Habibul Bashar, the former captain of Bangladesh and a selector, emphasised the significance of Tamim Iqbal's performance in the upcoming World Cup, scheduled to be held in India during October-November this year, reports UNB.Tamim is presently undergoing a rehabilitation programme...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2023-08-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh's increased borrowing in recent years has augmented the country's exposure to rising interest rates and heightened market volatility. The problem has been further compounded by the depreciating currency. The country is also experiencing high inflation. Overall, the country's external...
Several flyovers have been set up in Dhaka city to quicken our movement. And we are reaping benefits from these flyovers as we can reach our destinations in just 15 to 20 minutes taking these flyovers where it used to...
A Saudi woman has proven the old saying 'better late than never' by going back to school at the age of 110. According to the media, Nawda Al-Qahtani, aged 110, returned to her studies with the help of Al-Rahwa Centre...
Shihab Sarkar | 2023-08-20 00:00:00
The country boats, both mechanised and manual, ferrying passengers across the Buriganga River, have long been a common spectacle. With the Buriganga Bridge operating from the Babu Bazar point, there is, however, no end to the operation of light ferry...
As the nation moves towards middle income graduation in 2026, the government has taken the ambitious step towards a key missing milestone that would bring its citizens under a most crucial safety net - universal pension scheme (UPS). The scheme...
Vespa enthusiasts take part in a motorcycle rally the Bangladesh Vespa Community organised in Dhaka on Friday to mark the Vespa World Day 2023. The Day represents the celebration of the legendary Vespa, a unique scooter capable of transcending its...
NEW DELHI, Aug 18 (Reuters): India plans to hold bilateral free trade talks with the United Kingdom, the European Union and Canada and discuss bilateral trade issues with the Russian delegation on the sidelines of a G20 meeting next week,...
BRUSSELS, Aug 18 (BSS): Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said the e-passport service will be introduced in 80 Bangladesh missions across the world soon. "Currently, e-passports are being issued from 72 offices in 64 districts of the country. We...
LONDON, Aug 18 (Reuters): A British nurse, who wrote a note stating "I am evil", was found guilty on Friday of murdering seven newborn babies and trying to kill another six in the neonatal unit of a hospital in northwest...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir called upon the government on Friday to resign right now and hold free, fair and participatory elections under a neutral caretaker government without delay. He said the ruling Awami League has...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Friday said the ruling AL wants peaceful elections in the country, but BNP wants to disrupt the polls, reports BSS. "BNP is known as a terrorist party......
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 18 (UNB): Fish farmers in 13 out of 15 upazilas of Chattogram have to count a loss of around Tk 700 million caused by a recent flood in the district.The Directorate of District Fisheries shared this information of...
HAWAII, Aug 18 (Reuters): Maui County Emergency Management administrator Herman Andaya, criticized by local residents and media over the island's response to the deadly wildfires that killed at least 111 people, resigned on Thursday, officials said.A statement from Maui County...
A 55-year-old woman scaled a towering utility pole with high-voltage electricity lines in Dhaka's Hatirjheel Lake before coming down to the relief of rescuers and onlookers, reports bdnews24.com. Identified as Khuku Moni from Munshiganj, the woman, swam to the several-hundred-foot-tall...
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-08-19 00:00:00
Egg prices witnessed a major decline, while brinjal, onion, chilli, garlic and cucumber prices rose notably in the market this week, intensifying woes of the commoners.Chicken, fish and red- meat prices remained at their previous highs, making these items hard...
Nine more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 453 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 1,565 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, DGHS...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2023-08-19 00:00:00
Production in the big industrial sector experienced stagnation, as the index for large-scale industries remained nearly unchanged in April of the previous fiscal year.The index of industrial production for large-scale manufacturing in April (July-April) grew by merely 0.021 per cent...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2023-08-19 00:00:00
A World Bank (WB) proposal for Bangladesh to receive single-currency loans, alongside the usual credits taken through special drawing rights (SDR), a basket of five currencies, is under government consideration.Officials say Bangladesh, being a lower-middle-income country, is one of the...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-08-19 00:00:00
Quick-gain 91-day treasury bills become hotcakes now as banks seem inclined to invest in short-term securities under a cautious banking approach as they do pre-election risk calculations.Sources say the switch is also prompted by a discovery that these shorter-duration government...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi and Dhaka divisions over the...
Scared of the persistent dengue outbreak, rickshaw van pullers are sleeping on their vehicles hanging mosquito nets to protect themselves against the Aedes mosquito. The picture was taken from the city's Banglabazar in th early hours of Friday — FE...
Three persons were killed in separate road accidents in Munshiganj, Barguna and Satkhira on Friday, report agencies. In Munshiganj, a man was killed and his son was injured when a bus hit their motorcycle from behind near the Chanbari area...
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has written a letter to US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, expressing his deep sadness over the loss of lives and destruction of property caused by a catastrophic wildfire in the Hawaiian Island of...
Prof ABM Faroque, general secretary of Bangabandhu Parishad and Prof Dr Md Kismatul Ahsan, chairman of the board of directors of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh, among others, attend a discussion organised by ICB in the city, marking the 48th martyrdom...
India has conveyed to the US that the way various steps are being taken by the US to destabilise the Hasina government is not positive for the overall security of India as a neighboring country and South Asia as a...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-19 00:00:00
Micro and small entrepreneurs in different parts of the country will gradually get access to technology-based manufacturing as an autonomous body mulls over installing common facility centres there.This was disclosed at the opening ceremony of the first common facility centre...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2023-08-19 00:00:00
The city authorities across the country need to strengthen their capacity as well as conduct drive immediately to avoid further deteriorating of the present dengue outbreak, as a growing number of cases are now reported outside Dhaka.Entomologists and health specialists...
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