FE REPORT | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
The National Thalassemia Survey 2024 has revealed that 11.4 per cent of the participants are carriers of the disease, based on the findings of the six haemoglobin variants. Despite medical advancements, thalassemia remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality....
Inqilab Mancha organises a programme at the foot of Raju Sculpture in TSC area of Dhaka University on Friday, demanding quick treatment and rehabilitation of those injured in the mass uprising. — Focus Bangla
THAKURGAON, Sept 13 (BSS) : The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Rangpur Region and the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) North Bengal Frontier held a courtesy meeting at the Banglabandha-Phulbari ICP on the Bangladesh-India border around 12pm on Thursday, said a...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has sought the central bank's intervention in encashment of Tk 13.54 billion stuck-up fixed deposit receipts (FDR) to help address its liquidity problem, sources said.According to the CPA, such a significant amount of its fund remained...
SAIF UDDIN | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
The country's realtors and urban planners are having a row over incorporation of certain provisions of the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) for Dhaka.Representatives of the Real State and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) opined that unless the floor area ratio...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
Mobile banking transaction in Bangladesh dropped by over 21 per cent in July, primarily due to several days of internet shutdown and slowdown aimed at curbing the anti-discrimination student-mass movement.According to the central bank's data, Tk 1.23 trillion was transacted...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
A total of 150 Bangladeshi migrants were repatriated from Libya, and 26 from the UAE on Friday. In Libya they had been detained at the Gunfuda detention center. They were brought back with the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign...
COX'S BAZAR, Sept 13: Six people were killed in separate landslides in Cox's Bazar's Sadar Upazila and a Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhiya.The heavy showers and water-logging disrupted the normal life of the city, with empty streets and halted car...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
The foreign-funded projects have come under interim government's close scrutiny as it wants to drop less-important and low-priority projects from the ongoing and pipeline lists, officials said on Wednesday.The Economic Relations Division (ERD) this time has started scrutiny of the...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
Credit-card transaction trends in Bangladesh showed a noticeable decline in July across all categories as its economic activities were going through slowdown or sluggish movement.In the analysis of credit- card transactions for July 2024, it is evident that domestic transactions...
Police Headquarters has issued a directive about the filing of cases with different police stations and in courts after the changeover in the government.The letter signed by Deputy Inspector General Kamrul Ahsan said any suspects not found to be involved...
Construction workers in a long wait for hiring as the demand for labour has dropped to some extent amid the country's sluggish economic activities. The photo was snapped from Lalbagh area of the capital on Friday. — FE photo by...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 13: Almost all of the low-lying areas of the port city were submerged due to heavy rain on Friday. The meteorological office said that the rain would continue for two more days.The heavy showers and the waterlogging disrupted...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh's current interim government eyes enhanced IMF credits as a fact-finding mission from the Washington-based Fund arrives here shortly for reappraisal of progress on an ongoing lending package worth US$4.7 billion, officials say. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission is...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh will discuss issues of financial and development assistance with a high-level US delegation arriving here today under the leadership of Donald Lu, who had conducted whirlwind diplomacy in crisis time.The team includes representatives from the United States Department of...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
Cumulative government debt to private power producers rented by the past regime balloons as the contentious capacity charge amounted to Tk 360.74 billion by the last fiscal yearend.This hefty back pay on account of electricity generation under special arrangements for...
Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Friday as mainland Chinese markets hit their lowest since 2019 and Australian markets neared an all-time high, reports CNBC.Mainland China's CSI 300 slipped 0.42 per cent to 3,172.47, its lowest level since January 2019.In contrast,...
DUBAI/LONDON, Sep 13 (Reuters): Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways plans to make its stock market debut no sooner than 2025, two people familiar with the matter said, in potentially the first IPO of a major Gulf airline as the UAE's capital...
FE REPORTLinde Bangladesh dominated the weekly turnover chart this week as it declared a record 4,100 per cent interim cash dividend for January-July this year, based on audited financial reports for the period.This is the highest ever cash dividend declared...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
Equity benchmark index ended a highly volatile week on a flat note, as cautious investors chose to sit on the sidelines amid ongoing regulatory moves to address market irregularities.The stock market regulator took a number of decisions this week, including...
WHO grants first mpox vaccine approval to ramp up response to disease in AfricaGENEVA, Sept 13: The World Health Organization said Friday it has granted its first authorization for use of a vaccine against mpox in adults, calling it an...
NEW DELHI, Sept 13 (Reuters): India's Supreme Court granted bail on Friday to opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case, paving the way for his release almost six months after he was arrested.Kejriwal's release is...
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13 (AFP): After Pakistan police stormed parliament's premises to arrest several opposition lawmakers on terrorism charges, analysts say a standoff between former prime minister Imran Khan's party and the country's powerful military threatens to reduce politics to a...
MOSCOW, Sept 13 (Reuters): President Vladimir Putin has delivered a clear message to the West about the consequences it will face if it allows Ukraine to hit Russian territory with Western long-range missiles, the Kremlin said on Friday.Putin said on...
CHARLOTTE, Sept 13 (AFP): Donald Trump said Thursday he would not take part in another debate with Kamala Harris, as the White House rivals headed back to battleground states that are set to decide a nail-bitingly close US presidential election.The...
GAZA, Sept 13 (Agencies): Israel's Military continued to pound Gaza, killing 40 more Palestinians as international condemnation mounted over an Israeli attack that killed at least 18 people at a United Nations-run school, including six aid workers.At least six Palestinians...
Soma Dhar, Deobojyoti Kumar and Vivek Kumar Singh | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
International trade takes place in a fast-changing world, where legal, political, economic, and technological factors are constantly evolving. Transactions happen in a dynamic market where prices can fluctuate rapidly, creating risks for both buyers and sellers. Evidence exists to bolster...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
If Dhaka is the third most populous city in the world after Mogadishu of Somalia and Tanta of Egypt, the concentration of beggars is likely to be the highest in the Bangladesh capital. But if the Dhaka South City Corporation...
The South African Cricketers' Association (SACA) has issued a statement in support of promoting the participation of women in cricket as South Africa's men's team prepares to play three ODIs against Afghanistan in the UAE, reports espncricinfo.com.Afghanistan is the only...
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