Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-03-05 00:00:00
The Ekushey BooK Fair, which had a modest beginning under private initiative immediately after Bangladesh's independence, has meanwhile turned into a big national event organised every year in February. Why the month is important even a child of this country...
Afsan Chowdhury | 2024-03-05 00:00:00
That there are so many definitions and ideas about what constitutes a civil society organization (CSO) is a good pointer that people think it exists robustly but most are not sure what it means. Amongst development workers and academics, there...
The correlation between poverty and tax does not usually figure prominently because the poor are nontaxable. They are dismissed as a social segment which does not generate revenue for the state. But this is a wrong conception. As consumers –...
K M Hasan | 2024-03-05 00:00:00
New Income Tax Act 2023 has been passed repealing the old Income Tax Ordinance, 1984. One of the objectives was to make the new Act updated and appropriate considering the current economic condition of the country. As a concerned citizen...
Polythene and plastic goods have become a daily necessity, and are widely used due to their affordability. However, its extensive use poses significant environmental and health risks. Polythene contributes to environmental degradation through river pollution, water logging, air pollution, and...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-03-04 12:00:00
The springtime in Bangladesh is not all fun and merriment. Because in this pre-monsoon months, dry air and rising temperature turn the environment into a tinderbox. So, it is also the time when deadly fires break out. But though the...
BEIJING, Mar 03 (AP): The former chairman of the state-owned Bank of Beijing is under investigation for corruption, the latest in a series of graft investigations focused on the country's financial sector.Yan Bingzhu, who led the bank since its establishment...
LA NEGRA, Mar 03 (Reuters): US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday predicted expanding demand for lithium - a core component needed in batteries for electric vehicles - would boost US imports from Chile substantially in coming years.Yellen toured US...
Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) was flat last week to trend at a near three-year low as high inventories kept prices capped, though the slump in prices has attracted some spot demand, reports Reuters.The average LNG price for April...
Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC organised a School Banking Conference-2024 at the International Convention Centre in Chattogram on Saturday. Director of Financial Inclusion Department of Bangladesh Bank (BB) Md Amir Uddin was present as the chief guest and Managing Director of...
IFIC Bank PLC welcomed the arrival of newborns of its employees by presenting commemorative gold coins. The special event was organised at IFIC Tower's Multipurpose Hall in the capital on Saturday. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the bank...
BRAC Bank PLC and J.P. Morgan Payments have launched 'Xpedite Select Receipt' facility to facilitate inward remittance. The 'Xpedite Select Receipt' facility by J.P. Morgan enables customers to conveniently receive remittances in 40 different currencies. This is a secured and...
In a significant move to empower the women across different social strata, Prime Bank announced the launch of a new campaign within its woman banking segment, Neera, aptly named 'Narir Joye Neera'. The initiative was unveiled by Munia Khan, consultant...
Standard Chartered Bangladesh has announced the launch of its Bancassurance services, a strategic initiative aimed at providing comprehensive financial solutions to customers, in partnership with MetLife Bangladesh. This partnership will enable Standard Chartered's clients to access a wide range of...
A delegation led by the United Nations Development Program's (UNDP's) resident representative Stefan Liller made a courtesy call on State Minister for Commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu at his secretariat office on Sunday, reports UNB. UNDP Representative Stefan congratulated Titu on...
RFL, a leading business conglomerate, has started exporting electronic bicycle (e-bike), says a statement. A consignment of e-bike has recently been sent to Germany from its factory of Rangpur Metal Industries Limited, a concern of RFL Group, in Habiganj Industrial...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh will continue to push for its proposal to relax the local value addition criteria of the D-8 Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) as the trade officials of developing eight (D-8) nations are sitting in Dhaka today (Monday), officials said.They said...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office.Rain/thunder showers may occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi and Khulna...
Workers busy piling up books on Sunday as the curtain fell on the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair on the premises of Bangla Academy and at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on Saturday
Dhaka has again topped the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 205 at 09:01 am on Sunday, reports UNB.Dhaka's air was classified as 'very unhealthy', according to the air quality and pollution...
Bangladesh reported 37 more Covid-19 cases in 24 hours until Sunday morning, reports UNB.With the new numbers, the country's total Covid-19 caseload rose to 2,048,588, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.The official death toll from the disease remained...
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest of Ruhel Choudhury, a 34-year-old US citizen of Bangladeshi descent, for his alleged role in the kidnappings, torture, and sexual assault of two Bangladeshi...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
A day-long national symposium on 'Research and Innovation for Social Impact: IER's Recent Contributions to Education' was held on the premises of the Institute of Education and Research (IER) of Dhaka University (DU) on Sunday.DU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr A S...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
Workers of river vessels under the banner of Bangladesh River Vessels Workers Federation (BRVWF) will go for work abstention tomorrow (Tuesday) for an indefinite period to meet their 11-point demands. BRVWF general secretary Chowdhury Ashiqul Alam announced the programme at...
BRAC University unveiled its new campus through a "Meet and Greet with Media" event on its new green campus in the city's Merul Badda on Thursday. Tamara Hasan Abed, chairperson, Board of Trustees of the university, along with other members...
Annual Winter Exercise of Bangladesh Air Force 'WINTEX-2024' commences at all BAF bases and units on Sunday. Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, BGB, Bangladesh Police, Civil Defence and BNCC (Air Wing) are also participating in the exercise
FE REPORT | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
To strengthen social Islamic financing and support impoverished and needy individuals, discussants highlighted the importance of formalising the zakat system.The observation came from a roundtable discussion held on Sunday -- the final day of the 'Twelfth Zakat Fair 2024' --...
Building on the existing excellent relations, Bangladesh and Ireland have scope to work together to strengthen the bilateral ties tapping the potential of cooperation and collaboration in broad areas, said newly-appointed Honorary Consul of Ireland in Dhaka Masud Jamil Khan,...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader left for Singapore for regular health checkup on Sunday, reports BSS.Obaidul, general secretary of Awami League, left Dhaka around 8:30 am by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.He will return to the country...
Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministry on Sunday placed a holistic plan on 'Smart Bangladesh' to the parliamentary standing committee of the ministry in its first meeting held at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, reports BSS.Committee members State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications...
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