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Gone too soon: monsoon, glaciers, landscapes, and livelihoods

Imtiaz A Hussain | 2022-09-30 00:00:00

The Himalayas is being so reconfigured that we may no longer have monsoon floods. Known as the 'third pole' because it contains more ice than any locations other than the North and South poles, its glaciers now melt ten times...

Let's reinvent our electronic media

Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2022-09-29 12:00:00

Not very long ago, a newscaster on one of our many television channels had the axe fall on her for her wrong pronunciation of the name of the Chinese President. She had thought the XI in Xi Jinping referred to...

Kishwan Group ensures foods of int'l standard

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2022-09-29 00:00:00

The Kishwan Group is manufacturing quality food products in the country. The products are meeting the demands of the consumers. The Kishwan Group is exporting the products to other countries including United States of America (USA) and European Union (EU)....

Pran eyes big on external front

Jubair Hasan | 2022-09-29 00:00:00

Pran RFL Group, a leading processed food producer in the country, further intensifies its efforts to expand its business locally and internationally with more focus on quality issues.As part of the plan, the company that also exported processed food items...

Establishment of reference lab on the cards

JUBAIR HASAN | 2022-09-29 00:00:00

Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) in a major move plans to set up a state-of-the-art reference laboratory facility to ensure quality food in the country where food adulteration remains a serious concern.The laboratory will help address food testing-related complexities as...

Aloo Bukhara: BARI invention draws queries from big names

FE REPORT | 2022-09-29 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute or BARI, of late, invented some technologies for producing food products by using locally-produced "Aloo Bukhara" or plum. The BARI said at least seven such products could be produced by using the technologies. Earlier, it...

Food processing industry sees room for growth

Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2022-09-29 00:00:00

The growth of the food processing industry has seen a boom in recent times. This growth was inevitable as almost all big corporate houses invested in this particular segment. It happened mainly because of the rapid urbanisation coupled with the...

Pandemics, war retard pace of growth

Zahid Huq | 2022-09-29 00:00:00

Food and clothing are two important elements of any economy since they are at the top of the list of basic needs of its population. Thus, these two do play a pivotal role in the economic activities of any country,...

Ex-SP Babul, 3 others face charges of lying over torture by police

2022-09-29 00:00:00

The chief of Police Bureau of Investigation has charged Babul Akter, a former superintendent of police suspected of masterminding his wife's murder, and three others in a case under the Digital Security Act over spreading "lies and fabricated information", reports...

This woman with a trolley bag walks to her destination

2022-09-29 00:00:00

This woman with a trolley bag walks to her destination amid rain that spelled trouble for people during the busy Wednesday noon. The photo was taken in front of the Secretariat. — FE photo

Govt to procure 90,000 MTs of fertiliser

2022-09-29 00:00:00

The government approved separate proposals for procuring some 90,000 tonnes of fertiliser and 30,000 tonnes of phosphoric acid to meet the growing demand of the country, reports BSS.The approvals came from the 29th meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government...

No addl LNG supply from Qatar before 2025

2022-09-29 00:00:00

Bangladesh is unlikely to get any additional liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar before 2025 as the gulf country has recently turned down a request in this regard, reports UNB.According to official sources in Dhaka, Qatar straight away rejected a...

BSEC to file cases against Nurani Dyeing

FE REPORT | 2022-09-29 00:00:00

The stock-market regulator has decided to take enforcement action and file a case against Nurani Dyeing and Sweater Ltd. for allegedly providing false information in its financials and embezzling IPO funds.The decision was taken at a meeting of Bangladesh Securities...

BTRC to start project to upgrade capacity

ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2022-09-29 00:00:00

The country's telecom regulator is taking up a project to upgrade and strengthen its spectrum-monitoring capacity - either with own fund or social obligation fund. The BTRC's 165th commission meeting approved initiation of the project. To implement the project, the...

Study suggests effective monitoring to cut CS deliveries

FE REPORT | 2022-09-29 00:00:00

A new study has revealed that Caesarean section has seen an 8-fold rise in Bangladesh since 2004 as private healthcare providers have been leading the worrying shift from normal delivery on business grounds. "It was about 2.0am I was taken...

