FE REPORTThe Pan-Asia Research Institute (PARI), a Japan-based think tank, hosted a webinar on 'Current Situation, Challenges and Way Forward of Japanese Language Education in Bangladesh: Exchange of Views on Saturday.This webinar aimed at contributing to the effective teaching and...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Saturday that they have footage of a Chhatra Dal leader hacking an on-duty policeman to death during an anti-government protest in the capital, reports UNB."We have footage of the killing," he said after visiting...
FE REPORTThe United States (US) government has condemned Saturday's political violence between police and activists centring on the rallies of the major political parties of Bangladesh. In a statement, the US administration also called for calm and restraint on all...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a goodwill message to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the grand occasion of Bangladesh's entry into the era of under-river tunnel, first of its kind in South Asia, reports BSS.The message was read out...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-10-29 00:00:00
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has proposed to send engineers abroad for training in road-widening method under a 35-kilometre road project at a district town, insiders said on Saturday.It will also hire consultants for supervising the project work at...
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, Oct 28 (AFP) : Israel pounded the Hamas-run Gaza Strip with air and artillery strikes on Saturday after an intense night of attacks when it said 150 "underground targets" were hit.No official toll was immediately given,...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-10-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh's crucial polls stand in the way of an overdue overhauling of US-based Excelerate Energy's floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) as the government tries for a holdback again to ensure increased natural gas supply ahead of the general election.The...
ACI in the red in FY23, weighed down by losses of 2 subsidiariesAdvanced Chemical Industries (ACI) endured a consolidated loss of Tk 493.96 million in FY23 as two subsidiaries wiped out the profit made by the parent company. ACI Ltd...
Ten more dengue patients died and 1,800 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours to 8 am on Saturday, reports BSS.On September 20, Bangladesh witnessed 21 dengue deaths, the highest in a single day...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-29 00:00:00
The inflow of wage earners remittance during the first three weeks of this month (until October 20) stood at US$ 1.25 billion, nearly equivalent to the receipts of the four-week period of the previous month (September 2023), according to Bangladesh...
Monira Munni | 2023-10-29 00:00:00
The country's non-leather footwear export that recorded a significant growth over the last five years to double its earnings now faces a setback during the first quarter of the current fiscal year as shipments witnessed a negative growth.Bangladesh fetched US$124.07...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-29 00:00:00
A series of violent clashes marked opposition rallies in the city on Saturday, leaving one policeman and a Juba Dal activist reportedly dead and dozens of political activists, journalists and members of law-enforcement agencies injured. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist...
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 28: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the Awami League government was steering Bangladesh forward by taking multi-sectoral development projects, as she inaugurated the country's maiden underwater transport tunnel in the port city Saturday. "We're taking comprehensive development schemes...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office. The highest temperature in the country on Saturday was recorded at 34.0 degrees...
Dhaka ranked fifth on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI index of 171 at 9:03 am on Saturday, reports UNB.Dhaka's air was classified as 'unhealthy', according to the air quality index.Pakistan's Lahore, India's...
GAZIPUR, Oct 28 (UNB): Workers from different garment factories in Gazipur's Konabari area on Saturday took out protest marches and blocked the Dhaka-Tangail highway for the 5th day, demanding a minimum basic salary of Tk 23,000.They took a position on...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed profound shock at the sudden and untimely demise of former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, calling him a true friend of Bangladesh, reports BSS.In a letter sent addressing to the Premier of China,...
UN Under-Secretary-General and United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Executive Director (ED) Jorge Moreira da Silva on Saturday visited the National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH), reports UNB.This is one of 29 hospitals across Bangladesh...
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 28 (BSS): Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said any attempt made to create chaos in the country in the name of movement will be dealt with an iron hand with the support of the...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-29 00:00:00
Ruling party Bangladesh Awami League (AL) will hold peace rallies across the country today (Sunday) in response to a day-long countrywide hartal on the day called by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader announced the programme at...
US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya reaffirmed that the US does not support any particular political party in Bangladesh, instead is keen to see the continuation of democracy there.She came up with the reiteration...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina waves at the Awami League leaders and activists during a grand rally at KEPZ field in Anwara upazila. Chattogram North and South district units of AL organised the rally marking the inauguration of the country's first...
India has set a floor price of $800 per tonne minimum export price on onions up to December 31, the government said on Saturday, in a bid to ensure adequate domestic availability and to stabilise prices, reports Reuters."The measure has...
MADRID, Oct 28 (Reuters): Zara owner Inditex, the world's largest clothing retailer, said on Friday its suppliers would buy 2,000 tonnes of a raw material made out of cotton textile waste by Swedish company Renewcell.Renewcell is one of the world's...
Colgate-Palmolive on Friday raised its annual organic sales and profit forecasts for a third time this year, betting on price hikes and steady demand for its self-care and pet nutrition products, sending its shares up 2 per cent in premarket...
BRAC BANK AWARDS WOMEN OFFICIALS BRAC Bank has recognised top-performing female officials of its Distribution Network recently. At a ceremony styled 'Women Warriors -- Conquering Financial Frontier', Managing Director & CEO of the bank Selim RF Hussain along with other...
Chairman of Summit Group Muhammed Aziz Khan has received the Public Service Medal (COVID-19) at the National Awards ceremony in Singapore for his outstanding contribution to society during the coronavirus pandemic, says a press release.On behalf of the Prime Minister's...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh should increase the amount of protected and conserved area to 30 per cent as per the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, biodiversity experts observed on Saturday.A collaborative and comprehensive effort involving the community people, government agencies and stakeholders is a...
CANCÚN, Mexico, Oct 27 (AFP): Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka will try to hold off Poland's second-placed Iga Swiatek for the year-end world number one spot when the WTA Finals begin Sunday at Cancun, Mexico.The $9 million season-ending outdoor hardcourt showdown of...
MILAN, Oct 28 (AFP): Italy's football federation said on Saturday that no disciplinary procedure has been opened against Nicolo Zaniolo as part of a betting scandal rocking the game."As it stands there is no information or charge that he has...
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