FE REPORT | 2023-08-05 00:00:00
Cargo containers bound for Dhaka stockpiled at Chittagong seaport for shortage of freight trains, affecting factory production and market supply under cascading impacts, sources have said.The port glut with containers bound for Dhaka Inland Container Depot (ICD) and also export-cargo...
Light to moderate rain/ thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram & Sylhet divisions and at many places over Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions with heavy to very...
72 Covid-19 cases reported Bangladesh reported 72 more Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours until Thursday morning. With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 2,044,713 according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The daily...
FARIDPUR, Aug 04 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a construction worker a day after he went missing in Boalmari upazila of Faridpur.The dead is Mijan Sheikh (25), son of Ahmed Sheikh of Rupapat union of Boalmari upazila. The body...
Police recovered the bodies of two persons from Shahbagh and Paltan area of the city on Friday, reports UNB. Md Faruk Hossain, sub-inspector (SI) of Shahbagh thana, rescued an unidentified man from the road in front of the new building...
The air quality in Dhaka remained unhealthy for sensitive group Friday morning despite light to moderate rain in parts of the capital, reports UNB.With an air quality index (AQI) score of 104 at 9:00 am, Dhaka ranked 4th on the...
The United States (US) has planned to establish a resettlement programme that will enable the most vulnerable Rohingya refugees to relocate to the United States, reports UNB."We are pleased to be coordinating with the government of Bangladesh and the United...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-08-05 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Aug 04: Aug 04: The picturesque Cox's Bazar-Teknaf Marine Drive road collapsed at multiple points due to the relentless onslaught of sea waves amid adverse monsoon weather.Nurul Hossain, chairman of Sabrang Union Parishad (UP), expressed concern as he...
Members of Jatiya Press Club managing committee, led by its President Farida Yasmin and General Secretary Shyamal Dutta, paying tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his grave at Tungipara in Gopalganj...
Strongly denouncing the use of famine and starvation as weapons of war, Bangladesh has called upon all member states to refrain from employing starvation as a tactic of warfare and also urged conflicting parties to adhere to international law and...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has transformed the country from militancy to a country of peace, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, reports UNB.He said this at a programme organised by Krishak League to kill Aedes mosquito and create awareness in the...
Former lawmaker, eminent writer, researcher and intellectual Professor Panna Kaiser died at a hospital in the city on Friday morning, reports BSS.She was 73."Professor Panna Kaiser died about 10am while undergoing treatment at the United Hospital in the city", confirmed...
The 74th birth anniversary of valiant Freedom Fighter Shaheed Captain Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be observed today (Saturday) in a befitting manner, reports BSS.Born on August 5, 1949 at...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said BNP is deadlier than dengue in many cases and this party should be resisted as like as dengue, reports BSS."Dengue (aedes) mosquitoes bite people while BNP burns people alive and...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-05 00:00:00
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir vowed on Friday not to allow (holding) any election under the ruling Awami League (AL).Alleging the government of holding power by force, he challenged the AL to leave power and come to the...
MANAMA, Aug 4, 2023 (AFP): Bahrain has recorded unprecedented electricity consumption, authorities said, as scorching summer temperatures and high humidity force increased reliance on energy-intensive air-conditioning systems.Manama's Electricity and Water Authority said the tiny island state, located in one of...
LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters): Global gold demand excluding over-the-counter (OTC) trading fell 2 per cent year-on-year to 920.7 metric tons in the second quarter of 2023 as central banks slowed their purchases and consumption by the technology sector remained soft,...
BENGALURU, Aug 4 (Reuters): Mahindra and Mahindra on Friday posted an estimate-beating 98 per cent jump in first-quarter profit, boosted by strong sales of its pricier sport-utility vehicles (SUVs).The results for Mahindra -- India's second-largest SUV maker by volume --...
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Reuters): The US economy added fewer jobs than expected in July, but solid wage gains and a decline in the unemployment rate back to 3.5 per cent pointed to continued tightness in labour market conditions.The Labour Department's...
FE Report | 2023-08-05 00:00:00
A Russian firm is interested to export more than a dozen varieties of juice and beverage items to Bangladesh aiming to expand its footprint in the developing country's market.The company named Sunfruit LLC, in a letter, has requested the commerce...
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) has launched the iOS version of its e-banking mobile app which enables individuals to open bank accounts from home using e-KYC, as well as conduct QR Code-based transactions without cheques. Secretary of the Financial Institutions...
KHULNA, Aug 4 (BSS): For the first time in the history of Mongla Port, a container ship with 8.5-metre draft docked at the port on Thursday. The Singapore flag carrier 'MV Maersk Nusantara' arrived at the jetty No. 9 of...
PARIS, Aug 4 (Reuters): The United Nations food agency's world price index rebounded in July from two-year lows as vegetable oil markets rose following renewed tensions over grain exports from Ukraine and concerns over global production.The Food and Agriculture Organization's...
Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Friday as rising bond yields continue to put pressure on equities in the wake of the US credit downgrade, reports CNBC.IG market analyst Tony Sycamore noted the yield on the US 30-year bond rose by...
Global money market funds attracted massive inflows in the week to Aug. 2 as investors sought safer assets amid a US credit downgrade and weak economic data from the euro zone and China, reports Reuters.Investors poured in a net $67.52...
Amazon.com surged over 9 per cent on Friday on signs that both its growth engines, e-commerce and cloud-computing, were faring well in an uncertain economy, helping shield the broader market from Apple's 2.5 per cent slide after gloomy iPhone sales,...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-05 00:00:00
Fu-Wang Food topped the turnover chart for the fifth straight week to Thursday, as small-cap companies continued to dominate the transaction chart on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).The ten most-traded firms, mostly small-ones, accounted for almost 30 per cent or...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-05 00:00:00
The stock market extended the losing streak for the second consecutive week as the risk-averse investors continued their sell-offs amid rising political tension.The investors reduced their market exposure in the outgoing week amid rising interest rates while uncertainties regarding the...
Chance discovery helps fight against malariaLONDON, Aug 04: Scientists have found a naturally occurring strain of bacteria which can help stop the transmission of malaria from mosquitoes to humans. They found it by chance, after a colony of mosquitoes in...
MOSCOW, Aug 04 (AFP): Russia's defence ministry said early on Friday that it had thwarted overnight Ukrainian attacks on a naval base in the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula."Tonight, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the use of two...
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