FE Report The central bank purchased around US$700 million from the commercial banks until April 13 of this fiscal aiming to keep the inter-bank foreign exchange market stable, officials said. "The flow of foreign exchange has increased in the market...
FE Report A four-week long foundation-training course for fresh management trainees of Prime Bank has begun in the city. Training and Development Centre of the bank organised the course.Prime Bank Executive Vice-President (EVP) and head of HR Md Tabarak Hossain...
Our CorrespondentRASHAHI, Apr 13: The North Bengal Paper Mills (NBPM), situated at Paksey of Pabna district remained close for the last seven years resulting in damage of valuable machinery worth billions of taka.The mill was built on 134 acres of...
The Investment Banking Department of Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha has announced its Net Asset Value (NAV) of the First BSRS Mutual Fund. The NAV was Tk 138.02 on the basis of cost price and Tk 634.51 on the basis of...
Stock dividend creditedThe authorities of Prime Bank Limited have stated that they have credited the stock dividend for the year that ended on December 31, '08 to the respective shareholders' BO accounts.Board meetingBIFC: As per regulation 30 of DSE Listing...
BANGKOK, April 13 (AP): Thai soldiers sprayed automatic weapons fire into the air and threw tear gas to clear demonstrators blocking roads across the capital Monday in a major escalation of anti-government protests that have roiled this Southeast Asian nation.At...
ISLAMABAD, April 13 (Reuters): Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has asked former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's party to rejoin the government but Sharif's party said Monday it was unlikely to do so.Political tension in nuclear-armed Pakistan has eased considerably...
BEIJING, April 13 (Reuters): China has promised its citizens stronger legal protection, improved incomes and expanded channels to complain as part of its first "human rights action plan," which casts the Communist Party government as guardian of rights.The plan, issued...
MOGADISHU, April 13 (Reuters): US Navy special forces freed an American ship's captain and killed three Somali pirates holding him hostage in a lifeboat, ending a five-day standoff but drawing vows of revenge from pirates.Richard Phillips was just one of...
BHUBANESWAR, India, April 13 (AFP): - At least 15 people including 11 security men were killed in India in an overnight gunbattle with Maoist rebels who had stormed a mine, police said Monday.About 100 Maoists took employees hostage at the...
ASADABAD, fghanistan, April 13 (AFP): Afghan officials and victims levelled fresh accusations against foreign troops Monday, charging that air strikes killed six civilians and wounded 14, including women and children.The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) confirmed there was an...
Polish homeless hostelblaze kills 21WARSAW, April 13: A fast-moving fire tore through a three-story building housing homeless families in northwestern Poland early Monday, killing at least 21 people and injuring 20 more, including an infant, officials said. The blaze broke...
Commerce Minister Lt Col (retd) Faruk Khan Monday recognised that the government failed a bit in controlling violence at the country's educational institutions, reports UNB."This (controlling campus violence) is the only failure of the government in its first 100 days....
Opposition BNP is going to announce new convening committees for its all district units dissolving the existing ones within a week to hold councils for electing new leaders to rejuvenate the party, reports UNB.The party's new central committee, national executive...
COMILLA, April 13 (BSS): Director General (DG) of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Maj Gen Mohammad Moinul Islam said today the February 25-26 carnage at Pilkhana BDR headquarters was aimed at pushing the country towards uncertainty and civil war.The BDR chief said...
The Election Commission (EC) Monday issued letters to two lawmakers of the ninth parliament - Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury of BNP and Jatiya Party Secretary General ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader - asking them to submit their academic certificates by May 31...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 13 (UNB): The police detained seven members of a Pakistan-based Islamic organisation from the city's Patharghat area Monday suspecting their involvement in militant acts.Acting on a tip-off, the Kotwali police raided a house at Naju Mia Lane at...
MYMENSINGH, Apr 13 (UNB): Local people caught two JMB suspects along with firearms and bullets from Chechua Bazar in Muktagachha Upazila Sunday night. RAB sources said local people caught two terrorists when they along with their accomplices were running away...
Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia has greeted Speaker Abdul Hamid Advocate on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh, the Bangla New Year, with a card and a bouquet, reports UNB.Khaleda's personal secretary ASM Saleh Ahmed, on behalf of the Leader...
The inquiry committee formed to probe the BDR carnage has sought information about the BDR mutiny and brutal killings inside Pilkhana BDR Headquarters on February 25-26, reports UNB.Anyone having information may contact M Golam Hossain, member-secretary of the inquiry committee...
The government extended Monday by another month the parole of Arafat Rahman Coco, younger son of main opposition BNP's Chairperson Khaleda Zia, reports bdnews24.com. The home ministry extended the parole up to May 16 on a petition by Coco's lawyer...
HABIGANJ, Apr 13 (UNB): M Monwar Ali and Saleh Uddin Ahmed have been elected president and general secretary of District Bar Association for the Bengali year 1416.Besides, Murali Dhar Das has been elected vice president of the association.Of the total...
MAGURA, Apr 13 (UNB): A Union Parishad chairman was shot and wounded by unknown assailants at Nakole village in Sripur Upazila Sunday night.The police quoting villagers said three criminals intercepted Mohammad Shahjahan Mia (42), chairman of Nakole Union Parishad, and...
Another report from Natore adds: The police arrested a suspected member of banned Islamic outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Jagdishpur Bariahati village in Naldanga Upazila Monday morning.Acting on a tip-off, the police raided the house of Elahi Baksh in...
MOHANGANJ (Netrakona), April 13 (BSS): Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP) of the World Bank (WB) and the government have taken a joint initiative to recognise local-level knowledge and disseminate their 'best practices' across Bangladesh to accelerate self-sustained development.The coverage of...
Director General to the Prime Minister's Office Begum Deena Haque visited Monday ailing folk singer Kangalini Sufia, now under treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital, reports BSS. She conveyed Bangla New Year's greetings and handed over some...
The seventh founding day celebration of World University of Bangladesh (WUB) was held on the premises of Kalabagan Sporting Club in the city Saturday morning with a grand colourful rally, says a press release. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid MP...
Under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, BRAC Bank Limited provided ICDDRB with Tk 5.0 million (50 lakh) for completing the extension work of the BRAC Bank Short Stay Ward and Emergency Triage Area at its Dhaka Hospital, reports UNB....
DU CorrespondentStudents of the city's Bangladesh College of Leather Technology (BCLT) threatened Monday to go for fast-unto-death at the Central Shaheed Minar unless their demands are met immediately.The BCLT students at a press conference at Dhaka University Journalists' Association (DUJA)...
The practical test for appointment of grade-III computer operator, senior data entry operator, stenographer and typist of the Customs, Excise and VAT Commissionerate of Dhaka (South), Dhaka, will be held at Bangladesh Computer Council, E-14/X, Agargoan, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar in the...
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