LONDON, Oct 05 (BBC): Over the past 10 years, rates of colorectal cancer among 25 to 49 year olds have increased in 24 different countries, including the UK, US, France, Australia, Canada, Norway and Argentina.The investigation's early findings, presented by...
JERUSALEM, Oct 05 (AFP/BBC): An Israeli official told AFP on Saturday that the military is "preparing a response" to the Iranian missile barrage that targeted Israel earlier this week."The IDF (Israeli military) is preparing a response to the unprecedented and...
WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (AFP/BBC): President Joe Biden said Friday he was not confident the US election in November would be peaceful, citing incendiary comments by Republican contender Donald Trump, who still rejects his 2020 defeat.Biden's warning came with lawmakers and...
Matiur Rahman | 2024-10-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh has witnessed rapid growth in MFS over the last decade, especially with the rise of platforms like bKash, Rocket, and Nagad. These services have facilitated financial transactions and played a crucial role in the country's socio-economic development. They have...
Ethics is the evaluation of the rightness or wrongness of human actions. In business, ethics refers to the application of virtuous principles and standards to both individuals and institutions within the business world. Although business ethics may be intangible or...
The rise of large corporations in recent times has made it increasingly difficult for small business owners to survive and compete. While larger companies have access to more resources and can take advantage of economies of scale, it is small...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-10-06 00:00:00
Many countries prohibit the honking of vehicle horns at random, which is distressingly common here. Horn is supposed to be used solely as a warning to prevent accidents. However, in Bangladeshi cities, where traffic intersections are perpetually chaotic and lawless,...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-10-06 00:00:00
The central bank has further tightened its monetary stance by hiking the policy rate to pull down the inflationary pressure. It increased the overnight repo rate by 50 basis points to 9.50 per cent from 9.0 per cent on September...
The anguish of the leaders of the newly-constituted Bankers Association of Bangladesh (BAB) over the blatant interference by the immediate past government in the sanction and disbursement of loans by the banks is fully justified. And their request to the...
Colourful gamchha (towels) of different shapes and sizes, made in different parts of the country, are put on display for sale on a wall near the main road in the capital's Shyamoli area. These towels are cozy as well as...
GULAM RABBANI | 2024-10-05 00:00:00
An appeal against the cancellation of two cases filed over the share-market scam in 1996 against Salman F Rahman and others has been pending with the apex court for long seven years. Although it was strongly believed that Salman was...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-05 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) is not in a position to settle its debt service liability (DSL) of Tk 11.37 billion with the government due to rising operational costs of the state entity.Sources said the BRTC took out a...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-05 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) would sit for a dialogue with Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Younus today (Saturday) as part of the interim government's initiative to hold discussions with the political parties before holding a free and fair national election.The dialogue...
A recent study published in GSC Advanced Research and Reviews reveals an alarming level of air pollution in Dhaka, posing a severe threat to public health and the city's economy, reports UNB.Conducted by Ashfaqur Rahman and a team of researchers...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-10-05 00:00:00
The government at present has no plan to allow import of farm eggs to protect the interests of the domestic poultry industry. If farm egg is imported, the country's developing poultry sector would be massively affected, apprehends the Ministry of...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-10-05 00:00:00
The interim government has toughened its stand on a land acquisition project of the Roads and Highways Division (RHD) because of its bloated cost estimations, faulty design and long delays, officials said on Thursday.Even after extending the project, the execution...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-10-05 00:00:00
A major policy shift significantly squeezes foreign-currency feeding to the commercial banks by the central bank as a sure-fire measure to protect the country's fast-depleting foreign exchange (forex) reserves, bankers said. And the change in the strategy of Bangladesh Bank...
Chief Adviser of the interim government Professor Muhammad Yunus Friday sought Malaysia's support for Bangladesh to become a sectoral dialogue partner of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), besides cooperation in trade and manpower employment."We congratulate Malaysia's upcoming chairmanship...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-10-05 00:00:00
Restructuring and recapitalisation of weakened banks are in a bailout package being mulled by the regulator as financial health of many public-and private-sector lenders deteriorated following wanton plunder in the recent past, officials said. Before applying the remedy, the asset...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Saturday), according to...
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 04 (UNB): The bodies of two missing tourists were recovered on Friday from Rupsi Jharna, a waterfall in Mirsarai, Chattogram.A search and rescue team from the Mirsarai Fire Service and Civil Defence retrieved the bodies at around 01:00...
TANGAIL, Oct 04 (UNB): Four people were killed and some 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Kalihati upazila of Tangail early Friday.The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.Nannu Khan,...
SYLHET, Oct 04 (UNB): The bodies of nine people killed during the recent student movement in Sylhet are set to be exhumed for autopsies.The bodies will be exhumed once the necessary preparations are complete, police said.Among them, six victims are...
Heavy rainfall on Friday afternoon caused severe waterlogging in several parts of capital Dhaka, leading to immense suffering for commuters, reports UNB.Many were seen wading through waterlogged streets in areas such as Mouchak, Malibagh, Shantinagar, Moghbazar, Kakrail, Paltan, Dainik Bangla...
Another 317 people were hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours until Friday morning, reports UNB.Of the new patients, 50 were admitted in hospital under Dhaka North City Corporation while 114 were hospitalised in Dhaka South City Corporation, according to the...
Poet and thinker Farhad Mazhar was admitted to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in the city due to health issues, reports bdnews24.com.He was admitted to the hospital at around 11:00 am on Friday, said Mohammad Romel, coordinator of 'Vaab boithoki'...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin has called upon Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to facilitate the entry of more skilled and semi-skilled workers from Bangladesh into Malaysia, reports UNB.The President made the request during a meeting with the Malsysian PM at Bangabhaban...
Three-year-old Bayezid, who suffered burn injuries after a 'gas explosion' in Dhaka's Sukrabad, has died. This takes the death toll from the incident to three, reports bdnews24.com.The doctor declared Bayezid dead around 9:30 pm on Thursday. He had burns on...
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