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...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
The students of the seven colleges - affiliated with the Dhaka University (DU) - again took to the street at Nilkhet intersection in the capital on Sunday, demanding to relax CGPA criteria and grant them chance to take improvement exams...
Newly-appointed Information Commissioner Shahidul Alam Jhinuk paying tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his portrait at Dhanmondi-32 in the city on Sunday
Family members of Kazi Nazrul Islam paying tributes to the national poet by placing a wreath at his grave on Dhaka University campus in the city on Sunday, marking his 47th death anniversary — FE photo
FE REPORT | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
The World Bank will provide $300 million loans for training up some 0.9 million Bangladeshi rural youth with skills and alternative education to attain employment and create entrepreneurship. The Bangladesh government and the WB signed a loan deal on Sunday...
BARISHAL, Aug 27 (BSS): Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun on Sunday said that stern actions will be taken if anyone tries to destabilize law and order situation of the country ahead of the general elections."During the election...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday ordered to dispose of freedom fighter and Tangail district Awami League member Faruk Ahmed murder case by the next six months, reports BSS.An apex court division bench of Justice Obaidul Hasan...
British High Commissioner in Bangladesh Sarah Cooke on Sunday said her country is encouraging "free, fair, participatory and peaceful" elections in Bangladesh. She said fair elections will help Bangladesh citizens exercise their democratic rights, reports UNB. "We had a very...
Awami League (AL) presidium member and Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque on Sunday called upon the AL leaders and activists to remain alert so that BNP-Jamaat cannot create anarchy in the country centring the upcoming national elections, reports BSS."We all...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on Sunday that some of its leaders left the country for Singapore are just for medical treatment but not for hatching conspiracy. Terming it as baseless talks made by the ruling party, joint secretary general...
Hawaiian Electric shares on Friday plunged to their lowest level since 1984 as a lawsuit alleging negligence leading to Maui wildfires raised investor worries over the financial health of the utility that has paused dividend payout, reports Reuters.Its shares fell...
BENGALURU, Aug 27 (Reuters): India's market regulator proposed on Friday that brokers and mutual funds should stop the use of unregistered financial influencers in advertising and marketing campaigns.The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said in a consultation paper...
RIYADH, Aug 27 (Arab News): In a major move aimed at reshaping the real estate sector, Saudi Arabia has unveiled the Real Estate Market initiative. This platform is poised to elevate the management of property transactions, spanning ownership transfers, purchases,...
RIYADH, Aug 27 (Arab News): Saudi Telecom Co.'s subsidiary, Telecommunications Towers Co., or TAWAL, has raised $1.42 billion in Islamic financing to facilitate the acquisition of tower assets from the Netherlands-based United Group, extending its reach into the European market....
NEW YORK, Aug 26 (Reuters): US stock investors are bracing for a potentially volatile September as the market faces key economic data reports, a Federal Reserve meeting and worries over a possible government shutdown during a month of historically muted...
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