Greater Rangpur Bidi Workers Union formed a human chain on Thursday to press for their four-point demand, including a cut in tax on bidis in the upcoming budget.About 1,000 workers took part in the demonstration held in front of Rangpur...
Three passengers were killed and four others injured in a collision between a bus and a CNG-run autorickshaw on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Ujanpara in Trishal upazila on Thursday, reports UNB.The dead are Rubaiya Tasnim (2), daughter of Shamim Ahmed of...
FARIDPUR, Mar 28 (UNB): Around hundreds of houses were damaged while a number of trees were uprooted during a nor'wester in Faridpur district early Thursday.Twenty villages under Pachuria and Bana unions in Alfadanga upazila of the district were battered by...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, MAR 28: Farmers of Muksudpur Upazila in the district are highly benefitting from their WMRI-2 and BARI-32 wheat varieties this year as their harvest is going on in full swing.A total of 3,655 hectares of land has been brought...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Mar 28: Cox's Bazar beach, the longest natural sea beach in the world, is now experiencing a severe dearth of tourists for the holy month of Ramadan, reflecting dull business in the tourism industry here. During a recent...
Akhtar Husain Khan | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
The celebrated prosaist and founder of the Bloomsbury Group in London, Lytton Strachey, in the preface to his book 'Eminent Victorians' started with a customary amazing line: "The history of the Victorian age will never be written; we know too...
In Bangladesh, the labyrinth of bureaucratic hurdles, delays, and inefficiencies collectively known as red tapism has long been a thorn in the side of businesses. While the country boasts a thriving entrepreneurial spirit and a growing economy, the pervasive influence...
Banshkhali in Chattogram is a unique township nestled amidst hills and seas. The canal flowing through the heart of this upazila is known as Jalkadar canal, encompassing a significant part of the heritage of this 150-square-mile area. Towards the northern...
Zahid Huq | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
It is not at all surprising that the stock market has been on a decline since the day the securities regulator announced the withdrawal of the floor price restriction mechanism in phases.The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) feared a...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
One of the most crucial yet neglected services in urban conundrum is that of helping hands in households. According to a report, the total number of such workers in the world is 70.60 million. In Bangladesh, the figure of such...
With the inclusion of LNG-fired electricity generating plants in the capacity payment scheme for unsold power, the strain on public funds is increasingly proving overwhelming. Over the years, the government has been disbursing capacity charges to independent power producers (IPPs),...
David Fielding, Selim Raihan, Katushi Imai, Upasak Das, and Mahtab Uddin | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh has witnessed remarkable economic growth and development in the last three decades. However, the Covid-19 pandemic, followed by the Russia-Ukraine war and the global energy crisis, has put Bangladesh to the test on several frontiers. There is a growing...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
Police arrested two persons on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in snatching money from people bound for foreign counties in the capital.sThe arrestees were identified as Md Razu (52) and Md Nazmul (50).They used to impersonate police personnel to take...
Dhaka traffic intensifies ahead of iftar rush, with elevated expressways and roads congested on Wednesday afternoon in front of the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation. People remain trapped in traffic for hours while returning from work and heading for evening meals...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
The country's mobile phone industry risks losing a large chunk of foreign investment thanks to the government's delay in fully implementing the National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR), according to handset-makers. The central identity register, launched in 2021 after consultations with...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
Patients at public hospitals countrywide continue to suffer as a strike called by interns and trainee doctors entered its fifth day on Wednesday.The Postgraduate Private Trainee Doctors Association and the Intern Doctors Council launched the strike last Saturday to press...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
The subway network planned to be developed in the city has so far made no physical progress as the authorities could not arrange funds in almost two years since the completion of its feasibility study that showed the project economically...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
The amount of money saved in school banking accounts has been dropping in recent months, according to the central bank, suggesting that the programme's growth may have stalled.However, the number of students participating in school banking has actually increased over...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday once again questioned Ziaur Rahman's loyalty during the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh."(Mirza) Aslam Beg (who was an army officer at that time in Bangladesh) wrote a letter to Ziaur Rahman during the Liberation...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
Foreign currencies worth about Tk 1.0 billion are exchanged in underhand dealings at Dhaka's airport daily and mostly laundered, says the ACC after suing 21 suspects. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) detected the forex flight from airport as a major factor...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
Dhaka and Beijing are expected to hand over draft joint feasibility-study reports today (Thursday) on each other on the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between them.Such FTA is aimed at enhancing bilateral trade and also offsetting the post-graduation shocks to...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
Amid the higher foreign debt burden, Bangladesh is set to embark on a large-scale $700 million World Bank-supported programme to improve the livelihoods of Rohingya refugees and their host communities, officials said on Wednesday. Although the government's many ongoing priority...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
Spending on corporate social responsibility (CSR) by scheduled banks and other financial institutions fell by 18 per cent in 2023 compared to the previous year due mainly to liquidity tightness within the industry, according to central bank data.The aggregated spending...
Disappointment etched on their gestures, investors on Wednesday react to the fall of the Dhaka Stock Exchange’s (DSE) prime index below 5,800 points after three years. The live transaction monitor displays the decline, with one investor rising from his seat...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
Tightfisted tax expenditure and domestic revenue boosting are two core dos suggested by a think-tank for the government in presenting fiscal measures for next budget, including key IMF recommendations. Finding ways to increase personal income tax by withdrawing tax waiver...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh sees some easing of budget stress with the fiscal deficit for the first half of 2023-24 narrowing nearly 60 per cent year on year to Tk 83.38 billion by official count. According to the latest update on fiscal operations...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday), accord to the Met Office. The highest temperature in the country on Wednesday was recorded at...
Admission test results of all units of Dhaka University's undergraduate progamme of the academic year 2023-2024 will be published at 3.30 pm today (Thursday), reports UNB.DU vice-chancellor Prof ASM Maksud Kamal will reveal the results from the Abdul Motin Chowdhury...
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