Blockade hits development work: DCCI

President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Barrister Md Sameer Sattar has said hartal, blockade are harmful to the country and have negative impact on economic activities. He said the blockade on transport movement leads to a decline...

Such actions harm country's image: FICCI

The Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) condemns violence and blockades, especially at a time when the country is facing economic headwinds with sustained high inflation and foreign-currency-liquidity tightness.The FICCI president, Naser Ezaz Bijoy, terms such actions detrimental...

Blockade loss Tk 66b a day, says MCCI

Md Saiful Islam, President of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI), claims all economic activities-exports and industries meant for domestic markets-are facing serious troubles as a result of the political programmes.Citing statistics, the MCCI chief mentions that...

We condemn violence and blockade: FBCCI

Mahbubul Alam, President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the apex trade organisation of Bangladesh, says businesses are incurring huge losses following such programme as it halts movement of goods and raw materials from one place...

Fifth round of blockade from today

BNP enforces a fresh two-day blockade across the country from 6:00am today (Wednesday) to press for neutral polls.The opposition parties called the blockade of road, rail and waterways demanding resignation of the government and general election under a non-party administration.The...

JICA's green light to another $500m credit

Japan is likely to confirm some $500 million in credit for doing the remaining work on the third terminal of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).The Japanese development partner JICA completed its appraisal mission on Monday and gave the Economic...

Apparel factories reopen as labour unrest subsides

Most of the shuttered readymade garment factories in Ashulia and Gazipur industrial zones, which had halted production amid labour unrest, reopened their doors on Tuesday.With this latest resumption, nearly 100 closed apparel-manufacturing units have revived operations in the industrial zones...

PM opens dev projects including two expressways

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday inaugurated and laid foundation stones of 10,041 structures and houses under 157 development projects, including the Sheikh Hasina Swarani (Purbachal Expressway) and the first elevated expressway in Chattogram involving around Tk 1.0 trillion.She opened and...

Chambers deplore economic cost of political unrest

Leading trade-promotion organisations deplore that the prolonged political impasse over polls is weighing on trade and economy, thus undermining Bangladesh's unfolding economic prospects.According to them, the blockade programmes are disrupting the supply chains largely by way of affecting movement of...

Weather (2023-11-15)

Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office.Night and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.The highest temperature in...

Fisheries Ministry gets 779 water bodies to boost fish production

The Land Ministry has initiated the transfer of 779 water bodies (ponds) (Jal-Mahal) in Sirajganj and Pabna districts to the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock to enhance fish production, reports UNB.A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the two...

Eduko Pathways to host online US edn session Dec 5

Eduko Pathways Bangladesh will host an online US Education session for all Bangladeshi students on December 05.Officials of 16 Top US universities, including state-owned public universities, will talk with the students online on their aspirations of pursuing higher education in...

Six dorms, research centre opened at JU

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated six newly-built residential halls and the previously constructed Wazed Mia Science Research Centre at Jahangirnagar University (JU) The six residential halls were constructed spending Tk4500 million (Tk450 crore) under 'The Further Development Project'.The ten-story...

HC seeks list of Karnaphuli land grabbers

The High Court issued an order on Tuesday mandating concerned authorities to identify the primary boundaries of the Karnaphuli River in Anwara, Patia, Karnaphuli, and Boalkhali upazilas of Chattogram. A specialized team has been directed to conduct relevant surveys and...

BSMRAAU Vice Chancellor Air Vice Marshal ASM Fakhrul Islam presiding over the 12th Syndicate meeting -

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Aviation and Aerospace University (BSMRAAU) Vice Chancellor Air Vice Marshal ASM Fakhrul Islam presiding over the 12th Syndicate meeting of the university at its conference room on Tuesday

PM gives away National Film Award to 33 winners

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday distributed the National Film Award 2022 among the 33 winners under 27 categories in recognition of their contributions to the film industry, reports UNB.The award giving ceremony was held in the evening at...

DNCC to take action against illegal shop owners

The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is set to take action against illegal shop owners in different markets under it, Mayor Md Atiqul Islam said on Tuesday.There are a large number of illegal shops in different markets including Karwanbazar, Mohammadpur...

Aman placed on five-day fresh remand

A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) joint general secretary Aman Ullah Aman on five-day fresh remand in a case lodged over murder of police constable Amirul Islam Pervej on October 28, reports BSS.The same court on...

Bangladesh reports 154 arson attacks in 17 days of political unrest

As many as 154 incidents of arson attacks have occurred across Bangladesh in the 17 days of strikes and blockades called by the BNP and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami as part of their anti-government movement. At least 135 of the incidents...

Amir Hosain Amu addressing a peace rally

Awami League Standing Committee Member and 14-Party Alliance coordinator Amir Hosain Amu addressing a peace rally, protesting against arson attacks and anarchy by BNP-Jamaat, organised by the alliance at Kamrangirchar in the city on Tuesday — Focus Bangla

SC commutes Shamsul's jail till death to 10 years

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday commuted the punishment of Shamsul Haque of Jamalpur to 10 years in jail from his 'jail terms until death' awarded by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on charge of committing...

We're open to dialogue, but need to consider with whom: Momen

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said on Tuesday that the government has no problem with dialogue, but needs to consider with whom it will do so."We will do everything to uphold democratic values and if that requires dialogue, we...

BNP itself locked its central office: DMP

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman on Tuesday said BNP itself locked its central office in the capital's Nayapaltan, reports UNB."If BNP leaders want, they can carry out their activities in the office and there is no bar from...

BNP made people hostage of their evil politics: Hasan

Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said BNP has made hostage common people to pursue their evil politics, reports BSS.He told the journalists at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn...

Four people stabbed at Louisiana varsity

RUSTON, Nov 14 (AP): Four women were stabbed Monday morning on the campus of Louisiana Tech University in the north Louisiana city of Ruston in what university officials and local police said appeared to be a random attack by a...

Russian wheat export prices up

Russian wheat export prices have risen for the second week in a row as global markets strengthened slightly, but shipments have yet to pick up significantly, reports Reuters.The price of 12.5 per cent protein Russian wheat scheduled for free-on-board (FOB)...

US man accused of killing wife, her parents

LOS ANGELES, Nov 14 (AP): A Los Angeles man was charged Monday with murder for allegedly killing his wife and her parents, then stuffing dismembered body parts into a trash bag, prosecutors announced Monday.Samuel Haskell, 35, was charged with three...

European stocks up as traders await US inflation data

LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters): European stocks rose on Tuesday as global markets awaited U.S. inflation data later in the session, which could provide an indication of whether global interest rates start to fall.At 0940 GMT, the MSCI World Equity index...

Most major Gulf markets gain on oil, look to US inflation data

Most major Gulf stock markets rose in early trade on rising oil prices and ahead of a key U.S. inflation report that could heavily influence the Federal Reserve's policy outlook, report Reuters.Monetary policy in the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)...

Global stocks hamstrung by inflation, interest rate worries

LONDON/NEW YORK, Nov 14 (Reuters): Global stocks traded in a narrow range on Monday as the market focused on U.S. inflation data for more clues on whether global interest rates really have peaked.After two weeks of gains, MSCI's gauge of...