A high court in Pakistan acquitted jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday from a conviction on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer and his party said, but Khan will remain in prison for now due to a...
Bangladesh Bank has found many banks are not complying with the instructions to ensure the security of bank outlets and branches, reports UNB.As a result, gold from bank lockers is disappearing and bank money is being looted by robbery. In...
The result of the mega seven-phase Lok Sabha elections in India will announce today, report agencies.The Election Commission of India will count hundreds of millions of votes in a few hours, announcing the results of the country's 18th Lok Sabha...
The government on Monday rearranged the office-timing from 9am to 5pm for government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions of the country, which will be effective after the upcoming Eid-ul Azha, reports UNB.The decision for the new office hours was taken...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-04 00:00:00
All-out preparations have been taken to observe National Tea Day today (June 04) for the fourth time, with the slogan- 'Smart Bangladesher Sonkolpo, Raptanimukhi Cha Shilpo, (Plan of Smart Bangladesh, Export-oriented Tea Industry'.Marking the day, the government will honour eight...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-04 00:00:00
The government is trying to get extended the deadline for 17,000 Bangladeshi workers with approved work visas, who missed the May 31 deadline to reach Malaysia.Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud made the statement at a briefing at the ministry on...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) proposes a Tk 12-trillion for the next fiscal, 1.57 times bigger budget than the current national one, and shows sources of funding.Recovering the siphoned-off money, black money and imposing different kinds of taxes are among the...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2024-06-04 00:00:00
Battery-run auto-rickshaws and e-bikes have transformed the traffic landscape from faraway rural districts to the capital city, Dhaka, over the past decade -- earning the nickname "Bangla Teslas". Despite their numbers surging every day, the authorities are slow to regulate...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-04 00:00:00
A string of proposals to reform the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) will be placed in the upcoming Bangkok summit later this year.Secretary general Indra Mani Pandey of the economic bloc on Monday while...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-06-04 00:00:00
Government spending to cover net losses of state-owned enterprises (SoEs) is likely to double in the next fiscal year compared to the current budget, according to sources.The government forecasts that 49 SoEs may incur a total loss of Tk 280.47...
With one liquefied natural gas (LNG) floating storage and regasification unit in the Bay of Bengal offline due to Cyclone Remal disruption and subsequent gas-supply fall by around 500 mmcfd, CNG refuelling stations face low pressure of gas and see...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-04 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on Monday slashed further the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) price by 2.15 per cent for a 12-kg cylinder for June, selling off the cooking fuel to clients of private operators.The country's private operators will...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-06-04 00:00:00
Liquidity challenges are still affecting Islamic banks in Bangladesh, which are more vulnerable than conventional ones, according to the latest report of an American credit-rating agency.Fitch Ratings on Monday said the Islamic banking market share was sizeable but had been...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-04 00:00:00
The price of rawhide from cows has been fixed at Tk 1200 per piece in Dhaka and Tk 1000 per piece outside Dhaka for the first time in the country.Alternatively, the prices of salt-applied rawhide from sacrificial cows have been...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-06-04 00:00:00
Villagers get worst hit of price shocks as the overall high inflation in Bangladesh climbed higher and the rural rate hit a double-digit high in May, official data showed.The inflation rate soared to 10 per cent in the rural Bangladesh...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-06-04 00:00:00
Import taxes on nearly 300 goods may be bundled out in the upcoming fiscal year in preparation for Bangladesh's graduation to middle-income country that presupposes tariff rationalisation.Officials in the revenue board have said Supplementary Duty (SD) on some 191 while...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Sylhet, Dhaka, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 20 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to...
Shahbagh police station will be relocated from its current location to facilitate the implementation of the Shadhinata Stambha project at Suhrawardy Udayan in the city, reports UNB.The decision came from the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at...
Twenty-two people were hospitalised with dengue fever in 24 hours until Monday morning, reports UNB.Of the new patients, fifteen were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka city and the rest outside it, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).Currently,...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-04 00:00:00
Bhutan has reduced the Sustainable Development Fee (SDF) for Bangladeshi tourists to $15 from $100.The new visa policy went into effect on June 2, 2024, according to a notification by the Department of Tourism of Bhutan on Monday.Under the new...
Water levels at 59 river stations, monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), have marked rise while 42 stations recorded fall, reports BSS.Among the 110 monitored river stations, eight have been registered steady and water levels at three river...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-04 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday upheld a ban on setting up cattle markets at Aftabnagar in the capital on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, as it is a residential area. The apex court dismissed a petition,...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-06-04 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, June 03: Apart from three permanent cattle markets, seven temporary cattle markets will sit in the port city ahead of the holy Eid-ul-Azha.The district administration has given permission to the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) to set up seven temporary...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-04 00:00:00
The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has sounded serious alarms following revelations regarding the former police and RAB chief, who reportedly amassed substantial illegal wealth and property through misuse of the state-granted authority.The anti-corruption watchdog underscores that the unchecked use of...
Shafi Ahmed, one of the key orgnisers of student protests during the anti-autocracy movement against the HM Ershad regime in the 1980s, has died in Dhaka aged 63, reports bdnews24.com.Hasanul Haq Inu, president of the Jatiyatabadi Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), said...
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud has criticised the recent Deutsche Welle (DW) documentary on UN peacekeepers, saying it was intentionally made to undermine the contributions of Bangladeshi peacekeepers, reports UNB.He said the documentary, titled 'Torturers deployed as UN peacekeepers,' has sparked...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Monday that former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed had committed unprecedented level of corruption.He also said that the ruling Awami League has almost destroyed the country.Mr...
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