FE REPORT | 2024-03-31 00:00:00
The task force, formed to review commodity prices and market behaviour and do whatever deemed fit to keep supplies within people's purchasing power, is set to meet today (Sunday).State minister for commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu along with the task-force members...
Holding banners like 'No student politics in BUET', general students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) staged a sit-in outside the administrative building on Saturday, the second day of their demonstration on allegations that Chhatra League has launched...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-31 00:00:00
Summit's floating LNG-regasification unit is expected to reach Moheshkhali mooring facilities today (Sunday) following its overhauling in the last two and half months, a senior Petrobangla official said.It will be tied up with the mooring facilities before initiating re-gasification of...
Margin loans: The tale that has not been told General investors and the country's capital market repeatedly become victims of accumulated burden of margin loans disbursed to big investors. The recent rapid market erosion is the latest such event that...
GENEVA, March 30 (AFP): Some 9,000 patients in the Gaza Strip require evacuation for emergency care, with the war-torn Palestinian territory down to just 10 barely functioning hospitals, the head of the WHO said Saturday."With only 10 hospitals minimally functional...
Taking risks with the life of his little kid, a father carrying her over a road divider to her mother on the other side on the busy Mirpur Road in New Market area. The city saw a huge turnout of...
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 30 (UNB): The 23 Bangladeshi sailors, along with the ship MV Abdullah flying the national flag, have been held hostage for 19 days in the den of pirates in Somalia, Africa.While the families of the 23 sailors, the...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-31 00:00:00
Liquidating problem banks is better than reorganizing as many of those are weakened through embezzlement beyond redemption, said an expert who thinks mergers and acquisitions alone are no fit cure. Mergers won't solve the entrenched problems in Bangladesh's banking sector...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-31 00:00:00
America's trade office has listed a plethora of business and investment problems in Bangladesh, such as alleged graft and extortion in commercial dealings. In a latest report the USTR has also identified barriers in digital trade, violations of intellectual property...
Photographed on Saturday, a ramshackle bus has been left abandoned on a road in the city's Mugda area for a long time inconveniencing both vehicular and pedestrian movement — FE Photo
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office. Weather may...
To mark the Independence and National Day 2024, the Independent Photography Club (IPC) of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), holds a four-day photography exhibit on "Swadhinatar Jolchobi" on the campus recently in collaboration with the IUB Journalism Club and Division of...
GAZIPUR, Mar 30 UNB): The death toll from the gas cylinder blast in Gazipur's Kaliakair upazila rose to 17 as another burn victim died early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Kuddus Khan 45, son of Suruj Ali of Kaliakair upazila.Kuddus,...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOLCHATTOGRAM Mar 30: Several lakh people of South Chattogram, particularly Boalkhali and Patiya upazilas, are undergoing immense suffering due to the ferry service disruption caused by delay in renovation work of the old Kalurghat Bridge. Though the three months'...
Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia Saima Wazed has reiterated the World Health Organization's commitment to supporting and strengthening the resilience of Bangladesh's health sector in view of the country's vulnerability to health impacts of climate change, reports UNB.Wazed, who...
Foreign Minister (FM) Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said the government hopes the United States authorities will take appropriate action if investigation finds New York Police Department officers guilty of "wrongfully" killing a Bangladesh youth, reports UNB."Consul General of Bangladesh in...
In Bangladesh, motorcycles, with their ease of navigation and cost-effectiveness, have become a popular mode of transport. This preference, however, comes with a significant drawback: motorcycles are at the epicentre of the nation's road safety crisis, reports UNB. While there...
The workers of a shoe factory in Laxmipur have demonstrated for back pay and Eid-ul-Fitr allowance, reports bdnews24.com.They blocked Dhaka-Raipur regional road in the Rakhalia Bazar area for four hours until Saturday noon before being dispersed by police.The blockade caused...
A college girl was allegedly raped by an Awami League leader of Tangail at gunpoint at his residence in Uttara area of the capital on Friday night, reports UNB.The victim filed a case under Women and Children Repression and Prevention...
BANDARBAN, Mar 30 (BSS):Three more Border Guard Police (BGP) personnel of Myanmar have entered Bangladesh amid the fighting between the rebel groups and Myanmar military.The three BGP men entered Bangladesh through Tamru border under Naikhonchhari upazila of the district early...
The students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) continued their demonstration on Saturday against the alleged activities of Bangladesh Chhatra League activists on the campus where student politics is prohibited, reports UNB.They boycotted all sorts of academic activities...
A view exchange meeting between Awami League (AL) central leaders and Chattogram divisional leaders will be held today (Sunday) at 11 am at AL district office in city's Tejgaon, reports BSS.In the meeting, the leaders of Chattogram districts level, party...
FE REPORT Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan said on Saturday that the government was not allowing the opponents to express their views with an aim to establish one-party rule in the country."Government doesn't give...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has strongly condemned online harassment of Bangladeshi journalist Mushfiqul Fazal living in the United States, reports UNB."CPJ condemns the online harassment campaign targeting US based journalist Mushfiqul Fazal after he posed questions to US...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that the members of parliament (MPs) could not influence or interfere in the upazila elections, reports BSS.Awami League would not nominate party candidate for...
WASHINGTON, Mar 30 (AFP): The International Monetary Fund announced on Friday the immediate disbursement of $820 million to the Egyptian government, part of an augmented plan to aid the nation's stumbling economy.The IMF's Executive Board validated the payment as part...
RIYADH, Mar 30 (Arab News): Saudi e-commerce sales using Mada cards reached SR14.11 billion ($3.76 billion) in February - an annual increase of 25 per cent, the Kingdom's central bank has revealed.This figure includes transactions through online shopping, in-app purchases...
Agrani Bank Training Institute (ABTI) organised a day-long training workshop on 'The Preparation for Board Memo, NPL Memo and Credit Committee Momo' in the capital on Saturday. Managing Director and CEO of Agrani Bank Murshedul Kabir inaugurated the workshop. Md...
Envoy Textiles Limited held its 28th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday with critical outcomes for its leadership and board structure, says a statement. At the meeting, Tanvir Ahmed was re-elected Managing Director (MD) for another term of five years....
FE REPORT | 2024-03-31 00:00:00
The country's apex trade body FBCCI has urged the traders to remain active with an eye to stabilising prices in the commodity market.Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) president Mahbubul Alam made the call during a meeting...
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