LONDON, Sept 07 (BBC): The international world order is "under threat in a way we haven't seen since the Cold War", the heads of the UK and US foreign intelligence services have warned.The chiefs of MI6 and the CIA also...
SAO PAULO, Sept 7 (Reuters): The two-year robusta coffee rally to record high prices last week has given investors and farmers a rush for that variety in the world's top coffee grower Brazil, experts said.Brazil has traditionally been the largest...
FE DESK Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) inaugurated its 'Internal Research Review & Planning Workshop 2024' at Kazi Badrudduza Auditorium of the institute in Gazipur on Saturday.This workshop was designed to evaluate all the research programmes conducted in 2023-24 and...
SINGAPORE, Sept 7 (Reuters): Asian refiners' margins slumped to their lowest seasonal levels since 2020 this week as supplies of diesel and gasoline rose after peak summer travel demand ended, industry officials and analysts said on Friday.Persistent weak margins could...
Moslem Uddin Ahmed | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
Begin with the formation of constitution commission, now that 'rebuilding the state' comes out as a common ground for three major stakeholders of the August 5th or 'July 36th' student-mass uprising billed by the vanguards as 'revolution'. The Anti-discrimination Student...
Muhammad Mahmod | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
Global economic growth, according to a UNCTAD forecast, will slump to 2.6 per cent in 2024, just above the 2.5 per cent threshold commonly associated with a recession. Inflation is expected to continue to cool, although in many countries the...
The recent unrest in the industrial zones of Savar, Ashulia, and Gazipur has brought the nation's key export sector to a critical juncture. More than a hundred apparel factories have been forced to shut down, some of which have been...
Following the resignation of the Sheikh Hasina government, many teachers in prominent positions at universities across the country have stepped down. This situation has been exploited by certain vested interests who are pressuring, harassing, and forcing school and college teachers...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
The recent directive by Information and Broadcasting Adviser Nahid Islam for Bangladesh Television (BTV) to function as the people's media rather than the government's mouthpiece is a step in the right direction. Historically, BTV has been perceived to be a...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
More than two decades ago, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), after forming the government, published a two-part white paper on the corruption of the Awami League government in 1996-2001. The 750-plus pages of documents examined 40 incidents of corruption and...
The national board of revenue (NBR) has decided to cut down on taxes and duties on a number of essential food items in a bid to tackle prices. According to a report published in this newspaper late last week, import...
The Registrar of Joint Stock Companies & Firms (RJSC) and the Insurance Development & Regulatory Authority (IDRA) have approved the change of Eastland Insurance Company's registered name from 'Eastland Insurance Company Limited' to 'Eastland Insurance PLC' with immediate effect, says...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-09-07 12:00:00
At a recent seminar titled "Challenges in Reforms in Energy and Power Sector" on September 4, two of the country's leading energy sector experts, BUET Professor Dr. Tamim and Dr. Ijaz Hossain spoke. Dr. Ijaz presented the key note paper...
KURIGRAM, Sept 6 (UNB): Two Jubo Dal leaders from Kurigram have been expelled from the party for violating party discipline. A press release signed by Nurul Islam Sohel, central office secretary of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal confirmed their expulsion on Friday.The...
Natore, Sep 6 (UNB): A team of Joint Forces recovered a one-shooter gun along with two rounds of bullets from the house of Natore district unit of Jubo League (JL) in Sadar upazila early Friday.Natore Sadar police station's Officer-in-Charge Shafiqul...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has recovered three shotguns, 98 rounds of bullets and a belt owned by police, which were discarded at Mohammadpur's Beribadh, report agencies.RAB-2 recovered the weapons around 8:30pm on Thursday and handed them over to Mohammadpur...
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested Shirhan Sharif Tamal, son of former land minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif Dilu with a firearm in Pabna's Ishwardi, reports bdnews24.com.He was arrested during a raid at Alobagh on Friday morning, said Major Ehteshamul Haque...
CUMILLA, Sept 6 (BSS): A case has been filed with Cumilla Kotwali Model thana against 133 people, including former members of parliament (MPs) former railways minister Mujibul Haque and AKM Bahauddin Bahar for injuring some people by shooting during the...
BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury had a view-exchange meeting with the leaders of NAP, Gono Forum and People's Party at BNP Chairperson's Office in the capital's Gulshan area on Friday. — Collected
FE REPORT | 2024-09-07 00:00:00
A seven-day remand has been granted for former shipping minister Shajahan Khan by a Dhaka court for interrogation in a case filed over the death of 14-year-old Abdul Motaleb in the city's Dhanmondi area on August 4.Judge of the Metropolitan...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the Awami League (AL) activists are trying to foil the recent mass uprising victory and destabilise the country by using their ill-gotten money."We don't have any objection to...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi and Mymensingh divisions with moderately heavy to...
A truck lost control and climbed the median at Gulistan in the capital on Friday. — Focus Bangla
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has nominated Justice Md Rezaul Haque to settle the urgent matters related to the cases of the Appellate Division during the upcoming vacation from September 8 to October 17, reports BSS.The Supreme Court administration in...
DINAJPUR, Sept 6 (BSS): One more murder case has been filed against former justice M Enayetur Rahim, his younger brother former member of parliament (MP) M Iqbalur Rahim and 103 others in connection with the killing of student Rabiul Islam...
Khulna, Sep 06 (UNB): A local Union Parishad (UP) member was killed and several others were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over establishing supremacy in Khulna's Terokhada upazila on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Md...
Faridpur, Sep 06 (UNB): A case was filed against nine people on charge of beating Nabokam Polli University College principal with a hammer and forcibly taking his signature on a resignation letter on Thursday in Faridpur's Saltha upazila.Victim Principal Md...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-07 00:00:00
Prices of coarse and medium rice and some vegetables witnessed a slight hike last week while fish and meat witnessed a minimal decline in their prices. This spike in rice price has left low-and lower-middle-class families struggling.Consumers said the new...
Demanding the removal of all one-way dams on the transnational rivers of India and Bangladesh, Inqilab Mancha, a cultural organization led by Dhaka University students, marched symbolically towards Dumboor Dam of Tripura, India, on Friday, reports UNB.The march was launched...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-07 00:00:00
An estimated 404 million students have faced school closures due to extreme weather events during the period between January 2022 and June 2024, according to a World Bank report.These widespread disruptions spanned at least 81 countries, with 63 of them...
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