ABIDJAN, May 16 (AFP): A US delegation is discussing the withdrawal of its troops from military-led Niger as Washington prepares to abandon its strategic position in the Sahel where Russia and Iran are gaining ground.The demand for US troops to...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
A private car caught fire suddenly on Thursday on elevated express way near Hajrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital. However there were no reports of casualties. The incident happened at around 12:10 pm. Two fire fighters unit rushed to...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
The High Court has started its hearing on two writ petitions filed by Grameen Kalyan, an organisation headed by Noble Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus, challenging the imposition of income tax worth Tk 5.76 billion on the organisation for five...
Currently about 70 per cent of total public procurement are being conducted through electronic Government Procurement (e-GP), reports UNB.Mirza Ashfaqur Rahman, Director (Additional Secretary) of Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA), informed this while addressing an awareness workshop on BPPA's functions...
Congratulating Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her reelection, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he looks forward to working with PM Hasina to strengthen their bilateral relationship and together contribute to regional peace, prosperity and security, reports UNB."As Indian...
Amidst a backdrop of fluctuating foreign-exchange reserves, Bangladesh Bank has been employing varied methodologies to calculate the nation's reserves, unveiling differing figures.Traders and consumers alike have responded to these variations with increased apprehension, leading to price surges across various commodities,...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
The prices of eggs, onions, pulses, potato and vegetables witnessed a further hike in the last week, intensifying sufferings of common people.According to market sources, other essentials' prices remained static at their previous highs.Local onion was sold at Tk 80-85...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) has cleared the way for the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to collect income tax from the private universities. The apex court on Thursday rejected three separate appeal petitions filed by the...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
The country's mobile-network operators have voiced their disapproval of a potential 5-percent increase in supplementary duty (SD) on basic mobile-phone services like talk time and internet data usage. This comes after news reports suggested the National Board of Revenue (NBR)...
NEW YORK, May 16 (Al Jazeera): Another staffer in United States President Joe Biden's administration has publicly resigned in protest of the US's continued support for Israel amid its war on Gaza, The Associated Press news agency reported.Lily Greenberg Call,...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
Some 12.98 million cattle are available this year, exceeding the maximum projected demand of 10.7 million, for Eid-ul-Azha -- the feast of sacrifice to be celebrated in the third week of June. The livestock includes 5.27 million cows, 0.161 million...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Met Office. The highest temperature in the country on Thursday was recorded at 39.0...
No death from dengue fever was reported in Bangladesh in 24 hours until Thursday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).However, 24 patients were hospitalised with this viral fever during this period, it said, reports UNB.Of them,...
The Ministry of Education has published college admission guidelines for students who passed the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent exams under the 11 education boards, reports bdnews24.com.The students will have to apply online based on their results. The applications will...
The sixth season of the nation's premier TV reality show, the 'Ispahani Mirzapore Banglabid', kicked off with the aim of inspiring the young generation to embrace bangla language and culture, says a press release. Branded with the motto "BanglaiJagiBhorpur," this...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina showing off a jewellery set of pearl produced in sweet water oyster after receiving it from Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdur Rahman at the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting in the city on Thursday — Focus...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday issued new status quo until May 30 this year over the demand for transferring share from the First Dhaka Elevated Expressway (FDEE) project's main contractor, the Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped a High Court (HC) order to return the candidature of Narayanganj's Rupganj upazila parishad chairman candidate Salim Prodhan, a convict in a case over amassing illegal wealth and money laundering,...
The BNP has expelled four more of its grassroots leaders for participating in the third phase of the upcoming upazila elections violating the party's decision, reports UNB.With this latest action, the party has so far expelled 203 leaders for contesting...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said AL President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has changed the fate of Bangladesh but the previous governments changed their own fortune only, reports BSS."Sheikh...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Thursday that a neighbouring country was trying to control Bangladesh."A neighbouring country has been trying to control Bangladesh since its (Bangladesh) birth. The (Awami League) government has already...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) held a rally on the Dhaka University campus on Thursday on the occasion of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's homecoming day.BCL DU unit president Mazharul Kabir Shayon, general secretary Tanbir Hasan Shaikat, Dhaka City South BCL president...
The 44th homecoming day of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be observed today (Friday), reports BSS.On May 17 in 1981, she returned to the country after a long exile.Boarding on an aircraft of the Indian Airlines,...
A mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping eight divisions across the country and is likely to continue, the meteorological office forecast on Thursday, reports BSS.Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions are experiencing a mild to moderate...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
Key sectors like the banking should have guardrails against "bad influence of party politics" to ensure run of the state machinery by meritocracy, says Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud as noted economists speak out on what have gone wrong. He feels that...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
The government, in a departure from age-old practices, has decided to make districts as the focal point of local-level development activities.The direction for the switch came from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina while presiding over a meeting of the Executive Committee...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the authorities concerned of all ministries and divisions to speedily complete the foreign aided and grant projects with additional efforts if required to expedite further the development spree of the country.The premier gave the directives...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
Just days after implementing market-based bank interest rates, the Bangladesh Bank met with the country's leading businesses on Thursday and assured them that loan interest rates would not exceed 14 per cent."We have discussed the interest rate issue with the...
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