Taxicab is a popular transport service around the world. But it has become almost invisible in Dhaka city. Currently, only a few taxicabs are seen on the roads in the capital city. Some yellow taxicabs are still in operation. If...
Tanim Asjad | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
Introduction of any advanced facility to ease service for providers and users requires a feasibility study so that the cost and benefit of the facility can be estimated. Without a proper feasibility scrutiny, introduction of any good facility or service...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
While the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation is in serious financial trouble for a lack of access to US dollars to import necessary energy resources, the state-owned Petrobangla is facing a massive backlash in unpaid bills from other state-owned companies for power...
Domestic workers are the most neglected lot so far as the labour laws of the country are concerned. Of course, there is the Domestic Workers Welfare and Protection Policy, 2015, which defines elaborately what is meant by domestic work. It...
M Rokonuzzaman | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
Technology finds paramount importance in economic development discourse for reaching high-income status. But should less developed countries focus on leveraging proven technologies or unproven possibilities of emerging ones? Often, such a fundamental question creates a policy dilemma, leading to the...
All the cricket lovers, who are planning to witness the much-anticipated clash between Pakistan and India in the ICC World Cup 2023, should know that it is going to be very costly, according to Pakistan TV channel Geo Tv. With...
PARIS, Sept 22 (AFP): In a meeting of two former European champions in crisis, Ajax and Marseille drew 3-3 in "a crazy game" while Liverpool and West Ham were also winners Thursday in the opening round of Europa League group...
HANGZHOU, Sept 22 (BSS): The 19th Asian Games, the largest sporting event in Asia governed by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), will open tomorrow (Saturday) through a spectacular opening ceremony in the Chinese city of Hangzhou.Chinese President Xi Jinping is...
Two times Asian Games silver medalists Bangladesh women's cricket team reached the semifinal of the 19th Asian Games Cricket as they declared winner against Hong Kong in a rain- interrupted quarterfinal in Hangzhou on Friday, reports UNB.Bangladesh will play their...
The prize distribution and closing ceremony of the 'Ispahani 35th National Team Bridge Championship' ended with a grand ceremony on Friday. President of Bangladesh Bridge Federation and Secretary of Election Commission Jahangir Alam presided over the programme organized at the...
LAHORE, Sept 22 (AFP): Pakistan called up experienced paceman Hasan Ali to their World Cup squad on Friday to replace the injured Naseem Shah.Hasan, 29, was player of the tournament when Pakistan won the ICC Champions Trophy in 2017, but...
Bangladesh will take on New Zealand in the second ODI match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium today (Saturday).The match which starts at 2pm will be aired live on T Sports and GTV, reports BSS.The first match on Thursday was washed...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-09-22 12:00:00
Electronic salary disbursement to employees, as mandated in the new income tax law, eats into low-paid people's paltry pay through cash-out charges, sources say and seek a relief. The newly imposed fiscal measure on mandatory disbursement of salary, irrespective of...
Kans grass flower, locally known as Kashful, blooms in abundance on a field along the Dhaka-Mawa Highway. The flower is associated with the autumn season and is known for its distinctive characteristics and cultural significance. The photo was taken on...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-09-22 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 21: Potato rose in price in the port city of Chattogram on Thursday as the supply to the wholesale market remains stopped in the current week.Rashid Ahmed, president of Riazuddinbazar Aratdar Welfare Association, said traders stopped the supply...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-22 00:00:00
Detectives have arrested five people, including two suspended police constables, on the allegation of snatching Tk 2.0 million from a customer inside the branch of a bank in Dhaka's Paltan area. The incident occurred on Thursday morning at the Paltan...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) reported a shortfall of Tk 48.70 billion (4870 crore) in the July-August revenue collection of the current fiscal year, according to the government agency, reports UNB.According to NBR, the revenue collection in July-August stood...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-22 00:00:00
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) technical team showed on Thursday how a macroeconomic model that they have proposed for Bangladesh works.The members of the team made a presentation on the model at their concluding meeting with Bangladesh Bank governor Abdur...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-09-22 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 21: The navigation channel of Matarbari deep-sea port under Moheshkhali upazila of Cox's Bazar has gone under the control of the Chattogram Port Authority (CPA).The state-run Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Ltd (CPGCBL) handed over the charge of...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-22 00:00:00
The new USAID Mission Director in Bangladesh, Reed Aeschliman, on Thursday underscored the need for a stronger private sector to accelerate the economic growth of Bangladesh, saying that the agency is committed to supporting this effort.In an interaction with a...
Eight more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 875 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 2,889 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according...
NEW YORK, Sept 20 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday alleged that Climate Vulnerable Forum's repeated calls for an equal distribution of climate finance between adaptation and mitigation have received little response."The Adaptation Fund needs to live up to...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-09-22 00:00:00
It was nearly a Herculean task for the Roads and Highways Department (RHD). The government agency, responsible for the construction and maintenance of highways and bridges across Bangladesh, recently completed the inspection of 5,188 bridges, flagging 184 of them as...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-22 00:00:00
In a bid to tame the overheated market, the government on Thursday allowed six more companies to import 60 million eggs in addition to 40 million permitted earlier.The companies are BDS Corporation, SM Corporation, M/S Ripa Enterprise, Popular Trade Syndicate,...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-09-22 00:00:00
With the previous one cancelled due to a high price quotation, state-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) has floated the tender again to purchase one spot LNG cargo for delivery to the Moheshkhali floating storage and re-gasification unit (FSRU)...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-22 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank opens consultation with economists, think-tanks, business bodies and professional groups on how to manage inexorable inflation and persisting macroeconomic stress-two cardinal concerns of the day.As part of the crisis-resolution initiative, BB governor Abdur Rouf Talukder Thursday sat for...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-22 00:00:00
Imports show an incremental fall under belt-tightening recipe the government has adopted amid dollar dearth, with the July-August turnover recording an 18-percent contraction.Economists and businesspeople say lower-than-necessary imports have downstream economic implications, as the supply chains get into volatility for...
NEW YORK, Sept 21 (UNB): Bangladesh has signed the Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) , also known as "Treaty of the High Seas", to protect and use marine resources in a sustainable way.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina signed...
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