One more person died from dengue in the 24 hours until Saturday morning, reports UNB.With the new number, the official death toll from dengue rose to 22 this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).Also, 156 more...
Bangladesh got the recognition as the spotless thyroid operation completing country at the 5th International Thyroid Notes (Natural Orpheus Thyroid Endoscopic Surgery) conference on Friday, reports UNB.Legendary surgeon Lt Col Dr Anuong Anakun of Bangkok Police General Hospital gave the...
Dhaka ranked third on the global list of cities with the worst air quality on Saturday morning, reports UNB. Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the 'unhealthy' zone with an air quality index (AQI) score of 155 at 9:07...
Customs Intelligence arrested an Indian woman along with 1800 grams cocaine from Hazrat Shahjalala International Airport (HSIA) on Sunday, reports UNB.The arrestee is Salome Lalramdahiri, hailing from Mizoram in India.Najma Zabin, deputy director of Customs Intelligence investigation circle, said a...
Bulbul Ahmed, a farmer of Charkauna village of Pakundia upazila of Kishoreganj district, and his wife Israt Jahan, reared a cow as a gift to Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina for sacrifice in Eid-ul-Azha, reports UNB.The PM has agreed to...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2023-06-11 00:00:00
The admission test of 'Home Economics' unit of Dhaka University (DU) was held on Saturday for the 'Undergraduate (honors) Program' of 2022-23 academic session.The test was held from 11am to 12pm with total 120 marks, said a press release.A total...
Professor Dr M Rafiqul Islam, Emeritus Professor, Macquarie University of Sydney, speaking at an annual law lecture on 'Liberation War of Bangladesh and Genocide from an International Legal Perspective' on the East West University (EWU) campus in the city on...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-11 00:00:00
The IFC 10th International Food Safety Forum will be held today (Sunday) in Bangladesh aiming to promote safe and nutritious food production as well as to prevent losses from wasting foods.International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Bangladesh Food Safety Authority are...
Chief Information Commissioner Abdul Malek speaking at a training programme on Right to Information Act, 2009 in Habiganj district recently
The four days long 53rd Director General (DG) level border conference between Border Guards of Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force will begin in Indian capital New Delhi from today (Sunday), reports UNB.DG of the BGB Major General A...
ABU RAKIB | 2023-06-11 00:00:00
Among 1,773 students, 72.3 per cent have faced some mental problem in their life due to use of internet and 85.9 per cent suffer from mental illness for the same reason, according to a survey conducted by Aachol Foundation.Aachol Foundation...
Holding its first rally in the city after a decade, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Saturday demanded holding the next national election under a non-party caretaker government, reports UNB.The Jamaat leaders also urged the party followers to get ready for taking to...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-11 00:00:00
Terming the dialogue by the government as 'trap' BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir reiterated on Saturday his party's call to the government to resign immediately and hand over power to a neutral and non-partisan caretaker government for holding...
SYLHET, June 10 (UNB): All polling stations in Sylhet City Corporation will be monitored by closed-circuit TV cameras (CCTV), said Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Saturday."The election will be monitored through CCTVs from Dhaka. If a voter faces...
The 15th anniversary of release of Awami League President and incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from prison will be observed today (Sunday), reports BSS.On this day in 2008, Sheikh Hasina was released from the special sub-jail set up on the...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP has brought Jamaat-e-Islami in field to carry out arson terrorism, reports BSS."Jamaat's real guardian-BNP-brings it in the field. It means, they are preparing...
LONDON, June 10 (Reuters): Britain's windfall tax on oil and gas producers will not be applied if prices drop below certain levels for six months in a row, the finance ministry said on Friday, in a move the government hopes...
ST. LOUIS, June 10 (Reuters): Deep within a suburban St. Louis warehouse, rows of ID-tagged soybean plants, bred using artificial intelligence, stretch toward precision-timed grow lights and sway as fans circulate a custom mix of carbon dioxide and humidity.These soy...
KARACHI, June 10 (AFP): Pakistan's cash-strapped government unveiled a 14.5 trillion rupee (around $50.5 billion) budget Friday, with over half set aside to service 7.3 trillion rupees of debt.Pakistan's economy has been stricken by a balance-of-payments crisis as it attempts...
OTTAWA, June 10 (Reuters): Canada unexpectedly shed jobs in May and the unemployment rate rose for the first time in nine months, data showed on Friday, a first sign of employment softness after the central bank hiked rates this week,...
Probashi Kallyan Bank inaugurated 'Real Time SMS Alert Service' and 'D-Nothi' programmes in Dhaka recently. Dr Ahmed Munirus Saleheen, Senior Secretary, Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment and Chairman of the bank, was present as the chief guest at...
Former finance adviser to caretaker government Dr AB Mirza Azizul Islam and Debate for Democracy Chairman Hassan Ahmed Chowdhury Kiron handing over trophies to the debate winners under a mock parliament programme on the FDC premises in the city on...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2023-06-11 00:00:00
The stock market took 15 months to stride past the bar on price movement after its introduction for the first time in March 2020, benefiting from stimulus measures and idle cash with scanty investment opportunities during the pandemic. Flooded with...
COLOMBO, June 10 (Reuters): Sri Lanka lifted import restrictions on 286 items, the Finance Ministry said on Saturday, a fresh sign the South Asian nation is starting to emerge from its worst economic crisis in decades.The island off India's southern...
The Bangladesh International Aquaculture Seafood Show (BIASS) 2023 is going to be held at Bangabandhu International Convention Centre in Dhaka from October 19 to 21, reports UNB. Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim announced it at a press conference...
Sonali Bank PLC convened a meeting and public hearing with stakeholders to deliberate on the implementation of the National Integrity Strategy (NIS) for April-June quarter of fiscal year 2022-23. Md Soriat Ullah, General Manager, General Managers' Office, Cumilla, presided over...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-11 00:00:00
Garment accessories makers have urged the government to cut the source tax on export proceeds to 0.50 per cent from the existing 1.0 per cent in the proposed budget and continue it for the next five years.Bangladesh Garment Accessories and...
FE Report | 2023-06-11 00:00:00
The government has decided to raise the edible oil, sugar, coal-import ceiling sans any letter of credit (LC) to US$ 5.0 million for commercial purposes on a case-to-case basis. Commercial importers will be allowed to import refined cooking oil, sugar...
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, June 8 (Reuters): Starbucks is revamping its strategy to lure Indians, including children, with smaller, cheaper beverages as it looks to expand in small towns amid a fierce challenge from domestic startups in one of its fastest-growing markets.Among...
GENEVA, June 10 (TASS): A Russian delegation and UN representatives began another round of talks in Geneva on Friday to discuss a memorandum that was signed in Istanbul in July of last year to supply food and fertilizer to the...
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