A career is an individual's journey of lifelong learning, extensive training, and skill development. Simply put, a career is what one does for a living. At various stages of life, everyone must decide what they want to achieve. This choice...
Tanim Asjad | 2024-11-16 00:00:00
At least 2,606 Bangladeshi citizens have surrendered the country's citizenship formally in the last eight years. Most of them availed of citizenship in Germany during the period under review. This is quite intriguing. What prompted these people to leave the...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-11-16 00:00:00
President Aliyev has described the country's rich deposits of natural resources including oil and gas as the "Gift from God". Azerbaijan is rich in both of these fossil fuels. Under his presidency, the country has been roaring ahead with development,...
Given the highly pollutant nature of the textile and fashion industry, the Western importers of textile products from developing nations including Bangladesh want to see that waste generated by the industry is managed efficiently and sustainably. In the textile industry,...
Manzur Ahmed | 2024-11-16 00:00:00
Protecting the Intellectual Property Right (IPR) is critical for international trade and foreign investment. Bangladesh is struggling to improve the country's IPR regime for long despite being part of a number of major international bodies and agreements for the protection...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-15 12:00:00
Quick-rental power producers' functions now can be challenged as the High Court rescinded the contentious legal impunity given to them during the past regime. The High Court Thursday passed its orders declaring illegal two impugned provisions of the 'Quick Enhancement...
Southeast Bank PLC accorded a reception to the unbeaten SAFF Women's Champions Bangladesh Football team at its head office in the city on Thursday, reports UNB.The bank rewarded Tk 300,000 to each of the 23 booters of the team and...
Gold prices steadied near the previous session's two-month lows on Friday and were poised for their worst weekly performance in over three years as a rallying US dollar and expectations of less aggressive interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve...
LONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters): Oil prices were steady on Friday, heading for a weekly loss, as investors mulled waning Chinese demand and a possible slowing of the US Federal Reserve's interest rate cut path.Brent crude futures dropped 30 cents, or...
Five people have died of dengue, while 1,107 more patients been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease throughout Bangladesh in the past 24 hours till Thursday morning, reports bdnews24.com.The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, said as many as...
Md Abdullah, a college student who was shot during the Anti-discrimination Student Movement protests on Aug 5, has died at a hospital in Dhaka, reports bdnews24.com.He died at 7:30am on Thursday while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Combined Military Hospital,...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said his party, if returns to power, will build Bangladesh in such a way that no one, not even the prime minister, can abuse power or emerge as an autocrat, reports UNB.He came up...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
The prices of edible oils, potatos, and eggs increased further last week, while that of vegetables showed a decline.Loose soybean-oil prices increased to Tk 170-172 a litre, and super palm oil to Tk 164-165 a litre.Traders said oil prices had...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
A local shipping company, which has been on trial for a direct shipping route between Karachi and Chattogram, now plans to offer weekly services for an increased cargo demand on this line.Previously, this vessel used to ply the Dubai-Chattogram route.It...
BAKU, Nov 14 (Reuters): Pay now to help poorer countries cope with climate change or pay more later, negotiators were warned on Thursday as experts said poor states need at least $1 trillion per year by the end of the...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) on Thursday recognised 46 listed and non-listed organisations in 17 categories for their best corporate practices based on financial parameters and non-financial indicators. Winners of the ICMAB Best Corporate award...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
The interim government has asked ministries to halt fund allocations for infrastructure development, car purchase, land acquisition and foreign tours by public servants as part of revising down the current national budget.To this end, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
Seven banks have so far received Tk 65.85 billion in liquidity support from 10 affluent banks and the cash feeding under the regulator-underwritten guarantee scheme will continue, officials said. "Such liquidity support will be continued in the coming days," spokesperson...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
Days after restoring tax incentives for renewable energy-based power producers for 10 years to attract potential investors, the government is now set to extend the tax-breaks for five more years to 15 years.Top government officials in a meeting Thursday decided...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN FROM BAKU, AZERBAIJAN | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
Azerbaijan is interested in investing in Bangladesh and is exploring the possibility of opening a resident embassy in Dhaka, as both nations see growing opportunities for trade, commerce, and international cooperation.This interest was expressed by Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev during...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh has expressed sheer annoyance at deposed premier Sheikh Hasina's frequent political statements from India, urging the Narendra Modi government to restrain her from doing so anymore.Toufique Hasan, director-general of the public diplomacy wing and also spokesperson for foreign ministry,...
Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of Bangladesh's interim government, told AFP on Wednesday that reforms were needed before Bangladesh could elect a government following the ouster of autocratic former ruler Sheikh Hasina.The speed of reforms "will decide how quick the election...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country over the country until 6:00 pm today (Friday), according to the Met office.Night and day temperature may fall slightly over the country.The highest temperature of the country was...
The Ministry of Land has issued a circular directing the authorities concerned to take immediate actions against employees of the ministry, if found involved in corruption or irregularities in the delivery of land services, reports UNB.The circular, signed by Senior...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 14: The commissioning of the Chattogram-Dhaka oil pipeline is likely to take place in December and may be handed over to the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) in January of next year. The project's works have almost been completed...
Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman speaking at the 43rd Annual Commanders' Conference of the Army Service Corps (ASC) 2024 at the ASC Centre and School at Jahanabad Cantonment in Khulna on Thursday. — ISPR
FE REPORT | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
Arrangements will be made to provide lifetime medical treatment and rehabilitation for the injured protesters and victims of the student-led July-August mass movement, said Professor Dr Md Sayedur Rahman, special assistant to the chief adviser.He made the remarks after a...
The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs has appointed 1,299 government law officers to courts across 25 districts from November 3 to 13, reports UNB.This includes Government Pleaders (GPs), Additional Government Pleaders, Assistant Government Pleaders, Public Prosecutors (PPs), Additional...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday said his government would carry out vital labour reforms in an effort to attract more foreign investment in the country's manufacturing sector, reports BSS.He made the comments during a meeting with former British...
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