Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2024-09-12 00:00:00
There was regime change in Indonesia in the mid-1960s. And there was regime change in Chile in the early 1970s. Those were times before the term ‘regime change’ became fashionable. But the consequences of what transpired in Jakarta and Santiago...
GREATER NOIDA, India, Sept 11 (AFP): The third day of the only Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand was called off because of rain on Wednesday, with the match in danger of being washed out without a ball being bowled.Afghanistan's...
DUBAI, Sept 11 (PTI): The 2023 ODI World Cup in India created an "economic impact" of USD 1.39 billion with tourism among the biggest beneficiaries, according to a report released by the International Cricket Council on Wednesday.The Economic Impact Assessment...
Former Bangladesh captain and director of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), Khaled Mahmud, has resigned, reports UNB.Mahmud, who had been with the board for years, played a crucial role in developing the U-19 squad that famously won the ICC U-19...
GENEVA, Sept 11 (AFP): The United Nations on Wednesday said the probability of the cooling La Nina weather phenomenon appearing this year had decreased slightly since June.There is now a 55-percent chance of La Nina conditions emerging between September and...
TEHRAN, Sept 11 (AFP): Iran's new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, was due in neighbouring Iraq on Wednesday as he moves to deepen already close ties on his first foreign visit since taking office.Pezeshkian has vowed to make relations with neighbouring countries...
PESHAWAR, Sept 11 (AFP): Gunmen in northwestern Pakistan killed a polio worker and a policeman on Wednesday during the latest campaign to vaccinate millions of children in the country, police said.Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries in the world...
WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (AFP): Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed-without providing evidence-that the debate between him and rival Kamala Harris was "rigged.""It was a rigged deal, as I assumed it would be, because when you looked at...
CAIRO, Sept 11 (Xinhua/BBC): Foreign ministers (FMs) of Arab countries on Tuesday urged Israel's complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, including from the Philadelphi Corridor and the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing.The ministers categorically rejected Israel's plans for "the...
OUR CORRESPONDENTRANGPUR, Sept 11: Local jute farmers have become happy as they have got a satisfactory profit by selling the cash crop during this season.Presently, growers earn a good price from both jute and jute sticks which is encouraging them...
NARAIL, Sept 11 (BSS): Two brothers were killed allegedly over a land dispute at Mollikpur village under Lohagara upazila in Narail district on Wednesday morning.The victims are Miran Sheikh, 45, and Ziaur Sheikh, 40, sons of Samad Sheikh of Charmollikpur...
Jahangir Alam Bhuiyan's 'Mariam Dairy' in Feni Sadar Upazila was doing quite well with 40 cows and 22 goats before the August floods ruined everything, reports bdnews24.com.When the floodwaters first entered his farm, Jahangir was able to relocate some of...
FRANKFURT, Sept 11 (Reuters): Prices of emissions-free trucks need to fall by as much as half to make them an affordable alternative to diesel models, a study by consultancy firm McKinsey published on Wednesday said, a necessary step to help...
NEW DELHI, Sept 11 (Reuters): India will impose tariffs of between 12 per cent and 30 per cent on some steel products imported from China and Vietnam in a bid to safeguard and boost local industry, an Indian finance ministry...
Gold prices fell on Wednesday as the dollar and Treasury yields firmed after US inflation data prompted investors to scale back expectations of an over-sized rate cut from the Federal Reserve next week, reports Reuters.Spot gold was down 0.4 per...
LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters): Oil climbed more than $1 on Wednesday, reversing some of the previous day's losses, as a drop in U.S. crude inventories and concern about disruptions to US output from Hurricane Francine countered concerns about weak global...
FENI, Sep 10 (UNB): Dialysis services at Feni General Hospital, a 250-bed facility, have been suspended for 21 days since the ground floor of the hospital was submerged due to recent flooding, causing woes to patients suffering from kidney problems.While...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-11 00:00:00
The airport areas in Dhaka will turn into a silent zone from October 1 when a ban on honking horns will be effective. The silent zone stretches 1.0 km north and south from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the...
The interim government has decided to keep the Universal Pension Scheme (UPS) in place until a new system is introduced, according to the Ministry of Finance. The decision follows a meeting chaired by Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday, where...
FE Report | 2024-09-11 00:00:00
Major General (Retd) Md Emdad-Ul-Bari has been appointed as the chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC).The public administration ministry on Tuesday issued a notification in this regard. The notice said: "Under Sections 7(1) and 9(2) of the Bangladesh...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-11 00:00:00
Unruly employees of the state-run Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd (TGTDCL) vandalised the Petrobangla office in the capital on Tuesday following the cancellation of the contractual appointment of its former managing director engineer Harun-or-Rashid Mollah.They also staged a...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-11 00:00:00
Students of Dhaka College and Ideal College locked in a clash in Science Laboratory area of the city on Tuesday over a trifling matter creating a massive traffic disorder across the neighbourhood.During the mayhem, vehicular movement came to a standstill...
Munima Sultana | 2024-09-11 00:00:00
The Dhaka metro rail company plans to reopen Kazipara station of MRT line 6 this month, much earlier than it earlier announced which officials said due to less damage to its machinery than that of Mirpur 10 station.Mirpur-10 and Kazipara...
Hawkers set up illegal shops on the new lines of trains running to and from southwestern districts of the country via Padma Bridge. The photo was taken from Jurain area of the capital on Tuesday. — FE Photo by Shafiqul...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-11 00:00:00
Agent banking has emerged as a crucial formal channel of financial transactions in rural areas, reaching a large unbanked population and contributing significantly to both deposits and lending, according to a latest Bangladesh Bank report.Deposits with the rural agent banking...
Diagnosis of Global Islami Bank: Signs condoned as it raises public moneyGlobal Islami Bank (GIB) showed a remarkable 28 per cent year-on-year surge in profit in 2021, the year before its listing, while its cash flow was negative. Negative cash...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-11 00:00:00
Bangladesh wants trial of the perpetrators of border killings by the Indian frontier guards, said foreign adviser Touhid Hossain Tuesday, as another fatal shooting occurred.Later in the day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of registered protest with the Government of...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-11 00:00:00
Five more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in the country to 102 this year.A total of 534 were hospitalised on the day. The total cases...
Boats with their sails set, wait for passengers to ferry in the Buriganga River beside the capital city on Tuesday. Boats with sails are now a rare sight in the country. — FE Photo
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-09-11 00:00:00
Indian line of credit (LoC) funding for Bangladesh's development projects will continue while Pakistan is also interested in doing business here, envoys of the two rival neighbours said during discussions with interim government's finance adviser. After the separate meetings in...
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