FE REPORT | 2024-01-14 00:00:00
The government will buy one cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the spot market next month (February), said sources.State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) floated a tender for February 6-7 delivery of the fuel at any of the...
TUNGIPARA, Jan 13 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the newly-appointed ministers to take necessary steps to keep prices of essentials under control during the upcoming holy Ramadan."Holy Ramadan is coming and take necessary steps to make sure...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-01-14 00:00:00
All is set for issuing Tk 120 billion worth of government bond for paying piled-up electricity bills to independent power producers (IPPs) against capacity charge and other payments, officials said.The sovereign bond will be issued to 42 commercial banks who...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-01-14 00:00:00
As Bangladesh enters the peak harvest season, consumers find themselves entangled in a web of escalating prices of essential commodities, including rice, potato, vegetable and onion.Despite the Aman harvest going on in full swing, rice prices are rising alarmingly, causing ...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2024-01-14 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) and the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) are at odds over the number of independent directors on the boards of listed companies.The disagreement between the capital-market regulator and the insurance sector regulator...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 06:00 pm today (Sunday), according to the Met Office.Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country during midnight to morning and it may continue till noon...
One more death was reported from dengue in the last 24 hours until Saturday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to five this year, reports UNB.During the period 25 more patients were hospitalised with the viral...
SIRAJGANJ, Jan 13 (UNB): A 68-year-old woman was beaten to death over a family feud in the Tarash upazila of Sirajganj.The deceased is Fatema Begum, wife of Hasmot Ali, from Borovatra village of the upazila.Md Nazrul Islam, OC of Tarash...
Two minor cousins drowned in a pond in Purbo Kalchho village under Kachua upazila of Chandpur on Saturday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as one-and-a-half-year-old Abu Sayeed, son of Yeasin Talukdar, and his paternal cousin Abrar Hossain (2), son...
GAZIPUR, Jan 13 (UNB) - A huge gridlock formed as vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Tangail highway remained suspended for over an hour after garment workers staged demonstration in Gazipur's Konabari area, demanding payment of salaries set by the government.Mohammad Ziaul...
The former classmates and colleagues of Bangladesh Bank (BB) Assistant Director Dipu Sana alias Dipanwita Biswas, who died after being hit by a concrete block that fell from an under-construction site in Dhaka, have demanded a fair investigation into the...
Russia has said the leadership of Bangladesh should be recognised for creating favourable conditions for the free expression of voters' will despite external attempts to influence the election outcome, reports UNB."External attempts to influence the election's outcome were observed, as...
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 13 (UNB): Around 4.5 kg of gold was recovered from underneath the seat of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram by National Security Intelligence (NSI) and customs detectives on Saturday morning.Joint Director...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina holding an informal meeting with the members of the newly-formed cabinet after paying tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at her residence in Tungipara of Gopalganj on Saturday — Focus Bangla
FE REPORT A tragic incident unfolded in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar as a fierce fire engulfed a slum, resulting in the recovery of dead bodies of a woman and her son.The blaze which erupted in the Mollabari slum adjacent to the...
Awami League (AL) will hold a joint meeting at the party's Bangabandhu Avenue central office at 3pm tomorrow (Monday).Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will chair it, says a press release.AL central working committee members, advisory council members...
Jatiya Party (JP) on Friday relieved its co-chairman Kazi Firoz Rashid and presidium member Sunil Suvho Roy of all party posts, reposts UNB.JP Chairman Golam Mohammad Quader took the decision to remove the two senior leaders of the party, according...
MYMENSINGH, Jan 13 (BSS): Awami League nominee Nilufar Anjum Poppy won the Mymensingh-3 (Gauripur) constituency with boat symbol in unofficial results after re-polling in the previously postponed Bhalukapur High School centre on Saturday.She bagged 1,295 votes in the centre while...
BRAHMANBARIA, Jan 13 (UNB): Newly-appointed Minister of Housing and Public Works RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury has filed a defamation case of Tk 1.0billion (Tk100 crore) against one of his opponents in the January 7 election.According to the case filed by...
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister M.U.M. All Sabry has congratulated Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud and pledged to work together, taking the friendship between the two countries to even greater heights, reports UNB."I express my fervent hope that our bilateral ties...
GOPALGANJ, Jan 13 (UNB): Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the oppositions are looking towards their foreign friends to ensure that this government cannot stay in power. "However, our Prime Minister...
Awami Jubo League Chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash on Saturday said that BNP boycotted the January 7 general election as people do not trust them, reports BSS."BNP is a criminal party and people don't trust them. They hate them. From...
BNP senior leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday said their party is formulating fresh programmes to gear up the movement demanding a fresh election under a non-partisan government, reports UNB."Surely, we're thinking of various programmes...our leaders are sitting almost every...
TUNGIPARA, Jan 13 (UNB): The new Cabinet members led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his mausoleum marking installation of her government for the fourth consecutive term...
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters): The US on Friday proposed a fee on emissions of methane from big oil and gas producers as required under the 2022 climate law and as a backstop to wider regulations on the greenhouse gas from...
Singer Bangladesh, a leading company in consumer electronics and home appliances, has launched a new promotion called 'Singer Marhaba Istanbul'. This offer includes a 4-day-3-night couple's trip to Istanbul, says a statement.During this Red S Deal campaign, customers purchasing any...
Customers paying DESCO, DPDC electricity bill through bKash will get free doctor consultation service on MILVIK Health Plus app for a month, says a statement. Besides, there is a 10 per cent cashback on subscriptions to any of MILVIK's health...
BEIJING, Jan 13 (Reuters): New bank lending in China rose less than expected in December, but 2023 lending hit a new record as the central bank kept policy accommodative to support an unexpectedly shaky economic recovery.Chinese banks extended 1.17 trillion...
The first Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of Bangladesh Economic Zone Investors Association (BEZIA) was held at a city hotel on Saturday. In the meeting, several important decisions were taken regarding the constitution of BEZIA. Md. Abdul Jabbar, Sr. Vice President...
NEW DELHI, Jan 13 (Reuters): India and the United States have agreed to bolster trade ties and deepen cooperation in areas such as critical minerals, the United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Saturday.India's trade minister Piyush Goyal and...
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