WASHINGTON, Sept 06 (AP): The Russian Ministry of Defense is in the process of purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea for its ongoing fight in Ukraine, according to a newly downgraded U.S. intelligence finding.A U.S. official,...
SEOUL, Sept 06 (AP): The most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in years battered its southern region Tuesday, dumping almost a meter (3 feet) of rain, destroying roads and felling power lines, leaving 20,000 homes without electricity as thousands...
BHOLA, Sept 06 (BSS): A team of Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) fined two business establishments Tk 14,000 for various irregularities in Charkali area in Sadar upazila of the district town on Tuesday.The team led by assistant director...
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 06 (UNB): A sexagenarian man was killed by his son with a knife in Chattogram's Sitakunda upazila on Tuesday.The dead is Belal Hossain aged 62, hailing from North Wapda East Surlikka village of Sudharam thana in Noakhali. He...
At least eight people were killed in lightning strikes in Kushtia, Natore Sherpur and Habiganj districts on Tuesday, police said, report agencies. In Kushtia, Jahangir Alam (45) and his 15-year-old daughter Julia, of Atigram area in Mirpur upazila, were injured...
MANIKGANJ, Sept 06 (BSS): Sugarcane cultivators in the district are expecting bumper production during the current season due to favourable weather conditions in Manikganj.Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said a total of 503 hectares of land have been brought...
RANGPUR, Sept 06 (BSS): The farmers of the Rangpur region expect good yield as they have completed the transplantation of Aman rice seedlings on 99.79 per cent of targeted land.Officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said the farmers...
Shadya Naher Sheyam | 2022-09-07 00:00:00
The name '6 Yards Story' reveals something about saris. Well, if you got that notion from the name, you aren't wrong. However, modern jewellery of traditional style has found their places with those stories of 6 yards of clothing. Already...
Ariyana A. Khan | 2022-09-07 00:00:00
Launched nearly nine years ago, Barcode Restaurant Group (BRG), which is hailed to have pioneered café culture in the port city, continues to be a crowd favourite in Chattogram. Rightfully so, given how it brings together scrumptious platters from different...
Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder | 2022-09-07 00:00:00
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly's Second Committee passed a resolution declaring September 7 as the "International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies" during its 74th session. The theme for the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies'22...
Three and a half years ago, the notification to appoint teachers in Primary Teachers Training Institute (PTI) Experimental Schools was published. However, no progress has been made in the appointment to these schools. Now the educational programme of the pilot...
There is no denying that our country is progressing. Most of the people of our country live in villages. Barely 25-30 years ago, the country's image was fragile. At that time, many people in villages could not manage two square...
For a densely-populated city like Dhaka which reportedly generates over 6,500 tonnes of garbage every day, managing waste is a huge task. The best possible solution to this problem is turning the waste into valuable resources. The government has decided...
Khawaza Main Uddin | 2022-09-07 00:00:00
Why only less than 30 per cent Bangladeshi households don't need to bribe their public servants to secure various services, may have been otherwise puzzling but is well understood.More than 70 per cent people who used to bribe in recent...
Wasi Ahmed | 2022-09-07 00:00:00
The government's announcement on fixing prices of some essential commodities appears more as a blunt move than one capable of looking into the price situation along with supply-side realities as well as any man-made manipulation that may be instrumental to...
In modern agricultural practice, use of chemical fertiliser has become indispensable for increasing crop yield as well as maintaining soil fertility. In this connection, there is the standard set by the so-called 4R principle which suggests option for right nutrient...
Chenlin Li and Chua Shu Yi | 2022-09-07 00:00:00
The Earth's average temperature has warmed by about one degree (10) Celsius above pre-industrial levels, according to the most recent data by NASA. This change, although seemingly insignificant, has translated into a rapid global torrent of climate abnormality, followed by...
Lyricist, director, producer and screenplay writer Gazi Mazharul Anwar passed away on Sunday. With this, the curtain falls on a legend of Bengali music. He started his career as a lyricist at Radio Pakistan in 1964. In 1965, he stepped...
FAZILPUR, Sept 5 (AFP): Engineers breached Pakistan's biggest freshwater lake to drain water threatening nearby towns, officials said Monday, as heavy rain poured misery on millions affected by the country's worst floods in history.Nearly a third of Pakistan is under...
People from all walks of life pay homage to legendary lyricist, film director and producer Gazi Mazharul Anwar after his body was taken to the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital on Monday. He was later buried in the grave...
Ashfaque Uddin Chowdhury, a renowned banker of the country, passed away at his Uttara residence in the city on Monday, says a statement. Mr Chowdhury was the founding managing director of Dhaka Bank Limited, One Bank Limited and an Advisor...
This electric transformer has been installed right next to a house and up above the moving people in Mohakhali Dakkhin Para area of Dhaka. If the transformer explodes, many people in this densely populated area will be in danger. The...
KABUL, Sept 5 (AFP): A suicide bomber struck Monday near the Russian embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing two staff from the diplomatic mission and four others.In the first attack targeting a foreign mission since the Taliban seized power...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-06 00:00:00
A young man died at Jatrabari in the capital on Monday, as a running CNG auto-rickshaw hit him. The deceased was identified as Md Aslam Hawlader. The fatal incident happened at around 12:15 pm. The CNG auto-rickshaw hit him when...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-06 00:00:00
The government has introduced a hotline service, named 'Probash-Bondhu Call Centre,' to facilitate outbound workers with necessary information, including employment opportunities and loan services.The toll-free number is 16135, which will be operated by the Wage Earners' Welfare Board under the...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-06 00:00:00
The bank accounts information on four members of Abdul Awal Minto family has been sought from all the scheduled banks by September 08. The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), the intelligence agency of the country's financial sector, issued a letter...
RANGPUR, Sep 5 (UNB): Nine people were killed and around 50 others injured in a head-on collision between two busses on Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in Taraganj upazila of Rangpur early Monday, said police.The identities of the deceased couldn't be ascertained immediately.The...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen's absence from the entourage of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India came as a surprise in diplomatic and political circles.Though sources close to Momen's family cited 'illness' as the reason behind his staying...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-06 00:00:00
The capital Dhaka and other areas across the country witnessed downpour on Monday afternoon, disrupting normal life and routine activities.Commuters like office-returnees and working-class people, including rickshaw-pullers and students in parts of Dhanmondi, Rampura, Badda, Mirpur, Adabor, Rayerbazar and the...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-06 00:00:00
The average time from arrival to release of sea cargoes is more than 11 hours in Bangladesh, while it is seven days for air freight and over 10 days for land cargoes, according to a recent study.A group of World...
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