CHATTOGRAM, Mar 06 (BSS): State Minister for Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has asked the authorities of all three state-run oil companies to make automation work faster aimed at ensuring better services and reducing wastage."We hope automation activities...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin reached United Kingdom (UK) from United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday night (Bangladesh Time) for a health check up, reports BSS."The President reached London at 04:30 pm (London time) from Dubai by an aircraft of Emirates Airlines,"...
Mother of Motijheel Ideal School student Ahnaf Tahmid Arham at a human chain programme in front of the school on Wednesday burst into tears while seeking justice for the death of her son during a circumcision surgery at JS Diagnostic...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-07 00:00:00
If a plot listed in the record of rights consists of both vested property and privately owned land, the portion designated as privately owned would undergo mutation, said Land Minister Narayan Chandra Chanda. And, regular land development tax will be...
Democratic front, led by Abdus Salam Aref and Afsia Jannat Saleh has clinched full-panel victory in the biennial election of the Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh (ATAB), the apex body of travel agents of the country.The election was held...
A court in the city on Wednesday set April 24 for holding hearing in Gatco graft case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 14 others, reports BSS.Judge Ali Hossen of Dhaka Special Judge Court-3 re-fixed the date allowing a time...
Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim on Wednesday called for eliminating communal forces from society to build a developed and prosperous Bangladesh, reports BSS."We want a peaceful and prosperous Bangladesh. For this, we will have to be...
TUNGIPARA, March 06 (BSS): Five new state ministers, a whip of the parliament and 42 female members of parliament (MPs) from reserved seats paid their rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Tungipara on Wednesday.They...
Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed returned home on Wednesday after an official visit to Qatar, reports BSS.During his visit, he participated in the 'Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX 2024)' held from March 4 to...
Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury on Wednesday said development cannot be achieved leaving half of the people behind while women have been main driver of the development of the country and their involvement in the mainstream...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-07 00:00:00
Voting for the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election began on Wednesday to elect the new executive committee for the 2024-25 sessions.The two-day polls started at 10:00 am on Wednesday and will continue until 5:00 pm with a one-hour break.On...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced a mass contact programme for March 9 in protest against the soaring prices of essential commodities and increased power and gas tariffs.BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the announcement at a...
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has indicated that a significant adjustment will be made to fuel oil prices in Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com.Starting from Thursday, prices will be adjusted in the first week of each month...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-07 00:00:00
The drive against non-compliant restaurants in the capital continued for a third consecutive day on Wednesday, fining some eateries on charges of various irregularities.A mobile court of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) fined Kachchi Bhai Tk 0.1 million in Gulshan-2...
Foreign Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud urged Bangladeshi expatriates on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia to send remittances to the country through legal channels, reports UNB.Speaking at a reception in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday afternoon...
A high-level body instructed ministries to send project proposals to the Planning Commission after due verification in the light of Green and Climate Resilient Development (GCRD) policy for obtaining foreign financing.It was also instructed that before sending the proposal for...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-07 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has strongly refuted the findings of a Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) report, alleging that it is based on "imagination, false information and ill motive".BRTA Chairman Nur Muhammad Mazumder, speaking at a press conference on...
Najmul Hossain Shanto steered Bangladesh to a commanding 8-wicket win against Sri Lanka in the second T20 at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet on Wednesday.Towhid Hridoy also played a good innings, scored 32- run in just 25 balls....
FE REPORT | 2024-03-07 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 06: A fire that broke out at a large sugar refinery in Chattogram, owned by S Alam Group, on Monday afternoon was still not fully extinguished on Wednesday afternoon. The fire service said it could take two to...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-07 00:00:00
The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has increased the price of sugar by Tk 30 per kilogram under its sales initiative. The TCB will begin selling some essential items at subsidised rates to 10 million low-income beneficiaries starting today...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-03-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh moves fast preparing a deal document for procuring rice and farm products from the war-torn eastern neighbour Myanmar to replenish stock, officials said, as market keeps gaining heat.The Ministry of Commerce, after a recent meeting, shared a draft memorandum...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the RAB on Wednesday to further strengthen their efforts against food hoarding and the circulation of counterfeit currencies ahead of Ramadan and Eid, report agenciesShe also urged them to take tougher legal action against militancy,...
Following restaurant fire safety sweeps in Dhaka after the Bailey Road blaze, fire extinguishers from a residential hotel in Kakrail on Wednesday are being loaded onto a rickshaw to be refilled. — FE photo by Asad-Uz-Zaman
FE REPORT | 2024-03-07 00:00:00
Half of the respondent garment workers bear woes for climate-change implications while 36 per cent migrated from backwaters being tossed off by climatic calamities, according to a study."An aggregate 50 per cent of the surveyed readymade garment (RMG) workers suffer...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-07 00:00:00
The point-to-point inflation declined slightly to 9.67 per cent in February in Bangladesh over that of 9.86 per cent in January, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) provisional data. The rate of food inflation reached 9.44 per cent...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-03-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh's foreign-currency reserves show a robust rebound with the central bank having booked around US$1.0 billion from commercial banks in just seven days of deals under the currency-swap window, officials said.With the rising sales of the American greenback by the...
The nation observes the historic March 7 today in a fitting manner to commemorate the landmark speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.The ruling Awami League (AL) has planned an elaborate programme to mark the historic occasion.The...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-03-07 00:00:00
Having settled 16 cases of unpaid taxes through alternative dispute resolution in 2019, the revenue board is now seeking to claim Tk 1.45 billion in interest on VAT paid earlier from the country's leading telecom operators, according to officials.The officials...
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