FE REPORT | 2024-10-11 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi questioned in surprise on Thursday how Awami League leader and former minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury got bail barely within 24 hours of his arrest.He alleged that a total of...
Acting Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Tarique Rahman on Thursday underscored the need for holding fair elections to maintain continuation of democracy, reports BSS."We must hold a free and fair election aiming to keep the country's democracy continued," he...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Dhaka, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions with moderately...
The wait for the results of this year's HSC and equivalent exams is set to end on October 15. Students will once again be able to access their scores at educational institutions and online, reports bdnews24.com.On Wednesday, the Dhaka Education...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-11 00:00:00
A teenage ready-made garment (RMG) worker hanged herself from a ceiling fan with a scarf at Bashantek Natun Basti area in the capital. She was identified as Riya Akter (15). The incident happened at around 11:39 pm on Wednesday night....
RANGPUR, Oct 10 (BSS): Availability of the government's cost-free anti-hypertensive medicines should be ensured at grassroots level to efficiently control hypertension-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and related deaths.The opinion came at a divisional level workshop titled "Hypertension Control in Bangladesh: Progress...
The government on Wednesday formed two separate adviser-level committees, one to address allegations of irregularities in the appointment of deputy commissioners (DC), and the other to ensure proper treatment for those injured during the recent mass movement, reports UNB.The Cabinet...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-11 00:00:00
The Department of Archaeology has started its proceedings to preserve the official residence of the Chief Justice (CJ) of Bangladesh as an archaeological site.The initiative has been taken by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed with an eye to protecting the...
A delegation of Bangladesh Buddhist Federation called on Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman at the Army Headquarters in Dhaka Cantonment on Thursday. — ISPR
Bangladesh is likely to witness visits of several officials from the United Nations (UN) this year, including UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, who is likely to visit the country this month, officials in Dhaka and New York...
Mirpur-10 metro rail station is expected to resume operation shortly as the system of every parameter was witnessed satisfactory following the final test for reopening of the station on Thursday morning, reports BSS."We've completed the test operation of Mirpur-10 metro...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-10-11 00:00:00
Internet banking transactions in Bangladesh experienced a notable decline in August 2024, dropping from the previous month's total.In August, internet banking transactions saw a significant decline of Tk 67.86 billion, marking by a 9.04-percent drop from July this year.Similar to...
The snap shows a bus driver making an impassioned plea to the strikers of a garment factory to let traffic pass through a road blockade in the capital's Kuril area on Thursday noon as they took to the street for...
Home Adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury says special security measures will be in place until the end of Durga Puja, the biggest annual festival for Hindus, which began on Oct 9.While visiting the Puja venue at Dhakeshwari Temple in Dhaka...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-11 00:00:00
Around 150 more stranded Bangladeshi migrants returned home from Libya on Thursday. The repatriation has taken place under the joint initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), a...
A fisherman has reportedly been killed and two others injured after the Myanmar Navy opened fire on a Bangladeshi fishing trawler near St Martin's Island in the Bay of Bengal, reports bdnews24.com.Trawler owners claim that five trawlers carrying 60 people...
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus's press wing has clarified that his recent remarks on "pressing the reset button" in an interview with Voice of America is being misinterpreted by some people."He (Prof Yunus) did not mean wiping out Bangladesh's proud...
STOCKHOLM, Oct 10 (AFP): Author Han Kang on Thursday became the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for her work exploring the correspondence between mental and physical torment as well as historical events.A short story writer...
PIROJPUR, Oct 10 (BSS): Eight people, including four children and two women, were killed after a private car lost control and fell into a roadside canal at Gyansha in front of Nurani gate of Pirojpur Sadar upazila in the early...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-11 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has initiated a move to convince tech giants to establish a data centre in Bangladesh.It has already requested TikTok to come up with investment in this regard and planned to hold similar discussions with...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-11 00:00:00
Heavy rain and end of summer crops have caused a sharp rise in vegetable prices in the capital over the past week.In addition to these natural factors, many city wholesalers are manipulating the market due to a lack of proper...
MUMBAI, Oct 10 (AFP): Indian industrialist Ratan Tata, who is credited with transforming the Tata Group into a globally renowned conglomerate, has died at age 86, the company said late Wednesday.Under Tata, the company grew into a sprawling international enterprise...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-11 00:00:00
Bangladesh's economy faces downgrades for the past political upheaval that prompts the World Bank to lower its growth forecast to 4.0 per cent for the current fiscal year, but sees a silver lining on the horizons. The global development financier...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-10-11 00:00:00
Countrywide gas supply is set to increase from this week as Bangladesh started importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) on Thursday after a hiatus of more than three months, according to a senior Petrobangla official."Gunvor Singapore Pte Ltd started delivering its...
JUBAIR RAHAN | 2024-10-11 00:00:00
Corporate borrowing from external lenders to meet their needs squeezes significantly with the stock of short-term overseas debts having dropped to $11.19 billion as of last August, as entrepreneurs make a pause in business expansion.Officials and money-market analysts say such...
CHICAGO, Oct 10 (Reuters): Delta Air Lines on Thursday forecast quarterly revenue largely below expectations in anticipation of slower travel spending against the backdrop of the upcoming US presidential election, sending its shares down 6.3 per cent before the bell.The...
LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters): Cocoa futures on ICE fell on Thursday after strong production data from Ghana, the world's second-largest grower, while coffee steadied near recent lows as rains arrived in Brazil.March London cocoa lost 1.1 per cent to 4,752...
Gold prices extended gains on Thursday after traders added to bets that the Federal Reserve will deliver an interest-rate cut next month following the latest US economic data, reports Reuters.Spot gold was up 0.4 per cent at $2,617.15 per ounce...
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