The government has fixed fees for the cable TV subscribers on the basis of area and channel number, reports UNB.As per the government fixed-fees, the subscribers of Dhaka and Chittagong cities will pay Tk 300 maximum to the operators who...
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) fears that the proposed Dhaka-Kolkata direct passenger train service will facilitate the movement of cross-border terrorists and arms if customs and immigration checks are completed in Dhaka, reports bdnews24.com. The meeting between Bangladeshi and Indian delegations Tuesday...
FE ReportThe US dollar slipped slightly against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Tuesday in the interbank foreign exchange market although the demand for the greenback remained stable, fund managers said.The market experienced higher supply of dollar that influenced the greenback to...
A Singapore Airlines flight will fly critically-ill music celebrity Sabina Yasmin to Singapore Wednesday night, officials said. The flight is scheduled to leave at 11:50pm. A LabAid Specialised Hospital official said all administrative formalities of admitting her have been taken...
Army chief General Moeen U Ahmed Wednesday hoped the interim government would soon introduce a Right to Information Act to stop bureaucrats getting away with corruption and ensure transparency and accountability in government functioning. “I hope that in near future...
Communications adviser MA Matin Wednesday said former prime ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina posed no threats to national security. “The two leaders, Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia, are not threats to the security of the country. I don’t think...
Awami League (AL) top order rebutted the reports about telephone conversation between the two beleaguered former prime ministers -- Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia -- and dismissed such camaraderie in the future as well, reports UNB."Some newspapers published the report...
The so-called pro-reform BNP leaders Monday dismissed party chief Khaleda Zia's allegations that they had been conspiring to break up the party, reports bdnews24.com. They said they were striving to make the party more organised and democratic and that the...
Retired major AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed Monday filed an appeal with the court against conviction in the jail killing case. The court received the appeal, sent through the authorities of Dhaka Central Jail, a senior official said. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge...
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed visited the ailing noted singer Sabina Yasmin at Lab Aid Hospital in the city Monday afternoon. The CA talked with the eminent artiste of the subcontinent and wished her early recovery. He inquired about condition...
Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has unearthed Tk 100 million tax evasion by Hotel Seagull of Cox's Bazaar. Intelligence officials Thursday inspected the hotel and seized related documents and materials. Tarique Rahman, senior joint...
FE Report Three nationalised commercial banks (NCBs) are going to sign vendor agreements with the government shortly to complete their ongoing corporatisation process. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has already sent the copies of draft vendor agreement to the three...
FE ReportListed banks have reiterated the demand of the government for allowing more commercial banks to do merchant banking to strengthen the institutional support in the stock market.The demand was raised at a meeting Monday, arranged by the Dhaka Stock...
FE Report The Bangladesh Freight Forwarding Association (BAFFA), an organisation of the country's 600 freight forwarders, said it will resist some overseas companies get licences. "We will resist foreign companies who have cheated the local traders during awarding of licences...
FHM Humayan KabirThe caretaker administration has taken vigorous initiatives to promoting the goals of balanced regional development through public resource allocation.Sources in the Planning Commission (PC) said the administration has taken the matter seriously for reducing the gap in resource...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe government will soon introduce Direct Traders Input (DTI) facility developing 'ASYCUDA++/ ASYCUDA World' system, an advanced computer software programme, in the customs house at the country's premier seaport, sources said.They said this will ensure speedy service on both exports...
Railway officials of Bangladesh and India in the city Monday agreed in principle on commissioning Dhaka-Kolkata passenger train service ahead of Ramadan, in a follow-up to Sunday's cross-border trial run, reports UNB.The agreement came at a meeting of senior officials...
S M JahangirThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) directed Monday its officials concerned to put their allout efforts to reach the revenue-earning target set at Tk 438.50 billion by the government for the fiscal year 2007-08.The NBR chairman Badiur Rahman...
FE ReportThe US dollar slightly lost ground against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Monday in the inter-bank foreign exchange market with stable demand for the greenback, fund managers said.The market was active due to trading in the international market.The exchange rate...
FE Report Stock prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) gained marginally Monday although the turnover declined.On Monday's trading session DSE General Index (DGEN), All Shares Price Index (DSI) and DSE-20 Index (DS20) gained by 7.683 points, 7.120 points and...
The picture carried on back page in Monday's issue of The Financial Express (FE) gave rise to confusion in the minds of readers as to the identity of the man in the circle, who looked like a policeman, that he...
The interim government is going to take decision today (Tuesday) on the proposed amendments to the organogram of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), nearly doubling its existing manpower, reports UNB.The activities of the anti-graft watchdog are seriously being hindered due to...
The government issued no official circular even two days after the cabinet made a decision to allow shops and shopping malls to remain open until 8.0pm, creating confusion among retailers, reports bdnews24.com. Some businessmen are keeping their shops open until...
The Caretaker Government has taken decision to bring necessary amendments in the outmoded Jute Ordinance 1962 to make the law time-worthy, as the stakeholders think this is the high time for restoring the lost glory of the country's 'golden fibre',...
A hotel manager was hacked to death by miscreants at Malibagh rail crossing in the capital early Tuesday. Police said Durjoy Chakrabarti,50, of Datchar village in Kachua upazila of Chandpur and also manager of Dipa Hotel of Malibagh area, went...
JOYPURHAT, July 10 (UNB): A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead by Indian Border Security Forces (BSF)on Hatkhola frontier in Panchbibi upazila here Monday midnight. The dead was identified as Shahidul,25, son of Abbasuddin of Nandail village. BDR sources said...
The benchmark DGEN or general index on the Dhaka Stock Exchange Tuesday topped the 2200 mark in the midday trade, triggered by a buying rush in the shares of bank and power companies. The DGEN added 100 points after 10...
The recent First Solutions Money Transfer scam has come as a rude shock to thousands of Bangladeshi migrant workers. It was an act of fraudulence on the part of a private money transfer institution to misappropriate a large sum of...
Syed Fattahul AlimThe other day, this paper carried a report that spoke with an upbeat note about the prospect of the garment sector in Bangladesh. In fact, it was about an Indian perspective based on a newspaper report in that...
Andrea CaninoTHE European Council of government heads, at its summit last month, decided to withdraw the reference to anti-trust policy from the draft constitutional treaty, a clear indication of the unease over this vital aspect of European Union policy. It...
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