RANGPUR, July 16 (BSS): Flood situation started improving following sharp fall in water levels of all major rivers at all points amid less rainfalls in the Brahmaputra basin in the last 24 hours ending at 9:00 am on Sunday. Officials...
Fatema Rahim Veena | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly designated July 15 as World Youth Skills Day, a momentous occasion that highlighted the global consensus on the significance of providing young individuals with the essential skills required for employment, decent work, and...
Most essential commodities are beyond the reach of the common people. If chicken, egg, beef and fish are too pricey to afford, they go to the section of the kitchen market where vegetables are sold. But now vegetables are also...
Most of the students, studying at the university level, are keen to land on Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) jobs these days. They are more focused on BCS preparation than their academic subjects. BCS is possibly the number one choice on...
Neil Ray | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Teachers' Association has been demanding nationalisation of all private secondary schools for sometime, according to its leaders. From July 11, the association has been holding a sit-in protest before the National Press Club. But this time it has...
Syed FattahulAlim | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
A study by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has come up with a revealing report recently. Of the different observations it makes about the global poverty situation since the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, one is rather striking. Some...
Following tentative export of the country's quality mangos in the past years, except in the pandemic years, the government appears to have refocused on the fruit's export. The initiative follows this year's bumper yields of mango in its traditional production...
Hasnat M Alamgir | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
With the daily dengue hospitalisation cases reaching 1,246 and the total death toll rising to 93 so far this year according to the most recent official data, the importance of having a functional health surveillance system in Bangladesh is again...
Syed Ashraf Ali | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
A number of news items and views recently appeared in the media underscoring the importance of introducing a system of settlement of Indo-Bangla trade in Indian rupee (INR). The main themes of the optimism are based on the premise that...
Zaidi Sattar | 2023-07-16 12:00:00
As the dust settles and the media hubbub over potpourri of Budget issues abate it is time to take a closer look at some of the strategic components of the FY24 Budget and how they might impact business and overall...
Nazimuddin Shyamol | 2023-07-16 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, July 15: The district administration of Chattogram and Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) are going to build a recreation centre, boat museum and a river park named 'Karnaphuli Lookout' on the recovered lands from the illegal occupiers at Karnaphuli riverside....
FE REPORT | 2023-07-16 00:00:00
BNP standing committee member Amir Khashru Mahmud Chowdhury has said a free, fair, participatory and violence-free election will not be possible under the present government.The entire world is observing the situation unfolding here, according to the politician.He was talking to...
The ruling Awami League has told representatives of the European Union that a free and fair election can be held with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in office under Bangladesh's existing constitutional framework, reports bdnews24.com.On Saturday, a delegation of the EU's...
FE Report | 2023-07-16 00:00:00
The World Youth Skill Day was observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe on Saturday with taking due programmes.Bangladesh has been observing the day since 2015 after United Nation General Assembly fixed July 15 for its observance in...
ROME, July 15 (AFP): Record heat is forecast around the world from the United States, where tens of millions are battling dangerously high temperatures, to Europe and Japan, in the latest example of the threat from global warming.Italy faces weekend...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Saturday left for India to join the meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers' Conference in Gandhinagar, Gujarat in India, reports UNB.A two-day meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors is scheduled to...
Business leaders seen with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the 'Business Conference on Building Smart Bangladesh' organised by the FBCCI at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital on Saturday. — Focus Bangla
FE REPORT | 2023-07-16 00:00:00
Another seven people died due to dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning as a record number of patients infected with the mosquito-borne disease got admitted to different hospitals across the country in a single day. As many as 1,623...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-16 00:00:00
A Japanese organisation is likely to get the ground handling responsibility of the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), a top CAAB official said on Saturday. "Bangladesh government has taken a decision in principle in this regard as...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-16 00:00:00
Indian Adani Group founder and chairman Gautam Adani met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on a sudden tour of Dhaka on Saturday morning.Power Division sources said Mr Adani travelled to Dhaka by his personal airplane and returned immediately after the...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-16 00:00:00
Global fashion organisations have made a united call and pressed global, national, and local authorities for sustainable digital labelling. The collective group of a total of 130 organisations, in a joint letter to the authorities concerned on July 11, advocated...
Why capital gains in bank, food sectors signify nothingExcept for the bank and food sectors, all other major sectors with a large share of the stock market remained almost flat showing no significant growth in value over the last nearly...
Seven Bangladeshi migrants are among nine people killed in a devastating fire that broke out at a furniture factory in Saudi Arabia's Al Hofuf, report agencies.Among the deceased, seven were initially identified as Bangladeshi, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Three...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-07-16 00:00:00
Individual taxpayers are in confusion over submission of returns in the current assessment year as the relevant forms are yet to be updated in accordance with the new Income Tax Act-2023 (ITA-2023) that came into effect from June 22 last.The...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the country's businesspeople to develop new products and find new markets for exports utilising their innovative ideas, report agencies."Government is always beside you," she said.The prime minister said this while addressing the opening...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-07-16 00:00:00
Recent aggressive external borrowing to make ends meet hikes Bangladesh's debt burden further as cumulative interest rates have even surpassed 6.0 per cent, the highest in years, insiders said.The government recently signed in four budgetary-support credits, two of which are...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions and in the next 24 hours until 06:00 pm today (Sunday), according to the Met Office.The highest...
MA Kuddus, cartoonist and senior vice president of Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ), died of stroke at his Shaheenbagh residence in city on Saturday. He was 50, reports UNB.He breathed his last around 8:30 am, said his family members.He was...
US ambassador has said promoting the opportunity for qualified international students, including from Bangladesh, to study in the United States remains a 'top priority' for the US government, reports UNB."The United States welcomes Bangladeshi students. From engaging in groundbreaking research...
Local people shifting their dwelling houses to safer places after the flood situation worsened further with the swelling of the rivers. The picture was snapped from Matupur char (shoal) area of Gangachara upazila of Rangpur district on Saturday — Focus...
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