FE REPORT | 2024-11-10 00:00:00
Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter pledged on Saturday the government's commitment to addressing the entrenched discrimination in the fisheries sector.Speaking at a seminar titled "Challenges and Forward: Rights of Small-Scale Fishing Communities in the Context of Bangladesh," held at...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-10 00:00:00
Workers of a garment factory named TNZ Apparels staged a demonstration over unpaid wages creating a long tailback on both sides of the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur on Saturday. The demonstration that started at around 8.30 am in Maleker Bari...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-10 00:00:00
The prices of chicken and vegetables declined last week, but that of potatoes rose further. Broiler and sonali chicken prices dropped by Tk 20 a kg, with broiler chicken now selling at Tk 175-190 a kg. The retail price of...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus presides over a meeting of the Commission of Enquiry on Enforced Disappearances at the State Guest House Jamuna in the capital on Saturday. — PID
COX'S BAZAR, Nov 09 (UNB): Police have arrested 19 former Union Parishad (UP) members backed by 'Awami League', raiding a hotel where they were holding a 'clandestine meeting' in Cox's Bazar district town.On a tip-off that 19 UP members would...
Two leaders of the Awami League (AL) have been arrested in connection with the murder of Mahadi Hasan Pantha during the anti-discrimination student movement, reports UNB. Ahad Ali (55), joint general secretary of the Freedom Fighters' League, Dhaka Metropolitan South,...
A Dhaka court has sent former ministers Rashed Khan Menon and Hasanul Haq Inu and ex-state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak to jail after the end of their remand in a murder case, report agencies.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Awlad Hossain Muhammad Zunaid...
Shaheed Noor Hossain Day will be observed today (Sunday) in a befitting manner, reports BSS.On this day in 1987, Noor Hossain, who imprinted his bare chest and back with the slogans 'Free democracy' and 'Down with autocracy', embraced martyrdom in...
Terming Awami League (AL) a 'fascist' party, Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has said the interim government will not tolerate any violence or any attempt to break the public order in the country, reports UNB."The Awami League in its...
The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has taken necessary preparations ahead of the Holy Month of Ramadan through importing commodities as well as local procurement of items, reports UNB.As part of its huge activities, the TCB would sell some...
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant officially stepped down Friday in a ceremony that replaced him with Israel Katz, the former foreign minister, just three days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Gallant, sparking protests.Many in Israel view Gallant as the...
LONDON, Nov 9 (AFP): Britain's royal family is facing calls for more transparency and reform of their private estates after an investigation alleged they have been profiting from public bodies while benefiting from major tax exemptions.The UK media probe also...
Eight more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours until Saturday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 350 this year. In the recent fatalities, four were reported in the Dhaka South City...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-11-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh's foreign-trade landscape changes a lot as Sonamasjid land port has become the largest trading frontier in recent years, surpassing Benapole and Burimari ports, according to insiders.Official statistics show Sonamasjid port in Chapainawabganj has handled the largest volume of export...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-11-10 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 09: The export of ready-made garments (RMG) from factories in the port city is increasing as there is no labour unrest here.According to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), RMG goods to the tune of $543...
The Judiciary Reform Commission formed by the interim government will exchange views with the delegation of the Carter Center and the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) today (Sunday) as part of its consultation with stakeholders.Commission Secretary...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-11-10 00:00:00
The 29th conference of the parties (COP29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change kicks off in the Azerbaijan capital of Baku tomorrow (Monday).The November 11-22 event is a pivotal opportunity to accelerate action to tackle the overwhelming...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2024-11-10 00:00:00
Planning ministry has uncovered severe deficiencies in the ballast thickness of new rail lines built in the Kashiani-Gopalganj-Tungipara region, with the ballast measuring only 100 millimetre at certain points.The current ballast measurement is only 40 per cent of the 250mm...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-11-10 00:00:00
The distribution of startup funds by scheduled banks remains minimal, hindered by the absence of an effective policy from the Bangladesh Bank (BB).A total of Tk 0.43 billion in loans had been disbursed to 153 customers as of August this...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-11-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank should maintain its tight monetary policy without losing patience to curb the inflationary pressure on the economy.The authorities should also rein in public spending while ensuring competition in the commodities market as a strategy to stabilise prices.While talking...
SHAMSUL HUQ ZAHID | 2024-11-10 00:00:00
The Financial Express (FE), Bangladesh's first English-language business daily, is entering its 32nd year of publication today in an entirely different domestic political and economic context.An authoritarian regime that had imposed itself on a democracy-loving nation for over a decade...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-11-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh trails far behind regional countries in non-tax revenue netting as the NTR-GDP ratio has stagnated within a peanut 1.0 per cent during the last eight years while the government struggles for deficit financing.This happens to be government's second-largest income...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-10 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday promised the Commission of Enquiry on Enforced Disappearances all possible support to identify those responsible for enforced disappearances between 2009 and 2024 and hold them accountable."We will facilitate anything that you need and...
SEOUL, Nov 09 (AFP): North Korea staged GPS jamming attacks on Friday and Saturday, Seoul's military said, an operation that was affecting several ships and dozens of civilian aircraft in South Korea.The alleged jamming comes a week after the North...
OTTAWA, Nov 09 (AFP): Canadian authorities said Friday they're on "high alert" with all eyes on the US border as the country braces for a possible influx of migrants from the United States.US President-elect Donald Trump has promised the largest...
QUETTA, Nov 09 (AFP): A bombing claimed by Pakistani separatists killed 26 people including 14 soldiers at a railway station in the southwestern Balochistan province, a hospital spokesman said Saturday.The blast hit as passengers waited on a platform at the...
NEW YORK, Nov 09 (Reuters): The United States charged an Iranian man on Friday in connection with an alleged plot ordered by Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump, the Department of Justice said.Farhad Shakeri informed law...
NEW YORK, Nov 09 (Reuters): Donald Trump's Republicans held on to a narrow edge on Friday as election officials tallied the final votes that will determine control of the US House of Representatives, though Democrats succeeded in flipping a pair...
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