Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office. Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the country during...
One more people have died of dengue infection while 453 new patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours till Tuesday morning, reports bdnews24.com.With the new counts, the number of people in...
A view of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Foundation Bangladesh 9th Gold Award Ceremony, held in the capital on Monday. British High Commissioner Sarah Cooke hosted the event at her residence. Officials of the Foundation, including Rizwan Bin Farouq (Chairman),...
The 11th bilateral defence dialogue between Bangladesh and the United States will start from today (Wednesday), reports UNB.A delegation from Bangladesh, led by Director General of Armed Forces Division (operations and plans) Brig Gen Md Alimul Amin, will participate in...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-11 00:00:00
The government on Tuesday advised sensitive individuals to avoid going outside unless it is absolutely necessary, as the city's air quality has deteriorated from 'unhealthy' to 'hazardous'.The air quality in Dhaka and its surrounding areas has deteriorated to an 'unhealthy'...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-11 00:00:00
The committee, formed to review applications of government officers deprived of promotion during the past Awami League regime, submitted its report to Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus.Committee head Zakir Ahmed Khan along with other committee members presented the report...
SAIF UDDIN | 2024-12-11 00:00:00
When traditional plastic polythene bags are posing a serious threat to the environment, start-up entrepreneurs like university students have come up with a unique answer to this perennial problem.Good news is a group of budding researchers have innovated biodegradable plastic...
An Awami League (AL) leader has died while in custody at Sirajganj Central Jail, reports bdnews24.com.He died while undergoing treatment at Shaheed M Monsur Ali Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday morning, according to Kamrul Huda, district jail superintendent.The deceased...
The High Court (HC) has granted a three-month interim bail to actress and former president of the E-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) Shomi Kaiser in an attempted murder case, report agencies.The HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed...
The Jatiya Nagorik Committee, formed during the July-August student-led mass upsurge, has been reorganised to widen its efforts towards abolishing the fascist system and implementing a new political framework, reports UNB..This move also aims to uphold the spirit of the...
Leaders of ‘Justice for Comrades,’ a platform of retired army officers, have called for the arrest and exemplary punishment of those responsible for various killings, including the killing of 57 army officers during the BDR mutiny, as well as cases...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-11 00:00:00
‘Joy Bangla’ is no more 'national slogan' of Bangladesh now as the apex court issues stay. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Tuesday issued the order of stay on a High Court verdict that had declared it as national...
The BNP has called for adopting the latest technology in the task to update the voter list, instead of the traditional door-to-door campaigning ahead of the 12th national parliament election, reports UNB."We want a true and accurate voter list to...
SEOUL, Dec 10 (AFP): South Korean authorities banned more top officials from leaving the country Tuesday, Yonhap reported, in the wake of President Yoon Suk Yeol's bungled attempt to impose martial law.A day after Yoon himself was hit with a...
KYIV, Dec 10 (Reuters/BBC): President Volodymyr Zelensky made the case on Monday for a diplomatic settlement to Russia's war in Ukraine and raised the idea of foreign troops being deployed in his country until it could join the NATO military...
COLOMBO, Dec 10 (AFP): Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will travel to India on Sunday for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first overseas visit as head of state, the government said Tuesday.Leaders of the island nation...
JERUSALEM, Dec 10 (Reuters): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is set to take the stand on Tuesday for the first time in his long-running corruption trial under a court order that is likely to force him to juggle between...
DAMASCUS, Dec 10 (Reuters): As families desperately scoured the filthy cells of Syria's forbidding Sednaya prison on Monday for any sign of long-detained relatives after its gates were flung open by rebels, hope for finding missing loved ones began to...
NEW YORK, Dec 10 (Reuters/AFP): United Nations Security Council members will work on a statement on Syria in the coming days, US and Russian diplomats said on Monday, after a closed-door meeting over the rebel seizure of the capital Damascus...
JAKARTA, Dec 10 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures closed lower on Tuesday after data from the industry regulator showed adrop in Malaysian stockpiles, production and exports.The benchmark palm oil contract for February delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange lost...
GENEVA, Dec 10 (Reuters): The aviation industry is not moving fast enough to reach its targets for producing and using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), the head of airline trade body IATA Willie Walsh said on Tuesday, as it aims for...
Gold prices climbed to a two-week high on Tuesday, helped by rising tensions in the Middle East and expectations of a U.S. rate cut this month, with key US inflation data later this week in focus, reports Reuters.Spot gold climbed...
CANBERRA/PARIS, Dec 10 (Reuters): Chicago corn futures held near their highest levels since June on Tuesday as the market awaited estimates from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) later in the day that are expected to show a decline in...
LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters): Oil prices slipped on Tuesday as concerns eased about the fallout from the overthrow of Syria's president, despite support from China's plan to ramp up policy stimulus - a potential boost to demand from the world's...
City Bank has announced a salary restructuring initiative to align with market standards and enhance employee well-being amidst rising inflation. The Board of Directors has approved an annual salary increment of Tk 1.62 billion for 2024, which will culminate in...
First Security Islami Bank PLC (FSIB) organised its 'Annual Risk Conference 2024' virtually on Sunday with the participation of all officials of the bank. Syed Waseque Md Ali, Managing Director of the bank, presided over the event while ANM Moinul...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC has signed a 'Buy One Get One (BOGO)' agreement with InterContinental Dhaka, a five-star hotel, for its La-Riba Platinum Credit Mastercard holders. Mohammed Fazlur Rahman Chowdhury, Deputy Managing Director of the bank, and Ashwani Nayar, Area...
Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed addresses a seminar marking the 'VAT Day and VAT Week 2024' at the NBR Bhaban in the capital's Agargaon area on Tuesday. He urged all concerned to pay tax and VAT accordingly to participate in...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-11 00:00:00
With the cost of funds and overhead costs going up substantially, the Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) wants to raise interest rates of its various loan programmes, officials said.The corporation recently sought a finance ministry nod after its board...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-11 00:00:00
Commerce adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin claims Tk 28 trillion, equivalent to the nation's earnings for 1.5 years, has been looted over the past 15 years under the Awami League administration, leaving all state institutions in tatters."The government is grappling with...
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