BARI, June 13 (AFP): G7 leaders gather Thursday for the first day of an Italy summit, seeking to seal a deal on using frozen Russian assets to help war-torn Ukraine.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will join US President Joe Biden and...
BUENOS AIRES, June 13 (BBC): Argentina's Senate has narrowly approved President Javier Milei's controversial economic reform package, with the vote taking place as violent clashes raged between protesters and riot police outside Congress.Demonstrators in Buenos Aires - who say the...
TANGAIL, June 13 (UNB): Two motorcyclists were killed and another injured when a covered van hit the motorbike at Kadamtoli in Ghatail upazila of Tangail district on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Zahurul Islam Jewel, 48, son of Abdus Salam,...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-06-14 00:00:00
CHANDPUR, June 13: After suffering acutely for a long time, farmers have built a road on their own in a remote area of Palakhal union under Kachua upazila of the district to ensure easy carrying of their harvested crops home...
A CORRESPONDENT | 2024-06-14 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, June 13: Around Tk 33.9 million (3.39-crore) audit objections have been found in the sales of undergraduate first-year admission test forms in three consecutive academic years of Rajshahi University (RU).Many teachers and students have complained of irregularities and...
Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) has announced a new partnership deal with D Money Bangladesh for a range of digital services. The inauguration ceremony, held at MTB Centre, the bank's corporate head office in Gulshan 1, Dhaka, was attended by Syed...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-14 00:00:00
Private sector commercial bank, IFIC decided to issue zero-coupon bonds worth Tk 6 billion to raise regulatory capital, moving away from its decision to float coupon-bearing subordinated bonds. Its board of directors approved the issuance of fully redeemable, non-convertible, unsecured,...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-14 00:00:00
Dhaka stocks managed to stay positive for the second day in a row on Thursday as bargain hunters opted to take positions in beaten-down issues in anticipation of short-term gains.Market analysts said that after a sharp correction in recent weeks,...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh Finance endured losses for the first time in 2023 for what it said is higher provision and a substantial decline in income from investment in securities in the bearish market. The non-bank financial institution (NBFI) has reported a loss...
Since 1790, homeopathic treatment, pioneered by the German scientist Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, has grown in popularity. With increasing awareness of the side effects of antibiotics, interest in homeopathy has surged, bolstered by confidence in this treatment system. Recognising this,...
Since securing exclusive rights to a significant area in the Bay of Bengal in 2013, Bangladesh has had the opportunity to capitalise on its maritime resources for economic growth and prosperity. However, a decade later, we find ourselves falling short...
Shiabur Rahman | 2024-06-14 00:00:00
The inhabitants of Dhaka city have been bombarded with the official jargon of turning the city into a 'tilottoma' or incomparably beautiful capital since the regime of HM Ershad. Although survey reports find the capital of Bangladesh as one of...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-06-14 00:00:00
The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) University Rankings, the pioneer in this field, has come up with ranking of global universities for their excellence in higher education for the year 2025. It is also the first to introduce what it calls the...
The approval given by the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) for import of 40 megawatts of hydroelectricity from Nepal is a significant step towards materialising the plan to strengthen the country's grid power. While the deal is primarily between...
Shafiun Nahin Shimul | 2024-06-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh has made notable strides in its health sector, earning accolades both nationally and internationally. Yet, beneath these achievements lies a troubling reality: the sector is riddled with inefficiencies and weaknesses, starkly exposed by various national and international emergencies including...
A fire that broke out in a building housing workers in the city of Mangaf in southern Kuwait early on Wednesday has killed at least 41 people, the country's deputy prime minister Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah said during a...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-13 00:00:00
A total of 363 foreigners are imprisoned or detained in different jails of Bangladesh for committing various crimes, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan told the House on Tuesday.Responding to a question of lawmaker Farida Yasmin, the home minister said of the...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-13 00:00:00
Telecom-industry leaders said on Wednesday that they could reduce mobile expenditure of customers significantly had the government cut what they call 'irrational' 20-percent supplementary duty and 01-percent surcharge imposed on the usages.They made the observation while speaking at a post-budget...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-13 00:00:00
The budget allocation for the country's public universities has decreased in the fiscal year (FY) 2024-25 compared to the last fiscal, despite a demand for higher allocation in research and development from the universities. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-13 00:00:00
A Dhaka court framed charges against Nobel Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus and 13 others on Wednesday in a case filed on charge of embezzling and laundering Tk 252.2 million of Grameen Telecom Workers' Profit Participation Fund. Syed Arafat Hossain,...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-06-13 00:00:00
Summit Group has applied to execute force majeure against a halt in the operation of its LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminal, according to sources.Summit LNG Terminal is preparing to leave the mooring facility in the Bay of Bengal as it...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2024-06-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh, for the eighth consecutive year since 2017, ranks among 10 countries of the world that stand on the bottom rung in guaranteeing labour rights, according to a global survey.Bangladesh's peers on the list are Belarus, Ecuador, Egypt, Eswatini, Guatemala,...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-13 00:00:00
Oman has decided to exempt certain categories of Bangladeshi nationals from its visa ban issued in October of last year.The categories are: family visas, visitation visas for citizens of Bangladesh residing in GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries, physician, engineer, nurse,...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-13 00:00:00
Passengers travelling by rail on different routes underwent an ordeal as most of the trains at Kamalapur Station departed late on Wednesday.Thousands of city-dwellers started leaving the capital city of Dhaka by train to celebrate the upcoming festival with their...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-06-13 00:00:00
India has proposed afresh to conduct a trial run of a freight train up to Bhutan border via Bangladesh.The country has sent a revised draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard through its mission in Dhaka to the authorities...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-13 00:00:00
The government should re-examine its budget to trim the outlay by Tk 500 billion through expenditure-plan adjustments. Administrative costs, subsidies and other government spending could be reduced, while bank borrowing should be limited to less than Tk 900 billion, according...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-13 00:00:00
Establishing governance, transparency and time-bound strategy are among urgent dos for helping Bangladesh economy out of its current predicament, eminent discussants said Wednesday at a dialogue and termed the proposed budget inappropriate for now.This is an "ordinary budget during an...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-13 00:00:00
The government is considering a proposal for a detailed feasibility study for implementation of the Teesta river-restoration and-management project, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as the question arose in parliament Wednesday. She was responding to the question raised by lawmaker...
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