The embattled BRT is hopeful about the completion of major infrastructure for the dedicated bus corridor from Joydevpur to Airport by December.Uncertainty looms large ahead of the resumption of construction shortly as the work was suspended following a recent fatal accident.Dhaka BRT Company Ltd is yet to get the safety...
Read moreDomestic ceramic makers exhort the government to impose an additional duty on ceramic imports with an eye to discouraging bringing in such costly items from abroad.The Bangladesh Ceramic Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BCMEA) have sought quick steps to help protect the home industry.Last month, the association placed the demand to...
Read moreThe two-day '9th Annual Banking Conference-2022' will begin today (Saturday) in the city, reports BSS.Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) is organising the conference aiming at bringing together experts, academicians and researchers from all over the region to exchange and share knowledge, experience and research outputs on banking and related...
Read moreMOULVIBAZAR, Aug 26 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold talks with tea estate owners Saturday as the workers at the country's 167 tea plantations continued their indefinite strike for the 18th day Friday for raising their wages to Tk 300 from Tk 120.The workers abstained from work Friday, but...
Read moreGrameen Telecom, an organisation owned by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, recently paid Tk 4.37 billion to its 176 former employees as their dues through an out-of-court settlement. The employees got the money as they were entitled to get 5 per cent of the net profit of the Grameen Telecom...
Read moreSUKKUR (Pakistan), Aug 26 (AFP): Heavy rain pounded much of Pakistan Friday after the government declared an emergency to deal with monsoon flooding it said had affected more than 30 million people.The annual monsoon is essential for irrigating crops and replenishing lakes and dams across the Indian subcontinent, but each...
Read moreWASHINGTON, Aug 26 (AFP): Taming high US inflation will inflict "pain" on American families and businesses, but failure to wrestle prices down from their current 40-year high would be even more harmful, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday in a hotly-anticipated speech to global policymakers.Addressing the annual gathering of...
Read moreLIVERPOOL, Aug 26 (AFP): British police on Friday said they had arrested a 36-year-old man for shooting dead a nine-year-old girl in the crossfire of a suspected gang war.The young girl's death-the third fatal shooting in the city in a week- has led to calls for greater action to tackle...
Read moreThe Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has said the recent ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to dismiss the preliminary objections of Myanmar would contribute to mobilizing the necessary momentum for effective international action, reports UNB.The organization, collective voice of the Muslim world, said the ICJ ruling would...
Read moreSHERPUR, Aug 26, (UNB) -The body of an 8th grader was recovered from an open toilet of his school in Bhimganj Bazar area of the district town on Friday morning, said police.Identified as Mohammad Rimon, the 16-year-old boy was son of Sagor Mia of Khunia Madhyapara village under the Sadar...
Read moreCOLOMBO, Aug 26 (AFP): Children in Sri Lanka are "going to bed hungry" because of the island nation's economic crisis, the UN said Friday, warning other South Asian countries could be approaching similar shortages.Sri Lanka is grappling with its worst downturn on record after running out of foreign currency to...
Read moreKids are enjoying a ride at the Shaheed Matiur Park at Gulistan of the capital on Friday - the weekly holiday. Once neglected, the public place has attracted a lot of visitors these days after the authorities concerned gave the park a facelift — FE photo
Read moreCement-laden vessels stay anchored at a terminal adjacent to Aminbazar Bridge over the river Turag. The sacks of cement are ferried here through the river route from outside Dhaka. Later, the construction ingredient is sent to Dhaka and neighbouring areas through trucks. The photo was taken recently — FE photo
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