Neil Ray | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
There is full flow of rhetoric in policymakers' speeches when it comes to reaping demographic dividends, particularly when about one-fourth of the population is in the 15-30 age group. But in practice, the youths are the ones who are made...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
The Human Rights Watch, the New York-based international non-profit NGO that conducts research and advocacy on human rights published a report recently under the headline, "Future Bleak for Rohingya in Bangladesh, MyanmarNo Justice, Freedom Since 2017 Atrocities." The headline of...
The crisis currently besetting the country's small and medium industries has not come all of a sudden. It has been in the making since the breakout of the Ukrainian conflict. Currently, the industrial sector of Bangladesh finds itself stuck in...
Muhammad Zamir | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
Since the second half of July, extreme heat waves, fire and heavy rain have seen residents in North West Canada, parts of the mainland United States around Texas, Maui, an island in Hawaii, parts of Spain, parts of Africa, South...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-27 12:00:00
Business leaders and experts here on Saturday sought Japan's support to enhance Bangladesh's competitiveness in manufacturing and international trade to materialise the strategic relation between the two countries.Hailing the long-term bilateral relations, they also stressed the need for a better...
ARAFAT ARA | 2023-08-27 12:00:00
Prices of Bangladeshi shrimp have declined by an estimated 24 per cent recently due to the impact of the long-running Russia-Ukraine war on international markets, according to exporters.They analysed that the demand for other fishes, including shrimp, has decreased significantly...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Aug 26 (AP): Four astronauts from four countries rocketed toward the International Space Station on Saturday. They should reach the orbiting lab in their SpaceX capsule Sunday, replacing four astronauts living up there since March. A NASA...
This videograb shows a body being brought to hospital in Antananarivo on Friday. At least 13 people, including seven children, were killed in a crowd stampede at a stadium in the Madagascar capital — AFP
TEHRAN, Aug 26, 2023 (AFP): A court in Tehran has ordered the US government to pay $330 million in damages for "planning a coup" against the newly established Islamic republic in 1980, the judiciary said Saturday.A year after the 1979...
A Bangladeshi restaurateur has been killed in a violent assault outside his eatery at Owen Sound in Canada's Ontario. Sharif Rahman, 44, succumbed to his injuries in a hospital on Thursday, 10 days after the attack, bdnews24.com reports quoting Canadian...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Johannesburg for Dhaka on Saturday afternoon, wrapping up her South Africa trip. She is due to arrive in Dhaka this (Sunday) morning, reports UNB.She attended the 15th BRICS Summit held in Johannesburg on August 22-24...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2023-08-27 00:00:00
Annual budgetary support from the foreign lenders rose nearly four times in the last fiscal year (FY) than that of the amount Bangladesh received four FYs ago, widening the spending scope for the government, officials said on Saturday. The country...
Individuals in search of employment opportunities in Qatar gather outside the Qatar Medical Centre's office located at Banglamotor in the city on Saturday. They come here for their mandatory medical tests from different districts and start waiting in lines from...
Familytex: A company meant to rip off retail investorsAmong the listed companies of the textile sector on the website of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), one will come across Familytex (BD). Except for the company's name and some sporadic financial...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-27 00:00:00
The death toll from dengue fever rose by nine, including five from Dhaka, in 24 hours to Saturday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).With the additional deaths, the casualties rose to 537, including 396 from Dhaka.Meanwhile,...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-08-27 00:00:00
Taxes will be imposed on the entire income of a taxpayer without any exclusion, if the return is submitted after the Tax Day, the deadline for return filing.A provision in this connection has been incorporated in the new tax law...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2023-08-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh stands out as the fourth-biggest recipient of assistance from an unfolding Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) credit line with over US$3.67 billion received from the new bank's committed finance between 2016 and March 2023.This accounts for more than 8.41...
MUMBAI, Aug 26 (Reuters) - India has imposed a 20 per cent duty on exports of parboiled rice with immediate effect, a move that could further reduce shipments from the world's largest exporter and lift global rice prices, which are...
Vehicles seized by the police have been dumped on a portion of a playground at Darussalam in Mirpur of the city. This has led to a reduction in available space, causing disruption to sports activities. Even nature has taken over...
REZAUL KARIM AND YASIR WARDAD | 2023-08-27 00:00:00
Over a 27-percent decline in export of agricultural goods in the last fiscal nudged the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) into action and detected 15 hurdles needing a remedy for the sector to perform better through a rebound. An interministerial meeting...
Chattogram City BNP Unit brought out a mass procession as part of one point movement of the party at Kazir Dewri in Chattogram on Saturday — Photo: Collected
Seven media workers have been attacked while attempting to gather news on alleged student ragging at Barishal's Sher-e-Bangla Medical College. The issue was later resolved in a meeting between senior journalists and doctors, reports bdnews24.com.The journalists allege that they were...
More than 0.5 million leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) from different parts of the country will participate in the student rally at Suhrawardy Udyan scheduled for September 01, said its president Saddam Hussein on Saturday, reports UNB.Saddam...
BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas left for Singapore for medical treatment on Saturday morning, reports UNB.Abbas along with his wife Afroza Abbas and their two sons left Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines...
FE REPORT Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on Saturday that the ruling Awami League doesn't believe in democracy. It also called upon the government to respect public demand through quitting power immediately and restore democracy through free and fair election...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that there is no alternative to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's leadership in the country, reports BSS."There is no affectionate leader like her (Sheikh Hasina) and no competent administrator like her...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at places over the country...
A memorandum of understanding was signed between North South University (NSU) and Uttaran (IDRC Project) in the city on Thursday. Under the deal, the two institutions will take steps to advance academic initiatives between them. NSU vice-chancellor Prof Atiqul Islam,...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized six gold bars weighing around 701 grams from Kakdanga frontier under Kolaroa upazila in Satkhira district on Saturday, reports UNB.The paramilitary members also arrested one person identified as Faruque Hossain in connection with the incident.The...
Police have recovered the body of a Chinese national, who had been missing since Thursday, from the Bhairab River at Charerhat in Khulna city, reports bdnews24.com.Locals called the police after seeing the body of Wang Ciao, 44, floating in the...
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