Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24:00 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office.The highest...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 16th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 80 at 09:05am on Monday morning, reports UNB.Monday's air was classified as 'moderate', according to...
Vehicles stuck in an acute gridlock on Topkhana Road, like many other areas, as the aggrieved students, demanding abolishing quota system in the government jobs, blocked roads at different points across the capital on Monday. — FE Photo
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) fined owners of nine buildings a total of Tk 153,000 on Monday after finding Aedes larvae during a mosquito eradication drive, reports UNB.In Mohammadpur area under Ward-33, a total of Tk 105,000 was imposed on...
NAOGAON, July 08 (BSS): Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder on Monday said the government will no more allow the selling of "shined or polished" rice for the consumers as an act has already been formulated to stop marketing of such...
Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Bangladesh Charles Whiteley on Monday said the signed "Talent Partnership with Bangladesh" will benefit migrants and their families economically, reports UNB.He said the partnership will also improve overall migration management, increase labour force...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-07-09 00:00:00
In lockstep with their peers of 39 public universities, Dhaka University teachers continued an all-out strike for eighth consecutive day on Monday, demanding cancelation of the universal 'Prottoy' pension scheme.The teachers staged a one-hour sit-in outside the main gate of...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has introduced an online platform called MeDevIS (Medical Devices Information System), the first global open access clearing house for information on medical devices, reports UNB.It is designed to support the governments, regulators and users in...
Attorney General (AG) AM Amin Uddin has called upon the students protesting against the quota system in government jobs to have patience, saying they should not take a sub-judice matter to the street., reports UNB.Responding to journalists' questions at his...
A Dhaka court has fixed July 23 for hearing on a plea by police to take BNP leader Ishraque Hossain on a 10-day remand in a sedition case, reports BSS.Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Saifur Rahman set the date on Monday...
Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus has made an appeal to the High Court (HC) to cancel the proceedings of the money embezzlement case lodged against him, reports BSS.The application is scheduled to be heard by the HC bench of Justice Nazrul...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Monday that his party did not provoke the students' ongoing quota reform movement. Rather, BNP is just extending support to their just cause. "We see this movement in...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has called upon students to avoid any agitation programme which causes public sufferings, reports BSS."The quota system in government jobs is a subjudice matter. So, we have to wait until the final judgment...
The iron rod on top of the Rath (chariot) may have come into contact with an 11000-volt electric wire as the procession moved towards the Shib temple in the Latifpur area, stated Nesco's executive engineer, report agencies. Abdul Mannaf, the...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-09 00:00:00
Passenger rush for metro rail in Dhaka's lone corridor from Motijheel to Uttara has increased as students' blockade brought traffic to a standstill on Monday.For lack of traffic mobility, thousands living around the 20.1-kilomete corridor or not chose the MRT...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-07-09 00:00:00
Onion price continues to rise as the spice hit Tk 120 a kilogram on Monday, marking a hike of Tk 10 per kg just in a day and Tk 20-25 in a week.Rain-induced supply crunch, lower imports and mismatch in...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-09 00:00:00
A Dhaka court has imposed a travel ban on Customs, Excise and VAT Commissioner Moham-mad Enamul Haque amid widespread corruption allegations.Dhaka Sessions Judge Mohammad As-Shams Jaglul Hossain issued the order on Monday following a petition by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).On...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-09 00:00:00
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) detained on Monday 17 people for their alleged involvement in leaking out questions for recruitment exams held by the Public Service Commission (PSC), including the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) exams.The arrestees are: PSC chairmen's former...
Floodwater triggered by heavy rainfall and onrush of water from upstream regions engulfed a large swaths of northern and northeastern districts creating havoc for the people livening in low-lying areas.Although flood situation is improving slightly, people in flood-hit region are...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was admitted to Evercare Hospital in the capital again early Monday."Madame was taken to the hospital as she felt unwell," said Khaleda's personal physician Professor AZM Zahid Hossain, , reports UNB.He said the BNP chief was...
The Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, has taken over four flats owned by Benazir Ahmed's family in Dhaka's Gulshan as the former inspector general of police faces graft investigation.A team led by Manjur Morshed, the ACC director of asset management, made...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-07-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh's low-income earners face a painful erosion of their wages due to high inflation, despite some month-on-month income growth over the past year. Analysts say this has left many struggling financially.Real wages decreased by 1.99 percentage points in the just-ended...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-09 00:00:00
A nationwide gas shortage is causing frequent power cuts as around three dozen gas-fired power plants are currently out of operation for a lack of input.Power outages are worst in rural areas, while urban areas are experiencing increased load shedding.Officials...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-09 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday requested detailed information from the central bank regarding the alleged Tk 33-billion loan fraud of Islami Bank in 2022, according to sources.In response to the allegation, the national anti-graft watchdog formed a three-member committee...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-09 00:00:00
The central bank issued an exit policy for the struggling borrowers who now can avail the facility by paying 10-percent down payment of their outstanding loans.Unlike the loan-rescheduling facility, the loan status of borrowers will not change until the entire...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-09 00:00:00
All roads to central Dhaka were besieged in late afternoon Monday as an all-out anti-quota movement by students crippled countrywide communications, spot reports said. As unrest reigned on roads and rails and university campuses, five ministers and state ministers sat...
BEIJING, Jul 8 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reached Beijing to start a four-day official visit to China at the invitation of her Chinese counterpart Li Qiang. A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, that left Hazrat Shahjalal...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-07-09 00:00:00
Hefty interest payments on growing debts prompt the government to go for fundraising with Sukuk worth Tk 50 billion to supplement traditional bonds that are getting costlier by the day for high yields, sources say. Interest rates on conventional bonds...
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