M Rokonuzzaman | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
For driving economic growth out of innovation, there has been a race in less developed countries to develop the innovation ecosystem lately. Notable building blocks of the national innovation ecosystem are (i) research universities, (ii) R&D centres, (iii) a rich...
A couple and their son have succumbed to burn injuries they suffered in a kitchen gas fire in Dhamrai on the outskirts of Dhaka, reports bdnews24.com. Sufia Begum, 48, died at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic...
The Cabinet has rejected a recommendation to extend the Eid holidays by another day. This means only Apr 10-12 will still be considered part of the public holiday, reports bdnew24.com.Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq informed the media of...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-02 00:00:00
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) starts selling Indian onions at Tk 40 per kg today (Tuesday).The essential commodity is expected to be available at 103 TCB sales points in Dhaka, 55 points in Chattogram and 17-20 points in Gazipur.State...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-02 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Customs has introduced mandatory pre-arrival processing rules, necessitating the submission of the import general manifest (IGM) in the ASYCUDA system before cargo ships leave their last port of call.A recent gazette notification outlines the rules, which apply to...
Dhanmondi Road in Dhaka is experiencing heavy traffic caused by a rise in rickshaws. The increase is partly attributed to low-income earners coming to Dhaka from other parts of the country during Ramadan and Eid for higher income opportunities. —...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-02 00:00:00
The government has refixed fare for both long-distance and intercity buses by reducing Tk 0.03 per passenger per kilometre in the wake of a reduction in fuel prices.The Road Transport and Highways Division (RTHD) has revised the fare for all...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-04-02 00:00:00
Taxmen are freezing tax-defaulter private universities' bank accounts in a clampdown to realise long-overdue taxes that came to Tk 8.31 billion, sources said. And the drastic move launched by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) began paying off for the...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-04-02 00:00:00
After inking around half a dozen long-term deals on import of liquefied natural gas (LNG), the government now has moved to short-term contracts to ramp up imports of the fuel in the next two years.State-run Petrobangla is now negotiating prices...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-02 00:00:00
The High Court on Monday cleared the way for student politics on the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) campus. The High Court stayed a notification issued by the BUET authorities on October 11, 2019 banning student politics on...
BANGKOK, Apr 01 (Agencies): Asian economies are not doing as well as they could and growth in the region is forecast to slow to 4.5pc this year from 5.1pc in 2023, the World Bank said in a report released Monday.Debt,...
YASIR WARDAD and SAIF UDDIN | 2024-04-02 00:00:00
Eid clothing sales preceding Eid saw a comparative rise Monday but shop-owners said the range of turnovers didn't meet their expectations.Fashion-outlet representatives expressed mixed feelings over their volume of sales that usually increases manifold bit by bit from the 20th...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2024-04-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh has recently exhorted China to extend the period of loan availability for the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project (PBRLP) up to 17 May 2025, according to finance ministry sources.Citing information from the project implementer Bangladesh Railway, finance ministry told...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-04-02 00:00:00
Unlike usual Eid surge in inflow of money from expatriate Bangladeshis, inward remittance this time recedes as March receipts even dropped down the US$2.16-billion mark of the previous month.The total remittance receipt in the month was US$1.99 billion even though...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office. Weather may remain...
A female student of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Monday lodged a written complaint of sexual harassment against a teacher of Marketing department in the name of counselling several times, reports UNB .The victim, a student of Marketing department, lodged the...
Land Minister Narayon Chandra Chanda has directed the assistant commissioners (Land) to provide services to the land service recipients with sincerity and good behavior, reports UNB. At the same time, he also directed them to listen carefully to the problems...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-02 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will hold its second public hearing on telecommunication services in Dhaka next May.The regulator is preparing for the hearing, which was instructed by the State Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed...
The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR) forecasts around 15 million individuals are poised to exit the greater Dhaka area, including Dhaka North, Dhaka South, Gazipur, and Narayanganj city corporation areas, for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr celebration, reports...
The autobiography of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, "Unfinished Memoirs", has been translated into Bhutanese (Dzongkha) language, reports UNB.WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia and granddaughter of the Father of the Nation, Saima Wazed, and Princess of...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2024-04-02 00:00:00
Dengue cases are on a worrying trajectory this year, with early rains coinciding with a surge that surpasses even the record-breaking numbers seen in the same period last year. This has health experts sounding the alarm over a potentially deadlier...
Bangladesh Handloom Board has desolved the ad hoc management committee of Bangladesh Jatiya Tati Samity, reports BSS.The 12-member ad hoc committee formed on December 20 in 2021 for conducting the Samity's activities was desolved on Monday.Different electronic and print media...
KHULNA, Apr 1 (BSS): Police have taken three-tier security measures in the city on the holy Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims, an official source said Monday."We have taken adequate security measures throughout the city ahead...
A court in the city on Monday took charge-sheet filed in a graft case lodged by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against former director general (DG) of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Abul Kalam Azad and five others, into cognizance,...
GAZIPUR, Apr 01 (UNB): Demanding wage and Eid bonus, workers of Keya Knit Composite Limited in Konabari Jarun area of Gazipur blocked a road on Monday.Sumon Mia, administrative officer of the factory, said the workers' salary for the month of...
The second phase of Upazila council elections is set to be held on May 21, with 161 of the local government bodies going to the polls, bdnews24.com.The Election Commission finalised the schedule on Monday. The deadline for nomination submissions is...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Monday that the contributions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) to the country's Liberation War was undeniable was around 17,000 BCL men sacrificed their lives in the war."Under the undisputed leadership of...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and standing committee member Mirza Abbas visited on Monday ailing party chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia at Evercare Hospital in the capital. The two party high-ups went to the hospital at...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presiding over a Cabinet meeting at her office in the city on Monday — PID
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