Among the 36 TV channels in Bangladesh, including BTV, few programmes manage to captivate viewers. This is a sharp contrast to the television dramas of the 1980s and 90s, like Nakshatra Raat or Kothao Kew Nei, which captivated Bangladeshi audiences....
Shiabur Rahman | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
A serious lack of coordination has surfaced between the government and the leaders of anti-discrimination student movement. Nobel Peace Laureate Prof Yunus and his cabinet colleagues came to power through the student-spearheaded anti-quota and subsequent anti-Awami League government movement, which...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
Nowhere is perhaps food hygiene abused more than in this part of the world. Maintenance of this particular hygiene is a prerequisite for food safety, public health and a nation's overall health status. The market of a country known mostly...
In the face of rising economic challenges and dwindling foreign exchange reserves, the country is actively seeking budget-support loans from multilateral donors as a crucial relief mechanism. Newspaper reports say the government is looking for $8.0 billion in budget-support loan...
Serajul I Bhuiyan | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
In Bangladesh and much of South Asia, artificial intelligence (AI) is still commonly perceived as the domain of technical fields like computer science and engineering. However, this view limits the true potential of AI, which has become a transformative force...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-14 12:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has suspended the stock broker and stock dealer licences of Subvalley Securities as its liabilities have far outstripped assets, turning the aggregate indebtedness ratio negative. The suspension will come into effect today (Thursday) and will...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-14 00:00:00
Takahashi Naoki, minister, deputy chief of mission (DCM) of the Embassy of Japan to Bangladesh, visited the Rohingya refugees at different facilities in Bhasan Char and along with a JCIAD delegation handed over school supplies.Mr Naoki and the Japanese Commerce...
Five more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 372 this year, reports UNB.In the fatalities, three were reported in the Dhaka South City...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-14 00:00:00
The Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) on Wednesday urged the government to establish a commission or task force to look into financial losses suffered by Bangladeshi migrant workers due to widespread corruption involving recruiting agencies hiring workers for...
Bangladesh will import LNG (liquefied natural gas) from Brunei on a long term basis under a G-to-G contract, reports UNB.The Advisors Council Committee on Economic Affairs (ACCEA), in a meeting with Finance Advisor Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair, approved...
The duration of the army deployment to assist civil administration will be determined by the government, said General Staff Officer Colonel Intekhab Haider Khan of Army Headquarters at a press conference on Wednesday, reports UNB.In response to questions from journalists,...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-14 00:00:00
Health adviser Nurjahan Begum and the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Sarah Cooke, outside an orthopaedic hospital in the capital had their way blocked on Wednesday by injured patients after the duo along with other officials visited the wounded of...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has accused India of persistently spreading propaganda against Bangladesh. "I have no hesitation in saying that India is constantly carrying out propaganda against Bangladesh. We should be cautious about the information...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-14 00:00:00
The construction cost of a 122.55-km rail line, including 37.49km loop, from Shahid M Monsur Ali Rail Station in Sirajganj to Bogura is set to rise by 63 per cent due to the project delays caused by complexities, mainly a...
To encourage online income tax payments and easing compliance for taxpayers, Bangladesh Bank has set specific charges for transactions made through cards, internet banking, and mobile financial services (MFS) or payment service provider (PSP) wallets under the e-Return system, reports...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-14 00:00:00
Inflation combat works little as the Finance Adviser himself is dismayed by the persisting volatility in commodity prices despite government interventions, including import-duty cuts."A deep chaos has been created on the market. We faced wrath of people though we have...
During an operation in Dhaka's Chawkbazar, 2,460 kg of polythene were seized, and three factories sealed.The polythene was seized and the factories sealed during an operation against polythene manufacturers in Dhaka's Chawkbazar.The operation was carried out on Wednesday, reports UNB.The...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-14 00:00:00
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court (HC) seeking directives to cancel all 'one-sided' power deals signed with the Indian Adani Group. Challenging the legality of the Power Purchase Agreement signed on November 5, 2017, between the...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-11-14 00:00:00
The home ministry has sounded an alarm about a possible crisis of edible oils during the holy month of Ramadan in March next, and suggested ensuring adequate stock of the key essential.It also recommended the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) and...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2024-11-14 00:00:00
Hefty budget-deficit financing bloats government borrowing to Tk595.16 billion in the first four months of the current fiscal year and much of the money goes for repaying debts to the central bank. Officials said Wednesday the ministry of finance borrowed...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN From Baku, Azerbaijan | 2024-11-14 00:00:00
A band of leading multilateral development banks (MDBs) revealed at climate summit here their estimated annual collective financing worth US$170 billion for low-and middle-income countries.Meanwhile, in an LDC meeting with United Nations Secretary- General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Thursday), according to the Met office.Night temperature may fall slightly and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged.The highest temperature of the country was recorded...
SHERPUR, Nov 13 (UNB): Four people, including two siblings, were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a pickup truck and a CNG-run autorickshaw in the Paishka Bypass area at Nakla upazila of Sherpur on Wednesday.The accident...
Bhasantek Beel, one of the largest waterbodies under the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), is almost gone. With the construction of the Matikata Road, sand-filling of the beel area started at a fast pace. Commercial and residential high-rise buildings are...
A total of 161 stranded and irregular Bangladeshi migrants have returned home from Libya and Tunisia separately, reports BSS.The repatriation has taken place under the joint initiative of the foreign ministry, Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli and the International Organization for...
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke has said her visit to the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) with Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum on Wednesday was 'another reminder' of the horrific violence that happened during the July-August...
Amid an ongoing exodus of Bangladeshi patients seeking treatment abroad, Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) stands poised to lead the country towards a future as a medical tourism hub, reports UNB.Local residents, frustrated by inadequate healthcare facilities, are expressing their...
A Dhaka court has placed former company commander of RAB-2 SP Mohiuddin Farooqui on a two-day remand in the case lodged over the murder of Zobayer Omar Khan in the capital's Jatrabari area during the student-led mass uprising, reports BSS.Superintendent...
In another shake-up within the police force, 28 officers holding the ranks of Additional Superintendent of Police (Addl. SP) and Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) have been transferred to different units. This order was issued on Tuesday, reports UNB.According to...
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