FE REPORT | 2024-03-14 00:00:00
The telecom regulator, BTRC, has drafted the 'National Broadband Policy 2024' with the aim of ensuring affordable universal access to high-speed broadband connectivity, fostering economic growth, social inclusion, and innovation to create a digitally empowered and prosperous nation.The policy sets...
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved in principle the draft of Road Transport (Amendment) Act, 2024, reducing penalty mostly pecuniary ones for a good number of offences as well as making offences under two more clauses as bailable one, reports UNB.The...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-14 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday wanted to know the details of the employees of different hotels and restaurants arrested in the drives conducted by government agencies following the Bailey Road building fire that left 46 people dead.In response to...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-14 00:00:00
At least 544 people, including 79 women and 82 children, were killed and 867 others injured in road accidents last month (February), according to a report of the Road Safety Foundation (RSF).The casualties occurred in some 583 road accidents across...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-14 00:00:00
Despite the government's efforts to regulate the prices of dates, one of the staple items for iftar, consumers are still facing inflated costs in the retail market.The commerce ministry on Tuesday set maximum retail prices for two common types of...
Bangladesh won the first of a three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka that got going Wednesday in the port city of Chattagram, as young skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto scored a spectacular ton with unbeaten 122 runs.The hosts beat Sri Lanka...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-14 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday approved a US$71 million worth of loan for improving flood control, irrigation, and water resources management in rural Bangladesh. With the financial support, the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) will implement a project...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2024-03-14 00:00:00
The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) -- a Washington-based trade association representing US textile manufacturers -- has accused five Asian apparel suppliers including Bangladesh of "unfair trade practices". These countries, particularly Bangladesh, benefit from ultra-low-cost pricing structures and ties...
Chattogram, Mar 13 (UNB): Eleven out of the 23 crew members of a Bangladeshi cargo vessel, MV Abdullah, that was hijacked by a group of Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, are residents of Chattogram.Earlier on Tuesday, the ship, carrying...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-03-14 00:00:00
Handover of the automated VAT system from Vietnamese company stalls as none of Bangladesh's software firms responded to revenue board's call for takeover, officials said.National Board of Revenue (NBR) sources say they have to drop their plan for makeover of...
GULAM RABBANI | 2024-03-14 00:00:00
A petition has been filed with the High Court for winding up non-bank financial institution Fareast Finance and Investment Limited (FFIL) after it repeatedly failed to repay depositors' money.Sterling Creations Limited, a garment-manufacturing company, filed the petition recently. They have...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-03-14 00:00:00
Usual festival-time liquidity stress on the money market isn't tangible now as the central bank’s various policy interventions keep call money cool even in this peak time of religious festivals, sources say.The call-money rate drops below the floor of corridor...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-14 00:00:00
People's cost of living rises further as the latest power-tariff hike increased monthly expenditure of a family by around 9.50 per cent as per finding by a leading think-tank.The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Wednesday revealed the findings backed up...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-14 00:00:00
The government has taken necessary measures to bring back Bangladeshi sailors of the MV Abdullah who have been abducted by pirates in the Indian Ocean."The government is working to get back the sailors in safe and sound condition," Foreign Minister...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office.The highest temperature in the country on Wednesday was recorded at 34.5 degrees...
Dhaka ranked seventh on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, with an AQI score of 160 at 9:06 am on Wednesday.Dhaka's air was classified as 'unhealthy', according to the air quality index, reports UNB.Pakistan's Lahore, India's...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Wednesday said the construction of Bangabazar Market, which was burnt a few months ago, will begin after the Eid-ul-Fitr, reports BSS.The mayor said this while distributing iftar items...
North South University (NSU) Architecture Department celebrated Dhrupod 6, a signature cultural programme, on the university campus in the city recently with a rich and vibrant array of lights, colours and captivating performances by the students and teachers. Architecture Department...
The 38th death anniversary of Mirza Ahmed Ispahani was observed at Mirza Ahmed Ispahani High School in Chattogram on Tuesday, says a statement. Late Mirza Ahmed Ispahani was the founding chairman of M M Ispahani Ltd. He was the grandfather...
As per the latest decision of the government, CNG stations will remain closed for 04:00 pm to 10:00 pm instead of 06:00 pm to 11:00 pm every day until April 6 this year in order to resolve the low pressure...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-03-14 00:00:00
The Kamalapur Railway Station in the capital is proposed to be massively restructured and converted into a Multimodal Transport Hub (MmTH), according to an initial plan shared with the authorities concerned recently. The construction work of the mega project is...
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden is set to visit Bangladesh for the first time in her role as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reports bdnews24.com.Johan Forssell, the Swedish minister...
Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has said that the inclusion of women in political parties leads the country towards a more effective democracy, reports.She made the remarks while participating in the discussion titled 'Leveraging Parliamentary Democracy...
BNP standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Wednesday alleged that the ruling Awami League (AL) has established the oligarchs in the country denying the mass people's demand, reports UNB.He said they have created conducive environment for 220 well-off...
The High Court has recommended that the government enact a law making it a non-bailable offense to insult or blaspheme the Quran, the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and all other religious scriptures and avatars, reports UNB.The bench of Justice Md. Rezaul...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh National Party (BNP) said on Wednesday that the government is trying to create religion-centric controversy, which is why it has kept schools, colleges and madrasas open during this holy month of Ramadan.Senior joint secretary general of the party Ruhul...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday reiterated that the incumbent government is committed to sustaining the country's advancement, reports BSS."Bangladesh Awami League never leaves the interest of the country in the face of any conspiracy and pressure…it...
RIYADH, Mar 13 (Arab News): Saudi banks extended loans totaling SR2.62 trillion ($700 billion) in January, marking an 11 percent rise from the same month in 2023, according to official data.Figures released by the Kingdom's central bank showed an increase...
NEW DELHI, Mar 13 (Reuters): Indian mining group Vedanta must pay 776 million Indian rupees ($9.4 million) to Cairn UK Holdings for a delay in paying dividends, India's markets watchdog said on Tuesday.The order on the website of the Securities...
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