Mohammad Mafizur Rahman | 2024-07-23 00:00:00
Nanotechnology is not a new term. In a general sense, it is 'Manufacturing Technology of the Twenty-First Century', Not long ago, American physicist Richard Feynman first gave the idea of nanotechnology or nanoscience in a lecture entitled 'There's Plenty of...
No movement in independent Bangladesh's history has ever been as costly as the one of quota reform both in terms of loss of life and damage to and destruction of property. While the lives of those dead cannot be given...
OUR CORRESPONDENTS | 2024-07-23 00:00:00
The countrywide deadlock due to the ongoing curfew and eventual halt to operation of buses and launches for the last six days have kept the drivers and other related workers financial crippled, barring the way for maintenance of their families.In...
The Current SAFF Women's champions Bangladesh Football team arrived in Thimphu on Monday to play two FIFA Women's International Football (Tier-1) matches against the hosts Bhutan, reports UNB.Bangladesh will play their first match of the two-match series on July 24...
OUR CORRESPONDENTS | 2024-07-23 00:00:00
People in Rajshahi, Cox's Bazar, Sylhet, Chandpur and Khulna districts as elsewhere across the county are in a great fix as they cannot recharge their electricity prepaid meters due to closure of the internet system and banks. The power subscribers...
Traffic comes out on streets in the capital's Mohakhali area as the ongoing curfew was relaxed for two hours from 3:00 pm on Monday. — FE Photo by Asad-Uz-Zaman
FE REPORT | 2024-07-23 00:00:00
Police have arrested a total of 616 people so far in more than 30 cases filed with different police stations in the capital in connection with the violence during the student movement over job quota reinstatement in government service.Dhaka Metropolitan...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-23 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB)'s review of nearly US$13 billion- funded projects in Bangladesh has been postponed due to the country-wide deadly student protests against the quota system in government jobs, officials said on Monday.The review meeting will be held...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-23 00:00:00
Farm egg prices hit an all-time high at Tk 180-190 a dozen on Sunday night, which traders attributed to supply crunch amid the ongoing curfew. Prices of some vegetables also witnessed a further hike by Tk 5-10 a kg on...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-23 00:00:00
The government has constituted two separate committees to survey the damage as well as security lapse following violent attacks on government offices, including two metro stations, BRTA and Setu Bhaban.The attacks were made on Thursday and Friday.Sources said the Road...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-23 00:00:00
Losses the power sector suffered during the countrywide turmoil over the past one week are estimated at around Tk 10 billion, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said on Monday.Miscreants belonging to BNP and Jamaat carried...
Babul Barman and Mohammad Mufazzal | 2024-07-23 00:00:00
"My savings have depleted. If curfew goes on for more days, my family will have to starve."Eyes of 48-year-old Amena Khatun welled up as she approached one of the FE correspondents, pleading for a job, any kind of job. She...
Curfew has been relaxed at different districts at different times for today, according to TV reports. The district-wise curfew breaks are as follows:Dhaka: From 1:00pm to 5:00pmChattogram district and Laxmipur: From 11:00am to 4:00pmCumilla, Feni, Chandpur and Cox's Bazar: From...
The government extended the ongoing general holiday across the country for one more day, Public Administration Minister Farhad Hossain told UNB."Considering the ongoing situation, the ongoing general holiday has been extended by an executive order till July 23 (Tuesday)," he...
A notification on the order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court over quota reform was issued Monday night as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved it, according to TV news.Earlier on the day Public Administration Minister Farhad Hossain said,...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-23 00:00:00
New Delhi has requested Dhaka to make Dolura, a land customs station (LCS) in Sunamganj, operational with an eye to facilitating customs-related issues between Bangladesh and India.Earlier, the Indian embassy sent a note verbale to foreign ministry in Dhaka to...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-23 00:00:00
Majority of commercial banks won't charge penal fees for delayed payment of loans or interest in a gesture of generosity to their clients amid the current the nationwide deadlock.Their decision comes following concerns from the businesspeople unable to repay loans...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-23 00:00:00
Customs houses are directed to release imported perishables, industrial raw materials and food items through manual assessment as internet blackout disrupts digital operations.Officials said the National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued the instructions to meet exigencies stemming from recent disruptive...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-23 00:00:00
Business leader Syed Nasim Manzoor requested Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday to restore at least the email communications as the businesses were failing to communicate with their foreign buyers amid the lingering internet outage.Syed Nasim Manzoor, President of Bangladesh...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-23 00:00:00
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina assured the Bangladesh business community of restoring normalcy with tougher actions against the perpetrators of arson and violence that warranted countrywide curfew and army deployment In an exchange-of-views meeting with top business leaders at her office...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-22 12:00:00
Sufferings of the users of prepaid electricity, gas and mobile phone connections mount following internet blackout across the country.Long queues of people were seen in front of the electricity service providers' offices in the capital despite the ongoing curfew, imposed...
Police look at burning buses as protesters barricade roads at Matuail area of Dhaka and set the vehicles on fire Sunday. — FE Photo
BRAC Bank has decided not to charge any late payment fee or interest on the loans to customers for delayed repayments due to general holidays and internet outage nationwide. If charged already, the bank will reimburse it, says a statement...
OUR CORRESPONDENTS | 2024-07-22 00:00:00
Farmers in different districts of the country are incurring huge financial losses thanks to supply chain disruptions caused by anti-quota clashes and movement restrictions by the authorities.Amid anti-quota protests turning violent and compelling the authorities enforce stringent movement restrictions, cultivators...
A number of aggrieved expatriates demonstrated in front of the Saudi Airlines office at Hotel Sonargaon in the capital's Karwanbazar area on Sunday, as they were unable to go to their destinations abroad despite having tickets or visa expiration. —...
Amid countrywide curfew and internet blackout, a group of young people resorted to passing time by playing cricket on the otherwise busy North South Road in Old Dhaka on Sunday. — FE Photo
At least 58 inmates, who escaped from Narsingdi Central Jail during the violence over quota protests on Friday, were arrested by police, said Inspector General of Prisons Brigadier General Anisul Haque, reports UNB."So far, 58 inmates out of the 826...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-22 00:00:00
The judicial inquiry commission formed to investigate the killings of protesters held its first meeting on Sunday. The commission headed by Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman held the meeting at the conference room of the Supreme Court at 4.00 pm. The commission...
OUR CORRESPONDENTS | 2024-07-22 00:00:00
Entrepreneurs in faraway districts who run businesses online anticipate huge losses due to the nationwide Internet blackout following the violent anti-quota protests.In Rajshahi, traders say they could not order or sell their products last week. This situation turns more severe...
A filling station in the capital's Shonir Akhra area remained shut on Sunday following imposition of the nationwide curfew. — FE Photo
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