injured were-Mafijur Rahman, Deputy General Manager and Shariful Islam, Assistant General Manager of the power office. Local people said...
Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Apr 25: The wheat farmers of 8 districts in Rangpur division harvested a bumper crop during the current season and they are happy over the market price of wheat. According to the sources of the Department of...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 25 (BSS): Speakers at a pre-budget discussion here Sunday called for giving top priority to the country's education, health and food security in the forthcoming national budget of fiscal 2011-12. In this regard, they also mentioned that the...
Our CorrespondentKHULNA, Apr 25: The process of long cherished Khulna to Mongla port rail line has been started. RFP (Request For Proposal) has been called from six organisations with the last date fixed on May 15. Of them, one organisation...
GAIBANDHA, Apr 25(BSS): Folk song and street drama, which are very popular to the common people, play a significant role in creating mass awareness about different social issues and human rights. A group of artistes has been performing these at...
Highway police arrested a robber along with a revolver and two rounds of bullet from Gopalpur area on Rajbari-Kushtia road in Pangsha Upazila of Rajbari Sunday early hours.The arrestee was identified as Rabiul Islam (32), son of Hossain Ali of...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized 1,240 sacks of OMS rice from a chatal (terrace) in Kagil area of Gabtoli Upazila of Bogra and arrested its owner Monday morning.The arrested person was identified as Imran Hossain Nahid (25), son of Ashraful...
A young man was chopped to death by some unidentified assailants at Migram village in Lohagara Upazila of Narail Sunday noon.The deceased was identified as Musa Khandaker (25), son of Razzak Khandaker of Chardigholia village in the upazila.Police said some...
An Indian cattle trader was arrested while selling 18 cows at a cattle market in Bhurungamari Upazila headquarters of Kurigram Saturday.The arrested trader was identified as Nosir Miah (48), son of late Bohor Miah of Tufanganj Thana in Kuchbihar district...
Nine shanties were gutted in a fire in the Faridpur town Sunday night. According to fire service sources, the fire originated from a cook shed gutted the corrugated tin-sheet houses along with all the household materials located at Haveli Gopalpur...
Detective Branch (DB) of police seized 60kg ganja and arrested four alleged drug peddlers from the Mathua area under Chouddagram Upazila of the Comilla district in the early hours of Monday. A patrol team of District Detective Branch (DB) police...
A housewife allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Nilur Kahmar village in Nageshwari upazila Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Lucky, 25, wife of Azim Uddin of the village. Police quoting local people said following a quarrel with...
Police arrested five highway robbers including a ringleader at Shimultoli diversion on Sherpur-Jamalpur highway early Monday while taking preparation to commit robbery. Police nabbed notorious ringleader of Morakandi area of sadar upazila Ajad alias ZKalu Dakat,30 and his associates-Mobarak Ali,22,...
A mobile court here on Monday awarded a youth one month imprisonment for sexually harassing a schoolgirl. Police said Sumon Hawlader gave bad proposal to Shapla Akter, daughter of Liton Hawlader of Dabhit Co. Para in front of Hawkers' market...
A court here on Monday sentenced 13 people to different terms of jails-from five to nine years- for committing robbery at Jabra village in Gheor upazila in 2008. The convicts are Raja Mia, Rezaul Karim, Bachchu Mia, Alauddin, Lavlu, Mostafa,...
Outraged by persistent power outages, local people attacked two officials of Sarsha palli bidyut office, leaving them injured Tuesday morning. The injured were-Mafijur Rahman, Deputy General Manager and Shariful Islam, Assistant General Manager of the power office. Local people said...
Nazmul AhsanThe Review Committee on Grameen Bank (GB) Affairs has strongly recommended liquidation of Grameen Fund and Grameen Kalyan and amalgamation of the institutions with their parent organisation GB with all their existing assets and liabilities. The recommendations along with...
Doulot Akter MalaThe government has raised the revenue target for the current fiscal by Tk 30 billion in a bid to brace for the adverse impact of the economic downturn by strengthening domestic revenue-base. The ministry of finance (MoF) in...
FE ReportFinance Minister AMA Muhith Monday said no financial irregularities took place in transferring fund from the NORAD, the official agency of Norway for international development cooperation, to Grameen Kalyan. "The issue of fund transfer was settled between the NORAD...
FE ReportDhaka shares plunged 3.49 per cent to seven weeks low Monday with the benchmark index falling below 6,000 mark, sparking violent protests by investors in front of the Dhaka Stock Exchange building. The protesters hit the streets for the...
FE ReportThe economic consequences of the Arab spring are what matter at this stage for Bangladesh, according to a report published in the latest issue (April 23rd-29th, 2011) of the London-based prestigious weekly, 'The Economist'. The weekly in a report...
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