FE REPORT | 2023-06-10 00:00:00
Some of the VAT and tax proposed on software industry in the budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2023-24 will go before finalisation, assured Prime Minister's Adviser on Private Industries and Investment Salman F Rahman. "Actually what happened in the...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-10 00:00:00
Dhaka city-dwellers heaved a euphoric sigh of relief from the unbearable heatwave and humidity for more than a week as they experienced the much-awaited downpour on Friday.People in many parts of the country also witnessed light to heavy rain on...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-10 00:00:00
Bangladeshi scientists and their partner institutions have announced a significant breakthrough in the early detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC), a prevalent global cancer, bringing hope in saving lives.HKG Epitherapeutics Ltd, a biotech firm, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh...
Stocks lose steam as budget brings no cheers Stocks remained almost flat in the outgoing week after a four-week rally, as the national budget for fiscal year 2023-24 brought no cheer to investors. This is the first week after the...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2023-06-10 00:00:00
People in lower strata struggle to make ends meet amid consumer price rises fueled by soaring headline inflation against subdued wage growth in Bangladesh.Official data show the gap between earning and spending by low-income people, in addition to wealth gap...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-10 00:00:00
The government expects that the country’s current-account deficit will go within the next two years after remaining in negative territory for most of the past decade or so.However, economists differ with the prediction made by the Ministry of Finance.“...in the...
After days of severe heat wave, the city finally experienced heavy rain on Friday, bringing much-needed relief to the city-dwellers. The photo shows two bikers navigating through rain in Kakrail area of Dhaka city. — FE photo by KAZ Sumon
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-06-10 00:00:00
Incapacitated energy sector now plans to ease irritable load- shedding across Bangladesh by augmenting electricity generation from several piloting coal-fired power plants where the government has no payment liability yet, said sources.Apart from cashing in on these newly built plants which...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Chattogram and Barishal divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Saturday), according to the Met Office.The highest temperature in the country on...
Bangladesh reported 94 more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours until Friday morning, reports UNB.With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 20,40,212, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).However, the official death toll from the...
Dhaka's air ranked 8th most polluted in the world on Friday morning as per the Air Quality Index (AQI), reports UNB.The air in Dhaka was categorised as 'unhealthy for sensitive groups', with an AQI score of 124 at 8:45 am.Israel's...
Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) Qu Dongyu has lauded Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's leadership in ensuring food security in Bangladesh, reports UNB.He made the remarks when Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen met him...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen handed over the UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the Creative Economy at a gala ceremony at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on Tuesday evening, reports UNB.Melody Zambuko received the award on...
Daughter of Shahriar Kabir found dead in Dhaka homeThe daughter of Shahriar Kabir, president of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, has been found dead on Thursday. The body of 41-year-old Arpita Kabir Mumu was recovered from her home in the...
A Mymensingh-bound truck hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw at Ranagachha Uttapara on the Jamalpur-Mymensingh highway on Friday, leaving four persons killed and three others critically injured — bdnews24.com
FE REPORTAt least 408 people were killed and 631 others injured in some 491 road accidents occurred across the country in May, according to the Road Safety Foundation (RSF) on Friday.Of the total dead victims, 67 were women and 78...
REZAUL KARIMThe government has called upon deputy commissioners (DCs) to initiate legal measures against the rampant breaches of the 'Mandatory Jute Packaging Act-2010' in order to ensure the use of eco-friendly jute sacks and bags, according to sources.In line with...
BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed can return home any time as the government has approved his travel back to Bangladesh, a foreign ministry's spokesperson said on Thursday, reports BSS."It (Salahuddin's return) will depend on him. He may come anytime," said Rafiqul...
A Dhaka court on Friday sent BNP Rajshahi district unit convenor Abu Sayeed Chand to jail in a case lodged for making threat to the life of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Arafatul Rakib passed the order...
TUNGIPARA, Gopalganj, June 09 (BSS): Leaders of Cumilla City Awami League (AL) yesterday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj.Leaders of Cumilla City AL led by its president A.K.M. Bahauddin Bahar,...
Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is confusing the people over the issue of dialogue, reports BSS.Referring to Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's...
The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday announced the schedule of the election, reports UNB.EC secretary Md Zahangir Alam briefed the reporters after the EC meeting at the Election Commission at Agargaon in the capital.According to the schedule, the last date...
FE REPORT Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Friday there will be no elections in the country without a caretaker government."There will be no elections without a neutral and non-partisan caretaker government. People of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presiding over the joint meeting of the Awami League's Parliamentary Nomination Board and Local Government Public Representative Nomination Board at her official residence Ganobhaban in the city on Friday — PID
Italian Ambassador to Bangladesh Enrico Nunziata has said his country is interested in a long-term agreement with Bangladesh to supply LNG though the current situation in Europe allows collaboration on a short term basis, reports UNB."Of course, we are much...
TOKYO, June 9 (AP) : Japan approved a major revision to its development aid policy Friday to focus on maritime and economic security and its national interests while helping developing nations overcome compound challenges amid China's growing global influence.The revision...
BEIJING, June 9 (AFP) : Chinese inflation came in flat again in May, official figures showed Friday, as the country's economy sputters owing to softening demand and falling exports, leading to calls for a rate cut and a bigger government...
The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Canada Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CBCCI) to promote Bangladeshi products in Canadian market, reports BSS.CCCI President Mahbubul Alam and CBCCI Executive...
IBBL SHARI'AH SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE MEETS A meeting of the Shari'ah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on Thursday on a virtual Platform. Committee Chairman Prof Dr. Mohammad Gias Uddin Talukder presided over the meeting. Mohammed Monirul Moula,...
Nazimuddin Shyamol | 2023-06-10 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, June 09: The construction work to set up the second unit of the Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL) is likely to be started very soon as the government has already allocated the fund for the project.ERL Managing Director Engineer Md...
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