Monira Munni | 2024-12-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh's share in the US denim trousers markets has witnessed a significant rise in the last seven years despite a gradual shrinking of the overall denim market there. Locally-made trousers have accounted for around 20.7 per cent of the US...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2024-12-01 00:00:00
The Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and public sector power plants owe a cumulative amount of Tk195 billion to Petrobangla until mid-November for their consumption of natural gas to generate electricity, officials said on Saturday.The IPPs, mostly run by foreign companies,...
PANCHAGARH, Nov 30 (UNB): The lowest temperature of the country was recorded at 10.3 degrees Celsius at Tetulia in Panchagarh on Saturday, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).Panchagarh district had been experiencing the lowest temperature for the last five...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-12-01 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 30: Two separate cases have been filed by father and brother of slain Advocate Saiful Islam Alif over his brutal killing.Police said Jamal Uddin, father of Alif, lodged a murder case with Kotwali police station on Friday night...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2024-12-01 00:00:00
Around 23.33 per cent to 40 per cent of government money allocated under the Annual Development Programme (ADP) in the last 15 years has been embezzled through various forms of corruption, according to a draft report of the White Paper...
The High Court (HC) is likely to deliver its verdict on death reference and appeal on August 21 grenade attack cases today (Sunday, reports BSS.The cases (death reference, appeal, and jail appeal) are listed as item numbers 54 and 55...
Foreign Affairs Advisor Touhid Hossain has flagged the Indian media's 'sudden hostility' towards Bangladesh as an 'obstacle' to establishing normal relations between the neighbouring countries, reports bdnews24.com.Speaking at a discussion on 'Bangladesh-India Relations' at a private university in Dhaka on...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-01 00:00:00
A newly devised mechanism styled merchant power plant policy (MPPP) provides for business-to-business electricity trade to replace the indemnified Independent Power Producers (IPPs) law that allows only private-to-public electricity business.Power, energy and mineral resources adviser of the interim government Muhammad...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-12-01 00:00:00
The interim government has repealed the 'controversial' Quick Enhancement of Electricity and Energy Supply (Special Provision) Act 2010 on Saturday, 14 years after its enactment.President Md Shahabuddin promulgated an ordinance on Thursday, repealing the law that has long been identified...
Bangladesh Navy added another warship, "BNS Bishkhali", to its fleet as part of its ongoing development, reports UNB.Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Nazmul Hassan attended the commissioning as the chief guest at the Khulna Naval Berth on Saturday.Upon his...
Light rain is likely to occur at one or two places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office. The highest temperature in the country on Saturday...
The government's initiative to stop the use of illegal polythene bags is not achieving significant success due to the lack of available and affordable alternative shopping bags, reports UNB.No visible impact of the government's drives against polythene bags is seen...
GAZIPUR, Nov 30 (BSS): The five-day 'Jor Ijtema', a preparatory event of the Biswa Ijtema, began on the bank of Turag river at Tongi on Friday.With the general sermon delivered by the Pakistani cleric Nayeem Shah, the formalities of the...
Guests along with the children maimed during the July-August Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and their guardians attend the Children-Guardians Conference organised at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital on Saturday. — FE photo
Bangladesh has said when the people of Bangladesh were setting glorious examples of religious harmony, unfortunately they observed how a "flurry of exaggerated, unfounded and fake" reports and deliberate spread of "misinformation and disinformation" by vested quarters regarding minority persecution,...
Jubo League leader held in BoguraPolice in a drive arrested a district Jubo League leader from his residence at Belgium Math of Latifpur Colony in the city on Saturday. "Engineer Khairul Alam alias Lakhin, an active member of the Jubo...
Speakers at a discussion stressed the urgent need for structural and cultural changes within the police force, aiming to create a more public-friendly and efficient force, reports UNB.A discussion titled "Why Has the Police Force Not Become Public-Friendly Even After...
MYMENSINGH, Nov 30 (UNB): Sarjis Alam, general secretary of the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation, on Saturday said protecting the spirit and dreams of the July-August mass uprising is people's collective duty."We are giving all our efforts for preserving the dreams...
Religious Affairs Adviser Dr. AFM Khalid Hossain on Saturday said the present government along with the people would foil the local and foreign conspiracies against the country, reports BSS."A vested quarter inside and outside the country is trying to destroy...
Former minister Asaduzzaman Noor was assaulted by injured students of July-August movement when he was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from jail for treatment, reports UNB. Some injured victims of the movement attacked Noor when he was...
FE REPORTForty-eight prominent citizens on Saturday issued a joint statement calling for forging a strong national unity in the face of threat and conspiracy and shunning any sort of violence, political or communal. The statement was available on the verified...
The new central committee of Gono Forum has been announced with Dr Kamal Hossain as its emeritus president, while Mostafa Mohsin Montu as president and Dr Mizanur Rahman as general secretary, reports UNB.The announcement came from the 7th national council...
FE REPORT Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain called upon on Saturday the interim government to announce election roadmap as early as possible after completing necessary reforms."The prime responsibility of the interim government is to...
NEW ICAB STUDY AND COUNSELLING CENTRE OPENS The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) opened its new Study and Counselling Centre at Mirpur in Dhaka on Saturday. ICAB President Mohammed Forkan Uddin formally inaugurated the centre. ICAB Vice President...
Meghna Bank PLC has been appointed as the mandated account bank for the startups participating in the 'FinTiger Startup Studio', a leading accelerator programme developed by FinTiger Advisory. This collaboration marks a significant step in supporting Bangladesh's growing startup ecosystem...
MINISTER LAUNCHES 'BECOME A KOTIPATI' OFFER Leading electronics brand, Minister, has announced the launch of an offer titled 'Become a Kotipati', under which customers will get special deals. The announcement was made at a press conference at the company's head...
BRAC Bank leaders have called for proactive preparedness to address potential risks at the bank's Annual Risk Conference 2024.The leaders of BRAC Bank have called for prior preparedness to address potential risks in the future as the bank held its...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-01 00:00:00
Business leaders have called for the interim government to stop Bangladesh's LDC graduation process, citing the current downturn in the business climate.They also highlighted priorities like reducing the cost of doing business, improving law and order, ensuring energy security, maintaining...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 30 (BSS): Grassroots farmers are cultivating and producing around 12 types of crops and vegetables in char (shoal) areas of the river Padma almost around the year, except the rainy season in the district.After receding the floodwater from...
KHULNA, Nov 30 (UNB): Despite an ample supply of winter vegetables, their prices are soaring day by day, making it difficult for low- to middle-income people to have them on their plates.As November comes to an end and December approaches,...
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