FE REPORT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
Some 12.98 million cattle are available this year, exceeding the maximum projected demand of 10.7 million, for Eid-ul-Azha -- the feast of sacrifice to be celebrated in the third week of June. The livestock includes 5.27 million cows, 0.161 million...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Met Office. The highest temperature in the country on Thursday was recorded at 39.0...
No death from dengue fever was reported in Bangladesh in 24 hours until Thursday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).However, 24 patients were hospitalised with this viral fever during this period, it said, reports UNB.Of them,...
The Ministry of Education has published college admission guidelines for students who passed the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent exams under the 11 education boards, reports bdnews24.com.The students will have to apply online based on their results. The applications will...
The sixth season of the nation's premier TV reality show, the 'Ispahani Mirzapore Banglabid', kicked off with the aim of inspiring the young generation to embrace bangla language and culture, says a press release. Branded with the motto "BanglaiJagiBhorpur," this...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina showing off a jewellery set of pearl produced in sweet water oyster after receiving it from Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdur Rahman at the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting in the city on Thursday — Focus...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday issued new status quo until May 30 this year over the demand for transferring share from the First Dhaka Elevated Expressway (FDEE) project's main contractor, the Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped a High Court (HC) order to return the candidature of Narayanganj's Rupganj upazila parishad chairman candidate Salim Prodhan, a convict in a case over amassing illegal wealth and money laundering,...
The BNP has expelled four more of its grassroots leaders for participating in the third phase of the upcoming upazila elections violating the party's decision, reports UNB.With this latest action, the party has so far expelled 203 leaders for contesting...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said AL President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has changed the fate of Bangladesh but the previous governments changed their own fortune only, reports BSS."Sheikh...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Thursday that a neighbouring country was trying to control Bangladesh."A neighbouring country has been trying to control Bangladesh since its (Bangladesh) birth. The (Awami League) government has already...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) held a rally on the Dhaka University campus on Thursday on the occasion of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's homecoming day.BCL DU unit president Mazharul Kabir Shayon, general secretary Tanbir Hasan Shaikat, Dhaka City South BCL president...
The 44th homecoming day of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be observed today (Friday), reports BSS.On May 17 in 1981, she returned to the country after a long exile.Boarding on an aircraft of the Indian Airlines,...
A mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping eight divisions across the country and is likely to continue, the meteorological office forecast on Thursday, reports BSS.Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions are experiencing a mild to moderate...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
Key sectors like the banking should have guardrails against "bad influence of party politics" to ensure run of the state machinery by meritocracy, says Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud as noted economists speak out on what have gone wrong. He feels that...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
The government, in a departure from age-old practices, has decided to make districts as the focal point of local-level development activities.The direction for the switch came from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina while presiding over a meeting of the Executive Committee...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the authorities concerned of all ministries and divisions to speedily complete the foreign aided and grant projects with additional efforts if required to expedite further the development spree of the country.The premier gave the directives...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
Just days after implementing market-based bank interest rates, the Bangladesh Bank met with the country's leading businesses on Thursday and assured them that loan interest rates would not exceed 14 per cent."We have discussed the interest rate issue with the...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
Some 398 Bangladeshi nationals purchased 641 properties valued at an estimated US$225 million in Dubai in 2022, according to a report.The number of Bangladeshis who have bought cent-percent ready-made housing assets or intend to purchase unfurnished housing assets in Dubai...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
Local manufactures like refrigerator, AC, mobile set and LPG cylinder also may get costlier for tax hike as financial reform necessitates lowering tariff protections to domestic industries. Sources say the local manufacturers of electrical and electronic products may see a...
European regulators have launched a series of probes into Big Tech. In a latest move, Meta's Facebook and Instagram could face hefty fines under the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) due to concerns they had not adequately addressed risks to...
MUMBAI/SINGAPORE, May 16 (Reuters Breakingviews): Shareholder meetings in Japan are usually dull affairs. But when companies hold their annual gatherings next month investors around the world will be paying closer attention than usual. The outcomes will be a key indicator...
NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters): US insurer American International Group said on Thursday it would sell a 20 per cent stake in Corebridge Financial to Japan's Nippon Life Insurance for $3.8 billion.The deal is part of AIG's efforts to sell...
NEW DELHI, May 16 (Reuters): India's steel industry, already reeling from cheaper imports, is worried about a surge in shipments from China after the United States imposed tariffs on Chinese steel, industry executives and analysts said.US President Joe Biden on...
HONG KONG, May 16 (Reuters): Shares of Chinese property developers rallied on Thursday after a report that China was considering a plan for local governments across the country to buy millions of unsold homes from distressed companies to ease a...
The 42nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of IPDC Finance Limited was held virtually. The meeting, attended by a notable number of shareholders, was chaired by Ariful Islam, Chairman of IPDC. The audited financial statements for the year 2023 were approved....
FE REPORT | 2024-05-17 00:00:00
Local electronic company Walton on Thursday unveiled new products ahead of Eid-ul-Azha at an event in the city on Thursday.Walton launched new models of products with advanced features included inverter technology's multi-colored side by side refrigerator, European designed combi model...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) and the Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA) at the CA Bhaban in the city on Thursday. BPPA CEO Md Shoheler Rahman Chowdhury and ICAB...
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