NEW YORK, Sept 18 (BSS): Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said World Health Organization (WHO) Director General (DG) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highly praised the Bangladesh government's measures for overall development of health sector to ensure health services to...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2023-09-20 12:00:00
Some remittance rebound and government handouts raised deposits in Bangladesh's banking system by 4.59 per cent to Tk 16.87 trillion in June over its previous quarter ending in March 2023.Latest official statistics of the central bank of Bangladesh, released Tuesday,...
TAHSEEN NOWER PRACHI | 2023-09-20 12:00:00
The lines are from a poster advertising the first form of cinema or motion pictures in the world, written playfully in Bangla - an invitation to watch a bioscope show. A bioscope - a square or hexagon with little round...
NEW YORK, Sept 19 (UNB): The government has made a commitment that it would hold a free and fair election as the Election Commission was given absolute authority in this regard, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said in New York...
Authorities in Bangladesh must stop 'weaponising' the country's labour laws and immediately end their harassment and intimidation of the Nobel Peace Laureate Mohammad Yunus, Amnesty International said on Tuesday, reports UNB."Mohammad Yunus' case is emblematic of the beleaguered state of...
BRUSSELS, Sept 19 (AFP): Eurozone inflation slowed slightly in August, the EU statistics agency said on Tuesday, revising its previous figure.Consumer prices in the 20-country single currency area fell to 5.2 percent in August from 5.3 percent in July, according...
LALMONIRHAT, Sep 19 (UNB): The workers' strike at the Burimari land port has brought import-export activities to a halt for the past six days, causing significant disruptions in trade.The workers insist that payments must be made directly through labor handling...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-20 00:00:00
The National Identity Card (NID) server of the Bangladesh Election Commission (EC) is expected to remain accessible from tomorrow (Thursday) morning.Services from the NID server have remained offline since Tuesday morning due to the ongoing voter list update by the...
Two technical cooperation agreements were signed Tuesday between Bangladesh and Germany against two projects in the fields of the Sundarbans Mangroves and in tanneries, reports BSS.The agreements are on the projects titled: "Integrated management of the Sundarbans Mangroves and the...
FBCCI President Mahbubul Alam on Tuesday said that Nepal could be a good source of clean energy for Bangladesh, reports UNB.He said this at a discussion meeting with the members of the delegation from Nepal held at FBCCI Icon Tower...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-20 00:00:00
Seven more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in the country to 846 this year.Besides, 3027 people were also hospitalised with the disease including 843 in Dhaka city...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-09-20 00:00:00
State energy-corporation Petrobangla gets in a two-pronged financial crunch as power plants and fertilizer factories have defaulted on payments in local currency.The corporation has been facing problems with oil imports because of dollar dearth in recent months. Power plants and...
Light to moderate rain/ thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Wednesday), according to...
COX'S BAZAR, Sept 19 (UNB): Former adviser to the caretaker government and chairperson of BRAC Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman has emphasised that development should prioritise environmental protection over environmental damage. In the context of Cox's Bazar, a region surrounded by...
Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury, Professor Emeritus Dr AK Azad Chowdhury, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Eastern University, Mohammad Ali Azzam, Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dr Shahid Akhtar Hossain of the university, among others, attend the 7th convocation...
Bangladesh Air Force Women Welfare Association (BAFWWA) President Tahmida Hannan speaking after inaugurating Golden Eagle Kids Learning Day-care at Tejgaon in the city on Tuesday — ISPR
Eminent film maker Syed Salahuddin Zaki died at a city hospital on Monday night, reports BSS.He was 77.Zaki's physical condition deteriorated suddenly after 10:00 pm on Monday at his residence since afternoon.He was shifted to the hospital immediately but the...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday called on the international community to take urgent steps for safe, voluntary, and sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas to their homeland Myanmar, reports UNB. The president made the call while opening the 7th Partnership Meeting of...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-20 00:00:00
The High Court has granted ad-interim bail for six months to expelled-UP Chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu in Jamalpur's journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim murder case. The HC bench of Justice Md Jahangir Hossain and Justice Mohammad Showkat Ali Chowdhury passed the...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-20 00:00:00
Speakers at an event on Tuesday called for enacting a separate law for the country's 2.5 million domestic workers who earn the least compared to any other jobs.They said the Domestic Workers Protection and Welfare Policy, formulated in 2015, could...
JASHORE, Sept 19 (UNB): Police detained six activists of Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday night from what law enforcers referred to as a "secret meeting to plan sabotage" in Jashore's Sharsha upazila.The detainees are Maulana Habibur Rahman, 50, former secretary of Sharsha...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum (BJAF), a platform of pro-BNP lawyers, has deplored the press statement issued by Bangladesh Judicial Service Association (BJSA) on September 17 protesting European Parliament's condemnation regarding human rights situations in Bangladesh. Barrister Kayser Kamal, the Secretary...
The United States has reiterated its desire to see free and fair elections in Bangladesh. US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights Uzra Zeya met Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen in New York on September 18 and...
Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury and Taimur Alam Khandkar have been elected chairman and secretary general of Trinamool BNP, a political party that got Election Commission's registration recently, reports BSS.The party founder late Nazmul Huda's daughter Antara Selima Huda was elected executive...
KERANIGANJ, Sept 19 (UNB): BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas on Tuesday urged the party activists to stay united as the Awami League government will not be allowed to hold another staged election. "People do not want to see Awami...
Ruling Awami League on Tuesday announced various programmes in Dhaka and outside the city for 12 days starting from September 23, reports UNB.The announcement was made after a joint meeting of the presidents and general secretaries of Dhaka Metropolitan North...
Most major stock markets in the Gulf rose in early trade on Tuesday, tracking higher oil prices, although the Abu Dhabi index bucked the trend to trade flat, reports Reuters.Oil prices - a key catalyst for the Gulf's financial markets...
LONDON/TOKYO, Sept 19 (Reuters): Global stocks were little changed on Tuesday while the dollar traded just below its highest in six months as traders avoided big bets ahead of interest rate decisions by the Federal Reserve, Bank of England and...
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