FE REPORT | 2025-02-03 00:00:00
Stakeholders at a policy conclave stressed the need for digitised integrated value chain, fair pricing and lower interest rates to ensure reasonable prices of essential commodities.The event titled 'Fair Prices of Food Commodities: Exploring Strategies for Market Supervision' was held...
Some victims who are undergoing treatment at NITOR with injuries sustained during the July-August uprising have been staging demonstrations by blockading Mirpur road on several demands.The blockade disrupted traffic and caused severe traffic gridlock on the road and adjacent areas...
The government has allocated Tk 2.32 billion for the rehabilitation of families of those killed and people injured during the July uprising, said Disaster Management and Relief Adviser Faruk-E-Azam on Sunday.Families of the deceased will receive Tk 1.0 million in...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-03 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has waived Value Added Tax (VAT) on foreign doctors' services in Bangladesh for facilitating treatment of the students injured in the July-August mass uprising.The VAT wing issued a circular on Sunday waiving the VAT.More...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2025-02-03 00:00:00
The yields on treasury bills (T-bills) dropped below 11 per cent on Sunday, showing signs of a fall in banks' deposit and lending rates in the near future, market insiders said.The interest rates on the T-bills fell below the level...
GAZIPUR, Feb 2 (UNB): The three-day first phase of the 58th version of the Biswa Ijtema has ended through Akheri Munajat (final prayer) on the banks of the Turag River in Gazipur, with the participation of tens of thousands of...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-03 00:00:00
Remittances sent by expatriate Bangladeshis in January of the current fiscal year dropped by more than 17 per cent to $2.19 billion compared to December 2024. However, year-on-year, the figure increased by 3.4 per cent, according to data released by...
M A Taslim | 2025-02-03 00:00:00
The current monetary policy was set in motion at a time when the economy was in a dire state. The inflation rate was trending upwards alarmingly and the national output was sluggish. Amidst rampant corruption and large-scale looting of the...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-02-03 00:00:00
Persisting high prices of goods and services despite government interventions have prompted the finance authorities to begin brainstorming to fix the defiant hikers, with focus on demand-pull and cost-push factors.Through the study they want to examine the impact of output...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-03 00:00:00
A major project gets finally gets the go-ahead to expand and modernise Mongla seaport with enhanced container-handling capacity under a plan to upgrade it to a regional shipping hub.The Mongla Port Authority, under the Ministry of Shipping, will implement the...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-02-03 00:00:00
Regulatory policy on remittance netting is allegedly skewed towards public banks on exchange rate as private bankers are bound within the fixed upper ceiling while the government lenders offering higher rates. Bangladesh Bank (BB) is now favouring the state-owned commercial...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office. Moderate to dense fog may occur at places over the country during...
Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki on Sunday said the government is fully committed to freedom of expression and writing, reports BSS."There is no question of censorship on the publishing of books as the government is fully committed to freedom...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-02-03 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 02: One person was beaten to death by mob in Fatikchari upazila of Chattogram on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Shahid (32), son of one Saiful Islam. He hailed from Cumilla and lived at his father-in-law's...
Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) Vice Chancellor Major General Md Mahbub-ul Alam and noted film actor Khawaja Naim Murad distributed prizes among the winners of the 'BUP Film Fest 2025' on its closing day at Bijoy Auditorium in the capital...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-03 00:00:00
Police have arrested five active members of a juvenile crime gang in the capital's Adabar area on Saturday. The arrestees are Shariful, Sri Sagar, Md Saiful, Md Rezaul and Ridhoy. A police team of the Adabar Police Station nabbed them...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-03 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has increased the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for a mass-used 12-kg LPG cylinder by Tk 19 to Tk 1,478 from previous Tk 1,459. The new price for February trading has come into...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-03 00:00:00
A special drive to recover six grabbed canals in the capital city began on Sunday aiming to establish a blue network to enhance environmental, economic and social development of the city through giving the water-bodies a new lease of life.To...
SHARIATPUR, Feb 1 (UNB): Two Awami League (AL) supporters were apprehended by local BNP leaders and activists while distributing leaflets in Shariatpur and handed over to police.The incident occurred on Saturday around 12:00 noon in front of the Sub-Registrar's Office...
A Dhaka court has imposed travel ban on former liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque and three others over graft charges brought by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), reports BSS.The three other people, who have been barred to leave the...
A Dhaka court has sent to jail former state minister for disaster management and relief Dr Md Enamur Rahman in a case lodged over the killing of hawker Sagor in the city's Mirpur area during the student-led July-August mass uprising,...
A Tangail court has sentenced two to life in prison and acquitted 10 others in a case over the murder of Awami League (AL) leader Faruk Ahmed almost 12 years ago, reports bdnews24.com.The acquitted included former MP Amanur Rahman Khan...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved filing of three separate cases against former Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan and his family on charges of amassing illegal assets worth Tk 250 million, report agencies.ACC Director General (Prevention) Akhter Hossain briefed reporters at...
The BNP has announced a full convening committee for its Meherpur district unit and partial convening committees for seven other district units, including Chattogram South, Gazipur and Narayanganj, reports UNB.The party has also approved a preparatory committee for its upcoming...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury have left for the USA to attend the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC.They took an Emirates Airlines flight from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-03 00:00:00
The Election Commission (EC) sent directives to Police Headquarters to ensure security at voter registration centres during the ongoing voter list update, EC Deputy Secretary (Election Support Branch) Md Mahbub Alam Shah said on Sunday.Mr Shah said that EC directed...
WASHINGTON , Feb 2 (AP): The website of the US Agency for International Development went offline without explanation Saturday as thousands of furloughs, layoffs and program shutdowns continued in President Donald Trump's freeze on US-funded foreign aid and development worldwide.Congressional...
Prime Bank PLC, a leading financial institution in Bangladesh, has extended agricultural loans to farmers in Narail as part of its commitment to fostering the growth and development of the agricultural sector. In an Open Credit Programme on Sunday, the...
SBAC Bank PLC held its Annual Business Development Conference 2025 at a hotel in Dhaka on Saturday. Md. Moklesur Rahman, Chairman of the bank, inaugurated the event as the chief guest while Habibur Rahman, Managing Director and CEO, presided over...
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