The United States has said it is aware of Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's "deliberate mischaracterization" of US foreign policy and US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas' meetings."The United States does not support any political party in Bangladesh. Nor...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) denounced on Saturday the statement made by Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, on the internal affairs of Bangladesh and its upcoming 12th parliament elections.Earlier the Russian spokesperson...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-26 00:00:00
The government has fixed Tk 12,080 as monthly minimum wage for the workers of the hosiery industries up from Tk 4,650 set in 2017. The Ministry of Labour and Employment on November 16 published a gazette notification announcing the new...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2023-11-26 00:00:00
A move to cut service charge imposed by the country's micro-finance institutions (MFIs) is halted again due to rising cost of funds in bank and other sources.The review of MFI service charge has been dilly-dallied for more than four years,...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2023-11-26 00:00:00
Business of hotels and restaurants in Bangladesh contracted in the second half (H2) of fiscal year (FY) 2022-23, affecting the country's overall economic growth, as reflected in the quarterly GDP estimates by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).The value addition...
The results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published today (Sunday), reports BSS.Education ministry sources said copies of the results would be handed over to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the morning to inaugurate...
Awami League President and party's parliamentary nomination board chief Sheikh Hasina will exchange views with AL's nomination aspirants for the 12th Jatiya Sangsad election at Ganabhaban at 10 am today (Sunday), reports BSS.Awami League President and party's parliamentary nomination board...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-26 00:00:00
The seventh spell of a 48-hour countrywide blockade programme called by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and other opponents starts at 6: 00 am today (Sunday) to press home their demand for the immediate resignation of the government. Senior Joint...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2023-11-26 00:00:00
Labour rights bodies continued to put pressure on the authorities concerned to review the recently proposed minimum wage for the garment workers, with the latest request in this regard coming from Industriall Global Union, global right group.Terming the proposed wage...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-11-26 00:00:00
Overall natural-gas production in the energy-hungry country plummeted by nearly a third, worsening the persisting crisis in gas-guzzling industries, power plants, fertiliser factories, commercial entities and households.According to state-owned Petrobangla, the overall natural gas output on November 24 was around...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-11-26 00:00:00
A sharp deposit growth and lower investment regime could hardly help heal persistent liquidity stress in Bangladesh's banking sector as several seepage factors keep squeezing the vaults, sources say.Officials and bankers mention the depreciation of the local currency against the...
Eminent economist Dr Ahsan Mansur has said there is no reason to delay the second instalment of the IMF's USD $4.70 billion loan as Bangladesh met most of the conditions set by the global lender.Dr Mansur, executive director of the...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office.Night temperature may fall by (1-2)° C and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organised a national workshop, focusing on the integration of Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) and Locally Led Adaptation (LLA) in the world's largest mangrove forest Sundarbans, in the city on Saturday, reports UNB.The primary objective of...
Heat-not-burn and e-cigarettes or vaping is a new weapon to get the young generation addicted, which is a serious threat to them, reports UNB.Tobacco companies are cleverly marketing these products to the youth. Therefore, to protect the young society of...
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 26 (UNB): A four-storey building tilted in Raufabad area of Baizid Bostami in Chattogram city on Saturday.The building tilted at around 06:30 pm on Saturday, the fire service said. A fire service unit rushed to the spot. They...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-26 00:00:00
The 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence, an annual international campaign, started in the country on Saturday, aiming to prevent violence against women and girls.The campaign was started by activists at the inauguration of the Women's Global Leadership Institute...
An art camp was organised at Central Shaheed Minar in the city on Saturday, marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women — Focus Bangla
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-11-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh Railway's (BR) plan to overhaul its controversial DEMU (diesel-electric multiple unit) trains imported from China after successful repair of one train has been shelved as the high-ups are less interested in anymore investment in the failed project.The BR planned...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 25 (BSS): A total of 22 officers and members of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) were given honour as recognition for their good performance in Rajshahi metropolis.They were accorded the honor in a monthly crime review meeting at the...
A total of 643 magistrates will be deployed in the next parliamentary election for handing down punishment of different offences, reports BSS."As many as 643 magistrates will be deployed during the parliamentary election slated for January 7. The election commission...
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JASOD) has finalised its candidates for 181 constituencies to contest in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election slated for January 7 in 2024, reports BSS.In the presence of JASOD President Hasanul Haque Inu, the party's Office Secretary Sajjad...
BENAPOLE, Nov 25 (BSS): Forty women and two children who were trafficked to India have been repatriated to the country on Friday.The 42 trafficked people were handed over to the Benapole immigration police by the Petropol immigration police of India.Victims...
Nomination aspirants of Jatiya Party from Barishal, Sylhet and Khulna divisions waiting at the party's chairman’s office in the city's Banani area on Saturday — FE Photo
Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the party is yet to take any decision over electoral alliance for the 12th Jatiya Sangsad election slated for January 7, reports BSS."If it is not required, no alliance will...
A general diary was lodged at Islamic University police station on Friday night as a total of three audio clips containing conversation between Islamic University unit Bangladesh Chhatra League president Faisal Siddike Arafat and another person went viral Facebook from...
The Election Commission (EC) has formed 'Electoral Enquiry Committee' comprising judicial officers in all 300 constituencies to find pre-poll irregularities of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad election, reports BSS.Joint district and session judges, senior assistant judges and district assistant judges of...
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