LONDON, Jan 10 (Reuters): Oil prices surged on Friday and were on track for a third straight week of gains as traders focused on potential supply disruptions from more sanctions on Russia.Brent crude futures gained $2.50, or 3.3 per cent,...
Alok Bhowmick | 2025-01-11 00:00:00
In the rich tapestry of human history, cultural diversity has been our most treasured asset, defining who we are and how we live. But over the past two centuries, dominant religious ideologies have often unraveled this colorful weave, erasing traditions...
Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic, South Asian countries are witnessing a notable surge in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections in recent months. Cases have been rising in northern Chinese provinces this winter, particularly among children, according to local authorities. Kazakhstan...
When walking through the streets of the city, it is common to see street children inhaling a yellow liquid contained in polythene bags. This substance, known as "dandy", is a type of intoxicant. It primarily consists of an adhesive called...
Tanim Asjad | 2025-01-11 00:00:00
A study on the walking environment in the country's capital city has revealed some interesting findings. It showed that five important commercial areas or districts in Dhaka are not friendly for walking at all. Motijheel, once the most important commercial...
Sarker Nazrul Islam | 2025-01-11 00:00:00
How a boon turns into a bane or a blessing into a curse is best exemplified by the highly deplorable condition of the rivers around the capital city. Nature created these streams for its own sake, man also found them...
Modern-day diplomacy is all about enhancing collaboration between countries through promotion of trade and investment. Even the big power politics is centred around competition between big economies to get the better of the other in the field of trade and...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-10 00:00:00
Law enforcers in separate drives arrested five alleged drug traders and recovered a total of 64 kg of hashish from the capital. A police official of Darus Salam Police Station in Mirpur said a team of the Detective Branch (DB)...
The Hajj Agency Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) protested the requirement of 1,000 pilgrims for each Bangladeshi Hajj agency, which Bangladesh approved in compliance with the decision of Saudi authorities, reports UNB.Speaking at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity on...
Police have recovered the hanging body of Al Amin, chief of Zajira Police Station, reports bdnews24.com.The body was found in a room inside the police station on Thursday afternoon, according to Nazrul Islam, superintendent of Shariatpur Police Station."Our initial suspicion...
The mercury plunged by five degrees Celsius within a day in Chuadanga, ushering in the second cold wave of 2025.On Thursday morning, the district recorded the season's lowest temperature at 9.4 degrees Celsius, accompanied by 95 per cent humidity, according...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh on Thursday expressed its 'utter dismay and deep disappointment' over the 'unfounded remarks and fabricated allegations' of ill-treatment including physical abuses of the detained Indian fishermen by the authorities here.Bangladesh firmly rejects such unfounded allegations which undermine the spirit...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-10 00:00:00
Former Executive Director of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) AFM Shahinul Islam has been appointed as head of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) for a term of two years. The Financial Institutions Division (FID) under the Ministry of Finance issued...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-10 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday filed two complaints with the office of the chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), accusing ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and a section of AL leaders and law enforcers of playing...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-01-10 00:00:00
All scheduled trains to and from Dhaka as well as the railway's western zone areas will soon run on the newly-built Jamuna railway bridge on a trial basis before the structure's formal inauguration.Officials said about 38 trains now running on...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-10 00:00:00
A devastating fire has burnt down a makeshift courtroom set up at the Alia Madrasa playground in the capital's Bakshibazar area for holding the trial of BDR carnage cases.The fire broke out in the early hours of Thursday as the...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday urged Turkiye to bring their technologies to Bangladesh, invest more, relocate factories and use Bangladesh's youth forces. "You are the leader of the technology; you can build your defence industry here. Let's make...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-10 00:00:00
State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) has floated a fresh tender and re-issued another to purchase two spot LNG cargoes for February 13-14 and February 06-07 delivery windows respectively.The RPGCL re-issued the tender for one spot LNG cargo over...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-01-10 00:00:00
A plethora of products and services, including medicines, talk-time and the internet, get costlier following a midyear amendment to the VAT law. The amended Value-Added Tax (VAT) law brings a total of 43 products and services under a higher-tax regime.An...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2025-01-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh's apparel exports to the United States marked a 0.44-percent negative growth during last January-November period despite a surge in apparel-export earnings since September. The garment-export earnings marked the highest 41-percent growth in November last. On the other hand, the...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-10 00:00:00
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) on Thursday expressed concern over the negative impact of the government's decision to raise VAT on 43 products and services.The cost of industrial production would rise if the proposed gas price hikes...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-10 00:00:00
Natural gas supply would be severely affected for 72 hours from today (Friday) as an LNG regasification facility is set to go for a scheduled repair and maintenance work.US's Excelerate Energy will suspend operation of its floating, storage and re-gasification...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-10 00:00:00
The interim government will not formulate the July Proclamation but will facilitate creating consensus among political parties and stakeholders on the draft prepared by the anti-discrimination student body, an adviser says on their latest stance. In the latest disclosure, made...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-01-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh's economy is set on a rebound with all its external transaction accounts showing an upswing pivoted by a surge in remittance, robust export growth and reduced import payments, economists say.According to data released Thursday by the Bangladesh Bank, the...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Met Office. Moderate to dense fog may occur at places over the country during midnight...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-10 00:00:00
Twelve deputy commissioners (DCs) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have been transferred. The order, signed by DMP Commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjat Ali, was issued on Wednesday. Among the officers, Mahidul Islam has been transferred to the Finance Department, Salma Syed...
The majority respondents of a public survey, named 'Kemon Police Chai' (what kind of police we want), have opined in favour of formation of a separate regulatory organisation or a commission for Bangladesh Police to make the law-enforcing agency accountable...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-10 00:00:00
Tracey Ann Jacobson, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service in the US, will join the US Embassy in Dhaka as Chargé d'Affaires (CDA), ad interim, tomorrow (Saturday).Over the course of her distinguished career, she has served as US...
The Planning Commission (PC) is sending letters to all the ministries and divisions to complete their ongoing projects as quickly as possible to accelerate the implementation rate of the Annual Development Programme (ADP), which is record low right now, reports...
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