Syed Fattahul Alim | 2022-09-20 00:00:00
Hostilities from the Myanmar security forces on the other side of the Bangla-desh border at Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban district have no sign of abating. Last Friday (Sept 16) a mortar shell fired by the Myanmar forces across Tumbru border...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-09-20 00:00:00
The migration of the rural higher-degree-aspiring youths and those seeking office jobs began, in fact, in Bangladesh in the 1950s. Dhaka being the capital of a province of the then Pakistan witnessed plenty of job prospects; and also the opportunities...
It is nightmarish to think that 99 per cent of both public and private banks in the country suffered major cyber attacks quite recently. None other than the state-run Bangladesh e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-Gov CIRT) made this...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2022-09-20 00:00:00
The World Economic Forum (WEF), based in Switzerland, has not only been convening economic summit attended by global political leaders, business executives and social activists, but also produces reports on important socio-economic issues from time to time based on its...
This woman cooks on a clay stove beside a gas cooker at her home at Mir Hajirbag in the city's Jatrabari area on Sunday. Due to a supply shortage, residents in many areas of the capital have been experiencing a...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked the commercial banks to provide concessional loans to the salt farmers in the upcoming season beginning in November. The interest rate will be 4.0 per cent and the banks will be entitled to reimburse their...
Bangladesh Bank has waived the provision of showing trade licences in opening bank accounts by small traders, according to a recent circular of the central bank, reports UNB. The name of the account will be 'Personal Retail Account' or 'Private...
Bangladesh reported 527more Covid cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning, reports UNB.With no new deaths reported country's total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,339 while with the new infections, the total caseload rose to 2,017,614, according to the Directorate General...
Munima Sultana | 2022-09-19 00:00:00
The Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) is going to operate the metro-rail ticketing system, as the first smart card-based system will be launched for the metro-rail from Uttara to Agargaon in the capital in December.As the clearing house for operating...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-19 00:00:00
The implementation of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) will help protect 1.1 million hectares of cropland from floods, thus raising rice production in the country. Moreover, vulnerability of about 1.5 million climate refugees will come down, while tree coverage will...
LONDON, Sept 18 (Agencies): Hundreds of foreign royals and leaders are expected to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London on Monday -- one of the biggest diplomatic gatherings in decades.Westminster Abbey has space for around 2,000...
LONDON, Sept 18 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday showed her last respect to Queen Elizabeth II saying that in her death she "lost someone like my mother."Hasina arrived in London on an official visit to the UK on...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-19 00:00:00
The country's livestock sector worth Tk 671 billion is yet to come under insurance facility amid reluctance of private insurers, farmers and the government, depriving millions of entrepreneurs, observed experts at a national-level seminar on Sunday.They said insurance facility for...
Stocks post modest gainsStocks closed higher on Sunday, extending the gaining streak for a second consecutive session, as buoyant investors put fresh bets on selective stocks ahead of the dividend season for June-closing companies. The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) opened...
Microbuses are parked right in front of Muktangan, opposite the Secretariat, encroaching upon a significant part of the Gulistan-Paltan road and the space of a passenger shed there. The photo was taken on Sunday — FE photo
Bangladesh tightened security on the border with Myanmar after tensions flared up between the two neighbouring nations over the killing of a Rohingya teen in shelling by Myanmar, report agencies.The government put the Border Guard Bangladesh and the Coast Guard...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-19 00:00:00
World Bank Vice President for the South Asia Region Martin Raiser will arrive in Dhaka today (Monday) on his maiden visit to Bangladesh. During his three-day visit, Raiser will meet Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal and other government officials and...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-19 00:00:00
Rules for mandatory submission of proof of tax return to the scheduled commercial banks have been bent for students and loan-seekers to certain limits for their conveniences.Following the relaxation by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) people not having taxable...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-19 00:00:00
TIB has termed the agreement on drilling gas wells and a decision to import wheat at abnormally higher price 'unlawful' and said these go against the public interest."Decision to import wheat from Russia at a higher price than the market...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-19 00:00:00
Snapping illegal connections in a crackdown on "rackets" involved in the pilferage and lowering high system loss can save around 300 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of gas within a year, experts say. Speaking at a webinar Sunday they...
Light to moderate rain/thunder shower accompanied by temporary gusty wind and lightning flash is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according...
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 18 (UNB): One of the accused in Rohingya leader Mohibullah murder case has died at Chattogram central jail. The deceased was identified as Moulovi Jokoria, 53, son of late Abdul Karim of Block D/8 in Rohingya camp of...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-19 00:00:00
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh expressed profound shock and condoled the death of former mayor of Dhaka Barrister Abul Hasnat.In his message of condolence he said that late Abul Hasnat had served as a...
Chairman of CVO Petro-chemical Refinery Limited Shamsul Alam Shamim greeted Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner Krishna Pada Roy at his office at Dampara in Chattogram on Sunday
Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Myanmar Ambassador in Bangladesh Aung Kyaw Moe on Sunday for the fourth time to lodge a strong protest over the recent incidents along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border of Bandarban's Naikhongchhari — Focus Bangla
Another dengue patient died in 24 hours until Sunday morning, raising this year's death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 45, reports UNB.During this period, 399 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever as cases have continued...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-19 00:00:00
The government will ensure constant monitoring of raw jute prices to facilitate its supply to the mills for increased production of jute goods to augment export growth, said Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi on Sunday."We will constantly monitor...
SM Najmus Sakib | 2022-09-19 00:00:00
Six-year-old Aswad is still too weak to join school or his fellow children in the school playground as he survived a battle for two weeks against the deadly disease dengue.The mosquito-borne viral disease has rapidly spread this season particularly in...
At least 10 individuals, including BNP's executive committee member Tabith Awal, were injured in an apparent attack by ruling party activists on an opposition programme in the capital's Banani on Saturday evening, reports UNB. "Tabith has been admitted to United...
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