SHERPUR, Nov 02 (UNB): A case has been filed over the death of a wild elephant which got electrocuted after touching an electric wire set up by some locals to protect their crops in Betkuchi Tilapara area of Madhutila Eco...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-11-03 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Nov 02: Ginger cultivation in sacks or geo-textile bags has attained a fabulous success in Kasiani and Muksudpur upazilas of Gopalganj, causing a stir in the district's agriculture sector. Sources said farmers in the two upazilas of Gopalganj started...
SINGAPORE, Nov 2 (Reuters): Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia may cut prices for most of the crude grades it sells to Asia in December, tracking weakness in Middle East benchmark Dubai, trade sources said.Price cuts for Saudi oil would signal...
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Nov 2 (Reuters): Port of Vancouver foremen will be locked out on Monday unless they scrap a proposed strike, employers at Canada's biggest port said on Friday, but bulk grain handling would not be affected.Canada's west coast ports...
In the opening ceremony of PPA 2006 and PPR 2008 day-long training on Saturday at Bangladesh Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (BCSIR), Chairman Dr. Samina Ahmed emphasized the importance of transparency and accountability in government procurement. Supervised by Council...
Gold demand in India jumped this week amid festival purchases, although volumes were lower than usual due to record-high prices, reports Reuters."Retail buying jumped as consumers want to make purchases during the auspicious period. But many were making token-buys because...
As a university student, investing in the stock market may help you develop a wide range of skills and insights that will serve you well in the future. First of all, it teaches students how to evaluate firms by reviewing...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-11-03 00:00:00
The country's first-ever tunnel, built beneath the Karnaphuli riverbed, was opened to traffic with great fanfare and much enthusiasm on October 28 last year, promising to develop Chattogram into a 'one city, two towns' model, akin to Shanghai in China....
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-11-03 00:00:00
Three years back, the Financial Times (FT), one of the world's leading business news organisations, launched a campaign for higher financial education standards by setting up a charity body. The FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign (FLIC) focused on improving...
Indian business conglomerate Adani reportedly shut down one out of two power units in Jharkhand that supply power to Bangladesh from zero hours of Friday, claiming overdue payments totalling US$846 million. It has also threatened to shut down the remaining...
A Dhaka court has placed former Housing and Public Works Minister RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury on a five-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of BNP activist Mokbul, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehera Mahbub passed the order on...
CHICAGO, Nov 1 (Reuters): The US soybean crush likely rebounded in September to 5.623 million short tons, or 187.4 million bushels, analysts surveyed by Reuters estimated ahead of a monthly US Department of Agriculture report due on Friday.If the average...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) captured Bunia Sohel, reportedly the leading drug dealer and armed gang leader responsible for a surge in violent crime within the Mohammadpur Geneva camp, and 11 of his associates during a raid in Sylhet on...
GAIBANDHA, Nov 1 (BSS): Sale of different types of vegetables has started at Janatar Bazaar, a temporary market, in front of the Police Cafe in the town here on Thursday.Anti-discrimination Student movement, district unit inaugurated the bazaar to help the...
CALI, Colombia, Nov 1 (AFP): The world's biggest nature conservation conference enters its final day in Colombia Friday with negotiators at odds over how best to fund plans to "halt and reverse" species loss.Amid murmurs that the talks may drag...
The number of people in ride-sharing profession is growing by the day amid the growing bane of unemployment. The snap shows scores of motorbikes kept in serried ranks in the capital's Gulistan area on Friday. — FE Photo by Shafiqul...
Another man has been killed amid the continuing violence at the Geneva Camp in Dhaka's Mohammadpur stemming from a power struggle over the local narcotics trade.The incident occurred during a clash between two rival gangs early on Friday morning, reports...
The death toll from devastating flash floods in eastern Spain climbed to 158 on Thursday, with rescue teams still searching for those missing in what could become Europe's worst storm-related disaster in over five decades."There's a total of 158 people...
SHERPUR, Nov 1 (UNB): A wild elephant was found dead in Batkuchi Tilapara area of Madhutila Eco Park near Nalitabari border in Sherpur on Thursday night.The forest department and locals assumed that the elephant died after being electrocuted when it...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-02 00:00:00
Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), the operator of the high-speed Metro Rail, has suspended new registrations for the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) pass, the rail's exclusive travel card. Additionally, renewals for damaged cards will also remain halted during this...
A total of 500,000 jobs will be created in the government sector over the next two years, announced Asif Mahmud Sojib Bhuiyan, adviser for the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Labour and Employment.He made the statement...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-02 00:00:00
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed restrictions on any meeting, assembly, gathering, rally or procession in the capital's Kakrail and its contiguous areas today (Saturday).The DMP issued a notification to this effect on Friday.The ban followed the flare-up of...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-11-02 00:00:00
A move gets underway to hire an operator to operate Chattogram seaport's New-mooring Container Terminal (NCT) through open bidding as a directly appointed private firm's long reign nears the end. Sources say the latest-renewed term of agreement between Chittagong Port...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-02 00:00:00
The government has removed the import duty on rice completely with an eye to keeping the prices of rice affordable and also to stockpiling the staple.In a notification on Thursday, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) exempted the import of...
Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Friday said what Republican Donald Trump, who is running again for the White House, thinks about the events in Bangladesh "does obviously matter", but stressed that their task in the government was to...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-02 00:00:00
A drive began in the capital on Friday to execute the ban on the use of polythene shopping bags as stern action against their producers starts tomorrow (Sunday).The environment ministry launched the monitoring drive to curb the use of the...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-02 00:00:00
On sounding alarm over growing cyber-attacks in the banking system, with a major one still fresh in mind, the central bank instructs commercial lenders to put up 17-point anti-heist guardrails.Sources say the Bangladesh Bank (BB), in a circular issued by...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2024-11-02 00:00:00
A rethink now comes on undertaking development projects as the Planning Commission under the changed custodian says nay to any project reliant on manpower outsourcing, officials said.The commission has decided in principle not to give its nod from now on...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Saturday), according to the Met Office.Night and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.The highest temperature of the country was recorded...
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