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...
Iron bars of a large number of road-divider frames are seen missing near the Housing and Building Research Institute located along Darus Salam Road in the city. Local drug addicts allegedly have stolen the bars. — FE Photo by KAZ...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-12-21 00:00:00
Production of medicines starts taking a knock as ongoing dollar crisis disrupts raw-material import and stokes concerns over supply of some lifesaving drugs used for treating acidity, diabetes, and cancers.Both industry-insiders and retailers in pharmacies have expressed concern about possible...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2023-12-21 00:00:00
As a strategic partner in cooperation, China will stand by Bangladesh to help address developmental challenges, says Chinese envoy in Dhaka Yao Wen."But this help will depend on the request of the Bangladesh government. We need to know what kinds...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-21 00:00:00
Steep inflation may be losing steam in the near future following tight monetary- policy stance coupled with governmental fiscal austerity, the central bank hopes.The average overall inflation remained around 9.5 per cent during the first five months of this fiscal...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-12-21 00:00:00
Coming up 'crawling peg' as new exchange-rate calculus in a move towards market-centric rating aimed at reducing volatility on the forex market as the central bank courts IMF-recommended reforms. Sources at the Bangladesh Bank have said the central bank has...
ARIZONA, Dec 20 (BBC): A father was Christmas shopping when his four children and a young relative died in an Arizona house fire, police said. The fire tore through the two-storey home on Saturday evening, authorities said on Monday, leaving...
NEW DELHI, Dec 20 (BBC): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India will "definitely look into" any evidence provided on its alleged links to an assassination plot in the US.In November, the US charged an Indian man of conspiring...
MOSCOW, Dec 20 (Reuters): President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia would be prepared to talk to Ukraine, the United States and Europe about the future of Ukraine if they wanted to, but that Moscow would defend its national...
GAZA STRIP, Dec 20 (AFP/Reuters): The leader of Hamas visited Egypt on Wednesday as hopes grew that Israel and the Palestinian militant group may be inching toward another truce and hostage release deal in the Gaza war.The Qatar-based Hamas chief,...
NEW YORK, Dec 20 (Reuters): Former President Donald Trump is disqualified from serving as US president and cannot appear on the primary ballot in Colorado because of his role in the Jan 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by...
JASHORE, Dec 20 (BSS): A motorcycle rider was killed in a road accident on the Jashore-Benapole highway in Navaron old bazar area under Sharsha upazila of the district on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as deed-writer Ashraful Islam, 36, son...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-12-21 00:00:00
BOGURA, Dec 20: Despite a bountiful yield, gherkin (a small variety of cucumber - called Kheera in Bengali) farmers in greater Chalan Beel region are counting heavy losses this year due to transport crisis, high vehicle rents and low prices...
England legspinner Adil Rashid has become the No. 1 ranked bowler in T20Is, while Pakistan batter Babar Azam has displaced India opener Shubman Gill at the top of the ICC men's ODI rankings, according to ESPEcricinfo.Rashid overtook two other legspinners...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 20 (Reuters): Brazil star forward Neymar will not recover from knee surgery in time to play at the 2024 Copa America, national team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar confirmed on Dec 19.Brazil's top scorer underwent an operation in...
The 16th edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top-flight football competition of the country, begins tomorrow (Friday) with four matches are sated on the opening day at four separate venues across the country, reports BSS.On the day, six times...
After a prolonged period of struggles, Soumya Sarkar roared back to life with a dazzling century against New Zealand. In the second ODI in Nelson, Soumya blazed 169 runs off 151 balls, peppering his innings with 22 fours and two...
NELSON, New Zealand, Dec 20 (AFP): Henry Nicholls fell agonisingly short of a century on Wednesday as New Zealand eased to a seven-wicket win and sealed victory in their one-day international series against Bangladesh.A superb 169 off 151 balls from...
Salim Rashid | 2023-12-21 00:00:00
The market for eggs has recently come under close scrutiny because of the high price of eggs as well as the volatility of egg prices. This scribe knows the owners of an egg company, call it X. The scribe tried...
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