Eleven more people have died of dengue, the highest for a single day, while 1,079 new patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across Bangladesh over the past 24 hours till Sunday morning.The number of patients hospitalised with...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-25 00:00:00
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has proposed universal basic income (UBI) for Bangladesh as a promising tool to reduce poverty, empower citizens, and streamline social protection even within the constraints of the current fiscal framework.The local think tank made...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-25 00:00:00
In a period of 11 months this year, as many as 11 incidents of piracy and ship robbery have been reported in the Bangladesh waters as compared to only one in 2023 and five in 2022, raising concerns among the...
BAKU, Nov 24 (AFP): The world approved a bitterly negotiated climate deal Sunday but poorer nations most at the mercy of worsening disasters dismissed a $300 billion a year pledge from wealthy historic polluters as insultingly low.After two exhausting weeks...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a summons to Indian billionaire Gautam Adani,indicted on US bribery allegations related to a bombshell federal indictment against him, a court filing showed, reports Reuters.The SEC is suing the head of the...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-25 00:00:00
Newly-appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has said he is committed to arranging a free, fair and credible national election. He made the pledge while briefing reporters on the Supreme Court premises on Sunday afternoon after taking the...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-25 00:00:00
Daylong traffic chaos in Dhaka ended in a pause as drivers of battery-run rickshaws postponed their mass sit-in staged outside the National Press Club Sunday to realise their 12-point demands, including resumption of rickshaw run in streets.However, their latest step...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-25 00:00:00
The National Review Committee on the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources has recommended the government to hire reputed legal and investigation firms to assist its review of major power generation contracts signed during ousted Sheikh Hasina's regime from...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-25 00:00:00
Experts, economists, and policymakers have called for reforms and structural shifts to support Bangladesh's transition to the next phase of development, known as high-road economic development, as the country is preparing to graduate from the status of Least Developed Countries...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-25 00:00:00
An ongoing inward-remittance rebound brought Bangladesh US$1.726 billion during the first 23 days of this month, official count shows, as a steady inflow from the USA also added some momentum.In October, remittance inflows had totalled $2.395 billion, also marking a...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-25 00:00:00
Government ministries and divisions spent a record-low Tk219.78 billion altogether in the first four months of this fiscal from the total development budget worth Tk2.78 trillion, amid belt-tightening in spending. Latest official account of implementation of the Annual Development Programme...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office. The highest temperature in the country on Sunday was recorded at 31.2 degrees...
NARAYANGANJ, Nov 24 (UNB): At least 11 workers were burnt following an explosion and subsequent fire in an aerosol and air freshener factory of Bashundhara Group at Meghnaghat in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj on Sunday.The 10 injured were identified as...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-25 00:00:00
A group of Bangladesh Bank (BB) officers called for all-party consensus demanding the resignation of its two deputy governors (DGs), appointed during the former authoritarian Awami League (AL) regime.They warned the central bank authorities of launching a tougher movement if...
The Public Service Commission (PSC) on Sunday announced several important updates regarding the ongoing recruitment process for various BCS (Bangladesh Civil Service) exams, reports UNB.These changes come as part of efforts to ensure greater transparency and fairness in the selection...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-11-25 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 24: Electric three-wheelers, including easy bikes, are running illegally on main roads and highways in Chattogram despite a ban on them. In 2019, the Chattogram City Corporation banned the operation of battery-run auto-rickshaws, including easy bikes, in the...
Former chief justice Md Ruhul Amin died of old-age complications at the Combined Military Hospital in the city at 04.30 am Sunday, reports BSS. He was 83. Justice Md Ruhul Amin has been suffering from old-age complications for a long...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-25 00:00:00
The Special Branch (SB) of Police on Sunday issued an apology over the reported harassment of Nurul Kabir, editor of a Bangladesh-based English daily, New Age, at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital recently.The SB started investigating...
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir Uddin at the Supreme Court's Judges' Lounge in the capital on Sunday. — PID
FE REPORT | 2024-11-25 00:00:00
Around 57 per cent of surveyed entrepreneurs identified existing tax structure as the key barrier to comply with relevant laws in the country, a recent study has revealed.Moreover, 54 per cent of the survey participants said the procedure to renew...
SAVAR, Nov 24 (BSS): Police on Saturday night arrested former president of Ashulia regional committee of Sramik League Akbar Hossain Mridha from Ashulia's Shimultola area.He was arrested at around 11:00 pm on Saturday in a case filed for killing a...
A Dhaka court on Sunday placed former senior secretary of Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism Mohibul Haque and Bangladesh People's Party Chairman Babul Sardar Chakhari on a three-day remand each in a case lodged over the killing of Juba...
FENI, Nov 24 (BSS): Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has provided financial support to Mahbubul Haque Riyad and Jahangir Alam who were injured during the anti-discrimination student movement in Mohipal area in Feni District.A Jamaat delegation led by central leader Professor Liakat Ali...
MADARIPUR, Nov 24 (BSS): Former shipping minister Shajahan Khan and former lawmaker Abdus Sobhan Golap were sent to jail on Sunday in connection with two separate murder cases.Senior Judicial Magistrate, Madaripur, Sajid Ul Hasan Chowdhury passed the order rejecting their...
Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori on Sunday reiterated Japan's unwavering commitment to its friendship with Bangladesh, emphasising that Tokyo's stance remains unchanged during the country's interim government, reports BSS."We've discussed how we can respond to the needs and requests...
Speakers at a discussion have remembered former president and BNP founder Major Ziaur Rahman's contributions in various sectors and praised his leadership in the nation building, reports UNB.The discussion was held at the National Press Club in the city, organised...
A case has been filed against 129 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina over the killing of roadside vendor Jalal Uddin during the July-August mass uprising, reports BSS.Victim's widow Moli Begum filed the complaint at the court of Dhaka...
Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin had a meeting with a visiting US delegation, led by Special Representative for International Labour Affairs Kelly M Fay Rodríguez and Deputy Under Secretary Thea Lee, at his office in the capital on Sunday. —...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan has suggested that the interim government ensure people's voting right by holding the general election swiftly after exhausting reforms.He made this call after visiting the grave of the party's...
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