JASHORE, Oct 08 (UNB): Three twelfth-graders of the same educational institution were killed after a truck mowed them down on their motorcycle on the Benapole-Jashore highway on Friday night, police said.The accident claimed the lives of Asif, Arman and Salman...
RANGPUR, Oct 08 (BSS): Like the previous years, many people have begun cultivation of winter crops adopting intercropping methods on char lands this season in Rangpur agriculture region. Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said that char people...
BANDARBAN, Oct 08 (UNB): Agriculture Secretary Md Sayedul Islam stressed the need to highlight the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) as the orchard of Bangladesh."Cold storages need to be built to preserve the fruits grown in the CHT. Besides, the number...
TEKNAF, Oct 08 (bdnews24.com): Border Guard Bangladesh, (BGB), has seized Yaba pills and crystal meth, also known as ice, worth an estimated Tk 125 million in two separate busts in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf Upazila.The drugs were recovered from the Haikong...
OUR CORRRESPONDENT | 2022-10-09 00:00:00
CHANDPUR, Oct 08: The students of a school in the district are attending classes amid fear as cracks have been found in the building of the institution. Constructed in 1996, the building of Neej Gachhtola Government Primary School in Sadar...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2022-10-09 00:00:00
The new Conservative government of Liz Truss unveiled a comprehensive set of tax cuts keeping in line with her campaign undertakings for the prime ministership to cut taxes and champion supply-side economics. During the campaign, Truss modelled herself on Margaret...
Potato peel is more beneficial than potatoes. Some researchers suggest that it plays an important role in reducing the risk of heart attack. Potassium, magnesium and calcium in potato peels keep blood pressure under control, they argue. If you have...
The job seekers in Bangladesh have for long been demanding that age limit for government jobs should be increased to 35 years from existing 30 years. In my view, their demand is rational. Because of various reasons, a university student...
Dhaka city dwellers do not seem to be keen on using foot over bridges. Rather, they are often seen crossing busy roads risking their lives. There are many fully functional foot-bridges in the capital. But pedestrians' reluctance to use over...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-10-09 00:00:00
Similar to jaywalking, the people of Bangladesh are compulsively habituated to littering. Even the poverty-stricken, unruly countries' public places are relatively free of filth compared to the big cities of Bangladesh. Dhaka has all the features to become the most...
Asjadul Kibria | 2022-10-09 00:00:00
Central banks across the world have been raising policy rates since the end of the past year to rein in bubbling inflation, fuelled by a splurge of money supply to stimulate life and livelihood. Almost all the major economies have...
It is a matter of consternation that 30,000 complaints have been lodged by customers to the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection against e-commerce sites over the period July 2017 to September 2022 against some 47 companies and a few...
Books are a great source of enjoyment, recreation and knowledge. In recent years, PDF (portable document format) books have become popular across the world for their easy availability and low cost. But in many people's experience, it has been seen...
Tanim Asjad | 2022-10-08 12:00:00
If there has been a proliferation of rude public behaviour in Bangladesh surfaces as a moot question these days. To many, this is not a right question to ask as the phenomenon is global, meaning many other countries are also...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2022-10-08 12:00:00
The government, in all sincerity had kept the provision of giving exporters a 4 per cent cash incentive for exploring new markets as a means to diversify the export basket. Unfortunately, what has emerged from an order issued by the...
WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (AFP) : The World Bank has pumped $14.8 billion into fossil fuel projects globally in the period following the landmark Paris climate accord, a report said Thursday.Though the multilateral lender pledged in 2018 to end financing for...
Bangladesh reported five Covid-linked deaths with 491 fresh cases in 24 hours till Friday morning, reports UNB.The country's total fatalities rose to 29,380 with the new deaths. The new cases raised the country's total caseload to 2,029,015, according to the...
To promote improved sewerage services in Bangladesh, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has helped launch a new partnership between Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) and the Bureau of Sewerage of Tokyo Metropolitan of Japan, reports UNB.The ADB facilitated...
Israeli soldiers have been deployed amid clashes with Palestinian demonstrators following a protest against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum in the occupied West Bank on Friday — AFP
The United States on Friday added 31 Chinese companies, including memory chip maker YMTC Yangtze Memory Technologies Co, to a list of entities that US officials could not inspect to verify they can be trusted to responsibly handle sensitive technology...
FE REPORT | 2022-10-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has urged the government to ensure uninterrupted power supply to fully export-oriented factories.The apex body of the apparel makers has said the energy crisis should be resolved for RMG factories with a view...
FE REPORT | 2022-10-08 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) says the court-appointed board of directors of the International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL) will not be responsible for any illegality committed by previous boards.The HC asked law secretary and all judges of subordinate courts...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2022-10-08 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, May 07: The hydraulic survey of Karnaphuli River was completed last month and the survey report will be submitted to the concerned department of the government next month, officials said. Started in 2019, the survey, styled "Karnaphuli Hydrologic and...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2022-10-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh is likely to request the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to expedite confirmation of its US$4.5 billion loan, assured for disbursement in next three years, officials said on Friday.A Bangladesh delegation would urge the IMF officials for confirming the loan...
FE REPORT | 2022-10-08 00:00:00
Flour, chicken and ginger became pricier again last week, further battering common customers, already in a fix following rocketing trend of all essential commodities.Both packet and loose coarse flour (atta) and finer flour (maida) witnessed a further hike of Tk...
Stocks notch modest gainsThe stock market drifted sideways in the week to Thursday, as it notched modest gains, paring all the losses made in the previous week, with major sectors showing mixed performance. Of the four trading days this week,...
Locals are enjoying a stroll on the walkway built on the bank of the Turag River at Bosila in Dhaka on Friday. The government earlier took a project to build demarcation pillars and walkways to save the four rivers surrounding...
REZAUL KARIM | 2022-10-08 00:00:00
A consumer rights agency has recommended monitoring liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices with a view to stopping the practice of making excessive profits from its sales.The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) has also suggested strengthening monitoring by Bangladesh...
OSLO, Oct 7 (AFP): A trio of human rights champions from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a highly symbolic choice of laureates drawn from three nations at the centre of the war in Ukraine.The...
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