Shihab Sarkar | 2023-06-23 00:00:00
It's difficult for many compulsive readers to wean themselves off detective novels or crime thrillers even in their mature age. It's only the aficionados of this genre of books who can feel the passion generated by these publications, dubbed by...
Agricultural output of crops and vegetables has increased encouragingly over the years. Many educated youth have become solvent by choosing agricultural sectors as their profession. But what is concerning is that farmers still rely on the middlemen for selling their...
Many people in the country are believed to be suffering from various kinds of mental health problems. In Bangladesh, there are reportedly only 270 psychiatrists and roughly 500 psychologists serving a population of more than 169 million. Individuals between the...
Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, has once again made it to the list of the world's worst liveable cities. The city has been named the seventh least liveable city in the world for the second consecutive year in the Global...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-06-23 00:00:00
A post-haste introduction of any system, much as its merit may be, not only fails to achieve the desired results but may also be counterproductive. The introduction of the new education curriculum looks all set to embrace the latter fate....
Bangladesh's potential as a regional growth centre has long been recognised by its international development partners. With a quarter of the population aged between 15 and 29 years, the country is now poised to exploit its immense demographic dividend. Acknowledging...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2023-06-22 12:00:00
Eight companies of the DSE's main board are going to be downgraded from A and B category to Z category for failing to pay the dividends that the boards declared and got approved by the securities regulator for FY22. The...
ZANNATUL SAMARUKH ELMA | 2023-06-22 12:00:00
The IUT Career and Business Society (IUT CBS) is hosting 'INTERN 2023', an event aimed at fostering and empowering the entrepreneurial aspirations of students at the Islamic University of Technology (IUT). This intra-IUT novice case competition, now in its fifth...
MOHSINAT AHMED LABONI | 2023-06-22 12:00:00
“This journey of us is an endeavor of stacking all the beautiful picturesque stories of inspiring lives together in a place," so says the motto of Short Stories platform on Facebook. Starting its journey from 2021 to this date, it...
FE YOUTH DESK | 2023-06-22 12:00:00
The Echelon Asia Summit 2023, held at the Singapore Expo on June 14-15, 2023, attracted a multitude of promising startups from countries in the Asia Pacific region. Among the fierce competition, EkkBaz emerged as the recipient of the TOP10 startup...
India's Prime Minister Narendra (R) shaking hands with SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk during their meeting in New York on Wednesday — AFP --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rescuers detect 'underwater noises' in hunt for lost Titanic subBOSTON, June...
UNITED NATIONS, June 21 (TASS): Food exports from Ukrainian ports within the framework of the grain deal declined to 1.3 mln metric tons in May, the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General on the Black Sea Initiative said on Tuesday."The Secretary-General...
Sacrificial animals are being unloaded from a truck for the upcoming Eid ul-Adha, at a livestock market in Dhaka's Postogola Shoshan Ghat area, on Wednesday. — FE photo by Shafiqul Alam
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, June 21: Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) ann-ounced its annual budget of over Tk 18.87 billion for the fiscal year (FY) 2023-24 on Wednesday. CCC Mayor Rezaul Karim Chowdhury announced his third budget, providing detailed data on the city's past,...
The Teesta may cross danger mark (DM) at Dalia point due to continuous rise in water level following monsoon rains and onrush of water from the upstream in the last 24 hours ending at 9 am Wednesday, reports BSS.Bangladesh Water...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
A Dhaka Court on Wednesday directed authorities concerned to freeze all immovable property of scam-hit e-commerce-platform Alesha Mart. It also issued a travel ban on Alesha Mart Chairman Manjurul Alam Sikder and three others in the case. The three others...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced former Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Mizanur Rahman to 14 years' imprisonment in a case filed on charge of amassing wealth beyond known sources of income and concealing information in his wealth statement....
Japan has provided another 500 million yen in grant aid for the Fourth Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP4) as part of Tokyo's continued support for Bangladesh's education sector, reports UNB.The Exchange of Notes, formalizing this agreement, was signed by Ambassador...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said an improvement in foreign-exchange reserves is likely in the coming days as a number of measures such as discouraging unnecessary imports and encouraging remittance inflow have been taken by the government. The prime...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
The apex apparel-body BGMEA has started developing high-end fashion items using local heritage stuff, including fabrics, in a bid to earn $100 billion from garment exports by 2030.The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) steps include raising its global...
8 cos to be downgraded to Z category for failing to pay dividends for FY22Eight companies of the DSE's main board are going to be downgraded from A and B category to Z category for failing to pay the dividends...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
Capital machinery, intermediate goods and raw-material imports have plummeted amid dollar dearth and restrained foreign trade, giving analysts and economists to believe that Bangladesh’s economy bears its cascading impact.The slump may result in production contraction and further consumer-market waywardness, they...
Awami League-backed mayoral candidate AHM Khairuzzaman Liton has won the Rajshahi City Corporation election with a huge margin while Awami League-nominated mayoral candidate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury won the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) election, reports UNB. The incumbent mayor bagged 160,290 votes...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
Enhancement of tenure of sponsor directors and inclusion of a provision for not treating wilful defaults of their subsidiary companies as defaulters draw a lot of flak from experts and economists.According to them, such a provision will certainly affect governance...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
Long-delayed hydrocarbon search in the bay no longer looks far off as an IOC-pampering new model production-sharing contract (PSC) may be approved by Bangladesh government anytime soon. Sources have said the model PSC for deal-making with international oil companies (IOCs)...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has explained Bangladesh's decision to seek membership to the BRICS coalition, consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, reports bdnews24.com.Speaking at a media briefing on Wednesday about her recent trip to Switzerland, the prime...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
Last-minute strokes raise bank directors' tenure to 12 years from nine and allow a sister concern of a defaulting business group or a person to borrow from banks as the much-hyped Bank Company (amendment) Act 2023 was passed in parliament...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
The country’s foreign-currency reserves crossed $30-billion mark on Wednesday, according to the central bank data.The forex reserves stood at $30.016 billion as on June 21, which was $29.958 billion a day ago, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) statistics showed.Seeking anonymity, a...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the...
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