FE Report Eminent Islamic thinker and Peer Sahib of Dariapur Sharif Hazrat Moulana Shah Sufi Alhaj Abul Hasan Muhammad Abdul Quayyum has been hospitalised at Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital and Research Institute in the city. The Islamic thinker, elder brother of...
Renowned ENT specialist and former treasurer and professor of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Pran Gopal Dutta has recently been conferred with the honorary FRCS degree, said a press release.Royal College of Physician and Surgeon, Glasgow handed over the...
A taxi caught fire near Shilpa Bank Bhaban at Motijheel area of the city Thursday, reports UNB.Fire brigade sources said local people found the taxi blazing at noon and informed them. But the locals extinguished the blaze before their arrival.The...
National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCT) is set to reprint school textbooks with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman restored as 'Father of the Nation' and Ziaur Rahman named "proclaimer of independence on behalf of Bangabandhu."The rewritten history says Shaheed President Ziaur...
A new political party styled National People's Party (NPP) was launched Thursday with its head neither confirming nor denying behind-the-scenes government help, reports bdnews24.com. The nine-point charter of the party includes a plan to form a national security council to...
RANGAMATI, July 19 (BSS): Adviser for Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said the government is determined to bring overall development in the hill districts."Tk 2.57 billion (257 crore) has been allocated in the current fiscal year for...
GOPALGANJ, July 19 (UNB): About 300 men and women observed a token hunger strike Thursday on Sheikh Sayera Khatun Red Crescent Hospital premises at Tungipara demanding release of Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina.Coming from in and around Tungipara, ancestral...
The judgment in the graft case facing detained former state minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir will be delivered on July 26, reports UNB.Judge Shahed Noorudin of the special make-shift court at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in the city, trying high-profile corruption suspects,...
The Dhaka Central Jail authorities will appoint a full-time lady doctor and nurse for former Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina, now detained in a make-shift hajat at parliament complex in the city, reports UNB.Inspector General (Prisons)...
RANGPUR, July 19 (UNB): Classes in some educational institutions were not held and few business establishments kept shutters down in the town Thursday morning in response to half-day hartal called by Juba League and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) to protest...
The second meeting of the annual consultations between foreign ministries of Bangladesh and Myanmar will be held in the city on July 23-24, reports UNB.Entire gamut of bilateral relations between the two countries will be discussed during the consultations, a...
Controversial businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun Thursday appealed to the High Court (HC) against a verdict that sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment (RI) for 10 years in an arms case, reports bdnews24.com. Mamun's lawyer Abdul Mannan Fakir filed the appeal. A...
No visitors were allowed to see detained Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina until Thursday afternoon, reports bdnews24.com. Sheikh Mili, Farida Sheikh and Sheikh Parul - first cousins to Hasina - and her protocol officer Manzila Faruque came to see...
FE ReportBangladesh is ranked fifth in terms of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) among 50 least developed countries (LDCs) accounting for 5.9 per cent of the annual FDI flow to the LDCs, a United Nations report said.The report said 56...
Awami League acting president Zillur Rahman Thursday said there will be no reform in the party before Sheikh Hasina is set free while a committee has been formed comprising eight lawyers to fight for Hasina in a graft case. On...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) will place a proposal on introduction of incentives for the taxmen to gear up revenue collection.Taxmen will get incentive at a rate of 10 per cent over the amount in excess of...
FE Report The commercial banks and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) have been asked to provide information about bank accounts of 45 individuals and two establishments within a week. The central intelligence cell (CIC) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR)...
S M JahangirThe government's current Boro procurement drive is facing impediments because of a marked difference between the official purchase rates and the open market prices of the foodgrains, triggered by a production shortfall.As a result, the authority is set...
Alan Beattie, FT Syndication ServiceLONDON: Heads of key negotiating committees in the troubled so-called Doha round of trade talks last Tuesday challenged members of the World Trade Organisation to make hefty cuts in tariffs and subsidies.Publishing draft agreements for the...
The move to increase the price of urea fertiliser has been kept on hold for the time being as the Advisery Committee on Economic Affairs Thursday sent the proposal back to the Industries Ministry, reports UNB.The committee, however, said the...
CHITTAGONG, July 19 (bdnews24.com): The authorities of Chittagong Mother and Child General Hospital sacked 50 medical officers on strike Thursday after they failed to rejoin work by 2:30pm deadline, an official said. Anjuman Ara, the hospital management committee general secretary,...
CHANDPUR, July 19 (UNB): Chief of Army Staff General Moeen U Ahmed Thursday said the joint forces in operation have already earned massive support and kudos from the common men for resisting corruption in the country."With corruption, a nation cannot...
FE ReportDSE-25, the revised index of the blue-chip shares of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has been launched on trial basis."The revised index of the blue-chip shares with five more listed companies in addition to the existing 20 is being shown...
Former State Minister for Jute AK Faezul Huq died of cardiac arrest at Baridhara United Hospital in the city at 7pm Thursday, family sources said. He was 64. Faezul, son of Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq, is survived by his two...
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social Science (BA/BSS) examinations under Bangladesh Open University (BOU) begins across the country today (Friday). A total of 34,499 examinees will take part in the examinations to be held July 20-October 26 at 118 centres across...
A young man suspected as terrorist was killed in an encounter between elite-force RAB personnel and his cohorts in the capital's Mirpur area in the early hours of Thursday. The dead was identified as 'cadre Mansur' alias 'killer Mansur' (32),...
Commerce Minister of India Jairam Ramesh arrives here Saturday to attend the launching ceremony of the India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI). The launching ceremony will be held at Sonargaon Hotel at about 11am on Sunday. President Professor Dr...
M Azizur RahmanThe government has taken a fresh decision on purchase of up to 300 megawatts (MW) of electricity on an urgent basis from rental power plants over the next three years.The Power Cell under the Ministry of Power, Energy...
FE Report The Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association (BAFEDA) has decided to issue a letter to its member banks for communicating the foreign currency exchange rates to the overseas exchange houses to ensure discipline in the market.The technical committee of...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) is contemplating to fix a Specific Rate of Duty (SRD) on import of Crude Degummed Soybean Oil (CDSO) and Crude Palm Oil (CPO) and make pre-shipment inspection mandatory to prevent unethical practice.As there was...
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