Newly-appointed Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan payng rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his grave at Tungipara in Gopalganj on Wednesday
CHATTOGRAM, July 27 (UNB): Two fishermen went missing as a boat capsized in the Bay of Bengal after being hit by a lighter vessel in the early hours of Wednesday.The missing fishermen are Md Harun (40), son of Sayed Noor...
MAGURA, July 27 (UNB): A case was filed in connection with the 'gang-rape' of a schoolgirl in Mohammadpur upazila of Magura on Tuesday.The rape survivor's father lodged the case with Magura Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal accusing three people...
BAGERHAT, July 27 (UNB): Earthen stovemakers in Bagerhat are finding it hard to earn a livelihood due to falling demand of the item.They have eagerly sought government's support for their survival.The artisans, mostly women, have been making earthen stoves beside...
SINGAPORE, July 27 (Reuters): Singapore has permitted former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to stay in the island republic for an additional 14 days, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.A short-term visit pass issued when Rajapaksa arrived...
KINSHASA, July 27 (AP): At least 15 people were killed and dozens of others injured during two days of demonstrations in Congo's east against the United Nations mission in the country, officials said Tuesday.The United Nations said one peacekeeper from...
NEW DELHI, July 27 (BBC): Lightning strikes have killed 20 people across eight districts of the eastern Indian state of Bihar in just 24 hours.More thunderstorm with lightning has been forecast in northern parts of the state for Wednesday and...
TOKYO, July 27 (AP): The leaders of Japan and Indonesia agreed Wednesday to bolster their ties in maritime security and their cooperation on climate change, energy and investment between the Asian archipelago nations.Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, at a joint...
MANILA, July 27 (AP): A strong earthquake set off landslides and damaged buildings in the northern Philippines in Wednesday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens. In the capital, hospital patients were evacuated and terrified people rushed outdoors.The 7-magnitude...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-07-28 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, July 27: The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) and Bangladesh Centre of Excellence (BCI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for sharing knowledge. The MoU signing ceremony was held at...
Yamaha Riders Club (YRC), an associate of Yamaha motorcycle riders in Bangladesh, has accorded a reception to Parisha Akhter, a master's student of Jagannath University, in recognition of her bravery as she caught hold of a mugger and beat him...
LONDON, July 27 (Reuters): Oil rose by $1 a barrel on Wednesday as a report of lower inventories in the United States and cuts in Russian gas flows to Europe offset concern about weaker demand and a looming US interest...
Text messages have become an essential part of our life. These messages are now frequently used for personal, professional and social purposes. Teenagers, in particular, are always engaged with their phones and texting to their peers at any time of...
Our education no longer guarantees good jobs. Thousands of university graduates are still jobless due to an absence of decent opportunities. Bangladesh is one of the top countries that has the highest rate of unemployed educated. Graduates are struggling hard...
Amid the ongoing energy crisis, Bangladesh has recently resorted to some austerity measures to save electricity. The government has already announced a series of measures including the closure of shopping malls and markets by 8:00pm, area-wise planned power cuts and...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2022-07-28 00:00:00
Mavericks provide spice in the flow of the usual. The appeal comes as much from the thrill of everything unexpected as it does from the audacious. That could well explain the lure of electorate for a Donald Trump or a...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2022-07-28 00:00:00
The government has gone for certain measures to ensure austerity in the way we conduct life in these fraught times. Steps to conserve electricity through a programme of load-shedding are of course needed and ought to be welcomed by citizens...
'Bangladesh Environmental Sustainability and Transformation (BEST)' is a high sounding title of a project. One cannot be blamed if one thinks of a comprehensive project on a grand scale involving the country's geo-morphological issues such as dying rivers or at...
Imtiaz A Hussain | 2022-07-28 00:00:00
Elected largely to deliver 'goods' (campaign promises), policy-makers in democracies often have to go beyond to strengthen their 'footprint': anticipating problems (which common citizens rarely have time to analyse after struggling to satisfy concurrent needs), often helps, particularly if they...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-27 12:00:00
The government has now asked all the commercial banks to ensure austerity by reducing the consumption of electricity and fuel.Banks will have to reduce the consumption of gas and lubricant by 20 per cent and electricity by 25 per cent...
Bangla Academy president Salina Hossain, Syed Manzur Elahi, Chairperson, Board of Trustees, EWU and former adviser to a caretaker government, Professor Dr M M Shahidul Hassan, Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dr Fakhrul Alam, former Pro-Vice Chancellor, A Z M Shafiqul Alam, Treasurer,...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-27 12:00:00
Building a zero-waste community is a necessary alternative to the existing waste management system in the country as it can significantly reduce waste generation and help resource productivity in a greater way, observed environment experts at an event.The purpose of...
The Pakistani rupee continued to lose its value on Tuesday, closing near an all-time low of 233 against the dollar in the interbank market, reports The Express Tribune.The currency, which had closed at Rs229.88 on Monday, fell Rs3.05 to close...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2022-07-27 00:00:00
The government has planned to negotiate with the development partners to get funds for the important projects only, as it has taken a cautious stance in taking external loans, officials said on Wednesday."We have taken a cautious approach in taking...
Customers look for bags at a shop on the pavement at Doyel Chattar on the Dhaka University campus on Tuesday. Alongside bags, different decorative pieces and handicraft items sold at such shops there are very popular among people — FE...
A wake-up call for those who are yet to receive their first or second Covid shots -- from December, only the booster dose will be administered in Bangladesh, report agencies."The first or the second dose of Covid vaccines will not...
BNP will stage demonstrations across the country to protest against the ongoing load-shedding and mismanagement in the power and energy sector, reports UNB.BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the three-day protest programme at a press conference at BNP...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-27 00:00:00
The state-run Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd has increased monthly rent of prepaid gas meters by 66.66 per cent to Tk 100 per meter with effect from July 1.Titas Gas currently has a total of 320,000 customers who...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-27 00:00:00
Speakers at an event in the capital have called for more active participation in the WTO's negotiation process for the continuation of international support measures (ISMs) beyond the country's LDC graduation. They also emphasised on internal capacity building, export diversification,...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-27 00:00:00
A High Court bench said Tuesday "most deadly offences" in Bangladesh are taking place in the banking sector, as the judges heard submissions in a defalcation case.The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat passed...
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