Afghanistan lost two quick wickets Friday, trailing Bangladesh by 616 runs at stumps after centuries from Najmul Hossain and Mominul Haque gave the hosts a third straight day of dominance in their one-off Test.Bangladesh declared their second innings at 425-4...
Dhaka city dwellers do not seem to be keen on using foot over-bridges. Rather, they are often seen crossing busy roads risking their lives. There are many fully functional foot-bridges in the capital. But pedestrians' reluctance to use over-bridges is...
Most bank customers are nowadays young in age. So they are tech-savvy, too. They seek both convenience and safety from banks spending a minimal amount of time. As these customers are more adapted to technology, they seek digitalisation in banking....
Sudip Adhikary | 2023-06-17 00:00:00
It was June 02, 1991, when one of the most important sources of tax revenue in Bangladesh - Value Added Tax- was introduced, as a replacement of Sales Tax. Since then, business organisations had to manually submit hard copies of...
Amid all the available indications that the dengue situation in the coming months might become worse, Health Minister Zahid Maleque, while speaking at a function organised to mark the World Malaria Day on Thursday in Dhaka, found the efforts of...
Afsan Chowdhury | 2023-06-17 00:00:00
Migration as reported in Bangladesh media is all about bringing home dollars. Since dollars went short remittance is what it's all about. However, there is a global cloud hanging over migration as many countries are becoming less interested in the...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-16 12:00:00
Himadri Ltd, which operates six potato cold storage facilities in northern Bangladesh, has been flying high on the SME board of the Dhaka Stock Exchange without any valid reason.The little-known SME stock skyrocketed 783 per cent in just seven weeks...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-06-16 12:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, June 15: A yellow-bellied snake has washed up ashore at Sugandha Point of Cox's Bazar beach. With yellow colour belly, upper part of the creature's body is black while its rest part is also yellow. The snake was...
The performance in an examination may not be the true reflection of a student's ability. But it is the closest indicator to evaluate him/her. It also measures competence in a particular topic, and helps predict one's future success. Therefore, we...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-06-16 12:00:00
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has currently been holding its biggest ever airpower showdown, dubbed "Air Defender 23" since its inception 74 years ago. Starting on June 12, the air exercise will conclude on June 23, surprisingly with Germany...
The interbank exchange rate of the US dollar jumped to the highest ever Tk 109 in the banking channel amid the scarcity of foreign currency, reports UNB.Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Thursday revealed the data that interbank transactions occurred at Tk...
Police arrested two physicians of a private hospital in a case over the death of a newborn baby and critical condition of its mother due to an alleged wrong treatment in the capital's Dhanmondi area, reports UNB.The arrestees-Dr Shahjadi and...
The US Department of State has said they are not familiar with the letters sent by six Congressmen to US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken but noted that they usually respond back confidentially, reports UNB."I'm not...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-16 00:00:00
Justice Md Nuruzzaman, a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC), in a speech given on his last working day on Thursday, said that intellectual corruption is taking place in some lawsuits. He gave the speech at...
ATHENS, June 15 (BBC): Survivors from a fishing boat that sank off southern Greece in one of Europe's worst migrant disasters say up to 100 children may have been on board.At least 78 people have already been confirmed dead in...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-16 00:00:00
The High Court on Thursday expressed its displeasure at the authorities of the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) as they fail to submit a report over an allegation against Poton Traders, a contracting firm, of embezzling 72,000 tonnes of imported...
Health Minister Zahid Maleque has flagged shortcomings in the efforts by Dhaka's bifurcated city corporations to exterminate the dengue-carrying Aedes mosquitoes amid a rampant spread of the virus in the city, reports bdnews24.com.As hospitalisations continued to surge in June, the...
Police intercept at Shahbagh in Dhaka on Thursday the physically-challenged people as they march towards the national parliament under the banner of 'Sangkhubdho Protibondhi Nagorik Samaj' to press home their 11-point demand, including increasing their monthly allowance to minimum Tk...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2023-06-16 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, June 15: Chattogram District Administration has given permission to Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) for setting up nine temporary cattle markets for the upcoming Eid-Ul-Azha in Chattogram. There are three regular cattle markets in Bibirhat, Sagarika and Postarpar areas of...
The government expects to generate 42.5 megawatts of electricity per day from mixed waste at the Aminbazar landfill, once a planned project is implemented at the site, report agencies.Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam disclosed this...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-16 00:00:00
Considering the daily production rate of 2290mmcf per day, the country's present gas reserves can be used for the next 10 years, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid Bipu told parliament Thursday.Responding to a question of...
Bangladesh says it expects respect from all concerned towards the country's sovereign right to pursue independent domestic as well as foreign policy based on the motto "friendship to all, malice towards none", as conceived by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-06-16 00:00:00
A multi-client survey in over one-third of Bangladesh's total sea area has just completed to delineate hydrocarbon reserves and outcome rollout is awaited while an acute primary-fuel crunch cripples the economy.And the probable new gas may be as expensive as...
GENEVA, Jun 15 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said it must be ensured that the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) tools are not used to hurt or undermine humanity."We must make sure that the 4IR tools are not put...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-06-16 00:00:00
The much-debated Tk 2000 minimum tax for all to be eligible for a raft of government services is eventually up to be ditched in final cobbling of new fiscal measures, sources said.Instead, the amount would be adjusted against tax at...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 today (Friday), according to the Met Office.The highest temperature in...
One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours until Thursday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 29 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 285 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according...
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal addressing the Summer President Parade of the Midshipman 2020/B batch and Direct Entry Officer 2023/A batch at Naval Academy in Chattogram — ISPR
The National Vitamin A-plus campaign will be conducted on June 18 with a target to feed over 20.20 million children aged six months to 59 months vitamin A-plus capsule to prevent childhood blindness and reduce child mortality in the country,...
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