FE ReportThe country's realtors have suggested the government to offer again the opportunity of declaring the lawfully earned undisclosed money for investment in the real estate sector to help check flight of capital. The real estate association said undisclosed money...
FE ReportReconditioned car businesses Tuesday said they are facing uneven competition with importers of new cars due to faulty customs valuation system which is also causing revenue loss to the government through frequent under-invoicing. The businessmen have sought introduction of...
Nazmul AhsanThe Ministry of Commerce (MoC) is set to impose a ban on salt import and fix the prices of the product at retail, wholesale and farmers' levels, official sources said. Ensuring fair prices of salt at farmer and consumer...
Mushir AhmedThe foreign ministry has cleared the way for Bangladeshi entrepreneurs to invest in farming sector in the vast and untapped rural expanse of Africa, said an official Tuesday. The move comes after two fact-finding missions led by the foreign...
A parliamentary sub-committee has summoned former chief adviser to the caretaker government Fakhruddin Ahmed and former army chief Moeen U Ahmed to testify in the army-student clash case of 2007, reports bdnews24.com. Committee chief Rashed Khan Menon told the news...
COLOMBO, Mar 29 (bdnews24.com): Sri Lanka reached final beating New Zealand by five wickets. However, three quick wickets give New Zealand a glimmer of hope as Sri Lanka were 176 for 4 in 41 overs chasing 218 for a win...
TOKYO, Mar 29 (agencies): Plutonium found in soil at the Fukushima nuclear complex heightened alarm Tuesday over Japan's battle to contain the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years, as pressure mounted on the prime minister to widen an evacuation...
The Appellate Division has adjourned until April 4 the hearing on the petition filed by Muhammad Yunus seeking a stay order on the High Court judgment upholding his dismissal as the Grameen Bank managing director. A full bench, led by...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has added nine more sectors to its monthly import statement, aiming to know the country's actual import trend better. The sectors are telecom, energy and power, ceramic, food processing, steel and engineering, healthy service, ship building,...
FE ReportSpeakers at a dialogue Tuesday laid emphasis on broad-based mutual cooperation between Bangladesh and India for combating poverty through economic development in the region. They were of the view that the policy makers of the two SAARC countries should...
The staggered annual election to the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) begins today (Wednesday) at its auditorium, reports UNB. The two-day election starts at 10:00 am and will continue until 5:00 pm with an hour's break from 1 pm everyday,...
A four-member Bangladesh goodwill delegation left Dhaka for Japan Tuesday morning to stand by its people affected by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, reports BSS. Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr M Abdur Razzaque saw the team off at...
BHOLA, Mar 29 (UNB): Polling was stopped at a polling centre at West Bhaduria Ward No 9 in Bhaduria union in Sadar Upazila after clashes and incidents of ballot box snatching Tuesday. Voting at West Bhaduria M Hossain Registered Primary...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) Tuesday approved nine development projects involving Tk 28.10 billion, including Chittagong city outer ring road (Patenga to Sagorika) at Tk 8.56 billion, reports UNB. With ECNEC chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith leaves for Paris today (Wednesday) on an official tour to boost bilateral relations between the two countries, reports UNB. His visit to France is likely to increase the FDI (foreign direct investment) flow to Bangladesh as...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Mar 29: The government has appointed an engineer as chairman of CDA instead of extending tenure of Awami League leader Abdus Salam. Sources confirmed that Engr Rashid Ahmed Chowdhury, currently vice president of Chittagong Chapter of the Institution...
FE Report Speakers at a workshop Tuesday underscored the need for a comprehensive national strategy to help combat terrorism in the country. Their observation came at the workshop on "Towards Developing a National Counter-Terrorism Strategy for Bangladesh" at a local...
COLOMBO, Mar 29 (bdnews24.com): Sri Lanka reached final beating New Zealand by five wickets. However, three quick wickets give New Zealand a glimmer of hope as Sri Lanka were 176 for 4 in 41 overs chasing 218 for a win...
TOKYO, Mar 29 (agencies): Plutonium found in soil at the Fukushima nuclear complex heightened alarm Tuesday over Japan's battle to contain the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years, as pressure mounted on the prime minister to widen an evacuation...
The Appellate Division has adjourned until April 4 the hearing on the petition filed by Muhammad Yunus seeking a stay order on the High Court judgment upholding his dismissal as the Grameen Bank managing director. A full bench, led by...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has added nine more sectors to its monthly import statement, aiming to know the country's actual import trend better. The sectors are telecom, energy and power, ceramic, food processing, steel and engineering, healthy service, ship building,...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has reiterated that government physicians would have to work at the district and upazila levels or quit their jobs, report agencies. "You'll (doctors) have to stay in your workplaces if you don't want to lose...
FE ReportA researcher presented a model of flyover that will reduce severe traffic jam of the city with no changing of the present structure. The researcher, Dewan Mohammad Jamsher Ali, who hails from Tangail, presented the whole model on "Digital...
FE ReportA visiting Indian diplomat Tuesday suggested the journalists and the diplomats to help build the nation through digital media. Navdeep Suri, head of public diplomacy division of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Indian government was speaking at...
President M Zillur Rahman was admitted to the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore for medical check up Tuesday morning, reports BSS. Singapore High Commi-ssioner to Bangladesh Verghese Mathews and Bangladesh High Commi-ssioner to Singapore Kamrul Ahsan received the President at...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Mar 29: The officials of Indian Shipping Ministry Monday night met the executives of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industries (CCCI) and said that existing barriers in the river routes would be removed soon. Head of the Indian...
DU CorrespondentLand Minister Rezaul Karim Hira said tobacco cultivation is not only harmful for the environment and eco-system but also it makes the marginal people more vulnerable to poverty and hunger as the farming cost is higher than that of...
A zonal workshop on "Child Labour" organised by Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Zone-6 was held at Hazi Abdul Halim Community Centre recently, according to a press release. Objective of the workshop is to prevent and eliminate worst forms of child...
FE ReportMost of the Bangladeshi sex workers are children and teenagers and many of them are sexually abused before engaged in the flesh trade, a study by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has found. The study on sexual and...
The two-day 4th Japan Symposium on "Regional Cooperation in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy" will begin today (Wednesday) at 9:30 am at Council Bhaban of BUET, said a press release. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Brig Gen...
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