KHULNA, Sept 01 (UNB): The authorities have reopened the Sundarbans to tourists, fishermen and wood collectors after a three-month closure.The closure was enforced to ensure safe breeding of many wild animals.On the first day of reopening, 75 tourists were allowed...
KHULNA, Sept 01 (UNB): Rupsha rail bridge, part of the Khulna-Mongla port rail line project, will have 100-year longevity and it is a challenging engineering feat as it required specialised base grouting technology for piling work, says its project manager."The...
For a university student, convocation is a much-awaited ceremony. At this programme, a graduating student receives academic degrees in front of the university's chancellor, vice-chancellor, provost, faculty members and family and friends in the audience. The culture of organising convocation...
Loneliness is an abstract concept. It cannot be seen or touched, but its consequences could be deadly. It can make people mentally broken. Those who feel loneliness face a number of psychological issues. There are many people around them, yet...
In this busy world, we have completely forgotten the connection between us and Nature. Although we know that we cannot eat money, we are running after it and destroying our natural environment. Thousands of trees are cut down each day...
Zahid Huq | 2022-09-02 00:00:00
The revenue board is happy as it has been mopping up an increased volume of value-added tax (VAT) from the pharmaceutical sector in recent years. The VAT collection from the sector, according to a report published in this paper on...
Nilratan Halder | 2022-09-02 00:00:00
At a time when the government of Bangladesh launched a drive against unlicensed healthcare facilities for four days from Monday to Thursday, a collaborative report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Unicef (United Nations Children's Fund) claims...
Things do not seem to get right for workers' migration to Malaysia. Ever since Malaysia emerged as a destination for employment of Bangladeshi expatriate workers decades ago, there have been hiccups, one after another, seriously affecting the migration process. Flouting...
Khan M R Taufique | 2022-09-02 00:00:00
Integrating environmental sustainability in corporate strategies is now common in many organisations to promote and sustain green behaviour in the workplace. Some key functional areas of integrating environmental sustainability include green accounting, green banking, green marketing, and green supply chain...
Imtiaz A Hussain | 2022-09-02 00:00:00
'Graduation' makes us look better. Countries prefer being dubbed 'developed' over 'undeveloped' or 'developing'. Many dictators legitimise their authoritarian rule by wanting to make the country look 'better'. Yet, without looking great, would Least Developed Country or LDC 'graduation' be...
Vehicles are stuck in a traffic chaos on both sides of the airport road at Kakoli in Dhaka's Banani area on Wednesday noon. With the mild heat wave sweeping the capital and elsewhere, commuting like this is simply a nightmarish...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-01 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the High Court verdict that scrapped a provision of the 'Sarkari Chakori Ain, 2018' making it mandatory for law enforcers to take prior permission from higher authorities in...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-01 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) divided its Customs Bond Commissionerate (CBC) in the capital into two zones -- Dhaka North and Dhaka South -- to provide better services to export-oriented industries.The NBR issued a notification in this regard on...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-01 00:00:00
The Head of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has apologised to the High Court (HC) for submitting minced information on money deposited by Bangladeshi individuals and organisations with Swiss banks. Appearing before a two-member HC bench on Wednesday, BFIU chief...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war may have a negative impact on country's balance of payments, reports UNB.She was replying to a tabled question from Jatiya Party MP Mashiur Rahman Ranga during...
Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said, reports Reuters.Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, forged arms...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-09-01 00:00:00
Pressure on Bangladesh's foreign-exchange reserves has intensified gradually, with an outlook of dropping to US$37 billion in the first week of September from $39.05 billion as of Wednesday.Official sources make such a forecast, while the central bank continues selling the...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-01 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) believes that a section of people living in the country now have a huge amount of cash dollars in their hands, accrued while they stayed abroad as non-resident Bangladeshis (NRB) or visited other countries for various...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2022-09-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh's pharmaceutical sector has grown faster in last five years with product diversification, innovation of new-generation drugs and rising trend in medicine consumption, yielding higher revenues for the government.Health economists, however, highlight the flip side of fast-growing medicine market as...
Stocks rally as turnover tops Tk 20b againStocks extended their winning streak on Wednesday, with turnover crossing Tk 20 billion mark once again, as smart investors continued to put fresh bets on major sector shares. Turnover, a crucial indicator of...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-01 00:00:00
Bus fares of long-route and city services have been reduced by Tk 0.05 per kilometre for each passenger - two days after the government cut fuel price by Tk 5.0 per litre.The bus fare-fixing committee in a meeting on Wednesday...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-01 00:00:00
Korea has decided to increase the size of Korea's soft loan to US$ 3 billion from $700 million, Korean Ambassador in Dhaka Lee Jung Keun said on Wednesday."This amount will be implemented during the next five years, between 2022 and...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-01 00:00:00
Amid discussions over buying cheap fuel oil from Russia, the government now decided to buy 0.5 million tonnes of wheat from the country.The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase at a virtual meeting on Wednesday approved a proposal in this regard...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-01 00:00:00
Trickling down the realisation of the necessity of trade and economic reforms from senior level of bureaucracy to field-level officers is a big challenge for the country, says PM's private industry and investment adviser Salman F Rahman.Addressing a roundtable as...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh would be able to import 'cheap' Russian oil, as there was no sanction on Russian oil, fertiliser and food, Prime Minister's Energy Adviser Dr Tawfiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury said on Wednesday - interpreting comments of a top US diplomat."The US Under...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-01 00:00:00
Service delivery in Bangladesh involved an estimated Tk 108.3 billion in underhand dealings in a year, according to a 2021 survey by a graft watchdog.At least 70.9 per cent of the service-recipients in the country were victims of graft and...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur division in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office.Day and night temperature may remain nearly...
One more patient died from dengue in the 24 hours until Wednesday morning raising this year's death toll from the mosquito-borne disease to 21, said health authorities, reports UNB.During this period, 251 people were hospitalised with the viral fever as...
The country reported another Covid-linked death and 214 cases in 24 hours until Wednesday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), reports UNB.With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,323 while the caseload to...
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