FE ReportHundreds of employees of Grameen Bank Monday observed one-hour work abstention at the bank's headquarters in Mirpur to protest abduction and attack on one of its staff. Nearly 800 employees of the Nobel peace prize winning organisation under the...
Murad Hossain Masum, an employee of The News Today has been suffering from cancer. The doctors have advised his family to send him abroad for better treatment immediately. But the family is unable to bear the expenses of his treatment....
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Comilla and Noakhali in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Tuesday). Weather...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Monday). Day temperature may rise slightly...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...
Talha Bin Habib The startling export growth of the country's ready-made garment (RMG) may face hurdles if trade unionism is encouraged in the sector, entrepreneurs said. They suggested formation of welfare committees instead of trade unions to help ensure the...
FE ReportRetail investors placed a 10-point charter of demands on Sunday, a day after a steep fall in stock prices in the two bourses of the country. Assembled under the banner of 'Sharebazar Oikyo Parishad', the investors demanded immediate resignation...
Zaidi SattarBangladesh budget season is in full gear. The impending budget for fiscal year 2011-12 is weighing on the minds and activities of economic policymakers. The final outcome - the budget document - will be the end result of a...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to sit with Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus within this week after it has found irregularities in his personal income tax file, officials said Monday. The intelligence team of the...
ISTANBUL, May 9 (Agencies): A five-day UN summit with 48 leaders of the world's Least Developed Countries (LDCs) began in Istanbul Monday to discuss a new 10-year aid plan to help lift nations out of poverty. "Investing in the LDCs...
Nazmul AhsanBangladesh Tariff Commission (BTC) has given a positive signal to the government in striking a bilateral Free Trade Area (FTA) agreement with Malaysia, saying, the proposed deal will boost the country's export of goods and manpower substantially in Malaysia...
Opposition BNP said Monday the government has no moral right to cling to power and asked it to step down and hold mid-term election, reports UNB. "Quit power immediately, arrange mid-term election. People don't want to see this failed government....
Monira MunniBangladesh's exports increased to US$18.24 billion during the first ten months of the current fiscal, thanks to GSP facilities and addition of new destinations. The figure marks a 41 per cent hike over that of the corresponding period of...
The fate of the non-party caretaker government (CG) under the Constitution will be decided by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today (Tuesday). A 7-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque will pronounce...
A separate ticket booth for Moitree train plying between Dhaka and Kolkata will be opened at the Kolkata rail station within a week. "Since passengers face problems in booking tickets in Kolkata, it has been decided that a separate ticket...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Monday). Day temperature may rise slightly...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...
FE ReportTitas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd. has installed a limited number of pre-paid gas meters on experimental basis at Mohammadpur and Lalmatia areas in the capital, official said. If the 1-2 months observation period yields positive result then...
BNP's senior detained lawmaker Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury (SQC) has been sent to Dhaka from Gazipur district jail for interrogation at the 'safe home' of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), reports bdnews24.com. Mr Chowdhury was sent to the Dhaka Central Jail...
The Election Commission (EC) has cautioned against exerting influence in upcoming union parishad (UP) election saying legal action would be taken against anybody found to be influencing the polls, reports UNB. Talking to reporters Election Commissioner Sakhawat Hossain said allegations...
FE ReportMuhammad Yasin Ali, a member of the securities regulator, Monday resigned from his post to comply with a verbal order of the government, officials said. On the day Mr Ali submitted his resignation letter to Secretary of Banking and...
Senior Awami League (AL) leader and former home minister Mohammad Nasim Monday called upon the Opposition to talk about the constitutional amendment by joining the Jatiya Sangsad (JS), reports BSS. "There are scopes for expressing opinions by the Opposition about...
COMILLA, May 9 (UNB): All classes and examinations of Comilla University were suspended Sunday due to violent protest by the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL). A section of BCL activists brought out a procession at about 10am, exploded five...
The Nayeb-e-Amir of banned militant organization Harkat-ul-Jihad Al Islami (HuJI) Maulana Abdul Hannan alias Sabbir was taken on a five-day police remand for interrogation in connection with the bomb attack on a rally of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB)...
Monira MunniBangladesh's exports increased to US$18.24 billion during the first ten months of the current fiscal, thanks to GSP facilities and addition of new destinations. The figure marks a 41 per cent hike over that of the corresponding period of...
The fate of the non-party caretaker government (CG) under the Constitution will be decided by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today (Tuesday). A 7-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque will pronounce...
A separate ticket booth for Moitree train plying between Dhaka and Kolkata will be opened at the Kolkata rail station within a week. "Since passengers face problems in booking tickets in Kolkata, it has been decided that a separate ticket...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Monday). Day temperature may rise slightly...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...
President M Zillur Rahman Monday urged the Information Commission to gradually expand its services for the welfare of the people, reports UNB. "You've to remain alert that people get information without facing any hassle," he said when Chief Information Commissioner...
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