MOULVIBAZAR, Sept 23 (BSS): Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin today said the country has witnessed a remarkable progress during three consecutive terms of the Awami League (AL) government."The Awami League government has implemented massive development programmes...
MYMENSINGH, Sept 23 (UNB): The body of a mother, who jumped into the Brahmaputra River to save her son on Friday, was recovered from the river around 17 hours in Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh. The deceased Rimi Anjuman, 35, was...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 23 (BSS): Field level officials, employees and volunteers concerned should discharge their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty to reach artificial insemination services to farmers' doorsteps for improving cattle varieties and to fulfill the region's gradually mounting demands...
OUR CORRESPONDENT MAGURA, Sept 23: Jute growers in Magura district are counting losses as they are not even getting back their production cost.During a visit to different villages in the district, this correspondent found jute harvesting has already been completed....
Mohammad Abu Yusuf | 2023-09-24 00:00:00
According to many including the United Nations (UN) Secretary General, human-induced climate change is an ‘existential threat.’ It is a threat to the continued existence of our species. The developed countries are largely responsible for carbon emissions and global warming...
Technology has become essential in every part of human life. The world is leaning more towards artificial intelligence and automation day by day. We have developed some resources that were once unimaginable. One of these technological advances is ChatGPT. This...
After sunset, many unlit roads in Dhaka city become hot spots for crimes and accidents. Driving becomes difficult as the drivers cannot see properly and many accidents have happened owing to poor visibility. Non-motorised vehicles such as rickshaws have to...
Shihab Sarkar | 2023-09-24 00:00:00
Like seen in Dhaka, affluent neighbourhoods are also increasing in the country's mid-level, and even smaller, cities. A few have local bus services. But what dominate these communication modes are motorcycles, makeshift light public transports called 'tempos' or 'legunas' ---...
Asjadul Kibria | 2023-09-24 00:00:00
Countries across the world now appear less interested in extending cooperation with each other. As it is also impossible to entirely delink one from another, the nations are now concentrating more on limited and selective collaboration. Most countries have lost...
Sadly, the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has been sorely lacking in fulfilling one of its primary duties over the years. The fact that it has taken 23 years for this government agency to inspect 5,188 bridges to ascertain their...
BUENOS AIRES, Sept 22 (Agencies):Argentina captain Lionel Messi has taken a swipe at his former football club, Paris St Germain, claiming that the French club did not give him recognition after he returned from winning the FIFA World Cup with...
The United States will provide more than $116 million in additional humanitarian assistance to support vulnerable populations in Bangladesh, Myanmar and the region, reports UNB.The aid includes more than $74 million to support Rohingya refugees and their host communities.With this...
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
Heavy rain in Dhaka on Thursday night caused widespread flooding, disrupting essential markets and leading to a price hike of many essential items, including vegetables, spices and chickens. The met office measured 116 millimetres (mm) of rainfall from Thursday evening...
Four more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 879 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 2,153 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
The Department of Shipping (DoS) will prepare a standard operating procedure (SOP) soon with an eye to regulating safe handling of dangerous goods and solid bulk cargoes carried through seaway.According to officials, the formation of a 'competent authority', headed by...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $100 million in loan to help improve computer science, software engineering and information technology (IT) programmes in three universities of Bangladesh. To this effect, the ADB issued a press release from its headquarters...
REZAUL KARIM | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
The India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI) has requested the government to allow buffalo-meat import from India to meet the growing demand of the country, sources said.Recently, IBCCI President Abdul Matlub Ahmad has applied to the commerce ministry, seeking...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
Despite its immense potential, the once-economically vibrant Barishal division has become least-focused region in the country in terms of banking services availability.Even during the British regime, the region was considered one of the economically important areas of Bengal due to...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
The US Department of State has started applying visa restrictions on Bangladeshi individuals responsible or involved in undermining the democratic election process in Bangladesh"Today, the Department of State is taking steps to impose visa restrictions on Bangladeshi individuals responsible for,...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
In the wake of incessant rainfall throughout Thursday, Dhaka city struggled with severe waterlogging in multiple areas, causing widespread disruption to normal activities.Bangladesh Meteorological Department measured 116-millimetre (mm) rainfall from 6:00 pm on Thursday to 6:00 pm on Friday, which...
NEW YORK, Sept 22 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the world community to keep the humanitarian assistance for the Rohingya and their repatriation on top of the agenda for a solution to the crisis created by Myanmar.The...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
Bilateral trade between Bangladesh and China finds a bonanza even in crunch time with huge necessary imports of capital goods by the former heavily tilting the balance towards Beijing. Official data show the annual turnover in the two-way trade in...
Light to moderate rain/ thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the country until 06:00 pm...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
Four people, including three members of a family, died due to electrocution amid heavy rains in the capital's Mirpur area on Thursday night. The dead are Md Mizan (30), his wife Mukta Begum (25), and their daughter Lima (7), and...
Deputy Minister for Water Resources AKM Enamul Haque Shamim speaking at a district development coordination meeting in Shariatpur on Thursday
US Ambassador in Bangladesh Peter Haas receiving a crest from Vice chancellor of North South University Prof Atiqul Islam at a function organised by the Center for Peace Studies (CPS) of the South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG)...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
Although the Belt-and-Road Initiative (BRI) emerges as a transformative opportunity and holds with tremendous potential for Bangladesh, its potential growth remain still untapped significantly in the last 10 years.Speakers made the observations at the launch of a report styled 'BRI...
Bangladesh has urged all OIC Member States to contribute a voluntary fund to bearing the legal expenses incurred by the legal farm and support the efforts of The Gambia, reports UNB. "The Rohingya issue is a matter of continuous concern...
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