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New investments in start-ups dip 43pc

New investments in local start-ups declined significantly in 2024 compared to the previous year mainly due to political turmoil, economic uncertainties, and changing global trends, according to a report. The volume of new funding fell by around 43 per cent to $41.3 million last year from $72.0 million in 2023,...

Battery-run rickshaws rule Dhaka streets, after a defiant return

Despite restrictions imposed by the authorities, including the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), battery-run rickshaws and easy-bikes are plying the main roads and flyovers in the city, regardless of the traffic rules and norms, after making a defiant return.The DMP has already issued a directive asking not to operate these three-wheeled...

TIB expresses concern about vandalism, slams govt's poor response

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed concern about the vandalism in Dhanmondi 32 and several parts of the country in the past two days.TIB issued the statement on Friday in response to various acts of vandalism allegedly instigated by former deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from neighbouring India. Protesters vandalised...

Committee's 1st meet likely next week

The government-formed Bangladesh Capital Market Sustainable Development Committee has started its work to streamline the stock market by identifying the challenges and potential improvement methods, officials said on Thursday.The committee is likely to hold its first meeting next week and devise its work plan to prepare possible policy recommendations for...

Victims urged to submit medical bills for compensation

The government has invited students and civilians injured during the July-August mass uprising to submit their medical expense claims for reimbursement if they received treatment at private hospitals.According to a press release issued by the Press Information Department (PID) on Friday, the injured must submit their applications and medical bills...

Delhi says no role in Hasina's remarks, it’s her own

India on Friday said the comments attributed to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have been made in her individual capacity in which India has no role to play, reports UNB.Bangladesh acting High Commissioner to India Md Nural Islam was summoned by the Ministry of External Affairs to the South Block...

Ekushey Book Fair pulls in huge crowds

The Ekushey Book Fair pulls in huge crowds of book lovers and visitors on Friday, the first weekend of the month-long event. The photo was taken at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital in the afternoon. — FE Photo

Sweet pumpkins from Arial Beel of Munshiganj

Sweet pumpkins from Arial Beel of Munshiganj have started to enter Dhaka's kitchen markets in profusion at this time of winter. The snap was shot in Shyambazar area on Friday. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam

Khairul Kabir’s death anniv observed

The twenty-eighth death anniversary of journalist and banker Khairul Kabir, who passed away in Singapore on February 7, 1997, was observed on Thursday, says a press release.Late Khairul Kabir was the Founder Editor of The Daily Sangbad and the first Life Member of the Jatiya Press Club.In the banking sector,...

Woman shot dead, UP chairman's house vandalised

NARSINGDI, Feb 7 (UNB): A 24-year-old woman was shot dead and the house of Sreenagar Union Parishad Chairman Riaz Murshed Khan Russell was attacked and vandalised by an armed gang in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi on Friday.The deceased was identified as Shanta Islam, 24, wife of the chairman's cousin Shakil...