Mohammad Mufazzal | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
At first sight one will be impressed to find that out of the total number of BO (beneficiary owner) accounts for stocks trade in Bangladesh bourses, quite over 24 per cent of the account-holders are women. Apparently, this percentage is...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
The number of female garment workers in the country's readymade garment industry has been declining over the years and a number of factors are responsible for this significant downward trend. According to sector insiders and different studies, the factors include...
Each year, on March 08, the world marks International Women's Day (IWD) to renew our collective commitment to achieving gender equality. This year, we are enjoined to "invest in women," to accelerate progress." I am very pleased to support this...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
It was 1993. Economic reporters in Bangladesh decided to form a forum to strengthen collaboration and hone their financial reporting skills. They encountered a peculiar but significant hurdle: not a single female reporter covering the economic affairs was then available...
Four days have passed since a fire engulfed the raw sugar warehouse of the S Alam Refined Sugar Industries Ltd in Chattogram, and the flames are still flickering, reports bdnews24.com.Fifteen firefighting units were working to douse the flames at the...
JU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
Jahangirnagar University's (JU) Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department is hosting the National Collegiate Programming Contest (NCPC)-2023 today.A total of 600 students from both public and private universities in Bangladesh will participate in the contest.The event aims to enhance programming...
The government has decided to keep the regular activities and classes of government primary schools open for the first 10 days of Ramadan. A notice from the Directorate of Primary Education stated, "During the holy month of Ramadan, classes in...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
Labaid Hospital was fined Tk 0.2 million for non-compliance with building-design regulations in a mobile-court drive in Dhanmondi area of the capital on Thursday.Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Executive Magistrate Jahangir Alam led the mobile court in Green Road and...
The historic March 7, a memorable day in the history of Bangalee's long and arduous freedom struggle, was observed across the country on Thursday in a befitting manner.In 2017, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) recognised the...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 07: One person was killed and at least 15 others sustained injuries in a gas-cylinder blast following a fire in Mosharraf Miar Bazar area under Baharchhara union of Banshkhali Upazila in Chattogram. The identity of the ill-fated victim...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) began selling essential products at subsidised rates on Thursday.This month, TCB has added dates to its subsidised sales including soybean oil, sugar, pulses, and rice -- which covers 10 million low-income families across the...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has issued a new policy brief to coincide with the International Women's Day, urging governments, workers' and employers' organisations to ensure domestic workers have access to labour rights and social protection.The ILO estimates that by...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
The High Court on Thursday cleared the way for the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to realise Tk 1.19 billion in income tax from Grameen Kalyan, an organisation owned by Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus. The High Court (HC)...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
A high rate of effective tax is driving away potential investors from the country and discouraging existing investors from going for expansion, speakers said at a dialogue on Thursday.Despite the cuts in corporate tax rates, they said, the imposition of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stated on Thursday that the international recognition of Bangabandhu's historic March-7th speech proves that history cannot be obliterated, despite the efforts of anti-liberation forces, reports UNB. "History cannot be erased, truth cannot be covered by false...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
A huge gap persists between apparel industry's best practices and industry norms, according to the Sustainable Terms of Trade Initiative (STTI).In a statement issued on March 04, the STTI that consists of 13 industry associations from 10 countries, including Bangladesh's...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
Private-sector credits remain on a slide -- official calculations showing a growth contraction to 9.95 per cent year on year in January -- which economists say could indicate slowdown in corporate activity. Apart from central bank's tightening in monetary policy...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
Negotiations for procuring four oceangoing ships from China are ripe for sealing the deal as issues related to equipment and pricing are all clarified from Bangladesh side, sources say.After getting proposals from Bangladesh for the procurement with Chinese loan, China...
The International Women's Day will be celebrated in the country and elsewhere across the world today (Friday) with due fervor, reports UNB.The theme for this year's International Women's Day is 'Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress', targeting economic disempowerment. However, the...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
Prices of fuel oils fall somewhat, for cuts by Tk 0.75-Tk 4.0 per litre, as Bangladesh goes for automated petroleum pricing under a reform programme. The government lowered oil prices under the newly introduced Automatic Fuel Oil Pricing Guidelines, apparently...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Met Office. Day temperature may remain nearly unchanged and night temperature may rise slightly over...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
A fire broke out in a building under construction in Banani Chairmanbari area of the capital on Thursday.However, there was no report of casualties. An officer at the Fire Service and Civil Defense (FSCD) told the FE that they received...
Prof Dr Satya Prasad Majumder, vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), and Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Abdul Jabbar Khan along with others attend a reception accorded to 81 students of the university for their outstanding achievement in the...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered the authorities concerned to confiscate the properties of Evaly Managing Director Mohammad Russel and his wife, Evaly Chairman Shamima Nasrin, in connection with a fraudulent case.Judge of the Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Dhaka Farah...
Prime Minister's Energy Adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury has urged young scientists to intensify their efforts to scale up renewable energy technology to cope with the local demands, reports UNB."You have to lay more emphasis on development of technology to serve...
Five women will be awarded for their contributions in different fields on the occasion of International Women's Day, said State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Simin Hossain Rimi, reports UNB.She said each of the five winners will be given...
The ride-hailing services are playing a significant role for women to access the workforce as nearly 0.3 million (3.0 lakh) women are expected to join Dhaka workforce by 2028 as per a study report released on Thursday.Uber, Bangladesh's most preferred...
KURIGRAM, Mar 07 (UNB): Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said BNP has become isolated from people.The minister said this while talking to journalists before attending a community policing and anti-drug rally at Kurigram Government College ground on Thursday."On August...
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