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FE REPORT | 2023-07-29 00:00:00
Fourteen congressmen of the United States (US) sent a letter to the US envoy to the United Nations (UN) calling for deployment of UN peacekeeping forces during Bangladesh's upcoming national election "to prevent intimidation, harassment or assault of voters".The letter...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-29 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold a sit-in at all the entry points of the capital today (Saturday) to realise its one-point demand for immediate resignation of the government and holding of the next national elections under a neutral...
The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain Ibn Ali (RA), a grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), will be observed across the country today with due religious solemnity, reports BSS.Today is the 10th day...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2023-07-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh attains a good going towards striking free-trade agreements (FTAs) with some countries having significant bilateral trade, as the nation braces for post-graduation loss of market-access preferences, officials said.Among the countries having close trade ties with Bangladesh and approached for...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-29 00:00:00
Results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations of 2023 were published Friday across Bangladesh with lower aggregate pass percentage at 80.39 and 0.18 million GPA-5 scorers.According to education ministry's statistics, this year's success rate at the most...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-07-29 00:00:00
Early starts the government's search for budget-support credits for the current fiscal year with preference for external funds to avert further domestic push to inflation, officials said.Requests for funding the budget deficit have already been dispatched to some bilateral and...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna and Barishal divisions with moderately heavy...
Police recovered the body of an elderly woman from under the stairs of Ward No. 103 of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH)'s Neurosurgery Department on Thursday night, reports UNB.The identity of the deceased, aged around 70, could not be ascertained...
Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the 'moderate' zone on Friday, reports UNB.With an air quality index (AQI) score of 66 at 9:06 am, Dhaka ranked 25th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality.An AQI...
State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak said on Friday the government has set its goal to introduce Bangladesh as a smart nation through implementing Smart Bangladesh by 2041, reports UNB.Connecting virtually to the inaugural function organised jointly by World...
The government is aiming to wrap up the final examinations of schools by November this year to avoid any learning disruptions for students due to the upcoming national election, according to Education Minister Dipu Moni, reports bdnews24.com."As the elections are...
Due to the recent surge in dengue cases, all beds in the wards concerned of the capital Dhaka's hospitals have been filled with patients of the mosquito-borne disease. The picture was snapped from Mugda Medical College Hospital on Friday —...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for improving the quality of education further to keep pace with the world, reports UNB."Now what we need most is to improve the quality of education further so that our children...
FE REPORT Road accidents have claimed 39,522 lives in the country in the past five years as the government's promise of safer roads has not yet been fulfilled.Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS), a passenger welfare platform, conducted a survey that...
State-sponsored attacks on Awami League leaders including the gruesome assassination plot when militants were hired and grenades were thrown at an anti-terrorism rally targeting the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina in 2004 and leading the country to become a champion...
Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Mahbub ul Alam Hanif has posed a question why BNP holds meetings in embassies before staging any rally."Those who have a dream to stage another 1/1 like incident in Bangladesh are playing a game....
A BNP leader from Narayanganj, who joined the party's Dhaka grand rally, died from a stroke just before the scheduled programme began in Nayapaltan on Friday noon, reports UNB. Md Mahmudur Rahman, 62, was member of the convening committee of...
CHATTOGRAM, July 28 (UNB): At least 10 people, including four policemen, were injured as Jamaat-Shibir activists engaged in a clash with the police in the port city on Friday. Senior Assistant Commissioner (AC) of Doublemooring Zone Mukur Chakma is among...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said though the barbed wire on the border divided Bangladesh and West Bengal of India, it could not break the bond of the hearts of the people of the two Bengals."Bangladesh and...
Law enforcers on alert in the city's Paltan area on Friday as BNP and Awami League's three associate bodies hold rallies at Nayapaltan and Bangabandhu Avenue — FE photo
SYDNEY/KATHMANDU, July 28 (Reuters): The reopening of Australia's borders to international students after the pandemic has triggered an exodus from Bhutan, as young people seek opportunities abroad amid growing economic unhappiness in the landlocked Himalayan kingdom.Student migration to Australia from...
HONG KONG, July 28 (Reuters): Standard Chartered PLC upgraded its annual profit forecast on Friday and set a new $1 billion share buyback after a strong first-half performance, as rising rates and a record financial markets business propelled the lender's...
WASHINGTON/FRANKFURT/TOKYO, July 28 (Reuters): Top central banks continued with another round of interest rate hikes this week despite cooling inflation, but have now switched to a more cautious posture about further moves in a sign that a year-long round of...
FE REPORTThe Doreen Developments Ltd is hosting a three-day property fair in Dhaka city to showcase some exclusive properties available in the real-estate market.The company has organised the fair styled 'Doreen Monsoon Luxury Property Fair' at Doreen Tower for the...
The authorities of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) launched three digital services to provide better facilities to its passengers on Thursday, reports UNB. The services include a dynamic web portal, 24/7 hotline call centre and customer relationship management software (CRM),...
TOKYO, July 28 (Reuters): Japanese automaker Toyota Motor said on Friday it sold 5.1 per cent more vehicles in the first half of 2023 compared with the same period a year earlier, helped by an easing of semiconductor supply constraints...
REZAUL KARIM | 2023-07-29 00:00:00
With the surplus production capacities of garment accessories and packaging products, Bangladesh is making efforts to explore export potentials of the items worldwide.The government has asked the country's 18 missions abroad to explore potentials to increase earnings from the subsector...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-29 00:00:00
Berger Paints Bangladesh saw a 5.42 per cent year-on-year increase in net profit during the April-June quarter this year, thanks to reduced operating costs and a significant rise in finance income. The multinational paints maker, commanding half of the country's...
LONDON, July 28 (Reuters): Stocks largely held their ground on Friday as investors pondered what a policy shift by the Bank of Japan would mean for global markets hoping that central banks were nearing the end of their rate hiking...
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