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Crisis-ridden mango farmers

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2024-07-25 00:00:00

Mango is the most popular fruit in the country. People of all ages are fond of mango, and it is so popular that from time memorial mango has been heavily featured in the works of leading poets and artists.Bangladesh has...

Payra Seaport: A white elephant in the making?

Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-07-25 00:00:00

A sound feasibility study is the key to successful implementation and effective functioning of any project. But in Bangladesh, the importance of conducting a feasibility study before project implementation is often overlooked, leading to implementation delays and cost overruns. Worse...

DNCC waste management incapacitated

2024-07-25 00:00:00

Waste disposal in metropolises has ever remained challenging not only for mega cities the world over but also in other smaller cities and towns. Dhaka City came out creditably in the task of clearing off the accumulated solid garbage in...

National revenue collection takes a hit

Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-07-24 12:00:00

With the internet blackout and nationwide shutdown comes a host of problems for internal revenue generation. According to a report published in this newspaper on July 22: "State exchequer counts an estimated domestic revenue loss of Tk 8.73 billion daily...

Weather (2024-07-24)

2024-07-24 00:00:00

Rainfall: Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur over the country 06:00 pm today (Wednesday), according to the Met office.The highest temperature in the country on (Tuesday) was recorded at 34.5 degrees Celsius...

No late fee on loan repayment

2024-07-24 00:00:00

BRAC Bank PLC has decided not to charge any late payment fee or interest on its loan to customers in the event of delayed repayments due to general holidays and internet outage nationwide, the bank said in a message received...

Students' death toll will be known after reopening of instts: Minister

2024-07-24 00:00:00

The number of deaths and injuries of students in the recent protests will be known after the reopening of educational institutions, said Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury on Tuesday, reports UNB. "We have to see how many students actually took...

220 RMG units in Ctg reopen under special arrangement

2024-07-24 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, July 23 (UNB): Production in 220 garment factories in Chattogram out of 350 resumed under special arrangements by the local administration on Tuesday.First vice-president of BGMEA Nazrul Islam said the orders in some garment factories are going to be...

Valuables worth Tk 2-3 billion damaged in BTV attack: DG

2024-07-24 00:00:00

Valuables worth around Tk 2.0-3.0 billion were damaged during the arson attack on Bangladesh Television (BTV) building amid student protest over quota reform on July 18, reports UNB."How much valuables were gutted or destroyed could not be ascertained yet but...

Cash shortage hits city dwellers, patients most affected

2024-07-24 00:00:00

Residents of Dhaka, particularly patients admitted in hospitals, are facing a shortage of cash as banks as well as digital transaction is off due to lack of internet service and ongoing curfew across the country, reports UNB.Patients admitted in hospitals...

Toll collection from vehicles going on manually at the Mayor Hanif Flyover

2024-07-24 00:00:00

Toll collection from vehicles going on manually at the Mayor Hanif Flyover in the capital on Tuesday, as its toll plaza at the Jatrabari end was destroyed during the quota reform-related unrest. — FE Photo

BNP leaders Shimul Biswas, Nirob arrested

2024-07-24 00:00:00

Law enforcement agencies arrested some more opposition leaders and workers, including BNP Chairperson's Special Assistant Shimul Biswas and the party's Dhaka North City unit President Saiful Islam Nirob from different parts of Dhaka on Tuesday, reports UNB.Shimul Biswas was arrested...

Samanta condemns miscreants' attacks on people, property

2024-07-24 00:00:00

Health Minister Dr. Samanta Lal Sen today condemned the attacks of miscreants on service providing people and public property during the recent violence, reports BSS."Miscreants launched destructive activities on common people and government establishments . . . in the attacks,...

Terrorists resorted to violence to topple govt: Home minister

2024-07-24 00:00:00

NARSINGDI, July 23 (UNB): A terrorist group or a quarter with vested interest was involved in the violence and arson attacks on state-owned establishments in an attempt to topple the government, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Tuesday."A terrorist group...

