Unfortunately, incidents of sexual harassment still prevail in our universities. These incidents remind us that there is apparently no safe place for female students, not even in their own campuses. Five young people allegedly assaulted a female student physically and...
The number of people who can afford private vehicles is increasing day by day in Dhaka city. And so are increasing the number of vehicles like car. But when it comes to refuelling stations, city dwellers have allegations against most...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2022-07-26 00:00:00
The World Health Organization (WHO)'s Director General (DG), Dr Tedros Adhanon Ghebreyessus, has declared monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency. Such classification of the viral disease's outbreak by WHO also indicates that the global alert against the monkeypox outbreak is...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-07-26 00:00:00
Passing through all socio-economic deadlocks by the urban middle and lower-middle classes has been the norm in this country for long. Presently discovering themselves in the midst of a global whirlwind filled with scores of uncertainties, these two classes have...
That the pharmaceutical sector of the country has immense prospect for export has been recognised for some years now. It was not until the country's fledgling drug companies gave proof of their capacity, on the strength of the National Drug...
Mohammad Abu Yusuf | 2022-07-26 00:00:00
Climate change has created and is creating negative impacts for human beings. Global bodies including United Nations (UN), World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) are taking various measures...
The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2022 released by the US State Department recently has included the Myanmar's displaced Rohingya as victims of the payment of the highest migration cost in the 'region'. The report has presumably referred to the...
A Dhaka court has sentenced former managing director of Sonali Bank, Humayun Kabir, and eight others to jail on different terms for embezzlement of Tk 2.57 million through loan forgery, reports bdnews24.com.Judge Md Iqbal Hossain delivered the verdict on Sunday.The...
Almost 700 migrants, including five dead bodies, were rescued on Saturday off the southern coast of Italy, a coastguard statement said on Sunday, as flows of migrants crossing the Mediterranean increase during favourable sea conditions, reports Reuters.Most of the 674...
FE Report | 2022-07-25 00:00:00
The country's top think-tank Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) recommended taking up mid-term and long-term measures as it thinks the existing economic crisis will not be short-term. "The ongoing crisis is not short-term in nature, therefore, it may continue for...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh imported 76,000 tonnes of tomato in the last fiscal year (FY '22) despite the fact that the domestic production of the vegetable was a record 1.75 million tonnes, it was disclosed at a programme on Sunday. Agriculture minister Dr...
Police personnel have caught this 'mugger' as he was fleeing after snatching a mobile phone set from a passer-by in Purana Paltan area of the city on Sunday afternoon — FE photo
FE REPORT | 2022-07-25 00:00:00
The government has asked the central bank to provide it with the LC (letter of credit) data of rice import, aiming to know the shipment details of the staple so that it can monitor and oversee supply situation in the...
Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan has sent a legal notice to telecom operator Banglalink and Jamuna Bank demanding fine for illegally using his photos and brand image for business purposes, reports UNB.Shakib's lawyer Ashraful Hadi sent the notice to Banglalink Chief...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-25 00:00:00
PRAN-RFL Group, one of the country's leading business conglomerates, plans to double its export earning to US$1.0 billion within the next three years.It is also planning to reach the $2.0-billion export-earning benchmark by 2030 - based on its diversified range...
The fishermen in the coastal districts on Sunday started to go to the Bay as the 65-day ban on fishing imposed by the government ended, reports UNB.The ban was imposed on May 20 to ensure smooth breeding of fish which...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the youths to set up export-oriented fish-processing industries to help boost the country's foreign-exchange earnings, reports UNB."We can process the fish or we can produce various types of products from fish and export...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-25 00:00:00
Countries in the vast bloc D8 plan to implement preferential trade agreement (PTA) by next year, in their effort to weather raging global economic wrangles.The latest thinking on expansion of intra-grouping trade was disclosed by Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK...
Core index sinks below 6100 Stocks witnessed yet another massive fall on Sunday, with the key index of the prime bourse sinking below 6,100-mark, as the jittery investors continued their sell-off to exit from the market. The market saw a...
The price of The Financial Express (FE) will be Tk 15 per copy with effect from today, July 25, in accordance with the decision of the Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (NOAB). The decision to raise the price has come...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-07-25 00:00:00
Loan disbursement under the economic-recovery stimulus packages, particularly for large industries and services sector, drops mainly as prospective clients look averse.With this second-phase disbursement sluggishness in the backdrop, the third phase of the financial package commences this week only after...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2022-07-25 00:00:00
The government has formulated National Employment Policy 2022 identifying a number of challenges including absence of public and private measures that hinder the skilled workforce generation. The policy, first of its kind that has recently been finalised, also aims to...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-25 00:00:00
The government's over-reliance on import of energy, instead of necessary efforts for local exploration, has resulted in the acute energy crisis these days.The governments over the past one decade did focus neither on oil and gas explorations nor on local...
This woman along with her two children, who have covered their heads with plastic bags to shield themselves against rains, is returning home after shopping at a kitchen market in Motijheel area on Sunday. A sudden downpour in the afternoon...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-25 00:00:00
Economists suggest the government show "zero tolerance" on capital flight as one of key remedies to tackle the ongoing macroeconomic disequilibrium in Bangladesh, as they see looming challenges. They urged the government at a meet Sunday to inquire as to...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met...
FE Report | 2022-07-25 00:00:00
Construction of Natore Hi-Tech Park began as its foundation stone was laid at a programme on Sunday.The technology park is expected to draw investment from home and abroad and help flourish the ICT ecosystem in the region.State Minister for Information...
The majority of people (70 per cent) who have died of Covid were not vaccinated against the disease, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Director General (DG) Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam.He made the disclosure while addressing...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-25 00:00:00
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin on Sunday said the targets of sustainable development goals (SDGs) will not be achieved unless illegal felling of forest trees is stopped in the country. "The international targets will not be...
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