A ship carrying 41,327 tonnes of coal has finally arrived at Payra Port 18 days after the Payra thermal power plant halted power generation due to coal shortage, reports UNB.The MV Athena - the vessel which brought the first shipment...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-24 00:00:00
Green-chilli price shot up to Tk 250 a kg on Friday, marking a Tk 50-a-kg fresh hike just in a day.Beef and few other vegetables also witnessed a hike, augmenting sufferings of the commoners further.The price of green chilli witnessed...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-24 00:00:00
Dhaka and Moscow are about to ink a protocol to launch an e-system to verify country-of-origin certificates by Bangladesh for its goods to Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU/EEU) under the unified tariff preference.To this effect, sources said, Russian Federation earlier sent...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-24 00:00:00
Sacrificial animals have started arriving in the city's different makeshift markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.The FE travelled to some makeshift cattle markets in the city revealed that cattle sellers were taking care of their animals as the trading is yet to...
SAIF UDDIN | 2023-06-24 00:00:00
The country's export earning from handicrafts sector registered a drastic fall in the recent months after a massive growth during the pandemic period.According to available data, Bangladesh's export of these eco-friendly goods dropped 32.14 per cent in the first 11...
Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina vowed on Friday to build a happy, prosperous and Smart Bangladesh by changing the fate of the countrymen, reports BSS."Let's take an oath on Awami League's founding anniversary occasion to build...
Stocks rebound despite tight monetary policyDespite the announcement of a contractionary monetary policy last week, stocks rebounded, recovering half of the previous week's losses. Market analysts praised the new policy for correcting previous mistakes of artificially holding interest rates and...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2023-06-24 00:00:00
Low-cost Chinese technology has been playing a pivotal role in shaping Bangladesh's green-energy sector, particularly in the solar industry, over the past 15 years. The financial impracticality of importing solar panels and accessories from Europe has driven Bangladesh towards Chinese...
BOSTON, June 23, (AFP): All five people aboard a submersible missing near the wreck of the Titanic died, likely in an instant, after their vessel suffered what the US Coast Guard said Thursday was a "catastrophic implosion" in the ocean...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-24 00:00:00
The Ministry of Shipping has asked the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) to update it about the measures taken, in line with a Cabinet Division order, to prevent the delivery of cargoes through false declaration and tax evasion.The Cabinet Division had...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-24 00:00:00
Lowering a nearly-double-digit inflation currently afflicting Bangladesh to 6.0 per cent seems a forlorn hope as a government minister himself terms the target 'next to impossible', while prices stay stubbornly high. Planning Minister M. A. Mannan Friday expressed his disbelief...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2023-06-24 00:00:00
Turning an estimated deficit of US$3.5 billion in Bangladesh's financial account into a surplus of over as much at next fiscal yearend is being seen by economists as "unrealistic", as crises persist. Such optimism underpins the latest monetary policy statement...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours until 06:00 pm today (Saturday), according to the Met Office.The highest...
Dhaka ranked third on the global list of cities with the worst air quality on Friday, reports UNB.Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the 'unhealthy' zone with an air quality index (AQI) score of 152 at 9:01 am, according...
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Vice chancellor (current charge) Alok Kumar Paul handing over a certificate to a participant at the concluding programme of a three-day workshop on Pedagogy, organised by Animal Sciences and Veterinary faculty, on the university campus in the...
One more person died of dengue in the last 24 hours until Friday morning, reports UNB.With the new number, the official death toll from dengue rose to 40 this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).Also, forty-six...
Bangladesh Army Chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed accompanied by his wife left Dhaka for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to perform the holy Hajj on Friday, reports UNB.Before departing the country, the army chief sought prayer from all to perform...
HASAN SOJIB | 2023-06-24 00:00:00
The 40th Senate meeting of Jahangirnagar University (JU) will be held today (Saturday) sans 12 senate members in various categories including student representatives. The annual senate session will start at 3 pm in the senate hall of the old registrar...
KURIGRAM, Jun 23 (UNB): The water levels of Brahmaputra, Dharla, Teesta, and Dudhkumar rivers in Kurigram are rising steadily. As result, approximately 12,000 families residing in low-lying areas across nine upazilas of the district find themselves marooned.Because of the swelling...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin has left Dhaka for Saudi Arabia on a 10-day visit to perform the holy Hajj, reports UNB.He will perform Hajj as the royal guest of the Saudi government, president's press secretary Joynal Abedin told the news agency.He...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-24 00:00:00
The government has instructed divisional commissioners and district-level deputy commissioners to monitor the overall management of rawhide trades, including the preservation and transportation of the skins of sacrificial animals during Eid-ul-Azha, according to sources.The divisional commissioner is the chief bureaucratic...
BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday alleged that the Hindus, the largest religious minority in Bangladesh, are gradually leaving the country for lack of security, reports UNB."People of all classes and professions, regardless of religion and caste,...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said neither the country's people nor the international community support the current Awami League regime. Speaking at a road march programme in the capital, he also said it is now clear...
Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said the biggest achievement of the AL, which is involved in every achievement of the Bangalees, is bringing independence for the country, reports BSS.The...
Leaders and activists of the ruling Awami League (AL) and its associate bodies on Friday paid rich tributes to the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in front of Bangabandhu Bhaban at Dhanmondi in the city on Friday marking the...
Asia-Pacific markets were lower on Friday as investors look to inflation data out of Japan and Singapore, as well as flash estimates from the au Jibun bank on Japan's manufacturing and services activity, reports CNBC.Hong Kong's Hang Seng index slid...
The 22nd annual general meeting (AGM) of Jamuna Bank Ltd was held virtually at the Corporate Head Office of the bank on Wednesday. Md Saidul Islam, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the bank, presided over the meeting. At...
Global equity funds suffered substantial outflows during the seven days to June 21 amid concerns over borrowing costs staying higher for longer as the European Central Bank raised interest rates and the Federal Reserve signalled more hikes, reports Reuters.Investors withdrew...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-24 00:00:00
The ten most-traded firms accounted for nearly 22 per cent of the turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in the outgoing week, with life insurers dominating the turnover list.Investors were mostly active in the life insurance sector, capturing 20...
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