LALMONIRHAT, Aug 01 (UNB): Ibrahim Ali (45), headmaster of Shalmara Ghonapara Government Primary School, has set a unique example by constructing a 50-foot floating bridge on the Sati River with drums and bamboos at Chandrapur union in Kaliganj upazila of...
Shishu Park in Dhaka city's Shahbagh area used to be a prominent centre of recreation for families in the past. In my childhood, Eid festival seemed to be quite incomplete if we could not visit this place. The park has...
Railway's level crossings are like death traps in Bangladesh. At least 35 people have reportedly been killed in accidents at level crossings so far this year with the latest accident leaving 11 people dead at Mirsharai of Chattogram just a...
Polls-time violence is nothing new in Bangladesh. However, the recent incident in which a nine-month old child was allegedly killed in police firing after announcement of the election results of Bachor union parishad in Ranisankail upazila of Thakurgaon is unprecedented....
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-08-02 00:00:00
Thanks to the remarkable cut in road accidents prompted by the lengthy corona lockdowns, the absence of bustling roads in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country emerged as a blessing in disguise. The roads in the capital remained off-limits to...
The alarm bell sounded by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) about the rapid degradation of topsoil worldwide is in effect a grim warning of food insecurity for the planet's population. In fact, concerned here is the most productive part...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2022-08-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh, like other developing countries keen to be on a higher growth path, has resorted to borrowing from foreign bi-lateral and multilateral institutions for hard currency and domestic sources for the taka component of foreign-financed projects since long. With the...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-01 12:00:00
Upskilling employable youths begins soon for raising productivity at home and remittance from abroad from high-end jobs, as the government prepares a recipe to that end. Sources say the government has formulated apprenticeship guidelines aiming to rear skilled labour force...
ged civilians on Saturday to evacuate the frontline Donetsk region, the scene of fierce clashes with the Russian military, as Kyiv called on the Red Cross and UN to gain access to its soldiers being held by Moscow's forces.The eastern...
In contrast to the government directive, lamp posts in certain parts of the Airport Road remain illuminated throughout the night. The photo was taken around 8:00pm on Sunday — FE photo by KAZ Sumon
FE Report | 2022-08-01 00:00:00
The government is set to launch a sales drive of key essential items today (Monday), meant for around 10 million families.The state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will sell essential commodities in different parts of the country through its dealers...
Bangladesh has received 1.5 million doses of pediatric Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines donated by the United States, report agencies.This is the first shipment of specially formulated Covid-19 vaccines to protect children between the ages of 5-11 from the coronavirus.More vacancies are...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-01 00:00:00
The much-talked-about Rampal coal-fired power plant, constructed by India's Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), may be inaugurated next month during Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Delhi visit. The Prime Minister is expected to visit Delhi in September. "The inauguration of...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2022-08-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh's e-filing (electronic filing) system for company and admiralty matters is gaining popularity as a good number of such disputes have been filed over the period of last seven months. The system for the company-and admiralty-related cases was introduced with...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her government is focusing on developing skilled manpower to transform the country's demographic advantage into dividends, reports UNB.She said this while delivering her inaugural speech at the first meeting of the Governing Board...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2022-08-01 00:00:00
Investment-climate constraints, deficiencies in energy and transportation infrastructures, and an opaque regulatory environment prevent Bangladesh from bagging higher growth, says a US report. The US State Department, in its latest report on Bangladesh investment market, titled 'Investment Climate Statements 2022',...
DSE core index jumps 153 pointsStocks rebounded strongly in a gaining streak Sunday, with all three indices of the prime bourse rising more than 2.0 per cent each, as the securities regulator reintroduced the 'floor price' on all securities. Continuous...
This underage child is supposed to be at school - attending classes, chatting with friends and playing during school break times. Instead, this kid-turned-porter is carrying a bag of a passenger in order to earn some money so that he...
FE Report | 2022-08-01 00:00:00
The securities regulator had to impose floor prices of shares to 'protect' the general investors, its chief said on Sunday, conceding that such a measure is not desirable in the context of market regulation and global practices."We were compelled to...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-01 00:00:00
Most of the listed non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) witnessed fall in their earnings per share (EPS) in the January-June period of 2022 - compared to the same period of the previous year.Market analysts attributed the EPS fall to lack of...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-01 00:00:00
Today (Monday) is the 4th death anniversary of iconic economic journalist and founder editor of The Financial Express (FE) A.H.M. Moazzem Hossain.On August 01, 2018, he passed away at the age of 73.He launched the FE, the country's first national...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-08-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh's imports plummet following regulatory measures to ease pressure of import-payment obligations and thus buttress country's falling foreign-exchange reserves, officials say.The opening of letters of credit (LC), generally known as import orders, dropped over 31 per cent to $5.47 billion...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2022-08-01 00:00:00
Economic superpower China emerges as top trading partner of Bangladesh again, in May official ranking, outbidding next-door neighbour India's peak position in consecutive two months. According to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) data India had grabbed the top position in...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office.Day and...
31 business entities fined for violation of consumer rightsThe Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) fined on Sunday 33 business entities across the country over Tk 0.4 million for violation of consumer rights. The DNCRP's 17 officials along with...
Today (Monday) is the 22nd death anniversary of Md Lutfar Rahman, senior tax lawyer of Chattogram, says a press release. All relatives, friends and admirers have been requested to pray for the departed soul.
Today (Monday) is the 10th death anniversary of Advocate Al-Haj Kamaluddin Ahmed Khan, a former member of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association and father of Anis A Khan, former Managing Director and CEO of Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB),...
Prof Dr Saleemul Huq OBE, director of IUB's International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Juliate Keya Malakar, executive director of CCDB, and Professor Niaz Ahmed Khan, pro-vice chancellor of IUB, pose with the winners of the Climate Exhibition-2022...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-01 00:00:00
A college student died as a bus a Leguna collided head-on in the Mirpur Beriband (embankment) area in the capital on Sunday. An official of Shah Ali Police Station told the FE that the accident occurred around 2:00 pm that...
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