The EU has announced emergency help for dairy producers hit by the Russian ban on food imports from the EU. The move follows EU aid worth 125m euros (£100m; $170m) announced earlier for fruit and vegetable exporters. The European Commission...
The 7th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) will focus on creating skilled manpower through appropriate education, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said on Thursday. He was speaking at the 1st National Steering Committee meeting for preparing the plan at the NEC conference...
The government has no plan to raise prices of fuel oil anytime soon, Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said. He said the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase did not discuss fuel price in its Thursday’s meeting, according to a news...
A cadet was found at Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong on Thursday. M Imtiaz Mahmud who was receiving training at the academy was found hanged with the ceiling fan in his room in the morning, said...
Unidentified assailants gunned down three people, including a woman, and injured another in a house at Sonalibagh in the city’s Moghbazar area on Thursday night. The deceased could not be identified immediately. Assistant police commissioner (Ramna Zone) Shibly Noman told...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith said on Thursday democracy has taken a firm root in Bangladesh under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He was addressing a discussion to mark the 39th death anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Bangladesh...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Thursday advised BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to appoint lawyers having Bar-at-Law degrees to save herself and her son from the corruption and murder chares instead of planning to wage a movement. “Engage your efforts...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2014-08-28 00:00:00
Jute growers are not finding buyers to sell their produce at this peak season. The Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) is not buying raw jute at this time due to fund constraint. It has opened over 140 jute purchase centres...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-08-28 00:00:00
Thailand's military junta has further tightened its grip on the affairs of the politically turbulent South East Asian nation. Army chief General Prayut Chan-O-Cha, who led the May 22 coup, has been endorsed as prime minister by Bhumibol Adulyadej, the...
Rajiv Prasad Shaha | 2014-08-28 00:00:00
"My institutions are my places of worship," this is what the great philanthropist Ranada Prasad Shaha used to feel and say regarding the various institutions that he founded. R P Shaha was born in the village of Mirzapur in Tangail...
Enayetullah Khan | 2014-08-28 00:00:00
My friendship with Shahabuddin stretches back over 30 years now, in which, I can confidently proclaim, there has never been a dull moment. Even today, his mere presence manages to bestow an air of bohemia in a room the moment...
That the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) of Dhaka has been under pressure for reducing dependence on underground water is quite obvious. Now the managing director of the organisation makes it public at a discussion titled 'Water of Bangladesh and...
Wasi Ahmed | 2014-08-28 00:00:00
The much-talked-about G-to-G (government to government) deal on export of manpower to Malaysia is stuck, as though in deep sludge. The indications are clear that the loud promises made by the government, especially the Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment minister,...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-08-28 00:00:00
Just have a look at hundreds of wayside shops along the Baitul Mukarram Mosque, Gulistan, New Market, Uttara, Banani, Gulshan and other urban areas using thousands of bulbs to put their goods on display. There are hundreds of thousands of...
Satellite image has shown that water flow of rivers in the country, carrying huge silts, would raise another Bangladesh-size landmass in the Bay of Bengal along the coast. Total area of Bangladesh is about 1,43,998 squire kilometre where 160 million...
The Tigers could not avoid the inevitable whitewash in the three-match One-Day series in their West Indies tour. The team lacked confidence. We cannot blame the players as their performance during the last few months was anything but favourable for...
Tobacco takes away every year thousands of lives all around the world. Unfortunately, the number of smokers is not decreasing as expected. Once a person is taken to tobacco, it is difficult for him or her to quit the habit....
Shamsul Alam | 2014-08-28 00:00:00
It is to be noted that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was present in the UN Millennium Summit held in September 2000 as Head of the Government and was one of the signatories of the Millennium Declaration, based on which were...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-28 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Aug 27: Farmers of Rangpur division are optimistic of achieving a good yield of Aman paddy this season as sufficient rainfall for the last couple of week has brought relief to them after a prolonged drought like situation. They...
KHULNA, Aug 27 (BSS): Khulna Medical College (KMC) is suffering from shortage of teachers that is hampering academic activities and also creating problem in conducting post mortem. A total of 29 posts of teachers are now vacant against 125 posts...
GAIBANDHA, Aug 27 (BSS): Overall flood situation in chars and river basin areas of the district deteriorated as all the four major rivers marked rise in last 24 hours till this morning. The officials of Bangladesh Water Development Board said...
RANGPUR, Aug 27 (BSS): Eleven Bangladeshi juveniles were repatriated through Hili Immigration Check Post (ICP) in Dinajpur on Tuesday afternoon after completion of their jail term at a Juvenile Home in India for illegal intrusion. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Hili ICP...
FARIDPUR, Aug 27 (BSS): Distribution of emergency relief goods mainly rice at the moment has been geared up in different submerged areas located on the river banks of Padma and Arial Khan in Faridpur. A vast low-lying areas of Sadar,...
Another report says: A daylong seminar on "Pre-Primary Education" was held here on Tuesday in the conference room of Deputy Commissioner. Local NGO RACINE organized the seminar in association with Campaign for Mass Education (CAMPE) aided by European Union. The...
A five-member delegation, led by Myanmar Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Thant Kyaw, arrived in Dhaka on Thursday night on a four-day visit. They will attend the eighth round of secretary-level Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) between Bangladesh and Myanmar...
SYLHET, Aug 27 (UNB): Police recovered the hanging body of a young man in Pathuntola area of the city Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Amzadul Haque 25, a resident of Pathuntola area and the son of Mujibul Haque of...
Another report says: Muggers snatched away Tk 0.12 million from a couple at Taltola in Sylhet Tuesday. The victims were identified as Rabindra and his wife, hailing from Mirzajangal area of the city. The bandits took away Tk 0.12 million.
JESSORE, Aug 27 (UNB): Police recovered the slaughtered body of a young man from Ghop Jail Road area in the district town early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Hye,35, son of Soleman Sarkar, a resident of the area....
A technical glitch in the 132 KV grid substation at Ulan led to a power outage in a number of areas of the city on Thursday. Officials at both Power Development Board (PDB) and Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) informed...
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
