KYIV, Sept 03 (Reuters/BBC/AFP): Russian drones hit Danube River port infrastructure that is critical to Ukraine's grain exports, injuring at least two people in the attack on southern parts of the Odesa region on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said.The Danube has...
BOGURA, Sep 03, (BSS): A young man and a teenage girl died after their car plunged into a roadside pond in Sherpur upazila of Bogura district on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Zakaria Zakir (24), hailed from Bogura municipality area...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Sunday the prison population in the country is nearly twice the capacity of prisons to house them, reports UNBThe home minister came up with the information while replying to a tabled question from ruling...
RANGAMATI, Sept 03 (UNB): Rangamati district administration has restricted the movement of tourists on Kaptai Lake hanging bridge in Rangamati as it went under water following the rise in water level of in the lake amid heavy rain.During a visit...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods, arms, ammunition and drugs worth Tk 2.15.29 billion across the country in August, reports UNB.The seized drugs include 33.34 kg gold, 35.758 kg silver, 2,86,892 cosmetics, 18,321 imitation jewelries, 19,857 sarees, 7,323 three-piece/shirt-piece/bed-sheet/blankets,1,628...
NATORE, Sep 03 (UNB): Four people, including a woman, sustained bullet injuries when shots were fired during a clash over occupying disputed land in Lalpur upazila of Natore on Sunday.The injured - Asad (30), Bajlu (33), Abdul Hannan (40), and...
Most of the low-lying and shoal areas in different upazilas of Gaibandha have been submerged by floodwater. The picture was taken from Ziadanga village of Fulchhari upazila on Sunday — Focus Bangla
KURIGRAM, Sept 03 (UNB): A 35-year-old Bangladeshi national was shot dead allegedly by the members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Behularchar border in Rowmari upazila of Kurigram district on Sunday.The dead was indentifird as Manik Mia, son of...
Onion is an essential cooking ingredient in Bangladesh. However, it often gets pricier since we are largely dependent on imported onions. Making Bangladesh self-sufficient in onion production and adopting scientific methods to preserve perishable vegetables like onion can largely avoid...
Cloud computing may seem unfamiliar with us. But it has brought about revolutions in IT sector. It is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage and computing power, without direct active management by the user. This system...
Neil Ray | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
Thanks are due to political parties for arranging rallies, procession and meetings on weekly holidays. Although not all private offices remain closed on Saturday, the usual rush hours are supposed to be more tolerable on that day than on the...
With the country's falling foreign exchange reserve, rising inflation and value of local currency taka eroding fast against the US dollar, the fear was once deepening in public mind if Bangladesh would follow in Sri Lanka's footsteps, towards an economic...
The growth of around 1,000 tourist resorts countrywide, nearly 200 in the greater Dhaka, would have been welcomed, had it taken place in a balanced manner. What ails a section of nature activists is the intrinsic clash between the mushrooming...
Muhammad Zamir | 2023-09-04 00:00:00
BRICS, as currently constituted, accounts for 40 per cent of the global population and over 25 per cent of the global GDP. It is seen by some as a counterweight to the G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2023-09-03 12:00:00
China's economy grew at a much slower pace in the second quarter this year by just about any measure -- GDP, exports or prices of goods and services combined with a slowing property market and rising youth unemployment. Overall, there...
BAGHDAD, Sept 2, 2023 (AFP): Iraq's prime minister on Saturday inaugurated construction work on what is slated to become the first railway line connecting the country to neighbouring Iran, a major political and economic partner.The "Basra-Chalamja connection project" will link...
KANDY, Sri Lanka, Sept 2, 2023 (AFP): Pakistan's Shaheen Shah Afridi took four wickets to lead an inspired pace attack and bowl out India for 266 in Saturday's blockbuster Asia Cup clash.India slipped to 66-4 before Ishan Kishan (82) and...
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2 (AFP): Pakistan's headline inflation persisted at 27.4 percent year-on-year in August, official data showed, as a tumbling rupee and soaring bills blamed on an IMF bailout package hampered government efforts to rein in prices.Pakistan was on the...
A faction of Bangladesh Petrol Pump Owners Association (BPPOA) has announced to go on a strike at petrol pumps across the country from today (Sunday) to realise its 3-point demand. The demands are setting the fuel oil sales commission at...
Thousands of people gather on the bank of Ichhamoti river at Toronihat in Gabtoli upazila, Bogura, to enjoy the traditional boat race organised by Baliadighi Union Community Police on Saturday. — Photo: Collected
SRIHARIKOTA, India, Sept 2 (AFP): The latest mission in India's ambitious space programme blasted off Saturday on a voyage towards the centre of the solar system, a week after the country's successful unmanned Moon landing.Aditya-L1 launched shortly before midday, with...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2023-09-03 00:00:00
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have proposed that 12.75 per cent flat interest rate be fixed for small loans instead of the going rate of 24 per cent.The proposal came as the government has made a move to slash the interest rate...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that nothing could be gained by threatening to oust her government and imposing sanctions or visa restrictions, reports UNB. "Let me tell you clearly, this is our soil, we liberated the country under...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2023-09-03 00:00:00
The budget deficit is likely to be much lower than estimated for the last fiscal year (FY 2022-23) as spending from the operating and development outlays would remain well short of the targets at the end of the FY, officials...
Foreign portfolio investment: Its rise before decline over a decadeForeign investors have been withdrawing more money than injecting into the Bangladeshi securities since 2018 in contrast to what had happened over the previous six years to 2012. That is the...
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-09-03 00:00:00
All leading companies have raise bottled water prices exorbitantly, hitting the consumers hard, Bangladesh Competition Commission (BCC) has observed.The Commission has urged the Directorate General of National Consumers Protection (DNCRP) to act against any such wrongdoings.The BCC conducted a drive...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-03 00:00:00
The country recorded highest 21 deaths from dengue fever in a single day till Saturday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).The death toll from Dhaka stands at 17 in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning,...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2023-09-03 00:00:00
Passengers arriving in or departing from Bangladesh would soon enjoy an automated system of declaring their belongings and currencies they are carrying with to the customs authorities.The simplified paperless system for the passengers travelling through air, land or sea ports...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the 11.5 km Airport- Farmgate segment of 19.73-km Dhaka Elevated Expressway, the first of its kind in the country, raising high hope to reduce traffic congestion and commuters' travel time in the capital,...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-03 00:00:00
Inflation, debt buildup, capital flight and reserves depletion are among factors fueling macroeconomic instability in Bangladesh that could be averted with prudent measures in time, says a noted economist. The present macroeconomic instability could be avoided had there been proper...
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