FE REPORT | 2023-10-25 00:00:00
The United States is closely monitoring developments in Bangladesh ahead of its upcoming national elections, a US spokesperson said in response to a query over tensions centering an opposition rally.US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller made the observations Monday at...
The General Council (GC) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday reached an important milestone in the global efforts to help the least-developed countries (LDCs) on the path to graduation from LDC status.The GC adopted a decision on the...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-25 00:00:00
Beijing has requested Dhaka to take urgent preventive steps against 13 types of harmful pests in Bangladeshi mango before export in order to ensure uninterrupted supply of such products there.To this end, the Bangladesh mission in Beijing has conveyed the...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2023-10-25 00:00:00
Two more solar power plants with a total generation capacity of 310 megawatt in Jamalpur and Munshiganj are set to get approval soon, officials have said.The proposal-processing committee under Power Division recently finalised the tariff rate for the plants and...
Dhaka, Oct 24 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina departed for Brussels Tuesday morning for a three-day official visit to Belgium to attend the "Global Gateway Forum", to be held there on October 25-26.She is going to Brussels at the invitation...
Some vendors display fruits right on the railway tracks at Khilkhet level-crossing in Dhaka, even as a train passes by. Such a reckless practice endangers the safety of both the sellers and the customers alike and reports of individuals losing...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-10-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh is set to import a single spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from Vitol Asia Pte Ltd for delivery to the Moheshkhali floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) on November 12-13.Vitol offered the lowest bid of $17.55 per million...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-25 00:00:00
One more victim of Monday's fatal train accident at Bhairab succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 18, hospital sources said.The victim was identified as Nazrul Islam, 39, of Belabo Upazila...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-25 00:00:00
Over two decades now gone by, the securities regulator has initiated revival of all the 17 cases filed regarding the 1996 and 2010 stock-market scams that rattled bustling bourses. The trial proceedings in the cases have stalled although 27 years...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-25 00:00:00
Cyclone Hamoon began crossing the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar coast of Bangladesh on Tuesday night with wind speeds of 80 kms per hour, as the authorities evacuated 1.5 million people in 10 coastal districts to storm shelters.The extended frontal part of the...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2023-10-25 00:00:00
Two Chinese state-owned companies bid for the largest-ever Bangladesh rail project, costing US$4.9 billion, that will connect Dhaka with Pyra Port at the backwater southern coast.Official sources have said China Railway Design Corporation (CRDC) and China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd...
GAZA, Oct 24 (Agencies): More than 700 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli air strikes, Gaza's health ministry said on Tuesday, the highest 24-hour death toll since Israel began a bombing campaign to crush Hamas militants who stunned the country...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-10-25 00:00:00
Many of Bangladesh's commercial banks, having core income-generating instruments under immense pressures, now focused on fee-based incomes under a changed strategy to navigate the crunch time.The change in the income-making approach to make their balance sheet sustainable comes in the...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions with moderately heavy to very...
NATORE, Oct 23 (UNB): Natore district police have arrested a 24-year-old truck driver from Doshmile in Dinajpur district for killing his truck owner in Natore on Tuesday.The arrestee is Labu, who fled with the truck after killing the owner. He...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has urged global businessmen to invest in Bangladesh as it is the most investment friendly and promising country, reports BSS."Bangladesh is now becoming the most investment-friendly and promising country for its developed infrastructure...
Durga Puja, the biggest festival of Bengali Hindu community, ended on Tuesday with the immersion of the idols of Goddess Durga and her children in water bodies across the country amid festivity, reports UNB.According to Hindu belief, the goddess Durga...
ARAFAT ARA | 2023-10-25 00:00:00
The sub-agents or intermediaries of manpower recruitment agencies will have to be registered with authorities concerned for sending workers abroad, according to an amendment to the relevant law."A recruiting agent will appoint any registered person as a sub-agent or representative,...
SINGAPORE, Oct 24 (BSS): President Mohammed Shahabuddin, now undergoing treatment at Singapore National University Hospital, will leave the hospital for the hotel of residence today (Wednesday) as his health condition has improved considerably."President's health condition has improved significantly . ....
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has been undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, was again taken back to a cabin on Tuesday afternoon from the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) after her stay there for about nine hours, reports UNB."Our...
Awami League (AL) will start distribution of nomination forms from tomorrow (Thursday) among the party's aspirants for vying in the by-poll for Patuakhali-1 constituency as per the Election Commission's (EC) schedule, reports BSS.The constituency of Jatiya Sangsad (JS) fell vacant...
BNP will get permission to hold a rally on October 28 if they promise not to be engaged in anarchy, reports BSS."If the BNP promises not to engage in anarchy and terrorist activities in the name of a rally on...
In strong opposition to the government's move to equip the Ansar battalion members with some policing powers such as arresting suspected criminals the BNP on Tuesday demanded the withdrawal of the newly introduced legislation, Ansar Battalion Bill 2023, reports UNB.Tabled...
Awami League General Secretary (AL) Obaidul Quader Tuesday warned that BNP would not be spared if it tries to resort to anarchy on October 28 next, reports BSS."The AL will allow BNP to hold its rally on October 28 if...
SYDNEY, Oct 24 (AFP): Microsoft announced Tuesday a Aus$5 billion (US$3.2 billion) investment in Australia focused on cloud computing and artificial intelligence, saying it would boost the country's economy and cyber defences.Details of the deal were outlined by bosses at...
WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (AFP): US and Chinese officials held a "productive" first meeting on Monday of a new economic working group, the Treasury Department said, as both countries seek to steady ties."The delegations met virtually for two hours and had...
LONDON, Oct 24 (Reuters): Geopolitical tensions heightened by the Middle East conflict pose the biggest threat to the world economy right now but other risks are also at play, World Bank President Ajay Banga said on Tuesday."The US 10-year Treasury...
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