BCC grills six entities

FE REPORT | 2022-09-29 00:00:00

Bangladesh Competition Commission (BCC) has questioned six business entities for their alleged involvement in price manipulation of a few essentials and toiletries. The companies included Bashundhara Food and Beverage Industries Ltd, Square Toiletries Ltd, Erfan Group, Diamond Egg Ltd. and...

Rohingya must go back: PM

2022-09-29 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh is not in a position to take any more people from Myanmar emphasizing on repatriation of the Rohingyas who took shelter temporarily in Bangladesh to their own country, reports UNB.In an interview with...

Rice prices rise as imports low

YASIR WARDAD | 2022-09-29 00:00:00

Rice prices have shot up again in the city retail and wholesale markets after showing a Tk 2.0-3.0-a-kg decline in the last week of August.The finer and medium varieties of rice witnessed Tk 3.0-10 a kg hike in the last...

Briefing 2022-09-29

2022-09-29 00:00:00

Stocks edge up in choppy tradingStocks managed to close in the green on Wednesday, snapping a three-day losing streak, supported by price appreciation in selective stocks while the majority of shares extended their correction mode. Page 94 Palestinians killed in...

Prayer Timings (2022-09-29)

2022-09-29 00:00:00

Makeshift shops set up on both sides of a rail track at Jurain level-crossing

2022-09-29 00:00:00

Makeshift shops set up on both sides of a rail track at Jurain level-crossing in the capital. Sellers pull down the hoods when a train approaches and put them back in place after the train passes off. Due to this...

Huge revenues missed for mobilisation incapacity

DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2022-09-29 00:00:00

Bangladesh invests the lowest among South Asian countries in domestic revenue mobilisation and thus misses out on potential multiple returns in public funds, studies related to budget deficits show. A latest report of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) reveals that...

Dhaka invites Delhi to start CEPA talks

SYFUL ISLAM | 2022-09-29 00:00:00

Bangladesh has requested India to start negotiations on materialising the much-talked-about Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) soon, as instructed by the premiers of the two neighbouring countries early this month.The ministry of commerce (MoC) of Bangladesh recently wrote to its...

Currency, BoP odds affecting economy

JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2022-09-29 00:00:00

Global supply-chain disruptions and price hikes amid aggressive policy-rate raise by the US Fed are creating serious global uncertainties affecting Bangladesh's economy, too, says the central bank."Exchange-rate pressures due to high import prices and subsequent balance-of-payments adversities are prominent (in...

Weather (2022-09-29)

2022-09-29 00:00:00

Light to moderate rain/thunder shower accompanied by temporary gusty wind and lightning flashes is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Khulna, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to...

1st two doses of Covid vaccine won't be available after Oct 3: DGHS DG

2022-09-29 00:00:00

Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Director General (DG) Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam has said that the government won't provide first and second doses of Covid-19 vaccine after October 3, reports UNB.The DG said this during a...

DSCC mayor urges officials to expedite excavation work of Buriganga river

FE REPORT | 2022-09-29 00:00:00

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh urged the officials concerned to expedite the excavation work of the Buriganga river in the capital on Wednesday. Visiting the place of original Buriganga channel along with the officials...

BD reports 665 more Covid cases, zero death

2022-09-29 00:00:00

Bangladesh reported 665 more Covid cases in 24 hours until Wednesday morning, reports UNB.The total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,360 as no death was reported during the period while with the new infections caseload rose to 2,023,810, according to the...

COD Brigadier General S M Shamsul Salekin inspecting different projects

2022-09-29 00:00:00

Baridhara Scholars' International School and College Managing Committee Chairman and Commandant, COD Brigadier General S M Shamsul Salekin inspecting different projects innovated by the students after inaugurating the annual Science Fair on the school premises in the city on Wednesday...

Police will operate under EC during polls

FE REPORT | 2022-09-29 00:00:00

Bangladesh Police will follow the directives of the Election Commission (EC) during the next national polls to be held next year. Outgoing Director General (DG) of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, who will take responsibility as...