FE Online Report | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
Stocks extended gaining streak for fourth running sessions with turnover improved further as investors continued to take position amid optimism. The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) - DSEX-- ended at 4,758.37 points, gaining 55.71 points or 1.18...
FE Online Report | 2014-01-26 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 Sunday, maintaining the previous week’s positive trend. After first 30 minutes of...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
The warring sides of the Syrian conflict finally met in Geneva after the United Nations peace envoy helped avert a collapse of the much-awaited talks. The meeting started amidst an unclear environment persisting over whether the delegations of President Bashar...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
Rickshaws and vans now ply VIP roads in Dhaka city at ease. In fact, all roads in metropolitan areas are virtually under the occupation of rickshaws, vans, push carts and battery-run auto-rickshaws. Though the exact number of these transports is...
Mohammad Ali | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
The Labour Legal Aid Cell, a government agency, is going to organise awareness programme in order to protect and ensure the rights of the workers especially in the readymade garment (RMG) sector. "About 30 labour leaders, a number of factory...
Md. Jamal Hossain | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
It can be late to publish such estimate but we regard that it is not late enough because the analysis developed here will not only help us give an estimate of election outcome but also make some predictions about the...
M. Serajul Islam | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
The Sri Lankans have arrived in Bangladesh to play a two Test series together with a number of limited over games of the 50-overs and the T20. The two sides met in Sri Lanka last year. They played a very...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
A giant Swiss bank-Pictet-is looking at the progress of Bangladesh's capital markets in a bid to make investment in a bigger way, officials said. Some top officials of the bank last week sat with the securities regulator, premier bourse and...
Raihan M Chowdhury and Mohammad Ali | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
Some leaders of the shipbuilding industry have demanded of the government to immediately endorse the drafted policy and act for the sector, facilitating it to capitalise on its tremendous prospects locally and globally. They said that particular business-friendly policy and...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
Opening of letters of credit (LCs) may hit snags in getting 'add confirmations' (third party guarantee) as some banks are already under pressure to deal with their clients, banking sources said. A senior banker of a new commercial bank said...
Khairul Islam | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
Employment in the government sector remains almost stalled for the last six months due to the nationwide political volatility, frustrating the job aspirants and their family members. The frustrated job-seekers even don't see any immediate hope of relief from the...
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...
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