Most of the women and children in Dhaka don't have any safe public transport. It is a sad thing. Thousands of women have to go outside every day for various reasons. They go to schools for their children, they go...
The curse of drug abuse is widespread now. It is a harsh reality. Though its fatal consequence is known to all, there are few effective steps to mitigate the social disease. Even the law-enforcement agencies find it difficult to curb...
The outbreak of dengue increases the number of patients and fatalities across the country. It is sad to note that the measures to curb the spread of the mosquito-borne disease are limited and faulty. Densely populated areas of the cities...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2023-08-02 00:00:00
The Russian "Special Military Operation" in Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions that followed on Russia by the West have left countries like Bangladesh in a fix. This is particularly true for one of the most important megaprojects in the country's...
Wasi Ahmed | 2023-08-02 00:00:00
The fact that manpower export in the last fiscal (FY23) has scaled six-year high with hardly any impact on remittance, though apparently conflicting, points to the fundamental problem of the country's workers' migration overseas. According to reports, a surge in...
Experts' suggestion to reduce the inclusion of new development projects in the public sector to help combat inflation effectively needs to be taken seriously. The participating experts in a dialogue organised by the Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) in Dhaka...
Mir Saaduddin Ahmad | 2023-08-02 00:00:00
Across most healthcare economies, emergency departments (EDs), emergency rooms (ERs) and other emergency units are thought to be losing concerns for a healthcare facility, predominantly for high fixed costs required to ensure the delivery of daily 24-hour service. Up to...
Afsan Chowdhury | 2023-08-01 12:00:00
It's only fitting that the last meeting with Moazzem bhai was not a social one but work related. We met several times at the Suruchi restaurant in the BRAC Centre. I brought my ideas to the table and he gave...
SUNAMGANJ, July 31 (UNB): Police detained 36 people, including 34 students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), while they were visiting Tanguar Haor in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj district on Sunday.The police however did not clarify on what...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-01 00:00:00
The banks in the country have been facing difficulties in interbank transactions for the last few days due to a technical glitch in the central bank's server."There has been a technical problem, and the central bank's unit concerned is trying...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-01 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday observed that poor farmers are arrested for collecting Tk 5,000-10,000 loans from them whereas big lawyers are engaged to defer payment of loans worth billions of taka. A three-member bench...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has announced a budget of Tk 67.52 billion for fiscal year of 2023-24, reports BSS.DSCC Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh announced the budget at Mayor Hanif Auditorium at Nagar Bhaban. The DSCC also approved...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-01 00:00:00
The government has allowed export of 1.5 million pieces of salted cowhide (hairy bovine hide).A company named Bio Ingredients of Mohanpur, Rajshahi, was given permission on July 20 to export the cowhide to Turkey. The conditional export permission will remain...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-01 00:00:00
Nearly 90 per cent voters cast their vote for electing board of directors in the biennial election of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) 2023-25 on Monday.A total of 1,746 voters, or 89.35 per cent out...
Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral M Nazmul Hassan greets Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with a bouquet during a courtesy call on her at Ganobhaban in Dhaka on Monday. — ISPR
FE REPORT | 2023-08-01 00:00:00
President and Managing Director (MD) of Bank Asia Areef Billah Adil Chowdhury submitted his resignation letter, the bank's informed sources said.He was appointed the Bank Asia MD in November 2022.Mr Adil Chowdhury sent his resignation letter to the bank authority...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-01 00:00:00
A Dhaka Court on Monday deferred again date of submitting probe report in the case lodged over the Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve heist.The court has asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit probe report by September 20, 2023, said...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the admin officials and employees not to be afraid seeing a little movement and struggle as long as the people will remain with her government."There is nothing to get afraid of," she said, report agencies.She...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-08-01 00:00:00
The Ministry of Health has once again failed to recover from its decade-long poor performance in spending development budget despite a crying need of improving health services across the country, insiders said on Monday. The Health Services Division (HSD) under...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-01 00:00:00
Russia will supply nuclear fuel for the country's maiden nuclear power plant (NPP) in Rooppur this September, Rosatom director-general Alexey Likhachev made the assurance on Monday.The assurance from the top executive of Russia's nuclear-energy corporation came during his meeting with...
A car drives down a pothole-dotted road at Kutubkhali of Jatrabari area in the city on Monday. The road, close to the Jatrabari-end of Hanif Flyover, has been in a deplorable condition for a prolonged time, much to the inconveniences...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh reported four deaths from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning as the dengue outbreak has taken an alarming turn.As many as 2,694 dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours, according...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-08-01 00:00:00
Decline in import of commodities and local manufacturing pulled Bangladesh's domestic tax-revenue growth down the average, to 10 per cent, in the past fiscal, and such "setback" is predicted to prolong for poll unrest. According to central bank data, the...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-01 00:00:00
Today (Tuesday) is the 5th death anniversary of iconic economic journalist and founder-editor of The Financial Express (FE) A.H.M. Moazzem Hossain.On August 01, 2018, he passed away at the age of 73.He launched the FE, the country's first financial English...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2023-08-01 00:00:00
Looming political uncertainty over the upcoming general election in Bangladesh gives leading economists to believe the country's economy, already reeling from shock of the Ukraine war, may face further setbacks.Suggesting all the stakeholders to act "responsibly"-to leapfrog any such eventuality--they...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office.The highest temperature...
Students of Syeda Anjuman Ara Girls School (SAAGS), established in 2018 at Chauddagram, Cumilla, have excelled by passing 100 per cent in the SSC Exams in 2023 including GPA 5. The girls also made similar results in 2021 and 2022...
Bangladesh has recorded 47 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,044,457, reports bdnews24.com.The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,472 over the 24-hour period, according to the latest government data...
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