BRISBANE, Australia, July 31 (AFP): Nigeria booked their place in the last 16 of the Women's World Cup on Monday when they drew 0-0 with Ireland to finish second behind co-hosts Australia in Group B.They will now meet the winners...
WELLINGTON, July 31 (AFP): Hinata Miyazawa scored twice and set up another as Japan stunned Spain 4-0 at the Women's World Cup on Monday to set up a clash with Norway in the knockout stage.The Japanese delivered a lesson in...
The Bangladesh cricket team started their preliminary camp ahead of the Asia Cup, to be held in August in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, reports UNB. A total of 32 players have been called up to the camp. Mahmudullah Riyad, who...
Natore, July 31 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a man from Natore's Lalpur upazila on Monday morning.The dead, Qurban Ali, was the son of Hazrat Ali of Borboria village of the upazila.Locals spotted the body of Qurban Ali in...
One of the rare species of fish with artistically design physical shape has been found in a big pond in the Nandirhat area of Hathazari upazila Chattogram. On Sunday morning when fishermen threw their nets, hundreds of fish like this...
KHULNA, July 31 (UNB): Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) rescued 14 fishermen six days after they were abducted while fishing in a canal in the Sundarbans. RAB also arrested five suspected abductors named Sanjoy Bain, 34, Md Gaus, 30,...
LALMONIRHAT, July 31 (UNB): A man was tortured and harassed by drug traders as he reportedly refused to work as a drug carrier in Lalmonrhat's Kaliganj upazila.Besides, the accused drug traders recorded a nude video of the victim, Sumon Mia...
MAGURA, July 31 (UNB): Farmers in Magura district are losing interest in jute cultivation as they are not getting enough water for retting raw jute for lack of rainfall.Farmers said rivers, canals have been dried up due to scanty rain...
Attestation or verification of copies of various documents is an old practice in Bangladesh. From students to job seekers, everyone needs to get their necessary documents attested by an authorised person. There was a time when attestation was compulsory for...
More than 10 years ago, the High Court ordered to stop vehicles, particularly motorcycles, on footpaths and walkways. But the order was never carried out by the authorities concernerd. Thus, riding motorcycles on footpaths has become a common feature in...
It is the rainy season in Bangladesh now. The season is the ideal time to plant trees. To encourage people to plant and nurture trees, the government has an annual program of national tree plantation campaign and a tree fair....
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-08-01 00:00:00
There is bad news for tigers. When the World Tiger Day was being observed, an unsettling report on tigers also came to light. Through a recently completed research, it has been found that Bangladesh is a centre for poaching of...
Shihab Sarkar | 2023-08-01 00:00:00
Although this year's dengue outbreak has not yet created the extent of panic and anxieties like the 2020-21 Covid-19, days may not be far when it'll take a similar disastrous turn. In the last five months after its initial assault,...
This year's results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations have not been quite inspiring. And it is evident from both lower pass rates and a sharp decline in the number of the cherished highest grade called grade...
TEHRAN, July 30, 2023 (AFP) - Iran's oil minister said Sunday Tehran would "pursue its rights" to a disputed gas field also claimed by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait if negotiations fail, the ministry's news agency reported.The offshore zone of the...
A foreign poll-observer team comprising distinguished persons from countries like the United States and Japan Sunday negated demand for a poll-time caretaker government and expressed their confidence in the Election Commission (EC) capacity to conduct a fair and credible election,...
The first unit of Rampal coal-fired power plant was shut down again due to the coal shortage early Sunday that triggered load shedding across the country, reports UNB.According to official sources at the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Limited (BIFPCL), the...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-31 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has extended the deadline for submitting applications for digital bank licences to August 17, from the original deadline of Tuesday, August 1. The extension was announced on Sunday in a press release signed by Saeda Khanam,...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-31 00:00:00
Digital banks in the country would be profitable within three years after starting their operation, said Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank (BB) Abu Farah Md Nasser. "From my experience I have expectation that the digital banks will be profitable within...
At least 40 people were killed and over 130 injured when an explosion tore through a political rally in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, police said, reports Reuters. The police said there was no confirmation yet about the...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-31 00:00:00
Dairy farmers on Sunday announced to sell per kilogram of beef at a price Tk 50 less than that of the mainstream market.They, however, urged the authorities concerned to reduce the sales tax (known as hasil) on animals across the...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-31 00:00:00
Just-introduced interest-rate corridor (IRC) and reference lending rate known as SMART will not be enough to hold high inflation in check under the targeted 6.0 per cent, experts said.In stocktaking on outcomes the new monetary policy and its interest-rate regime...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the people once again witnessed the horror of arson violence unleashed by BNP as the activists from the opposition party set fire to a number of buses during their protests, reports UNB."We again...
Bamboos for sale at a floating market on River Shitalakkhya near Kanchpur Bridge in Demra of Dhaka. These bamboos come from Demra, Narayanganj and surrounding areas. The photo was taken on Sunday — FE photo by Shafiqul Alam
FE REPORT | 2023-07-31 00:00:00
Director-General of Rosatom State Corporation Alexy Likhachev is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Monday) to discuss issues related to shipping nuclear fuel and its loading in Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. Scheduled to arrive here Sunday night, he...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh reported eight deaths from dengue in 24 hours till Sunday morning as a record number of patients in a single day got admitted to different hospitals across the country. As many as 2,731 dengue patients were admitted to different...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2023-07-31 00:00:00
The long-awaited Jamuna tunnel-construction project has achieved a breakthrough as China selected Henan Communications Planning & Design Institute Co Ltd to conduct the preliminary feasibility study for it. This development follows the pullout of China Railway Design Corporation (CRDC) from...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2023-07-31 00:00:00
The Finance Division has fined Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd (DMTCL), the government-owned company responsible for operating Dhaka Metro Rail, Tk 3.5 million for delay in making payment of loan instalment, officials said.To build the MRT Line-6, the country's first...
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