Women comprise half of the country's population, yet they still lack equal access to the formal workforce. In the informal sectors, such as household work and rural farm and non-farm activities, they play a vital role that often goes unrecognised....
Tahseen Nower Prachi | 2024-09-08 12:00:00
With the fast-paced corporate world among the top choices of business (and other majors) graduates in today's world, the rush to gain yet another landmark in education is in the trend now, alongside the necessity. Almost every university and business...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
Condemning the recent vandalism in different factories and manufacturing plants, a worker rights body on Saturday claimed that outsiders, including jhut (garment offcut) traders and job aspirants, committed such crime.No way have workers been responsible for the sabotage taken place...
FE Report | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
Former Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed has opened up for the first time about the BDR mutiny that took place in less than two months after Awami League took office 15 years ago, at the headquarters of the border...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) announced on Saturday that the restriction on cash withdrawals from banks would be lifted starting today (Sunday).In a directive issued to banks on the day, the central bank stated that the previous cash withdrawal limit of...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 07: At least 12 workers sustained critical burn injuries following a gas tank explosion at the green ship-breaking yard of SN Corporation in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Saturday morning.The injured were taken to Chattogram Medical College Hospital...
FE Report | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
The labour situation in the ready-made garment sector of the country improved on Saturday with security enhanced in many factories.However, some 50 factories kept operations suspended as workers left after joining their workplaces.All garment factories, including those which were closed...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
Factory-gate prices of essential drugs in Bangladesh remained stable for long, though inflated by many accounts, while end-consumers face steep increases at pharmacy counters as regulators look on. This growing gap between manufacturing-gate prices and market realities has raised serious...
State government orders all schools in the state to remain shut citing security concerns after latest spurt of violence, reports Al Jazeera.At least five people, including one civilian, have been killed as violence flared between two warring ethnic communities in...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Sept 07: Religious Affairs Adviser Dr AFM Khalid Hossain has assured that the interim government would not engage in any actions that could trigger controversy, specifically regarding the national anthem. "Chief Adviser has said we will not touch anything...
Home Adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has urged Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel to uphold professionalism and refrain from any misconduct at the border, emphasising that incidents like the Felani killing will not be tolerated, reports bdnews24.com.At a meeting with...
Three dengue patients died and 403 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till this morning."During the period, 252 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city, while 151 were admitted to different hospitals outside...
Preparations are in full swing to accord a civic reception to Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus during his stay in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly, or UNGA, reports bdnews24.com.The reception will be held on Sept 26 evening...
Sufferings descend on public life for monsoon rain that fell in the morning and at noon on Saturday under the influence of a low over the Bay of Bengal. The snap was shot in the High Court area of the...
FE Report | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
The number of mobile subscribers in Bangladesh dropped significantly for violence in July, with all four major telecom operators collectively losing around 1.82 million customers, according to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).This reduced the total subscriber base to 194.26...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh's struggle to foot liquefied natural gas (LNG) import bills is set to skyrocket in two years, as the country allegedly signed purchase deals at higher costs than the contemporary market rates.Officials said state-run Petrobangla inked four long-term LNG import...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
Following the UAE President's pardon, 14 Bangladeshi expatriate workers, who took to the streets in the United Arab Emirates supporting the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in Bangladesh and were jailed there, were scheduled to return home on Saturday night.They are among...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
The interim government's initiative to scrap the provision for whitening black money remained incomplete as such provision is still applicable in case of purchasing apartment and land. The provision has been offering a blanket facility for years to whiten money...
Police in a drive arrested 10 suspected robbers after a robbery attempt in a multipurpose building in Gulshan-2 of the capital early Saturday, reports UNB.Sub-inspector Rafique, duty officer of Gulshan Police Station, said a group of robbers, riding on 50...
FE REPORTThe interim government has directed all the hajj agencies of the country to renew their contracts with the Dhaka Hajj office for conducting the pilgrimage programme next year.In case of any hajj agency's failure to do so, their user...
Protesters have blocked the busy Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka demanding to increase the age limit for entering government jobs to 35 years, reports UNB.The prescheduled gathering was initiated in front of the National Museum in Shahbagh at 11:00 am on...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office.It may also occur...
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has condemned border killings of Bangladeshis by India's Border Security Force, describing it as callousness and insisting they must stop because killing is no solution, reports PTI.In an interview with India's state-owned news agency the Press...
The government has announced plans to transform Ganabhaban into "July Revolution Memorial Museum", commemorating the events of the 2024 uprising and the last 16 years of disappearances, murders, and repression. The decision was made by the Advisory Council, with the...
Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday visited the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital (NINH) at Agargaon in the city, reports UNB.He enquired about the condition of the people who are undergoing treatment at the hospital after being...
Arafat AraLabour migration to South Korea is set to fall by a half of the job quota this year amid the sagging demand for workforce from employers in that country, officials said.South Korea has announced a quota of 11,500 jobs...
KUSHTIA, Sept 07 (UNB): Two leaders of Chhatra Dal, the BNP's student front from Kushtia, have been expelled from the party for violating organisational discipline.The expelled leaders are Masuduzzaman Rubel, convenor and Masud Parvez Raton, joint convenor of Daulatpur upazila...
The students from Jagannath University (JnU) Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall have declared nine female activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) as 'unwanted', unofficially persona non grata, reports UNB.This was declared in a banner with their name, batch and photo...
BNP on Friday started talks with its allied political parties in a bid to consolidate the unity that was developed during the simultaneous movement, reports UNB.The BNP held separate meetings with Gonoforum, Bangladesh People's Party and NAP Bhashani at BNP...
KHAGRACHARI, Sept 07 (BSS): BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Saturday called upon all Paharis-Bengalis to work together as brothers, saying terrorists and illegal occupants have no room in BNP."No terrorists and illegal occupants have room in...
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