Visitors flipping through books at the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2024. The picture was taken from the Suhrawardy Udyan part of the fair on Thursday — FE photo
FE REPORT | 2024-02-16 00:00:00
Biman Bangladesh Airlines commenced ticket sales on Thursday for its flights on the Dhaka-Rome-Dhaka route, marking the national flag carrier's initiative to resume operations on this route after a nine-year hiatus.The inaugural flight to Rome is scheduled to take off...
At least 50 shanties were gutted as a fire raged through Baganbari slum in Mirpur-14 of the capital in the early hours Thursday, reports UNB.Lima Khanom, duty officer, said the fire broke out in the slum around 12:30 am and...
The High Court (HC) has ordered probe into alleged imprisonment of one Mirazul Islam instead of narcotics case convict Nazmul Hasan, reports BSS.A High Court division bench of Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan passed the order on Thursday as senior...
Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury has revealed that numerous parents sent him text messages seeking 'unscrupulous benefits' for their children in the medical college admission test, reports bdnews24.com.The revelation came as over 2.0 million students nationwide began taking their SSC...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-16 00:00:00
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Thursday came down heavily on officials of state-owned Petrobangla and its subsidiaries for inefficiencies, warning of punitive action.Petrobangla and its subsidiary companies have a target of drilling 100 gas...
Ahead of the national council of Jatiya Party (JaPa) scheduled to be held on March 9, party's chairperson Raushan Ershad will hold an extended meeting at the auditorium of the Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh (IDEB) in the city at...
BAGERHAT, Feb 15 (BSS): A court here on Thursday sentenced eight operatives of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JBM) to different terms of jail in a case filed 2016.Additional Judicial Magistrate Dr Md Atikus Samad handed down the verdict to...
Ambassadors, High Commissioners, and Permanent Representatives of more than 40 African countries, members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for offering 10 marine cadetship scholarships from Bangladesh for African LDCs and SIDS at the IMO,...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary (AL) and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said many have identified BNP as a terrorist party but the ruling AL never thinks of banning BNP, reports BSS.He made the remark at...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-16 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) alleged on Thursday that the government is trying to increase water tariff that will put a negative impact on the city dwellers' life.Senior Joint Secretary General of the party Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the remark...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina departing from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital for Germany on Thursday morning on a three-day official visit to attend the Munich Security Conference. Members of the Cabinet, members of parliament and the chiefs of...
ISLAMABAD, Feb 15 (Reuters): A key aide of former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan said on Thursday that the jailed leader had nominated Omar Ayub Khan as a candidate in a parliamentary vote to elect a new premier following last...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-02-16 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 15: The 31st Chattogram International Trade Fair (CITF) 2024 commenced on Thursday at the Railway Polo ground, following the annual tradition. State Minister for Commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu MP served as the inaugurator for the event, while Education...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-16 00:00:00
Passenger woes in riding metro rails are likely to reduce to some extent as the metro rail company is set to increase the number of trips between Uttara and Motijheel to 178 from 152, lessening time gaps of eight minutes...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-16 00:00:00
Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa's largest low-cost carrier operator, has grown its Bangladeshi market over 17 years through a successful business model. This model largely enabled Bangladeshi migrant workers to travel between home and workplace at affordable...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-16 00:00:00
Certain pro-western quarters are hatching plots to smear the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project, says the Russian envoy in an indication of some developments on the diplomatic front. Ambassador Alexander Vikentyevich Mantetskiy, while rolling out fresh plans of extensive cooperation...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-16 00:00:00
Trust deficit is the most significant flaw that leaves the insurance penetration in Bangladesh stymied at a peanut 0.5 per cent, belying the sectors economic potential, experts say.Insurance penetration is one of the parameters used to assess the level of...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-16 00:00:00
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir asserted on Thursday that the people of the country will persist in their peaceful movement for the restoration of democracy and the right to vote until they achieve victory.Speaking to reporters shortly after...
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations for 2024 started Thursday, with over 2 million students from 29,735 educational institutions expected to participate, reports UNB. The exams started at 10 am across 3,700 centers nationwide.To ensure the integrity of...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-02-16 00:00:00
Salesperson Azhar Ali was pouring edible oil in a bottle from a blue large drum on the second floor of the Karwanbazar kitchen market following a consumer's demand.Consumers in need of oil in bulk, especially for hotels and restaurants, prefer...
Bangladesh has completed the repatriation of 330 Myanmar nationals, many of whom were members of their armed forces and border security, after they fled the war in Rakhine state, reports bdnews24.com.Among the returnees were 302 members of the Border Guard...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2024-02-16 00:00:00
Diversify or die: it's an adage that sounds like an alarm bell ringing loudly and for a long duration, but it still fails to awaken the local apparel industry in the face of the rapidly changing global market.The fact is...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-16 00:00:00
A new study on Thursday revealed an alarming level of paraben, a chemical additive, in toothpaste, handwash and skin care products in Bangladesh.The higher level of paraben disrupts the body's endocrine system, which is vital for hormone regulation.Paraben is any...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-16 00:00:00
Bangladesh espouses maiden currency-swap mechanism as a cure for forex crunch under which commercial banks and central bank will transact the US dollars as per guidelines unveiled Thursday.The Foreign Exchange Policy Department (FEPD) of Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued Thursday a...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-02-16 00:00:00
Inflation in Bangladesh defies global downturn and local monetary tightening as the January rate peaked at 9.86 per cent by official count. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) shows the latest situation with the consumer price index having turned up-as prices...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-16 00:00:00
Bangladesh's first-quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) for the fiscal year 2023-24 fellby 2.69 percentage points to 6.07 per cent, according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) data released on Thursday. This represents a significant drop from the 8.76 per cent...
CANBERRA, Feb 15 (Reuters): Chicago soybean futures fell on Thursday to their lowest level since December 2020 as speculators responded to plentiful supply and a strong US dollar by betting on further price drop.Ample supply also pushed wheat futures lower,...
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