Mowshumi Sharmin | 2023-05-09 00:00:00
Green industrialisation as part of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a precondition for sustainable and inclusive growth and is closely related to the following goals: Goal -7 “Clean energy for everyone”: Secure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for...
A 4.3 magnitude earthquake with an epicentre very close to Dhaka jolted the capital of Bangladesh on Friday morning. A total of 14 such quakes have been reported within the 300 kilometre radius of Dhaka in the past one month....
A glass window of a metro rail has been damaged recently after a stone-like object hit the running train. No passenger was, however, injured in the incident as the glass window of the train did not fall apart. Although it...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-05-09 00:00:00
Though the Eid-ul-Fitr is over, the kitchen market shows no sign of cooling down. The essential items in the shopping list at the kitchen market including soybean oil, sugar, potato and onion are getting pricier. So are the prices of...
Shihab Sarkar | 2023-05-09 00:00:00
As had been feared, oblivion and a sense of complacence started gripping the Dhaka dwellers after the terrible fire incidents two months ago. Of the supermarkets identified as vulnerable to fire disasters, a few have already been singled out. Mouchak...
The death of six workers of the seven fatally injured in a furnace blast at a rerolling mill under construction at Rupganj, Narayanganj has exposed some unpleasant developments in the country's industrial sector. Irregularities, non-compliance with required specifications and safety...
Atiur Rahman | 2023-05-09 00:00:00
This scribe recently attended an important seminar organised by the Bangladesh Institute for Professional Development and Bangladesh General Insurance Company Ltd., where a few international participants from similar organisations in India also attended. The seminar's theme was highly relevant in...
With the heat wave sweeping across the capital and districts elsewhere, this pushcart driver takes rest sitting on the road median under the shadow of a tree leaving his cart nearby in Dhaka's Bijoynagar area on Sunday. — FE photo...
WASHINGTON, May 7 (AFP): A man who went on a rampage at a Texas outlet mall on Saturday shot dead eight people before he was himself killed, authorities said."(We) found seven deceased individuals on scene. We transported nine individuals to...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-05-08 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, May 07: Production in Chattogram Urea Fertilizer Limited (CUFL) has remained suspended since Friday last due to an acute crisis of gas. Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited stopped supplying gas to CUFL on Friday, suspending the production at the...
LONDON, May 7 (BSS): Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK) Tony Blair has highly praised Bangladesh's tremendous economic advancement under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and expressed his desire to help the country for its...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-05-08 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) will look for hiring a new contractor through fresh tender for toll collection and operation of the Bangabandhu Jamuna Bridge (BJB) - due to failure in negotiation with the lowest bidder selected in a bid...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-08 00:00:00
The government should take effective policy measures to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to help them address the possible challenges after Bangladesh graduates from a least-developed country to a developing one in 2026, according to economists and stakeholders. They...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-08 00:00:00
The World Shipping Council (WSC) has expressed serious concerns about the operation and implementation of the Bangladesh Flag Vessel (Protection of Interest) Rule of 2023 ("2023 Rule").Bangladesh has recently adopted the rule pursuant to the Bangladesh Flag Vessel (Protection of...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-08 00:00:00
The government has started its grain procurement for the Boro season, targeting 1.75 million tonnes of rice, paddy and wheat.Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder inaugurated the purchase virtually at the ministry on Sunday, with food officials joining from different parts...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-05-08 00:00:00
A big-budget project costing Tk 20 billion is framed to upgrade infrastructures of customs and VAT offices to enable them to meet growing demand for trade and transit facilitation, officials say.The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has framed the project...
Sales decline drove profit of automobile industry down Sales of commercial vehicles almost halved in the nine months through March, compared to the same period a year ago amid runaway inflation. The country's automobile sector took a fresh blow following...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-08 00:00:00
The state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (Bapex) has discovered new gas reserve in the second layer of Ilisha-1 well in Bhola, said sources.Bapex carried out drill stem test (DST) in the second layer at a depth between...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-08 00:00:00
Out of the 680 Bangladeshis evacuated from Sudan, 135 was set to depart for Dhaka from Jeddah on Sunday night, according to officials from the foreign ministry. These 135 Bangladeshis were transported to Jeddah on Sunday by Saudi military aircraft...
LONDON, May 7 (UNB): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has once again said that her country's upcoming general election will be free and fair.She made it clear after UK Foreign Minister James Cleverly during a meeting with her on Saturday...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh's economy is among the fastest-growing ones in the Asia-Pacific region but remains under severe internal and external pressures from factors like inflation and global financial volatility, says an IMF mission.The International Monetary Fund (IMF) spot inspection team Sunday drew...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office.The highest temperature in the country on Sunday was recorded at 37.5 degrees...
Banker ATM Mahabubul Haq passed away at his Mirpur residence recently, says a statement. He was 95. He was buried at his family graveyard in Shanukhali. ATM Mahabub started his career at National Bank of Pakistan. Afterwards, he joined the...
CHATTOGRAM, May 07 (UNB): Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday warned that armed criminals and or militant groups in the hills of Chattogram will not be spared."No armed criminals and militants groups will be spared in the hills but the...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-08 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) on Sunday summarily rejected a writ petition that was filed challenging the legality of holding the post of Managing Director (MD) of Khulna Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Khulna WASA) Md Abdullah.The HC bench of Justice...
Today (Monday) is the 162nd birth anniversary of Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as arts of Indian subcontinent with contextual modernism, reports BSS.On the occasion, President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-08 00:00:00
The authorities of Dhaka north and south city corporations will set up a total of 16 temporary cattle markets in the capital on the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul-Ahza, sources at the corporations said. Accordingly, the Dhaka South City Corporation...
FE REPORTA High Court (HC) Division bench in the first week of this month issued the Rule Nisi in the matter of preserving the 20 per cent quota for the children of the deceased and retired seafarers in the training...
Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed on Sunday paid a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban on Sunday, reports UNB.President's press secretary Joynal Abedin briefed reporters after the meeting.During the meeting, the army chief briefed the...
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