Law Minister Anisul Huq speaking at a press conference

2024-07-24 00:00:00

Law Minister Anisul Huq speaking at a press conference to unveil the gazette notification on the quota system at Gulshan-2 in the capital on Tuesday. Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury, Public Administration Minister Farhad Hossain, and State Minister for Information...

Freelancers fear significant negative impacts

SAIF UDDIN | 2024-07-24 00:00:00

Online freelancers working from the country fear that the prolonged internet shutdown would have a far-reaching impact as they would lose their regular clients and a negative image of the country would be projected abroad. Even after the internet service...

Dr Yunus's call to interfere an act of treason: FM

FE Report | 2024-07-24 00:00:00

Foreign Minister (FM) Dr Hasan Mahmud has alleged that Dr Yunus has committed the crime of treason by urging the foreigners to interfere in the internal affairs of Bangladesh.The Nobel Laureate issued a statement over the recent anti-quota protest of...

Govt hiding evidence of violence, killings by internet blackout

2024-07-24 00:00:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that the government is concealing the evidence of violence and killings that happened during the student movement, reports UNB. "The government is hiding barbaric and heinous incidents that happened throughout...

Norwegian ambassador calls on PM

2024-07-24 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had a dream to build a social welfare-based country for the people of Bangladesh as the outgoing Norwegian Ambassador Espen Rikter-Svendsen paid a farewell call on...

Violence arrest total passes 2,500: AFP

2024-07-24 00:00:00

The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh passed the 2,500-mark in a tally on Tuesday, after the protests over employment quotas sparked widespread unrest, reports AFP. At least 174 people have died, including several police officers, according...

The promise of private credit bureaus in BD

Zia Hassan Siddique | 2024-07-24 00:00:00

The recent move by Bangladesh Bank to establish private credit bureaus marks a significant step towards a more robust financial ecosystem. It is good is see that our Central Bank has taken this important step as Credit bureaus play a...

Help children recover from digital addiction

FE Report | 2024-07-24 00:00:00

We have seen a dramatic increase in the amount of technology available to and used by children over the last decade. We are now living in such a digital paradigm where our children grow up in a world surrounded by...

Prolonged unrest will intensify session jam

2024-07-24 00:00:00

Academic activities in all public universities across the country have been postponed since July 1, first, because of teachers' strike over pension scheme, and then the students' quota reform movement. To tackle students' movement, the government closed all educational institutions...

Labour sector reform and GSP+

Wasi Ahmed | 2024-07-24 00:00:00

By now it is clear that following LDC graduation in less than two years, Bangladesh is poised to face many fresh challenges due to its elevated country status. A good deal of these relates to preferential benefits in the realm...

Restoring connectivity in business, economy

2024-07-24 00:00:00

It has been a week of total disruption of the communications system and the supply chain since July 17 when agitating anti-quota students called a nationwide shutdown. The indefinite curfew that the government enforced to combat the ensuing violence across...

As curfew is in force

2024-07-24 00:00:00

As curfew is in force, some transport workers idle away their time on the rooftop of a bus at Sayedabad Bus Terminal in Dhaka on Tuesday. — FE Photo

$24b jobs drive in Modi's first post-election budget

2024-07-24 00:00:00

MUMBAI, July 23 (AFP): India's government will spend $24 billion on employment and training, it said Tuesday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to address uneven economic growth and mollify disgruntled voters after a surprising election setback last month.The funding...

ExIm thru land ports halted for days

OUR CORRESPONDENTS | 2024-07-24 00:00:00

The export-import trade between Bangladesh and India through Benapole and Burimari land ports had remained suspended for the past three days due to internet disconnections, thus causing huge business as well as financial losses.Only six trucks of fish and fruit...

Broadband net revived selectively after blackout

FE REPORT | 2024-07-24 00:00:00

Businesses and emergency services come first as the government revived broadband internet operations selectively after a nagging blackout on the information superhighway that cut off Bangladesh from the globe.Social-media enthusiasts, however, have yet to have a sigh of relief as...

70 killed after Israel evacuation order

2024-07-24 00:00:00

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Monday that an Israeli operation in the main southern city of Khan Yunis killed 70 people and wounded more than 200, after Israel warned its forces would "forcefully operate" in the area, reports...