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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...

100 illegal structures evicted from Ctg hills

Our Correspondent | 2022-09-10 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Sept 09: Chattogram District Administration and Department of Environment (DoE) in a joint drive demolished about 100 illegal structures from Chottagong hills on Thursday.The structures were illegally built on both sides of Fouzdarhat-Bayezid link road. Hillol Biswas, director of...

Prof Dr Md Amin Uddin Mridha

2022-09-10 00:00:00

Prof Dr Md Amin Uddin Mridha, founding vice-chancellor of Pabna University of Science and Technology, posing with teachers and students of Asian University for Women during his visit to the university in Chattogram on Thursday. He shared his thoughts with...

Two cops bullet-hit in attack by drug dealers in B'baria

2022-09-10 00:00:00

Two police personnel have been injured after being shot by a group of drug dealers during a raid in Brahmanbaria's Nabinagar upazila, reports bdnews24.com.The incident occurred at Nurjahanpur village of Barikandi union on Thursday night, Saifuddin Anwar, officer-in-charge of Nabinagar...

Gender equality is precondition for democracy, development: Speaker

2022-09-10 00:00:00

Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said on Wednesday gender equality is a prerequisite for vibrant democracy and sustainable and balanced development, reports BSS."Gender equality is important for both men and women as it is a prerequisite for vibrant...

A smartly turned-out police contingent giving a guard of honour to Akbar Ali Khan (inset)

2022-09-10 00:00:00

A smartly turned-out police contingent, on behalf of Dhaka district administration, giving a guard of honour to Akbar Ali Khan (inset), former adviser to the caretaker government, on Azad Mosque premises in the city's Gulshan after Jumma prayers on Friday...

364 students commit suicide in eight months

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

As many as 364 students committed suicide in the last eight months of this year, highlighting the vulnerable mental condition of the country's youths, said a new survey on Friday. The data says 45 students committed suicide on average per...

Ansar al-Islam member remanded in DSA case

2022-09-10 00:00:00

A court in the city on Friday placed an alleged member of banned militant outfit Ansar al-Islam on one-day remand in a case lodged under Digital Security Act (DSA), reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ataullah passed the order as police produced...

AL activist shot dead in broad daylight at Pabna tea stall

2022-09-10 00:00:00

PABNA, Sept 09 (UNB): An Awami League activist was shot dead publicly in broad daylight by unidentified assailants in Hemayetpur upazila of Pabna on Friday.Saidur Pramanik, 50, was a resident of Hemayetpur. He was an executive member of Pabna Municipal...

Job seekers block Shahbagh demanding age limit extension

2022-09-10 00:00:00

At least 20 job seekers, including women, were injured in police action to break up their demonstration in Shahbagh demanding an extension of the age limit to apply for government jobs, reports UNB.The protesters under the banner of 'Chakri Pratyashi...

PM's India visit successful, Fruitful, says Hasan

2022-09-10 00:00:00

CHATTOGRM, Sept 9 (BSS): Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said the visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India has been very successful and fruitful."The biggest achievement (of the visit) is the opportunity to export Bangladesh's...

BNP sees no visible achievement from PM's India visit

2022-09-10 00:00:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said there was no "visible achievement" of Bangladesh, except the Kushiyara River water sharing MoU, from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's four-day visit to India, reports UNB."In this visit, the achievement of...

Gold price hits more than one-week high

2022-09-10 00:00:00

Gold prices climbed more than 1 per cent on Friday to an over one-week high, as a weaker dollar boosted demand for the yellow metal, even as U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers vowed to raise interest rates to tame inflation pressures,...

Argentine soybean sales spike after new exchange rate

2022-09-10 00:00:00

BUENOS AIRES, Sept 9 (Reuters): Argentine farmers sold a total of 2.13 million tonnes of soybeans on Monday and Tuesday, surpassing in just two days the 667,000 tonnes sold last week after the government established a preferential exchange rate for...

Germany's bakeries burnt by rising energy prices

2022-09-10 00:00:00

MUELHEIM AN DER RUHR (Germany), Sept 9 (Reuters): German bakery owner Peter Hemmerle is expecting his company's annual electricity bill to quadruple to 1.2 million euros as energy prices have risen since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.His Heinz...

China oil demand may shrink first time since 2002

2022-09-10 00:00:00

SINGAPORE, Sept 9 (Reuters): Oil demand in China, the world's biggest energy consumer, could contract for the first time in two decades this year as Beijing's zero-COVID policy keeps people at home during upcoming holidays and reduces fuel consumption.Hundreds of...