Mohammad Adnan Rahman | 2024-02-19 00:00:00
Financial fraud is an issue that pervades almost every level of society in Bangladesh. From individuals to domestic banks, none has been spared from varieties of financial fraud, scams, and deceptive schemes masquerading as get-rich-quick schemes or multi-level marketing cabals.Regular...
Muhammad Zamir | 2024-02-19 00:00:00
A careful historical survey (carried out under the leadership of Bangla Academy, Dhaka around 2002) pertaining to the agriculture process in Bengal over nearly the last three thousand years revealed that initially, a larger number of people in Bengal, like...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2024-02-18 12:00:00
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) was established on December 8, 1949, by the UN General Assembly to provide basic support including food, health care and education for all refugees resulting...
FE REPORTThe government has given more than Tk 19 million in aid of physically-challenged children of migrant workers in the past three years. A total of 865 children have received the money since 2021 in various instalments, according to the...
SINGAPORE, Feb 17 (Reuters): Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices slipped to a near three-year low this week, as inventories in Europe remain at healthy levels and buying activity in northeast Asia was subdued due to the Lunar New...
MUNICH, Feb 17 (AP): Top diplomats from the U.S. and China on Friday held a "candid and constructive" discussion on issues vexing their strained relations over Taiwan, the situation in the South China Sea, Russia's war against Ukraine and synthetic...
UNITED NATIONS, United States, Feb 17 (AFP): UN chief Antonio Guterres on Friday called for a full investigation into the reported death in jail of Alexei Navalny, the prominent critic of the Kremlin."The Secretary-General is shocked by the reported death...
Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus does not have any share or ownership in the organisations created with the money of Grameen Bank (GB), says the bank's chairman, Professor Dr AKM Saiful Majid, on Saturday.In a press conference organised at Grameen Bank...
Nazimuddin Shyamol | 2024-02-18 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 17: The Chittagong Port, the prime seaport of the country, got two fixed container scanners on Saturday.State minister for shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury formally inaugurated the newly-imported container scanners at the gate number 4 of the port.Addressing the...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-18 00:00:00
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) Nasrul Hamid said that the government would introduce smart gas meter for gas distribution within the next four years to check gas wastage and save revenue.He said, "The government is working...
Rawalpindi Commi-ssioner Liaquat Ali Chattha, in a shocking revelation on Saturday, confessed to his "involvement in rigging election results in the city", and resigned from his post demanding to be "hanged for doing injustice" to the Rawalpindi Division, reports The...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-02-18 00:00:00
Energy transition leads Bangladesh to plan substantial cut in import of petroleum products in 2024 as gasoil demand falls amid increasing switch to power production from coal-fired plants, sources said.State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation's (BPC) has projected import of around 6.51...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh could add only a few new products to its export basket during one and a half decades, showing exceedingly high concentration on ready-made garment and poor diversification of products.The country's export basket is very different from its competitors as...
MUNICH, Feb 17 (Agencies): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon all concerned to find ways to stop Russia-Ukraine war while holding a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy here.She also held meetings with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Dutch Prime...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-02-18 00:00:00
Robust agriculture growth pivots Bangladesh's economic growth from falling further as two other key sectors remained subdued largely following crisis-management austerity policies, in economists' view.In the last fiscal year (2022-23), the GDP growth of Bangladesh contracted to 5.78 per cent,...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-18 00:00:00
Metro rail faced a technical glitch on the first day of operation under new timings, leaving the entire train movement suspended for over an hour on Saturday afternoon.According to passengers and officials, train number seven stopped at Pallabi station around...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office. The highest temperature in the country on Saturday was recorded at 32.5 degrees...
An unidentified woman was killed when hit by a train in city's Moghbazar area on Saturday, reports UNB.Quoting witnesses, Inspector Bachhu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police camp, said the train hit the woman, aged about 39,...
Our Correspondent CHATTOGRAM, Feb 17: The Custom Intelligence Department at Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport successfully intercepted 64 gold bars from an Oman Airways flight (WY-311) arriving from Dubai at 9:00 pm last Friday. The customs authority confiscated a total...
Dhaka ranked fourth on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, with an AQI score of 196 at 9:08 am on Saturday, reports UNB.Dhaka's air was classified as 'unhealthy', according to the air quality index.India's Delhi and...
Warning strict action against black marketing, Railways Minister Md Zillul Hakim said on Saturday the black marketing of train tickets will be eliminated, reports UNB.Moreover, irregularities in land management on the part of his ministry, will be scrutinised, he also...
Deputy Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Sniawbhalang Dhar, and Indian High Commissioner (HC) to Bangladesh Pranay Verma have jointly unveiled the statue of U Tirot Sing, the brave freedom fighter from Khasi Hills who fought against the British colonial rule some...
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 17 (UNB): A teacher of Chittagong University (CU), Prof Mahbubul Matin, was sacked from his post over attempt to rape a student of the university.The CU took the decision at the 548th special syndicate meeting on Friday night,...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-02-18 00:00:00
The government is all set to upgrade the effluent treatment plant (ETP) as well as the solid waste management (SWM) system at the Savar Tannery Estate involving the private sector.After a bitter experience of over a decade regarding poor management...
MUNICH, Germany, Feb 17 (UNB): Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud has said there is no alternative to strong global partnerships, collective action and inclusive funding for developing countries to deal with the climate change impacts.He said the flow of climate financing...
MUNICH, Feb 17 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday held a bilateral meeting with her Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.The meeting was held at Hotel Bayerischer Hof, conference venue, on Saturday morning.During...
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 17 (BSS): State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Communication Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak on Saturday said Chattogram will be transformed into a Silicon City."Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given three gifts including Sheikh Kamal IT Business Incubator...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Feb 17 (UNB): A Bangladeshi fisherman was injured in firing by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Polladanga border area of Chapainawabganj's Bholahat upazila.The injured is Jahangir Alam, 24, a resident of Kolonipara village of Gohalbari union.According to...
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 17 (BSS): State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury on Saturday said that the Awami League government did not sign any agreement to sell the country to anyone."The people have firm confidence on the digital system introduced by...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has accused the ruling Awami League (AL) of increasingly becoming more desperate and cruel after election on January 07."The AL is afraid of losing power after a dummy election on...
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