It is believed that about 30 per cent of people in Bangladesh are now suffering from thyroid complications. Thyroid problems are generally more common in women than in men. The butterfly-shaped gland at the front of our throat is called...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-08-29 00:00:00
The Directorate of National Consumers Right Protection (DNCRP) has now launched an operation to control the soaring price of green coconut. But why is this popular and ubiquitous daab, in Bangla, has joined the essential commodities in their race to...
Shihab Sarkar | 2023-08-29 00:00:00
Dhaka was once known as a green city, due to a number of its main roads being lined with majestic trees. Besides, its relatively minor roads also stood out with their green lushness. There were few areas in Dhaka not...
The repercussion of slapping by India a 20 per cent duty on export of parboiled rice is likely to be far and wide. Accounting for more than 40 per cent of the world's rice export, the number one global rice...
Zaidi Sattar | 2023-08-29 00:00:00
What has tariffs got to do with export diversification? That would be a fair question for a lay person to ask. The simple economic answer is: 'plenty'. This is an important revelation uniquely relevant to the Bangladesh context. Export diversification,...
MEXICO CITY, Aug 27 (AFP): New school textbooks promoted by the Mexican government have sparked a battle between the leftist president and opponents who have burned them and taken the case to the highest court.Critics allege that the books promote...
President of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Faruque Hassan on Sunday put emphasis on making business procedures, especially customs, bond and VAT-related services, more simplified and faster in order to become competitive in the global apparel market, reports...
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid Sunday said that the government wants to build a transmission line between Bangladesh and Nepal, reports BSS."We want to install transmission line from Bangladesh to Nepal, so that we can...
Flood-affected people gather on high ground in a flooded area of Burewala, a town of southern Punjab province of Pakistan, on Sunday. — AFP Photo
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 27 (UNB): A one-year-old boy went missing after falling into a drain at Rangipara in Uttar Agrabad of Double Mooring area in Chattogram port city on Sunday.The victim was identified as Yeasin Arafat, son of Saddam Hossain of...
REZAUL KARIM | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) has formally communicated with the commerce ministry for action to curb the illicit trade in mud eel, colloquially known as "Cuchia", into neighbouring India and Myanmar. Expressing the concern of local eel exporters grappling with...
Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed presents 'National Integrity Strategy' award to soldiers, recognising their outstanding contributions to the Bangladesh Army. The ceremony took place at the Army Multipurpose Complex in Dhaka Cantonment on August 27.
FE REPORT | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh, which could not become a member of the BRICS in its just-concluded summit, is expected to be included in the group in next phase."The South African President, in his speech in the Johannesburg summit, clearly mentioned that six countries...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
The central bank of Bangladesh has revised the Sukuk allotment quota to pave the way for conventional banks to participate in the auctions. Conventional banks will now be permitted to take part in the auctions without any quota allocation. The...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
Some 174 consultants, numerous foreign-training programmes and other less-important components constitute the panoply of a project planned for constructing seven electric-charging stations for vehicles, sources say. Insiders say the 174 individual and company consultants will be hired for the project...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 27: Three policemen were killed and two others injured as a train struck a pickup truck on patrol in Fakirhat area under Sitakunda Upazila in Chattogram on Sunday noon.Locals said the accident occurred at the Fakirhat level crossing...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
Deprecation of local currency taka against the US dollar has created a row over the mode of payment as mobile-phone operators are now reluctant to pay in terms of the greenback for a new slot of telecommunication spectrum.Bangladesh Telecommunication and...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
Eleven more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning, of them eight from Dhaka.With the additional deaths, the casualties rose to 548, including 404 from Dhaka.Meanwhile, a total of 2,327 patients got admitted during the same...
Several parts of port city Chattogram, including low-lying areas, go under water following heavy rainfall. The photo was captured on Sunday from the Shantibagh area of Halishahar. — Photo: Collected
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
Preparations to inaugurate the long-awaited Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) have gained momentum, with authorities focused on ensuring seamless operation of toll plazas and smooth traffic flow to facilitate toll collection.The first half of the 19.73-kilometre elevated expressway - the first...
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
Fallout on Bangladesh's staple procurement is predicted from the imposition of 20-percent export duty on parboiled rice by India in their latest market-protection move, after high onion taxing. Sources say the 20-percent duty on parboiled-rice export could have severe implications...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
The government has shelved the plan to implement an automated dynamic fuel-pricing mechanism for now, fearing repercussions from stakeholders including pump owners and commoners, ahead of the next general election, said sources.The state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has been instructed...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh prepares for the start of long-stalled repatriation of Rohingya refugees on a pilot basis before December, ahead of crucial general election in the country. Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen Sunday rolled out a plan regarding repatriation of the Myanmar...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions; at many places over Rangpur and Mymensingh divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi, Dhaka and...
A Dhaka court placed two person including former driver of National Board of Revenue (NBR) Joint Commissioner Masuma Khatun in a case lodged for abducting her, on a one- day remand each on Sunday, reports BSS.They are driver Md Masud...
Department of Geological Sciences of Jahangirnagar University (JU) inaugurated an Automated Weather Station on Sunday. Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Md Nurul Alam inaugurated the weather station at the Geo Park in front of Geological Sciences Department. The station has been established...
Team members of BRAC University (BRACU) Duburi that secured second position in the international competition 'Robosub 2023' in California of USA recently posing for photograph with teachers, including acting vice chancellor of university Prof Syed Mahfuzul Aziz, and fellow students...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 27: A seven-month-old girl and her father were killed and two others were injured in a landslide due to a heavy rainfall in IW Colony area at Sholoshahar in Chattogram on Saturday night. The father-daughter duo was identified...
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