Muhammad Mahmood | 2024-07-14 00:00:00
Even in the very recent past Bangladesh was hailed as a great success story for achieving rapid economic growth and raising millions of people out of poverty. A World Bank (WB) report published in last October wrote, "From being one...
The devastating flood in Kurigram, where thousands of people are struggling amidst rising water level and insufficient relief efforts, is not receiving the urgent attention it deserves. The continuous rise in water levels of the Brahmaputra, Dharla, Teesta, and Dudhkumar...
An incessant rainfall on Friday brought the capital to a standstill, highlighting once again the critical need for improved drainage infrastructure. The heavy monsoon rain resulted in severe waterlogging across several key areas of Dhaka, including Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Shewrapara, Kazipara,...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-07-14 00:00:00
The youth of Bangladesh have seemingly had enough and are not prepared to stand by in silence any longer and just accept what is being dished out to them. Wherever you look nowadays nationwide you'll find angry and disillusioned university...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-07-14 00:00:00
Is protectionism in global trade rising and also eroding global business? The answer is 'yes', as per the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Last week, she told BBC: "We are seeing increasing protectionism, some undermining of the WTO...
It has now emerged that Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has been calculating the number of outbound containers twice. Interestingly enough, the CPA has gone on record to state that this is, apparently, the international practice. While checking the number of...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-07-13 12:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, July 12: Chairman of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) Mohammad Yunus held a courtesy meeting with Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Abdur Rauf Talukdar at Radison Blu Hotel in Chattogram on Friday.Secretary of the Finance Department of the Ministry of Finance...
BHÂRATPUR, Nepal, July 12 (AFP) : Nepal authorities on Friday evening temporarily halted the search for at least 63 people missing after a landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rains swept two buses off a highway and plunged them into a...
TUNGIPARA (Gopalganj) July 12 (BSS): Bronze jewellery of Gopalganj has been recognized as a Geographical Indication (GI) product. This is the second product from the district to get this recognition.Earlier, Rosogolla from Gopalganj received GI recognition as the first product...
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, July 12 (AFP): Hamas is suggesting during ceasefire negotiations that an independent government of non-partisan figures run post-war Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a member of the Palestinian Islamist movement's political bureau said Friday."We proposed...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-07-13 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM July 12: The foundation stone of the long-awaited new Kalurghat Bridge in the port city is likely to be laid next December.The Bangladesh Railway (BR) is going to build a two-tier road-cum-rail bridge at Kalurghat point over the Karnaphuli...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-13 00:00:00
Students demanding job quota reform in public recruitment continued their demonstrations across the country on Friday.In Dhaka, students blocked Shahbagh intersection on Friday afternoon, a weekend holiday, as heavy rain and waterlogging drenched the city. During the hour-long blockade, they...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-13 00:00:00
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) issued a warning on Friday that stern legal action would be taken if anyone tried to disrupt the law-and-order situation and create public sufferings therewith.Addressing those on the ongoing movement for reform of the quota...
Continuous rainfall and onrush of water from the upstream have raised the Jamuna River's water level at Sirajganj Point, stranding over 100,000 people, report agencies. The water level rose by 8 cm in the past 24 hours to 6 am...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-07-13 00:00:00
The National Security Intelligence has suggested that the authorities seize the properties of and take stern legal action against the top bosses of two errant e-commerce platforms -- Aladinerprodip and Dhamaka Shopping -- for cheating customers, sources said.The country's principal...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-13 00:00:00
The country's importers opened letters of credit (LCs) worth $68.19 billion in the fiscal year 2023-24, up by 1.85 per cent from that in the previous year, according to Bangladesh Bank (BB) data.During the fiscal year 2022-23, the amount of...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-07-13 00:00:00
The authorities repaired a damaged gas- transmission pipeline 62 hours after an accident and resumed the flow of re-gasified liquefied natural gas (LNG) through it on Friday morning.Md Rafiqul Islam, managing director of state-owned Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Limited (RPGCL),...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-07-13 00:00:00
Fast-rising state guarantees against both foreign and local loans warrant government alert for ministries and the central bank to timely repay the debts to avert the risk of falling defaulter, officials said.The Ministry of Finance has made the reminder decision...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-13 00:00:00
Season's heaviest monsoon rain deluged Dhaka as the heavens opened over the capital on Friday morning, with streets getting waterlogged and weekend commuters facing immense difficulties.It began to rain early in the morning and continued unabated until around 1:30 pm,...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-07-13 00:00:00
Commercial banks' holdings in government securities (G-sec) continue ballooning for plum bets put on treasuries to meet budget shortfalls after a freeze on printing money as an inflation-control measure. Such diversion of funds into G-sec is creating a crowding-out effect...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Dhaka, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barishal divisions with moderately heavy to very...
Mother dies falling from son's bikeA woman has died after falling off the back of her son's motorcycle in Chapainawabganj's Sadar upazila, reports bdnews24.com. The accident occurred in the Narendrapur area of the Sadar upazila around 10:00 am on Friday,...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-13 00:00:00
An employee of a beverage company was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants in Kadamtali area of the capital on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Mahbub Alam, 52, who was engaged in supplying water and soft drink bottles to...
Agitating students of Jahangirnagar University brought out a torch procession on the campus on Friday, protesting attacks on the anti-quota movement participants in various parts of the country. — FE Photo
At least six people were killed in separate road accidents in Chattogram and Jashore districts on Friday, report agencies. In Chattogram, three people, including a child, were killed after a CNG-run autorickshaw collided head-on with a salt-laden truck in Chattogram's...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-13 00:00:00
Teesta and supply of essential commodity issues, among others, were discussed during the bilateral meeting between foreign minister Dr Hasan Mahmud and his Indian counterpart Dr S Jaishankar.They sat in talks on the sidelines of the Second BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers'...
CHATTOGRAM, July 12 (UNB): Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has written to the police headquarters in Dhaka recommending suspension of Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC-Crime) Mohammad Kamrul Hasan after an internal police probe confirmed his involvement in graft.The recommendation of the suspension...
Chattogram, July 12, (UNB): State Minister for Finance Waseqa Ayesha Khan said that over the past 16 years, approximately Tk 9.0 trillion (9 lakh crore) has been allocated to the social security sector, a rare feat in the South Asian...
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