OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
BENAPOLE, Feb 11: Recent widespread attack of a fungal disease on rose plants in Godkhali of Jashore district, the country's flower producing belt, has put a big damper on the growers' expectation for windfall profit this season. The traders in...
MBBS entry test results out, 47.83pc passThe results of the admission test for MBBS course at the country's public and private medical colleges for academic session 2023-24 were published on Sunday. The pass rate stands at 47.83 per cent, up...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 06:00 pm today (Saturday), according to the Met Office.The highest temperature in the country on Sunday was recorded at 30 degrees Celsius in Sitakunda of Chattogram while...
The Bangladesh Consulate in Sittwe, Myanmar will soon be shifted to Yangon on a temporary basis due to the current security situation there, reports UNB."A verbal instruction has already been given. Process is underway," a senior official at the Ministry...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
DU students of the Mass Communication and Journalism Department staged a protest on the campus on Sunday against a 'sexual harassment' incident.The protesters went on a march on the department premises and Aparajeya Bangla premises. They also staged a sit-in...
Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed returned home on Sunday after a 3-day official visit to Qatar, reports UNB.During the official visit, the Army Chief enjoyed the semi-final and final games of the '18th AFC Asian Cup Qatar...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
The Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Forum embarked on its journey with a diverse assembly of health-focused professionals and activists united in the advocacy for comprehensive healthcare accessible to all.The platform, guided by the motto "Empowering Progress, Engaging Communities, Transforming Health,"...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
There are a total of 1,027 privately-owned unlicensed health care facilities, including hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centers and blood banks, across the country, according to a report of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The report also says there are...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
Researchers have found toxic microplastics in the flesh of edible fishes in Dhaka's lakes, which is posing a risk to human health.The information was revealed by a study which was conducted on the flesh of edible fishes in three lakes...
Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, MP, on Sunday said the youths and students must have to play a vital role in establishing "Smart Bangladesh", reports BSS.He was addressing the annual sports competition and prize giving ceremony...
A Dhaka court on Sunday set April 24 for submitting probe report in a graft case filed against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), reports BSS.Judge (in-charge) Faisal Atiq Bin Kader of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions...
A court in the city on Sunday granted bail to BNP vice-chairman Air Vice Marshal (retd) Altaf Hossain Choudhury in two separate cases filed with Ramna Model Police Station.The court of Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sultan Uddin Sohagh passed...
A Kushtia court has sentenced an assistant sub-inspector of police to death, who has been absconding since jumping bail in 2022, for murdering a woman, her son and another person in broad daylight around three years ago, reports bdnews24.com.District and...
Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has said a "Smart parliament" will be established soon, reports BSS."The officers and employees of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) are carrying out their duties and responsibilities faithfully . . . A 'Smart parliament'...
BNP on Sunday announced a six-day fresh programme, including mass contact and leaflet distribution, across the country beginning from tomorrow (Tuesday) as part of its ongoing movement demanding cancellation of the 12th parliament and a fresh election under a non-partisan...
BRASILIA, Feb 11 (XINHUA): Brazil has launched its vaccination campaign against dengue fever in the Federal District, targeting 521 municipalities nationwide identified as priorities, said the country's health ministry.Brazil becomes the first country in the world to incorporate dengue immunization...
The TESOL Society of Bangladesh organised its 2nd International Conference titled 'TESOL in Transition: 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) and Beyond' at the International Mother Language Institute at Segun Bagicha in the city on Sunday.Among the distinguished guests attending the programme...
In January, surgeons performed the cadaveric kidney transplantation procedure for the second time in Bangladesh, transferring the organs from a clinically dead person to two patients, reports bdnews24.com.The results have been mixed.One of the kidney recipients is on the path...
SYLHET, Feb 11 (UNB) -The owners and workers of 25 tea gardens in Sylhet have demanded the government to raising the auction price of tea to Tk 400 from the existing Tk 350 per kg.'Tea Planter' an organisation of tea...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
When major carbon emission reduction projects in Bangladesh struggled to trade greenhouse gas (GHG) credits, the state-owned natural gas distributor Titas Gas earned over $3 million in four years till 2023 for saving gas from leaky residential and commercial risers.Officials...
RAJSHAHI, Feb 11 (BSS): The highly anticipated river trade route connecting Rajshahi and Murshidabad in India is set to open tomorrow (Monday), aiming to bolster trade and economic ties between the two countries. The inauguration will take place at Sultanganj...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
Real estate businessmen have urged the government to include a black money whitening scheme in the upcoming national budget to encourage investment in the local housing sector and stem the outflow of funds abroad.Jannatul Ferdous, administrator of the Real Estate...
The curtain has fallen on the second and final phase of the Bishwa Ijtema in Gazipur's Tongi with prayers for peace, unity and welfare of Muslims across the globe, reports bdnews24.com.Tens of thousands of devotees from Bangladesh and abroad packed...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
Local industrialists are worried about the factors like growing lending rate, persisting forex dearth and banks' intensified attention to government securities instead of normal lending.Expressing such concern at a meeting with Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder on Sunday, a...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
Tax cuts are yet leave any impact on the market, as prices of some necessaries recorded fresh spikes despite the government having reduced import duties on such essential products.Sugar, coarse and medium rice, loose soybean and palm oils, onions, eggs,...
Two construction workers painting a high-rise building in Dhaka's Manikdi on Sunday, while dangling precariously from a rope ladder without any visible safety equipment. — FE Photo by KAZ Sumon
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
Airfreight costs for sending exports from Bangladesh to its main export destinations have nearly doubled in a month amid mounting pressure for having to bypass conflicts-ridden Red Sea area. The proxy wars in the main global shipping route force container...
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 11 (Xinhua/UNB) -- The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday announced the complete results of the country's General Election 2024 held on Feb. 8.According to the election results announced for the National Assembly (NA), or the lower...
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