Weather is likely to remain mainly dry over the country today (Wednesday).Light to moderate fog may occur over the river basins of the country during early morning.Night temperature may fall by 1-2 degree Celsius over the country, The Met office...
FE ReportBuses of long-distance routes did not leave the capital Tuesday due to BNP-enforced hartal (strike) despite several transport worker associations' firm assurance of keeping inter-district vehicular movements normal on the day.Authorities of the highway buses said they have cancelled...
FE ReportBangladesh Bank (BB) has preferred tax-free import of US dollar to keep balance on prices of currencies in cash and currencies imported through banking channel. The central bank has said the prices of US dollar will be volatile, if...
FE ReportState-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has sought more time to clear taxes for 6000 tonnes of soyabean oil that it released on deferred payment, officials said.Md. Khalilur Rahman, TCB chairman, has recently requested the National Board of Revenue...
Doulot Akter MalaNBR's Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) has unearthed a record amount of evasion of Value Added Tax (VAT), worth nearly Tk 2.0 billion, by four leading companies, owned by a former lawmaker and Partex group chairman, through an intensive...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 30 (BSS): Enhanced wheat production can help ensure food security of the country, besides reducing the present pressure on rice crop output. Wide-ranging promotion of Power Tiller Operated Seeder (PTOS) machine can boost effectively wheat production in the...
Opposition BNP smells a rat in the ruling party designing to create a situation in the country to 'invite intervention' from foreign powers, reports UNB."Our apprehension is that the government wants to create such an unstable situation that paves the...
FE Report A mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is scheduled to meet the revenue board on December 9 to discuss revenue collection trends, status of new VAT and income tax laws and administrative reforms.The mission, led by the...
FE ReportViyellatex Group chairman has emphasised environment-friendly sustainable textile manufacturing which would save water, energy and time and at the same time would increase production.While explaining it, David Hasanat, chairman of Viyellatex Group, one of the leading textile conglomerates of...
Md Mazadul HoqueThe net income of Green Delta Insurance Company Limited (GDIC), one of the leading private non-life insurance companies, rose by 45.78 per cent, a Tk 85.41 million up from January to September this year compared to the same...
Infrastructure Investment Facilitation Center (IIFC), a government owned company facilitating private participation in infrastructure projects, held its 11th annual general meeting (AGM) at a city hotel recently.Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, attending the meeting as the chief guest, reiterated...
TOKYO, Nov 29: Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has assured Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of his government's support to Bangladesh in its efforts for building a "Digital Bangladesh" and achieving the position of a middle income country by fulfilling "Vision...
Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited relocated its Bhairab branch to Charrastar Mor, Bottola Road, Bhairab Bazar, Kishoreganj Sunday, said a press release. Md Mosaddiqur Rahman, deputy managing director of the bank formally inaugurated the new office premises at a ceremony.The inaugural function...
FE ReportThe shareholders of Phoenix Insurance Company Limited (PICL) proposed to change the denomination of the shares face value and increase the authorised capital accordingly. They also approved the Amendment of Memorandum and Article of Association and special resolution, according...
NEW DELHI, Nov 29 (AFP): Ratan Tata, India's best known industrialist, filed a complaint in the Supreme Court Monday after transcripts of his private telephone calls were reproduced in the local press.Tata, who heads the sprawling Tata business empire, has...
A huge confusion over the supply of free primary textbooks in time has risen as one supplier has requested for more time to deliver paper, reports bdnews24.com. Ratan Kumar Siddiquee, who is on special duty to supervise textbook publication, told...
FE Report A survey report on 'Social index of people living in slum and non-slum areas' was handed over to the planning minister at his office Monday.Carel de Rooy, the new UNICEF representative in Bangladesh, handed over the report that...
DU CorrespondentBangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) President Mahmud Hasan Ripon Monday urged the BCL activists to be ready so that no one can create anarchy in the name of hartal.He said if Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) tries to make the campus...
FE Report Supper star Shahrukh Khan will vote for the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans, in the process of electing Seven Wonders of the World.Shahrukh will also participate in a live concert called "King Khan Live in Dhaka" at...
Parliament members, academics, representatives of civil society representatives as well as military officials and security experts from Bangladesh and the United States sat together in the city on Monday to devise a comprehensive national counter terrorism strategy for Bangladesh.The two-day...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Nov 29: Chittagong University vice chancellor Professor Abu Yusuf passed away at Chittagong Medical College Hospital Sunday night at the age of 67.Prof Yusuf has left behind his daughter, wife and a host of relatives and well-wishers to...
In a pre-hartal crackdown on opposition parties, the police arrested 321 more activists of BNP and Jama'at-e-Islami in Khulna, Dinajpur, Sylhet, Sherpur, Comilla, Rajshahi, Manikganj, Narayanganj, Kurigram, Kishoreganj and Bogra districts Sunday night and Monday, reports UNB.In Khulna, the law...
State Minister for Home Shamsul Haque Tuku has held main opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia responsible for the mass-arrests across the country, reports bdnews24.com. He alleged that Khaleda Zia put to risk the lives of 'fresh' Juba Dol activists by...
Mostak Ahmed, special correspondent of the daily Bhorer Dak and Jamal Uddin, senior reporter of the daily Ittefaq, have been elected president and general secretary of Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) respectively.The election was held Monday. Mostak bagged 365 votes while...
Dr Md Rafiqul Islam Mondal joined the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) as director general (DG) (current charge), said a press release.Before joining the BARI, Dr Mondal served the SAARC Agriculture Centre as director and Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC)...
TOKYO, Nov 29 (BSS): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today proposed signing of a comprehensive economic treaty with Japan to reduce the existing large trade gap between the two countries and sought enhanced Japanese investment in Bangladesh for mutual benefit. "I...
M Azizur RahmanPolish oil and gas exploration company Krakow Ltd has won the contract to drill over half a dozen wells in the country's state-owned onshore gas fields, officials said Monday."The Polish firm has been selected to develop and produce...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanThe government is set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian state energy group ONGC to transship over dimensional consignments (ODCs) through Ashuganj for Palatana power project in Tripura.Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Law have cleared...
FE ReportEthiopia wants to follow Bangladesh experience in facing natural disasters and shows interest in building institutional cooperation.This was expressed by visiting Ethiopian state minister for agriculture, disaster risk management, food security and refugee Ato Mitiku Kassa during a meeting...
FE ReportPolice have picked up seven BNP activists from Paltan in the capital Monday when they tried to bring out a procession amid tight security measures taken by Dhaka Metropolitan Police on the eve of today's (Tuesday's) hartal.Riot police posted...
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