FE REPORT | 2023-11-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) suspended on Friday launch operation on all routes across the country due to adverse weather under the impact of cyclonic storm Midhili.Earlier cyclone Midhili crossed the coastal line of the country on the day...
Bangladesh Awami League appreciates the outpouring of international support for the country's upcoming national elections, the party's General Secretary Obaidul Quader said in a letter to Donald Lu, US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central...
REZAUL KARIM | 2023-11-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh is considering an option for resuming financial transactions with an alternative bank, UAB, of Myanmar following US sanctions on two commercial banks in the neighbouring country.As part of the process, sources said, commerce ministry has asked the Bangladesh Bank...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2023-11-18 00:00:00
The country's agent-banking transactions witnessed a 12.94-percent decline in September this year compared to the previous month, according to the central bank, indicating a slowdown in economic activity and a cumbered flow of funds.Besides, the number of transactions decreased by...
Egyptian paramedics transfer an injured Palestinian boy to an ambulance after being transported from the Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing on Friday, as battles between Israeli forces and the Palestinian Hamas movement continue. — AFP
Yasir Wardad | 2023-11-18 00:00:00
After rice, price of the second staple, wheat flour, also marked a hike again last week, intensifying woes of the commoners further.Price of coarse flour or atta surged to Tk55-68 from Tk45-60 a kg while that of finer flour or...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said trust deficit among nations and lack of respect for international laws led to the ongoing war in Europe and carnage in Palestine and called upon the global leaders to unite to put an...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-18 00:00:00
Industry insiders and stakeholders have made a renewed call to increase budget for domestic cybersecurity with an eye to protecting data as newer threats are coming almost daily.They urged the businesses to opt for local cloud-computing services to ensure higher...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2023-11-18 00:00:00
Opening talks on Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), lifting anti-dumping duties on jute exports and India's allocation of annual quota for the export of essentials to Bangladesh are to dominate bilateral talks shortly, officials said.The imposition of export duties, abrupt...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-18 00:00:00
The United States says it would go for actions like sanctions, trade penalties, and visa restrictions against those who threaten, intimidate, and attack union leaders, labour-rights defenders and labour organisations. "…we will work to hold accountable those who threaten, who...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-18 00:00:00
Cyclonic storm 'Midhili' crossed the bay coast in Patuakhali on Friday afternoon, leaving a trial of damage to crops and disruption to regular economic activities at ports and transportation.Due to its impact, different parts of the country, especially coastal districts,...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-11-18 00:00:00
Search for foreign funding worth US$3.04 billion begins for another megaproject styled Southern Corridor designed to link Bangladesh's southern-most seashore with the UN-sponsored Asian Highway, officials said. Government's Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has taken up the massive programme to...
Cargo ship sinks near Mongla PortA cargo ship carrying 800 tonnes of coal has sunk in the Pasur River near Mongla Port in Bagerhat amid rough weather caused by Cyclone Midhili. MV Prince of Ghashiakhali suffered a hull breach in...
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 17 (UNB): Four members of a family were killed in a mud wall collapse in Hnila union of Cox's Bazar's Teknaf upazila, police said.The accident took place at Moulvibazar area of the Hnila union of the upazila at...
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 17: The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has suspended loading and unloading activities of cargos at the seaport following instruction to raise danger signal number 7 for the cyclonic storm "Midhili".The Bay of Bengal is now very rough due...
Four people were killed in separate road accidents in two districts on Friday, reports UNBIn Faridpur, two policemen were killed when a CNG auto-rickshaw carrying them overturned on the Faridpur-Barishal highway Friday morning. The accident took place around 4:30 am...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2023-11-18 00:00:00
Current spells of political strikes unfold an unusual street view due to less traffic, but Dhaka's typical daily chaos provides little respite for city commuters, despite some major infrastructure developments.The recent infrastructure developments have contributed somewhat to easing Dhaka's road...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members on Thursday raided the house of Haque Group Chairman Adam Tamizi Haque on Road No. 111 in Gulshan area of the capital, reports UNB.RAB said that Tamizi Haque is threatening to commit suicide if he...
Trinamool Bangladesh National Party (Trinamool BNP) will start selling its nomination papers today (Saturday) among aspirant candidates for the upcoming general elections, reports BSS.Trinamool BNP's nomination form sale will begin at 11 am at its Topkhana road office in the...
The ruling Awami League (AL) has made the party's Presidium Member Kazi Zafar Ullah as co-chairman of its election conducting committee constituted for the 12th Jatiya Sangsad election, reports BSS.Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, also chief of the election conducting...
Prime Minister's ICT Adviser and CRI Chairman Sajeeb Wazed Joy will announce the Joy Bangla Youth Award 2023 winners at a ceremony in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, today (Saturday), reports BSS.The country's biggest youth award giving ceremony,...
The ruling Awami League (AL) will start selling its nomination forms among the aspirant candidates today (Saturday) for the parliamentary elections slated for January 7, reports BSS.The party aspirants can collect and submit the nomination papers from November 18 to...
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday said all parties will have to demonstrate willingness and sincerity to stop violence, noting that the election-centric violence is in a declining trend, reports UNB. "We will not allow anyone to obstruct the...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-18 00:00:00
Senior Joint Secretary General of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday said that the Election Commission (EC) had announced the poll schedule to fulfil the government's desires.The top BNP leader had previously voiced rejection of the...
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday called upon all political parties of the country, including BNP, to participate in the upcoming national election, saying that BNP should take part in the upcoming parliamentary polls seeking apology...
Global equity funds saw significant inflows in the week ending November 15, buoyed by investor hopes that cooler-than-expected US inflation would prompt the Federal Reserve to pause interest rate hikes, reports Reuters.The MSCI World Equity Index hit a two-month peak...
Retail flows into Eli Lilly spiked to a more than two-year high in November, as small investors rushed to buy the stock after the US pharma major received a highly anticipated approval for its weight-loss drug Zepbound, reports Reuters. Daily...
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