MOSCOW, Nov 01 (AP): A court in Russia's far-eastern city of Vladivostok on Friday convicted a former US Consulate worker charged with cooperating with a foreign state and sentenced him to four years and 10 months in prison.Robert Shonov, a...
PARIS, Nov 01 (AFP): One year after world leaders issued the landmark call for a global move away from fossil fuels, nations are failing to turn that promise into action, say climate diplomats, campaigners and policy experts.Countries are being urged...
The rise of the gig economy has ignited discussions about worker rights, labour laws, and economic stability in today's rapidly evolving landscape. With more individuals turning to freelance work and short-term contracts, it's imperative to explore how we can harmonise...
The recent policy change regarding the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) exam is a masterstroke. Under intense pressure, policymakers have taken a commendable step to address key challenges facing job seekers. This new rule "kills two birds with one stone": it...
Tanim Asjad | 2024-11-02 00:00:00
One of the wrong policies of the ousted government was the promotion of motorbikes or motorcycles in the country. It overlooked the negative impact of motor cycle proliferation. On the one hand, the government created room for manufacturing, assembling and...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-11-02 00:00:00
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has published a study titled 'Decent Work Status of the Care Workers: A Rapid Assessment' recently that looks at the global demand for care-giving services till 2035. Its findings are very interesting for Bangladesh. According...
The unceremonious and hurried manner in which the chairman of the anti-corruption commission (ACC) along with two other commissioners resigned their constitutional posts showing personal reasons and left office on Tuesday (October 29) has raised a few eyebrows. For as...
Serajul I. Bhuiyan | 2024-11-02 00:00:00
The US Presidential Election in 2024 is shaping up to be one of the most consequential in recent times, the result of which will depend on just a few important battleground states where polarised voter sentiment grows. This high-stakes race...
The Trustee meeting of CAPM BDBL Mutual Fund 01 was held on Wednesday, says a statement. The meeting approved the accounts and unaudited report of the mutual fund for the first quarter that ended on September 30, showing the total...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-11-01 12:00:00
This country is not particularly known for building a society free from violence and crimes including the bone-chilling types. A people that has emerged independent out of one of the fiercest liberation wars in world history is inured to blood-letting...
Dhaka's air quality was categorised as "unhealthy for sensitive groups" on Thursday morning, reports UNB.With an air quality index (AQI) score of 122 at 8:55 am, Dhaka ranked the 10th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air...
Light rain is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Met Office. The highest temperature in the...
Seven more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours until Thursday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 297 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 1, 243 more patients were hospitalised with viral...
Labour experts on Thursday urged the government to reform certain sections of the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006, to safeguard accommodation, gratuity, casual leave and other service rights and benefits of tea workers, reports UNB.They made the call during a stakeholders'...
Chief Justice (CJ) Syed Refaat Ahmed has convened a full court meeting of the judges of the Appellate Division and High Court Division of the Supreme Court on November 4, reports BSS.The meeting will be held at 03.30 pm in...
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...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-01 00:00:00
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...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-01 00:00:00
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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