Bangladesh and the United States will hold the 10th bilateral defence dialogue in Dhaka from today (Wednesday). The two-day dialogue will discuss cooperation on a myriad of defense topics and the two countries' shared Indo-Pacific vision, reports UNB."The United States...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-08-23 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 22: Chairman of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) Rear Admiral Mohammad Sohail said Chittagong Port will be one of the international business hubs. He also said, "Chittagong seaport will play a vital and positive role within the next 3...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-23 00:00:00
The government has decided to form a high-powered technical committee to offer essential recommendations for drawing up a comprehensive national transit policy, said sources.At an inter-ministerial meeting on trade transit and connectivity held at the commerce ministry on Tuesday, a...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-23 00:00:00
The onion market remained volatile on Tuesday, with prices increasing in all wholesale markets, including bordering areas.Retail prices of the tube appeared to be steady at Tk 80-Tk 100 per kg, which could potentially rise further, according to traders.The local...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2023-08-23 00:00:00
It feels like a pleasure trip to Atique Mustahid who chose to travel through Hatirjheel waterway to go to Bashundhara City Shopping Mall from Shahjadpur to leapfrog nagging road congestion.He opted for Hatirjheel water taxi for a shortcut at rush...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-23 00:00:00
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday urged revenue officials not to pressure taxpayers during tax collection.He said individuals paying taxes should not face adverse effects during the revenue-mobilisation process.During the inauguration of the electronic fiscal device management system (EFDMS)...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-23 00:00:00
The government's auction committee on Tuesday discarded the bidding of long-term government securities involving Tk 25 billion due to higher rates placed by the participating primary dealers (PDs).The central bank arranges auctions of treasury bills and treasury bonds through which...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2023-08-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh sees ballooning debt buildup to Tk 14.48 trillion end of March largely for the compounding of borrowings with repayment liabilities, prompting economists to suggest mobilisation of multilateral funds. According to a latest publication of the Ministry of Finance the...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-08-23 00:00:00
Six big development budget-holders of the government failed to begin their projects in the first month of the current fiscal year (FY), 2023-24, resulting in a slow start of the overall ADP execution, officials said on Tuesday. The Secondary and...
This portion of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway, stretching from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area to Farmgate, is set to open to traffic on September 2. The Expressway will contribute to easing traffic congestions to a great extent. The photo was...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-23 00:00:00
The government registered 8 more deaths due to mosquito borne dengue fever, including 5 from Dhaka, in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.With the new casualties, the death toll stood at 493 in dengue fever, including 366 from Dhaka.Meanwhile, 2,168 hospitalizations...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-08-23 00:00:00
A long-overdue crackdown on 'capacity payment' finally comes as the government begins ditching diesel-guzzling power plants that idly fed on public money, sources say. The bundling out of the 'expensive' power plants begins as demand grows louder for disposing of...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions; at many places over Dhaka, Khulna and Barishal divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi...
American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) published the Academic Strategic Plan (ASP 2033), a comprehensive blueprint for the university's growth and excellence over the upcoming decade, says a press release.Published on August 03, this plan, which spans from 2023 to 2033, outlines...
Preparations are underway for Akhaura-Agartala railway trial train which is likely to begin this month — Focus Bangla
FE REPORT | 2023-08-23 00:00:00
A Labour Court in Dhaka on Tuesday started testimony in the case filed against Nobel Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus, also the chairman of Grameen Telecom, and three others for allegedly violating the labour law. Judge of the Third Labour...
Fifteen prominent citizens of various professions have called for grooming and recruiting skilled masters and drivers of water vessels to prevent accidents, reports UNB.For this, they called for reforming the inland mastership and drivership examination system and immediately abolishing the...
Six years after the Rohingya influx in Bangladesh, the government continues its efforts focusing on their safe repatriation, though some countries and international organisations are pushing for their integration in Bangladesh, reports UNB."Our priority is that they (Rohingyas) will return...
A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrant against three including Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh Dhaka Metropolitan (south) Secretary Dr Shafiqul Islam Masud, in a sabotage case filed in 2022, reports BSS.The other two are- Jamaat's Dhaka Metropolitan (south) Ameer Nurul Islam Bulbul...
Jatiya Party Chief Patron Raushan Ershad on Tuesday declared herself the chairman of the party by relieving its current chairman GM Quader, now staying in India, from the post. The announcement was given through a press release signed by Raushan,...
Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said it is hard to believe that a party's (BNP) secretary general could tell so hideous, despicable and horrible lies over the August 21 gruesome...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that the government is picking up innocent people and branding them as militants to get the attention of the Western world and India, reports UNB."You have seen a few days...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Tuesday that BNP killed about 22,000 AL leaders and activists during its regime from 2001-2006 when there was no room for democracy in the country, reports BSS."BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam...
SYDNEY, Aug 22 (AFP): Australian mining giant BHP on Tuesday recorded a major slump in annual profits, which dropped almost 40 percent as inflation bites and commodity prices fall.The company's latest financial statements showed it banked an annual underlying profit...
BERLIN, Aug 22 (Reuters): German Economy Minister Robert Habeck wants to tighten the process for reviewing foreign investments with a new law that would aim to enhance economic security, according to a ministry document seen by Reuters on Sunday.The effort...
NEW DELHI, Aug 22 (Reuters): India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to review their trade pact by 2025, the Indian government said on Monday, less than a month after India's trade minister called the agreement...
BEIJING, Aug 22 (Reuters): China's fiscal revenue rose 11.5 per cent in the first seven months of 2023 from the same period a year earlier, but was slower than the 13.3 per cent rise posted for the first six months,...
BENGALURU, Aug 22 (Reuters): Shares in India's Jio Financial Services (JFS) slid the maximum allowed 5 per cent for a second straight day on Tuesday, which will likely delay their exclusion from the country's benchmark indexes.JFS shares opened down 5...
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