The much-awaited ICC World Cup 2023 clash between arch-rivals Pakistan and India - scheduled to take place in Ahmedabad on October 15 - can be rescheduled, report agencies.Since the tournament's most anticipated game is on the first day of Navratri,...
JOYPURHAT, July 26 (BSS): A Joypur court has sentenced two persons to death for killing a man in Khanjanpur area under Sadar upazila of the district in 2008.Judge of Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court-2 Md Abbas Uddin pronounced the...
BARGUNA, July 26 (BSS): A man died after being electrocuted atPatharghata upazila of the district on Wednesday.The dead is Amir Hossain (32), an auto-rickshaw driver, hailed from Chaherabad village under the upazila.Officer-in-charge (OC) of Patharghata thana Shah Alam Howlader said...
FARIDPUR, July 26 (UNB): A 19-year-old van puller was stabbed to death, allegedly over previous enmity, at Kajikanda village in Nagarkanda upazila of Faridpur district on Tuesday night.The dead is Rubel Sheikh, son of Salam Sheikh of the upazila.Miraj Hossain,...
Four persons were killed in separate road accidents in Chattogram and Naogaon on Wednesday. Our Chattogram Corres-pondent says: two persons were killed and three others were injured in a road accident on Dhaka Chattogram highway at Mirerswari in Chattogram on...
Dengue has spread to rural areas at an alarming rate. The photo was taken on Wednesday from Feni General Hospital which was swamped with patients infected with the mosquito-borne disease — Focus Bangla
Sushmita Roy | 2023-07-26 12:00:00
The Dhaka visit of Taalpatar ShepaiTalpatar Sepai performed in Dhaka for the first time on June 15 at a concert in Gulshan-Tejgaon. Then on July 6, they performed at the same stage in Basundhara where Anupam Roy and Arnab had...
The Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) has commissioned its 400 kV power transmission line from Banshkhali in Chattogram via Madunaghat to Meghnaghat in Narayanganj, reports UNB.The 276 km long transmission line was commissioned at 5:16 pm on Tuesday, the...
THE HAGUE, July 25 (AP): European Union agriculture ministers met Tuesday to discuss ways of moving grain vital to global food security out of Ukraine after Russia halted a deal that allowed Black Sea exports. At the same time, countries...
Another non-resident Bangladeshi has been shot dead during a grocery store robbery in the United States, the second such incident in the space of five days, reports bdnews24.com.The victim was identified as Mohammad Abul Hashim, 42, a native of Cumilla's...
India's Adani Group has placed a fresh proposal to export another 1,600 MW of electricity to Bangladesh, according to highly placed sources, reports UNB."The entire amount of electricity will be from renewable sources. Of this, 1,000 MW is solar power...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-07-26 00:00:00
The government will buy one liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from spot market in September despite acute fund crunch to clear outstanding overdue payments to suppliers. The state-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) has floated a tender to purchase...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2023-07-26 00:00:00
The broad money (M2) in Bangladesh has recorded a 10.48-percent growth (y-o-y) at the end of June 2023 over the same period a year back amid the persisting high inflationary pressure on the economy. This type of money, defined as...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-26 00:00:00
The prevailing heat wave may start subsiding in the next few days as people in most parts of the country, including the capital, Dhaka, may witness light to heavy rainfall caused by low pressure from Wednesday, according to officials.Shahnaz Sultana,...
ROME, Jul 25 (UNB) : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the Bangladeshi diplomats posted abroad to work against anti-state propaganda so that the international community won't be misled due to the falsehood."I would like to tell the Foreign...
ROME, JULY 25 (BSS): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has offered Nepal use of Payra port at a bilateral meeting with her Nepalese counterpart Pushpa Kamal Dahal on the sidelines of the UN Food Systems Summit in the FAO headquarters."Bangladesh already...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-07-26 00:00:00
Formal credit to the private sector is witnessing a continued decline amid the central bank's efforts to contain inflation through money-supply contraction and import tightening due to forex dearth, according to officials and financial-market analysts.Private-sector-credit growth dropped to 10.57 per...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-07-26 00:00:00
Consumers of pricey edible oils contributed the highest growth of 241.30 per cent in government's VAT collection last fiscal as banks managed some increase while insurers were negative among large corporate taxpayers. Officials, however, say the financial year (FY) 2022-23...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2023-07-26 00:00:00
Motorbike sales in Bangladesh have seen a 38-percent drop in the first six months of 2023 than the same period last year, according to the road-transport body.The number of registered motorcycles countrywide was 247,642 from January to June 2022 while...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh Tuesday reported 16 more deaths, including 14 from Dhaka, in the Aedes-borne dengue fever.A record 2,418 new cases were also registered across the country the same day.With the latest figures, the total fatalities climbed to 201, including Dhaka's 162,...
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-07-26 00:00:00
Scanty rainfall in Bangladesh during this monsoon severely affects both Aman and Aus farming, foreboding a fall in the rain-fed staple production at a time of global food-security concern.The Aman variety of rice contributes 38 per cent and Aus 7.0-8.0...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Sylhet and Mymensingh divisions in the next 24 from 06:00 am today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office.It may also occur at...
Bangladesh has recorded 83 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,044,131, reports bdnews24.com.The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,469 over the 24-hour period, according to the latest government data...
ROME, July 25 ( UNB): Bangladesh has signed an agreement with the World Food Programme (WFP) for expanding and improving school feeding programme for the country's primary school students.The agreement was inked in an event attended by Foreign Minister AK...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-26 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a status quo till August 3 this year upon the proceedings of a case filed against Nobel laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus, also chairman of Grameen Telecom, and three others...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-26 00:00:00
The High Court on Tuesday ordered the bodies concerned to prepare a list of the persons who have illegally occupied railways' land in different districts of the country and submit it in the court within 30 days. The Railways Secretary...
S M Nazia Sultana, a senior assistant secretary of the Commerce Ministry, died of dengue infection at a city hospital on Tuesday, reports UNB.She breathed her last while undergoing treatment at BIRDEM hospital this morning, said Haidar Ali, public relations...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-26 00:00:00
After nine months of suspension, train movement between Dhaka and Narayanganj will resume on August 1.Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujon disclosed this while briefing journalists at Narayanganj's Chashara station after visiting the track on Tuesday.The Bangladesh Railway (BR) suspended the...
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