Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2023-11-30 00:00:00
The actor Ferdous is a candidate for the forthcoming general election in January next year from the ruling Awami League. His selection as a candidate follows in the tradition set by others of his profession in these past many years....
In a land-scarce country with an oversize population, the value of each inch of territorial area cannot be overemphasised. The country's incumbent prime minister has long been taking pains to drive home the message of making good use of land....
Syed Sabiq Ashraf and Nafisa Mesbah | 2023-11-30 00:00:00
According to the World Bank, Bangladesh has been one of the fastest-growing economies in South Asia in recent decades, with an average Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita growth of above 5 per cent in the last decade. Moreover, the...
EU court says public employees maybe barred from wearing head scarfBRUSSELS, Nov 29: The top European Union court ruled on Tuesday that public authorities in member states can prohibit employees from wearing signs of religious belief, such as an Islamic...
MOSCOW, Nov 29 (AFP): Foreigners entering Russia could be required to sign a "loyalty agreement" upon arrival, pledging not to criticise Moscow's offensive in Ukraine, under new rules being prepared by the interior ministry.Russia has waged an unprecedented crackdown on...
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 29 (TASS): The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling upon Israel to withdraw from the occupied Golan Heights, a TASS correspondent reported.A total of 91 countries voted in favor of the document, including Russia, Brazil, India,...
TOKYO, Nov 29 (BBC): A US military aircraft with six people on board has crashed off Yakushima Island in south-western Japan, local officials say. Japan's Coast Guard said one person had been found dead near the crash site of the...
GAZA, Nov 29 (BBC/AP/AFP): Untreated diseases could eventually kill more people in Gaza than bombings if the health system is not restored, the World Health Organization says. Diarrhoea and respiratory infections are widespread among children in overcrowded UN facilities where...
The 23rd Senior Management Team (SMT) meeting of Sonali Bank PLC was held at the bank's head office on Tuesday. SMT Chairman and CEO & Managing Director of Sonali Bank Md Afzal Karim presided over the meeting. Among others, Deputy...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-29 00:00:00
A legal notice has been sent to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and other respondents to defer the National Parliament election, scheduled to be held on January 7 in 2024. Md Eunus Ali Akond, a Supreme Court lawyer, on Tuesday...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-29 00:00:00
Automation and artificial intelligence-based complaint management system is the only way to address complaints in the country's banking industry, which has become too big to maintain humanly, distinguished bankers viewed. Though it might be possible to handle most of the...
SILKYARA TUNNEL , Nov 28 (AFP): Indian rescuers have safely brought out all 41 workers from a collapsed Himalayan road tunnel after a marathon 17-day engineering operation to free them, a minister said Tuesday."I am completely relieved and happy as...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-29 00:00:00
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Tuesday raised questions over the election-time government's approval of the draft personal data protection act.TIB expressed 'profound dismay and apprehension' as the cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of the law despite the...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-29 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide Bangladesh with an aggregate US$ 1.026 billion in loans to help implement five separate projects.To this effect, Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary Md. Shahriar Kader Siddiky and ADB Country Director for Bangladesh Edimon...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called for international support for the countries which are worst-affected by climate displacements to prevent such situations from turning into a humanitarian crisis, reports UNB."Most climate displacements take place within national borders and across...
FE Report | 2023-11-29 00:00:00
Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Mr Yao Wen on Tuesday said the so-called China trap was sheer fabrication, rather those projects would bring benefit, dividend and opportunities to the people of Bangladesh.The envoy was addressing the Reunion of Bangladeshi participants attending...
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-11-29 00:00:00
After beef prices declined by around Tk 200 per kg, prices of other alternative protein sources such as eggs, broiler chicken, and fish have been on a decline over the last one and a half weeks across the country.Egg prices...
With the winter heralding its arrival, farmers on Dhaka's outskirts Keraniganj hand thresh Aman paddy -- the second-largest rice crop in Bangladesh. The photo was taken on Tuesday. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam
A 24-hour road, rail, and waterway blockade enforced by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is set to begin this (Wednesday) morning.Senior Joint Secretary-General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday declared a 24 hour blockade and a day-long hartal programmes. Hartal will...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-11-29 00:00:00
The revenue board's existing electronic system has yet to incorporate any option to register private-sector provident funds as taxpayers even though 27.5-percent tax levied on them since June 22, 2023.Although private provident funds are considered separate taxpayers, they are unable...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2023-11-29 00:00:00
Apparel owners tighten the regulatory noose around the export industry, in an apparent backlash against furious wage protests, by ordering moratorium on fresh recruitment and information holdback to forestall any recurrence. Two apparel apex bodies-BGMEA and BKMEA--have made a number...
REZAUL KARIM | 2023-11-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh could be one of the "targets" for stringent measures such as sanctions, trade penalties and visa restrictions threatened in the US Presidential Memorandum on labour rights, alerts the country’s mission in Washington.Although the labour-rights edict is applicable globally-not specifically...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-29 00:00:00
Over a third of Bangladesh's current 169.828-million-strong population has no education, employment and job training as per latest total headcount that also shows a significant female-male demographic transformation. For the first time in the country's history, women outnumber men in...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office.The highest temperature in the country on Tuesday was recorded at 34.0 degrees Celsius...
A 34-year-old man was crushed under a train in Dhaka's Khilkhet area Tuesday, reports UNB.The deceased was identified as Noor -E -Alam Taimur, an employee of Save the Children, Bangladesh.Sunil Chandra Sutradhar, in-charge of Airport Railway police output, said two...
Digital lottery was held on Tuesday for admission to government and private secondary schools across the country, reports UNB.Education Minister Dipu Moni inaugurated the lottery programme at International Mother Language Institute in the city as per the chief guest.The lottery...
A total of 143 illegal Bangladeshi migrants have returned home from Libya's capital Tripoli, reports UNB.A Burak Air flight carrying them landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the early hours of Tuesday.Foreign ministry officials and officials of International Organisation...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-29 00:00:00
The University Grants Commission (UGC) and UK-based Emerald Publishing (EP) signed an agreement on Tuesday to provide e-journal access to 55 universities nationwide. Secretary of the UGC, Ferdous Zaman and Business Manager of the EP, Nirjhar Mukherjee signed the agreement...
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