Home Affairs Adviser, Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, has assured the Buddhist Federation will receive all necessary assistance to ensure their events are held in a peaceful and joyful environment, reports UNB. He made this commitment during a discussion...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner (Logistics, Finance and Procurement) Hasan Md Shawkat Ali on Wednesday handed over 10 new patrolling vehicles to 10 police stations under the DMP at Rajarbagh Police Lines, reports UNB.Shawkat Ali said the vehicles were...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
A young woman was killed on the spot and her elder sister was critically injured after being hit by a bus while crossing the road in Badda area of the capital on Wednesday, a sub-inspector of the Badda police station...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
Newly-appointed 23 additional judges to the High Court (HC) Division of the Supreme Court (SC) took oath on Wednesday. Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath of the judges at the judges' lounge in the SC at 11:00 am....
TAHMID SHAKIB | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
Students boycotted the classes of at least 50 teachers of different departments and faculties of Dhaka University (DU) over their controversial remarks and for not standing with the students during the July-August mass movement.Most of these teachers were involved with...
Russian Ambassador Alexander V Mantytskiy called on Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus at the latter's Tejgaon office in the capital on Wednesday. — PID
The issue of antibiotic resistance poses a significant threat to public health as well as calls for increased awareness and responsible usage of medications, reports UNB.The sale of antibiotics without a registered physician's prescription is a punishable offence. On 18...
Syrians who were refugees in Lebanon return to their home country after a journey to the opposition-held northern Idlib province through the crossing Aoun al-Dadat north of Manbij on Wednesday. — AFP
A court here on Wednesday sentenced one person to death and four others to life imprisonment in a case lodged over the killing of one Taslima Begum Renu in a mob beating in city's North Badda area in 2019. Judge...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
Foreign ministry on Wednesday protested the killing of a Bangladeshi national who was shot and killed by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on 07 October 2024.The victim was identified as Md Kamal Hossain who hailed from Cumilla Sadar South...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has announced that all banks will be closed today (Thursday) for Durga Puja, following a government-declared holiday.The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification on Tuesday extending holiday for one more day on the Durga Puja, the...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
The Summit LNG Terminal II Co Ltd ("SLNG II"), a concern of Summit Group, has made an appeal to the interim government to review its decision to cancel the third Floating Storage and Regasification Unit ("FSRU") project in Bangladesh."We respectfully...
The claim, spread from Tuesday evening using old videos, alleging that army personnel were crowding or causing disorder in front of the Chief Adviser's residence, state guesthouse Jamuna, has been found to be untrue and misleading.Rumour Scanner, an independent Bangladeshi...
STOCKHOLM, Oct 9 (AFP): Americans David Baker and John Jumper, together with Briton Demis Hassabis, shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for work revealing the secrets of proteins through computing and artificial intelligence.The three were honoured for cracking...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 09: After two fire incidents on oil tankers, the government has expedited the process of implementing a Single Point Mooring (SPM) with a Double Pipeline.Specifically, following the fires on the Banglar Jyoti and Banglar Sourav tankers that transported...
The government appointed Dr Mobashher Momen as the new chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC), according to an official notification issued on Wednesday.As per Article 138 (1) of the Constitution, the PSC chairman has been appointed by the...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
The government has halved the regularity duty (RD) on sugar imports to 15 per cent from existing 30 per cent, aiming to keep prices of the sweetener stable in the domestic market. As a result, the total impact import duty...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
Building Bangladesh's maiden permanent land-based LNG terminal now stalls with the cancellation of short-listing of bidders for the project aimed at ending reliance on expensive floating units hired for re-gasification of the imported liquid gas, sources said.They said the planned...
A long tailback of fast-moving traffic forms on Mayor Hanif Flyover on Wednesday, a day before the start of a four-day Durga Puja holiday today (Thursday). Gridlock was witnessed almost everywhere in Dhaka city, disrupting commuter movement. — FE Photo...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
The flow of deposits in shariah-based banking operations fell slightly while investment marked a steady rise in July as Bangladesh saw the build-up of a mass uprising that led to the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime.When it comes to...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
A case has been filed against 19 people, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak, over allegations of leaking and selling citizens' National ID (NID) data.The lawsuit, filed...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
The Internal Resources Division (IRD) on Wednesday formed a five-member advisory committee to bring positive reforms in the National Board of Revenue (NBR).The advisory committee would recommend revenue policy, administration reform, evaluate organisational capacity of NBR and recommend its modernisation.It...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) has identified six major reasons including multiple entries of same data, discount on sales volume and receipt of less than Initial LC Value behind incongruity in the country's export earnings data.Local sales from export-oriented companies, apparels'...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
Inflation has already edged down 1.0 per cent following fiscal interventions and a respite from price rises is awaited, Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed said Wednesday and urged all to have patience to get the assured consumer relief. "We could...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
Highest Tk 508.35 billion and lowest Tk 292.30 billion were transacted in bribe to construct and develop roads, highways and bridges during the last 15 years through creating a culture of rule violation and deviation in implementing road sector projects...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) assures Bangladesh government of providing nearly US$1.15 billion for bankrolling budget in the current fiscal year (FY) of 2024-25, officials said Wednesday after project-review talks. The country programming mission (CPM) of the ADB sat Wednesday...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
Private-sector credit flows ebbed down with economic activity hitting the rock bottom amid the August mass uprising that led to the fall of Sheikh Hasina regime, officials said.Under domino effect of the political unrest, the country's overall economic activities remained...
Extending his greetings to the country's all members of the Hindu community, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has said that Bangladesh is a country of communal harmony."Durga Puja is not only a festival of the Hindu community… it has now...
MOSCOW, Oct 9 (Reuters): Russian oil companies have held talks with the government on whether firms that do not produce diesel should be banned from exporting it because of concern the refiners may be losing subsidies, Interfax news agency reported...
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