Muhammad Zamir | 2024-11-04 00:00:00
For the last few weeks Israel has been trying to generate civil discord in Lebanon, hitting targets far from Hezbollah-controlled areas, spreading panic and fear across Lebanon. This evolving scenario has drawn the attention of analysts M. Nashed and S.S....
Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in recent years, achieving a steady GDP growth rate. The readymade garment (RMG) sector, which has been the cornerstone of our economy, has propelled Bangladesh onto the global stage. However, our heavy reliance on a...
Dr. MR Khan Medical Centre at Jessore University of Science and Technology is apparently failing to live up to students' expectations. Students seeking medical attention often leave disappointed, unable to receive the care they urgently need. Despite arriving during scheduled...
Neil Ray | 2024-11-04 00:00:00
The litany of complaints, accusations and protests against manipulative price hikes has been going on for years and decades without redress. A common complaint earlier was that the presence of business Mughals in parliament and the past regime's favouritism for...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-11-04 00:00:00
A World Bank (WB) report says that the rate of extreme poverty in Bangladesh in 2024 is projected to rise to 5.1 per cent from 4.9 per cent in 2023. The extremely poor, according to the WB, are the segment...
Digital transformation is taking place rapidly across all sectors and the shift is an inevitable consequence of technological advancement. As Bangladesh embraces this digital revolution, concerns about cyber security have also been rising. Government institutions, the financial sector, military installations,...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-03 12:00:00
The July Shaheed Smrity Foundation (JSSF) on Saturday handed over cheques to the family members of around 200 martyrs who sacrificed their lives during mass uprising that ousted the Awami League-led government.Each of the martyrs' families got Tk 0.5 million...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2024-11-03 12:00:00
Bangladesh was in the grip of a series of serious economic challenges even before the recent student movement that forced Sheikh Hasina flee the country. The country now grapples with the legacy of the repressive and corrupt Hasina regime as...
Grocery store management in Dhaka presents unique challenges due to high competition, space limitations, and diverse customer needs. Successful stores employ strategies that combine traditional selling techniques with modern technology solutions to meet the demands of urban customers.In Dhaka, grocery...
FE Report | 2024-11-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh must prioritise quality technical education to advance its development, which is crucial for the nation's growth, noted economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya said on Saturday.He also advocated for not only modernising technical education but also forming a partnership reform committee...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-03 00:00:00
Stakeholders concerned here have termed a Saturday report of an Indian business daily regarding Bangladesh's rerouting of its textile exports through Maldivian ports "false and fabricated".The Mint reports that Bangladesh is redirecting textile exports to the Maldives by sea and...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-11-03 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 02: The production of two units of the Matarbari Ultra Super Critical Coal-Fired Power Plant has been stopped due to a coal shortage with effective from Saturday. The Matarbari power plant had been receiving its coal supply from...
Students of seven colleges have announced a class and exam boycott, demanding changes, including the formation of a commission to upgrade the affiliated colleges into independent universities, reports bdnews24.com.At a press conference held at Dhaka College Cafeteria on Saturday, they...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-03 00:00:00
Prices of vegetables showed a notable decline in a week thanks to rising supply of early winter crops, said traders. On Saturday morning, vegetables such as okra, pointed gourd, ridge gourd, and snake gourd were priced at Tk 50-60 per...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-03 00:00:00
State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Limited (RPGCL) floated tenders to purchase two more spot LNG cargoes for December 4-5 and December 7-8 delivery windows, a senior RPGCL official told the FE on Saturday.It also re-tendered for one spot liquefied natural...
Munima Sultana | 2024-11-03 00:00:00
The metro rail authorities have stopped issuing new MRT Passes and started selling over-the-counter Rapid Passes at the stations on Saturday.However, the existing MRT passes that have already been issued will remain valid until its holders require it to be...
The feasibility study report of the projects will be carefully scrutinised before approving the projects in the future, Road Transport and Bridges and Energy Adviser Muhammad Fauzul Kabir Khan said on Saturday, reports UNB."There will be zero tolerance for corruption,...
Chief Advisor (CA) Muhammad Yunus on Saturday promised to resolve the immediately solvable crises the Bangladesh Women's football team have been facing and requested details after members of the team sought a way out of their financial hardships following a...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-03 00:00:00
A grave allegation is brought by the executive chief of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) that Bangladesh Bank effectively served as a conduit for corruption, enabling widespread financial misconduct, while other watchdogs also looked on. Iftekharuzzaman, Executive Director of TIB, speaking...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-11-03 00:00:00
Commercial banks have changed strategy on foreign-currency management with its concentration on interbank swap and dollar-euro trades to avert shocks stemming from crawling- peg regime, thereby leaving the interbank forex market virtually derelict.As part of the changing approach in using...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office. Day temperature may remain nearly unchanged and night temperature may fall slightly...
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) lifted the curtain to its flagship 'Jatra Festival's 2024 edition on Friday at the open stage (Mukto Moncho) of Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital, aiming to bring back vibrancy to the cultural arena of the country,...
Faruque Hosain, chief reporter at The Daily Inqilab, and Solamain Salman, senior staff Correspondent at New Age, have been elected as the new president and general secretary of the Education Reporters Association, Bangladesh (ERAB) for the next 2 years, reports...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-03 00:00:00
Making a great stride towards strengthening Bangladesh's agricultural sector and export capabilities, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Agri-Food Associations & Industries of Bangladesh on Saturday to establish a research centre for climate-smart agriculture. The...
Army personnel detained three individuals linked to the torching of two vehicles belonging to the Bangladesh Army and police during a clash in the Mirpur-14 and Kachukhet areas of the city on Thursday, reports UNBThe detainees are Rifat, Hridoy and...
Cases pending under repealed provisions of Bangladesh's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act should be dropped, the Clooney Foundation for Justice's TrialWatch Initiative and Centre for Governance Studies (CGS) said in a report released on Saturday, reports UNB.With a political...
Ten dengue patients died and 966 patients were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the past 24 hours until on Saturday morning, reports BSS."During the period, 452 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city while 180 patients were...
Dr Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) addressing a seminar titled 'Odious Debt & Recovery of Bangladesh's Laundered Wealth', organised by the Economic Reporters' Forum (ERF) and Sombabonar Bangladesh at the ERF Auditorium in the city's Purana Paltan...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-11-03 00:00:00
State pension schemes were not designed by professional pension actuaries, raising concerns that they could increase the government's future liabilities or fail to attract clients.The National Pension Authority (NPA) launched four pension products-Probash, Progati, Samata, and Surakkha-just ahead of the...
JHENAIDAH, Nov 02 (BSS): Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Vice-chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu said on Saturday the people of the country would never forgive the fallen fascist Sheikh Hasina for committing genocide to stop the mass uprising."We've to do politics to build...
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