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Kushtia road accident kills three bikers

2022-09-11 00:00:00

KUSHTIA, Sept 10 (UNB): Three youths were killed and another was seriously injured as two motorcycles collided head-on with a lorry in Kushtia on Friday.The victims who died were identified as Jewel, 25, of Mohini Mill area of Kushtia, Faruk...

57-year old jumps before train dies in Natore

2022-09-11 00:00:00

NATORE, Sept 10 (UNB): A 57-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train in Natore on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Samir Kumar Kundu, who worked with the district health department. He also used to...

Thin arrival of tourists hurts owners of beach horses

2022-09-11 00:00:00

OUR CORRESPONDENTCOX'S BAZAR, Sept 10: Tourists in Cox's Bazar love to ride horses on the beach. And this generates a substantial income for the horse owners. But in past several months, they earned too scanty to provide sufficient fodder to...

Structural shifts in the global economy and inflation

Muhammad Mahmood | 2022-09-11 00:00:00

For many years people did not think too much about inflation in general in their daily conversation. Now discussions on inflation are in the forefront as higher prices are putting pressures on people's budget across the globe including Bangladesh. In...

‘Support’ cell for domestic helps

2022-09-11 00:00:00

Domestic helps are falling victims to physical torture in different parts of the country every day. They are also subjected to rape. However, most of the victims do not want to file any case against the torturers since they do...

Increasing salaries of imams, muezzins

2022-09-11 00:00:00

Almost every mosque in Bangladesh is run by a management committee. Usually, this committee decides on how much an imam or muezzin of a mosque would be paid as salaries. Although they carry out their duties religiously every day, they...

Making Dhaka pedestrian-friendly

2022-09-11 00:00:00

So much has been said about how Dhaka city's traffic situation could be improved, but little has been achieved in this regard. Setting up flyovers or circular bypass roads does not seem to lessen the capital city's frequent traffic jams....

When death flashes in the sky

Shihab Sarkar | 2022-09-11 00:00:00

Given the incidence of the annual return of lightning-strike deaths, one hopes this year these fatalities remain confined to the deaths which have already occurred. People aware of the facts related to lightning strikes are terrified. As the village people...

Benefits of joining global IP network

Asjadul Kibria | 2022-09-11 00:00:00

More than three years have elapsed since Bangladesh's trade policy came under a global scrutiny under the umbrella of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). It was the fifth trade- policy review of the country where various issues relating to trade...

Export duty on Indian rice

2022-09-11 00:00:00

The latest decision of the Indian government to levy a 20 per cent export duty on rice has come at one of the worst times, as far as Bangladesh is concerned. The neighbouring country, the world's largest rice exporter, might...

A suggested model

Md Abu Sayed Siddique | 2022-09-10 12:00:00

In my previous two articles, I highlighted two important procurement system issues. In first article, I attempted to provide a general understanding of procurement, specifically how to minimize costs and maximize benefits in procurement. In the second article, I depicted...

Court frames charges against PK Halder, others --

2022-09-10 00:00:00

A court in Dhaka on Thursday framed charges against former managing director of NRB Global Bank Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder and 13 others in a case lodged for allegedly amassing illegal wealth and laundering money abroad, reports BSS.Judge...

Sri Lanka's players celebrates

2022-09-10 00:00:00

Sri Lanka's players celebrates the dismissal of Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan (not pictured) during the Asia Cup Twenty20 international cricket Super Four match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Friday. Batting first, Pakistan...

Remove obstacles to India-backed projects

2022-09-10 00:00:00

COLOMBO, Sept 9 (Reuters): Sri Lanka's president on Friday asked officials to resolve obstacles to projects backed by India, a government statement said, without specifying what the obstacles were.President Ranil Wickre-mesinghe chaired a discussion on the progress of several development...

Right to leave country never considered an absolute right

FE REPORT | 2022-09-10 00:00:00

The High Court in a full text of a verdict observed that one's right to leave the country has never been considered as absolute right.Despite the long-standing ideal of free movement, it has in practice always been subject to the...

