UNITED NATIONS, July 21 (AFP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Thursday for a "serious, broad-based reflection" on reforming the global body's peacekeeping operations, highlighting persistent "limitations" to their success.Presenting his most recent policy brief, entitled the "New Agenda for Peace,"...
Maharashtra, July 21 (BBC): Twenty people have died and more than hundred are still trapped after a massive landslide hit a village in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.The landslide occurred in Irshalwadi village in Raigad district on Wednesday night...
WASHINGTON, July 21 (TASS): The United States (US) has requested Pyongyang to return Private Travis King, a US soldier who without his commander's permission crossed South Korea's border with the North, US Department of State Spokesperson Matthew Miller has told...
KYIV, July 21 (Arab News): Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday dismissed the country's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Vadym Prystaiko, after he criticized the president's response to a row over British military aid.Prystaiko had criticized Zelensky's sarcastic response to...
MOSCOW, July 21 (Reuters): Russian missiles hit grain terminals at an agricultural enterprise in the Odesa region in a fourth successive night of air strikes on southern Ukraine, the regional governor said on Friday.But Russia's attacks appeared less intense than...
IG Chowdhury | 2023-07-22 00:00:00
It was a warm spring morning when I was having tea with the family. In came the newspaper with results of my MA final examination. We were all very elated. Later in the day a phone call came from the...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-07-22 00:00:00
Tomato is considered a superfood because of its nutrient-dense contents which offer a whole range of health benefits from supporting healthy skin to weight loss to heart health. It can help fight cancer, diabetes, constipation and light-induced damage to eye....
Plastics have become an integral part of our life. Because of the ever-increasing use of plastic in different industries, especially packaging, Bangladesh remains one of the top plastic polluted countries in the world. A total of 3,000 tonnes of plastic...
Kaizen, a concept developed in Japan, refers to business activities that continuously improve all functions and involve all employees from the CEO to the assembly line workers. It is a management concept that promotes constant, small-scale improvement in all areas...
Tanim Asjad | 2023-07-22 00:00:00
There is optimism that daily commuters in Dhaka will get a great relief by the end of the year. The reason behind the optimism is completion of a number of mega infrastructure projects in Dhaka. According to a report, carried...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2023-07-22 00:00:00
RMG exporters have demanded a few things from the government, some of which are essential for production. First in the line of demands is the uninterrupted supply of natural gas at nearly half the current price. The rationale put forward...
Rooftop Solar Home System (SHS) was once thought to be an answer to the acute power shortage in the country as the traditional fossil-fuel-fired power plants were unable to meet the rising demand for electricity in the country. Moreover, it...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2023-07-22 00:00:00
Debt, domestic and foreign, has accompanied the growth narrative of Bangladesh from the beginning of its birth. It was looked upon as a natural corollary of the growth process that took hold under planning. The fact that many other countries’...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-21 12:00:00
Singer Bangladesh seems to have left its agonising days behind with a 34 per cent year-on-year revenue increase to Tk 7.18 billion in the second quarter through June this year, driven by biggest Eid festival sales.As a result, its profit...
NABLUS, July 20 (AFP): Israeli forces killed a Palestinian early Thursday near a flashpoint holy site in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry said."A citizen was killed by the occupation (Israeli) bullets in Nablus," a...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-21 00:00:00
The price of gold in Bangladesh has surged to a new all-time high, crossing the Tk 0.1 million-mark for the first time.The Bangladesh Jewellers' Association (BAJUS) announced on Thursday that the new price of gold per bhori (11.664 grams) will...
A video showing two women being paraded naked by a mob in the north-eastern state of Manipur, hit by violent ethnic clashes, has sparked outrage in India, report agencies.The police say they have opened a case of gang rape and...
The Election Commission (EC) demanded on Thursday that authorities form a judicial inquiry committee to investigate into the attack on independent candidate Ashraful Alam alias Hero Alam in Dhaka-17 by-election, reports UNB.The commission will send a proposal to the government,...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-21 00:00:00
SM Hamidul Huq, an additional secretary of the government and the immediate past chief of the Implementation, Monitoring, and Evaluation Division (IMED), has been suspended for his "misconduct".An official order, issued on Thursday, said that Mr Hamidul Huq has been...
Foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen Thursday said two Memorandum of Understandings MoUs) are likely to be signed between Dhaka and Rome as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to visit Italy from July 24-26, reports BSS."During this visit of...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-21 00:00:00
Prices of fish, garlic and a few vegetables have shot up further in a span of seven days in the city markets, adding to woes of the already-battered consumers.Tomato, ginger and green chilli remained static maintaining their previous highs as...
Keeping the retail tariff of natural gas for the consumers, the government has reset the margins and charges of the gas value of different upstream and downstream companies, reports UNB.The Energy and Mineral Resources Division of the Ministry of Power,...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2023-07-21 00:00:00
Fifty-year-old Sokhina Begum admitted her son to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) with dengue fever four days ago and was struggling to manage a bed for him, but made a little fortune.Hailing from Matuail of Dhaka, Sokhina along with another...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the government has no intention to obstruct the political programmes of BNP-Jamaat, but won't spare them if they repeat any destructive activity, reports UNB."We will not obstruct them in doing politics and are...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2023-07-21 00:00:00
Only 12 per cent of the surveyed 250 global fashion brands publish a responsible purchasing code of conduct, according to the latest fashion transparency index. The fashion industry still grapples with problematic purchasing practices, as apparel brands and retailers persistently...
Robi among 11 cos to have lost blue-chip status for illiquidityAs many as 11 companies, including the second largest telecom operator Robi Axiata, have been dropped from the DS30 index after they endured a steep, persistent fall in transaction volumes...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-07-21 00:00:00
Injection of newly printed 'high-powered money' by Bangladesh Bank into the market swelled over 175 per cent in the past financial year, BB sources said, stoking inflation further.Officials at the BB said the central bank had funneled a record volume...
Wheat prices have risen sharply on global markets after Russia said it would treat ships heading for Ukrainian ports as potential military targets, report Reuters and BBC.Moscow pulled out of a UN deal on Monday that ensured safe passage for...
SYLHET, Jul 20 (UNB): Seven people died in a collision between a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a microbus at Salutikar on Sylhet-Companigonj road on Thursday.The deceased included six passengers of CNG auto-rickshaw and the driver of the microbus.Deputy Director of Sylhet...
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