Man killed in city train crashA man died following head injuries as he was hit by a running train in the city's Karwan Bazar area on Friday. The deceased was identified as Bojendra Chandra Mondal (60). The incident happened at...
The Jashore Education Board has postponed the multiple choice question section of the SSC Bangla second paper exam. As a result, students today (Saturday) will only sit for the creative question section of the test, reports bdnews24.com.Students will sit for...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-17 00:00:00
The rate of disposal of cases in subordinate courts across the country has risen by 32.40 per cent, a report of the Supreme Court administration revealed.In the first six months from January to June this year, the disposal rate was...
At least 300 families at Shambhu Halderkandi and Sardarkandi villages in Munshiganj Sadar Upazila's Banglabazar Union lost their homes to the Padma River. The river has continued to erode for over a month. Residents have been forced to live under...
United Kingdom Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland KC pays a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her place of residence, Claridge's Hotel in UK, on Friday. The Prime Minister is now in London to join the funeral of Queen...
ARAFAT ARA | 2022-09-17 00:00:00
The government is considering doubling the benefit amount on the mandatory insurance coverage and enhancing other facilities for outbound Bangladeshi workers, officials said.Currently, a worker receives Tk 400,000 from his or her policy with a premium of a single instalment...
KUSHTIA, Sept 16 (UNB): Police arrested a 24-year-old male on Friday for 'hurting the religious sentiments' of the Hindu community on social media.Nayebur Rahman (24) of Bahalbaria village under Mirpur upazila of Kushtia allegedly posted the offending status on his...
CHUADANGA, Sept 16 (UNB): A Swechchashebak League activist was hacked to death allegedly by assailants in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga on Friday.The dead is Imran Hossain, a resident of the municipality. He was the general secretary of the Alamdanga municipal...
Barrister Abul Hasnat, the first mayor of Dhaka City Corporation and a founding member of BNP, passed away at his residence in London on Friday. He was 82, reports UNB.Hasnat breathed his last around 5:00 am (local time) due to...
Five days after the formation of a 302-member committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the posts of 32 members were suspended on Thursday night.The posts have been suspended for the time being as different complaints were filed against the post...
Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader said on Friday the BNP could not implement any megaprojects during their tenure due to inept economic management, and now feel pain at the success reaped by AL, reports UNB."BNP suffers mega-pain when...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-17 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday announced a nationwide demonstration programme on Sunday (Sept 18) in protest against attacks on its rallies across the country including in Mirpur area. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the announcement...
Jatiya Party (JP) chairman and deputy leader of the opposition in parliament GM Quader has said his party won't join any alliance in the next national election, reports UNB.Quader came up with the remarks while speaking as chief guest at...
CAPM declares Unit Fund NAV CAPM Company Limited has declared the Net Asset Value (NAV) of CAPM Unit Fund. The total NAV of CAPM Unit Fund stood at Tk 161,642,476.27 on the basis of cost price and Tk 179,947,082.44 on...
Robi Axiata Ltd., Teletalk Bangladesh Limited and Summit Towers Limited have recently entered into a tri-party agreement for sharing network infrastructure. Under the agreement, Robi and Teletalk will be able to share their infrastructure in collaboration with Summit Tower as...
Having acquired knowledge on the fundamentals of running a business, some 50 promising entrepreneurs are now ready to engage themselves in their respective ventures fully. With technical assistance from Bangladesh Bank, BRAC Bank has conducted intensive training for these entrepreneurs...
HONG KONG, Sept 16 (Reuters): Asian markets were weaker on Friday as investors braced for a US rate hike next week amid growing concerns of a global recession following warnings from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.MSCI's broadest...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-17 00:00:00
Ten most-traded companies accounted for nearly 42 per cent of transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in the outgoing week, with Beximco keeping its dominance on the turnover list for the tenth straight week.The DSE turnover chart was ruled...
BABUL BARMAN | 2022-09-17 00:00:00
Stocks slipped into the red in the outgoing week to Thursday, snapping a four-week gaining streak, as jittery investors rushed to lock in profits from large-cap issues that witnessed price surge.Of the five trading days this week, three sessions suffered...
WASHINGTON, Sept 16, (AFP) : A drop in electric power generation and a modest uptick in manufacturing led to a small decline in overall US industrial production in August, the Federal Reserve said Thursday.Total output slipped 0.2 percent, worse than...
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has said insurance will play an increasingly important role in Bangladesh's social-economic development, reports UNB.Ambassador Li witnessed the contract signing between Sinosoft Co. Ltd and Bangladesh Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority on Thursday (September...
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, Sept 16 (AFP) : A Russian pipeline to China will replace the Nord Stream 2 gas link to Europe, abandoned amid the Ukraine conflict, Moscow's Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Thursday.Asked in an interview with Russian television channel...
MUMBAI, Sept 16 (AFP): Indian industrialist Gautam Adani briefly became the world's second-richest person on the Forbes real-time billionaire tracker on Friday, weeks after becoming the first Asian to break into the top three.The self-made billionaire's net worth surged $4...
BRUSSELS, Sep 16 (AP): The European Union unveiled plans Wednesday to ban products made with forced labour, in an effort to crack down on a modern-day form of slavery that a UN agency estimated affects more than 27 million people...
A total of 80 percent construction work of the Ghorashal-Polash Urea Fertilizer Project (GPUFP) has been completed, reports BSS.The information was disclosed in a meeting between Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun and the representatives of GPUFP construction Company Mitsubishi...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2022-09-17 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 16: Almost 93 per cent of the construction work of 'Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel' under Karnaphuli river in Chattogram has been completed. Already the government appointed a Chinese company as its operator.The tunnel, built at a cost...
PARIS, Sept 16, 2022 (AFP): Consumers and businesses around the world are facing steeper prices for everything from Mexico's beloved tortillas to the aluminium cans used by beer companies.Inflation jumped after countries emerged from Covid lockdowns and it has soared...
COLOMBO, Sept 16 (Agencies): Sri Lanka will turn a free trade agreement with India into a comprehensive economic and technological partnership, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Friday, according to a government statement.The president said an international trade office will be...
LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters): Saudi Arabia and Russia, the de facto leaders of the OPEC+ oil producer group, see $100 a barrel as a fair price that the global economy can absorb, sources familiar with government thinking in the two...
BUENOS AIRES, Sept 16 (AFP): Star forwards Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria were called up by Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni on Thursday for two friendlies later this month as the Copa America holders prepare for the World Cup in...
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