Siddique Islam The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has decided to outline the specific responsibilities of the board of directors and the chief executive officer (CEO) of the non-banking financial intuitions (NBFIs) as it is in the case of commercial banks. The...
FE Report The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Wednesday protested the decision of the FBCCI Arbitration Council which dropped its five members from the voters list. BGMEA said that it will file cases in the courts challenging the...
Raihan M ChowdhuryBangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (BAPI) has demanded the price review of government controlled drugs produced by local manufacturers that has not been carried out since 1994."The manufacturers of controlled categories are facing huge losses due to increase...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has started preparing a short-list of the potential investors to sell shares worth Tk 4.0 billion of the troubled Oriental Bank Limited, official sources said. They said the central bank is now scrutinising the...
Stocks edged lower for a third day Wednesday after heavyweights suffered losses in bank, power and pharmaceuticals sectors due to selling pressure, mainly from institutional investors, reports bdnews24.com. Although the market crept downward throughout the day, buying pressure prior to...
NEW YORK, Sept 26 (UNB): Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed attended a reception hosted by US President George W Bush here Tuesday evening.The American President and his spouse Laura Bush hosted the reception at Starlight Roof of Waldorf Astoria Hotel in...
FE ReportStanding Aman crops in 4.8 million hectares of land survived the second onslaught of flood early this month, keeping the hope for a good harvest still alive, according to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE).The Aman crop, including the...
Shakhawat Hossain A budget review meeting Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction over poor performance of the local government and communication ministries, which were found to be lagging far behind their respective targets, official sources said.Presided over by the finance secretary Mohammad Tareque,...
Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, now detained in a makeshift jail, denied the allegation that she had hands in awarding a contract to GATCO for container handling, reports UNB.Talking to reporters at his New DOH house Wednesday, Hannan Shah said...
A 52-km underground train service could be introduced on six routes in the city at a cost of Tk 65.00 billion (6,500 crore), reports UNB.A private organisation came up with the proposal at a meeting at the Communications Ministry Wednesday.The...
FE ReportThe US dollar was stable against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Wednesday in the inter-bank foreign exchange market with steady demand for the greenback. The inter-bank call money rate was also steady despite withdrawal of cash through reverse repurchase agreement...
PATUAKHALI, Sept 26 (UNB): Police seized 70 sacks of urea fertilizer from Kalaiyaghat under Baufal upazila here Tuesday night while being smuggled out of the country.Acting on a tip-off, a team of the police captured a trawler carrying the fertilizer...
The hearing on a writ petition challenging the legality of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) notice asking detained former premier Sheikh Hasina to submit her wealth statement began at the High Court Wednesday, reports UNB.A bench, comprising Justice Shah Abu Nayeem...
NEW YORK, Sept 26 (UNB): Bangladesh and the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) have agreed that active measures need to be taken to project Islam as a religion of peace, harmony and tolerance. The understanding was reached when OIC Secretary...
The Election Commission (EC) will start preparing the voters' list in Dhaka from the last week of next month (October).Meanwhile, the EC in a meeting today (Wednesday) approved a draft of its new recruitment rules with a provision making EC...
BAGERHAT, Sept 26 (UNB): A charge sheet was submitted against 11 leaders and activists of BNP, including former lawmaker MAH Selim, in an extortion case.Investigation Officer (IO) of the case and Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sadar police station Sirajul Islam submitted...
Supreme Court Deputy Registrar Abdul Razzak Dewan filed a case with Shahbagh police station Tuesday against four persons including a lawyer for bail fraud, reports bdnews24.com. This brings to five the number of such fraud detected in the Supreme Court....
CHUADANGA, Sept 26 (BSS): The work on the preparation of voters' list in Chuadanga district will begin on October 16 and conclude on November 24.This was decided at a high level meeting held in Chuadanga Sadar Upazila Parishad auditorium Tuesday....
NEW YORK, Sept 26 (UNB): Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury had a meeting with Maltese Foreign Minister Michael Frenda on the sidelines of the UNGA Session here Tuesday and discussed cooperation in economic and political fields. Foreign Minister Frenda...
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court issued warrant of arrest Wednesday against the Editor of daily Naoroj in a defamation suit filed by district and sessions judge AKM Ishtiaq Hossain, reports UNB.After hearing the petitioner, Magistrate Salehuddin ordered issuance of warrant...
GOPALGANJ, Sept 26 (UNB): Four students were injured in a clash between the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) at Sheikh Lutfor Rahman Government Degree College in Kotalipara Upazila Tuesday.Sources said the clash ensued when...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 26 (UNB): Three engineers of Chittagong WASA were arrested today (Wednesday) from its head office in a corruption case.Police said a joint team of RAB and Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) officials, led by Major Mohammad Sharif, raided the WASA...
PANCHAGARH, Sept 26 (UNB): Head Assistant of Sadar Upazila land office was arrested by joint forces Monday while taking bribe from a man.Acting on a tip-off, the joint forces personnel caught red-handed Mohammmad Tofazzal Hossain when he was taking Tk...
The first major international exhibition of Bangladeshi archeological masterpieces scheduled to begin at Guimet Museum in Paris from October 23 is virtually threatened by disputes over sending 188 items, reports UNB.The exhibits from five Bangladesh museums were scheduled to be...
Experts at a dialogue Wednesday underscored the need for mainstreaming strategic environmental planning in urban development for greater Dhaka to meet the twin challenges of rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, reports UNB. They also identified institutional gaps as a major hindrance...
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and five other non-government organisations (NGOs) have chalked out an elaborate programme to observe the International Rights to Information Day (IRID) across the country Friday, reports BSS.Mahmud Hasan, programme director of D-Net, one of the six...
Death toll from snakebite, drowning, diarrhoea and respiratory disease rose to 1,071 across the country until Wednesday morning since the flood began on July 30, reports UNB. Information received from Food and Disaster Manage-ment Ministry showed that over 13.7 million...
FE ReportDhaka Sheraton Hotel and Radiofoorti jointly organised a charity concert at the Winter Garden to collect funds for the flood affected people of Bangladesh.Syied Kabir, CEO of Radiofoorti and Cinthia Siraj, Assistant Director, Marketing of Dhaka Sheraton handed over...
Seven persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Sirajganj, two banana traders were killed and three others injured when a truck fell in a...
World Tourism Day will be observed in the country today (Thursday) as elsewhere around the world, reports UNB. This year's theme of the day is 'Tourism Opens Door for Women'.President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser Fakhruin Ahmed have issued separate...
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