FE REPORT | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) registered 16 more deaths across the country, including eight from Dhaka, due to the mosquito-borne dengue fever in 24 hours till 8:00 am on Sunday.With the new deaths, the total number of casualties...
SAIF UDDIN | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
Bicycle sales have taken a sombre turn, both domestically and internationally, leaving the local industry paddling through a tough time that manufacturers describe as 'even worse than the Covid era'.Insiders said local bicycle manufacturers and traders are encountering setbacks as...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
As the Dhaka Elevated Expressway opened partially to the public on Sunday, Dhakaites were very happy as they now can avoid hour-long notorious traffic from the Dhaka airport-to-Farmgate stretch that had plagued them for years."There's nothing better than this," said...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
A cache of minimum 55 kilograms of gold has gone missing from Dhaka Customs House (DCH) airport-transit vault in break-ins discovered during latest inventory stocktaking, officials said Sunday.This haul of 55 kilograms of gold--brought by air passengers and held in...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office.It may also occur...
A student of Jahangirnagar University (JU), who was undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital after being hit by a truck on Friday, died Sunday. The deceased was identified as Fabiha Afifa Srijani, a student of the university's Economics...
Germany will provide €191 million to Bangladesh in the form of technical cooperation and financial cooperation for the sustainable development of the country, reports BSS.In this regard, two bilateral agreements on Development Cooperation were signed on Sunday between the Governments...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 03: Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Rezaul Karim Chowdhury has ordered to complete repair works of all the roads in the port city that were damaged in the current monsoon as soon as possible. The mayor told...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin today (Monday) will leave for Jakarta, Indonesia to attend the 43rd ASEAN Summit and 18th East Asia Summit to be held on September 5-7, reports UNB.A regular aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the President along with...
New Information Commissioner Shahidul Alam Jhinuk pays tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at the grave of the great leader in Tungipara of Gopalganj on Sunday
Chief of Naval Staff, M Nazmul Hassan, has been promoted to the rank of Admiral, reports UNB.The navy chief was conferred the new rank in the presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter's official residence Ganabhaban on Sunday,...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh needs to adopt a holistic strategy with clear directions and framework to formalise textile waste collection and policy support to address the challenges to build a thriving circular ecosystem in the country. The country's textile and garment industry annually...
A Dhaka court on Sunday sent Sabera Aman, wife of BNP leader Aman Ullah Aman, in a case filed over acquiring wealth beyond known income source, reports UNB.Judge of Dhaka Special Judge Court-1 Abul Kashem passed the order when she...
NATORE, Sep 03 (UNB): A local Awami League (AL) leader was stabbed to death in an attack by miscreants in Lalpur upazila of Natore Sunday morning.The deceased, Osman Goni (40) was general secretary of ward-5 unit of AL, in Kadimchilan...
Agriculture Minister and Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Dr Abdur Razzaque on Sunday said the people of the country will never bring BNP to power, reports BSS."The people of the country are not with the BNP. People will never bring...
Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said BNP's main intention is to undermine and destroy the constitutional continuity and democracy, reports BSS."BNP made the ill attempts in 2014. They had...
A Dhaka court on Sunday framed charges against seven BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami leaders including BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a vandalism case filed around 11 years back, reports UNB.Dhaka's Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain passed the...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said BNP leaders are making statements with intent about the announcement of the next parliamentary election schedule, reports BSS."BNP's continuous plots and ill-effort to capture the state power through backdoor have...
NEW YORK, Sept 03 (AFP): Toothpaste, chocolate, washing powder and deodorant-everyday products are increasingly under lock and key at US retailers, as petty theft and organized shoplifting rise while consumers grapple with costs of living.Major retailers Walmart and Target, drugstore...
RIYADH, Sept 03 (Arab News): The Public Investment Fund on Sunday announced the signing of a share purchase agreement to acquire a 100 percent shareholding in the Saudi Iron & Steel Co., also known as Hadeed, from the Saudi Basic...
RIYADH, Sept 03 (Arab News): In a significant development, Oman's refinery and petroleum production saw a 13.5 percent uptick at the end of July 2023, according to a report by the country's National Centre for Statistics and Information. The data...
Denmark's Novo Nordisk on Friday briefly overtook French luxury goods behemoth LVMH to become Europe's most valuable company as investors bet on the potential of its weight loss drugs, according to CNBC.Novo Nordisk's market capitalization was $421 billion including unlisted...
NEW YORK, Sept 3 (Reuters): Six private equity and hedge fund trade groups on Friday sued the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), arguing the agency overstepped its statutory authority when adopting sweeping new expense and disclosure rules last week.SEC...
An Amazon shareholder lawsuit says the company snubbed SpaceX for valuable satellite launch contracts because of Jeff Bezos' personal rivalry with Elon Musk, who has taunted his fellow billionaire's space ambitions for years, according to CNBC.Cleveland Bakers and Teamsters Pension...
Saudi Aramco is considering selling a stake worth as much as $50 billion through a secondary share offering on the Riyadh bourse after consultations with advisers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, reports Reuters.The sale could happen before the...
NEW YORK, Sept 3 (Reuters): Signs of rising consumer stress are prompting some fund managers to grow more conservative in their outlooks, even as the broad stock market continues to rally.While unemployment remains near historic lows, the Federal Reserve's inflation-fighting...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on research cooperation was signed between Bangladesh Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (BCSIR) and Sylhet Agricultural University at the meeting room of Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industry Research (BCSIR) on Sunday. Chairman of...
Alliance Finance PLC (formerly Lankan Alliance Finance Ltd) has achieved Bangladesh Bank's Sustainability Rating for 2022. Kanti Kumar Saha, Chief Executive Officer of Alliance Finance PLC, received the appreciation letter from Abdur Rouf Talukdar, Governor of Bangladesh Bank, at the...
BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Sept 3 (Reuters): Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that China would widen market access in the service industry and promote cross-border services trade.Speaking via video at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing,...
Prime Bank has recently signed an agreement with Grand Sylhet Hotel & Resort at the bank's head office. Nazeem A Choudhury, deputy managing director of Prime Bank, and Syed Yameenul Huq, executive assistant manager and in-charge of sales & marketing,...
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