Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-07-17 00:00:00
A study carried out recently by a researcher at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) shows that "Out-of-Pocket (OOP) expenditure is one of the most noteworthy payment strategies for healthcare in Bangladesh and the share of the same has...
Wasi Ahmed | 2024-07-17 00:00:00
Although it has been a wild guess that vast swathes of forest lands of the country are being grabbed every year, no statistics of the lost lands was available until an official statement weeks ago said that the government was...
As Bangladesh is all set for LDC graduation, it is imperative that it accelerated its efforts to meet the post-graduation challenges such as continued access to the various trade benefits including duty-free ones against its exports to the markets of...
Matiur Rahman | 2024-07-17 00:00:00
Healthcare accessibility remains one of rural Bangladesh's most pressing and complex challenges. The country's rural population, which constitutes most of its populace, faces significant barriers to obtaining adequate healthcare services. These barriers stem from many factors, including geographical isolation, inadequate...
Former Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) president Manzurul Ahsan Khan, who was removed from the post of adviser and whose party membership was suspended for six months for violating party discipline, has been expelled from the party.Ruhin Hossain Prince, general...
BNP has strongly condemned the alleged attack by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on common students protesting the quota system in government jobs at different parts of the country, including on the Dhaka University campus, reports UNB."They (students) have been successfully...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-16 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on Monday that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has breached her oath through her comments on the annulment of quota in government services in 2018.Earlier on Sunday, the Prime Minister told a press briefing at her...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has called on the Muslim community to be united against the genocide in Gaza, carried out by Israel, reports BSS."This (Genocide in Gaza) is not expected. We all should be united against the genocide in...
The imprisonment day of Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be observed in the country today (Tuesday), reports BSS.Sheikh Hasina was arrested from her Sudha Sadan residence at Dhanmondi in the city on July 16, 2007...
Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said the government will not allow anyone to cause instability in the country, reports UNB.He said there is an effort to turn the anti-quota movement into an anti-state and anti-government movement by exploiting the...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary has Obaidul Quader said the uproar of the defeated quarter of the Liberation War would not be accepted, reports BSS."The demand of expunging Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's comment is tantamount to audacity. The government won't...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24:00 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office.It...
CUMILLA, July 15 (UNB): A Cumilla court on Monday sentenced six people to death and seven others to life imprisonment for killing two people in 2016 over a land dispute.Cumilla Additional District and Session Judge Md Jahangir Hossain handed down...
RAJSHAHI, July 15 (BSS): Integrated efforts of all the government and non-government organisations concerned can be the best way of ensuring the legitimate rights of women domestic workers.Utmost emphasis should be given on bringing them under the existing labour law...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-16 00:00:00
If anyone tries to disrupt law and order centering the quota reform movement, it will be dealt with an iron hand, warned Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman on Monday. The DMP commissioner issued the warning while briefing the...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-16 00:00:00
A Dhaka court on Monday deferred until August 5 this year testimony against Nobel laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus and 13 others in a case filed on charges of embezzling and laundering Tk 252.2 million of the Grameen Telecom Workers'...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina receiving the annual performance agreement (APA), signed between the Cabinet Division and the National Board of Revenue (NBR), from Internal Resources Division Senior Secretary and NBR Chairman Abu Hena Md. Rahmatul Muneem at the APA signing...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-16 00:00:00
Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen has said that talks would be meaningless if quality health service is not ensured in rural areas.He came up with the statement at a seminar on Monday when a study shows...
NOAKHALI, Jul 15 (UNB): Two Bangladeshis were killed by members of the Khasi community in India near border pillar number 1253 in Companiganj on Sunday evening. More than 24 hours later though, their bodies have not been handed over.The deceased...
Despite the forecast of rain in various regions over the next two days, daytime and nighttime temperatures across the country are expected to rise, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department says.Meteorologist Shaheenul Islam on Monday told bdnews24.com, "Light to moderate rain or...
Bangladesh Bank has ordered the freezing of bank accounts belonging to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's former personal assistant, Jahangir Alam, his wife Kamrun Nahar, and their associated institutions.The central bank has directed all financial institutions to submit comprehensive details, including...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-07-16 00:00:00
Bangladesh's stake in the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has fallen due to an increase in the bank's special capital, sources said, as it consequently could make loan negotiations for petroleum product imports difficult.The country's voting rights in the IsDB's governing...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-16 00:00:00
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the government to adopt and enforce a time-bound roadmap consistent with its declared "zero tolerance" stance on corruption.With the call, TIB issued a press release on Monday. Mohammad Tauhidul Islam, director of outreach and...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reiterated her firm conviction to fight irregularities and corruption in the society, reports UNB.The premier said this while addressing the signing ceremony of the Annual Performance Agreement (APA) of the ministries and divisions for...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-07-16 00:00:00
International transactions and the same by foreign cardholders in Bangladesh experienced a significant decline in May compared to April 2024.Domestic credit-card transactions within Bangladesh also saw a decrease during the period in question, according to data available with the Bangladesh...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-07-16 00:00:00
Another wind-power plant is being established at Matarbari coast while several others are in the process for advancing Bangladesh's green-energy goal by utilising huge air-to-electricity potential the country holds. A search for foreign funds for setting up the 42-megawatt-capacity plant...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2024-07-16 00:00:00
Poor gas supply and frequent electricity cuts have been taking a heavy toll on the country's industrial production, thus leading to rise in the cost of doing business, affecting productivity and eroding competitive edge, industry people said.Textile and garment industry's...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-16 00:00:00
Scores were injured in clashes between campaigners and pro-government activists as protracted job-quota-reform movement erupted into violence Monday that turned the Dhaka University campus into a veritable battlefield. Confrontation was also reported from Chattogram, Rajshahi and few other areas, and...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-07-16 00:00:00
Government investment in domestic revenue mobilisation has been declining over the years despite a pressing need to boost tax collection.The government spent Tk 0.31 to collect Tk 100 in domestic revenue in the fiscal year of 2019-20, but this fell...
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