The first drug policy of Bangladesh, adopted in 1982, made it mandatory for the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) to fix retail prices of essential drugs. The policy got some amendments in 2005 and 2016. The latest policy made...
Tanim Asjad | 2022-07-30 00:00:00
Loss of lives in several road accidents daily is a cause for serious concern. Besides fatalities, the extent of physical injuries, although unreported in most cases, is quite high. Data compiled by the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh showed that...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2022-07-30 00:00:00
The government's effort to save electricity through rationing has come up against its plans to accelerate industrialisation and thereby lift the economy onto a higher growth path. And the power rationing is also negatively impacting agriculture, not to speak of...
Floods and downpour in tandem with drought during the June-July period have adversely impacted the farming of Aman and Aus crops this year. The unprecedented floods have damaged Aman farming in 11 districts including those of Sylhet division, some areas...
LONDON, July 28 (AFP): Sea levels are increasing around Britain at a far faster rate than a century ago while the country is warming slightly more than the global average, leading meteorologists said Thursday.The annual study-the State of the UK...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2022-07-29 12:00:00
Global warming, through emission of GREEN House Gases (GHG), has steadily deteriorated over the past three decades since the first Earth Summit was held in Rio in 1992. Beginning from 1995 in Berlin, 26 summits of heads of state and...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that the government has kept the population low in the country in the just-published '6th Population and Housing Census 2022' only to show high per capita income, reports UNB." The...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-29 00:00:00
Local jewellers have revised the price of premium-quality gold upwards by Tk 2,741 per bhori (11.664 grams).The new price of the precious metal will come into effect from today (Friday), says a press release issued by the Bangladesh Jewellers Samity...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-29 00:00:00
The central bank has set Tk 309.11 billion agriculture credit-disbursement target for all the scheduled banks in the current fiscal year (FY), 2022-23.The amount is nearly 9.0 per cent higher than that of the last FY, according to officials.The Bangladesh...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-29 00:00:00
The capital, Dhaka, witnessed moderate rainfall on Thursday evening.City-dwellers, especially returnees from offices, had to face troubles due to rain that started at around 5:00 pm and lasted till 6:30 pm.Many took shelter at roadside markets, shopping malls, shops and...
Bangladesh recorded four more Covid-19-linked deaths with 618 new cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning, reports UNB.With the latest figures, the country's total fatalities reached 29,284 while the caseload 2,004,188, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).The...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday underlined the need for focusing on export to earn foreign currencies instead of depending on remittance, report agencies."We have to more focus on export to earn foreign currencies instead of only depending on remittance," she...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-29 00:00:00
Proper linkage of mass rapid transit (MRT) and bus rapid transit (BRT) routes with six active corridors will be the key to making the transportation system of Dhaka sustainable, experts said at a workshop on Thursday. Dhaka-Chattogram Highway, Dhaka-Sylhet Highway,...
BSEC imposes floor prices againThe securities regulator has further imposed floor prices to contain free fall of listed securities after the key index dropped below 6000-point mark on Thursday amid investors' lower participations. In an order issued on Thursday, the...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-29 00:00:00
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) issued a warning on Thursday that legal action would be taken if anyone hoards US dollar considering the prevailing situation.Additional Police Commissioner, DB, DMP Harun-Or- Rashid disclosed it to the media...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-29 00:00:00
Insurance companies operating in Bangladesh prepare financial statements as per two outmoded laws that are not fully compliant with set international standards, thus leaving investors virtually in the dark. Experts in a stocktaking session on the vital financial sector Thursday...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh's apex trade body Thursday urged the central bank to take stern action against those involved in dollar-price manipulation, as the local currency keeps losing its exchange value.Leaders of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) made...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-07-29 00:00:00
The exchange rate of cash dollar against taka on the open market, known as kerb market, remained mostly unchanged on Thursday as the regulatory drive on money changers continues.Market operators say cash dollar was traded ranging between Tk 108 and...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2022-07-29 00:00:00
The government gives Tk 20 billion from gas development fund (GDF), meant for extracting the domestic fossil fuel, to Petrobangla to spend on LNG imports from the volatile international market. Sources said there were instructions from the country's energy regulator...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Dhaka, Khulna and Barishal divisions until 6:00pm today (Friday),...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-29 00:00:00
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated an investigation against the board of directors of Grameen Telecom on allegations of embezzling the welfare funds of the employees and laundering around Tk 30 billion.ACC Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain during a press conference at...
FE REPORTTwo persons including a girl student of a madrasa were killed in two separate road accidents in the capital on Thursday. A rickshawpuller was killed in a road accident on Khilgaon Flyover in the city in the morning.According to...
Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard Rear Admiral Ashraful Haque Chowdhury hands over a cheque to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her relief and welfare fund from one-day salary of the force’s members at Ganobhaban in the city on Thursday...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh embarks on a plant species survey with an eye to determining and protecting endangered plant species, and conserving forests and the environment.The findings will play a significant role in botanical education and research, sustainable management and use of plant...
KHULNA, July 28 (UNB): The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Thursday sentenced six Khulna men to death for their involvement in crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.The three-member tribunal, led by Justice Mohamamd Shahinur Islam, handed down the...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the so-called 'remote control- driven 'movement of the BNP will ultimately see no success as the country's people will not give any response to...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday submitted its annual financial statement to the Election Commission for the 2021 calendar year showing that the party spent some Tk 11 million more than what it earned that year, reports UNB.The BNP's expenditure...
A BNP-constituted probe committee has blamed the internal conflicts in the local Awami League for the recent attacks on Hindus and their houses, shops and temples at Digholia village in Narail district, reports UNB."Based on our field-level investigation and the...
In yesterday's editorial, the last but one sentence omitted the words 'officials of' after 39 due to a technical glitch. The omission is regretted. --The Editor
Diseases like cancer, low haemoglobin content in blood, blood pressure and food poisoning are some of the most common diseases in Bangladesh. Why are people in our country suffering from these diseases? It is mainly because people have poor health...
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