Three specialist doctors who came from the United States visited BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and assessed her health condition and reports at Evercare Hospital on Thursday,reports UNB.The US doctors-Hamid Rabb, Christos Georgiades and James P. A. Hamilton from Johns Hopkins...
BENGALURU, Oct 26 (AFP): Sri Lanka pushed dismal England to the brink of World Cup elimination on Thursday when they handed the defending champions an eight-wicket thrashing. It was a second win in five games for 1996 champions Sri Lanka.However,...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-27 00:00:00
The price of premium-quality gold has increased by more than Tk 2,000 per bhori in Bangladesh as local jewellers revised the rate upward on Thursday.The new rate of the precious metal will come into effect today (Friday), according to a...
The US Embassy in Dhaka has reminded US citizens to review their personal security plans and always remain alert to their surroundings ahead of the political events scheduled for October 28, reports UNB."US citizens should practise vigilance and remember that...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-27 00:00:00
The privately owned SS Power Plant at Gondamara in Chattogram's Banshkhali started commercial production from its second unit on Sunday evening, the company said in a statement.The first unit of SS Power Plant began commercial production on September 18, the...
The Secure Transactions of (Moveable Assets) Bill 2023 was passed in Parliament on Thursday to bring movable property under the definition of collateral for bank loan borrowing.Law Minister Anisul Huq, in absence of Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, moved the...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-27 00:00:00
In an attempt to escape a fire, a woman tried to descend from a high-rise building in the capital by using a rope on Thursday, but fell down and met with a tragic death.A staff member at the information centre...
BRUSSELS, Oct 26 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to return home today (Friday), wrapping up her three-day official visit to Belgium where she attended the Global Gateway Forum-2023.A commercial flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the premier and...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-27 00:00:00
The death toll from mosquito-borne dengue fever rose by 11 in the past 24 hours, including five in Dhaka until Thursday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With these additional fatalities, the total casualties have reached...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-27 00:00:00
Imports plummeted in a double-digit contraction in the first quarter of this fiscal with consumer goods accounting for the biggest fall by nearly 48 per cent that further impacts economic situation. Businesspeople and economists see such import contraction as a...
REZAUL KARIM AND YASIR WARDAD | 2023-10-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh has imposed an indefinite ban on all kinds of rice exports, including aromatic varieties, just three months after giving permission for it. The decision has been taken as a precautionary measure to ensure better food security in the country....
RAFAH, Oct 26 (Agencies): Israeli troops and tanks launched a brief ground raid into northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, the military said, striking several militant targets in order to "prepare the battlefield" ahead of a widely expected ground invasion after...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-27 00:00:00
Government's tax-revenue collection grew by 14.34 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year riding on value-added tax (VAT) receipts.The National Board of Revenue (NBR) collected an aggregate of Tk 767.51 billion in tax revenue until...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-10-27 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 26: All preparations have been taken for the inauguration of the country's first under-river tunnel 'Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel' in Chattogram on October 28. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the tunnel under the Karnaphuli River tomorrow...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-10-27 00:00:00
A couple of much-debated fiscal measures taxing private provident fund and foreign-debt payments may soon be recast, officials said, as the former is dubbed "discriminatory" and the latter burdensome on debt servicing.Considering demands from both individual and corporate taxpayers, the...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Met Office.The sun sets in the city today (Friday) at 05:23 pm and rises...
THAKURGAON, Oct 26 (UNB): The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) returned the body of a 40-year-old Bangladeshi man, two days after he was shot dead.The deceased, Nuruzzaman, was the son of Taslim Uddin, from Ratnai village of Amjankhor in Baliadangi...
The Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday passed the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (Amendment) Bill-2023 in a bid to extend the tenure of Vice Chancellor, Pro-vice Chancellors and Treasurer to four years from three years, reports BSS.Health and Family Welfare Minister...
Army Chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed left Dhaka for the Central African Republic on a four-day state visit on Thurs-day, reports UNB.During his visit, the army chief will observe the different activities of Bangladeshi peacekeepers there and will hold a...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-10-27 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR: Cyclonic storm Hamoon that swept through entire Cox's Bazar district on Tuesday left a trail of devastation.The storm caused extensive damage especially to the agricultural sector of the district.Around 50,000 farmers suffered losses in Chakria, Ramu, Maheshkhali, Ukhia...
KHULNA, Oct 26 (UNB): BNP says 25 leaders and activists of the party and its associate bodies have been arrested from different parts of Khulna district in 48 hours till Thursday morning, ahead of BNP's October 28 grand rally.Ehteshamul Haque...
Joint Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Biplob Kumar Sarkar on Thursday said that there is no way to allow Jamaat-e-Islami to hold a rally at Shapla Chattar in the city on October 28, reports BSS."Zero tolerance for rally by...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-27 00:00:00
Ruling Awami League may secure 148-166 seats if the upcoming national elections 2024 are held in a free, fair and participatory manner while Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) 119-137 and other political parties 15.Eminent economist Dr Abul Barkat, also president of...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-27 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) sticks to its guns in holding the grand rally in front of its central office in the capital's Nayapaltan area next Saturday.To this end, the party informed the police on Thursday that they were determined...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said BNP is openly giving threats of doing violence in the country, reports BSS."The Awami League wants peace. But, if its peace rally is attacked,...
NEW YORK, Oct 26 (Reuters): Soaring US Treasury yields are further boosting the appeal of bonds over stocks, deepening an already painful equity selloff while threatening to weigh on equity performance over the long term.Bond yields near historic lows bolstered...
The UK's FTSE 100 declined on Thursday as Standard Chartered led a slide in bank stocks and Unilever led a drop in consumer shares after the two blue-chip companies posted disappointing earnings, reports Reuters.The FTSE 100 declined 0.8 per cent...
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