Students of different institutions blocked the main road and demonstrated at Zero Point in the capital on Tuesday, demanding quick arrest of the killers of Imam Hasan Taim. He was shot in Jatrabari area during the recent mass uprising. —...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-09 00:00:00
The Sundarbans tiger population has increased to 125 in the latest government tiger survey in 2023-24. The number of tigers was 114 in the 2018 survey.The tiger density is 2.64 per 100 square-kilometres. Compared to 2018, the tiger population has...
The government has established a nine-member Constitution Reform Commission, headed by renowned political scientist, author, and professor Ali Riaz. The Cabinet Division issued a gazette notification on Monday formalising the formation of the commission, reports UNB.The commission's members include Dhaka...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-10-09 00:00:00
State-owned Petrobangla has cancelled the contract of Summit Group to build its second floating storage and re-gasification unit (FSRU) due to non compliance of the contract terms, Petrobangla Chairman Zanendra Nath Sarker told the FE on Tuesday. "We sent the...
South Korean Ambassador Park Young Sik talking with journalists after a meeting with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Shafiqur Rahman (on his right) at the party's central office in the capital on Tuesday. — Focus Bangla
The bank accounts of Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, the former Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), have been frozen as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged financial misconduct, reports UNB. The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) of Bangladesh...
The Ministry of Shipping (MoS) has launched an investigation against five officers and employees, including Captain Gias Uddin Ahmed, chief examiner and chief nautical surveyor (current charge) of the Department of Shipping (DoS), on charges of illegal monetary transactions, reports...
The Durga Puja holidays have been extended by another day, according to Mahfuz Alam, special assistant to the chief advisor, reports bdnews24.com.He said this to the media at the Dhakeshwari National Temple on Tuesday."For a long time, Hindu devotees have...
BNP senior joint secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday asked the interim government to identify the allies of the fallen dictator in the administration as soon as they may push the country towards a dangerous situation, reports UNB."If the dictator's...
DUBAI, Oct 8 (Reuters): QatarEnergy has entered into a long-term naphtha supply agreement with Shell, supplying up to 18 million metric tons of naphtha to the company over 20 years from next April.The latest in a string of supply deals...
Nurses of all public hospitals of the country observed a four-hour strike from 9:00am to 01:00pm on Tuesday, demanding withdrawal of cadre officers from the Directorate General of Nursing and Midwifery and the Bangladesh Nursing and Midwifery Council. The photo...
Five more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 193 this year. During the period, 981 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever, according...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-09 00:00:00
Saber Hossain Chowdhury, a former Awami League (AL) lawmaker and former minister of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, was freed from jail on Tuesday after securing bail in all six cases filed against him.Considering his bail petitions,...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-09 00:00:00
A Dhaka court on Tuesday summoned Tapashee Tabassum Urmi, the suspended assistant commissioner of Lalmonirhat district administration, in a case filed over her "derogatory remarks" about Abu Sayed, who was killed in police firing during the Anti-Discrimination Mass Movement on...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-09 00:00:00
Public Service Commission (PSC) Chairman Sohrab Hossain and 12 other members of the constitutional body have stepped down from their posts amid a call from coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement.They submitted resignation letters to the President, PSC communications officer...
Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, will be celebrated at 31,461 puja mandaps across the country including 252 in the capital. This information was disclosed at a press conference at Dhakeshwari National Temple in the...
STOCKHOLM, Oct 8 (AFP) : American John Hopfield and British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for pioneering work in the development of artificial intelligence.The pair were honoured "for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-09 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated an inquiry into Mujibul Haque, former Railway Minister and former Member of Parliament (MP) for Cumilla-11, and A K M Bahauddin, former MP for Cumilla-6.The inquiry also includes two others: Tahsin Bahar Shuchona, Bahauddin's...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-09 00:00:00
The Islamic banking (IB) and financial institutions sector in Bangladesh witnessed a cruel mischief over the past several years, causing its present sorry state.Islamic banks, which once remained in a strong position in the country, have now landed in a...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-09 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for September 2024 increased by 6.2 points to 49.7 from the previous month's 43.5, showing signs of slight improvements in the overall economy.This rise reflects a slower pace of contraction across key sectors such...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-09 00:00:00
The government has given permission to import 45 million eggs in a bid to ease the overheated market of the widely consumed item.Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) has suggested withdrawal of the existing import duty on egg...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-09 00:00:00
The government took special measures for smooth and peaceful celebrations of the Durga Puja by the Hindu community and the Chibor Daan festival by the Buddhist community, Deputy Press Secretary to the Chief Adviser Apurba Jahangir told a press briefing...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-10-09 00:00:00
Troubled banks cannot be sustainably revived by only giving some money to improve the liquidity of the crisis-ridden commercial lenders, says the new chief of bankers and suggests a holistic remedy through coordinated actions.The newly made chairman of the Bangladesh...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM AND JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-10-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh's current-account balance returned into green zone in August, after months of negativity, mainly as lower import expenses and higher inflow of remittances tipped the balance up, officials said.The country recorded a current-account surplus of US$111 million during the July-August...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-10-09 00:00:00
Massive fund cuts are likely from three ongoing railway megaprojects as the incumbent interim government finds their bloated estimation done by the deposed Sheikh Hasina administration, officials said Tuesday.An amount of some Tk 91.00 billion is likely to be slashed...
LISBON, Oct 8 (Reuters): Chinese lithium producers are flooding the global market with the critical metal and causing a "predatory" price drop as they seek to eliminate competing projects, a senior US official said on a visit to Portugal that...
PARIS/SINGAPORE, Oct 8 (Reuters): Chicago soybeans and corn eased on Tuesday as brisk US harvest progress and forecasts for rain in drought-hit Brazilian crop belts bolstered expectations of abundant global supplies.Wheat edged down as weakness in corn and soy countered...
JAKARTA, Oct 8 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Tuesday on profit-taking, while declines in Chicago soyoil and crude oil prices added further pressure to the benchmark contract.The benchmark palm oil contract for December delivery on the Bursa Malaysia...
Social Islami Bank held its 395th Executive Committee (EC) meeting at the bank's head office on Tuesday. Maksuda Begum, Chairman of the committee, presided over the meeting. Prof Dr. M. Sadiqul Islam, Chairman of the bank, Mohammad Forkanullah, Managing Director...
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