ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2024-12-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh has rejected a proposal for the transit of bandwidth to India's northeastern Seven Sisters states, marking a pivotal moment in the region's digital infrastructure landscape.The project, spearheaded by Summit Communications and Fiber at Home in collaboration with India's Bharti...
KHULNA, Dec 2 (UNB): BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Monday warned his party leaders and workers that the upcoming national election will be one of the toughest in the history of Bangladesh, and urged them to work hard to...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-12-03 00:00:00
Thirty-four global firms have submitted expressions of interest (EOIs) to supply spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Bangladesh as the interim government has started shortlisting spot LNG suppliers afresh. A senior official of state-run Petrobangla told The Financial Express Monday...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh has become a "kleptocratic" state from a "crony capitalist" one over the years under the influence of bureaucrats, politicians and businesses, White Paper Committee chief Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya said on Monday.Besides, the country has fallen into a "middle-income trap"...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-03 00:00:00
Cyclone Remal costs Bangladesh around $622 million in economic losses and damage due to non-operation of the Summit LNG Terminal, according to the US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)."The storm reportedly cost Bangladesh $600 million in economic...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-12-03 00:00:00
State-owned energy companies forewarn gas cutoff following impending acute liquidity crisis attributable to nearly Tk 27 billion overdue refund of excess taxes charged by taxmen. Petrobangla has reported that the gas-supply system is under threat from fund shortfall affecting gas-distribution...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-03 00:00:00
Remarks of Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of the Indian state Poshchimbanga, are not politically correct, says the foreign adviser in a rebuttal to her plea for deploying UN peacekeepers in Bangladesh.The Foreign Affairs Adviser of the interim government, Touhid Hossain,...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh's Assistant High Commission in Agartala, the capital of the Indian state of Tripura, came under attack by Hindu protesters on Monday.According to eyewitness accounts of the incident, the supporters of the Hindu Sangharsh Samity launched the attack and also...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-03 00:00:00
The interim government is expecting 5.25 per cent growth of the gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of the current fiscal year.The original budget of the fiscal year 2024-25 set a target to attain 6.75 per cent GDP growth.The...
Weather may remain dry with partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office. Light to moderate fog may occur at places over the country during late night...
Motorcyclist dies, as bus hits him in Dhaka's BosilaA motorcyclist died after a Ramzan Paribahan bus hit him on the road in front of Police's SP Barracks in city's Bosila on Monday. The man aged between 25 and 30 could...
Ten-year-old boy, Mohammad, has died from injuries sustained in a gas explosion in city's Pallabi, raising the death toll to three, reports UNB.Mohammad succumbed to his injuries early Monday at the National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute, said Dr Shawon...
The Ministry of Public Administration has directed the relevant ministries, departments, and organisations to take immediate steps to fill 475,001 vacant posts in government service, reports UNB.The ministry sent a letter to the authorities concerned with detailed instructions regarding this...
The participants and faculty members posed for a photo session during the North South University (NSU) Undergraduate Law Symposium Summer 2024 on Sunday. The Department of Law, NSU organised the programme. NSU VC Professor Abdul Hannan graced the prize-giving ceremony...
Three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 497 this year, reports UNB.Among the recent fatalities, one took place in Dhaka South City...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-03 00:00:00
The Director General of Health Services (DGHS) has recorded 11 cases of Zika virus and 67 cases of Chikungunya across the country this year.Director General of DGHS Prof Dr Md. Abu Jafor disclosed the data at a news conference on...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-03 00:00:00
Switzerland has partnered with UNFPA with a contribution of over US $2.2 million to deliver crucial support to adolescents, youth, girls and women in the Rohingya refugee camps and the marginalised host communities in Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char island.The...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain briefed the diplomats of different countries at the state guesthouse Padma in the capital on Monday. — PID
FE REPORT | 2024-12-03 00:00:00
The government has reformed the tripartite committee to prepare a draft report for further amendments to the labour law in line with the recommendations of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the European Union (EU).The Ministry of Labour and Employment...
A Dhaka court on Monday sent four former MPs, including former Social Welfare Minister Dipu Moni, to jail showing them arrested in new cases, reports UNB.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Imran Ahmed passed the order.Those sent to jail also include former state...
A case was filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 125 others for attempting to murder a fish trader during the recent anti-discrimination student movement with Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court in the city on Monday, reports BSS. The...
The Faruk Hasan-led faction of Gana Odhikar Parishad placed a nine-point proposal to the Election Reform Commission (ERC) including to elevate the parliamentary seats to 500 from the existing 300 seats, reports UNB.A delegation led by member secretary of the...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee Member Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed has said his party wants good relationship with India."Minorities in India are being much persecuted, compared to the other countries (in South Asia). Despite that India gives us...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-03 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday stayed a High Court (HC) verdict that declared August 15 as national mourning day and public holiday. A five-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat...
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus presiding over a board meeting of the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation at the state guesthouse Jamuna in the capital on Monday. — PID
The BCB announced on Monday that all-rounder Mehidy Hasan will lead the 15-member ODI squad in the absence of regular skipper Najmul Hossain in the upcoming three-match series, scheduled from December 08 at St Kitts, reports Cricbuzz.Mushfiqur Rahim and Najmul...
Syeda Sadia Sultana, the shooter who took home a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Shooting Championships, has died, reports bdnews24.com.She passed away while undergoing treatment at an Intensive Care Unit at a hospital in Chattogram.Sadia had been dealing with...
West Indies' second-wicket pair of Kraigg Brathwaite and Keacy Carty safely negotiated a tricky final period to take their team to 70-1 in reply to Bangladesh's first-innings total of 164 at stumps on the second day of the second and...
Sharmin Akhter Supta continued her rich vein of form by hitting 72 runs as Bangladesh swept the three-match ODI series against Ireland with a seven-wicket victory in the third and final game at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Monday, reports...
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