FE ReportPrices of green chilli and brand edible oil increased at the city's retail markets during the last week while that of other essential commodities including rice, potato and eggs remained almost unchanged.Traders said prices of green chilli increased by...
FE ReportIslami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) will give financial support to the families of four Army officers killed in the Pilkhana carnage, amounting to Tk 40,000 per month totalling Tk 19.2 million (1.92 crore) for the next ten years. Prime...
LONDON, Apr 3 (AFP): World leaders pledged a huge raft of new spending Thursday and a crackdown on tax havens and excess corporate pay to step up the battle against the economic crisis. The Group of 20 (G20) summit said...
Sarwar ZahanThe inter-bank call money rate slid significantly last week due to flow of excess cash in the market, fund managers said.The call rate in extreme range fluctuated mainly between 1.50 per cent and 10.0 per cent against the previous...
March 29-April 02, 2009Commercial Bank of CeylonGreenback maintained its steady tone against Bangladeshi taka last week. The foreign exchange market experienced adequate liquidity because of lower import volume against the increased inflow of wage-earners' remittance and export income. Bangladesh Bank...
Mutual Trust Bank Ltd (MTB) held a day-long training workshop on anti-money laundering (AML), which was the last of the planned series of training workshops for the year 2009, in the city recently, says a press release. Deputy Managing Director...
FE Report BRAC Bank Limited and Persona Institute of Beauty and Lifestyle jointly organised a workshop on 'Beauty Solutions and Marketing Skills Development for Beauty Parlours' in the city recently, said a press release.BRAC Bank Deputy Managing Director Syed Mahbubur...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has showed interest in recruiting more manpower from Bangladesh, reports BSS. UAE Ambassador in Bangladesh Kalfan Battal Ali Al-Mansouri expressed this eagerness Thursday when he paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at...
Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism GM Qader Thursday said there is no bar to the trial of war criminals under the Constitution of Bangladesh, reports BSS.The genocide was committed in 1971 to eliminate the Bangali nation, he said adding...
Minister for Industries Dilip Barua Thursday said Bangladesh would be made the hub of ceramic goods production in the world, reports BSS. "The government would extend all sorts of cooperation to flourish the potential ceramic industries in the country," he...
NAOGAON, Apr 2 (BSS): General Secretary of Awami League (AL) Abdul Jalil, MP, said today the government wants to establish a poverty, terrorism and corruption-free Bangladesh.He was addressing as the chief guest an old-age allowance distribution programme on the premises...
Communication Minister Syed Abul Hossain told the House Thursday that the present government had undertaken a plan to build the Dhaka-Chittagong access controlled highway, reports BSS."The highway will be constructed on Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis," he said while...
The government will provide Tk 2.095 billion (209.50 crore) during the current fiscal year to purchase jute for the mills of Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) and to pay its outstanding bills, reports BSS.Besides, the government will give BJMC a...
President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday congratulated their counterparts of the Republic of Senegal on the occasion of the Independence Day of the country, reports UNB.In a message of felicitation to the Senegal President Maitre Abdoulaye Wade,...
Our CorrespondentJESSORE, Apr 2: Two factions of the student wing of the ruling party Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) clashed with each other on the campus of Jessore Government MM College Wednesday and Thursday leaving at least three injured.The injured are...
At least 18 quarters of BDR members were vacated at its Pilkhana headquarters Thursday, reports BSS.The process of vacating the quarters, where the members of paramilitary force were residing before February 25, started since March 28.A total of 116 BDR...
JHENIDAH, Apr 2 (UNB): An alleged activist of an outlawed party was killed near Dublakunda Bridge under Harinakunda Upazila and his bloodstained body was recovered by police Thursday.The deceased was identified as Shahidul Islam alias Heba (30), son of Abul...
MOULVIBAZAR, Apr 2 (UNB): Sheikh M Khaleq Miah (55), unit president of Awami League (AL) poura ward-7, was killed by his rivals Monday.Witnesses said Khaleq died on the spot when his rivals hit him with bricks at Darga Mahalla.Police on...
President Zillur Rahman Thursday called upon all to build a social movement in combating terrorism in the country, reports BSS. "Terrorism has become a global problem and we are also not free from its adverse effects. We have to be...
DU CorrespondentProgressive Students' Alliance (PSA) demanded immediate reopening of the closed educational institutions and stern action against the student-guised terrorists creating troubles on the campuses."We want of all the closed institutions including Dhaka Medical College and Rajshahi University to be...
The Commonwealth Secretariat strongly believes that to reduce global inequalities, international standard-setting exercises need to promote a level playing field and fair competition between small developing countries and countries with larger and more diversified economies, reports UNB. In their latest...
FE ReportBangladesh Post Office (BPO) will participate in the seven-day international philatelic exhibition to be held in China from April 10.The exhibition that commemorates Hong Kong Post's participation in 'China 2009 World Stamp Exhibition' will be held in Luoyang City,...
Bangladesh offered Fiji to support its developmental efforts with expertise in agricultural field as well as skilled and semi-skilled manpower, reports BSS.This was stated by Bangladesh High Commissioner to the Republic of the Fiji Islands Lieutenant General Masud Uddin Chowdhury...
Minister for Labour and Employment Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain Thursday said the government is pledge- bound to ensure welfare and protect the interest of the labourers, reports BSS. He said this while exchanging views with a delegation of the Bangladesh...
Our CorrespondentJESSORE, Apr 2: After 12 days' of closure privatised Akiz Jute Mills Ltd in Nawapara industrial area in Jessore is going be reopened Saturday next.The management of the world's largest export-oriented jute industry called on the mayor of Nawapara...
CHITTAGONG, April 2 (BSS): Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three members of an organised gang of CNG-run auto- rickshaw lifters and recovered two stolen three wheelers from different parts of City and district last night. The arrested persons...
The 30th death anniversary of late Chief Justice Syed Mahbub Murshed, an eminent jurist and one of the greatest constitutional lawyers of the sub-continent, will be observed today (Friday), reports UNB.Quran khwani and Fateha will be held at the mazar...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd declared a six-day workweek in the interest of the public and to attain greater productivity, reports UNB.The six-day workweek will be effective from April 4.Valued customers, business partners and public can pursue relevant official activities with...
NAOGAON, Apr 2 (UNB): Bangladesh Environment Development Organisation (BEDO) Healthcare Centre was inaugurated in the town to provide medical services to the hapless people of the district. Japanese Ambassador Masayuki Inoue formally inaugurated the healthcare centre at Boalia in the...
The Chehlum of Colonel Mojibul Hoque, a martyr in February's massacre of army officers at the BDR headquarters, will be held today (Friday) at old DOHS Community Centre in the city after Asr prayer, said a press release.Colonel Mojib left...
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