Mohammed Saidul Islam | 2023-10-16 00:00:00
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) industry in Bangladesh has navigated many ups and downs in the last decade and gradually positioned itself as an alternative to natural gas. In 2022 Bangladesh imported about 1.4 million metric tonnes of LPG at its...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-10-16 00:00:00
Unlike in case of other fossil fuels, Bangladesh is almost entirely dependent on private sector to feed a growing demand for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from households, automotives, commercial consumers and industries. The government does not have to pay much...
Azam J. Chowdhury | 2023-10-16 00:00:00
As we stand at the intersection of progress and promise, the journey of Bangladesh towards a cleaner and sustainable energy future is being propelled by the dynamic growth of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) industry. On behalf of the LPG...
Md. Mofazzal Hossain, chairman of the country's leading business group Esquire Group, passed away while undergoing treatment in Singapore on Saturday. He was 77, reports UNB.The business tycoon breathed his last while receiving treatment in Singapore Mount Elizabeth Hospital at...
The footbridge at Farmgate, which was reconstructed with a new look, was officially opened to pedestrians on Sunday. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan inaugurated the footbridge. Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation Md Atiqul Islam was also present. The old footbridge...
Eleven more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,169 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 2,363 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2023-10-16 00:00:00
Prof. Dr. ASM Maksud Kamal has been appointed as the 29th Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Dhaka University (DU).A notification issued by the Education Ministry on Sunday said Professor Maksud Kamal of Disaster Science and Climate Resilience Department has been temporarily appointed...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-16 00:00:00
Justice Md Emdadul Haque Azad, a High Court judge who recently compared the country's situation with the hell, might have refused to attend a farewell reception on his last working day on Sunday.He communicated with the Supreme Court administration that...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-16 00:00:00
A Dhaka Court on Sunday deferred again the date of submission of the investigation report of the case filed in connection with the murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.It has asked the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) to...
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi Sunday said the imported eggs would arrive in the country within the next three to four days, reports BSS.The minister said this to the reporters after inaugurating the sale operations of TCB's commodities including rice at...
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-10-16 00:00:00
Amid most vegetables already crossing Tk 100-per-kg mark, essential food items displaying further price volatility, food inflation reaching a record 12.5 per cent and millions of people cutting back on their diet, Bangladesh is all set to celebrate the World...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-16 00:00:00
Despite continued opposition, the country's mobile-phone operators have discontinued the 3-day data package from Sunday as per the new data guidelines by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).All four operators -- Grameenphone, Robi, Banglalink and Teletalk -- ceased 3-day internet...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-16 00:00:00
Foreign Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said that the Gaza siege by the Israeli government has caused human rights violation.The siege resulted in suspension of supply of food, water and electricity to millions of people which is not acceptable,...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-10-16 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Sunday launched an updated online tax return submission platform to facilitate individual taxpayers to comply with the November 30 deadline.The portal would provide an extended facility this year, allowing all the taxpayers to...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-16 00:00:00
A veil of confusion hangs over the official launching date of the second part of the metro rail from Agargaon to Motijheel, as the Dhaka metro-rail company has yet to receive confirmation from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).The official date...
GAZA STRIP, Oct 15 (Agencies): Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed at least 2,450 people since Hamas's bloody attack on southern Israel last week, the Gaza health ministry said Sunday.Another 9,200 people have also been injured as Israel...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-16 00:00:00
Visiting pre-poll US observers suggest dialogue in their five-point recommendations for creating conducive conditions that allow participation of all political parties of Bangladesh in coming elections, as a standoff persists. After extensive groundwork, the observation mission Sunday put forward the...
ARAFAT ARA | 2023-10-16 00:00:00
Bangladesh sent nearly a record 1.0 million workers abroad in the nine months of the current calendar year but inward remittance belies this rise as it has been on a decline recently.Data available from the Bureau of Manpower Employment and...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-10-16 00:00:00
Liquidity stress on the money market builds up again mainly because of policy interventions by the central bank to contain high inflation, stoking borrowing costs, sources said.And this belt-tightening has led to a record rise in interbank call- money rate...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere 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...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-16 00:00:00
A one-minute silence programme was observed on Sunday in different places of the city as part of the government's campaign against noise pollution. The programme with the slogan titled 'Let us stop sound pollution and follow a minute of silence'...
Public Health Engineering Department organised a programme in the city on Sunday, marking the World Hand Washing Day 2023. Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Minister Md Tajul Islam, Local Government Division Secretary Muhammad Ibrahim, Chief Engineer of Public Health...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2023-10-16 00:00:00
The authorities of Dhaka University (DU) on Sunday have observed Mourning Day commemorating the tragic deaths of students, employees and guests in a building collapse at the university's Jagannath Hall on this day in 1985.Marking the day, DU authorities hoisted...
The newly-appointed Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan on Sunday paid a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban in city, reports UNB.This was Obaidul Hassan's first meeting with the president since he was appointed the 24th Chief Justice of the...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2023-10-16 00:00:00
The push on the government to enhance clean energy generation has been growing, with fossil fuel prices having risen significantly in recent months amid their short supply caused by foreign currency scarcity, officials said.Last week, a visiting team of the...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-16 00:00:00
The High Court on Sunday summoned BNP leader and former lawmaker Habibur Rahman Habib for making a derogatory comment about the judge who sentenced BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two corruption cases. Habibur Rahman, also an adviser of the BNP...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-16 00:00:00
Calling upon the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to participate in the upcoming national elections, Election Commissioner Mohammad Alamgir said on Sunday that they wanted the BNP to participate in the polls."We [Election Commission or EC] want to see the participation...
Claiming that their movement is on the right track, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said no election without voters will be held this time in Bangladesh, reports UNB.Speaking at a seminar, he also said it is...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the government will only consider dialogue with BNP if and when the party withdraws its conditions, reports UNB."BNP says they want the PM's resignation, the parliament's dissolution, a caretaker government and...
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