NEW DELHI, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 people died and three were severely injured in India's eastern state of Odisha due to lightning strikes amid heavy rains over the past 24 hours, a senior official in the state...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
Former bankers could be appointed as the directors of the same bank after five years of their retirement or at the end of their contracts, according to a circular issued by Bangladesh Bank on Sunday.Earlier in a circular in 2021,...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) on Sunday declared legal the gazette notification that had redrawn the boundaries of the Pirojpur-1 and 2 parliamentary constituencies. The HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Muhammad Mahbub Ul Islam delivered the verdict after...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
The United States and Bangladesh are set to convene the ninth annual US- Bangladesh Bilateral Security Dialogue in Dhaka on September 5. Security dialogue is an annual, civilian-led discussion that touches on all elements of security relationship, according to a...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
Ultimately Bangladesh courts uniform exchange rate of the US dollar in its latest bid for buttressing forex reserves and cooling persistent market volatility. Officials said the regulator Sunday fixed unified buying and selling rates for the greenback, which ends trial...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
Train movement from Dhaka to Bhanga through the Padma Bridge will start next month as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate it on October 10.Prior to the inaugural ceremony, Bangladesh Railway (BR) will conduct the trail run of...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
The Teesta water-sharing issue would come up for discussion during the upcoming bilateral meeting between Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.Prime Minister Hasina is scheduled to visit India at the invitation of...
LAHORE, Pakistan, Sept 03 (Agencies): Ibrahim Zadran led Afghanistan's charge in the 335-run chase against Bangladesh in their must-win Asia Cup match against Afghanistan in Lahore on Sunday.Afghanistan were on 151-3 in 30 overs till filling the report at 10:00pmZadran...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
Train services from Kamalapur Railway Station to some other parts of the country remained suspended for nearly four hours on Sunday due to a sit-in programme of the casual workers of Bangladesh Railway (BR). The train service disruption caused immense...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Bangladesh has been maintaining a friendly relationship equally with all for the sake of uplifting the socio-economic condition of the people, reports UNB."We've a very good relationship with every country. Since we're following...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
Worker-remittance inflow to Bangladeshis marks a resounding fall with August receipt having plummeted to a seven-month low at US$ 1.6 billion by official count.This drop in August accounts for over 21.5-percent fall over the same month a year before, despite...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
Fuel supply to petrol pumps in many areas across the country was disrupted on Sunday, as some pump owners and lorry operators enforced strike.Fractions of Bangladesh Petrol Pump Owners' Association (BPPOA), Bangladesh Tank-Lorry Owners' Association, Bangladesh Tank-Lorry Workers' Union, and...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on Sunday raised liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices by around 12.63 per cent for selling the cooking fuel to clients by private-sector operators in September. BERC Chairman Md Nurul Amin announced the new prices...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) registered 16 more deaths across the country, including eight from Dhaka, due to the mosquito-borne dengue fever in 24 hours till 8:00 am on Sunday.With the new deaths, the total number of casualties...
SAIF UDDIN | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
Bicycle sales have taken a sombre turn, both domestically and internationally, leaving the local industry paddling through a tough time that manufacturers describe as 'even worse than the Covid era'.Insiders said local bicycle manufacturers and traders are encountering setbacks as...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
As the Dhaka Elevated Expressway opened partially to the public on Sunday, Dhakaites were very happy as they now can avoid hour-long notorious traffic from the Dhaka airport-to-Farmgate stretch that had plagued them for years."There's nothing better than this," said...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
A cache of minimum 55 kilograms of gold has gone missing from Dhaka Customs House (DCH) airport-transit vault in break-ins discovered during latest inventory stocktaking, officials said Sunday.This haul of 55 kilograms of gold--brought by air passengers and held in...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office.It may also occur...
A student of Jahangirnagar University (JU), who was undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital after being hit by a truck on Friday, died Sunday. The deceased was identified as Fabiha Afifa Srijani, a student of the university's Economics...
Germany will provide €191 million to Bangladesh in the form of technical cooperation and financial cooperation for the sustainable development of the country, reports BSS.In this regard, two bilateral agreements on Development Cooperation were signed on Sunday between the Governments...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 03: Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Rezaul Karim Chowdhury has ordered to complete repair works of all the roads in the port city that were damaged in the current monsoon as soon as possible. The mayor told...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin today (Monday) will leave for Jakarta, Indonesia to attend the 43rd ASEAN Summit and 18th East Asia Summit to be held on September 5-7, reports UNB.A regular aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the President along with...
New Information Commissioner Shahidul Alam Jhinuk pays tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at the grave of the great leader in Tungipara of Gopalganj on Sunday
Chief of Naval Staff, M Nazmul Hassan, has been promoted to the rank of Admiral, reports UNB.The navy chief was conferred the new rank in the presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter's official residence Ganabhaban on Sunday,...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh needs to adopt a holistic strategy with clear directions and framework to formalise textile waste collection and policy support to address the challenges to build a thriving circular ecosystem in the country. The country's textile and garment industry annually...
A Dhaka court on Sunday sent Sabera Aman, wife of BNP leader Aman Ullah Aman, in a case filed over acquiring wealth beyond known income source, reports UNB.Judge of Dhaka Special Judge Court-1 Abul Kashem passed the order when she...
NATORE, Sep 03 (UNB): A local Awami League (AL) leader was stabbed to death in an attack by miscreants in Lalpur upazila of Natore Sunday morning.The deceased, Osman Goni (40) was general secretary of ward-5 unit of AL, in Kadimchilan...
Agriculture Minister and Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Dr Abdur Razzaque on Sunday said the people of the country will never bring BNP to power, reports BSS."The people of the country are not with the BNP. People will never bring...
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