FE Report | 2023-09-10 12:00:00
The South Asian countries have been urged to establish collective bargaining mechanisms for ensuring the rights of their migrant workers in the key job destination countries, especially in the Gulf.The migrant workers are vulnerable in the workplaces, as many times...
Shihab Sarkar | 2023-09-10 12:00:00
The view of a teenage boy helping his middle-aged father in a physically hard work stands in stark contrast with another showing a group of them sitting in a circle at a deserted place in Dhaka. The boys assembled in...
COLOMBO, Sept 10 (AFP): Sri Lanka Cricket slashed ticket prices for the Asia Cup by up to 95 per cent on Sunday after costs were hiked 40-fold and matches were played in near-empty stadiums.Tickets for one-day internationals in crisis-hit Sri...
COLOMBO, Sept 09 (Agencies): Bangladesh have lost the early momentum as they find themselves on the backfoot in the 258-run chase against Sri Lanka in an Asia Cup Super Four clash in Colombo on Saturday.Bangladesh were on 122-4 in 30...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-10 00:00:00
Obtaining any visa and work permit in Bangladesh is complicated and time-consuming, Chinese investors said at a seminar on Saturday.Besides, there are different other issues with Bangladesh's tax regime as well as ownership of land for establishing industrial units, they...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-10 00:00:00
The death toll from the mosquito-borne disease dengue rose by ten, including from Dhaka, in 24 hours till Saturday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).With the new deaths, the total figure increased to 716, including 513...
Residents stay out at a square following an earthquake in Marrakesh, Morocco, on Saturday. More than 1,000 people were killed after a powerful earthquake rattled Morocco on Friday night. Story on page 1 — AFP
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-09-10 00:00:00
A government value-chain development initiative has generated more than 18,000 agro entrepreneurs in the past five years, boosting farm trade in 30 districts.Hortex Foundation jointly with the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) conducted the five-year project on 'value-chain development (VCD)...
US President Joe Biden has taken a selfie with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the G20 summit being held at Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, India, reports UNB.Sheikh Hasina's daughter Saima Wazed, Chairperson of...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2023-09-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh sees its services export drop, despite the forex-earning sector holding high potential, for shortage of quality manpower and lack of supportive government policies, analysts said.The country exported US$7.49 billion worth of services in the last fiscal year (FY 2022-23)...
What clueless female investors reveal in regulatory queries that numbers don't tell Ismat Aara (not the real name) appeared clueless sitting in front of a panel of the securities regulator for a hearing on stock price manipulation. Her BO (beneficiary...
Bangladesh is set to roll out the red carpet for President of France Emmanuel Macron when he arrives in Dhaka today (Sunday) evening on a bilateral visit, reports UNB. He is coming here after attending the G20 summit in New...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the world leaders to come up with utmost sincerity to ensure dignified life and prosperous future for all, reports UNB."As equal members of the global family, we must, therefore, resolve to do our...
NEW DELHI, Sept 9 (Reuters): India announced on Saturday the launch of a global biofuel alliance at a G20 summit in New Delhi to boost the use of cleaner fuels.The alliance, with the United States and Brazil as its founding...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-09-10 00:00:00
Government high-ups have requested American energy giant Chevron to continue gas production from its three onshore fields uninterruptedly amid overdue payments piling up for fund constraints, sources say.Chevron Bangladesh company has backtracked on its hard line for now and continues...
MOROCCO, Sept 9 (AFP): Morocco's deadliest earthquake in decades has killed more than 1,000 people, authorities said Saturday, as troops and emergency services scrambled to reach remote mountain villages where casualties are still feared trapped.The 6.8-magnitude quake struck late Friday...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-09-10 00:00:00
Fabulously growing e-commerce business in Bangladesh, which boasted a record growth of 300 per cent during the Covid-19 pandemic, now loses its shine for multiple factors that conspicuously include confidence trick on consumers.Many people, especially new buyers, are getting hesitant...
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Saturday said section 42 of the proposed Cyber Security Act (CSA) will be applied only if the necessity arises for taking immediate actions against any cybercrime, reports BSS."There are some areas (in cyber offence) where...
FE REPORTBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called upon his party men to brace for a tougher time ahead centring on their anti-government movement."You (leaders and activists) have to bear more pains next to topple...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP leaders became terribly upset seeing US President Joe Biden himself taking selfie with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her daughter autism expert Saima Wazed Putul while exchanging pleasantries on...
Today, 10th of September, is the 6th death anniversary of language movement activist Kazi Rezai Karim. On this occasion, a destitute feeding programme and special prayer will be arranged at Kanchpur of Sonargaon in Narayanganj district, said a press release....
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office.It may also...
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam speaking as the chief guest at the inauguration of a training programme for the newly-elected councillors of the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) at the National Institute of Local Government in...
KERANIGANJ, Sep 09 (UNB):Two youths died and another sustained injuries as a truck crashed into the motorbike carrying them on Abdullahpur flyover in Keraniganj area of Dhaka early Saturday.The identities of the deceased and injured could not be known yet.Sirajdikhan...
Dhaka's air quality was marked as 'unhealthy for sensitive groups' on Saturday morning, reports UNB.With an air quality index (AQI) score of 117 at 08:56 am, Dhaka ranked 8th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality,...
Bangladesh reported 13 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours until Saturday morning, reports UNB.With the new numbers, the country's total Covid-19 caseload rose to 2,045,500, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).The official death toll from the disease...
MYMENSINGH, Sep 09 (UNB): Interns of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) on Saturday have called off their work abstention two days after they went on the strike following a clash with police and relatives of a patient over their alleged...
In August, 403 road accidents were recorded in the country that left 378 people including 51 children dead and 794 injured, according to a latest report.As many as 146 people died in 142 motorcycle accidents, accounting for 38.62 per cent...
Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni called for enriching and transforming the existing education system through integrated and inclusive approach, reports UNB.The minister came up with the urge while speaking at the conference held at UNESCO, Paris on September 8, 2023,...
The Financial Express (FE) Editor Shamsul Huq Zahid addressing a discussion titled 'Total Fitness Session' at the FE office Board Room in the city on Saturday. The Quantum Foundation organised the health awareness programme for the journalists, officials and employees...
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