We, the students of Comilla University, are among the worst affected by the ongoing disputes on campus. The confrontation between teachers and the Vice Chancellor, Professor Dr. AFM Abdul Moyeen, has led to the indefinite closure of the campus by...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-05-14 00:00:00
The country's central bank, Bangladesh Bank (BB), has been trying to rein in inflation by reducing money supply, and to this end has raised the policy rate (the rate at which commercial banks borrow money from central bank) to 8.5...
Afsan Chowdhury | 2024-05-14 00:00:00
It's been seven years since the Rohingyas arrived in their latest edition and this time caught most international attention. They had been coming here for a long time, expelled by the Myanmar authorities as outsiders historically. Various Bangladeshi regimes have...
This year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examination was important on several counts. But the most outstanding certainly was the holding of the examination for all the subjects with full syllabuses after the pandemic that forced either reduction of...
Abdullah-Al-Mamun | 2024-05-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh will surely have an improved brand image after the LDC graduation in 2026. However, the items on the list of challenges will be increased, particularly in the area of international trade, where the country will lose preferences and privileges...
W Canada blazes cause evacuation ordersALBERTA, May 13: The season's first major wildfires have spread to roughly 8,000 hectares across Western Canada on Sunday as authorities issued an evacuation order for a community in British Columbia and warned of poor...
PARIS, May 13 (AFP): Fifty countries are meeting in France on Tuesday to discuss the lack of access to clean cooking methods worldwide which causes millions of deaths every year and fuels global warming.Some 2.3 billion people across 128 countries...
WASHINGTON, May 13 (AFP): The United States and China will hold their first talks on artificial intelligence (AI) on Tuesday, with Washington set to raise concerns about Beijing's use of the fast-emerging technology, US officials said.The inaugural dialogue -- announced...
BANGKOK, May 13 (AFP): Thailand on Monday announced details of its senate election next month, the first poll for the upper house since a military coup a decade ago.Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin's cabinet approved plans for the complex, multi-round election...
KUWAIT CITY, May 13 (AFP): Kuwait's emir approved a new cabinet Sunday two days after he dissolved the parliament elected only weeks earlier, and he and the new government assumed some of the assembly's powers.Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmed al-Sabah on Friday...
GAZA, May 13 (BBC): Fierce fighting has been reported in Jabalia in northern Gaza, after the Israeli military went back into areas where it said Hamas had regrouped.Residents who fled said they had seen tanks advancing towards Jabalia's refugee camp,...
MOSCOW, May 13 (Reuters): Russian President Vladimir Putin tapped a civilian economist as his surprise new defence minister on Sunday in an attempt to gird Russia for economic war by trying to better utilise the defence budget and harness greater...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-13 00:00:00
The two city corporations of Dhaka in collaboration with two international platforms have launched the first-ever climate action plan (CAP) for the capital city, aiming to improve liveability here.The plan will serve as a roadmap for the mega city to...
People watch the the aurora australis or southern lights caused by a solar storm at Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne on Saturday. — AFP
FE REPORT | 2024-05-13 00:00:00
The High Court on Sunday vacated a status quo order issued earlier over the demand for transferring share from the First Dhaka Elevated Expressway (FDEE) project's main contractor, Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited (ITD), to its co-contractors.The High Court bench...
Cumilla, May 12 (UNB): A Cumilla court on Sunday sentenced nine people to death and nine others to life term imprisonment for killing former president of Alkora union unit Jubo League Jamal Uddin in 2016.Cumilla Additional District and Sessions Judge...
GULAM RABBANI | 2024-05-13 00:00:00
A captain of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines has got only a 'letter of caution' though he committed an offence of death penalty or life imprisonment with a Tk 50-million fine.Ali Rubyat Chowdhury, a captain of Dash-8 Q400 aircraft, committed offence...
As the deadline to apply for Hajj visas concluded Saturday night, uncertainty looms for over 11,000 pilgrims from Bangladesh who have yet to secure their visas, reports UNB. This situation makes their participation uncertain in this year's Hajj, scheduled for...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-05-13 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM: Finally, the anxiety and tension experienced by the family members of the Bangladeshi flag carrier ship MV Abdullah will come to an end tomorrow (Tuesday).The ship was hijacked by Somali pirates on March 12 and released after 32 days...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-05-13 00:00:00
Although credit card transactions by foreign nationals within Bangladesh experienced a decline in March this year, the overall trend in transactions displayed an upward trajectory.Credit card transactions within Bangladesh by foreign nationals declined to Tk 2.26 billion in March 2024...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-05-13 00:00:00
Traders show reluctance to import onion amid a record appreciation of US dollar as well as India's imposition of tectonic duty on its export.Meanwhile, the price of the key kitchen spice has increased further in domestic market as local traders...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday that her government was implementing changes to the curriculum and education methods in order to reduce the reliance on note memorisation, report agencies.She emphasised the importance of allowing students to help their latent...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2024-05-13 00:00:00
Dhaka has requested further financial assistance from Beijing to procure two additional ocean-going vessels, according to sources familiar with the discussions. The move comes after rising shipbuilding costs forced the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) to scale back its original plan...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed all banks to recover at least 1.0 per cent of their respective non-performing loans (NPLs) through alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanism by June 30, 2026.It will also strengthen its monitoring in this regard from its...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-13 00:00:00
High-level negotiations may take off within days for signing a multidimensional cooperation deal called Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Bangladesh and Japan principally to boost the bilateral trade.The Dhaka-Tokyo talks are supposed to be held in the capital city, Dhaka,...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-13 00:00:00
The government's total net domestic borrowing -- from the banking system and non-banking sources -- reached Tk 361.76 billion in the July-February period of the current fiscal year (FY2024), according to Bangladesh Bank statistics. This represents around 23 per cent...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-13 00:00:00
State-owned Sonali Bank PLC and Bangladesh Development Bank PLC (BDBL) took a step forward in their merger plans on Sunday by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) hoping to become a stronger financial institution. The MoU was signed at the...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-13 00:00:00
Passes rise and highest-graders a bit fall in this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations as per results published Sunday with an overall success rate of 83.04 per cent.The pass percentage in 2024 in the exams held under...
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