Sri Lanka probes mass soldiers' grave claim COLOMBO, Nov 23: Sri Lanka Tuesday began investigating a claim that Tamil Tiger rebels executed 26 captured government soldiers at the height of fighting between the two sides last year, an official said....
Telenor Group, mother organisation of Grameenphone, has sought government cooperation to launch 3G service in Bangladesh for increasing the internet penetration in the country, reports UNB.Telenor Group president and chief executive officer (CEO) Jon Fedrik Baksaas made the appeal during...
ICB Asset Management Company Limited (AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), has disclosed the Net Asset Values (NAV) of its different mutual funds, according to a press release.ICB AMCL First Mutual Fund: The total NAV of ICB...
Kh. Asadul Islam (Ripon) has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of City Brokerage Limited, which is wholly owned subsidiary of The City Bank Limited, said a press release.Prior to his appointment as CEO, he held the position of...
FE ReportGerman State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office, Mr. Martin Biesel, and an eight-member business delegation will be visiting Bangladesh from today (Wednesday).Mr. Martin Biesel will deliver a speech on the 'Perspectives of Bilateral Relations' on the occasion of...
FE ReportCountry's merchandise exports marked an impressive 65 per cent growth in October 2010 which reached $1.68 billion thanks to the major earning sectors' forward march in two new markets.The export earnings in October 2009 were $1.02 billion, according to...
Doulot Akter MalaAn in-depth investigation has found massive under-invoicing and false declaration in import of refrigerators causing a substantial amount of revenue loss to the national exchequer.The investigation launched by Bangladesh Tariff Commission (BTC) has found most of the imported...
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov 23 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the world community to assist Bangladesh in protecting the Sundarbans and the Royal Bengal Tigers."The international community can join in our efforts to save this natural green wonder,...
ST PETERSBURG, Nov 23 (UNB): World Bank (WB) President Robert Zoellick has assured Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that funds pledged by the global lender for constructing the Padma Bridge in Bangladesh would be released on time.The assurance came when the...
Shamsul Huq Zahid In a clear deviation from a built-in and old practice, the government last Monday decided not to procure rice from domestic market during the ongoing Aman season. The decision, taken a meeting of the Food Policy and...
BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has filed a contempt of court case against the government and cantonment board over alleged eviction from her cantonment residence on Nov 13, reports bdnews24.com. The case was filed with the Appellate Division on Tuesday,...
FE ReportDhaka stocks returned to the black Tuesday, just a day after price correction triggered by the regulator's measures to restrict credit flows.The day was also remarkable as the authorities, at the instruction of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),...
Munima SultanaA Thai firm and a Bangladesh-Korea joint venture have shown interest to build US$ 2.0 billion Dhaka elevated expressways (DEE), the country's first biggest infrastructure project under public-private-partnership (PPP). Out of four short-listed companies, two firms came up with...
FE ReportAfter a marathon meeting Tuesday, tanners agreed to pay Tk 5-10 extra for buying raw hides against its price fixed at Tk 55-60 per square foot for cows for Dhaka and Tk 45-50 for outside Dhaka.But the revised rate...
FE ReportThe CNG pump owners for the second time have deferred their strike to December 21 from the earlier declared November 26 as the government has sought more time to fulfil their demands.The association of the CNG filling station and...
GAZIPUR, Nov 23: Two college students have died on the spot in a road accident as a Dhaka-bound bus rammed a motorbike in front of ACI factory at Rajabari of Sripur Upazila in Gazipur around 1:15pm. Vehicular movement on Dhaka-Kapasia...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 23: A five-storey apartment complex in Agrabad has tilted Tuesday sending residents in the neighbourhood scurrying for safety. Law-enforcers and fire-fighters have reached the scene at Road 17 in the CDA residential area in the port city. The...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) called an emergency meeting today at 11 am to discuss the country's economic and political situations. FBCCI president AK Azad will preside over the meeting at its seminar room, said...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Nov 23: The Chittagong Port Authority is formulating a code of conduct for all its stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery of cargo by the berth operators and improved services to the exporters and importers.The port authority has also...
FE ReportTwenty three out of 44 Bangladesh missions abroad failed to achieve their respective export targets set for the first quarter (July-September) of the current fiscal when country's export recorded nearly 30 per cent growth over the same period of...
FE ReportEconomic cooperation, trade and investment are the major issues that will be discussed at the meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Japanese Premier Naoto Kan, said Japanese ambassador to Dhaka Tamotsu Shinotsuka Tuesday.Hasina will pay an official working...
FE Report The call money rate remained unchanged Tuesday, third working day after the Eid-ul-Azha festival, despite injection of fresh fund into the market by the central bank.The inter-bank call rate ranged between 12 per cent and 28 per cent...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Nov 23: A person feigning himself to be Mullah Mansur, one of the senior-most Taleban commanders has been participating in the secret talks between Taleban an Afghan leaders to end the war. It seems absolutely incredible...
FE ReportIndustrial raw materials should get import duty exemption to spur industrialisation and create employment in the country, industry minister Dilip Barua said on Tuesday."Industrialisation is not possible only by cheap labour unless easy access to capital and raw materials...
FE ReportThe civil aviation and tourism ministry has taken a move to realise huge stuck up arrears lying with nine state-owned organisations for long against rented space and room charges at airports.The state-owned entities owe Tk 7.76 million to the...
BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain has called upon all to devote them to nation building being imbibed with the ideals of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani.Maulana Bhashani, the leader of the downtrodden, had struggled throughout his life for the...
Home Minister Sahara Khatun has said intelligence agencies have been instructed to collect information if any subversive acts are being planned in the name of hartal on November 30, reports UNB.She said, "Since calling hartal is a democratic right, we...
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Chief Col (retd) Oli Ahmed said that the government had failed to rein in prices and maintain law and order and warned of terrible consequences if it lets things escalate further, reports bdnews24.com. "The situation in...
Commerce Minister Lt Col (retd) M Faruk Khan has urged BNP to avoid destructive politics so that the international business community does not think that Bangladesh is a land of political conflicts, reports BSS."I hope BNP will call off hartal...
Jasim Uddin Haroon and Nezam Uddin back from CtgNon-availability of fund resulted in the closure of 18 tanneries out of 20 over the past few years in the port city of Chittagong. The tanneries could not be turned into crust...
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