Trees are valuable not only for our livelihood but also for our life and ecosystem. In rural areas, trees are cut down to make fire for basic household chores. Nevertheless, this has a dual effect and contributes to climate adversity....
For commuters in Dhaka city, bus fare is a highly contentious issue as bus operators hike and charge fares arbitrarily. This becomes a matter of argument if you belong to a limited-income group or you are a student. When you...
Tanim Asjad | 2022-09-10 00:00:00
During the last two decades, Bangladesh has undergone an economic transformation that has significantly improved the living conditions of the county's people. Nevertheless, the economic growth has been uneven across the regions and communities. Though poverty has declined, the concentration...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2022-09-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh needs to have its policies right in a world that is constantly in a state of flux. Though the world, so far as big power politics is concerned, has always seen changes, those cannot be compared to what is...
The long-expected summit between Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi that ended at the Hyderabad House in Delhi on Tuesday has come up with a joint statement which included a rather long list of accords...
Hasnat M Alamgir | 2022-09-10 00:00:00
As life expectancy increases in Bangladesh, concern also raises on how to organise and provide personal and healthcare services for them. Rapid urbanisation, high-rise apartment living, greater formal sector labour force participation by both spouses, disintegration of joint families, and...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday night returned home wrapping up her four-day official visit to India, reports UNB.A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 8:06 pm.Earlier,...
Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) in collaboration with Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) organised a workshop titled 'Installation of Industrial Rooftop Solar System' at the MCCI Gulshan office on Wednesday. Md Habibur Rahman, Secretary, Power Division, Ministry...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-09 00:00:00
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has made a controversial statement about "integrating Bangladesh" at a time when the neighbouring country's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is on a diplomatic visit to India, reports NDTV.Mr Sarma was responding to the media's...
India's Virat Kohli plays a shot during the Asia Cup Twenty20 international cricket Super Four match against Afghanistan in Dubai on Thursday. India scored a big total of 212 with Virat Kohli hitting an unbeaten 122 batting first. Afghans were...
DINAJPUR, Sept 8 (UNB): A Bangladeshi teenage boy has been shot dead and another injured allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) near the border in Sadar upazila of Dinajpur, said authorities on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Minar, 17,...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh Army and the US Army will host the 46th annual Indo-Pacific Army Management Seminar in Dhaka on September 12-15. This gathering is the largest conference for land forces in the region, said a spokesperson of the US Embassy in...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2022-09-09 00:00:00
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is yet to take any decision on the fate of the Chinese contractor that is allegedly responsible for an accident on August 15 last on a construction site of BRT project in Uttara in...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-09 00:00:00
Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) has published fare chart of the Metro Rail for the entire 21- kilometre corridor from Uttara to Kamlapur, giving details from stations to stations.A circular on the fare chart was published on the DTCA's website...
NEW DELHI, Sep 8 (UNB): Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has come down heavily on the federal government for "not inviting" her to meet Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during the latter's four-day state visit to India."I share an excellent...
Family members rushed to be by the side of Queen Elizabeth after doctors said they were concerned about the health of Britain's 96-year-old monarch on Thursday, saying she should remain under medical supervision, reports Reuters.The queen, Britain's longest-reigning sovereign and...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2022-09-09 00:00:00
The country's apparel- export growth to the USA slowed down to 22 per cent this July year on year for economic slowdown amid high inflation there, slicing the demand.On the other hand, US apparel imports from China and Vietnam in...
Stocks take a breather after bumpy rideStocks extended the gaining streak for the third straight session Thursday amid high volatility as some of the investors booked profit from the recent price surge. The market swung between gains and losses before...
The reckless pedestrians cross this busy thoroughfare in Farmgate area of Dhaka on Thursday - apparently oblivious of the existence of a footbridge just a few steps away. Jaywalking - flouting road barriers and traffic regulations - has been a...
MUMBAI, Sept 8 (Reuters): India on Thursday imposed a 20 per cent duty on exports of various grades of rice, according to a statement seen by Reuters, as the world's biggest exporter of the grain tries to calm local prices.The...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-09 00:00:00
Plainclothes police tracked down a racket that alone, allegedly laundered a huge amount of money through hundi transactions recently, as the government launched drives to prop up Bangladesh's falling forex reserves.The siphoned-off amount is equivalent to US$ 7.8 billion, the...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2022-09-09 00:00:00
Tax authorities go lenient to facilitate corporate taxpayers in submitting genuine tax returns scanned through document verification system (DVS), billed as a failsafe device against the doctoring of company financials.Companies are allowed to file their tax returns for fiscal year...
At least nine people, including seven farmers and two children, have died after being hit by lightning strikes in Sirajganj's Ullapara, reports bdnews24.com. All of them were working on or close to a crop field, police said after the incident...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2022-09-09 00:00:00
Higher-value-denomination notes are driving out the lower-denomination ones from the market, according to bankers and economists, for carrying and payment conveniences.The bigger notes have been dominating the country's banking channel, the main pipeline of distributing the currency to people. Bigger...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-09-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh's commercial banks are going to fix varied uniform rates for importers, exporters and overseas exchange houses to help manage the ongoing foreign-exchange volatility.Under the proposed rates, all the authorized dealer (AD) banks will offer maximum Tk 108 per dollar...
Light to moderate rain/thunder shower accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Met...
Another 275 dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours until Thursday morning, reports UNB.Of them, 204 were admitted to different hospitals of Dhaka and 71 outside it, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).A total of 886 dengue...
Bangladesh reported one more Covid-linked death and 388 cases in 24 hours until Thursday morning, reports UNB.With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,330 and caseload to 2,014,077, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).The...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-09 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday promoted three of its own officials to the rank of director general (DG), according to an ACC circular. Usually, the commission's DGs are appointed on deputation from other cadre services.The three promoted officials are:...
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