JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) continues to pursue contractionary monetary stance to manage inexorable inflation and financial constraints retaining the regulatory lending rate high at 10 per cent. Despite calls from businesses to lower the policy rate, the BB has retained...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office. Night and day temperature may rise by (1-2)°C.The highest temperature in the country...
The eighth death anniversary of Hasna Abedin, founder and former chairperson of American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), will be observed today (Tuesday), says a statement. AIUB will hold special prayers, recitation of the Holy Quran, and milad marking the day. The...
Mentioning that some 0.16 million (1.61 lakh) people die every year due to tobacco consumption in Bangladesh, speakers at a seminar said the media should play a crucial role in countering the manipulative tactics of the tobacco industry, reports UNB.These...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
Police have arrested 12 persons for allegedly committing robberies, who posing as members of the Detective Branch (DB) of Police, in the capital's different areas including Dhanmondi and Mohammadpur. The arrestees are Md Manju (40), Saiful Islam (40), Md Russel...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
The battery-operated easy-bikes, nosimon, auto-rickshaws, etc, and Mahindra-type automobiles caused the highest number of road accidents in January, according to a report, published on Monday. These vehicles were involved in 163 accidents, causing 139 deaths and 336 injuries, representing 24.73...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
The director general (DG) of Directorate of National Consumers Rights Protection (DNCRP) on Monday said the organisation will intensify its market vigilance from February 21 to ensure that consumers get essentials at rational prices along with benefits of the tax,...
Mahmudur Rahman, editor of the Amar Desh, has been acquitted following an appeal against his seven-year sentence in a case over kidnapping and murder plot against Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, reports bdnews24.com .Dhaka's Fourth...
GAZIPUR, Feb 10 (UNB): Former Awami League MP from Sirajganj-6 (Shahjadpur) constituency Chayan Islam has been arrested from a residence of his relative in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur.Chayan's wife and an associate were also detained from the house and taken...
Dhaka court has placed ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina's former private investment adviser Salman F Rahman, ex-law minister Aniusl Haq and two others on a 4-day remand each in a murder case, reports UNB.Judge of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate GM Farhan Ishtiaq...
MANIKGANJ, Feb 10 (UNB): Election Commissioner Mohammad Anwarul Islam has said the Election Commission (EC) is working towards holding the national election by December.Speaking to reporters after inspecting the voter registration process at Nali Krishna Chandra High School in Shibaloy...
BNP has announced a series of rallies across 64 districts from 12 February to 25 February, demanding effective measures to keep the prices of essential commodities at a tolerable level, quick announcement of an electoral roadmap, and improving the worsening...
BEIJING, Feb 10 (AFP): China last year saw a one-fifth decline in marriages, the latest sign of persistent demographic challenges as Beijing works to encourage births despite an uncertain economic outlook for young families.The country saw 6.1 million couples register...
BAGHDAD, Feb 10 (AFP): Iraq's president has sued Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani over unpaid salaries for civil servants in the autonomous region of Kurdistan, bringing into focus a rift in the country's leadership.President Abdul Latif Rashid, a Kurd, filed...
DAMASCUS, Feb 10 (BBC): The Sudanese military has called for diplomatic support for a new government that it says it wants to form after it recaptures the capital, Khartoum, from rival forces.The Sudanese army has been regaining control of areas...
PARIS, Feb 10 (AFP): Nearly all nations missed a UN deadline Monday to submit new targets for slashing carbon emissions, including major economies under pressure to show leadership following the US retreat on climate change.Just 10 of nearly 200 countries...
WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (AP): President Donald Trump said he is serious about wanting Canada to become the 51st state in an interview that aired Sunday during the Super Bowl preshow."Yeah it is," Trump told Fox News Channel's Bret Baier when...
NEW YORK, Feb 10 (Reuters/AFP): US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is committed to buying and owning Gaza, but could allow sections of the war-ravaged land to be rebuilt by other states in the Middle East."I'm committed to...
Gold prices jumped more than 1 per cent on Monday to hit a record high, as safe-haven demand surged on fears of a global trade war after US President Donald Trump announced new tariff plans, reports Reuters.Spot gold was up...
LONDON, Feb 10 (Reuters): Oil prices rebounded on Monday despite lingering fears over a potential global trade war after US President Donald Trump's latest tariff plans, this time targeting steel and aluminium.Brent crude futures were up $1.05, or 1.4 per...
EDOTCO Bangladesh, the country's leading telecommunications infrastructure provider, continues transforming the lives of the underserved through its 'Tower to Power' CSR initiative.Expanding its renewable energy support, EDOTCO has equipped St. Francis High School in Dinajpur with 2.2 KW uninterrupted electricity...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
Dhaka's skyline has been changing fast in recent years with tall buildings, commercial and residential, coming up in large numbers. A few of them are towering skyscrapers (there is no universally defined minimum height for a skyscraper, but a continuously...
WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (AFP): US President Donald Trump plans to impose 25-per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Monday, prompting the threat of retaliation from Europe and a warning from China that there were no winners in a...
The government plans to lease the closed jute mills to private sector to pave the way for their reopening, said Textiles and Jute Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin on Monday."Steps have been taken to reopen the closed jute mills in the...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
Leaders of Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BPGMEA) on Monday said enhanced management of waste, including plastic, is crucial instead of banning it, as growing use of plastic is undeniable for a country's economic development.They said that per...
HELSINKI, Feb 10 (AFP): Finnish telecommunications equipment giant Nokia announced on Monday that chief executive Pekka Lundmark would step down and be replaced by Justin Hotard, the head of AI and data centres at US chip-maker Intel.Lundmark, who has served...
PARIS, Feb 10 (AFP): Political and tech industry leaders descended on Paris Monday for a two-day summit on artificial intelligence, hoping to find common ground on the revolutionary technology set to remake business and society across the world.Co-hosted by French...
Chairman of Janata Bank PLC Mohammad Fazlur Rahman visited the bank's Saptapadi Market Branch on Sunday. Bagura Area Deputy General Manager Md Nazrul Islam and other officials along with local elite and clients were present during his visit.
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, speaks at the convocation of the International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT) at the BICC, Sher-e- Bangla Nagar, in the capital on Monday.
FE REPORT | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
Canada welcomes its engagement with Bangladesh to continue technical discussions towards a Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) to expand trade and investment ties between the two countries.Ahmed Hussen, Minister for International Development of Canada, expressed such when he...
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