The 12-party alliance staged a demonstration in the city's Bijoynagar area on Tuesday, the first day of the 12th round of blockade called by BNP and like-minded parties, demanding national polls under the non-party caretaker government and the release of...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said Tarique Rahman has turned BNP into a underground and terrorist party which has caused social and political trouble to its leaders and workers, reports BSS."BNP is now a fugitive party by...
Four leaders of the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) have been shot dead in Panchhari upazila of Khagrachhari, reports bdnews24.com.The incident occurred in a house in Lohang's Anil Para village on Monday night, according to Aungue Marma, a UPDF organiser....
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the government has been hurriedly sentencing the opposition leaders and workers by the 'partisan' judges to eliminate BNP, reports UNB.He came up with the remarks while speaking at a...
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and Chief Patron of Jatiya Party Raushan Ershad holding talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter's official residence Ganobhaban in the city on Tuesday — Focus Bangla
The United States is providing technical assistance to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka to meet US and international standards, reports UNB.This move is part of Bangladesh's efforts to establish new international routes and become a regional aviation hub.The US...
The Election Commission on Tuesday declared 61 more aspirants as valid contenders, hearing 98 appeals filed by aggrieved ones against the decisions of the returning officers over the nomination papers in the upcoming national election, reports UNB.With 61 new aspirants,...
DUBAI, Dec 12 (AFP): The world's climate negotiators meeting in Dubai have spent sleepless nights in an elusive quest for consensus, but there is no consensus on what consensus means.The United Arab Emirates, citing the need in the UN process...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-13 00:00:00
People in the capital and throughout the country are beginning to feel the arrival of winter as they have observed a significant drop in temperatures over the past few days. The winter season typically spans from December to January. On...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-13 00:00:00
The High Court has observed that the succession law is not applicable to distribution of service benefit or pension of a deceased employee.The amount payable after the death of an employee shall be distributed only to the family members who...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-13 00:00:00
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday asserted that Bangladesh isn't anticipating sanctions from the United States, dismissing "rumours" and highlighting "positive" relations between the two countries.Addressing journalists at the foreign ministry, he described his recent visit to Ghana,...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-12-13 00:00:00
How many foreigners stay in Bangladesh with or without job remains a riddle but an umpteen number of them repatriate their earnings in dollar and the outbound remittance further draws down the country's falling foreign-exchange reserves, sources say. Official statistics...
Jatiya Party (JP) Secretary General Mujibul Haque Chunnu on Tuesday said they had come forward to join the next national election scheduled for January 7, but not to quit it, reports UNB."I can tell you one thing clearly that the...
Opposition leader and Jatiya Party Chief Patron Raushan Ershad has requested Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina not to form any electoral alliance with Jatiya Party's GM Quader, reports UNB.During her meeting with PM Hasina at her official residence Gonobhaban on Tuesday,...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Tuesday despite objections from the 14-party allies and discomfort among party candidates, the AL would not change its decision over the independent candidates in the upcoming general elections, reports BSS."There will...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-12-13 00:00:00
Fragmented installation of electronic fiscal device in retail shops in a market or area won't help plug VAT leaks, even if done through a third party, experts say and suggest a well-calibrated blanket coverage. Businesses and economists both agree on...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-13 00:00:00
Banking industry is finally open for competitive operations with the interest-rate cap on deposits lifted, in a development that comes amid liquidity crunch and certain market distortions. Bangladesh Bank (BB) Tuesday withdrew the interest-rate cap to unshackle bankers for collecting...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) introduced bancassruance, bank-insurance partnership of selling insurance products to bank clients, with immediate effect from Tuesday.All the 61 scheduled banks operating in the country could be involved in the business of marketing and selling products of insurance...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-12-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh opens up investment by private sector in setting up refineries and marketing refined oil products both for domestic consumption and export, in a latest development aimed at unlocking energy-sector potential.Officials said the Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD) under...
TANISHA SIDDIQUI | 2023-12-13 00:00:00
The gentle hum of the engine, the subtle jolt, the quivering butterflies in my stomach - the plane's landing is what often gives one the feeling that 'this is real, this is happening'; everything else up until that point feels...
AFIEA IBNAT SUCHI | 2023-12-13 00:00:00
'Biyer Geet' is a unique folk music genre dedicated to weddings and performed during wedding ceremonies. It is indigenous to Bangladesh and West Bengal of India. Once a widely practised custom, a wedding ceremony was deemed unfulfilled without a large...
In recent years, a number of stories have been reported in the media about the awful sufferings and exploitation of Bangladeshi women migrant workers in some Middle East countries. Many of the victims returned home empty-handed, tortured or even dead,...
Every year, many people in Bangladesh lose their lives due to organ failure. Most of them succumb to kidney and liver failures. Despite the enactment of legislation aimed at regulating organ transplantation, Bangladesh is yet to embrace the opportunity. The...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2023-12-13 00:00:00
The seemingly impossible hyperinflation suffered by consumers hogged media headlines for the better part of 2023. Price trends of basic food items in particular were unrelentingly jittery. Although laws in the country provide (in theory) protection to consumers, most people...
Wasi Ahmed | 2023-12-13 00:00:00
The advent of the internet, digital connectivity, and the explosion of e-commerce business models in the private sector have for sometime been pressurising the public sector to rethink hierarchical, bureaucratic organisational models. Governments worldwide are facing the challenge of transformation...
Children's eye health is a vital area of child care. In the past, it was thought that immunisation campaign against some infectious diseases, administering Vitamin A drops to fight night blindness and morbidity among children, etc. were all about taking...
Syed Ibrahim Saajid | 2023-12-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh stands at the precipice of a digital revolution, with the financial sector poised for significant transformation through the rise of digital banking. Driven by a burgeoning tech-savvy population, widespread mobile phone and internet penetration, and supportive regulatory initiatives, the...
Palestinians carry a list of Gaza victims during a rally amid a general strike in Ramallah city in the occupied West Bank on Monday in solidarity with Gaza, as battles continue between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. — AFP
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