Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-03-30 00:00:00
Whether policymakers want to admit it or not, the default on payments to producers of energy and electricity alike--- to go by a report published in this newspaper recently--- has grown to stupendous amounts. The root of all these problems...
The twin shock of corona virus and the post-Covid phenomenon of unrestrained food price spiral has increased poverty, widened income disparity and worsened food insecurity forcing many families to change food habit during the past one year. Two studies carried...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2024-03-30 00:00:00
"It is neither wealth nor splendour, but tranquillity and occupation, which give happiness" —Thomas Jefferson, 1788. There may be differences of opinion regarding the definition or concept of happiness, but it has gradually found recognition globally as an indicator of...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza, Mar 28 (AP): An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst. But the gruesome impact Israel's war against Hamas is having on Palestinian children still left them stunned.One toddler...
LONDON, Mar 28 (BBC): Climate change is affecting the speed of the Earth's rotation and could impact how we keep time, a study says. Accelerating melt from Greenland and Antarctica is adding extra water to the world's seas, redistributing mass.That...
Intern doctors called off their nationwide strike following an assurance from Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen on Thursday, reports UNB. The decision to suspend the strike was taken after a meeting with the health minister at...
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said that there had been progress in the government's efforts to free the Bangladeshi ship MV Abdullah, which was hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean along with 23 sailors on board, reports...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Thirty meritorious students of Dhaka University (DU) have been awarded the 'Mustafizur Rahman Khan-Saleha Khanam Memorial Scholarship' and the 'Prof Mahfuza Khanam-Barrister Shafique Ahmed Scholarship'.They got scholarships in recognition of their securing the highest CGPA in BBA, BSS, BS and...
JU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
A delegation from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada held a courtesy meeting with Jahangirnagar University vice-chancellor Prof Dr Md Nurul Alam.The meeting was aimed at enhancing collaboration in education and research, particularly in biotechnology and genetic engineering.Led by Dr...
Dhaka residents crowd a truck selling watermelons at reduced prices at Farmgate area on Thursday. With the slogan "Farmers' produce at farmers' prices", the Bangladesh Agri Farmers Association is offering the fruit at Tk 100-Tk 250, following a surge in...
Chairman of the Dhaka WASA Board Dr Sujit Kumar Bala on Thursday said it is the time to look at the water issues in the coastal areas."There is a lack of fresh water availability in the coastal areas and water...
A Bangladeshi man has been fatally shot by police at his home in New York.The slain youth, 19-year-old Win Rozario, lived with his family at the intersection of 103rd Street in Ozone Park.According to his family, he was struggling with...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury said on Thursday that it was unacceptable that almost 40 per cent of climate-change funding for Bangladesh was loan.Almost 40 per cent of the climate-change funding that Bangladesh has received is...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Traders at the wholesale hub of Karwan Bazar in the city urged the government to reconsider its plan to relocate the market to Amin Bazar.They also demanded an intensified surveillance over manufacturers and producers rather than focusing solely on Karwan...
Bangladesh and China exchanged a draft feasibility study report with a view to initially signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries to increase trade and investment, reports UNB.The two countries exchanged the survey report in a ceremony...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh will import three cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the spot market in May to meet the country's natural gas demand that soars in summer.State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) floated tenders last week for deliveries in...
A colourful mural featuring traditional Bangladeshi motifs is being painted on the underside of Mohakhali flyover in Dhaka. The project, a collaboration between Berger Paints and Dhaka North City Corporation, aims to beautify Dhaka in the month of the country's...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Dhaka commuters could soon be using a single card to pay fares across all public transport services, as the Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) is working on adding all payment features to the Rapid Pass -- aligning with the government's...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh is set to join the emerging Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) that facilitates international transactions in currencies alternative to the US dollar, amid greenback crunch. The up-and-coming Chinese-broached payment platform is a second global payment system the country is...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Go all out preparing strategies for both maximizing benefits from Bangladesh's LDC graduation and facing post-graduation challenges, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says as she readies her administration for the change. She spelt out the direction Thursday while presiding over meeting...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Wrongdoings centering export and import await harsher penalties under the new customs act that provides for a slew of stern punitive actions against trade-based offences.The law, passed in parliament on October 25, 2023, might be enforced through issuing a gazette...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country until 06:00...
Like many others, an old bus is being given a facelift with painting work centring the upcoming Eid-ul-fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims. The picture was snapped from Mohakhali Bus Terminal in the city on Thursday — FE...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
The results of Dhaka University (DU) admission test of all units for the 2023-2024 academic year was published on Thursday.DU VC Prof ASM Maksud Kamal announced the results in the Abdul Matin Chowdhury virtual classroom around 3:30pm.The pass rate was...
Controller General Defence Finance Kamrun Nahar presides over a discussion at the CGDF office in the city on Tuesday, marking the Independence Day — ISPR
FE REPORT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
A Dhaka court has sent Major (retd) Abdul Mannan, former chairman of Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company Limited (BIFC), and five others to jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Five other accused are ANM Jahangir Alam, Enamur...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Professor Dr Deen Md Nurul Haque, the newly-appointed vice-chancellor (VC) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), took charge of his office on Thursday, vowing not to indulge in any sorts of corruption.He also emphasised strengthening of medical education, quality...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 28: Miscreants have abducted four Bangladeshi expatriates in Libya and demanded a ransom of Tk1.0 million for release of each.The abductors sent video clips of torture on the victims to their families in Anwara upazila of Chattogram and...
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