Bangladesh and China have showed interest in contributing to the regional connectivity in South and South East Asia under the auspices of the Belt and Road Initiative of China, reports UNB.The two sides expressed satisfaction at the existing defense cooperation...
This father is taking care of his child as he waits outside the Willes Little Flower School and College in Dhaka's Kakrail area on Saturday, while the baby's mother is appearing in a recruitment exam for the government's Mass Communication...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-28 00:00:00
Toll collection of Roads and Highways Department (RHD) will go automated fully on its nine toll bridges and two toll roads after October next.The bridges are Karnaphuli bridge, Meghna Bridge, Gumti Bridge, Bhairab bridge, Payra bridge, Shah Jahan Ali bridge,...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-28 00:00:00
Significant efforts are underway to enact the Land Crime Prevention and Redress Act during the tenure of the present government. The proposed law is currently undergoing thorough scrutiny and it will be soon presented in Parliament for consideration. If the...
Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh has lifted Covid-19 restrictions on international air travel, effective immediately, reports UNB.Passengers arriving from abroad need not fill up an online Health Declaration Form (HDF) and need not provide an RT-PCR test report or a...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday said the new US visa policy will help control money laundering, reports UNB."There is nothing to worry about the new visa policy," he told reporters after attending a programme at International Mother...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2023-05-28 00:00:00
Once upon a time, hazak or pressurised kerosene lamp was an absolute must to illuminate Bangladeshi households and different junkets like wedding ceremony, jatra (open-air theatrical drama), circus or bazaar.It was in great demand. But gone are the days-now there's...
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-05-28 00:00:00
The decline in rice output in the Aus season has continued for the last two consecutive fiscal years and experts have attributed this fall to the changing climatic conditions of the country.Production of the rice dropped further to 2.90 million...
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha arrived in Dhaka on Saturday on a five-day visit, reports UNB.The Director General (International Organisations), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wahida Ahmed, and Vice-Chancellor of IUT, Dr. Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, welcomed...
Long-distance buses are parked encroaching upon a significant portion of the Tejgaon-Mohakhali road, opposite Mohakhali Bus Terminal in Dhaka, at around 11:00am on Saturday, halting smooth vehicular movement and contributing to traffic congestion on the busy thoroughfare. This daily previously...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2023-05-28 00:00:00
The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has allowed the life insurance companies to offer full-fledged health insurance policies, curtailing the monopoly of non-life insurers in the local market.The latest move, formalised through a circular on Thursday last, is expected...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-28 00:00:00
Policy analysts at CPD have urged the government to cut the fuel prices by Tk 5-10 per litre as the current profiteering approach, alongside high government borrowing, is fuelling the inflation and creating economic mismatch. The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) fears the higher...
Eighty more people were hospitalised with dengue in the last 24 hours until Saturday morning as the cases keep rising in the country, reports UNB.Of the new patients, 73 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside it,...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind are likely to occur at a few places over Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna and Barishal divisions with hails at isolated places...
NARAYANGANJ, May 26 (UNB): A man was killed in a clash between two groups over establishing dominance in the burning oil business in front of Rashid Sardar's market of Gharmora Bazar under Bandar Upazila of Narayanganj district on Friday night.The...
FE REPORT Police recovered the body of an unidentified man (50) from the High Court Mazar area in the capital on Saturday. A police official at Shahbagh thana said being informed they rushed to the area and rescued him in...
Teen dies after falling off roof in cityA 17-year-old boy died after falling off a rooftop of a seven-story building at Uttar Badda in the city on Saturday, reports UNB. The dead is Md Tasin, son of Babul Mia of...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members have arrested two suspected leaders of a juvenile gang in the murder case of 14-year-old school student Kishore Siam, reports UNB.The arrestees are Shantanur Hossain Rubel alias Potato Rubel (27), and Mosiur Rahman Rocky (28).Two...
COX'S BAZAR, May 27 (UNB): The 14-member Myanmar delegation held a three-hour meeting with the Rohingyas, who fled the Buddhist-majority country amid military persecution and have taken shelter in Cox's Bazar, ahead of their possible repatriation that is being discussed.However,...
FE Report | 2023-05-28 00:00:00
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Saturday said tax return submission should be made mandatory for those who have National Identity Card (NID). "During Muhith bhai's tenure, I proposed him to make return filing mandatory for all national identity card...
FE Report | 2023-05-28 00:00:00
The government may consider imposing death penalty for illegal hoarding of essential commodities causing market volatility, says the chief of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP).There is evidence that some companies stock such goods profusely and stop their...
Anti Terrorism Unit (ATU) of Police arrested an active member of the banned militant outfit 'Jamatul Mujahedin Bangla-desh (JMB), from the city's Ashulia area Friday night, reports BSS.The arrested Md Anarul Islam, 30, is the son of M Mofiz Uddin...
A meeting of Awami League (AL) Secretariat with its Dhaka north and south city units and associate bodies will be held at the party's Bangabandhu Avenue central office at 4pm today (Sunday), reports BSS.AL General Secretary and Road Transport and...
Two BCL leaders have been arrested for kidnapping an official of a private company and snatching money from him at a Dhaka College hall, reports UNB.The victim of the incident Mehdi Hasan works as a quality controller in a private...
NARSINGDI, May 27 (UNB): Seventy people have been sued in a case over the gunning down of two members of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the BNP's student front, during a factional clash in Sadar upazila of Narsingdi last Thursday.Of them,...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) reiterated on Saturday its stance not to take part in the upcoming national elections without installation of a neutral caretaker government. "There is no possibility to hold a free and fair election under Sheikh Hasina government....
BEIJING, May 27 (Reuters): Steel rebar prices in China hit their lowest in three years this week, underscoring flagging growth in the world's second-largest economy, particularly in its weak property sector.The spot price of HRB400 20mm steel rebar -- used...
Removal of discrepancies in the import duties imposed on primary fuels, which are used as inputs in power generation, can reduce the government's subsidies in the power and energy sector.The notion is being put forward by the private power producers...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-28 00:00:00
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) donated Tk 10 million for the rehabilitation of the traders affected by the recent fire incident at Bangabazar clothing market in the capital. FBCCI President Md Jashim Uddin handed over...
Nazimuddin Shyamol | 2023-05-28 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, May 27: The Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT), a Saudi Arabian company, is likely to get the work as the operator of the Patenga Container Terminal (PCT) of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) as the government has finalised its decision...
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