The transportation system in the capital city is below the standard with poor state of accessibility as well as quality and reliability on public transports, according to a study.Overall score of Dhaka's transportation system in the study is 49.21 per cent. However, it found better state of fatalities - scoring...
Read moreBNP workers observing a token hunger strike on the Institution of Engineers premises in the city on Wednesday for release of party chairperson Khaleda Zia before announcement of the poll schedule — FE photo
Read moreOverall shortfall in provisioning against loans in the country's banking system swelled by over 18 per cent or Tk 12.23 billion in the first half (H1) of this calendar year (2018).The aggregate amount of provisioning shortfall rose to Tk 79.90 billion as on June 30 from Tk 67.67 billion six...
Read moreIndian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Wednesday differed with the claim that Bangladesh is the fourth largest remittance earning destination for India. "I want to say about the information that Bangladesh is the fourth largest remittance earning destination for India is incorrect."Mr Shringla mentioned that the 'incorrect'...
Read moreBanks have got one more year from the central bank to connect their point-of-sales (POS) terminals to the National Payment Switch Bangladesh (NPSB).Under the revised regulations, the banks and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) are allowed to connect their terminals to the NPSB by December 31, 2019 instead of December 31,...
Read moreEconomists and analysts have been waving the red flag for some time, even the government friendly parliament has raised questions but according to the latest statistics made available default loans from banks have climbed to Tk 900 billion. That's before the next stack of bad news descends in terms of...
Read moreIndian High Commis-sioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla may be replaced by Riva Ganguly Das.Ms Das is currently in charge of Indian Council for Cultural Relations, the external affairs ministry's culture arm.Indian government is planning several changes in its envoys to a number of key world capitals, reports the Times...
Read moreQuota reformists brought out a rally on the Dhaka University campus on Wednesday demanding immediate publication of a gazette notification on quota system, reports UNB.Nurul Haq Nur, a joint convener of Bangladesh General Students Rights Protection Council, said, "Five months have elapsed since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced the abolition...
Read moreYANGON, Sept 12 (AFP): The UN began work Wednesday inside Myanmar's violence-torn northern Rakhine state.It is the first time UN agencies have been granted permission to operate there since more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled the area last year.The UN has been waiting for access to the epicentre of the...
Read moreA 5.3 magnitude earthquake shook the capital and other parts of the country on Wednesday, report agencies. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department says the epicentre was located in Assam, 293km northeast of Dhaka.Effects were felt in Rangpur and other parts of Bangladesh as well.The tremor was felt at 10:50 am, said...
Read moreCoal India (CIL) has initiated talks with Barapukuria Coal Mining Company (BCMC) to help it explore coal mines as well as set up new projects, according to a report by Business Standard of India.BCMC is a subsidiary of the Bangladesh government-owned Petrobangla, with extremely limited mining capability, said the reportd....
Read moreParliament passed the Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) Bill, 2018 Wednesday, reports UNB.Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury moved the Bill in the parliament aiming at expanding Barind area's territory and giving it a legal structure.According to the proposed law entire Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions will come under the BMDA instead of...
Read moreThree cubs of a tiger species recovered from a village in Baufal of Patuakhali on Wednesday — Focus Bangla
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