NEW YORK, Dec 31 (BBC): The US Navy has destroyed Houthi "small boats" attempting to board a container ship in the Red Sea. Four vessels from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen fired upon the Maersk Hangzhou and got to within metres...
BEIJING, Dec 31 (AFP): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday said the foundation of Sino-Russian ties had grown stronger in 2023, as he exchanged New Year greetings with his counterpart Vladimir Putin, state media reported.Beijing and Moscow are staunch allies...
GAZA, Dec 31 (Reuters/AFP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retake control of the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt, expanding Israel's mission to neutralize Hamas in a conflict it says it expects to last for months."The war is at...
Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Sunday said the BNP will disappear from politics due to their terrorist activities, reports BSS."Political parties, which boycotted election after the independence of the country, have disappeared from politics," he told...
A Dhaka court on Sunday set January 9, 2024, for pronouncing judgement in nine cases filed with capital's Ramna and Paltan Model Police Stations against BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, reports BSS.Confirming the matter to the agency, Fakhrul's...
BARISHAL, Dec 31 (UNB): Two Jatiya Party (JP) candidates in Barishal and Barguna have announced their withdrawal from the upcoming 12th parliamentary election.Engineer Iqbal Hossain Taposh, the Jatiya Party candidate for Barisal-5 (Sadar) and Barisal-2 (Banaripara-Wazirpur) constituencies, announced his withdrawal...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday asked the executive magistrates concerned to discharge their electoral duties at the field level with transparency so that a free, fair and neutral election can be held on January 7, reports...
A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced eight people including BNP's Joint Secretary General Moazzem Hossain Alal to three years in jail in a case filed for torching a bus in Dhanmondi during hartal in 2013, reports UNB.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad...
NOAKHALI, Dec 31 (BSS): Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said BNP wants to disrupt polls through politics of killing, after failing in the anti-government movement."BNP wants to foil elections through committing killings after failing in the...
US crude oil output fell slightly in October to 13.248 million barrels per day, the first monthly decline since April, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Friday, reports Reuters.Analysts have been expecting a slowdown in US oil output...
BEIJING/SEOUL, Dec 31 (Reuters): All Boeing 737 MAX jets operated by Chinese carriers are back in service at the end of 2023, the US planemaker's China head said on Friday, nearly a year after they started flying following a global...
BADC HOLDS PUBLIC HEARING Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) organised a public hearing-2023 at the seminar hall of Sech Bhaban in the city on Friday, with BADC Chairman (Grade-1) Abdullah Sajjad in the chair. Officials of the corporation and stakeholders...
Now is the time to welcome the New Year. It is a time to make new promises. It is also a time to look ahead and try to change things for the better. It is also a time to look...
In the post-pandemic era, the beggars' nuisance has increased alarmingly in Dhaka city. There was a time when beggars used to sit on the streets or at some particular places for begging. But now, ingenious beggars approach us with new...
Neil Ray | 2024-01-01 00:00:00
The New Year on the Gregorian calendar is welcomed with the clock striking midnight sharp. It is because, unlike the counting of a day at dawn when the sun rises in this part of the world, the West considers the...
The dawning of a new year is always special to a people or peoples because it marks a cycle of life in relation to time. But a year is either the completion of the orbit of the planet Earth around...
FE Report | 2023-12-31 12:00:00
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has called upon the expatriate Bangladeshis to make investment in the country as Bangladesh has enough attractive sectors for foreign investment.Mr Momen said his ministry is working to facilitate investment of the expatriate Bangladeshis....
KARACHI, Pakistan, Dec 30 (Reuters): Pakistan's election body has rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan's nomination to contest the 2024 national elections in two constituencies, officials and his party's media team said on Saturday.The 71-year-old former cricket star has been...
UTAH, Dec 30 (BBC): Police in the US are searching for a teenage Chinese exchange student they believe to have been kidnapped. Kai Zhuang, 17, was last seen on Wednesday at his home in the town of Riverdale in Utah.Police...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-31 00:00:00
The Netherlands-based 'Common Fund for Commodities (CFC)' seeks proposals from governmental and non-governmental agencies for financially support projects to fortify commodity value chains, alleviate poverty and achieve sustainable goals.Any interested governmental or non-governmental agency of Bangladesh like SME, enterprise and...
FE REPORTPrices of potatoes and onions have showed a slight decline but are still much higher than the expected level of the consumers, said market insiders.However, this slight dip in the prices of the two commodities was balanced largely by...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-31 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has extended mass contact through the leaflet-distribution programme for two more days until Monday as part of its ongoing 'noncooperation movement' against the government. The party will spread its message urging people to boycott the...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Saturday said the next general election will surely be free, fair and neutral and the Election Commission (EC) is determined to ensure that."It is possible to hold a free and fair election...
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday categorically said Bangladesh won't accept any foreign meddling into the January 7 national polls.She also sounded a strong warning that the conspirators against the election will suffer severe consequences, reports...
Regional markets recovered in 2023 but BD stocks were stymied by floor priceEquity-based securities worth 60 per cent of the total stock market value have remained trapped on the floor this year. The lowest stock prices set in July last...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2023-12-31 00:00:00
Hope against hope for a better luck is cherished as the economy reels from setbacks as 2024 dawns in world chronicles with shadows of war and trade sanctions hanging over. By all accounts, 2023 has been quite a gloomy year...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-12-31 00:00:00
The setback in external payments against energy- import bills is expected to be over within 8-9 monthsafter the country's general election slated for January 7, State Minister Nasrul Hamid has said, taking a cue from the central bank's report on...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2023-12-31 00:00:00
Textile millers have urged the government to make use of 70-percent local cotton yarn in export-oriented garment manufacturing mandatory for an interim period.They made the suggestion with an eye to retaining foreign currency amid a dearth of dollars and boosting...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office. Light to moderate fog may occur elsewhere over the country during midnight to...
The picture snapped on Saturday shows salesperson at a shop at Baitul Mukkarram Market in the city eargerly waits for customers with a vacant look as winter clothes sale took a sluggish trend with the rise in mercury — FE...
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