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...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-14 00:00:00
The non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) have urged the regulators to segregate the financial services provided by them and the banks so that they could play a more effective role in the country's overall socioeconomic development.Both are offering almost similar products...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-09-14 00:00:00
Foreign-currency transactions using cards has recorded a phenomenal rise in recent months, adding pressure to depleting foreign-exchange reserves, sources said.Such a spurt in foreign-currency transactions by banking card raises curiosity among some analysts and economists who smell fund flight this...
ASJADUL KIBRIA, from GENEVA | 2023-09-14 00:00:00
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ChatGPT will be a big issue in near future to determine the course of trade and jobs. So it is critical for the countries, especially the developing nations, to understand the fast changing issue. An...
At least six Bangladeshi expatriates were killed and several others went missing as international media reports suggest the catastrophe claimed over 5,000 people while hospital morgues overwhelmed in the north African country amid searches for thousands others, reports BSS. "According...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-14 00:00:00
The Islamic banking sector in Bangladesh continues to face liquidity challenges, Fitch Rating says in its latest report released on Wednesday. The report by the US credit rating agency, however, says that liquidity is improving, underpinned by central bank support...
The Cyber Security Bill 2023 was passed in parliament on Wednesday with a provision making offences under four of its sections non-bailable.It is proposed to replace the much-talked-about Digital Security Act, in which offences under 14 sections were non-bailable, reports...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2023-09-14 00:00:00
A latest global study warns that extreme heatwaves and flooding pose a grave threat to the projected apparel-export earnings of four Asian nations, including Bangladesh, with a potential loss of US$ 65 billion by 2030. It warns that Bangladesh alone...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday invited investors from Commonwealth countries to come to Bangladesh in a bigger way, reports UNB."Geographically, Bangladesh is at the centre of a market of 3.0-billion people. We've 170-million people of our own. By 2030,...
ASJADUL KIBRIA, FROM GENEVA | 2023-09-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh's digital services export is outpacing traditional goods shipment although the country's overall digitally generated services sector still stays nascent and needs policy push to unlock potential.The World Trade Report 2023, themed 'Reglobalisation for a Secure, Inclusive and Sustainable Future',...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office.It may also occur...
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Satya Prasad Majumdar, Professor Dr Mahmuda Nazneen, faculty member of Computer Science, Professor Dr Md Jahangir Alam, Vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), among others, virtualy joined...
A physician inspecting an X-ray film of a dengue patient at Kamrangirchar 31-Bed Hospital in the city on Wednesday. Bangladesh is grappling with a record deadly outbreak of dengue fever as the number of cases and fatalities continue to rise...
Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has withdrawn 10 officials as a minor boy managed to board a flight of Kuwait Airlines after dodging the security at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city, reports UNB.Besides, a five-member probe...
The United States and Bangladesh share a vision to ensure that the Indo-Pacific region is free and open, connected, prosperous, secure, and resilient, a US spokesperson has said, reports UNB."That's the intent of our Indo-Pacific strategy and that is our...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2023-09-14 00:00:00
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has invited fresh offers from interested parties to operate the Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Kamalapur in the capital as it cancelled the previous tender amid allegations of favouring a vested interest group, officials have...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-14 00:00:00
No person can own more than 60 bighas of arable land, even if they inherit more than that. After retaining their preferred 60 bighas of land, individuals must surrender the excess, which may be acquired by the government with compensation.These...
Jatiya Sangsad (Reserved Women's Seat) Election (Amendment) Bill 2023 was passed in Parliament doubling the security deposit required for candidates to run in elections to reserved women's seats, reports UNB.Law Minister Anisul Huq moved the Bill and it was passed...
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