Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-08-04 00:00:00
From an economic perspective, the month of July 2024 will be remembered as a particularly challenging one. Not since 1971 has unrest over a non-political issue so badly affected the economy. There are various estimates of how the two weeks...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-08-04 00:00:00
When the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) was signed 30 years ago, it was expected that the world would witness a gradual decline in tariffs obstructing free trade in goods among the nations. The contracting parties of...
Mere 23 per cent use of US$7.36 billion external assistance extended under three separate lines of credit (LoCs) over a period of 14 years by India, by any measure, is deeply frustrating. The first LoC began with US$862 million in...
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has stated that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is welcome to send its own security experts for their team's visit to Pakistan for a two-Test series later this month. In response to a report by...
The significance of reading books for intellectual growth is universally acknowledged. However, in an era dominated by digital distractions, the practice of immersing oneself in the world of books seems to be waning.The allure of smartphones and social media has...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-08-03 12:00:00
Sadly, the power situation in the country has gone from bad to worse since Covid-19. While the pandemic has come and gone, the energy crisis refuses to go away. While policymakers keep raising tariffs on the promise of steady supply...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at places over the country...
The six quota reform movement coordinators who were released said they did not want to give a statement calling off the movement while in police custody, reports bdnews24.com.They say the Detective Branch (DB) of police forced them to sit at...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-03 00:00:00
Two courts in Dhaka have granted bail to 43 HSC examinees accused in 34 cases filed with different police stations over the anti-quota movement.Lawyers filed two separate petitions, seeking bail for the students whose exams are scheduled to begin August...
In the first week of July as Raihanul Islam Raihan headed from his family home in Kurigram to where he lived and worked in Dhaka, he promised to take his wife and child to the capital the next time he...
(Clockwise, from left-top): 'Drohojatra' demonstration in progress at the Central Shaheed Minar; a view of the symbolic protest of artistes at Dhanmondi; protesters painting a police vehicle red in front of the National Press Club; and law-enforcers brought the HSC...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-03 00:00:00
The UN agency Unicef has confirmed that at least 32 children were killed during countrywide protests in July in Bangladesh with many more injured and detained. "This is a terrible loss," Sanjay Wijesekera, Unicef regional director for South Asia, said...
A delegation of Bangabandhu Lekhok-Sangbadik Forum in the United Kingdom (UK) gave a memorandum on the recent mayhem in Bangladesh to British Prime Minister (PM) Keir Starmer on Thursday, reports BSS.An official on behalf of the British Premier received the...
NAOGAON, Aug 02 (UNB): Leaders and activists of the BNP's Manda upazila unit in Naogaon are currently trying to avoid getting arrested.Despite their attempts to hide, police have already apprehended 22 BNP leaders and activists from this upazila. Hundreds of...
A Dhaka court has sent Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) chairman and former member of parliament Barrister Andaleeve Rahman Partho to jail after the completion of his three-day remand in a case lodged over vandalising and setting fire to the Setu...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has condemned banning Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami by the government.BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a statement on behalf of his party issued on Thursday termed the government decision in this regard as undemocratic and anti-constitutional."Our...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said students are not the government's opponents, report agencies.He was speaking at a media briefing at the Awami League President's office at Dhanmandi in the capital on Friday.He said even after fulfilling...
RANGAMATI, Aug 02 (BSS): A man hacked to death his wife and mother-in-law due to family disputes when they were sleeping at their home at Kashkhali village in Kawkhali upazila of the district on Thursday night.The dead are Fatema Akhtar...
Procter & Gamble posted a surprise drop in fourth-quarter sales, as the company's efforts to reel in years of steep price hikes failed to win over price-conscious consumers who snubbed the company's pricier Charmin toilet paper and Pampers diapers, reports...
MOSCOW, Aug 2 (TASS): World oil reserves are now below the five-year average, while global oil demand will grow by 2.2 mln barrels per day this year, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said after a meeting of the OPEC+...
BEIRUT, Aug 02 (Reuters): Hezbollah forces on Friday resumed rocket and artillery attacks against Israel, ending the lull along the border following Israel's killing of the Lebanese group's military commander in Beirut.Hezbollah said it had fired a surface-to-air missile at...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-03 00:00:00
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is gravely concerned over what it terms 'government-led violence" in Bangladesh, particularly scenes in which outdoor workers have been shot dead in firing on protesters. In a release, received Friday in Dhaka, the federation...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-03 00:00:00
New Delhi has asked Dhaka to obtain the concurrence of relevant authorities on the road connectivity for a proposed bridge over the Thega river, linking Bangladesh and Mizoram.The bridge will connect Chittagong seaport with Lunglei city in the Indian state...
Passengers huddle under umbrellas as boats ferry them across Dhaka's Buriganga River amid non-stop rain on Friday. — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2024-08-03 00:00:00
The prices of rice, which have been on a rising trend steadily due to supply-side disruptions caused by the ongoing turmoil, increased further last week.However, the prices of eggs and different seasonal vegetables have plunged during the period in question.The...
ARAFAT ARA | 2024-08-03 00:00:00
Thousands of parcel deliverymen associated with e-commerce have greatly been impacted by the internet shutdown for more than one week across the country.Their earnings took a big hit last July as the online-based delivery services were closed for the period.Job...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-03 00:00:00
Users of Facebook and Telegram in Bangladesh have suffered significant internet disruptions with their mobile data connections while a majority of them were unable to access the services of these platforms since the afternoon on Friday.For a majority, the issues...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-08-03 00:00:00
A small number of wealthy individuals are shouldering the bulk of the income tax burden, while millions of others pay minimal amounts, according to tax administration annual data.Only 2.8 per cent of individual taxpayers contribute 30.6 per cent of the...
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