Wasi Ahmed | 2023-09-13 00:00:00
A 15-year high global rice price poses a threat to food security that, according to experts, may take its toll causing extreme misery to impoverished millions across the globe with manifold economic and social ramifications. A FAO (Food and Agricultural...
The high rate of inflation at over 9.0 per cent the economy has been witnessing during the past six months has not shown any sign of easing of late. The latest official data on the overall inflation and the consumer...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2023-09-13 00:00:00
Opinion polls and market surveys are quite dated tools that are still in use for assessment of real life situations of the present and the near future. Their reliability varies on the issues or subjects for which opinions are garnered...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
A total of 510 lawyers of the Supreme Court (SC) issued a statement on Monday, protesting the global leaders' open letter - sent to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina - about the trial proceedings of Nobel Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus....
Vehicles navigate a waterlogged road in New Market area of the city following a heavy rainfall on Monday. — FE photo
The Bangladesh Biman Corporation (Repeal) Bill 2023 was passed Monday in Parliament with a view to bringing amendment and reinstating Bangladesh Biman Order-1972 enacted by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports BSS.State Minister for Civil Aviation and...
A Dhaka court sentenced on Monday Zahid Sarwar, former Assistant Vice President of Mutual Trust Bank (MTB), to 24 years' imprisonment and his wife Farhana Habib to seven years in jail in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission...
The foreign-exchange reserves of Bangladesh Bank (BB) decreased to $21.5 billion after paying $1.31-billion import bills of the Asian Clearing Union (ACU), reports UNB.The foreign exchange reserves of Bangladesh have fallen in stress and continually decreased since easing the COVID-19...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 11: Work on the iconic oyster-like structure at Cox's Bazar railway station is almost done to fascinate passengers and visitors alike.The superb six-storey structure, being built under the Chattogram-Dohazari-Cox's Bazar-Gumdhum (CDCG) rail line project, is expected to be...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
The government has suspended Harun-or-Rashid, additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), on charges of brutally assaulting two central leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Saturday night.A notification, signed by Senior Secretary Md Mostafizur Rahman, was issued...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Monday said due to the steps taken by the government, inflation will be brought under control, reports UNB."The balance of payments will improve and the exchange rate of foreign currency will stabilise," the finance...
ASJADUL KIBRIA, FROM GENEVA | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
The largest outreach event of the World Trade Organization (WTO) starts today (September 12, 2023) at the multilateral trade organisation's secretariat in the Swiss city of Geneva.Officially termed WTO Public Forum 2023, the four-day event will examine how trade can...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
Eleven more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the fatalities to 741 this year. With the new deaths, the total number of casualties now stood at 741, including 528 from Dhaka. As many as...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
Digital Business Identification (DBID) has yet to pay off by way of disciplining Bangladesh's anomalous e-commerce operations as a year elapsed sans outcome of the government's legal move.The government has made registration mandatory for e-commerce businesses without setting forth any...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
Funds are being funneled into the banking system through increased credits under repo, liquidity support and IBLF in the regulator's bid to stem call-money-rate overshooting, sources say. Economists, as such, raise alarm about inflation spikes as Bangladesh Bank's liquidity support...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh committed to ordering 10 aircraft from Airbus in the country's first deal with the French company in what is seen as a shift from its Boeing-dominated fleet. The planned airbus deal is among cooperation accords inclusive of defence and...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office.Mild heat wave...
MAGURA, Sept 11 (UNB): Two people including a woman were killed as a speeding bus crashed into a motorbike on Dhaka-Khulna Highway in front of Magura Sadar Hospital on Monday.The deceased were Anwar Hossain, 50, of Atharkhada village of Magura...
The Copyright Bill 2023 was passed in Parliament on Monday providing a penalty of Tk 500,000 for publishing, serving or performing any work of others without having copyright of such content, reports UNB.For the violation of copyright of films the...
Children's engagement to combat climate change is essential, said speakers at a discussion on Monday, reports UNB.ActionAid Bangladesh organised the event titled "Climate Crisis and its Impact on Children," aimed at empowering children to take a stand against climate change...
National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR) has identified four reasons behind the decline in the number of launch passengers on various waterways from Dhaka, reports UNB.Those are- improved road connectivity between the capital and the south-western region...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday took a boat trip on the Turag River before wrapping up his visit to Bangladesh, report agencies.Macron enjoyed the unscheduled boat ride, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud.The French president was accompanied by...
ARAFAT ARA | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
Probashi Kallyan Bank (PKB) is facing hurdles in finding the right beneficiaries for rehabilitation loans, which is one of the key schemes of the bank, due to a lack of a database of returnee migrant workers, officials said.They said that...
A Dhaka court has issued an arrest warrant against BNP standing committee member Iqbal Hasan Mahmood Tuku in a graft case as he failed to surrender before it following an order of the High Court, reports BSS.Dhaka Special Judges Court-5...
French President Emmanuel Macron has paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi-32,reports UNB."I wanted to pay tribute to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who dedicated his life to the fight for...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
The people of the country from the bottom of their hearts really want to see the change of the incumbent government, said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday."The youth of the country should be...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said as an invited guest, the presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the G-20 Summit attracted the attention of world leaders, reports BSS."People's leader Sheikh Hasina has become the centre of...
LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters): Global shares edged up on Monday thanks in part to a burst of risk appetite, with the yen jumping by the most against the dollar in two months after the head of the Bank of Japan...
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