FE ReportAlthough the number of public buses has ballooned in the country in the past decades, it cannot help reduce public sufferings mainly due to irregularities, experts say.They blame unhealthy competition, syndication and the lack of proper policy for the sorry state.According to the data available with the state-run Bangladesh...
Read moreFE ReportLate editor of The Financial Express A.H.M. Moazzem Hossain was truly an honest professional, free from greed. He was an icon in the country's financial journalism. Senior journalists, colleagues recalled him at a condolence meeting organised to pay homage to the late editor.The Economic Reporters' Forum (ERF) organised the...
Read moreA college student died in a road crash in Gazipur after a covered van ran her over, reports bdnews24.com.The student has been identified as 21-year-old Farzana Akhter Mim. A resident of the Borobari neighbourhood, Mim was a student of Tongi Safiuddin Sarker Academy and College.The covered-van ran over the student...
Read moreOur CorrespondentCHATTOGRAM, Aug 4: Commuters underwent extreme sufferings in Chattogram on Saturday as public vehicles remained off the streets since morning causing problems due to the ongoing student agitation for road safety that entered seventh day.Transport leaders said they did not call any strike but the transport operators declined to...
Read moreFE ReportPrices of perishable items, especially fish and vegetables, and spices have risen exorbitantly in the city over the week.Traders have attributed this price hike to the ongoing unscheduled transport strike.Fish, both indigenous and cultured, increased by Tk 40-Tk 250 per kg in the past two days, much to the...
Read moreFE ReportAbout 40 per cent of wards in Dhaka city have exceeded the maximum allowable population density with more than 400 persons per acre (ppa).Citing a survey, experts on Saturday said the capital's central urban areas are fast losing their carrying capacity.Over 24 per cent accommodates 400 ppa, 7.0 per...
Read moreDutch Bangla Bank Limited has sent a rejoinder to a news item published in the August 04, 2018 issue of The Financial Express under the headline 'MFS providers look wide apart over impact'. The rejoinder issued by the DBBL CEO and Managing Director Abul Kashem Md. Shirin said that the...
Read moreMembers of a family waiting for transport at Shahbagh in the city on Saturday during the ongoing movement of the students for road safety — FE photo
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