In a pilot programme, the students of 300 government primary schools were supposed to get milk free of cost during their 'Tiffin' period throughout the year. The programme, initiated by the fisheries and livestock ministry, was no doubt a laudable...
Shihab Sarkar | 2023-09-03 00:00:00
Crossing the traffic-filled busy roads in a hazardous manner appears to have become the norm in the capital. People who do not use the footbridge while going to the other side of a road are considered smart and city-savvy. Sarcastically...
Asjadul Kibria | 2023-09-03 00:00:00
The government has already endorsed and unveiled the country's first-ever tariff policy in written form. Titled 'National Tariff Policy 2023', it now becomes an official document to guide the determination of import and export tariffs. In the policy, the government...
The worries of consumers are now potato farmers' worries too. The news is that the price of potato seeds has increased to Tk90 per kilogram (kg). This is a major shift in prices upwards from last year when seed prices...
MONACO, Sept 01 (AFP): Manchester City's Erling Haaland and Spain's World Cup-winning star Aitana Bonmati won the UEFA Men's and Women's Player of the Year prizes respectively at a ceremony in Monaco on Thursday.Norway striker Haaland scored 52 goals in...
India and Pakistan don't get to play each other too often but when they do, calling it a high-octane match is barely scratching the surface. Emotions run wild, stadium tickets are sold out, vendors make a fortune, television screens are...
WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (AFP): NASA has spotted a small new crater on the Moon that was likely caused by a Russian probe crash landing on the surface around two weeks ago.The finding was made by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)...
WASHINGTON, Sep 1 (AP): Russian President Vladimir Putin will host Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi on Monday, the Kremlin announced Friday, just over six weeks after Moscow broke off a deal...
SINGAPORE, Sept 1 (BSS): State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury today said that seafarers are the lifeblood of the country's maritime trade."The Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman laid the foundation of the maritime sector in Bangladesh....
Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque today said Bangladesh can explore USD 36 billion cut flower market worldwide as it is now a very promising harvest, reports BSS."Flower cultivation is increasing on commercial basis. There is a huge market of...
NEW YORK, Sept 1 (Reuters): Roughly 27% of tests performed on shoes and garments collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in May showed links to cotton from China's Xinjiang region, which has been banned because of concerns over forced...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-09-02 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 01: The country's first-ever river tunnel named 'Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel' is ready for vehicular movement as its construction work has been completed fully. The authorities have set October 28 this year for inaugurating the tunnel under...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-02 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has asserted that the ruling Awami League-led government must quit in the interest of democracy.Terming the government a tyrant, it said the AL has established a one-party rule in the country and still stands on...
REZAUL KARIM | 2023-09-02 00:00:00
The Bangladesh mission in Yangon has suggested importing sugar from Myanmar to help mitigate the growing local demand.Sources said the Bangladesh high commission recently requested the commerce ministry to take necessary steps to this effect.It believes that the neighbouring country...
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-09-02 00:00:00
Rice prices have begun to display volatility after remaining stagnant for around the past three months amidst surging commodity prices. This price shock has primarily affected the lower-and medium-quality segments of the food staple, raising concerns about inflation and placing...
Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina on Friday reiterated her call for the nation to stay alert against any move to destroy the electoral system, saying the BNP again wants to play foul with people's voting right...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2023-09-02 00:00:00
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) would not entertain any compensation claim that may come from any port users against their damages due to incessant rain, followed by a severe inundation in the port areas from August 05 onwards.It had not...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-02 00:00:00
Aedes mosquito larvae have been found in 40-50 per cent of households in the capital, officials of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said while conducting a survey on Friday.The DGHS has been conducting the monsoon survey on Aedes...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-02 00:00:00
Sri Lanka has repaid another $100 million of the total $200-million loan it took from Bangladesh under a currency-swap mechanism two years ago to combat an acute economic crisis.The second instalment of the loan came just a couple of weeks...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-09-02 00:00:00
A sum of US$3.5 billion is assured by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for bankrolling Dhaka metro's MRT-5 southern route for expansion of overhead transport facility aimed at easing city-traffic tailbacks As hinted during a meeting between an ADB team...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-09-02 00:00:00
Dhaka's outmoded transport system, riddled with traffic congestion, wears another speck of new looks with the opening of Bangladesh's maiden half-built elevated expressway today. Commuters in the capital city will enjoy rapid ride on high-speed vehicles on an 11.5-kilometre roadway...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi Dhaka, Khulna and Barishal divisions with moderately heavy to...
Five persons were killed in separate road accidents in Bagerhat, Munshiganj and Habiganj districts on Friday and Thursday night, report agencies. In Bagerhat, a man and his daughter died and his wife and son were injured after their motorcycle collided...
COX'S BAZAR, Sep 01 (UNB): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a suspected drug peddler with 80, 000 pieces of Yaba tablets in Shapuree Island of Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar on Thursday night. The detainee is Md Ehsan...
COX'S BAZAR, Sept 01, (UNB): Eleven fisherman suffered burn injuries after a gas cylinder exploded inside a trawler at ghat-6 of Nuniachara in Bazar town of Cox's Bazar on Friday.The incident happened around 10:00 am on Friday. Mizanur Rahman, ward-2...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-02 00:00:00
A female journalist has received a death threat allegedly from the followers of Rajarbagh Pir (saint) Dillur Rahman after broadcasting a report. The victim, Farah Bilkis, senior reporter of Nagorik Television, filed a general diary with Hatijheel Police Station on...
KHULNA, Sep 01 (UNB): After three months of closure, the Sundarbans was reopened on Friday for fishers, other forest-based livelihood earners, and tourists. The world's largest mangrove forest was closed for all types of foresters, including tourists, from June 1...
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