Bangladesh has a number of tourist spots, including the world's longest sea beach, eye-catching hills with cascades and small waterfalls, the world's largest mangrove and many places of historical interest. However, only a few of them are visited by local...
Email Money Transfer (EMT) is a retail banking service, where users can transfer funds between personal and business accounts via email and their online banking service. It is often known as Interac e-Transfer offered through Interac Corporation. This method of...
No other city residents are, possibly, as unfortunate as Dhaka residents. It looks like this mega city gives its residents more troubles and fewer facilities. With the onset of every winter, Dhaka city's air starts deteriorating and does not improve...
Tanim Asjad | 2023-11-18 00:00:00
A decade ago, the United Nations formally started to observe the World Toilet Day on November 19 in order to inspire actions dealing with the global sanitation crisis. The day is being celebrated globally with the theme 'Accelerating Change.' So,...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2023-11-18 00:00:00
For the greater part of this year, people have been hammered by soaring food inflation. This has now become the norm. That a lot of working-class people were going hungry is obvious, particularly in the city where suddenly the number...
The refiners and millers of edible oils seem to have developed the habit of clamouring for oil price hike whatever the market situation. Notably, the cooking oil refiners are learnt to have sent a letter to the Bangladesh Trade and...
Md. Touhidul Alam Khan | 2023-11-18 00:00:00
Islamic finance has been making significant strides in Southeast Asia, riding on the back of a sizable Muslim population and a burgeoning middle class. With Malaysia and Indonesia leading the charge, the region holds substantial potential for the expansion of...
NEW DELHI, Nov 16 (Reuters): India has cut the windfall tax on diesel and crude oil on Thursday, according to a government notification.The government cut the windfall tax on crude oil to 6,300 Indian rupees ($75.70) a tonne from 9,800...
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip, Nov 16 (AP) : Israeli forces dropped leaflets warning Palestinians to flee parts of southern Gaza, residents said Thursday, signaling a possible expansion of operations to areas where hundreds of thousands of people who heeded earlier...
PARIS, Nov 16 (AFP) : Wealthy nations look likely to have met their goal of providing $100 billion in annual climate finance to poorer nations last year -- two years later than promised, the OECD said Thursday.The Organisation for Economic...
A court is hearing depositions in the case against Grameen Telecom Chairman Muhammad Yunus over the violation of labour laws, reports bdnews24.comThe hearing began in Dhaka's Labour Court-3 at 12:20 pm on Thursday. The Nobel laureate arrived at the court...
GENEVA, Nov 16 (AFP) : The UN human rights chief on Thursday decried serious allegations of international law violations in the Israel-Hamas war and suggested an international investigation was needed.Volker Turk said "extremely serious allegations of multiple and profound breaches...
The Biswa Ijtema, billed as the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, will be held in two phases on February 02 to February 04 and on February 09 to February 11 next year, reports UNB.The first phase of ijtema...
Some 110 countries have put forward 301 recommendations for Bangladesh that include election issues, reports UNB.At the UN Human Rights Council, the UPR Working Group adopted the recommendations section of the draft report on the Universal Periodic Review of Bangladesh...
A Palestinian cancer patient, who had crossed from Gaza into Egypt, is carried on a stretcher after arriving at the Esenboga Airport in Ankara on Thursday. Two planes carrying more than two dozen Palestinian cancer patients, many of them children,...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-11-17 00:00:00
Opening the first bus-based mass-transit corridor from Gazipur to Dhaka Airport has been delayed by another year, as officials have decided to cancel the tender to purchase buses for the 20-kilometre Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor over alleged irregularities in...
Cyclone 'Midhili' is likely to hit the coastal districts of the country around 12 noon today (Friday), reports UNB.This was disclosed by State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Md Enamur Rahman at the ministry's conference room Thursday evening.The...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-17 00:00:00
A total of 12 vehicles were set on fire during the blockade enforced by BNP and likeminded parties. These incidents occurred after the announcement of election schedule by the Chief Election Commissioner, said Fire Service and Civil Defense central office....
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-11-17 00:00:00
The failure in completing the plastic industrial park in the last eight years has escalated the project cost by almost four times to Tk 5.09 billion, and affected relocation of factories from the capital city, insiders said on Thursday.Bangladesh Small...
Eight more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the fatalities in Bangladesh to 1,528 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 1,429 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the DGHS.A total...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-17 00:00:00
A policy think-tank suggests annulling the energy-sector indemnity law and capacity-payment clause as default capacity payments and fuel-import bills in dollar add to Bangladesh's forex dearth. The frugality call comes from a meet held Thursday by the Centre for Policy...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-17 00:00:00
Opposition BNP and its allies called a 48-hour fresh countrywide hartal from Sunday in a changed situation as the Election Commission kick-started election process. The simultaneous announcement of general strike came on the last day (Thursday) of the latest round...
Dhaka commuters are flocking to the newly inaugurated metro-rail system, seeking relief from the city's notorious traffic jams and escalating political tensions. The photo shows a sardine-packed metro train during the morning office rush on Thursday at the Mirpur patch...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2023-11-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh's official foreign-exchange reserves have plummeted by more than 5.0 per cent to $19.6 billion in just two weeks since November 1, according to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) formula.The sharp decline in forex reserve comes as the country is...
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-11-17 00:00:00
Refiners have now sought further upward review of the rates of already-pricy sugar by city global volatility that shot price indices to 40-year highs.They also urged government interventions amid criticalities in import owing to export embargo on the sweetener by...
Light to moderate rain accompanied by the temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at few places over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Met Office.Night temperature may remain...
Today (Friday) is the 13th death anniversary of Alhaj Shah Shamsuddin (Santhu Master), says a statement. Shah Shamsuddin was one of the organisers of the Liberation War and also a former headmaster of Baghata High School in Katiadi upazila of...
Bangladesh has been elected to the UNESCO Executive Board at a keenly contested election held during the 42nd General Conference in Paris, reports UNB.This brings Bangladesh back to the board after two years for the term 2023-27.This is the third...
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