Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) students stage a protest at the central Shaheed Minar on Friday against political activities on campus in breach of the BUET student politics ban two years ago. — FE Photo
Humanity generates between 2.1 billion and 2.3 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste a year, according to UN Environment Programme (UNEP).When improperly managed, much of that refuse-from food and plastics to electronics and textiles-emits greenhouse gases or poisonous chemicals.This damages...
PESHAWAR, Mar 29 (AFP): Chinese contractors have halted construction on two major dam projects in Pakistan after a suicide bomber killed five Chinese engineers and a Pakistani driver this week, a provincial official told AFP on Friday.The companies have demanded...
MOSCOW, Mar 29 (XINHUA): Russian Investigative Committee said Thursday that it found evidence connecting terrorists from the Crocus City Hall attack in suburban Moscow with "Ukrainian nationalists.""After working with detained terrorists, studying the technical devices seized from them, and analyzing...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-30 00:00:00
Transactions made by Bangladeshi credit cardholders remained nearly 2.93 times higher than those made by foreign nationals within Bangladesh in January this year.The value of transactions conducted by Bangladeshi nationals outside the country totalled Tk 5.32 billion in January 2024...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-03-30 00:00:00
A rush for approving renewable energy-based power plants is evident as 350-megawatt projects have already been given the go-ahead in last three months, auguring well for green transition.Moreover, some 506MW green power projects have been in the queue for tariff...
UNESCO has said the 'Tree of Peace' is not an official award from the organisation amid questions surrounding its status in Bangladesh after Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus received the prize, reports bdnews24.com.The controversy started when the Yunus Centre announced that...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-30 00:00:00
The price of rice, which has been on the rise for the past two weeks, further witnessed a surge last week by Tk 2.0-4.0 a kg even amid adequate supplies.The hike mainly impacts finer and medium rice varieties, said Md...
A Palestinian youth inspects the debris of a building, following Israeli bombardment, in the Maghazi camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on Friday, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas....
Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder of the failed crypto exchange FTX, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for defrauding customers and investors of his now-bankrupt firm, reports BBC. The ruling cements the downfall of the former billionaire, who emerged as...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-03-30 00:00:00
Interest payment on government loans only sucks up one-third of Bangladesh's operating-budget expenditures, insiders said, sapping its public-spending abilities.Already, 52.3 per cent of the total outlay earmarked for interest payment in debt service had been spent in the first half...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-03-30 00:00:00
The value of re-exported goods from Bangladesh has been increasing gradually, coinciding with developments in border infrastructure, including roads and land customs stations. Data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) shows that the re-export value stood at Tk 9,404...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-03-30 00:00:00
Rate rise invites government thumps-down on SMART mechanism by way of controlling cut-off yields on treasuries to calm money-market volatility that troubles the ease-of-doing-business ambiance, sources say. Yields on 182-day treasuries on auction seem to be held in check to...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions until 06:00 pm today (Saturday), according to the Met Office.Weather may remain mainly dry...
Shoe factory catches fire in Ctg A shoe factory caught fire in Baizid Bostami Industrial Area of the port city of Chattogram on Friday. Local sources said the fire broke out in the shoe factory at around 4 pm. According...
With the Eid-ul-Fitr just a few days away, people from low to middle-income groups throng to shop at makeshift weekly-holiday market set up in front of Ideal School and College in the city's Motijheel. The picture was taken on Friday...
Police have arrested four people over the death of a school student in Natore, report agencies.The dead, Himel, was a class nine student at Patul-Hampania High School in Naldanga upazila of the district.The arrestees are Himel's classmates, Partho and Sujan,...
A mob has beaten two men to death on suspicion of stealing cattle in Gazipur's Kapasia Upazila, reports bdnews24.com.One of them was lynched in the house of Chan Mia in Singhasree union's Namila village around 2:00 am Friday, while the...
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat, now on a visit to Bhutan at the invitation of Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, reached Thimphu along with the King from the city of Gelephu on Friday, reports BSS.Bhutanese...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-30 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) decided to increase the number of ferries and launches to facilitate hassle-free movement of Eid passengers and vehicles on the Daulatdia-Paturia river route.According to a BIWTA official, 13 ferries and 17 launches are...
With the Eid-ul-Fitr just a few days away, the demand for train tickets has surged markedly, reports bdnews24.com.On Friday, tickets for April 7 were sold out within two minutes of going live.Bangladesh Railway began the online-only ticket sales on Mach...
State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Rumana Ali has said preparations are underway to fill 10,000 teaching positions at government-run primary schools by June, report agencies.In the third phase of the recruitment process, candidates from the Dhaka and Chattogram...
Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Friday returned home after attending the 148th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) held in Geneva of Switzerland from March 23-27, reports BSS.On the first day of the IPU Assembly, Speaker...
Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan, who is on the tour of the United States, held a meeting with his American counterpart Justice John G Roberts, Jr, reports BSS.Justice Hassan at the meeting emphasized on bilateral and mutual cooperation between the judiciaries...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Friday that the present government was governing the country leaning on terrorists. "The terrorist groups of the ruling party lawmakers are creating a fearsome anarchy in the...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's development activities and inclusive politics have pushed BNP's politics into darkness, reports BSS."And now BNP is unable to come out of this darkness," he said while...
Japan and China stocks closed higher Friday, while most markets in the Asia-Pacific region stay shut for a public holiday, reports CNBC.Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.5 per cent to end at 40,369.44, after falling about 1.5 per cent in...
BEIJING, Mar 29 (Reuters): Swiss agrichemicals and seeds group Syngenta on Friday withdrew its bid for a multi-billion dollar listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange during a recent period of weakness in the Chinese equity market.The initial public offering (IPO),...
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