OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-06-25 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, June 24: The special rail service on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar route has been extended for another month. The train will be operated till July 24 due to its profitability and high passenger demand.Sources said, the service resumed on June...
Our Correspondent | 2024-06-25 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, June 24: Khankhanabad Union Parishad chairman Jasim Uddin Haider and member Shahidul Islam have been sued on charges of embezzling the government relief allocated to fishermen in Banshkhali upazila of the district.Mir Md Nazrul Islam, personal assistant to lawmaker...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been shifted from the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka to a cabin, according to her personal physician Dr Zahid Hossain, reports bdnews24.com."After madam was visited by members of her medical team,...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-25 00:00:00
Like former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed, his wife and daughters have also skipped quizzing of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over graft allegations and amassing huge properties by the family. They didn't appear before the ACC on Monday, but...
FE Report | 2024-06-25 00:00:00
A Dhaka court on Monday imposed a travel ban on recently removed top revenue official Matiur Rahman and his wife Layla Kaniz Lucky, and their son Ahmed Taufiqur Rahman Arnob amid a wealth probe by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).Dhaka Metropolitan...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-25 00:00:00
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun on Monday said the police would take action on directives to halt corrupt persons attempting to leave the country."We'll take action to stop any foreign travel move by any person against...
FE ReportNearly 8,500 small-scale tea garden owners in the country's north have requested subsidised fertilisers from the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) dealers to ensure uninterrupted production.The Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB) recently wrote to the commerce ministry requesting the allocation...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the distribution of stipends and tuition fees for financially disadvantaged but meritorious students from secondary to graduate (pass) and equivalent levels under the Prime Minister's Education Assistance Trust, at a ceremony held at Osmani Memorial...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-25 00:00:00
Korea has confirmed $100 million worth of budgetary support for Bangladesh as it signed a loan agreement with the government on Monday.The loan will be used for reform in the social resilience programme in Bangladesh, said a press release from...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-06-25 00:00:00
The GDP share of wholesale-retail trade has remained almost static in the outgoing fiscal year, which experts cite as an impact of inflationary pressure that forces millions to squeeze consumption.The sector, which includes wholesale, retail and vehicle servicing, comprises 14.43...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-25 00:00:00
A lot of bilateral cooperation agreements may be signed during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's likely China tour on July 8-11 at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, a visiting Chinese leader said Monday.Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud informed the press...
FE Report | 2024-06-25 00:00:00
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing her firm opposition to the renewal of the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty and to water sharing of the Teesta River.Referring to Modi's discussion on...
MOSCOW, June 24 (AFP/Reuters): Attacks on churches and synagogues in Russia's Dagestan region killed 15 police officers and four civilians, officials said on Monday, stoking fears over Islamist violence in the historically restive North Caucasus.Sunday's attacks come just three months...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-25 00:00:00
Foreign nationals residing in Bangladesh repatriated US$130.58 million of their income during the July-April period of the current fiscal year (FY) 2023-24.Indian citizens sent the highest amount, repatriating $50.60 million from Bangladesh during the first ten months of this fiscal...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday said her government has made country's education system multi-dimensional and creative prioritising science and technology to maintain global standard in the ever-changing world, report agencies."We have made arrangement of multifaceted education system as employment can...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-06-25 00:00:00
Growing government borrowing, totalling Tk 16.59 trillion as of last December, took the debt-to-GDP ratio to 33.2 per cent, according to official statistics.The ratio, though going up constantly, was significantly lower than the IMF threshold of 55 per cent. The...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh now goes to receive US$1.152 billion from the ongoing $4.7- billion IMF loan programme as the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund approved the third tranche of the loan. Bangladesh Bank Executive Director Md Mezbaul Haque, also spokesman...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Sylhet and Chattogram divisions and at one or two places Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna and Barishal divisions with moderately heavy to...
Dhaka's air quality has improved significantly, as the city has ranked 26th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 64 at 9:00 am on Monday morning, reports UNB.Dhaka's air was classified...
Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan called on Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Nazmul Hassan at the Naval Headquarters in the capital on Monday. — ISPR
FE REPORTThe Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) has said the recent statement of the Bangladesh Police Service Association (BPSA) regarding journalism practices was unacceptable as it supported corrupt officials in principle."The threat to the media issued under the disguise...
Road accidents claimed 262 lives with 543 injuries in just 13 days during the Eid-ul-Azha holidays, as a total of 251 accidents occurred during the period, according to data compiled by the Road Safety Foundation (RSF), reports UNB.Thirty two women...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in a drive arrested six members of a robber gang from Jatrabari area of the capital, reports UNB.The arrestees were identified as Nannu Sardar, 53, Raju Ahmed, 50, Hanif, 50, Humayun, 41, Tahirul, 38, and...
Authorities have cut off power connections to Chittagong Medical College (CMC) due to some Tk 7.1 million in unpaid electricity bills, interrupting the institution's regular activities, reports bdnews24.com.Officials from the Power Development Board's (PDB) Chattogram region disconnected the college's connection...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin has urged BCPS to play an effective role in producing international-standard specialised physicians, reports BSS.The President came with the directive when a seven-member delegation of the Executive Committee of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS) paid...
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud shaking hands with Liu Jianshao, Minister of International Department of China Communist Party, during a meeting at Hotel Intercontinental in the capital on Monday. — PID
State Minister for Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak said around 5.0 million (50 lakh) people in the country are involved in online gambling. A drive involving all concerned will be conducted to stop online gambling, reports UNB.The...
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury has called on Bhutanese Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay at his office Gyalyong Tshokhang in Thimphu on Monday, reports UNB.The Bhutanese prime minister thanked the Bangladesh environment minister for visiting Bhutan...
FE REPORT Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Haque said on Monday that BNP leaders had gone unbalanced as they were shifting blame solely on him for what they say their ailing party chairperson Khaleda Zia was not getting...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's recent visit to New Delhi was very excellent, fruitful, and friendly, reports BSS."The visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India was cordial, fantastic, and fruitful. The...
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