MA Khaleque has been reelected chairman of Fareast Finance and Investment Limited in its 105th meeting of the board of directors.After completion of Masters from Dhaka University, MA Khaleque started his business career in the year 1975 as the managing...
FE ReportThe 10th World Intellectual Property Day was observed in the country Monday, with a call to formulate a national intellectual property (IP) policy to establish a common framework for protecting the country's intellectual properties. The policy will help promote...
FE ReportRahimafrooz Group selected 10 lucky consumers in the city Tuesday. Of them, one will watch the inaugural ceremony and opening match of the FIFA World Cup-2010 in South Africa next June.Rahimafrooz, the exclusive franchisee of the full-range of lubricant...
Holders Abahani Limited continued their winning run in the Citycell Bangladesh League with an emphatic 5-1 victory over Rahmatganj MFS in the day's lone match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city Tuesday, reports UNB. With this win,...
Europa Youth Club maintained their winning run in the Premier Bank Metropolis First Division Basketball League outplaying Rangers Club by 77-42 points at the Dhanmondi Basketball Gymnasium Tuesday, reports UNB. The winners led the first half 43-23.Herman caged 25 and...
Dhaka and Nilphamari DSAs won their matches in the 30th Inter-District Cricket Championship beating their respective rivals at separate venues across the country, reports UNB.In the day's matches, Dhaka DSA (175/10) beat Narayanganj DSA (169/10) by six runs at Mymensingh...
KARACHI, Apr 27 (PTI): Annoyed by the hype over his marriage to Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik has appealed to the media to practice some restrain. Malik said due to the continuous attention, he and Sania...
THIMPHU (Bhutan), Apr 27 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday said this was the golden chance for all SAARC member countries to establish democracy on a strong base, as democracy was prevailing in all SAARC member countries at present.She said...
The High Court Tuesday stayed an order asking former energy adviser Mahmudur Rahman to provide information of his wealth, reports bdnews24.com. The bench of Justice Nozrul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Jahangir Hossain stayed a notice of the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC)...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia as part of her ongoing divisional headquarters organisational tour will address a grand rally at Barisal city on May 12 to mobilise support against the government's 'failures and misdeeds', reports UNB.A meeting of the preparatory committee...
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has taken a move to meet President M Zillur Rahman at Bangabhaban to press home its demands, including the repeal of the appointment of two controversial lawyers as additional judges of the High Court,...
A special BDR court in Dhaka set November 1 to frame charges against soldiers of 44 Rifles Battalion accused of mutiny, reports bdnews24.com. Outgoing Bangladesh Rifles director general Maj Gen Mainul Islam, who heads the panel of judges, adjourned the...
JAMALPUR, Apr 27 (UNB): A BNP-backed organisation failed to hold its scheduled meeting at Ghoramara Bazar in Sharishabari Upazila Tuesday due to imposition of Section 144 by local administration.Barrister Abdus Salam Talukder Smrity Sangsad, a BNP-backed organisation, on April 20...
President M Zillur Rahman Tuesday emphasised building the country as economically self-reliant with a view to making its independence meaningful, reports UNB."Today we're the citizens of an independent and sovereign country… it is responsibility of all particularly the young generation...
Begum Shaheen Siddique, wife of defence adviser to the Prime Minister visited 'Proyash', a school for handicapped children in the city's Cantonment area and handed over Tk 1.45 million recently, said a press release.Mrs Siddique also visited classrooms and witnessed...
The trustees of Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh (WTB) in their 6th annual meeting recently have decided to build a 'Noazesh Knowledge Centre' this year, reports UNB.Dr Noazesh Ahmed, an eminent naturalist and photographer who died on November 24, 2009 was...
FE ReportAn alleged mugger was lynched after being caught while trying to snatch money from a CNG-run three-wheeler driver at Bhashantek in the capital Monday, police said.The deceased was identified as Ripon (24). The CNG driver and his brother were...
FE ReportA mobile court fined an apparel factory in the city Tk 50,000 for not having adequate fire safety equipment in the garments unit.The firefighters-run mobile team led by magistrate Abul Bashar visited 'Design and Source' at Karwanbazar in the...
FE ReportThe Colombo-based High Commission of South Africa arranged a reception on the occasion of Freedom Day of South Africa (SA) in the city Tuesday.State minister for Women and Children Affairs Shirin Sharmin Choudhury, South African high commissioner in Bangladesh...
SHERPUR, Apr 27 (UNB): Two elephants were found dead near Nakugaon land station in Nalitabari Upazila of the district Tuesday morning.Local farmers found the two elephants dead in a land adjacent to border pillar no 1115 and informed local forest...
UNITED NATIONS, April 27 (Xinhua): A compilation of research funded by the World Bank released here yesterday revealed that over time, evidence shows that China will show rapidly declining poverty rates even among indigenous people-the move to reduce poverty among...
TAIPEI, April 27 (AFP): Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co said today its net profit in the first quarter rose more than 20-fold from last year as demand soars following the downturn. TSMC, the world's leading contract microchip maker by revenue, said...
WASHINGTON, April 27 (AFP): Circulation figures for US newspapers released yesterday provided another dose of bad news for an industry that has seen a wave of bankruptcies, closures and cutbacks in newsrooms across the country. Average daily US newspaper circulation...
Continued from page 9and declared to take the fight to top players. Immediately after Airtel's arrival, big player started to unveil deep cuts in their tariff rates, leading to decline of maximum call rate to about Tk1.49 from Tk2.30 per...
BEIJING, April 27 (AFP): The European Union's top trade envoy stepped up pressure on China for a stronger currency today, saying it was in the interests of both sides for the yuan to appreciate. EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht...
KOLKATA, April 27 (AFP): A strike called by leftist political parties in India to protest against rising food prices paralysed the communist- run eastern state of West Bengal today. Thousands of airport, rail and bank workers went on a dawn-...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked the commercial banks to stop financing for land purchase as increased flow of credit in the unproductive sector is adversely affecting the economy. The central bank has taken the measure after imposing...
THIMPU, Apr 27 (UNB): The South Asian leaders assembled in this panoramic mountainous city to attend the 16th SAARC summit beginning tomorrow (Wednesday) to take a joint initiative to tackle the terrible impact of the changing climate as well as...
Shamsul Huq Zahid The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has come out with a unique idea of introducing tax cards to help boost tax revenue and better tax compliance. What the DCCI has suggested is that tax cards...
FE ReportDhaka stocks failed to edge higher despite staging a strong comeback in the second half of trading Tuesday, as major sectors-telecommunication, cement, fuel and power-lost. The benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) lost 35 points just ten minutes...
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