Manpower export sees robust growth in eight months

Arafat Ara | 2022-09-10 00:00:00

The country's overseas employments in the eight months of the current year witnessed a robust growth following demands of manpower from different job-destination countries.Bangladesh sent 783925 workers abroad in the January-August period of 2022, as against 275791 in the matching...

Review of ADB-funded projects next week

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2022-09-10 00:00:00

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will review the projects it is bankrolling in Bangladesh next week as some of them are 'slow-moving' and 'problematic', insiders said on Friday.The Manila-based lender will mainly supervise the slow-moving projects as their loans were...

Booth water new hope against piped water?

JUBAIR HASAN | 2022-09-10 00:00:00

Water ATM booths are fast proving popular with townspeople as they find some respite from the often-contaminated piped water, officials said.As the quality of booth water is quite good, the number of users is getting bigger and making it tough...

Briefing 10-09-2022

2022-09-10 00:00:00

DSEX hits nearly four-month highStocks extended their winning streak for a fourth straight week, with the benchmark equity index hitting a nearly four-month high, as investors renewed their appetite for selective large-cap stocks amid high optimism ahead of the dividend...

Prayer Timings (2022-09-10)

2022-09-10 00:00:00

Aus, Aman acreage shrinking faster

YASIR WARDAD | 2022-09-10 00:00:00

Rice acreage in both Aus and Aman seasons, which comprise 45 per cent of the country's rice supplies combined, has shrunk notably this year, causing a great concern for food security.The astronomical hike in diesel price during July-August drought as...

Dhaka cautiously weighs export, revenue losses

REZAUL KARIM | 2022-09-10 00:00:00

Experts have cautioned that Bangladesh's exports might shrink and industries suffer setbacks if the country joins a new free-trading bloc called RCEP, unless its privileged market access is secured.A recent high-profile meeting was told that the exports to many of...

Digital currency mulled for faster, cheaper, transparent transactions

JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2022-09-10 00:00:00

The government mulls over switching to digital currency -- a move towards rewriting the history of currency -- which is believed faster, cheaper and transparent in dealings.Many currency experts also believe that problems related to the disappearance of lower-denomination currencies...

Akbar Ali Khan, voice of conscience, laid to rest

2022-09-10 00:00:00

Former advisor of the caretaker government and economist Dr Akbar Ali Khan was laid to rest at the city's Martyred Intellectual Graveyard in Mirpur on Friday afternoon, reports UNB.His namaz-e-janaza was held at Azad Mosque in Gulshan after Jumma prayer....

Three days of mourning in BD

2022-09-10 00:00:00

Bangladesh on Friday declared three days of national mourning in memory of British Queen Elizabeth II who died on Thursday after 70 years on the throne, report agencies.From September 9 to September 11, the national flag will be kept at...

British royals begin official mourning of Queen’s death

2022-09-10 00:00:00

LONDON, Sept 9 (AFP): King Charles III and the royal family on Friday began observing a mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II that will last until seven days after her state funeral, royal officials said."Following the death of Her Majesty...

Bank cardholders losing credentials to cybercriminals

SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2022-09-10 00:00:00

Many Bangladeshi bank cardholders are falling prey to the stealing of their cards' credentials amid outrageous cyber-attacks on the banking system, sources say.Such skimming has gone to such a pass that the state-run Bangladesh e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD...

News in Brief -(2022-09-10)

2022-09-10 00:00:00

BFSA donates Tk 3.2m for Ashrayan projectThe Bangladesh Foreign Service Association (BFSA) has donated Tk 3.25 million to build houses for the homeless under the Ashrayan project of the government that is being run by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO)....

Mild heat wave sweeping over 13 dists

2022-09-10 00:00:00

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind and lightning flashes is likely to occur at many places over Barishal, Chattogram & Khulna divisions until 6:00pm today (Saturday), according to Met office.Mild heat wave is sweeping over the...

Man's body found in city's Bakshibazar

2022-09-10 00:00:00

Police have recovered the body of a homeless man from a footpath in the city's Bakshibazar, reports bdnews24.com.The dead man is 55-year-old Md Ali, according to Shahbagh thana chief Mowdut Hawlader.Ali's body was lying on a footpath outside the Bangladesh...