FE REPORT | 2023-05-30 00:00:00
The government may impose a travel tax on domestic air passengers for the first time, starting from the upcoming fiscal year (FY2023-24), following the surge in air travels.Passengers may have to pay Tk 200 per flight on domestic routes starting...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2023-05-30 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, May 29: The construction of the 172-kilometre marine-drive road, connecting Mirsarai in Chattogram to Cox's Bazar, will significantly shorten the distance between these two cities by 50 kilometres and reduce travel time by 1.5 hours. By connecting the existing...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-30 00:00:00
The government is set to restart the Covid-19 inoculation campaign with booster dose this week as it has received three million shots of Variant Containing Vaccine (VCV) under the COVAX facility, said the health minister.This time the third and fourth...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-30 00:00:00
Today (May 30) is the 2nd death anniversary of ex-Executive Editor of The Financial Express (FE) Shahiduzzaman Khan.Shahiduzzaman Khan passed away on this day in 2021 at the age of 72. He is survived by his two sons, one daughter...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-30 00:00:00
Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Monday said the dengue situation is alarming as the country has witnessed a fivefold rise in the dengue infections in the first five months of this year compared to the same period last year.The minister...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-30 00:00:00
Transport expert Professor M Shamsul Hoque has strongly recommended reducing dependence on foreign consultants and underscored the need for finding home-grown solutions to the city traffic problems.Dr Hoque, a professor of civil engineering department at Bangladesh University of Engineering and...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said maintaining peace in the world has now become more difficult than in the past as evil forces are using advanced technology against it, reports UNB."With the recent development and advancement of technology, new...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-05-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh's budget execution in the outgoing fiscal year (FY) has gone slower than last fiscal's largely for government agencies' incapacity for implementing development works in time and financial crunch, analysts said.The government ministries and agencies spent an aggregate amount of...
SME board gets a boost from block market The SME index of Dhaka Stock Exchange rose by 17 per cent in a week, reaching 1,220 points. Though bulk share transactions lacked interest, listed SMEs saw increased trading volumes, boosting investor...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-05-30 00:00:00
The government may turn down a proposal to waive tax on import of high-speed furnace oil (HFO) for electricity generation in the upcoming national budget scheduled to be placed in parliament on Thursday next.Official sources said the National Board of...
A staffer of an OMS (open market sale) truck is writing serial numbers on the photocopies of the NID cards of the people who gathered at the sales point in Dhaka's Shyampur Industrial Area on Monday to buy rice and...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-30 00:00:00
Olivier De Schutter, the visiting UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, said Bangladesh has made significant improvement in poverty reduction in last decade, but recent trend shows that the progress remains fragile and income inequality is rising.Speaking...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-30 00:00:00
Oil import by Bangladesh’s private power-plant owners may face uncertainty at least for next two months, risking deterioration in the electricity-supply situation, if the government couldn’t clear their pending payments.The private-sector power producers rue that they have exhausted furnace oil-import...
A team of Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection, led by Assistant Director Abdur Jabbar, check the documents containing prices of commodities at a shop during an anti-adulteration drive at Moulvibazar wholesale market in the city on Monday — Focus...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours until 06:00 pm today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office.Mild heat wave is sweeping over Mymensingh, Dhaka, Rajshahi, Khulna & Barishal divisions...
Customs intelligence officials detained three people and seized 20 gold bars from their possession at Benapole Check-post in Jashore district on Monday, reports UNB.The arrestees are Md Habib (37), son of Mosharraf Hossain of Nagarkanda village in Faridpur district, Mahiuddin...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-30 00:00:00
A team of Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institution (BSTI) on Monday fined Sauslys Foods and Bakery Tk 55,000 for various irregularities during a raid in the capital's Banani area.The BSTI fined the food outlet in two cases under BSTI Act,...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-30 00:00:00
Cash incentive should be increased to 5.0 per cent for inward remittance from Bangladeshi migrant workers staying in different job destination countries.Besides, they should be brought under a universal pension scheme.To this effect, Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Programme (OKUP), a grass-roots...
Students of 2026 batch will appear for the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations under new curriculum, said Education Minister Dipu Moni on Monday, reports UNB."The new curriculum will be implemented fully in secondary level by 2025 and...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) filed a total of 722 cases over violation of traffic rules and realised over Tk 2.41 million as fine in January 2023.BRTA filed the cases mainly due to not having proper papers, route violations, lack...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-30 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld the effectiveness of the notification issued by the Dhaka University Bangla department asking its female students to keep their faces, including their ears, uncovered during classes, examinations and presentations. The apex...
General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 17 Infantry Division and Area Commander, Sylhet Area Major General Chowdhury Mohammad Azizul Haque Hazari inaugurating a rally by releasing balloons in Sylhet on Monday, marking the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers-2023 — ISPR
Admiral Lee Jong-Ho, Chief of Naval Operations of the Republic of Korean, holding talks with Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal at Banani Navy Headquarters in the city on Sunday — ISPR
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said on Monday the Rohingyas' better life and future can be ensured only in their own country and it is better for them to start returning to their homes in Myanmar, reports UNB."For Rohingyas,...
CHATTOGRAM, May 29 (UNB): Police have filed a case against 600 unnamed people for allegedly attacking police from a BNP rally in Chattogram's Bohaddarhat on Sunday. The case was filed on Monday at the Chandgaon Police Station of Chattogram Metropolitan...
KHAGRACHHARI, May 29 (UNB): A case has been filed against more than 350 Awami League leaders and activists in connection with the attack and vandalism of BNP Vice Chairman Abdullah Al Noman's car in Khagrachhari. Ratan Kumar Tripura, Assistant Legal...
The High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to BNP leader Nipun Roy Chowdhury for three months in a case filed in connection with a clash between Awami League and BNP activists in Keraniganj on May 26, reports UNB. The...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-30 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) on Monday summoned the VAT commissioner in Cox's Bazar to explain an allegation of VAT evasion by the hotels, motels and restaurants in collusion with local VAT officials. He has been asked to appear before the...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said the BNP has fallen in deep frustration as it is not getting a proper response from its foreign masters as per its blueprint, reports BSS.Quader, also the road transport and bridges...
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