The publication ceremony of celebrated poet Naim Hasan's newly-penned poetry book 'Danriye Achhi Bohukal' was held at Kabita Café at Katabon in the city on Saturday. Publishing house Jagotik Prokashon brought out the book, says a statement. The programme was...
Education Minister Dipu Moni has claimed that misinformation is being spread about the new curriculum by people and groups with vested interests."Various things, including videos, are being spread through social media that are not part of the curriculum or our...
Foreign Minister (FM) AK Abdul Momen will lead the Bangladesh delegation at the UN Peacekeeping Ministerial which will be hosted by Ghana in its capital Accra on December 5-6 December, reports UNB.By participating in the ministerial-level meeting, the Bangladesh delegation...
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An administrator appointed by the government has started her assignment at the Real Estate & Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB), according to a statement.Jannatul Ferdous, Deputy Secretary of the Commerce Ministry, formally joined the REHAB office on Sunday. The administrator...
Deputy Vice Chancellor of Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia Prof Calum J Drummond, Dhaka University (DU) Treasurer Prof Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed and Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) Chairman Prof Dr Md Aftab Ali Sheikh showing...
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The Supreme Court has issued a status quo on the subject matter of a High Court verdict that declared illegal a labour appellate tribunal's award regarding Grameen Kalyan dividend.The labour tribunal on April 03 said 106 sacked and retired employees...
Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur, executive director of the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI), speaking at a view-exchange meeting with the members of Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) at Sonargaon Hotel on Sunday. — FE photo
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Sunday underlined the importance of building the country's manpower as efficient and smart to keep pace with the rapid expansion and development of ICT, reports UNB."It is the prime responsibility of a government to take necessary...
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Prices of onion and sugar witnessed a fresh hike in the last two days augmenting woes of the commoners.Sugar price further increased to Tk150-170 a kg from Tk 145-160 a kg. Loose sugar retailed at Tk150-155 a kg and packed...
NATORE, Dec 03 (UNB): Fire broke out at an Awami League (AL) office in the Bhabaniganj area of Natore district town in the early hours of Sunday, hours before the latest blockade called by the BNP and like-minded opposition parties...
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The High Court on Sunday commented that since everything happens by the will of Allah, the parliament election which is taking place five months before is also being held by the will of Allah. The High Court bench of Justice...
The 85th birth anniversary of Awami Juba League founding chairman Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani will be observed today (Monday). Sheikh Mani was the nephew of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the founder of Mujib Bahini, one...
Readymade garment workers stage a demonstration in front of the Sromo Bhaban on Bijoy Nagar Road at Purana Paltan in the city on Saturday, demanding immediate payment of their outstanding wages — FE photo
The Election Commission (EC) has directed the returning officers (ROs) to take a number of steps for upholding the commission's neutrality, report agencies. The steps include protection of impartiality in election from any quarter's influence and interference as well as...
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BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has sought bail from the High Court in connection with a case filed over the attack on the residence of the Chief Justice in Kakrail during BNP-police clash on October 28. He filed...
Awami League (AL) has yet to decide the fate of the defectors who intend to contest the upcoming elections as independent candidates, said General Secretary Obaidul Quader, reports bdnews24.com.The AL leaders came up with the remarks while speaking at a...
MOSCOW, Dec 03 (AFP): Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a staunch ally of Moscow, is visiting China Sunday and Monday to meet his counterpart Xi Jinping, the Belarusian presidency said.On Monday, he will hold talks with Xi on issues including "trade,...
DUBAI, Dec 03 (AFP): Dubai's glitzy skyline was obscured by a blanket of smog rated as "unhealthy" on Sunday as thousands of delegates attended a COP28 conference dedicated to the harmful effects of air pollution.The air quality index reached 155...
SEATTLE, Dec 03 (AP): Winter weather brought high winds and snow to parts of the Pacific Northwest, knocking out power in some areas and dumping fresh snow across the Cascade Range.Thousands of households were without power Saturday morning in the...
PADANG, Dec 03 (AFP): A volcano in western Indonesia erupted Sunday, belching a column of ash around three kilometres into the sky, officials said.Ash from Mount Marapi on the island of Sumatra was observed 3,000 metres (9,842 feet) above its...
Tesla's (TSLA.O) pricier-than-expected Cybertruck pickup, which offers driving ranges that fell well short of what CEO Elon Musk had promised, has deeply disappointed some but fascinated others with its futuristic, SUV-like feel, reports Reuters. The Cybertruck, two years behind schedule,...
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters): The U.S. Air Force has eliminated Boeing (BA.N) from its competition to develop a successor to the E-4B Nightwatch, Boeing confirmed on Friday, shaking up the battle to build the next version of the aircraft known...
Mutual Trust Bank PLC (MTB) organised an open loan distribution programme at Hatibandha, Lalmonirhat to promote maize production in Bangladesh to reduce import dependency. Some 778 maize farmers received loan at a 4 per cent interest rate under the refinance...
Modhumoti Bank Limited handed over a cheque of Tk. 120 million to the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, Dhaka city unit in their 51st Annual General Meeting held on Saturday at Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Auditorium, Dhaka under the...
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IPDC Finance has planned to raise Tk 3 billion by issuing mortgaged-backed zero coupon bonds to avoid interest rate risk. "As the interest rate has been rising, depositors keep money [with banks or non-bank financial institutions] for a short-term --...
Walmart said on Friday it is not advertising on social media platform X, one of the latest brands to say it has dropped the Elon Musk-owned site, reports Reuters."We aren't advertising on X as we've found other platforms to better...
SHENZHEN, China, Dec 3 (Reuters): Toyota Motor has halted production on some ageing lines at a joint venture in China while operations continue as normal, the Japanese automaker said on Saturday after a media report that it was partially suspending...
BERN, Dec 3 (Reuters): Switzerland has frozen an estimated 7.7 billion Swiss francs ($8.81 billion) in financial assets belonging to Russians, the government said on Friday, under sanctions designed to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.The figure, a provisional...
Mohammed Rabiul Hossain, Managing Director and CEO of Uttara Bank PLC, has virtually inaugurated the 33rd sub-branch of the bank at Kamrangirchar in Dhaka recently. Deputy Managing Directors Maksudul Hasan, Md Abul Hashem, Md Ashraf-uz-Zaman and Md Rezaul Karim were...
EC Organic Products Ltd. (ECOPL), a subsidiary of East Coast Group (ECG), has launched its latest product, EC Organic Fortified Sunflower Oil, at a city hotel on Sunday. This sunflower oil is a new addition to the product line of...
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