LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters): Oil prices fell on Thursday as expectations of weaker demand and a strong US dollar ahead of a potentially large interest rate increase outweighed supply concerns.The International Energy Agency said this week oil demand growth would...
NEW DELHI, Sept 15 (Reuters): Gold prices fell on Thursday more than 1.0 per cent as the dollar jumped after higher-than-expected rise in US inflation cemented bets for aggressive rate hikes from the US Federal Reserve. In India, MCX gold...
A total of six people were killed in separate road accidents in Chattogram and Cumilla districts on Wednesday and Thursday, reports UNB.In Chattogram, at least four people have been killed and five, including an inspector of Highway Police, hurt in...
KHULNA, Sept 15 (UNB): Khulna recorded on Thursday its highest rainfall in six years, after the district witnessed 146 mm of rainfall in 24 hours till morning, according to the local weather office."The district recorded the highest rainfall in six...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-09-16 00:00:00
SYLHET, Sept 15: The Roads & Highways Department has approved a total of 31 projects at a cost of Tk 6.35 billion for reconstruction and rehabilitation of various roads, badly damaged by the recent devastating floods in the greater Sylhet...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-09-16 00:00:00
In the early 21st century, one-third of movie theatres across the country were declared shut. As years wore on, the total reached a figure of two-thirds. Many halls were dismantled, and replaced by shopping complexes and other profit-making establishments. The...
Stepping out of home for everyday work or education and getting back safely should be a common affair. But for Dhaka city dwellers, it is not a blessing as there is no security in this city. While crossing the road,...
Social media has become an inevitable part of our life. It helps people instantly communicate with each other and know about current developments. Whether we like it or not, it is supposed to stay with us forever. With its growing...
Bangladesh is one of the top countries, which has the highest rate of the unemployed educated. Graduates are struggling hard in the job market as the conventional education system does not equip them with the skills the job market demands....
Zahid Huq | 2022-09-16 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has reportedly moved to take action against some merchant banks for their role in getting some non-performing companies listed on the country's bourses. The relevant merchant banks have acted as issue managers and...
Nilratan Halder | 2022-09-16 00:00:00
The past week's rainfalls had all the making of a monsoon although this year's monsoon proper was, reportedly, the driest ever. In fact, for the past seven years now the rainy season has remained drier than before. Intriguingly, the autumn...
The food minister's announcement to set up food testing labs in all eight divisions of the country may not have drawn the attention of many amid the hullaballoo of food crisis. However, looking at the country's food situation for both...
Imtiaz A Hussain | 2022-09-16 00:00:00
It must have been a rendezvous of destiny when two U.N. agencies found Bangladesh on the aspirant list. One was the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), whose Committee for Development Policy (CDP) monitors development-based 'graduation', in our case from a...
Mohtasim Bin Habib | 2022-09-15 12:00:00
"The money I earn from tutoring lets me pay for my living in Dhaka. If I lose my tuition, I don't know how I will pay for my rent, bear my own educational expenses, or send some money back home,"...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-15 00:00:00
Some 389 dengue patients were hospitalized in the past 24 hours until Wednesday morning, which is the single-day highest of the calendar year.With this, the total hospitalized cases reached to 9,837 this year, nearly one-third of which were reported in...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-09-15 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 14: In an unprecedented move, a judge of Chattogram court has filed a case against two police officials for filing a false case and submitting a false charge sheet to her court. Judge of the Women and Child...
These two buses have collided while overtaking near Gulistan intersection on Wednesday, resulting in both coming to a halt, which in turn blocked the movement of other vehicles for some time — FE photo
FE REPORT | 2022-09-15 00:00:00
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has decided not to provide any fund for repairing roads having width less than 20 feet to prevent illegal occupancy.The DNCC came up with the decision at its 16th corporation meeting held at its headquarters...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-15 00:00:00
The government has allowed export of 500 more tonnes of Hilsa fish to India ahead of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of Hindu community. The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) gave a special permission in this regard on Wednesday. Each...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-15 00:00:00
Speakers at a roundtable on Wednesday said the government needs to properly address the issues relating to employment and investment in the 8th Five-Year Plan (8FYP), targeting implementation of the SDGs and the country's LDC graduation. Besides, the government should...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh may make an appeal to the international community to help it resolve the Rohingya crisis when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would address the UN General Assembly (UNGA) officials say. She leaves today (September15) for the UK and the USA...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the physicians to dedicate themselves to extensively serve the general people and behave well with patients, reports UNB."I would like to request the doctors to dedicate themselves more extensively in providing healthcare services...
The next general election will be held by January 29, 2024 using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in 150 constituencies out of 300 across the country, according to a roadmap published by the Election Commission, report agencies.This was revealed at a...
Large-caps pull DSEX below 6,500 mark The stock market ended sharply lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark index dipping below 6,500 mark, as jittery investors sold off major sector stocks amid the fall in value of local currency against dollar....
This school girl and her guardian spotted in the capital's Shantinagar area on Wednesday walk to their destination amid rains triggered by the depression in the Bay of Bengal. — FE photo by KAZ Sumon
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2022-09-15 00:00:00
People willing to bring back money home through availing the offshore tax amnesty will have to voluntarily declare the amount to the commercial banks concerned.They will also have to request the banks to consider the repatriated money under the amnesty...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-15 00:00:00
The government is planning to introduce floating exchange rate of the US dollar against Taka amid recent volatility in greenback price, Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal said on Wednesday."We will go for market-based exchange rate today or tomorrow,"...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-09-15 00:00:00
The central bank issued a policy on merchanting trade for the first time in Bangladesh to boost inflow of foreign exchange through expediting services incomes, officials said Wednesday.Under the maiden policy, traders are now free to purchase goods or services...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-15 00:00:00
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will begin across the country today (Thursday).The examinations were postponed due to floods.Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Traffic Division urged Wednesday the candidates to reach their exams centres early to avoid traffic...
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