Chittagong Kings made a giant stride toward the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) playoffs, romping to a five-wicket win over Rangpur Riders at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on in the city on Tuesday, reports BSS.After winning eight matches on the trot,...
AI can identify women at risk of breastcancer years in advance: studyOSLO, Jan 29: Artificial intelligence is able to identify women who have an elevated risk of developing breast cancer several years before it is diagnosed, the Norwegian Institute of...
LONDON, Jan 29 (AFP): Only 30 percent of Britons still believe the UK made the right decision to leave the European Union, the lowest figure recorded by pollsters since shortly after the 2016 Brexit referendum, a YouGov poll showed on...
NEW YORK, Jan 29 (Reuters): Americans have a dim view of some of President Donald Trump's early barrage of executive orders, including his attempt to do away with so-called birthright citizenship and his decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico,...
RAMALLAH, Jan 29 (AFP): The Palestinian health ministry said on Wednesday that Israeli forces killed two people in separate overnight raids in the occupied West Bank, including one in Jenin, where the Israeli military is conducting a major offensive. The...
PRAYAGRAJ, Jan 29 (AFP): A stampede at the world's largest religious gathering in India killed at least 15 people with many more injured, a doctor at the Kumbh Mela festival told AFP Wednesday.Deadly crowd crushes are a notorious feature of...
MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Reuters): Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Ukraine could find a legal way to hold peace talks with Russia on ending their nearly three-year-old war, but Moscow sees no willingness on Kyiv's part to engage.Ukrainian...
JUBA, Jan 29 (AFP): A plane has crashed in the north of South Sudan killing at least 20 people, Unity state minister for information said Wednesday.The aircraft came down near the oil fields in Unity State at around 10:30 am...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) had previously raised the VAT on restaurants from 5 per cent to 15 per cent, only to later return it to 5 per cent. However, despite this reduction, restaurants have not revised their product...
It is often said the worst sights in the world is to witness ignorance and stupidity in action. That said, roadwork construction workers, their supervisors, and management in Nurerchala, Vatara are taking it to a new level and their mission,...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-01-30 00:00:00
As Bangladesh approaches its scheduled graduation from the United Nations' Least Developed Country (LDC) category in November 2026, concerns are mounting among industrialists and exporters about the potential impact on their businesses. With the impending loss of trade benefits typically...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2025-01-30 00:00:00
In this week of a remembrance of Auschwitz-Birkenau, of the liberation of Auschwitz eight decades ago, it becomes the moral responsibility of all nations to inform themselves that the tragedy the Nazis subjected Jews to in the course of the...
SOFIA NOOR RAFA | 2025-01-29 12:00:00
Irreproachable enough to be noted in the beginning, the mental health care paradigm pitted itself as a necessity for moving forward with life and, in its own right, drew thoughts from all walks of life. It is currently upholding its...
The ongoing relocation work of utility lines for Mass Rapid Transit Line-1 has narrowed the road in front of Jamuna Future Park in Kuril, contributing to traffic snarl-up and also causing hardship for pedestrians. The photo was shot on Tuesday....
SM Masudul Haque, joint secretary of Technical and Madrasa Education Division under the Ministry of Education, has agreed to nationalise all registered 1,519 independent Ebtedayee madrasas in phases, reports bdnews24.com.He went to Shahbagh where protesting madrasa teachers took position and...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has submitted a report on the July Uprising to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, stating that officers had informed them that the ousted Bangladesh dictator, "Sheikh Hasina directly ordered enforced disappearances and killings", reports BSS.A delegation...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2025-01-29 00:00:00
Unskilled migrants continue to dominate the manpower export in the country despite an overall decline in the sector. Experts have attributed this negative trend to a lack of vocational education and language skills, among other limitations. The Bureau of Manpower,...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has warned his party leaders and workers that he will neither own nor shelter anyone involved in activities that harm public trust or tarnish the party's image, reports UNB.Speaking virtually at three workshops, he also...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-29 00:00:00
Governor of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) Dr Ahsan H Mansur has assured clients of weak banks that their funds will be returned, albeit in stages, and urged patience as the process unfolds. "You will get your money back, but it...
GULAM RABBANI | 2025-01-29 00:00:00
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is unable to operate flights to potentially profitable international destinations due to aircraft shortages, its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Md Shafiqur Rahman has told The Financial Express. This is depriving the country's largest...
The government has not yet made any decision regarding the allocation of dearness allowance (DA) for its officials and employees, said Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday, reports UNB."We have not made any decision regarding the dearness allowance yet,"...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-29 00:00:00
Around 2,000 running staff of Bangladesh Railway (BR) operate over 350 trains in the country. Of them, 1,177 are locomotive masters (LMs) and assistant locomotive masters (ALMs). All these staff get extra-hour-running benefit, known as mileage allowance or running allowance...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-29 00:00:00
Students of seven colleges on Tuesday suspended their protests on receiving assurance that their six-point demand will be fulfilled at the soonest possible time.They, however, gave a 15-day ultimatum to come up with the framework of an independent university for...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-29 00:00:00
The government is set to extend the deadline for individuals' tax-return submission by 15 more days until February 15 this year following a demand from taxpayers.The time for the tax-return submission was scheduled to expire on January 31.Official sources said...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-01-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh's maiden offshore hydrocarbon platform worth around US$300 million lies long idle since the dereliction of Sangu gas field over a decade ago despite its potential for using as a facility to re-gasify liquefied gases. Sources say the facility with...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-29 00:00:00
A nationwide wildcat strike by railway running staff Tuesday brought trains to a grinding halt across Bangladesh, leaving thousands of passengers stranded in abject misery in this one of umpteen strikes these days.The indefinite strike, which began after midnight Monday...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-01-29 00:00:00
Non-agricultural economic units like business establishments numbered 11.88 million in 2024 with a 51.91-percent growth in last 11 years from 7.82 million in 2013 as per official count, but economists see deviation from economic-expansion trajectory. They point out growth path...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office.Light to moderate fog may occur over the country during late night to morning.Night and day temperature may remain...
The Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court Tuesday instructed the concerned authorities to preserve the foreign curries and gold ornaments of former Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank Sitangshu Kumar (SK) Sur Chowdhury in the vault of Bangladesh Bank (BB), reports BSS.Md Zakir...
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