MANIKGANJ, Sept, 10 (BSS): Manikganj police has arrested a man for killing his wife from a village under Manikganj Sadar upazila of the district.The arrestee is Md Zahidul Islam (35), son of Mohammad Akher Ali of village Ukiara and an...
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 10 (UNB): The movement of the shuttle train between Chattogram port city and Chittagong University (CU) resumed on Sunday afternoon, hours after suspension due to a sudden strike called by the staff of Bangladesh Railway (BR), demanding security....
KUSHTIA, Sept 10 (UNB): Kushtia Medical College Hospital's (KMCH) inauguration is facing uncertainty due to the snail pace of the construction work over the last decade.Medical equipment purchased from abroad - costing over Tk 6.5 million - are left unused.Though...
Locals form a human chain at Hili Railway Station in Dinajpur on Sunday, demanding modernisation of the railway station and stoppage of all trains including the Dhaka-bound ones — Focus Bangla
Bangladesh's youth population has increased by 15.81 per cent to 45.9 million over the last decade, according to the latest census. So, we have a great opportunity to make the most out of our working-age population (15 to 64). However,...
Since its inception, Microsoft Excel has changed how people organise, analyse and visualise their data. The spreadsheet programme of Microsoft has recently released Python in Excel, which makes it possible to natively combine Python and Excel analytics within the same...
Neil Ray | 2023-09-11 00:00:00
'Tela mathai tel dewa' could not be more apt for what goes in the name of development in many areas of the capital city. The Bangla idiom loses much of its charm and force in its English version, 'To carry...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-09-11 00:00:00
The leaderships of the major economies have been keenly watching how India --- the current head of the informal gathering of the largest global economies G20 --- more specifically its prime minister Narendra Modi is going to play the role...
Underscoring the importance of childhood in making Bangladeshi children's later life meaningful, the World Bank (WB) has assured the country of providing a loan of around US$ 300 million. In essence, it comes as a financial support to enhance human...
Muhammad Zamir | 2023-09-11 00:00:00
Recently the world was shocked when the Taliban government's Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice closed the Band-e-Amir national park to women, saying female visitors were failing to cover up. The park, a UNESCO World...
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...
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