IG Chowdhury | 2025-01-18 00:00:00
I needed some paper work done on my passport to release a shipment of personal items at the airport. I was a faculty member at a Middle Eastern University. Pleasantries were exchanged with the officer and he assured me it...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-01-18 00:00:00
Poush toder daak diyechhe, aay re chole, aay aay aay/ Daala je taar bhoreche aaj paaka phosole, mori haai haai haai (Poush has called you, come, come soon/the basket of it is full of ripened crops, what bliss it is!)....
ULAANBAATAR, Jan 17, 2025 (AFP) - Mongolia on Friday signed a $1.6 billion investment deal with French nuclear giant Orano allowing it to exploit a vast uranium deposit in its southwest, a move Paris says will enhance its energy independence.Discussions...
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (AFP): The US Trade Representative said Thursday that its probe into China's practices in the shipbuilding, maritime and logistics sectors found that Beijing's undermining of fair competition warranted "urgent action."The conclusion comes after the USTR launched an...
Gold held firm near a five-week high on Friday and was set for a third straight week of gains, as US inflation data released earlier this week raised expectation that the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates further this year,...
TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters): Oil prices rose on Friday, heading for a fourth consecutive week of gains as the latest US sanctions on Russian energy trade hit supply, pushing up spot trade prices and shipping rates.Brent crude futures were trading 55 cents...
SEOUL, Jan 17 (AFP): North Korea condemned on Friday joint military drills between South Korea, Japan and the United States held this week, threatening to respond by exercising its right to self-defence "more intensively".The trilateral exercise was held after Pyongyang...
A Pakistani court sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment on Friday in a land corruption case, local broadcaster ARY News reported.The verdict in the case, the largest in terms of financial wrongdoing faced by Khan, was...
MOSCOW, Jan 17 (TASS): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Moscow on Friday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the signing of a strategic partnership treaty between the two countries, Russia's TASS state news agency reported.Pezeshkian, on his...
JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Jan 17 (AFP/Reuters): Israel's security cabinet approved in a vote on Friday a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal that should take effect this weekend, the prime minister's office said.The agreement, which must now go to the full cabinet...
Nahid Ul Hasan | 2025-01-18 00:00:00
Risk-based pricing is gaining growing attention in today's business world full of risk imbalance. As all customer groups do not mirror the same look on a business scale, all cannot share the same cost burden alike. It has been around...
Emergence of new viruses often triggers fear. The situation has aggravated since the global devastation caused by COVID-19, which claimed over 3.0 million lives. The recent outbreak of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China and Japan has also provoked concerns about...
It has been reported that the Administration Reform Commission has proposed changing the designation of Deputy Commissioner to District Magistrate. For decades, communities across districts have recognised the pivotal role of the Deputy Commissioner, not only as a representative of...
Sarker Nazrul Islam | 2025-01-18 00:00:00
Dhaka city's infamy for its chaotic public transportation system is known but now it makes news for the dwindling of the fleet of buses. The bus service system in the town is steadily losing its share of passengers for a...
When the private sector had been struggling due to fall in investment amid high inflation rate thanks to enhanced policy rate aimed at tightening money supply, it forced banks to raise interests leading to credit crunch. So, it is not...
FE REPORT The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) condoled on Thursday the death of Nuher Latif Khan, a former director of the trade body.Khan, 40, died of a cardiac arrest at 2:18am on January 14 (Tuesday) at American...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-17 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday promoted Abdullah Al Zahid to the position of director general, while Md Anwarul Haque was elevated to the rank of director.The promotions for the key positions of the anti-graft watchdog were notified through a...
FE REPORTAgro processors have issued a seven-day ultimatum for the government to reconsider the recent VAT and tax hike, and warned of taking to the streets unless their demand is met by then.They expressed concern that the new tax measure...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-17 00:00:00
A woman, who had been suffering from multiple health complications, compounded by human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infection, died on Wednesday night, the health authorities said.Sanjida Akhter (30) succumbed to multi-organ failures due to HMPV infection while undergoing treatment in Mohakhali Infectious...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-17 00:00:00
From now on metro rail service will be available half an hour early every Friday, which the sources say will help support the high demand of passengers, but will reduce time for operations and management works necessary in providing the...
DOHA, Jan 16 (AFP): Qatar and the United States announced Wednesday a ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Israel and Hamas, adding that they hoped it would pave the way for a permanent end to the war in Gaza.After mediators said...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-17 00:00:00
A Dhaka Court on Thursday ordered to freeze more than 321 million shares in 24 different companies owned by S Alam Group owner Mohammad Saiful Alam and his family members. The nominal value of these shares is Tk 35.63 billion,...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-17 00:00:00
The advisory committee to initiate reforms in the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has recommended that the taxmen frame predictable tax policy and consider introduction of presumptive taxes on Small and Medium Enterprises (SME).At a meeting with the Economic Reporters...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-17 00:00:00
Governor of the Bangladesh Bank Dr Ahsan H Mansur has assured business leaders that inflationary pressure will fall due to various regulatory interventions, according to a press release issued by a leading business body.He shared his optimism that people will...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-01-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh's current- account deficit under the balance of payments narrowed to Tk 698.81 billion at the end of FY24, a significant improvement from the Tk 1.085-trillion deficit recorded in the previous financial year. The more than 35 per cent reduction...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-17 00:00:00
Finance adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed says his government is not able to pay attention to each and every problem in the country. "We can't take care of everything," he said in reply to a query on the impacts of proposed...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-17 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to fly to Switzerland on January 21 to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF), a spokesperson for the foreign ministry said on Thursday.During his four-day visit, the chief adviser will take part in...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-01-17 00:00:00
Eight items, including medicine, mobile-phone usage and internet-service providers, are spared from the just-hiked VAT and supplementary duty (SD) as the government backtracks amid stakeholder discontent. The other items relieved of tax rises are non-AC hotel, restaurant, motor garage and...
All political parties, students and the interim government agreed on publication of 'July Declaration' recognising the contributions of all who participated in the mass uprising that toppled the past regime.As an all-party dialogue on the uprising documentation finally ended in...
Weather may remain dry with partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Me3t Office. Light to moderate fog may occur at places over the country during late night...
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