Masum Billah | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh has occupied a unique position in the globe in many respects both in positive and negative senses. The free distribution of new textbooks at the beginning of every academic year among the learners of primary and secondary levels again...
Parvin Sultana | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
Ariful Islam was born blind to a poor family that lacked the resources to care for him. With the help of a NGO, he joined the School of Happy World where he could learn to read and write Braille, and...
Jamal Uddin | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
The country's VoIP Service Providers (VSP) are going to get exemption of annual licence fee following a recent move of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). The regulator sent a proposal to the finance ministry through telecom ministry to allow...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is set to revise the existing rates of depreciation for reconditioned cars. The move is being considered after it found car importers are not being able to release cars aged up to one year...
Syful Islam | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
At least 50 per cent containers stuffed with raw cotton and capital machineries will be delivered through the newly built Pangaon ICT (Inland Container Terminal) to make it operational, sources said. The ministry of shipping (MoS) has taken the decision...
Parvez Babul | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
Just close your eyes for a few moments and feel how dreadful darkness is. In fact, no one wants to stay living with darkness, in other words, blindness. But millions of our children are living a life without light. In...
Md. Abdullah Al Helal | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
The need for sustainable political stability has become the talk of the nation as the country is getting out of its bad image due to political violence in the recent times. Needless to say, the political turmoil not only has...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
Investment in the country's poultry sector is expected to cross Tk 600 billion, creating employment for over 10 million people by 2021, officials said. Considering the potential, the Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) has sought Tk 90.53 million from the...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
The Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) 2014 has turned into an annual get-together programme among the city dwellers. Favourable weather, political stability coupled with insufficient recreation centres in the city pushed thousands of its dwellers to visit the DITF along...
Babul Barman | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
Stocks saw sharp gain for the fourth straight week with turnover improved further and key index of the premier bourse crossed 4,700-point mark as the investors started demonstrating their confidence in the market. Analysts said the market witnessed strong buying...
N S M Muzzammel Huq | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
In a democratic society all citizens, irrespective of age, sex, color, religion, race and ethnic distinction have the right to express their views, opinions and share ideas regarding their welfare. This is one of their fundamental human rights. Similarly children...
Parvin Sultana | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
Rashida, now 30, a resident of a village of Satkhira district, suffered from blindness due to cataract in both her eyes since she was a child. She got married at her teenage. Being informed, she went to Satkhira Sadar Hospital...
Mohammad Alamgir | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
Home to approximately 160 million people, Bangladesh is struggling to sustain an adequate level of quality freshwater to make available for the people. Unlike other water-scarce countries, Bangladesh is generously endowed with freshwater tributaries and distributaries that generally make for...
Abdulla Al Imran | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
Devyani Khobragade, who was India's deputy consul-general in New York, was arrested on December 12 while dropping her children off at school in the city. She was charged with one count of visa fraud and another for making false statements...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
A freedom fighter and former president of Debhata Muktijoddha Sangsad under Satkhira, a Jamaat bastion, laments that it would have been far better if he had got killed in the war of liberation. At least he would have the satisfaction...
Munima Sultana | 2014-01-24 00:00:00
The Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane highway project, the government's priority project during its last tenure, is unlikely to be completed this year. The reason behind the delay is an issue centring financial loss, which the project's main Chinese contractor claims it has...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-01-24 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) instructed private port users to pay 10 per cent tax at source with the service charges that would be paid for obtaining export, import and other port-related services. The board issued letters Thursday in...
Siddique Islam | 2014-01-24 00:00:00
Global freight forwarder and logistics services provider - Damco - has sought the Bangladesh Bank (BB)'s assistance in resolving payment difficulties centring its sea-air shipments. The company has also requested the central bank to allow settlement of its overseas obligations...
Syful Islam | 2014-01-24 00:00:00
Two projects of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) are now under scanner of several government agencies as allegations of massive irregularities keep mounting, sources said. Investigators found involvement of CPA officials in wrongdoings in the 'Capital Dredging and Bank Protection with...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-01-24 00:00:00
Recruitment in the country's private sector has almost grounded to a halt over the last 12 months due mainly to the absence of moves for fresh investment and reinvestment by the employers, sector insiders said. According to them, the recent...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-01-24 00:00:00
The government has turned down a proposal to set up four border haats along Rangamati and Mizoram, officials said, Thursday. The proposal was made by India. "The small number of inhabitants in Rangamati and Mizoram does not justify creation of...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-01-24 00:00:00
Construction works at different areas of the city are being done violating building codes; nor are safety rules being followed, putting many people at great risk, experts said. The FE correspondent while visiting sites in Jatrabari, Magbazar, Shantinagar, Mouchak, Satrasta,...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-01-24 00:00:00
With the announcement of election schedule for 102 upazila parishads (sub-district councils) of the country on February 19, the country's politics certainly enters a new phase. Subsequently elections will be held to the rest of the upazilas - sub-district level...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-01-24 00:00:00
The much-hyped referendum in Egypt held by the army-backed government will definitely help the military tighten its grip in the running of a country where the only democratically elected president had a very short span of rule. The referendum is...
FE Online Report | 2014-01-23 00:00:00
Stocks witnessed sharp rise on the bourses for third running session with the key index of the prime bourse crossed 4,700-point psychological level as investors continued to take position amid optimism. The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE)...
FE Online Report | 2014-01-23 00:00:00
The prices of most of the stocks on both bourses --- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)-- witnessed upward trend in early hours of trading Thursday, maintaining the previous session’s positive trend. After first 30 minutes of...
Munima Sultana | 2014-01-23 00:00:00
The government is required to acquire more land for the Padma Bridge Project than the approved land resettlement plan for the protection and maintenance of the country's most expensive bridge. Officials said the new land is required to set up...
Khairul Islam | 2014-01-23 00:00:00
Publishing houses and the Bangla Academy authorities have been taking their last-minute preparation ahead of the Amar Ekushey Book Fair to welcome thousands of book lovers on the academy premises. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to formally inaugurate the...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-01-23 00:00:00
Revenue earnings by the office of the Chief Controller of Imports & Exports (CCI&E) under the Ministry of Commerce attained 65.5 per cent of its target in the first six months of the current fiscal year (FY), official sources said. ...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-01-23 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has estimated a cost of Tk 1.56 billion to complete the relocation of the Mawa Ferry Ghat to facilitate construction of the Padma Bridge, officials said. The BIWTA last week submitted its project...
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