LAXMIPUR, Sept 14 (UNB): A man has allegedly stabbed his wife and father-in-law to death at Charkalakopa village in Ramgati upazila of Laxmipur district on Wednesday night.The dead is Rasheda Begum, wife of Md Sumon, and Badsha Mia, Rasheda's father.Quoting...
KHULNA, Sept 14 (BSS): Cultivators of Khulna division are witnessing bumper production of sugarcane this year due to favourable weather and availability of agri-inputs.Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said a total of 1,028 hectares of land have been brought...
PANCHAGARH, Sept 14 (BSS): Cultivation of malta on a commercial basis has gained popularity among the farmers in Panchagarh district in recent years.The cultivators are happy as they are getting fair prices and bumper production of the juicy fruit.Torikul Islam,...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-09-15 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Sept 14: Jute growers in the northern districts are now in utter despair as the price of the cash crop dropped this season, compared to the last year, despite a sharp increase in the production cost.The farmers complained that...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sept 14 (AP): Referee Yoshimi Yamashita will return to Qatar to make more soccer history at the men's Asian Cup in January after she worked in the country last year at the men's World Cup.Yamashita is among...
The Inter-Club Badminton Tournament 2023, organised by Officers' Club Dhaka, will be held between September 21 and September 27 on the club premises.The tournament will be conducted by competent umpires as per international rules.The interested shuttlers from different ages (senior...
SYDNEY, Sept 14 (AFP): Australian batters will have to wear neck protectors on their helmets when facing fast or medium-pace bowlers for the 2023/24 season, Cricket Australia announced on Thursday.The governing body has recommended neck guards be used since Australian...
LONDON, 14 (Agencies): England all-rounder Ben Stokes said he knew during the Ashes series that he was going to reverse his decision to retire from one-day cricket in time for next month's World Cup, and that he had ruled out...
Russian air defence system destroyedin Crimea, claims UkraineKYIV, Sept 14: Ukraine says it has destroyed a sophisticated Russian air defence system in occupied Crimea. Kyiv's security service (SBU) and navy carried out the attack on a Russian facility near Yevpatoriya...
KABUL, Sept 14 (BBC): China has become the first country to name a new ambassador to Afghanistan since the Taliban retook power in 2021. The Taliban said Zhao Xing's appointment is a sign for other nations to establish ties with...
LEOMINSTER, Sept 14 (AP): Hurricane Lee barreled north toward New England on Wednesday and threatened to unleash violent storms on the region just as communities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island were dealing with tornado warnings and another day of heavy...
DES MOINES, Sept 14 (AP): Hundreds of communities around the country will share more than $1 billion in federal money to help them plant and maintain trees under a federal program that is intended to reduce extreme heat, benefit health...
DERNA, Sept 14 (AP): The city of Derna has buried thousands of people in mass graves, Libyan officials said Thursday, as search teams scoured ruins left by devastating floods and the city's mayor said that the death toll could triple...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 14 (Xinhua): It is in the interest of everybody to have a global compromise, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday.Guterres made the remarks at a press conference held ahead of the 78th session of the UN...
WEST BANK, Sept 14 (AP): With attention focused on its contentious judicial overhaul, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has quietly taken unprecedented steps toward cementing Israel's control over the occupied West Bank - perhaps permanently.Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a leader...
Shihab Sarkar | 2023-09-15 00:00:00
Upon being torn by conflicts let loose by the 'expansionist' nations --- Britain, the Soviet Union and the US --- in the last one-and-half centuries, Afghanistan can now claim to have entered an era of tolerable stability. A putatively milder...
A large number of schools in Bangladesh do not have facilities for clean drinking water, hygienic toilets and handwashing arrangement. According to a report of the UN agencies, one in five schools (19 per cent) across the country does not...
A recently-conducted survey carried out by the Directorate General of Health Services shows a worrying picture of the spread of Aedes mosquito, carrier of the virus responsible for dengue infection. The survey has reportedly found the presence of Aedes mosquito...
Zahid Huq | 2023-09-15 00:00:00
Soaring inflation and its debilitating impact on all sections of citizens save the rich have been at the centre of discussion in the country for many months. Of late, the situation has deteriorated as food inflation has hit a record-high...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-09-15 00:00:00
Each successive study on the state of pollution in Bangladesh is exposing a new and graver dimension of pollution in this densely populated country. The veracity of these authoritative studies is unquestionable. Lately, the first to come is the disconcerting...
It may sound astonishing, if not outright incredible, that lead pollution claims 140,000 lives and costs the country around 9.0 per cent of the GDP annually. A study published in the scientific journal Lancet says lead pollution proves to be...
Afsan Chowdhury | 2023-09-15 00:00:00
Significant data on social issues and citizenship perceptions have begun to emerge beyond the pale of the formal sector recently. Several research outfits are studying societal roles and status in state functioning. The recent survey result of BIGD, the research...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-09-14 12:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 12: 'Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel' under the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram will be opened to traffic on October 28 this year as 100 per cent of its construction work has been completed. The above information was disclosed...
Imtiaz A Hussain | 2023-09-14 12:00:00
One message was clear when the World Economic Forum (WEF) noted how "the risk of polycrisis was rising," in January 2023. It specifically pointed out "the interrelation of geopolitical, environmental and sociopolitical risks." Coining a new word to describe a...
The National Identity Registration Bill, 2023 was passed in Parliament on Wednesday to transfer the national identity registration operation from the Election Commission to the Security Services Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs.Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan moved the Bill,...
The word 'negative' crept erroneously into the second headline of the lead story of The Financial Express carried on its front page in the issue of Wednesday. The error is regretted.
This road leading to Jatrabari from Dania in Dhaka experiences severe congestion on Wednesday, as a road in Jatrabari has been closed off for road repair work. The photo was taken in Dania area. — FE photo
FE REPORT | 2023-09-14 00:00:00
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Wednesday registered 15 more deaths due to the mosquito-borne dengue fever, including six from Dhaka.With the new deaths, the total number of casualties reached 767, including 537 from Dhaka. As many as...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders sat in a meeting with Chargé d'affaires of Federal Republic of Germany in Bangladesh Jan Janowski on Wednesday and discussed how to ensure free, fair and neutral elections in the country. BNP Secretary General Mirza...
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