FE Report Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan Sunday said the government will not consider railway's plea to operate the country's largest inland container depot (ICD) in Dhaka. He said Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), the existing operator of the state-owned ICD, will...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 24: Chittagong Port chairman commodore Anwarul Islam today said the turnaround time of container vessels in the port has come down to below 2.50 days compared to five days in 2007. He however admitted that the average...
Nasir Hossain, vice president, DCCI, urged the would be entrepreneurs and executives of business organisations to have proper knowledge of 'How to Establish a New Business' to achieve long term business success in the present day of competitive global market....
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 24: Senior directors of the Standard & Poor's (S&P), an internationally recognised American credit rating agency (CRA), have visited the Western Marine Shipyard, one of the leading shipbuilding yards of the country, in Chittagong. It is one...
FE ReportRe-rolling and steel millers Sunday urged the government to withdraw value added tax (VAT) on the import of raw materials so that the sector could sustain and flourish. The Bangladesh Auto Re-Rolling and Steel Mills Association (BARRSMA) also urged...
Sonia H MoniPotato cold storage owners are suffering to preserve the crop due to frequent disruption of electricity supply and use of expensive diesel-run generators, top leader of the association said. Bangladesh Cold Storage Association chairman Md Jasim Uddin told...
NEW DELHI, Apr 24: The record wheat production in the country estimated for this year is largely on back of a bumper harvest in the main producing state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), which is forecast to produce about 30 million...
AHMEDABAD, Apr 24: Jeera (cumin seed) seems to be on a slippery ground with prices plunging amid heavy arrivals and dismal export demand. The prices are ruling in the range of Rs 12,500 to Rs 14,000 per quintal at the...
Our CorrespondentNATORE, Apr 24: A mobile court in Bagatipara Upazila fined a youth Tk 5 thousand for harassing a girl student of Rahimanpur High School in Bagatipara Upazila of Natore district. The convict was identified as Bidyut, son of Mansur...
Our Correspondent JESSORE, Apr 24: The timetable for election of 91 union councils under eight Upazilas in Jessore was announced in a meeting chaired by Nurul Amin, Deputy Commissioner, Jessore Friday. The schedule will be announced within a very shot...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) of Joypurhat camp seized 400 sacks OMS rice, a truck and a motorcycle and arrested 4 criminals who were connected to trafficking of rice from Barokandi Bazar under Panchbibi Upazila in the Joypurhat district...
Two young men were crushed under the wheels of trains in separate incidents of Gazipur Sunday.Sub-Inspector of Tongi railway police camp Abul Khair said Dhaka-bound Dhumketu inter-city express train knocked down Ripon (28), when he was crossing the rail line...
Police recovered a body of a young man from Taltala garden in Kusumdi village of Mithapukur Union in Alfadanga Upazila Saturday.The victim was identified as Liton Munsi (28), son of Late Saikat Munsi of Kusumdi village. He was a cargo...
Police recovered body of a housewife named Ferdousi Begum (20), from her house at Gokornaghat of the Brahmanbaria town Saturday. Ferdousi was wife of Shahin Mia of Gokornaghat. Her body was hanging from the ceiling of the room. Sadar Thana...
Police recovered body of a young man, aged about (24) from Bakua area on Bogra-Nagarbari highway in Ullapara Upazila of Sirajganj Saturday morning. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Police suspected that miscreants following a previous enmity...
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) destroyed smuggled drugs worth about Tk 90 million at the BGB office in Jessore Saturday.The destroyed drugs include 15,690 bottles of phensidyl, 2400 bottles of foreign liquor, 65.5 litres of stolen liquor, 4.5kg of hemp...
TOKYO, April 24 (Reuters): China and South Korea rebuffed Sunday Japan's calls for more "reasonable" restrictions on imports of food and other products that could be contaminated with radiation after last month's nuclear disaster, showing the difficulty Japan will face...
KUWAIT CITY, April 24 (AFP): Kuwait Finance House, the emirate's leading Islamic bank, said Sunday its net profit in the first quarter slumped 26.9 per cent on year as the lender made more precautionary provisions. KFH posted 22.6 million dinars...
WASHINGTON, April 24 (Bloomberg): The US economy probably grew at a slower pace in the first quarter as a jump in gasoline prices caused consumers to cut back, economists said a report this week will show. Gross domestic product rose...
TAIPEI, April 24 (AFP): China could allow its banks to widen access to Taiwanese lenders and remove current restrictions on branches opened on the mainland, Beijing's banking regulation chief told local media Sunday. Liu Mingkang, chairman of the China Banking...
CHICAGO, April 24 (Reuters): Wal-Mart Stores Inc has begun testing an online grocery delivery service in San Jose, California, a company spokesman said Saturday. The world's biggest retailer had been rumored to be considering dipping its toe into online grocery...
NEW DELHI, April 24 (AFP): India's dreams of attaining double-digit economic growth within the next few years are fading, undermined by high inflation, slow progress on reforms and an uncertain global outlook. The ruling Congress party has long wanted to...
Sonia H MoniPotato cold storage owners are suffering to preserve the crop due to frequent disruption of electricity supply and use of expensive diesel-run generators, top leader of the association said. Bangladesh Cold Storage Association chairman Md Jasim Uddin told...
NEW DELHI, Apr 24: The record wheat production in the country estimated for this year is largely on back of a bumper harvest in the main producing state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), which is forecast to produce about 30 million...
AHMEDABAD, Apr 24: Jeera (cumin seed) seems to be on a slippery ground with prices plunging amid heavy arrivals and dismal export demand. The prices are ruling in the range of Rs 12,500 to Rs 14,000 per quintal at the...
Our CorrespondentNATORE, Apr 24: A mobile court in Bagatipara Upazila fined a youth Tk 5 thousand for harassing a girl student of Rahimanpur High School in Bagatipara Upazila of Natore district. The convict was identified as Bidyut, son of Mansur...
Our Correspondent JESSORE, Apr 24: The timetable for election of 91 union councils under eight Upazilas in Jessore was announced in a meeting chaired by Nurul Amin, Deputy Commissioner, Jessore Friday. The schedule will be announced within a very shot...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) of Joypurhat camp seized 400 sacks OMS rice, a truck and a motorcycle and arrested 4 criminals who were connected to trafficking of rice from Barokandi Bazar under Panchbibi Upazila in the Joypurhat district...
Two young men were crushed under the wheels of trains in separate incidents of Gazipur Sunday.Sub-Inspector of Tongi railway police camp Abul Khair said Dhaka-bound Dhumketu inter-city express train knocked down Ripon (28), when he was crossing the rail line...
Police recovered a body of a young man from Taltala garden in Kusumdi village of Mithapukur Union in Alfadanga Upazila Saturday.The victim was identified as Liton Munsi (28), son of Late Saikat Munsi of Kusumdi village. He was a cargo...
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