Dr Wazed Mia met his detained wife and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina after 104 days of her detention at a makeshift sub-jail on the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban compound Tuesday, reports UNB.Hasina was detained at the sub-jail on July 16....
CHITTAGONG, Oct 30 (UNB): The date for framing charges against former state minister Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin and his son Barrister Mir Helaluddin in tax evasion cases has been re-fixed on November 14.Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin and Mir Helal were...
The government has appointed Industries Ministry's Additional Secretary Dr Mohammad Aiyub Miah acting secretary of Food and Disaster Management Ministry, said a handout Tuesday, reports UNB.
NEW YORK, Oct 30 (UNB): Bangladesh has urged the international community to support Bangladesh in addressing climate change.Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ismat Jahan made the call Monday, addressing the Economic and Financial Committee of the United Nations...
FE ReportAn English Language Laboratory was opened at Daffodil International University (DIU) in the city recently.DIU Vice-Chancellor Aminul Islam inaugurated the Lab while its Pro-Vice Chancellor M Shahjahan Mina presided over the function. The purpose of the Laboratory is to...
FE ReportNews Network fellows, at a meeting in Dhaka Monday, formed Young Women Journalists’ Forum (YWJF) to promote the interests of the female journalists of the country. Quamrun Nahar Ruma, a reporter of The Bangladesh Observer, was made convener of...
The caretaker government in a major policy decision Tuesday formed a 17-member Regulatory Reforms Commission (RRC) for updating the centuries-old rules and regulations of the country to infuse dynamism into governance, administration and the economy, reports UNB.A government notification said...
M Azizur RahmanBangladesh will formally request India to withdraw its export ban on essential commodities especially rice, pulse and onion during the forthcoming Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting of both the countries scheduled for November 5-6 next in Dhaka."We have...
Shakhawat Hossain An official report has identified high prices of petroleum and food grains in the world market and constraints in domestic supply as impediments to control inflation, sources said.These factors are operating as major impediments, although the government is...
A special tribunal Tuesday sentenced former State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar to 17 years of imprisonment for possessing illegal arms and ammunition, reports UNB. The court awarded him a 10-year jail term under Section 19 (a) and 7...
FE Report Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) Vice-Chairman Khandakar Muzharul Haque said Tuesday the authority is aware of the flexibility and innovative culture of the non-government organisations (NGOs) and gave an assurance to all concerned that such operations and practices would...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized four firearms, about Tk 285 million in foreign currencies, three trunks of gold ornaments and diamonds, some Viagra tablets, some Yaba tablets and 400 bottles of alcoholic beverages in an overnight raid on the house...
BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain Tuesday disclosed that some people came to his apartment Sunday night and threatened to kill him and his family if he does not relinquish his party responsibility, reports UNB.Talking to reporters from his hospital...
FE ReportInstallation of the 150-megawatt (MW) power station at Sikalbaha in Chittagong has become uncertain due to lack of efforts to remove some anomalies in the tender process, sources said.The advisory council on the public purchase on October 16 sent...
Acting BNP chief M Saifur Rahman Tuesday played down his appointment to the top post and called for unity in the party to win the upcoming national elections, reports bdnews 24.com. He said he had been steadfastly attached to his...
FE ReportThe government imposed Tuesday a ban on import of Nitro Furan, an antibiotic used in veterinary feed meal, to comply with the international food safety compliance.The Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) of the European Union (EU) has long been...
Peter Smith, FT Syndication ServiceSYDNEY: The Australian government last Tuesday further reduced its forecast for this year's wheat production as a lack of rain and above-average temperatures inflict more damage on the country's hard-hit farmers.Australia's wheat crop is now forecast...
President Iajuddin Ahmed promulgated an ordinance delegating powers to executive magistrates to fine offenders in spot trial and award them maximum three months of imprisonment on default of paying the fines. The Mobile Court Ordinance 2007, published in a gazette...
Lieutenant colonels (retd) Syed Faruque Rahman and AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed Tuesday moved to the Supreme Court (SC) against their death sentence by the High Court (HC) in Bangabandhu murder case. Earlier, major (retd) Bazlul Huda, lancer Mahiuddin and Lt Col...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has sought cooperation of the Bank Negara Malaysia, the central bank of Malaysia, for signing an agreement with the Ministry of Finance of the government of Bangladesh to bring back siphoned-off money by alleged...
Chief Adviser Dr Fakhrudin Ahmed will inaugurate the historic event of separation of the judiciary from the executive on November 1 at a function at China-Bangladesh Friendship Conference centre in the city , report UNB/ bdnews24.com.Chief Justice M Ruhul Amin...
FE ReportThe country's export earning in first two months of the current fiscal 2007-08 totalled $ 2.3 billion, recording a decline by 11.69 per cent from that of the same period of the previous year.According to statistics of the Export...
SINGAPORE (Agencies): Crude oil prices eased back Tuesday after hitting a record above $93 a barrel in the previous session while the dollar moved up against the euro Tuesday, back from its all-time low set a day before. Gold consolidated...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has continued its intervention in the inter-bank foreign exchange market through increasing supply of greenback that would help to bring back stability in the market. The central bank sold US$12 million at a rate...
The Election Commission (EC), at its dialogue with Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-Inu) Tuesday, agreed in principle to ban religion-based politics in the country, report bdnews24.com and UNB.The EC also agreed in principle to make war criminals as well as anti-liberation...
FE ReportMalaysian police has rounded up 39 Bangladeshi workers after a gang fight that seriously wounded seven people, including two locals of that country."A gang fight involving Bangladeshis and locals ensued near a foreign workers' hostel resulting in two locals...
FE ReportStock prices declined for the third consecutive day on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Tuesday on a rumour that institutional investors have become cautious while buying some of the over-heated issues.The market is also affected because upbeat investors are taking...
FE Report Bangladesh needs to handle the issues related to trade facilitation and removal of non-tariff barriers with due care to ensure more access of the country's products to the global market as well as benefit from the World Trade...
Head of European Commission (EC) Delegation Ambassador Dr Stefan Frowein said, if any action in political field made foreign direct investment or predictability of economic activities difficult, the government and the people of Bangladesh would have to find the redress,...
FE ReportThe Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) will float its second ICB non-resident Bangladeshi (ICBNRB) mutual fund worth Tk 1.0 billion (100 crore) early next year.ICB Managing Director Ziaul Haque Khandaker made the disclosure at its 31st annual general meeting...
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