ROUNAK MARIUM | 2023-12-21 00:00:00
We probably heard about the 'American Dream' from movies or books or in different pop culture references, where a person who comes from nothing makes a generational wealth from entrepreneurship or being an entertainer of some sort in the USA....
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 06:00 pm today (Thursday), according to the Met Office.Night and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.The highest temperature in the country on Wednesday was...
Woman held with 8 kg gold at HSIACustoms officials arrested a woman with over eight kg of gold worth Tk 65.7 million from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Tuesday night. The arrestee is Rekha Parvin. Rekha reached Dhaka from...
Police have arrested a young woman and her mother for stealing a 5-day-old baby from Chattogram Medical College Hospital, reports bdnews24.com.Nasima Akhter (23) and her mother Kharu Akhter (42) were held in Feni's Parshuram on Wednesday after the child was...
Two policemen have been arrested from city's Sher-e-Banglanagar area on charges of extortion and kidnapping, reports UNB.The arrestees are sub-inspectors Tuhin Kazi and Moshiur Rahman Taposh. Both were posted at Mirpur Shah Alithana.They have already been suspended after primary investigation.Being...
The 2nd death anniversary of Dr Chowdhury Hasan Mahmud, former managing director of GME Group, will be observed today (Thursday), says a press release.Chowdhury Hasan was born at Binajuri village in Raozan upazila of Chattogram.He left behind his wife and...
Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan cutting a cake at its Peelkhana headquarters in the city on Wednesday, marking the BGB Day-2023
The US Soybean Export Council (USSEC) has awarded Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) for its outstanding agricultural research and innovation. Every year, USSEC recognises and awards the best candidate in their region who has dedicated their career to food and...
The Rupsha Express train from Chilahati to Khulna narrowly escaped an accident after rail sleepers - components that maintain the correct space of the gauges between rail tracks - were removed near Dinajpur's Birampur station. The Panchagarh Express train was...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-21 00:00:00
Another train, the Brahmaputra Express, caught fire in the cantonment area in Dhaka on Wednesday evening, just a day after a train had been in flames.Railway sources said the fire originated from the train's engine due to a technical glitch...
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Director Vidiya Amrit Khan has said recycling has always been a part of Bangladesh in a non-systematic and informal way as hand-me-downs or passed on to plastic handlers and fabric segregators, reports UNB....
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 20 (UNB): The Election Commission (EC) has appointed 23 judicial magistrates for 16 constituencies in Chattogram to check election-related irregularities.These magistrates will be on duty for a total of five days from January 5 to January 9.This information...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 20 (UNB): Police have arrested three Awami League leaders and activists in a case filed over attacking the supporter of an independent candidate of Rajshahi-5 constituency in Durgapur upazila.The arrestees are local AL leader Sakhawat Hossain Lion, 34,...
NAOGAON, Dec 20 (UNB): A local leader of the BNP, who had been in jail since November 27 after arrest in an explosives case, died at Naogaon 250-bed hospital on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Matibul Islam, 60, organising...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday lambasted the Bangladesh Nationalist Party for its call for non-cooperation towards the government ahead of Jan. 7 election, reports UNB.The minister raised questions over the potential consequences of the BNP's call for non-cooperation by...
Gono Songhoti Andolon brought out a procession from the National Press Club in the city on Wednesday demanding the 12th national parliamentary election under the constitutional system of a neutral government — Focus Bangla
Formal election campaign kicked off in South Keraniganj on Wednesday with hanging posters and banners for the 12th national parliamentary election slated for January 7 — FE Photo
Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will join election rallies virtually in five districts today (Thursday), reports BSS.At 3 pm today (Thursday), the AL president will connect virtually to the rallies from Dhaka district AL office at...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Wednesday said the upcoming 12th parliamentary election will be competitive and fair, reports UNB."The Election Commission and the candidates are trying to create a conducive environment for a competitive election. If we...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-21 00:00:00
The High Court on Wednesday rejected a writ petition filed seeking another schedule for the national elections under direct supervision of the Army after dissolving the incumbent parliament. The High Court bench of Justice Md Iqbal Kabir and Justice Biswajit...
SYLHET, Dec 20 (BSS): Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday came down heavily on BNP for announcing non-cooperation movement ahead of polls, posing a question how the party would wage such...
LONDON, Dec 20 (AFP) : Hospital doctors in England begin their longest strike action yet on Wednesday in a move that health bosses fear will pile pressure on services at the busiest time of year.Junior doctors -- those below consultant...
Four more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,692 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 207 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according...
NEW DELHI, Dec 20 (BSS): In view of the rise of fresh cases of new coronavirus variant JN.1 across the country, Indian Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya asked all concerned on Thursday to remain alert and be prepared against the new...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-21 00:00:00
The government has finally issued a gazette notification keeping the monthly minimum wage unchanged at Tk 12,500 for ready-made garment workers amid local and global pressure to review the same.Labour and employment ministry gazetted the wage grades on Wednesday and...
Finally, natural gas is going to be supplied to different industries in Dhaka and adjoining areas from Bhola in the current month in CNG (compressed natural gas) form, reports UNB.State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid will...
BNP has announced a "non-cooperation movement" against the government starting on Wednesday, urging the voters to boycott the lopsided national election slated for January 7, 2024.During a virtual press briefing on Wednesday, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi...
SYLHET, Dec 20 (UNB): President of Bangladesh Awami League Sheikh Hasina, also the Prime Minister, on Wednesday launched her party's election campaign with a clarion call to the people to vote for the ruling party candidates so they win to...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-21 00:00:00
The number of mobile internet users in Bangladesh has fallen for the third consecutive month, reaching 118.96 million in November, down from 119.79 million in September. Telecom operators have described this decline as a "fairly typical" year-end trend.In November, the...
Asset managers squeezed by selling pressure of open-ended fundsAsset managers dealing with open-ended mutual funds (MFs) have been enduring liquidity pressure while having to pay off unitholders against the sell-off of units for investments are stuck in the capital market...
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