SATKHIRA, Aug 25 (BSS): Boarder Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 19 gold bars from Choigharia frontier in Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday.Commander of BGB-33 Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Al Mahmud said tipped-off, a team of the force...
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 25 (UNB): Two children drowned while another went missing in a pond in the Chawkbazar area of the port city on Wednesday night, police said. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Ferdous Hasan, officer-in-charge...
SYLHET, August 25, (UNB): Police has arrested a man after recovering the body of his wife from a locked room in Sylhet city a day before.The arrestee is Ismail Niaz Khan, son of Ismat Khan of the area."The body of...
KHULNA, Aug 25 (UNB): A Khulna tribunal has sentenced four people to life in jail for selling a woman to a brothel in India on the pretext of giving her a job in 2011.Khulna Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal...
Tea workers continued their demonstration for a daily wage of Tk 300. The photo was taken from Lakkatura Tea Garden in Sylhet on Thursday — Focus Bangla
RAJSHAHI, Aug 25 (BSS): Farmers are overjoyed as they are getting good yield of jute and the higher prices of the golden fiber everywhere in the region during the current season.Rafiqul Islam (45), a resident of Devipur village under Durgapur...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-08-26 00:00:00
The global environment protection campaigners have been advocating greenhouse gas cut for the last 40/50 years. Of late, repeated climate summits and expert-level conferences have fixed the reduction of the co2 emission at 1.5C above the pre-Industrial levels. Cutting the...
The research culture in Bangladesh is generally inadequate among graduate and postgraduate students. Many students do not know how to think critically and analyse things. Students mainly concentrate on reading materials and textbooks only. Most do not try to construct...
Bangladesh has achieved a lot when it comes to women's empowerment. Various government initiatives are behind the achievement. However, two real sectors that recently contributed to women's empowerment are rides sharing and food delivery services. Before all these services came...
The Rajshahi Division is rich in history, culture and archaeology. There are also some excellent natural sites. The top districts in the division with popular tourist destinations are Rajshahi, Naogaon, Bogra, Chapainawabganj and Natore. The landmarks and museums attract tourists....
Nilratan Halder | 2022-08-26 00:00:00
Few people are aware that August 24 is observed as the Nari Nirjaton Protirodh Dibas (the Day of Resistance to Oppression of Women) in this country. Even the media --- both print and electronic --- seem to have forgotten the...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) in a letter to the Prime Minister has appealed for a review of the fuel price hike for readjustment through waiver on existing duties and taxes of petroleum products. Considering...
Leaders and activists of the ruling Awami League (AL) paid rich tributes at the mausoleum of former president of Bangladesh Mahila Awami League Ivy Rahman, on her 18th death anniversary on Wednesday, reports BSS.A group of AL leaders and activists...
Moazzem Hossain Khan | 2022-08-25 12:00:00
With a broad goal of making a positive impact to change people's lives and thinking beyond borders to create a sustainable future, business competitions came into being. This also came with a unique opportunity to familiarise students with real-life business...
Golam Rasul | 2022-08-25 12:00:00
Bangladesh had been performing exceptionally well before the Covid-19 pandemic. The economy expanded, the per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased, reserve of dollar grew, inflation was low and poverty levels were decreasing. Bangladesh's economy also started to recover well...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
A massive fire broke out at an electronics warehouse at Bijoynagar in the city on Wednesday evening.Some 13 fire-fighting units fought for nearly two hours and were able to douse the flame at Hamim Electronics at around 8:27 pm. Assistant...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
The High Court on Wednesday observed that it is one kind of immunity to add provision in the law making it mandatory for police to take permission from higher authorities before arresting any civil servant on charges related to their...
Petrol pump owners in the country have threatened to go on strike on August 31 if their 5-point demands, including raising their sales' commissions, are not met within next 7 days, reports UNB.Addressing a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity...
Former Indian Foreign Secretary and G20 Chief Coordinator Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Tuesday said Bangladesh is a remarkable story in terms of growth and development, reports UNB.He highlighted the achievements and accomplishments made by the two countries over the last...
Makeshift shops have been set up encroaching upon a footpath and part of the adjoining road in front of the New Market in Dhaka, obstructing smooth movement of pedestrians. The photo was taken recently — FE photo
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
With no hope in sight to return to their homeland in Rakhine State of Myanmar, nearly one million Rohingyas, who fled to Bangladesh five years ago, are living an inhuman life in refugee camps.To date, not a single refugee can...
Munima Sultana | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
The cost of Padma Bridge is set to increase yet more at the fag-end of the project tenure due to unprecedented devaluation of local currency against US dollar and price escalation of construction materials over the contract price, project sources...
Profit taking halts stock rallyStocks slipped into the red on Wednesday, snapping a six-day gaining streak, as cautious investors rushed to lock in profits on quick-gaining issues during revised market hours. As per the newly revised schedule, trading on the...
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) has said that the contents of a news item under the headline of "Drafting laws bypassing FRC: Regulator Lodges Complaint against Accountancy Bodies" published on August 21, 2022 in the Financial Express...
Exhausted, this woman sits right on the road as she waits her turn to buy daily commodities at subsidised rates from a sales point run under Open Market Sales (OMS) programme in Fakirapool area of Dhaka on Wednesday noon. With...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
The High Court on Wednesday ordered 11 loan defaulters of the People's Leasing and Financial Services Limited (PLFSL) to surrender to the court their passport, or NID card if they don't have a passport. Among the 11 borrowers, two sisters...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh's forex dealers' body will fix market-driven exchange rate daily for overseas exchange houses, as the central bank is in a drive to enforce discipline in dollar dealings.Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association (BAFEDA) seeks active support of the central bank...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh has been tracked as one of the bottom-placed countries in attracting 'greenfield' foreign direct investment, as recorded in 2021, for factors like disharmonious regulations and profit-repatriation unease. According to Greenfield FDI Performance Index on global ratings, Bangladesh scored 0.30...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh is in discussion with Russia to procure crude and refined oils, the Russian envoy in Dhaka said Wednesday, as alternative trading arrangement is envisaged as a last resort amid a global crisis."A number of initiatives regarding the supplies of...
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