FE REPORT | 2024-07-24 00:00:00
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) suspended visa for Bangladeshi workers on Tuesday following agitation by Bangladeshi workers in Dubai showing solidarity with students' quota-reform movement.Dubai police detained 57 workers on July 20 for participating in the agitation violating UAE rules...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh and Thailand look to hold negotiation talks on the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) soon to finalise details of the agreement. To facilitate the talks, a Joint Trade Committee (JTC) meeting between the two countries is expected to be...
An army trooper frisks a motorcyclist during curfew in the capital's Arambagh area on Tuesday. — FE Photo
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-07-24 00:00:00
Development works suffered setbacks, as did economic activity, for the ongoing stalemate stemming from countrywide job-quota protests and curfew-induced lockdown, insiders said Tuesday.Movement of construction and other types of materials, local and foreign consultants, project implementers, relevant personnel and workers...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2024-07-24 00:00:00
The government has been putting emphasis on the nation's transition to cashless transactions so much so that it aims to attain hundred per cent digital payments by 2041. Transactions through VISA and credit cards and mobile financial services, such as...
In issuing a fresh 48-hour ultimatum to the government to accept their four-point 'urgent' demand for creating an environment of dialogue, the leaders of the anti-discrimination student movement on Tuesday said their campaign would continue until the demands were met,...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-24 00:00:00
The government Tuesday issued the much-hyped circular clipping quotas in all grades of government jobs to 7.0 per cent from a steep level, in an exigent step meant for pacifying student protesters. "Strictly in line with the verdict of the...
Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Tuesday said soldiers would patrol the streets until the return of normalcy in the country, reports UNB.He said this as he called on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban at noon, President's Press Secretary Joynal Abedin...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-24 00:00:00
Curfew hours are cut short by seven hours and offices reopen for four hours for Wednesday-Thursday as quota-protest storms now dissipate into uneasy calm across Bangladesh. The notification came Tuesday from government's public administration ministry, after days of some worst...
DOULOT AKTER MALA AND MONIRA MUNNI | 2024-07-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh's blocked commercial lifeline begins clearing with manual import release but digitally-handled export yet remains blocked to the dismay of exporters and buyers both. Customs authorities Tuesday restored some of its networks to release some key commodities and raw materials...
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina Tuesday called upon the leaders and workers of her party and its associate bodies, affluent section of society and well-wishers to extend hands of cooperation to the country's lower-income, poor and working-class...
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad A Arafat has said BNP-Jamaat terrorists carried out attacks across the country as part of their well-thought and pre-designed blueprint to disconnect the country from the world, stop development efforts and disrupt its...
Amid the twin troubles of curfew and internet blackout in force, crowds of people descend on the railway lines in the capital's Moghbazar Wireless area on Monday. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur over the country in the next 24:00 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office.The highest temperature in the country on Monday was...
Fire-fighters continuing their operation after miscreants set on fire some vehicles on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway at Mouchak in Narayanganj early Monday. — FE Photo
The Rupali Bank PLC has postponed the 38th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and the 9th Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) scheduled for today (Tuesday) for unavoidable reasons.The announcement was made in a message received on Monday.
The Disaster Management Department suffered around Tk 5.0 billion (500 crore) losses due to the arson attack during violence over quota protests last Thursday, reports UNB.State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md. Mohibur Rahman told the news agency unidentified...
Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Monday said the country will return to normalcy soon, calling upon all to cooperate with the army, reports BSS."Chaotic situation was created in the country. There was a loss of lives and properties....
FE REPORT | 2024-07-23 00:00:00
The Saudi Airlines will operate a special flight tomorrow (Wednesday) for the stranded Saudi-bound workers and passengers, who failed to go to the Arab nation amid the ongoing turmoil following the students' quota reform movement.On the other hand, visa of...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-23 00:00:00
The waste management of the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) undergoes a setback as miscreants have vandalised a good number of its vehicles during the latest quota-reform movement.The damage done to vehicles like dump trucks and compactor trucks is estimated...
NARSINGDI, July 22 (UNB): Narsingdi district administration has ordered the prisoners, who escaped from the district central jail during the violence over quota protests on Friday afternoon, to surrender."All escaped inmates are ordered to surrender at Narsingdi district jail or...
The locked BNP central office at Naya Paltan and adjacent areas in the capital looked desolate during the countrywide curfew on Monday. — FE Photo
Law enforcement agencies arrested two more BNP leaders from different parts of the capital on Sunday night and Monday, reports UNB.Police arrested BNP Vice Chairman Zahiruddin Swapan from Gulshan area and Jubo Dal leader Sabbir Ahmed Dipu from Mohakhali area...
NARSINGDI, July 22 (UNB): Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamunon has said the attack on Narsingdi District Jail was carried out in a pre-planned manner."A group attacked the jail to deteriorate the law and order situation," he...
Amid the ongoing nationwide curfew, army personnel were seen patrolling the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway at Shonir Akhra in the capital on Monday. — FE Photo
The financial sector in Bangladesh is poised for a significant transformation aimed at enhancing and strengthening good governance. Recent legislative amendments and Bangladesh Bank (BB)’s strategic initiatives reflect a comprehensive approach to ensuring robust financial governance. The enactment of the...
In today's fast-paced business environment, a seamless supply chain process is indispensable. It entails efficiently managing the flow of goods, services, and information from the point of origin to the point of consumption. To achieve this, companies must streamline their...
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Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-07-23 00:00:00
The Appellate Division's order on Sunday that dismissed the High Court's pro-quota verdict of June 6 can be said to be a victory of the agitating students who have been staging a bloody anti-quota movement. As the government side, by...
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