Oil prices dipped about 1 per cent on Thursday, extending losses after postponement of an OPEC+ meeting stoked expectations that the group might not deepen output cuts next year, reports Reuters.Brent crude futures were down 90 cents, or about 1.1...
Jatiya Party's Secretary General Mujibul Haque Chunnu, MP, has said there is no division within the party and it remains unified under party Chairman GM Quader's leadership, reports UNB. Chunnu said that Rowshan Ershad is a significant figure for them,...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Thursday that the government has no influence in the denial of bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam, reports UNB. The judiciary is independent and judges take decision after proper scrutiny, he said...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said candidates for the 12th parliamentary election in all 72 constituencies in Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions have been finalized, reports UNB. Quader disclosed the information at a press briefing at Dhaka district...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-24 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed for six weeks a High Court order that stopped the effectiveness of a notification issued by the Local Government Ministry suspending Dinajpur Municipality Mayor Syed Jahangir Alam. A four-member bench...
In an interview with the UNB former governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr. Atiur Rahman has explained how the current spate of blockades and burning of vehicles are taking a toll on the economy and suggested ways for reaching a solution.Dr...
RANGPUR, Nov 23 (BSS): Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 arrested two presumed drug traffickers with 7,310 pieces of Yaba tablets from Domdoma Islampur point on the Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Mithapukur upazila here on Wednesday.On a tip-off, an operational team of RAB-13...
SYLHET, Nov 23 (UNB): Train communication between Sylhet, Dhaka and the rest of the country was restored on Thursday after 13 hours following the derailment of two wagons of an oil-carrying train at Badgaon in Shayestaganj upazila of Habiganj district.Abul...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 23 (BSS): Integrated efforts of all the government and non-government entities and others concerned can be the best way of stopping the further emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance as its consequence is very much hazardous to the...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-11-24 00:00:00
BENAPOLE, Nov 23: About one and a half thousand families of some villages in Keshabpur Upazila have become self-reliant by cultivating beans as a companion crop along with fish farming in Jashore.Bean plants can be seen on both sides of...
ADELAIDE, Australia, Nov 23 (AFP): Star Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan pulled out of Australia's Big Bash League Thursday with a back injury that requires minor surgery, his team said.The world's top-ranked Twenty20 bowler was due to play for the Adelaide...
The England men's Test captain, Ben Stokes, has made himself unavailable for next year's Indian Premier League, according to British daily The Guardian.Stokes was bought by Chennai Super Kings for £1.65m last December, but struggled with his fitness and played...
NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (AFP): Former West Indies star Marlon Samuels has been banned from all cricket for six years for breaching an anti-corruption code, the sport's world body said on Thursday.The charges relate to the 42-year-old's stint in a...
MUMBAI, Nov 23 (Times of India): Team India's heart-breaking six-wicket defeat to Australia in the final of the World Cup on Sunday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad will now be looked at as the end of an era....
KARACHI, Nov 23 (https://cricketpakistan.com.pk):Former England cricketer David Lloyd believes it is the right decision by Babar Azam to relinquish Pakistan captaincy in all formats.Babar, who stepped down as Pakistan captain following Pakistan's failure to qualify for semi-finals of the ICC...
Fast bowler Taskin Ahmed was given a rest for four weeks to recover from his recurring shoulder injury which further flared up during the ICC Cricket World Cup, reports BSS.Due to the shoulder problem, he missed two matches against India...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23 (Reuters): A Pakistani court on Thursday ordered authorities to produce former Prime Minister Imran Khan for trial on Nov 28 on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer said, in what would be his first public appearance...
Peru loses morethan half of itsglacier surfacein 50 yrsLIMA, Nov 23: Peru has lost more than half of its glacier surface in the last six decades, and 175 glaciers became extinct due to climate change between 2016 and 2020, Peruvian...
THE HAGUE, Nov 23 (BBC): Veteran anti-Islam populist leader Geert Wilders has won a dramatic victory in the Dutch general election, with almost all votes counted. After 25 years in parliament, his Freedom party (PVV) is set to win 37...
PYONGYANG, Nov 23 (Reuters): North Korea said on Thursday it would deploy stronger armed forces and new weapons on its border with the South, a day after Seoul suspended part of a 2018 military accord between the two Koreas in...
GAZA, Nov 23 (Reuters/AP): The release of hostages under a temporary truce between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants will not happen before Friday, Israel's national security adviser and the US said, dashing hopes of relatives that some would be freed...
According to the Directorate General of Health Services, Bangladesh needs between 1.0 and 1.1 million bags of blood every year. Voluntary organisations deliver around 30 per cent of the total demand while the rest comes from direct donations, it says....
Dhaka city dwellers face many problems every day. Of them, waste management is a major one. However, it is an issue that has remained the least addressed. The two city corporations responsible for waste management cannot be praised for their...
It is no secret that every food item from rice and eggs, to vegetables and spices is more expensive than it used to be, and many of us are left wondering when prices will go back to 'normal'. Although global...
Zahid Huq | 2023-11-24 00:00:00
The scheduled banks' statistics made available by the central bank on Tuesday last carried one piece of good news: the volume of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the country's banking industry has declined but in a miniscule amount. Yet readers felt...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-11-24 00:00:00
There is every reason to be concerned about the impact of the ongoing political turbulence on the country's limping economy. The economy has yet to recover from the combined adverse impacts of Covid-time disruption of industrial production and post-pandemic energy...
It is indeed heartening to learn that a leading pharmaceutical firm of the country is set to establish an overseas subsidiary. Planned to be set up in the Philippines, the initiative has been prompted by what is believed to be...
Ahsan H Mansur and Mohammad A Razzaque | 2023-11-24 00:00:00
The economy of Bangladesh is currently standing at a crossroad for many more reasons than one. Inflation since 2022 has been pushing the cost of living up for citizens across the board and threatening the improved standard of living that...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2023-11-23 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Nov 22: While loading and unloading activities at the Chittagong port remain quite normal, the delivery of goods to and from the port has been obstructed due to hartals and blockade programs imposed by opposition parties. Trucks are unable...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-23 00:00:00
Trade bodies have urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to extend the deadline for submission of income-tax returns by individual assesses to allow them to adapt to the changes that came with a new law.The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers...
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