BERLIN, Oct 13 (BBC): Seven people have died after a crowded minivan driven by a suspected people-smuggler overturned, say German police. More than 20 migrants, including some children, are thought to have been in the van.The driver attempted to evade...
BEIRUT, Oct 13 (AFP/BBC/Reuters): The United States must rein in Israel to avert a regional spillover of the war with Hamas, Iran's top diplomat said Friday in Beirut, adding Tehran was seeking to safeguard Lebanon's security.Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian spoke...
Mashrur Ahmed Zidane | 2023-10-14 00:00:00
Have you ever imagined becoming a minority in your own country? Well, this is the reality for many Bangladeshis living in Teknaf today. It is due to one ethnic group, residing there in millions, known as the Rohingyas. Teknaf might...
Mohammad Anwarul Karim | 2023-10-14 00:00:00
Since 1970, 14th October has been celebrated as the World Standards Day. Around the globe, various activities are chosen by national standards bodies and intergovernmental organizations to commemorate the date. In Bangladesh, two regulatory agencies are working on setting, implementing,...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-10-14 00:00:00
Newspapers have been carrying pictures of Palestinians carrying bodies of babies killed in ruthless bombardments on besieged Gaza or women and children fleeing for their lives to where they do not know. These sights evoke an overpowering feeling of sadness...
Dhaka is not at all a clean city. The beauty of this city is often spoiled by littering waste and filth. The streets of Dhaka continue to bear the brunt of unabated littering. People responsible for this should be fined....
More than half the children with disabilities in Bangladesh do not receive any formal education, according to a report conducted by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) with technical support from UNICEF. There are reportedly only 20 schools in the country,...
Tanim Asjad | 2023-10-14 00:00:00
The personal data of millions of Bangladeshis are no more secure. Whether the authorities responsible for keeping the data protected acknowledge it or not is immaterial. A bulk of data, preserved with the Registrar General's office, birth and death registration...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2023-10-14 00:00:00
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was in the country recently to discuss economic issues with the ministry of finance. On the table of discussion was the issue of lowering subsidies on energy and fertiliser. Such suggestions could...
Though the government has declared leather as a priority sector, its export potential is yet to be realised. Even so, in FY 2021-22, its earning from exports at US$1.25 billion was the highest in a decade. Unsurprisingly, in the last...
Shafiq Bhuiyan | 2023-10-14 00:00:00
“So, you are a Customer Service Representative (CSR)”? – It happened in 2008, and I still remember when one of my seniors at the University asked me this question upon our introduction. I was working with the CSR Centre then,...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-13 00:00:00
The High Court in a landmark verdict on Thursday directed the government to strictly follow it in order to prevent medically unnecessary Cesarean Sections (CS) at all private and public hospitals and clinics.It also asked the authorities concerned to widely...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir met US Ambassador in Dhaka Peter D Haas on Thursday.The meeting took place at the American Club in the capital's Gulshan area around 1:15 pm. It lasted almost an hour.US Embassy's...
Readymade garment (RMG) export to the European Union reached $ 5.51 billion during July-September of FY 2023-24, 11.47 per cent up compared to the same period of the previous fiscal year, according to the latest statistics of the Export Promotion...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-13 00:00:00
At least 13 people were reported dead from dengue and 2,327 more hospitalised with the mosquito-borne disease during the last 24 hours until Thursday morning.Of the total, six fatalities were reported in Dhaka city while the remaining seven deaths were...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-13 00:00:00
Fish prices have surged by Tk 20-40 per kilogram in kitchen markets of Dhaka, causing people to pay more for their protein intake. Besides, the prices of vegetables, onions, eggs, green chillies and potatoes have also increased, further burdening low-income...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit Brussels, Belgium, later this month to attend the Global Gateway Forum 2023, reports UNB.Briefing reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday, Momen said the Prime Minister will leave for Brussels on October...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh seeks preferential trade with shipping-heartland Sri Lanka and priority berthing facility at Colombo Port, as nations around the Indian Ocean rim plan business boost using untapped potential. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said Thursday in Dhaka he had...
A woman comforts injured Palestinian girls waiting at the hospital to be checked, as battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day, in the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday. Thousands...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-13 00:00:00
The country's banking sector lags behind in cybersecurity awareness despite regulatory efforts, according to a paper on ICT incident response, as a top banker said financial safeguarding resembles the security of a nation. Presented at a discussion organised by the...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-13 00:00:00
Dhaka has proposed visa-free travel between India and Bangladesh with an eye to enhancing people-to-people connectivity in the wake of trouble getting tour permission.Foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen discussed the issue with his Indian counterpart S Jaishangkar when they...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-10-13 00:00:00
Customs has determined 'scope of 'work' for stakeholders as per Export General Manifest (EGM) of late to eliminate 'ghost' exporters and check money laundering, following recent discoveries of deviations.The government has implemented EGM in all customs houses through Asycuda System...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday announced the formation of Leather Industry Development Authority (LIDA) for promoting the growth of the country's leather and leather-goods sector."I am announcing a leather development authority for the improvement of the leather industry. We,...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2023-10-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh will not join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), world's largest regional free-trade bloc led by China, or any other grouping before the forthcoming general election. "We have decided not to join RCEP or any international platform before the...
A petty trader selling Palmyra fruit, collected from rural areas, at a roadside shop in Kamalapur Railway Station area of the city on Thursday — FE Photo
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Chattogram division in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Met Office.It may also occur at a...
With an air quality index (AQI) score of 179 at 08:53 am on Thursday, Dhaka ranked 3rd in the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, reports UNB.Pakistan's Lahore and India's Delhi occupied the first and second spots,...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-13 00:00:00
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed till November 20 a High Court verdict that sentenced Md Sohel Rana, former chief judicial magistrate of Cumilla, to one month's imprisonment for committing contempt of court by ignoring an HC stay order on...
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