Modern scanner at NCT of Ctg port opens soon

CHITTAGONG, Jan 15: The Chittagong Port has installed one scanner at Gate No. 2 of the New-mooring Container Terminal (NCT), which is running on a trial basis. The FS 6000 model scanner procured by the National Board of Revenue (NBR)...

Oil gains capped by uncertainty over sanctions impact

Oil prices crept higher on Wednesday as the market focused on potential supply disruptions from sanctions on Russian tankers, though gains were tempered by a lack of clarity on their impact, reports Reuters.Brent crude futures rose 16 cents, or 0.2...

Marburg kills eight people in Tanzania

ARUSHA, Jan 15 (AP): The World Health Organization said Wednesday an outbreak of suspected Marburg disease has killed eight people in a remote part of northern Tanzania."We are aware of 9 cases so far, including 8 people who have died,"...

Cuba to free 553 prisoners after removal from US terror list

HAVANA, Jan 15 (AFP): Cuba said Tuesday it would release 553 prisoners in response to an announcement from Washington that it will remove the communist country from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.The White House said earlier that President...

Imran defiant even as longer sentence looms

ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 (AFP): Imran Khan, Pakistan's most popular politician, is facing a 14-year prison term this month in a case his party says is being used to pressure him into silence.The former prime minister, long a source of frustration...

Pezeshkian warns Trump against risking 'war'

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (AFP): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran was not seeking "nuclear weaponry" and warned US President-elect Donald Trump against risking "war" with the Islamic republic, according to a US televised interview broadcast Tuesday."I do hope that Trump...

Mediators make final push for Gaza truce deal

DOHA, Jan 15 (AFP): Mediators were making a final push Wednesday to seal a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, after a Qatari official involved in the talks expressed hope an agreement could be reached "very soon".Qatar, Egypt and the...

Lurking dangers in Gulistan

Gulistan is widely recognised as one of the busiest and most commercially vibrant areas in Bangladesh. With its bustling markets and significant establishments such as Bangabazar, Stadium Market, and the Dhaka City Corporation Office, Gulistan attracts people from all walks...

Tackling unemployment--

A significant number of educated youth remain frustrated due to a lack of suitable jobs. The mismatch between the skills acquired through education and the demands of the labour market has worsened this problem, highlighting the urgent need for innovation...

On forming an independent revenue commission

Since its establishment in 1972, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been tasked with the dual responsibility of formulating revenue policy and enforcing its implementation. This inherent conflict of interest has led to various limitations, distortions, and shortcomings in...

Building a buffer food stock

A buffer stock of cereals is part of food policy pursued by governments. With its origin in the Middle East since Biblical times, it was not as successfully practised over a long period of time as it was done in...

Science out there in space, here on Earth

There are times when we need to sit back and reflect on the world as we have known it. It is an exercise men and women throughout the course of history have engaged in. One can be certain that the...

Injured RU teacher dies at RMCH

RAJSHAHI, Jan 14 (BSS): A teacher of Rajshahi University (RU), who sustained injuries in a road accident at the intersection of Baro Rasta of Rajshahi city on Monday noon, succumbed to his injuries at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in...

Mild cold wave descends once more on Panchagarh

PANCHAGARH, Jan 14 (bdnews24.com): A mild cold wave has once again hit Panchagarh as temperatures plunged from 13 degrees Celsius to below 10 degrees Celsius over 24 hours, leaving the low-income people of the northern district in distress.As of 9am...

Brinjal farming holds out bright prospect in Gopalganj

GOPALGANJ, Jan 14: The farmers of Raghunathpur union under Sadar upazila in the district are being highly benefited from cultivating brinjal this winter season.A total of 564 hectares of land have been brought into brinjal cultivation in five upazilas of...

Sunamganj villagers haunted by unseasonal river erosion

SUNAMGANJ, Jan 14 (UNB): Normally the river erosion occurs in the monsoon, but surprisingly some 50 to 60 families of two unions in Jagannathpur upazila of Sunamganj have lost their homesteads and other establishments over the past few days.The unseasonal...

ACC arrests former BB DG SK Sur

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Tuesday arrested former Bangladesh Bank Deputy Governor Sitangshu Kumar Chowdhury alias SK Sur in a case filed against him and two of his family members for not responding to an asset-declaration notice. A team of the...

Finlay South Mall opens Friday

Our CorrespondentCHATTOGRAM, Jan 14: The opening of the Finlay South Shopping Mall will be held on January 17 next.In a press conference, the authority of Finlay Properties Limited disclosed it Tuesday. Among others Managing Director of Finlay Properties Limited Mufakkharul...

BTMA urges govt to extend usance period

FE ReportBangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) has urged the interim government to extend the usance period for payment on imports of industrial raw materials. In a letter to the governor of Bangladesh Bank on January 13, the BTMA-the trade body...

Workers demand reopening of Beximco factories

Several thousand workers of 16 closed factories of Beximco Group staged a human chain on Nabinagar-Chandra highway at Kaliakoir in Gazipur on Tuesday, demanding immediate reopening of the factories and resumption of the letter of credit (LC) facilities.They queued up...

BNP sees polls possible by Aug

The BNP on Tuesday said the interim government could arrange the next national election by August this year in the greater interest of the country, report agencies."We think that the election is possible in the middle of this year, and...

Ex-state minister Babar, 4 others acquitted

The High Court on Tuesday acquitted former state minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar and four others in a case filed under the Arms Act in connection with the smuggling of 10-truck arms.At the same time, the court commuted the...

Businesses from both sides stress bilateral FTA or PTA

Businesses from Bangladesh and Pakistan at a meeting in Dhaka on Tuesday stressed the need for signing a bilateral free- or preferential-trade agreement to unlock full trade potential between the two countries.They observed that the bilateral trade remains less than...

MoU inked to import atap rice from Pakistan

Bangladesh and Pakistan on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), under which the former will import non-basmati white rice (atap or sun-burned rice) from the latter on a government-to-government (G2G) basis.Bangladesh's Directorate General of Food and the Trading Corporation...

BPDB seeks Tk 80b urgent subsidy payment from government

The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has sought a Tk 80 billion urgent fund from the government to maintain uninterrupted power supply across the country. The government owes BPDB around Tk 265 billion in subsidy payments. It will pay the...

The back of a man's T-shirt is covered with graffiti depicting ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a

The back of a man's T-shirt is covered with graffiti depicting ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a disgraceful manner. The graffiti originated from a metro rail pillar, labelled 'Monument of Hate', on the campus of Dhaka University. The photo...

12kg LPG cylinder price up by Tk 4

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on Tuesday increased the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), with the price of commonly used 12 -kg LPG cylinder has been decided to be sold at Tk 1,459 for January trading under the...

Housing supply in Dhaka to shrink

Supply of new real estate in the capital city is expected to decrease in the coming days, as the number of applications for the approval of new buildings' plan from the RAJUK has been showing a declining trend in recent...

BB backtracks on dollar-buy decision

In a major policy shift prompted by the exigency of stabilising Bangladesh's foreign-exchange market, the central bank skips dollar buy from commercial banks.Officials and bankers say such change in the forex-management strategy was observed following recent trade in the American...

Court orders freezing 87 bank accounts

A Dhaka court orders freezing 87 bank accounts and confiscating immovable property worth Tk 2.0 billion of embroiled S Alam Group owner Mohammed Saiful Alam, his wife Farzana Parveen and 16 family members.Judge of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court...