FE REPORT | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
Despite a decrease in rainfall, the plight of Sylhet residents due to flooding continues to escalate. As of Thursday evening, water levels in the Surma and Kushiara rivers began to recede but remain above danger levels at several points.The Sylhet...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
A rethink on proposed shutdown of the perennially losing Janata Exchange Company in Italy saves the offshore entity amid fear of negative impacts on remitters and resultant governmental image crisis, officials said.The Financial Institutions Division (FID) under the Ministry of...
Photographed on Thursday, a fish trader taking a nap with no business activities in place at the AGB Colony Kitchen Market in the city's Motijheel area as the ever-busy capital Dhaka is yet to get back its normal face even...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed will not get time any more from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) if he doesn't appear before it on June 23 to face interrogation over graft allegations and amassing huge properties beyond known...
Primary and secondary schools will reopen on June 26 as the Education Ministry has curtailed the summer vacation by one week, reports UNB.However, Saturday will remain as weekly holiday, said press release of the Ministry issued on Thursday.According to the...
ASJADUL KIBRIA | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
Though the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh declined significantly last year, foreign-investment proposals in greenfield projects posted a record jump during the period under review.World Investment Report (WIR) 2024, released on Thursday afternoon in Geneva by the...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
Money withdrawal from Swiss banks by Bangladeshi nationals gathered an unprecedented pace, according to a latest Swiss National Bank or SNB report that comes amid unfolding tales of fund flights. The SNB annual report, published Thursday, June 20, says the...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina starts for Delhi today on a two-day tour with wide agenda featuring several proposed cooperation agreements, including one on connectivity.She is scheduled to have bilateral meeting with her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, tomorrow (Saturday) discussing the...
Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary single number three, as deep convection is taking place over the North Bay due to strong monsoon, reports BSS.Gusty/squally weather may affect the maritime...
A newly released report reveals alarming trends in air quality both in Bangladesh and worldwide, posing significant health risks, reports UNB.According to the latest State of Global Air (SoGA) 2024 report from the Health Effects Institute (HEI), in partnership with...
A court in the city on Thursday started recording the deposition of prosecution witnesses in a case lodged over the murder of Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afrin Prity in the capital's Shahjahanpur area on...
RAJSHAHI, June 20 (BSS): Hundred percent people of Rajshahi city and its adjacent municipalities will come under the supply of drinkable water as Rajshahi Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (RWASA) is implementing a project to this end.The water treatment project...
Holidaymakers returning to the capital after celebrating the Eid-ul-Azha festival with their near and dear ones at village homes. The photo was taken from Sadarghat Launch Terminal on Thursday. — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
A team of students from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has won Silver Award in the Efficiency for Access Design Challenge 2023-24, UK for solar-powered gear pump for irrigation. The announcement was...
Bangladesh confronts the interlinked challenges of 1.2 million forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals (Rohingya) and 1.8 million people internally displaced by climate-related disasters in the last decade, Oxfam says in a statement received on Thursday, the World Refugee Day 2024. These...
Higher Secondary Certifi-cate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations have been postponed in Sylhet division until July 8 due to the ongoing flood situation in the division, reports BSS.Chairman of Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee and chairman of Dhaka Education Board Professor...
Outgoing Chief of Army Staff General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Gonobhaban in the capital on Thursday. — PID
FE REPORT | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
Money laundering is the key reason for the current dollar crisis in Bangladesh, a former state minister said Thursday amid a lingering forex crunch and its domino effect on the economy. Dr Shamsul Alam told a budget talk in Dhaka...
SYLHET, June 20 (UNB): State Minister for Water Resources Ministry Zahid Faruk on Thursday said the government will take steps to dredge the Surma River to protect Sylhet city from early floods.The construction work of nine dredging stations across the...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Thursday said Bangladesh has conveyed its concern to Myanmar military and Arakan army with a strong note that Bangladesh will retaliate if they fire into Bangladesh territory further, reports BSS."Otherwise, we will respond to their firing....
The partial committees of Jubo League Rajshahi district and city units were formed on Thursday, reports BSS.The committees were declared through a statement, signed by Jubo League Chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash and General Secretary Md Mainul Hossain Nikhil.According to...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has greeted Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa on his re-election as the President of Republic of South Africa, reports BSS.In a letter wrote to Mr Ramaphosa, the PM said, "Your victory in the recent parliamentary elections is...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on Thursday that the government's 'apathy' towards the havocs caused by flooding every year was shocking.Senior joint secretary general of BNP Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the comment while speaking at a regular press briefing at...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said BNP caused harm to the country by maintaining a hostile relationship with neighbouring India, reports BSS."The country had suffered, as BNP maintained a hostile...
PANCHAGARH June 20 (BSS): Groundnut harvesting is going on in full swing at all five upazilas of the district.Farmers are very happy to get the bumper production and fair price of the nut. About six mounds groundnut is coming from...
MOULVIBAZAR, June 20 (UNB): Six of the seven upazilas in Moulvibazar have been inundated due to the incessant rains and onrush of water from upstream, leaving nearly 200,000 people stranded.All the rivers in the district have been flowing above the...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
BENAPOLE, June 20: Want of a permanent bridge over a river at Bedvita village in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore has made 20,000 villagers suffers for a long time. The locals have to cross the river by using a makeshift bamboo...
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