The UK government has announced the removal of an up to 4 per cent countervailing tariff on stainless steel bars and rods imported from India due to a perceived low impact on local suppliers, reports PTI.The UK's Trade Remedies Authority...
SINGAPORE, June 17 (Reuters): The costs of chartering supertankers to move crude oil from the Middle East to Asia have jumped to the highest since April as more cargoes are being booked in June, according to industry sources and data...
US energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for a seventh week in a row for the first time since July 2020, energy services firm Baker Hughes Co said in its closely followed...
UNITED NATIONS, June 17 (AP): From the ashes of World War II, three institutions were created as linchpins of a new global order. Now, in an unusual move, the top official in one - the secretary-general of the United Nations...
MOSCOW, June 17 (BBC): Russia has already stationed a first batch of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Vladimir Putin says. Russia's president told a forum they would only be used if Russia's territory or state was threatened.The US government says...
TEHRAN, June 17 (AFP): Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived Saturday in Tehran, Iranian media reported, in his first visit to Iran since a landmark rapprochement following a seven-year rupture.During his trip, the Saudi top diplomat is...
KYIV, June 17 (Reuters/AFP): Ukrainian forces are advancing in southern sectors of their counter-offensive against Russian occupation troops, Ukrainian military officials said on Friday.The latest report on the counter-offensive, as well as an account of "desperate resistance" by Russian troops...
KAMPALA, June 17 (AP): Ugandan authorities recovered the bodies of 41 people, including 38 students, following an attack by suspected rebels on secondary school near the border with Congo, the local mayor said Saturday.The victims included the students, one guard...
RAJSHAHI, June 17 (BSS): Instead of depending on only Boro rice, large-scale promotion of diversified crop farming can be the crucial means of ensuring water security in the drought-prone Barind area.The area consisting of partial parts of Rajshahi, Naogaon and...
SYLHET, June 17 (UNB): Low-lying areas of different parts of Sylhet district have been inundated due to onrush of hill water and swelling of rivers caused by torrential rains for the last three days.The water levels in the Kushiara and...
Farmers in Bangladesh are sweating over the lumpy skin disease of cattle that has spread to several districts and caused deaths among cows, which threatens to dent their business with the ritual of animal sacrifice during Eid-ul-Azha less than two...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2023-06-18 00:00:00
The concept of developmental state has gone through various phases. Chalmer Johnson in 1982 provided the original framework of what is a developmental state. Johnson's original conceptualisation of the developmental state placed primary emphasis on the shared goals and ambitions...
There are many places in Bangladesh, which are hard to reach. They are remote shoals (chars), haors and some forested hill areas of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Children of these areas are often deprived of education. They do not know...
Sound sleep is a prerequisite for sound health. Every healthy human being should have six to eight hours of sleep every day. According to a research, it has been found that sound sleep is associated with increased patience, optimism, focus...
Shihab Sarkar | 2023-06-18 00:00:00
The photographs of floating dead fish in the city's Hatirjhil water close to the Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel, and the accompanying news, have lately emerged as a revolting site. After enjoying the scenic beauty of the lake and its banks...
Jasim Uddin Rasel | 2023-06-18 00:00:00
Individual taxpayers' tax credit calculation will change as per the proposed Income Tax Act 2023, which will also impact the benefit of the taxpayers, mainly among the higher income earners. Low and middle income earners will have no negative impact...
Finally, after much procrastination, the much-awaited multi-client survey of the Bay of Bengal is underway. The joint Norway-US venture is undertaking the survey of approximately 32,000 km2 of the Bay. The rest 19,000 km2 will commence from February 24, 2024....
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2023-06-17 12:00:00
Due to multi-pronged problems plaguing the economy today, dollar crunch has turned the economy on its head. The depletion of foreign reserves has put Bangladesh and International Monetary Fund (IMF) at odds about how much money we precisely have. Regardless,...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-17 00:00:00
Speakers at a reunion of blood donors and recipients called for making blood test compulsory before marriage to ensure building a thalassemia free Bangladesh. They said blood test helps identify the carriers of thalassemia and prevent the number of 25...
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Friday ordered private 'Central Hospital' to suspend activities of its operation theatre until further orders due to dissatisfactory services at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and emergency department, reports UNB.Besides, the hospital's...
The government of Bangladesh does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so, says a new report released by the United States on Thursday, reports UNB. The government demonstrated...
There is an ongoing global threat posed by toxic cough syrups, the World Health Organization (WHO) told Reuters, saying it was now working with six more countries than previously revealed to track the potentially deadly children's medicines.The UN agency has...
UNITED NATIONS, United States, June 16 (AFP): The world's first international treaty to protect the high seas is scheduled to be adopted Monday at the United Nations, a huge step for the "historic" environmental accord after more than 15 years...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-17 00:00:00
Edible oil and local onion prices are still at a high level, while fish prices witnessed another round of hike in the city kitchen markets, augmenting sufferings of the already-battered commoners.Indigenous rui was selling at Tk 600-1,150 a kg, depending...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-17 00:00:00
Ongoing foreign-currency shortage has severely hindered border trade between neighbouring Bangladesh and Myanmar, according to official documents.The documents, prepared by the Bangladesh Embassy in Myanmar, highlight the potential consequences of the greenback crisis, suggesting that it may lead to an...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-06-17 00:00:00
A Tk 12.53-billion project has been undertaken to procure 100 electric vehicles from India with much of the borrowed money allocated for avoidable expenses other than the import cost, insiders said.Only 36.30 per cent of the funds will go for...
Prospect of rate hike rattles market Stocks plunged more than 1.0 per cent in the outgoing week to Thursday, the biggest single-week fall in nearly seven months, as jittery investors rushed to dump their holdings amid the prospect of interest...
A light earthquake jolted different parts of the country including capital Dhaka on Friday, reports BSS.The quake was felt around 10.46am. It measured 4.5 on the Richter scale, according to a press release of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).The quake's...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-17 00:00:00
A number of former top officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) opined that bringing drastic reforms, including automation in the tax administration, is the only way to achieve revenue target.They also said major reduction in tax benefits or...
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