FE REPORT | 2024-01-02 00:00:00
Air pollution rose by 35 per cent and sound by 42 per cent during Sunday night's rabid celebrations of the English New Year 2024, said a study on Monday.In just one hour in the run-up to 2024, the intensity of...
Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Nazmul Hassan adorning Lieutenant General Mizanur Rahman Shamim, the newly appointed principal staff officer of the Armed Forces Division, with a rank badge in the...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-02 00:00:00
Demand for property in Dhaka's suburbs has witnessed a sharp rise in the past year, fuelled by the launch of the country's first metro rail and elevated expressway, according to a survey.The Dhaka Metro Rail -- connecting Uttara to Motijheel...
A Dhaka court has sentenced 18 leaders and activists of BNP to three years jail each in a case filed over a clash with police in 2019, reports UNB.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Afnan Sumi passed the order on Monday.The convicts...
Jatiya Party (JP) candidate from Habiganj-2 constituency Shankar Pal has withdrew himself from the election for what he said lack of conducive environment for election, reports UNB.He came up with the announcement while talking to reporters at his constituency on...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal is not sure how peaceful the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election will be but stresses the need to ensure that the election process cannot be called into question, reports bdnews24.com.The CEC came up...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday said the comment made by Awami League (AL) leader Obaidul Quader was part of a deep-seated conspiracy against the BNP.On December 30, the AL general secretary said the BNP was...
A group of BNP activists led by party Vice-Chairman Nitai Roy Chowdhury distribute leaflets among people in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the city on Monday, demanding national election under non-party caretaker government — Focus Bangla
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP should be given a farewell forever by showing red card in the January 7 elections, reports BSS."BNP is a party of anti-liberation forces, looters, corrupt and conspirators. They should be...
Supporters of a candidate in the upcoming 12th national elections carry a colourful mini-truck made of cork sheets, the candidate's symbol. The photo was taken from Dhaka's Shahbagh area on Monday. — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2024-01-02 00:00:00
Five more commercial banks posted higher amount of operating profit in the just-ended calendar year 2023.According to available provisional figures, operating profit of the state-owned Agrani Bank (PLC) rose to Tk17.70 billion in 2023 from Tk 12.02 billion in 2022.Dhaka...
No fresh death due to dengue was reported in Bangladesh in the 24 hours till Monday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), reports UNB.During the period, 85 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according...
The emergency helpline 999 received 971 calls throughly Bangladesh about loud music and noise pollution during the first hour of the New Year 2024 celebrations, reports bdnews24.com.Dhaka alone accounted for 237 of these complaints, said Inspector Anwar Sattar, the spokesman...
There are 2146 polling centers in the capital and half of those are considered vulnerable, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman said on Monday, reports UNB."DMP has undertaken a plan for security arrangements, considering half of the polling centres...
In 2023, Bangladesh grappled with persistent volatility in its foreign exchange market, despite concerted efforts by Bangladesh Bank to stabilize the situation through significant dollar sales from its reserves, reports UNB.Economists have pinpointed policy missteps as the root cause, warning...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-01-02 00:00:00
Sonali Bank PLC posted Tk 37.27 billion worth of operating profit in 2023 with its deposits and loans and advances showing an uptrend.The country's largest commercial bank has claimed the EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Tax) or operating profit would...
Condemning the Labour Court's verdict against Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, BNP on Monday said the entire nation was ashamed of this judgment dictated by Gonobhobon, reports UNB.Speaking at a virtual press briefing, party Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-01-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh will seek more flexible entry and exit points for its citizens across the border with India as the two neighbouring countries prepare to renew their bilateral Revised Travel Arrangement (RTA) this month. Under the current arrangement, established in 1972,...
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the people to give a befitting reply to arson violence, BNP and Jamaat by casting their votes in the January-7 general election, reports UNB."Don't only cast your vote, but...
ARAFAT ARA | 2024-01-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh sent a record-breaking 1.3 million workers abroad in 2023, surpassing the 2022 figure of 1.14 million. Despite this surge, unresolved issues like high migration costs, a lack of skilled labour and informal money transaction channels like hundi continue to...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-01-02 00:00:00
Funding drought for corporates seems over as private-sector-credit flow marked a double-digit growth, as of November, in a reversal of low ebb amid liquidity crunch and inflationary pressures.Scourge of inflation on businesses is that entrepreneurs avoid such hard times as...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2024-01-02 00:00:00
Ties between Bangladesh and the United States won't be strained for the conviction of Bangladeshi Nobel-laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, Dhaka's top diplomat said Monday as the sentencing sent out ripples.Responding to a question regarding the implications of the verdict against...
New textbook distribution among primary and secondary school students began across the country on Monday, reports UNB.The festival was held at 10 am on the premises of National Government Primary School in the capital's Mirpur.State Minister for Primary and Mass...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-01-02 00:00:00
After recent reduction, the volume of mattress money or currency outside banks shows an upturn again to the worry of liquidity-hungry banks that have to borrow costly funds.Sources at Bangladesh Bank (BB) have said the amount of deposit outflow from...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-02 00:00:00
Nobel-laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, who is chairman of Grameen Telecom firm, has been sentenced to six-month simple or non-rigorous imprisonment for violation of labour law in court verdict on the first day of this year. "I'm convicted for a crime...
NEW DELHI, Jan 01 (Reuters): Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's joint venture with Mumbai's slum rehabilitation authority has hired a global team to redevelop Dharavi, a key step in rebuilding one of Asia's biggest slums amid growing opposition to the project.Dharavi,...
MUMBAI, Jan 01 (Reuters): The Indian rupee closed little changed following muted trading on Monday on a lack of fresh triggers at the start of the year.The rupee ended at 83.2375 against the US dollar, slightly lower from its close...
BEIJING, Jan 01 (Reuters): Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies expects to report revenue exceeding 700 billion yuan ($98.5 billion) for 2023, according to comments from rotating chairman Ken Hu in an internal new year message seen by Reuters.The figure indicates...
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