FE REPORT | 2024-10-16 00:00:00
Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB), a platform of consumers' rights protection, on Tuesday presented nine-point recommendation and protested the exorbitant price hike of essentials in the current market. The nine point proposals, including the continuation of a special task force,...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has reaffirmed that the government remains committed to providing adequate medical care and ensuring the rehabilitation of those injured in the July movement, reports UNB."I reassure that the government is committed to providing support...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-16 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to launch inquiry against Amir Hossain Amu, former industries minister and Awami League Advisory Council member, and Md. Kamrul Islam, former food minister and state minister for law.The decisions of launching the inquiries were...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-16 00:00:00
The Dhaka metro rail company reopened the Mirpur-10 station on Tuesday, after partly repairing the damages at a cost of Tk 12.5 million.With this, the total cost for repairing the damaged Mirpur-10 and Kazipara stations stood at Tk 14.5 million.Road...
Police have arrested an Awami League (AL) leader in connection with the killing of Faizul Islam Rajon during the mass uprising in Mirpur, reports UNB.He was arrested on Monday night.The arrestee is Mohammad Shah Alam, AL joint secretary of Ward...
Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder of the High Court (HC) division has been appointed chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), reports UNB.Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs ministry issued a notification in this regard on Monday.Justice Md Shofiul Alam Mahmood...
RANGPUR, Oct 15 (UNB): Students has staged demonstration protesting the decision of Jatiya Party that had declared Sarjis Alam and Hasnat Abdullah, top two key coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, 'persona no grata' in Rangpur. The agitated students brought...
A Dhaka court has imposed travel ban on former Magura-1 lawmaker Saifuzzaman Shekhor and his wife Sima Rahman over graft allegations, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Ash Shams Zaglul Hossain passed the order on Tuesday, allowing a plea of...
KHULNA, Oct 15 (BSS): Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal President Abdul Monayem Munna has said BNP will not do the same thing what the ousted Awami League (AL) committed for the last 15 years in the country.Criticising fascist activities like inhuman torture...
Abdur Razzaque and Faruk Khan, two former ministers in the Awami League administration, have been remanded for two days each for interrogation in police custody in separate cases, report agencies.Two Dhaka metropolitan magistrates made the decisions after hearings on TuesdayDhaka...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that there were 'serious irregularities' in the recruitment of 803 sub-inspectors (SIs) and 61 assistant superintendents of police (ASPs) during the Awami League regime, reports UNB.He made the allegations while speaking...
The Ministry of Public Administration has issued an order appointing 2,064 candidates from the 43rd Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination to various cadres, reports UNB. This appointment comes nearly 10 months after the recommendation by the Bangladesh Public Service Commission...
The government has called upon all to submit video and still images of Anti-discrimination Student Movement and July Revolution aimed at preserving those, reports UNB.The Press Information Department (PID) has issued a handout to this end."The videos and still photos...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-16 00:00:00
Law Advisor Dr Asif Nazrul on Tuesday said justice will be ensured for the journalists who were made accused in different cases filed with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). In a briefing on Tuesday at the ICT premises in the...
BENAPOLE, Oct 15 (UNB): A total of 593 tonnes of green chilies have been imported from India through Benapole over the past two days. On Tuesday evening, 10 tonnes and 956 kgs of green chilies were imported, while 581 tonnes...
Ten people were killed in separate road accidents in Chattogram and Faridpur on Tuesday.In Faridpur, a head-on collision between two buses left five people dead and at least 20 injured in Mallikpur Sadar Upazila of Faridpur early Tuesday, police said,...
Eight more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 223 this year, report agencies. The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, said as...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-16 00:00:00
The city's egg wholesalers announced on Tuesday the resumption of egg sales after a two-day halt in protest against the government's mobile courts.Traders have agreed to restore normal supply levels following assurances from the government regarding a more flexible approach...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-16 00:00:00
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) will begin its trial proceedings tomorrow (Thursday) in connection with the mass killings and crimes against humanity committed during the July-August uprising this year.Speaking to reporters on the tribunal premises, ICT Chief Prosecutor Md Tajul...
President and Chief Executive Officer of Excelerate Energy Steven Kobos on Tuesday said there has been a lot of interest in Bangladesh from American companies and his company has planned to invest more in the country's energy sector and decarbonisation.The...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-10-16 00:00:00
US-based Excelerate Energy's bid for building a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) near Payra seaport, its third in the Bay of Bengal, fails as an initial deal is rescinded.The interim government has scrapped the term-sheet agreement with the energy...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-16 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus will hold dialogue with 15 political parties on Saturday.This will be second spell of dialogue with political parties about the reform process.The dialogue started on October 06 with the participation of some political parties,...
The pass rate for the Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent exams, halted partway through due to the mass uprising that toppled the Awami League government, stands at 77.78 per cent.Of the examinees, 145,911 - or approximately 14 per cent -...
The European Commission has announced new funding to support humanitarian projects in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia and Malaysia, reports UNB.The Commission announced the new humanitarian aid package of €21.5 million for the Asia-Pacific region on Tuesday, bringing the total EU support...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-16 00:00:00
Two of crisis-ridden commercial banks' new managements were given Tuesday regulatory directions to improve their financial health through intensifying cash-recovery drives to recoup their soaring non-performing loans (NPLs).The central bank's instructions came from the Bangladesh Bank Governor, Dr Ahsan H....
FE REPORT | 2024-10-16 00:00:00
Stoked-up inflation, external-sector pressures, financial vulnerabilities and political uncertainty could demote Bangladesh's economic growth this fiscal, the World Bank says in its latest study accompanied with suggested remedies. If the government fails to improve the supply-side management of the essential...
Citigroup's profit fell 9 per cent in the third quarter as it set aside more money to cover the risk of loan defaults, particularly on credit cards, reports Reuters.The third-largest US lender's net income dropped to $3.2 billion, or $1.51...
Mohammad Helal Uddin, a professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Dhaka, joined the Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) as its executive vice chairman on Monday. Officials and employees of MRA welcomed him with a bouquet on the...
Unilever Consumer Care Limited (UCL) won the 'Gold Award' from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) for corporate governance excellence. The 11th ICSB National Award was handed over to UCL at a gala event held in a city...
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