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Youth dies from snakebite in Jessore

UNB

A young man died from snakebite at Sadipur village in Sharsha upazila of Jessore early Sunday. Locals said Musa Hossain, 25, son of Asad Hossain, a resident of Sadipur village, was bitten by a...

ACC official’s hanging body found in Sylhet

UNB

Police recovered the hanging body of Sub-Inspector of Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Sylhet regional office from his room at ACC staff quarters (barrack) in Bagbari area of Sylhet city on Sunday....

Garment worker goes missing in Gazipur trawler capsize

UNB

A female garment worker went missing as a trawler capsized in Sitalakhya River in Kapasia upazila on Sunday night. The missing worker has been identified as Selina Akhter, daughter of Gias Uddi...

Social Business Day to be celebrated on July 28-29

FE Online Report

This year’s Social Business Day (SBD), aimed at bringing social business entrepreneurs from around the world to discuss and exchange ideas, will be held on July 28-29.   The theme of the...

Petrobangla pays Tk 65.3b in VAT, SD arrears to NBR

FE Report

State-owned Petrobangla paid its outstanding value added tax (VAT) and supplementary duty (SD) worth over Tk 65.30 billion to the government last month, officials said.   The sum of VAT and SD...

Hilsa production increases 6,000 mts

UNB

The production of hilsa has increased 6,000 mts this year following the government's steps to save mother hilsa during its breeding period, Fisheries Department said.   The production of hilsa...

Hajj pilgrims air concern over their flight schedule

Talha Bin Habib

Md Mofizuddin (65) and her wife Sultana Rezia (55) along with 72 intending Hajj pilgrims who came from Potnitala of  Naogaon to Haji Camp at Askona on Friday last are not sure when they will fly...

BB Financial Stability report

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BANGLADESH BANK has recently released its Financial Stability Report (FSR) on banks and in the report it made some observations on the banking sector and warned the banking sector of some bad conseque...

Dhaka bourse opens flat

FE Online Report

Dhaka Stock Exchange has displayed a flat movement as major sectors performed mixed on Sunday, the first day of the week. Among the major sectors, the banking sector failed to keep investors’...

Corruption, bureaucratic ineptitude among hurdles

FE Report

Corruption, bureaucratic inefficiencies and lack of transparency are, among others, the major impediments in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh, according to a recent report of U...

Foreign firms queue up for building small re-gasification units

M Azizur Rahman

A number of global firms are queueing up to bag contracts for building three small floating, storage, re-gasification units (FSRUs) for imported LNG (liquefied natural gas), said officials. Some 14...

India-Thailand difference delaying FTA under BIMSTEC

FE Online Report

Difference between India and Thailand over market access is one of the main reasons why the FTA under BIMSTEC remained stalled during last couple of years.  While India has demanded easing of ru...

Prof Lutfor new proctor of RU

FE Report

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Aug 6: Prof. Dr. Lutfor Rahman, a teacher of Mathematics Department has been appointed as the new proctor of Rajshahi University (RU). RU Vice-chancellor Prof. M Abdus Sobhan on S...

Hajj flight woes continue

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The authorities of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Tuesday cancelled three more scheduled hajj flights due to shortage of pilgrims for visa complications. With these, a total of 17 hajj flights have bee...

Netflix buys comics publisher Millarworld to feed films and TV

FE Online Report

Netflix on Monday said it has bought comics publisher Millarworld, bringing on board renowned comic book writer Mark Millar and a host of character franchises it can mine for TV shows and movies. It...

Bangladesh market for farmed fish up 25 times in three decades

FE Report

A study shows that the market for farmed fish grew by a dramatic 25 times in three decades in Bangladesh. The latest study of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) also said among...

Less than 1.0pc RJSCF-registered companies get listed on bourses

Rezaul Karim

Less than one per cent of companies registered with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSCF) are listed on the country's bourses, sources concerned said. Currently, approximately 0.15...

Wage board for journalists totally unnecessary: Muhith

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Journalists in Bangladesh get paid more than civil servants, and should therefore not have a wage board, claimed Finance Minister AMA Muhith. He made the comment at a discussion organised by the New...

Bangladeshi youth to get Tk 9.5b loan for self-employment

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The Karmasangsthan Bank will disburse Tk 9.5 billion (950 crore) loans among the youth in the financial year 2017-18 (FY18).  The 31st meeting of Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministr...

VOP may linger at a price of Tk 1.0b

Doulot Akter Mala

The VAT Online Project (VOP) may linger for two more years at an extra cost of Tk 1.0 billion following the deferment of the new VAT law.   The project, undertaken for introducing online paymen...

Emajuddin favours army deployment

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Prof Emajuddin Ahmed asked on Tuesday those who oppose army deployment in the national election to clarify the reasons behind it as he thinks only a strong Election Commission (EC) is not enough to ho...

Gaza rocket hits southern Israel

AP

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck an open area outside the coastal city of Ashkelon, causing no injuries or damage, Israeli military said. Moments earlier on Tuesday air raid sirens sounded i...

Capital machinery import surges 37pc last fiscal

Siddique Islam

The country's overall imports grew by more than 10 per cent in the fiscal year (FY) 2016-17 due mainly to higher import of capital machinery, officials said. The actual import in terms of settlement...

1.9 kg heroin confiscated in Chapainawabganj

FE Report

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) confiscated 1.9 kilograms of heroin from Kodalkathi border area in Chapainawabganj sadar upazila on Tuesday afternoon.   Tipped off that a gang of drug...

1.45m fresh voters registered in 14 days

FE Online Desk

Some 2.2 million voters have got their data updated in the last two weeks.  Of them, almost 1.5 million voters are fresh while the rest 0.7 million are dead. To update the voters’ list,...

ADB loans $200m to boost urban governance, infrastructure

FE Online Report

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday approved a US$200 million loan package to strengthen urban infrastructure, service delivery, and governance in Bangladesh’s municipalities. The Boa...

Bank liquidity rises on lending slowdown

Siddique Islam

Overall excess liquidity with country's commercial banks increased, as of June, for a lending downturn.   Sources in banking circles find two cardinal causes --- lower credit growth, particular...

July inflation rises to 5.57pc

FE Report

The inflation (point-to-point) went up by 0.17 percentage points to 5.57 per cent in July this year as compared to 5.40 per cent in the same month last year, according to the latest BBS statistics rel...

Noakhali mob kills four over cattle theft

FE Report

Angry villagers beat four men to death and injured another two on suspicion of cattle rustling in Noakhali. The incident occurred in a village in Subarnachar Upazila early Thursday, said Charjabbar P...

Indefinite bus strike in Barisal div

FE Online Report

Barisal-Patuakhali Minibus Owners' Association called an indefinite strike on 38 routes of the six districts under Barisal division protesting attack on their leader by the human hauler workers. Nazr...