Ekushey Padak-winning veteran actor Masud Ali Khan passed away at his Kalabagan residence in the capital on Thursday. He was 95, reports UNB.Masud Ali, who had been suffering from several old-age complications, breathed his last at 4:20 pm, family sources...
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The HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine that is taken to prevent cervical cancer does not cause infertility or have religious obligations, authorities clarified on Wednesday as misinformation is spreading in this regard."HPV vaccination has nothing to do with infertility. Also, there...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-01 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will invest in research and development of the country's agriculture and food technology sectors, creation of skilled human resources, climate management, and smart agriculture.For this purpose, 'Strengthening Higher Education in Agriculture Project' has been taken...
Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday urged the Australian government to regularise migrants and increase regular migration from Bangladesh, reports UNB.He came up with the call when Australia's Home Minister Tony Burke called on him (Chief Adviser) at...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-01 00:00:00
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) called on Thursday for the appointment of new, independent leadership at the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). It also said that the ACC must be free from political and bureaucratic influences. In a statement, the TIB emphasised the...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-11-01 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 31: Police arrested a former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Chittagong University (CU) unit from the campus on Wednesday night.Arrested Fahim Hossain was organising secretary of the BCL's CU unit. He was a cohort of former Chattogram...
A Dhaka court has imposed travel ban on former Dhaka-18 lawmaker Mohammad Habib Hasan, former Bogura-3 lawmaker Md Nurul Islam Talukder, Union Bank PLC managing director ABM Mokammel Haque Chowdhury and former taxes commissioner Ranjit Kumar Talukder over graft allegations,...
A Dhaka court has acquitted online activist Pinaki Bhattacharya and former joint secretary of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Mofizur Rahman Ashique from a case filed under the Digital Security Act, accusing them of tarnishing the country's image, reports BSS. The...
CHUADANGA, Oct 31 (UNB): A local leader of BNP has been killed in a factional clash over dominance in Chuadanga's Damurhuda upazila on Wednesday night.The dead is Sultan (45), son of Afsar Ali, resident of Khalisha Para area of Natuda...
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced a10-day programme in observance of the National Revolution and Solidarity Day on November 7.The party has arranged the programme aiming to focus on the importance and history of the day and disseminate knowledge about...
An error crept into one of the highlights used in the illustration of the news item titled "No place for Hasina's 'fascist' party in BD" carried on Page 1 in Thursday's issue of The Financial Express.Actually the highlight should read:...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) cancelled the directorship of its former president Nazmul Hassan Papon and 10 other directors, reports BSS.The decision came from the 15th meeting of the Board of Directors of BCB recently.Apart from Papon, the other directors were...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur has assumed the role of Chairperson of SAARCFINANCE, a network comprising eight central bank governors from SAARC nations. Dr. Mansur's term will span November 2024 to October 2025, following the 46th SAARCFINANCE...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-11-01 00:00:00
Agent banking transactions continue to dominate rural Bangladesh, driven by the easy access to the system by village residents, according to sources with direct knowledge of the matter.As of June 2024, rural transactions accounted for an impressive 84.23 per cent...
The 6th batch, consisting of 52 Bangladeshis, were evacuated from Beirut on a flight with a stopover in Dubai en route to Dhaka on Thursday amid the ongoing conflict in Lebanon.The flight carrying these passengers left Beirut at 7:20 am...
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The government has renamed six medical colleges, dropping names of Sheikh Hasina, her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other persons.To this end, the Medical Education and Family Welfare Division issued a circular on October 30.The Ministry of Health and Family...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-01 00:00:00
The central bank has clarified its position regarding the latest injection of high-powered money into the market.As emergency strikes, according to the Bangladesh Bank (BB), this liquidity has been injected for the time being.It made the clarification following a news...
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The High Court (HC) on Thursday scrapped the trial proceedings of a sedition case filed against BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, ETV Chairman Abdus Salam and two others.The HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain delivered...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-01 00:00:00
The central bank has reduced the spread of two-way price quoting of primary dealer (PD) banks to bring dynamism in the country's secondary bond market, officials said.Under the new rules, the spread will be fixed on the basis of bid-ask...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-01 00:00:00
The interim government has constituted a six-member search committee to recommend candidates for the next Election Commission (EC), which is responsible for overseeing free and fair elections.The committee, outlined in a Thursday gazette signed by cabinet secretary Dr Sheikh Abdur...
The golden girls of Bangladesh hit Dhaka airport on Thursday as they returned home victorious after clinching the Women's SAFF Championship title, humbling the hosts Nepal on Wednesday. Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will accord a reception to the team...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-01 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus will attend the COP29 conference, scheduled to start on November 13 in the Azerbaijan capital Baku, Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain said on Thursday.Talking to reporters at the foreign ministry, he, however, said that the...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-11-01 00:00:00
To stabilise onion prices in the local market, the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) has recommended the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to allow duty-free import of onions. The existing customs duty is 5.0 per cent.The BTTC put forward...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-01 00:00:00
Sporadic clashes, chase and counter-chase took place between an 'Anti-Fascism Students-Workers-People' combine and Jatiya Party men late on Thursday evening at Kakrail in the city. Jatiya Party's central office at Kakrail was also set on fire during the clashes. Sources...
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The government has agreed to set up separate administrative facilities for the seven colleges seeking a separate univerisity, press secretary to the chief adviser Shafiqul Alam said on Thursday.Addressing a media briefing, he said that the decision was taken in...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-11-01 00:00:00
Introducing e-invoice is the latest trial for mending porous VAT-collection system as the revenue board opts for dumping device-based taxing after prolonged piloting, sources say. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has moved to introduce electronic invoicing system to automate...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-01 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday said that the government would bring back the money laundered abroad during the past regime."We will definitely make it happen," the Chief Adviser told US Charge d' áffaires Helen LaFave who paid a...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-01 00:00:00
Two garment workers were shot while several others injured in their clashes with joint forces during unpaid-wage protests in Dhaka's Kafrul-Mirpur area on Thursday, sources said. The injured, identified as Al Amin Hossain, 17, and Jhuma Akhter, 15, both operators...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-01 00:00:00
Initial findings of the White Paper committee on State of Bangladesh Economy have indicated large-scale irregularities, especially in areas of data, cost and information, in four major sectors, including energy and physical infrastructure.The committee also unearthed a nexus among politicians,...
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