US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas on Thursday met with Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and discussed issues of mutual interest, reports UNB."As diplomats we talk to a wide variety of organisations, institutions and people: civil society and non-government organisations,...
The total number of voters in Bangladesh stood at 11,96,91,633, the Election Commission(EC) revealed on Thursday, reports BSS.The voters, who were registered till September 14 this year, will cast their votes in the next general election.As part of the electoral...
The 25th session, which was also the last sitting of the current 11th Parliament, ended on Thursday after witnessing record deaths of some 31 running members, reports UNB. There are three more persons waiting to be elected as MPs for...
MUMBAI, Nov 2 (AFP): India hammered Sri Lanka by 302 runs in Mumbai on Thursday as the unbeaten tournament hosts reached the World Cup semi-finals with a crushing victory.Sri Lanka collapsed to 55 all out inside 20 overs, having been...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-03 00:00:00
The government has announced two packages for people who want to perform the Hajj pilgrimage next year. The packages were announced seven months in advance to give people time to prepare.State Minister for Religious Affairs Faridul Haque Khan announced the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate Dhaka Metro Rail's Agargaon-to-Motijheel part tomorrow (Saturday) and Dohazari-Cox's Bazar Rail Line on November 11, reports UNB.Dhaka Metro will be open to general commuters from the next day(Nov 5) while, Dohazari-Cox's Bazar...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on Thursday raised liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) price by around 1.32 per cent for November selling of the cooking fuel to clients by private operators. The country's private operators will now have to charge Tk1,381...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-03 00:00:00
Oman's decision to suspend issuing visas applies to all countries having workers in the oil-rich gulf country, not to Bangladesh alone, foreign ministry explains. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thursday made the statement in response to media reports that the...
GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 2 (Agencies): Israeli tanks and troops pressed towards Gaza City on Thursday but met resistance from Hamas militants using mortars and hit-and-run attacks from tunnels as the Palestinian death toll from nearly four weeks of bombardment climbed above...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-03 00:00:00
The government would soon announce a new wage structure for apparel-sector workers as the minimum wage board is scheduled to sit on Tuesday next to discuss and make a decision in this regard."Hopefully a decision will come out from the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the country's journalists to expose the real face of the BNP before the international community as the opposition party's activists swooped on the media persons who were covering their October 28 rally, reports...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-03 00:00:00
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave for Saudi Arabia on Sunday to attend a conference titled 'Women in Islam: Status and empowerment'. The conference will highlight Islamic teaching about ensuring dignity of women, foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-03 00:00:00
The profitability and asset quality of the country's banking sector deteriorated in the quarter ended in March last, according to a Bangladesh Bank report published Thursday.The asset quality slightly deteriorated as the non-performing loans (NPLs) ratio increased to 8.80 per...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-03 00:00:00
Health authorities on Thursday reported 15 deaths from the mosquito-borne dengue fever, taking the total fatalities to 1,370 this year. Of the new fatalities, 11 were from outside Dhaka and 4 from Dhaka. Of the total deaths, 816 were from...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-03 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced a 48-hour blockade across the country from 6 am on Sunday to 6 am on Tuesday next week. The party's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the blockade at an online...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-11-03 00:00:00
Gas supply across Bangladesh is to fall as US multinational Excelerate Energy ceased LNG re-gasification at its plant for its overhauling and capacity expansion, sources said.Excellence, Bangladesh's first floating storage and re-gasification unit (FSRU) owned by Excelerate Energy, closed operations...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh's export earnings in October 2023 fell by 13.64 per cent year on year to $3.76 billion, the lowest since July this year, according to Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data. The decline was driven by a significant drop in shipments...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2023-11-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh's current account showed little surplus in the first quarter of this fiscal, economists believe largely due to import squeeze amid dollar dearth, but the financial account took pressure from a US$3.93- billion deficit.During the July-September period, the current-account surplus...
Dhaka's air quality is 'unhealthy' on Thursday morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 173 at 8:56 am, Dhaka ranked 7th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, reports UNB.Pakistan's Lahore, India's Delhi and...
Fishermen are set to resume hilsa fishing as the 22-day ban on catching, selling, and transporting the national fish ends on Thursday midnight, reports UNB.The fishermen are now busy preparing nets and boats to go to the rivers to catch...
Deputy Police Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Md Jashim Uddin, Executive Principal of Milestone Preparatory KG School Rifat Nabi Alam and Senior Director (admin) of Milestone College Md Masud Alam attend the prize giving ceremony-2023 of Milestone School and College...
Bangladesh Armed Forces have earned a total Tk 279.41 billion (27,941 crore) by participating in different UN peacekeeping missions abroad in the 23 fiscal years since 2000-01, reports UNB.Law Minister Anisul Huq, who is in charge of defense ministry in...
The Ansar Battalion Bill, 2023 was passed in Parliament on Thursday, rejecting the proposal to grant Ansar battalions the authority to detain criminals, search bodies, and seize goods, reports UNB.Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan moved the Bill and it was passed...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-03 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has fixed November 9 this year for hearing the review petition filed challenging its earlier verdict that upheld the cancellation of the 16th Constitutional amendment brought to restore parliament's power to remove judges...
Parliament on Thursday unanimously passed a legislation to increase maternity leave for working women by one week making it to 120 days, reports UNB.The current maternity leave is for 112 days or 16 weeks. The Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Bill, 2023...
KHULNA, Nov 2 (UNB): Passengers of the Sundarban Express expressed their excitement when they crossed the Padma Bridge - from Khulna to Dhaka - on Thursday. It was the first commercial train operation on the bridge.Sundarban Express left Khulna around...
Country is grappling with a record deadly outbreak of dengue fever as the number of cases and fatalities continue to rise day by day. The photo was taken from Mugda Medical College and Hospital in the city on Thursday —...
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