PESHAWAR, Aug 22 (BBC): Rescuers are struggling to free six children and two adults trapped in a cable car dangling above a ravine in Pakistan. A military commando has tried to reach the car twice while hanging from a helicopter,...
BANGKOK, Aug 22 (AFP): Thai lawmakers approved tycoon Srettha Thavisin as the kingdom's new prime minister on Tuesday, ending three months of political deadlock on the day former premier Thaksin Shinawatra returned from exile.Srettha easily secured a majority across the...
SHEIKH HASIN ABRAR | 2023-08-23 00:00:00
There was a time when the night sky was a canvas of enchantment, a tapestry woven with stars, where grandmothers spun tales that transported young minds to distant creatures in the stars. As children, we would lie on our backs,...
MD IMRAN HOSEN | 2023-08-23 00:00:00
Welcome to the rollercoaster ride that is university friendship! Buckle your seatbelt and prepare for a crazy voyage full of rambunctious roommate scenarios, awkward orientation events, and late-night study sessions. Forget about doing it alone on this insane trip; it's...
FIRUZ NAWER | 2023-08-23 00:00:00
Children carry an entirely different kind of energy in comparison to adults. They are usually lively and noisy, and they love everything they do. Parents enjoy watching their energetic children exhibit pleasant feelings, play, interact, imagine, and so on. Parents...
What should be the purpose of education? Is it just to obtain certificates one after another or gaining good grades in examinations? No, schooling should give us more than that. There should be real-life situations where children can learn a...
Street crimes in Dhaka city are increasing day by day. Almost every other day, we come to know that a person is hijacked or robbed for money or jewellery. Those carrying out these crimes do so because they are unable...
The economic impact of war is terrible on any interdependent economy. Bangladesh being an import-dependent country is feeling the impact of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war in various ways. It is a trading country and highly import-dependent for items like fuel...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2023-08-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh appears to be stuck in a vicious cycle of loan default culture that has plagued its financial sector for over a decade now. This does not come as a surprise since policies taken thus far have abetted, rather than...
Wasi Ahmed | 2023-08-23 00:00:00
As the global thrust on agricultural productivity is gaining high prominence, efforts to render cultivation hassle-free and affordable are also made by most governments to get their priority right. Replacing costly fuel oil with solar technology for irrigation is one...
To all appearances, the private bank, the Padma Bank (PB), a restructured and renamed version of the former Farmers Bank, has not been able to rid itself of the not-so-glorious legacy from which it emerged. Though some of its top...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-22 12:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said his party's acting chairman Tarique Rahman was not involved in the August 21 grenade attack.Even the investigation into the bloody incident was not done properly, he claimed.Mr Fakhrul...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 21 (Reuters): Pakistani authorities have opened a criminal investigation against jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on charges of leaking state secrets, after naming him and three aides in a fresh case, a top security source said on...
PARIS, Aug 21 (AFP): Amid record-high temperatures globally, a study Monday reveals that a few days of searing heat can be enough to prevent billions of people already living hand-to-mouth on daily wages from putting food on the table.A week...
Cars are seen submerged in floodwaters on the Golden State Freeway in Sun Valley, California, US, on Monday as tropical storm Hilary moves through the area. Southern California is under a first-ever tropical storm warning as Hilary impacts parts of...
Land Secretary Md. Khalilur Rahman said the government's revenue has multiplied due to the digitization of land services, reports UNB.Land Secretary Md. Khalilur Rahman made the remarks while addressing a workshop regarding the determination of new sectors for non-tax revenue...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-08-22 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 21: The development work to modernise the Chatto-gram Shah Amanat Inter-national Airport having several fresh facilities will be completed within December. Officials of Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport said the work of extension of runways, construction of cargo...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-22 00:00:00
A Dhaka court on Monday jailed Regent Group chairman and Regent Hospital owner Md Shahed alias Shahed Karim for three years in a graft case.Judge Prodip Kumar Roy of the Dhaka Special Judge Court-07 handed down the verdict and also...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-22 00:00:00
A petition has been filed seeking stay on a High Court order that asked the authorities concerned to investigate the allegations against the owner of S Alam Group of amassing huge property abroad without Bangladesh Bank's permission.S Alam Group owner...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-22 00:00:00
The number of dengue infections reported by hospitals in the country since January has crossed 100,000 marks to reach at 102,191, surpassing previous annual records in eight months of the year. The previous highest number of cases in a full...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-08-22 00:00:00
Bangladesh has not received any project loan from the BRICS-initiated New Development Bank (NDB) - even after two years of joining the entity, insiders said on Monday.Bangladesh obtained the NDB's first membership in September 2021 after the five BRICS founder-nations...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-22 00:00:00
Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) on Monday suggested waiver of the existing 5.0-percent import duty and 5.0-percent advance income tax until December 31, 2023 to help stabilise the soaring prices of onions in the domestic market.Besides, the Commission also...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-08-22 00:00:00
Tax officials will now hold public hearings in their respective tax zones across the country to bridge the gap with taxpayers and address their problems.Senior Secretary of the Internal Resources Division (IRD) and National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Abu...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday stressed the need for expediting the implementation of the trial court's verdict in the August 21 grenade-attack case, reports UNB."Our leaders and activists, including Ivy Rahman, were brutally killed in broad daylight on August...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-08-22 00:00:00
In a turnaround from months of cash crunch, excess liquidity in Bangladesh's banking industry began ballooning as aggregate cashable assets of the banks amounted to Tk 1.66 trillion end of June 2023.The recent surge in deposits but a continuous fall...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-22 00:00:00
Sri Lanka has repaid US$ 50 million out of the total loan of $200 million which it took from Bangladesh under currency-swap mechanism two years ago for fighting an acute economic crisis.Confirming depositing the first loan instalment by the Sri...
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-08-22 00:00:00
Fresh price spike of essentials in August in a resurgence compounds consumer woes and forces millions of poor even to reduce consumption, sources say. After eggs, beef, chickens, fishes, onions, and garlic, the price of key vegetable brinjal shot up...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2023-08-22 00:00:00
Bangladesh has decided to request China to reduce interest rates on their loans bankrolling big-budget development agenda and expedite disbursement of the funds committed for different projects, officials said.As learnt from sources in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the matter...
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