CAIRO, Aug 19 (AP): Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said Sunday. The African nation has been roiled by a 16-month conflict...
Last month, a student movement began with demands for reform in the government job quota system. In response, the Sheikh Hasina government used excessive force to suppress the movement, resulting in the highest number of casualties in any movement in...
The burgeoning landscape of the franchising business in Bangladesh holds immense potential for economic development and entrepreneurial growth. Over the past decade, franchising has emerged as a dynamic business model, contributing significantly to job creation, economic diversification, and the introduction...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
The unarmed student-led mass upsurge that toppled the Sheikh Hasina government on August 5 stunned political observers everywhere. Appreciative of such an unprecedented movement by students of universities, colleges and even schools, most such observers are trying to comprehend the...
Mushfiqur Rahman | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
The interim government headed by Dr Muhammad Yunus has been reviewing the activities of various ministries along with other important issues related to law and order situation and macroeconomic management of the country. Secretaries of the ministries of the government...
When questionable financial negotiations and deals, particularly those involving highly critical matters of national importance, cannot be questioned, there is every reason to smell rat in those undertakings. Such issues may be political or financial in nature but once those...
M Rokonuzzaman | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
The triple helix is a well-established model for building a high-tech industry. It refers to collaboration between industry, academia, and the government. On the other hand, bridging the industry-academia gap has been a growing concern, notable in less developed countries....
X, formerly known as Twitter, has closed its office in Brazil over a censorship row, reports BBC.The social media platform said a Brazilian Supreme Court judge, Alexandre de Moraes, threatened its legal representative in Brazil with arrest if it did...
RIYADH, Aug 18 (Arab News): Oman's trade with the Americas grew 6.6 per cent year on year in May, reaching 742.9 million Omani rials ($1.9 billion), official data showed. According to preliminary figures from the National Centre for Statistics and...
NEW DELHI, Aug 18 (Reuters): India's wholesale price inflation slowed in July mainly due to a fall in vegetable prices, government data released on Wednesday showed.The wholesale price index rose 2.04 per cent in July from a year earlier, compared...
SINGAPORE, Aug 18 (Reuters): Chinese biodiesel producers are seeking new outlets in Asia for their exports and exploring producing other biofuels as supply to the European Union, their biggest buyer, dries up ahead of anti-dumping tariffs, biofuel executives and analysts...
ZURICH, Aug 18 (Reuters): UBS is to liquidate a $2 billion real estate fund it acquired when it bought Credit Suisse, the Swiss bank said on Thursday, in the latest sign of investors selling out of troubled commercial property markets.The...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-19 12:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 18: A group of businessmen staged a demonstration in front of the World Trade Center (WTC) in the port city on Sunday demanding resignation of the board of directors of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industries (CCCI).Under...
Abdul Karim has been elected the Chairman of the Board of Directors of MIDAS Financing PLC for a period of two years at its 368th Board Meeting held recently, says a press release.Mr. Karim had joined the Board of MIDAS...
Citizens Bank PLC signed an agreement with OneWorld InfoTech for the implementation of Security Operation Centre (SOC) at the bank's Head Office recently. Mohammad Masoom, Managing Director & CEO of Citizens Bank, and Maruf Ahmed, Global Director and CEO of...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-19 12:00:00
Finance and Commerce Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed said commodity prices are closely linked to production and supply and the government is aware of the steps needed to control them."We will take necessary measures so that common people do not feel...
BENGALURU, Aug 18 (Reuters): Indian budget carrier SpiceJet reported a drop in first-quarter profit last week, as it flew fewer passengers amid legal and financial troubles.The company reported a standalone profit of 1.50 billion rupees ($17.9 million) for the quarter...
LONDON, Aug 18 (Reuters): The International Grains Council (IGC) has trimmed its forecast for 2024/25 global wheat production driven largely by a downward revision for France which has just endured one of the worst wheat harvests in decades.The inter-governmental body,...
HOUSTON, Aug 18 (Reuters): An oil production breakthrough that producers say can safely tap ultra-high pressure fields could put up to 5 billion barrels of previously inaccessible crude into production, analysts said.Chevron on Monday disclosed it had pumped first oil...
Rain likely todayLight to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Mymensingh division with moderately heavy to...
St. Gregory's High School and College in Old Dhaka was again abuzz with students, teachers and guardians after the government decided to reopen all the educational institutions across the country on Sunday. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam
The government has promoted 201 officials from the post of deputy secretary to joint secretary, reports UNB.A notification in this regard was issued by the Ministry of Public Administration on Sunday.
Rajshahi, Aug 18 (UNB): A group of students discovered a bag containing Tk 1.8 million on the street and handed it over to the police on Sunday morning.The police have stated that they are investigating the origin of the money...
Information and Broadcasting Adviser Nahid Islam has said the government is considering forming an independent media commission, report agencies.The adviser said this while exchanging views with journalists at his Secretariat office in the capital on Sunday."We have primarily thought about...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-19 00:00:00
Classes, exams and academic activities did not take place at the Dhaka University on Sunday, the day on which the institution has been officially announced to reopen.There was an absence of clear instruction from the university authorities on restarting the...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-19 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated an inquiry into accusations against three ex-MPs who are suspected of participating in a scheme linked to the Malaysian labour market.The ACC initiated the enquiry into several high-profile individuals, including Kashmeri Kamal, wife of...
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed along with the newly-appointed four judges of the Supreme Court's Appellate Division met President Mohammed Sahabuddin at Bangabhaban in the capital on Sunday. — PID
In the wake of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fleeing the country following the student-led mass protests on August 5, local government operations across Bangladesh have come to a standstill as most Awami League-backed public representatives have gone into hiding,...
A case has been filed against 82 leaders and activists of the Awami League (AL), including former MP Principal Abul Kalam Azad, Upazila Chairman Zakirul Islam Santu, and Taherpur Municipality Mayor Khandakar Sayla Parveen, in connection with an attack, shooting,...
Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation has said the recent political unrest in Bangladesh is a clear expression for the people's hunger for an inclusive, corruption-free, democratic government, reports UNB.In a letter to Interim Government's Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, Foundation Chairperson...
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