FE REPORT | 2024-06-14 00:00:00
Dhaka residents finally experienced a much-needed reprieve from the scorching heat and high levels of humidity as the sky turned cloudy on Thursday afternoon, enveloping the metropolis in darkness. The rain began in the capital at around 5:00 pm, followed...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-14 00:00:00
A 100-megawatt new solar-power plant will be built in Madarganj of Jamalpur district under joint venture with a Chinese company at an investment worth US$170 million.A joint venture (JV) agreement between China's CREC International Renewable Energy Company and Bangladesh's state-owned...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-14 00:00:00
Much-needed green transition of Bangladesh's apparel industry gets a shot in the arm as a syndicate of global fashion-business bigwigs launches a joint financing model. The Future Supplier Initiative leads the way and world's four fashion companies join forces to...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-06-14 00:00:00
Interest rise begins luring money back into bank vaults as Bangladesh's banking system attracted Tk 275.64 billion during July-April period of this passing fiscal, despite higher inflation, sources say. This is almost an inverse course from Tk 269.24 billion having...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-06-14 00:00:00
Cost and time overruns in procurement of 35 ships and ancillary works cost public exchequer a king's ransom -- an additional Tk 5.19 billion -- and the buys still remained unfinished.Sources said Thursday the scheduled time was four years and...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur over Rangpur, Chattogram, Sylhet, Dhaka, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barishal divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Met Office. The...
Kazi Farms Ltd's rejoinder:Kazi Farms Ltd has issued a rejoinder regarding a report published in the June 4, 2024 issue of the Financial Express under the headline "Feed prices remain high despite record maize harvest, low rates: Poultry, fisheries &...
The High Court (HC) on Thursday ordered the authorities concerned to refrain from evicting the Harijan community on Aga Sadak Road in the city's Bongshal area until alternative accommodation is ensured for them, reports UNB.The HC bench of Justice Farah...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-14 00:00:00
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has intensified its surveillance at railway stations as well as bus and launch terminals to ensure safety and security of the homebound passengers on the occasion of the Eid-ul-Azha. "We're keeping our mobile tracking system functioning....
FE REPORT | 2024-06-14 00:00:00
The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and the Article 19 jointly called for overhauling and redrafting Cyber Security Act 2023 before the Cyber Security Rules 2024 are implemented.This process should involve meaningful and effective participation from relevant experts and consider concerns,...
Newly-appointed Chief of Air Staff Air Marshall Hasan Mahmood Khan paid a courtesy call on Chief of Army Staff General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed at Army Headquarters in the capital on Thursday. — ISPR
An alarming nine out of ten children aged 1-14 years face violent discipline each month by caregivers, affecting over 45 million children in Bangladesh, UNICEF revealed on Thursday, reports UNB.Despite progress in child protection, violence, abuse and exploitation continue to...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has returned home from Singapore after completing routine health check-up, reports BSS.A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying him landed at HSIA in the at 6:00 pm on Thursday.
A Dhaka court has granted police eight days to interrogate Jhenaidah Awami League General Secretary Shaidul Karim Mintu over the murder of ruling party MP Anwarul Azim Anar, reports bdnews24.com.Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Tofazzal Hossain passed the order...
Nobel Laureate Prize-winning Grameen Telecom Chairman Muhammad Yunus will appeal to the High Court (HC) against his indictment in a case over embezzlement from dividends for the company's employees, his lawyers said.The court of Dhaka 4th Special Judge Syed Arafat...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has greeted Leader of the Opposition GM Quader, Deputy Leader Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud and former leader of the Opposition Raushan Ershad ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha, reports BSS.The PM greeted the opposition leaders by sending...
Independent MP Naser Shahriar Zahedi has criticised Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali for reducing the subsidy on agriculture in the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2024-25, reports UNB.Zahedi questioned the reason behind reducing the subsidy in an agriculture-dependent...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has criticised Prime Minister's (PM) comments on 15 absconding convicts in the 21st August grenade attack case, including the party's acting chairman Tarique Rahman."Some BNP leaders, including Tarique Rahman, are being implicated in the grenade attack...
Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Qamrul Islam MP attends a special extended meeting of AL Dhaka City South unit at Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital on Thursday. — Focus Bangla
Malaysian June 13 (Reuter): A Malaysian footballer who was critically injured after being splashed with acid last month said he hopes his assailants can be brought to justice swiftly.In his first public appearance since the May 5 attack, a visibly...
MUNICH, Germany, June 13 (AFP:- Euro 2024 kicks off on Friday in Germany as the continent's footballing heavyweights prepare to fight it out over the next month with the aim of taking the crown away from reigning champions Italy.Germany play...
LONDON, June 13 (AFP): - Rafael Nadal confirmed on Thursday he will miss Wimbledon to focus on the Paris Olympics, which will be played on the clay courts at Roland Garros.Spanish tennis chiefs announced Wednesday that 22-time Grand Slam winner...
A-seven member of Bangladesh archery team left in the city on Thursday morning for Turkey to take part in the 2024 Final World Quota Tournament and 2024 Archery World Cup Stage-3 which will be held in Antalya, the resort city...
A 45-member Bangladesh Men's and Women's Junior Hockey teams left for Singapore Thursday (Wednesday night) to compete in the Junior AHF Cup (U-21) Hockey Tournament beginning there on today (Friday), reports UNB.Defending champions Bangladesh Men's Hockey team alongside newly included...
Pakistan's chances of reaching the Super 8s received a boost after India defeated USA in New York on Wednesday. However, a low-pressure system in the tropics has triggered an uncommon flash flood crisis across a significant portion of Florida, which...
TAROUBA, Trinidad, June 13 (Agencies): Afghanistan will eye another all-round effort to crush an inexperienced Papua New Guinea here and enter the Super Eights of the T20 World Cup, and the result will have another underlying effect -- knock out...
After hosting eight games of the ongoing T20 World Cup, the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, a temporary yet significant venue located in Eisenhower Park, Long Island, New York is set to be dismantled today (Friday) and it will take...
TAROUBA, Trinidad and Tobago, June 13 (AFP): Sherfane Rutherford rescued the West Indies with the bat and their bowlers contained New Zealand to complete a 13-run victory in a Group C match of the T20 World Cup in Trinidad on...
WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters): Microsoft President Brad Smith will testify before a House of Representatives panel on homeland security on Thursday, fielding questions about the company's security practices after Russian and Chinese hackers breached its systems over the past year.China-linked...
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