On Monday, at around 12:15 PM, protesters pelted stones at the Antanagar train, the Akoost Express, travelling from Noakhali to Dhaka. The students of Government Titumir College were demanding that their college be declared a university. While blocking roads might...
Shiabur Rahman | 2024-11-22 00:00:00
Online gambling has, as elsewhere, witnessed a steep rise in Bangladesh in recent years. The allure of easy money is attracting a growing number of Bangladeshis to this fool's game. A century-old statute and cultural and religious norms that discourage...
The idea of limiting the number of bus operators in the capital has been floated once again. This initiative, initially endorsed by the Cabinet during the previous government's tenure, was a key feature of the draft Bangladesh Road Transport Authority...
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures closed lower for a second consecutive session on Thursday, as fears of US tariffs imposed on China and muted demand for palm sparked a sell-off in the vegetable oils market.The benchmark...
LONDON, Nov 21 (Reuters): Spot gold price rose for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday, with safe-haven demand for the precious metal supported by global stocks under pressure after AI bellwether Nvidia's revenue growth forecast failed to excite investors.Spot gold...
LONDON, Nov 21 (Reuters): Copper prices retreated on Thursday on concerns about the latest developments in the war in Ukraine, a firmer dollar and worries about demand in China.Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was down 0.4 per...
LONDON, Nov 21 (Reuters): Oil prices climbed more than 2 per cent on Thursday as Russia and Ukraine launched missiles at each other, overshadowing the impact of a bigger-than-expected increase in US crude inventories.Brent crude futures rose $1.48, or 2.03...
PARIS, Nov 21 (AFP): Scientists said Thursday they have taken the first ever close-up image of a star outside of the Milky Way, capturing a blurry shot of a dying behemoth 2,000 times bigger than the Sun.Roughly 160,000 light years...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 21 (AFP): Gunmen in northeastern Pakistan killed at least 38 people in two attacks on Thursday, officials said, adding that the incidents were linked to sectarian violence that has claimed dozens of lives in recent months."Two separate...
NEW YORK, Nov 21 (AFP): A fresh banana taped to a wall-a provocative work of conceptual art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan-was bought for $6.2 million on Wednesday by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur at a New York auction, Sotheby's announced in...
KYIV, Nov 21 (AFP): Moscow on Thursday launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at Ukraine for the first time, Kyiv said, marking the latest escalation of the conflict since Ukraine fired Western-supplied long-range missiles on Russia.The Ukrainian air force said...
FE REPORTA violent clash took place between students of Dhaka College and Dhaka City College in the capital's Science Laboratory area on Wednesday, leaving at least 15 students injured.The incident brought traffic to a halt in the busy area, causing...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-21 12:00:00
The government has formed 39 teams to monitor the overheated commodities markets in the city to ensure smooth supply of essential items and keep prices stable, sources said.The teams were constituted with members from seven entities - the ministries of...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-21 12:00:00
Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam on Wednesday told the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in the capital that Abdullah Al-Mamun Chowdhury, former inspector general of police (IGP), was the 'supreme commander' of the mass killing that took place during the July-August...
Nobel laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser to the interim government, chairs a meeting of the council of advisers at the secretariat for the first time on Wednesday since the assumption of his interim government on August 08. —...
FE REPORTMahmud Hasan Khan, managing director of Rising Fashions, has formally been announced as the team leader of Forum, a panel of the country's garment makers.The announcement was made at an event held at a city hotel on Wednesday, ahead...
Five more people have died of dengue while 1,043 new patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across Bangladesh over the past 24 hours till Wednesday morning, reports bdnews24.com.The number of patients hospitalised with the disease this year...
In a major reshuffle in police administration, the government has appointed former chief of Special Branch of Police Baharul Alam as the new Inspector General of Police (IGP) while Sheikh Sazzad Ali as the new commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-11-21 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 20: Saif Powertec Limited, an international-standard domestic port operator, handled more than 20-million TEU (twenty-foot unit) containers and 14,000 vessels at Chittagong port from 2007 to October 2024.Sources said Saif Powertec handled 13,964 vessels at the country's prime...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has issued guidelines for operations of business in Bangladesh by Joint Ventures or Consortiums or Associations (JV/CA) having foreign partner (s) in order to make the process more transparent and more accountable, reports BSS.The central bank in...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-21 00:00:00
BNP secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam speaks at a programme at Fulgazi, Feni, on Wednesday. — Focus Bangla Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said his party did not say anything about the issue of the Awami...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-21 00:00:00
Umpteen Indian and Sri Lankan nationals allegedly work in Bangladesh's shipping industry without work permit and unlawfully take out thousands of dollars, while the country faces foreign-exchange crunch.Because of unauthorized engagement of foreigners in jobs in Bangladesh, local efficient and...
Global ratings agency Moody's has revised its ratings for six Bangladeshi banks, citing concerns over the country's recent sovereign downgrade.The banks affected are BRAC Bank, City Bank, Dutch-Bangla Bank, Eastern Bank, Mercantile Bank and Premier Bank, reports UNB.Moody's has downgraded...
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov 20 (AP): With time running down, negotiators at the United Nations annual climate talks on Wednesday returned to the puzzle of finding an agreement to bring far more money for vulnerable nations to adapt than wealthier countries...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2024-11-21 00:00:00
The Energy and Mineral Resources Division approached the Planning ministry to exempt five vital gas exploration and development projects from the mandatory third-party feasibility study requirement.The government division reasoned that rapid exploration of gas will help to reduce dependency on...
The Armed Forces Day will be observed today (Thursday) amid festivity and enthusiasm marking the establishment of the army, navy and air forces during the 1971 Liberation War.The day's programmes will begin with offering special dua after Fajr prayers at...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2024-11-21 00:00:00
The interim government on Wednesday approved two hard-term credits worth US$260 million to invest in power transmission, road and terminal development, officials said.The Standing Committee on Non-Concessional Loans (SCNCL) of the government approved the loans at its meeting at the...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-21 00:00:00
A provision for banning political parties missed the all-clear as the council of advisers Wednesday approved a draft ordinance to amend the ICT act to make trial more transparent and international-standard.According to provisions of the amended law, members of the...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-11-21 00:00:00
Businesses lose out as the real effective exchange rate (REER) index rose to 102.97 in October from 100.40 in September that signals a decline in the competitiveness of Bangladesh's currency in international trade, sources say.According to the latest measure for...
Bangladesh Air Force Women's Welfare Association (BAFWWA) President Saleha Khan distributed warm clothes among the poor people in the organisation's central office at Air Base Bashar in the capital on Wednesday. — ISPR
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