BEIJING, July 23 (AP): Ten employees of a coal company died in northwestern China on Saturday when a mountainside slope collapsed on them, state media reported.Rescuers spent all day to retrieve the workers who were buried in their vehicle en...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2022-07-24 00:00:00
The iconic Kamalapur Railway Station building will not be demolished but its view is likely to be blocked due to construction of infrastructures for setting up a multimodal transportation hub (MMTH) in the station area. Sources said the Bangladesh Railway...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-24 00:00:00
Fatalities from Covid-19 in the country doubled to four in the last 24 hours until Saturday morning from the figure in the previous period.However, the number of positive cases in the latest reporting period declined to 446 on Saturday from...
WASHINGTON, July 23 (AFP): In response to multiple global crises disproportionately impacting women, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has adopted new policies to better consider gender in its work, the global crisis lender's managing director announced Friday."I am most pleased...
FE Report | 2022-07-24 00:00:00
State-run tea board seeks to increase tea cess to 2.0 per cent from the existing rate of 1.0 per cent to ensure overall development of the country's tea sector, sources said.Currently, from the sale of all kinds of tea produced...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-24 00:00:00
Amending the loose-knit Arbitration Act 2001 is urgent for promoting investment and job generation commensurate with a higher-grade economic status of Bangladesh, experts say as they find the law dilatory. It is not cost-effective and time-saving, they said at a...
US buyers rate high RMG complianceUS apparel buyers have acknowledged the improvements in Bangladesh's readymade garment (RMG) industry by rating high its social and labour compliance, according to a latest study. "Respondents reported relatively lower social and labor compliance risks...
KYIV (Ukraine), July 23 (AFP): Russian missiles hit Ukraine's port of Odessa Saturday, in what Kyiv called a "spit in the face" of a day-old deal between the warring sides to resume cereal exports blocked by the conflict.The Ukrainian military...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-24 00:00:00
The Greek Parliament has approved a deal signed between Bangladesh and Greece paving the way for recruiting 4,000 agricultural workers annually, the foreign ministry said on Friday. It will also help regularise nearly 18 thousand Bangladeshis staying in the southeast...
FE Report | 2022-07-24 00:00:00
Speakers at a seminar on Saturday said the country's pharmaceutical sector, which is meeting 98 per cent of its domestic demand, has the potential to become the next RMG in terms of export. They, however, said there are some challenges...
NEW YORK, July 23 (BBC): The monkeypox outbreak has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organisation (WHO).The classification is the highest alert that the WHO can issue and follows a worldwide upsurge in cases.It came at...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2022-07-24 00:00:00
Internet banking, which found a blessing in disguise during the pandemic-enforced restricted movements of people, now makes a quantum leap on an 81.5-percent turnover growth, year on year. As per latest official figures up till last May, the e-banking grew...
FBCCI mourns death of Deputy Speaker The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Deputy Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad Fazle Rabbi Mia. In a message of condolence, FBCCI...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Sylhet, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the...
Wasfia Nazreen has become the first Bangladeshi to scale Pakistan's K2, the second-highest mountain in the world, reports UNB.The 39-year-old Wasfia completed this mission with 11 other summiteers from different parts of the world, according to mountaineering guide company Elite...
Chittagong University (CU) authorities on Saturday expelled two of its students for their involvement in the sexual assault on a female student, report agencies.The decision was made during a meeting of the university's Board of Health, Residence, and Disciplinary Committee.The...
FE ReportDengue fever claimed one more life in the country in the past 24-hour until Saturday morning, taking the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease to six. Besides, 67 more dengue patients were hospitalised during the period, according to the...
Consumers in the areas under Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (DESCO) experienced load-shedding for over three hours on Saturday while those in the areas under Dhaka Power Supply Company Limited (DPDC) saw no power cuts, reports UNB.According to official sources,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the public servants to devote themselves to the welfare of the people who pay taxes for their salaries, comforts and luxuries, reports UNB. "All of you are getting salaries and perks from the...
Bangladesh Awami League (AL), the ruling political party, remembered Tajuddin Ahmad, the country's first Prime Minister and AL's General Secretary during the Liberation War, on the latter's 97th birthday on Saturday, reports UNB. AL paid homage to the late leader...
President M Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, different political parties and leaders expressed their shock and conveyed condolences at the death of Deputy Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad and valiant freedom fighter Advocate Fazle Rabbi Miah.Fazle Rabbi passed away at...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said BNP has proved that they are in deep political crisis through meetings with different so-called and lateral political parties, reports BSS."The whole world is now in crisis due to the...
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Saturday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) has been repeatedly highlighting the merits of EVMs with an 'ulterior motive' when most political parties are against its use in the national election, reports UNB. "During...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP is making its anti-state characteristics clear through its anti-AL activities, reports BSS."Being desperate, BNP has been continuing its conspiracy to tarnish the country's image abroad," he said in a...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday warned that Awami League will be ousted from power through a street movement if it fails to accept their demand for an election-time government, reports UNB.He also said there is no...
PARIS/MADRID, July 23 (Reuters): Orange and MasMovil have signed a binding agreement to combine operations in Spain in a deal valuing the merged entity at close to $19 billion, the two telecoms firms said in a statement on Saturday.The merger...
LONDON/TOKYO/NEW YORK, July 23 (Reuters): The global economy looks increasingly likely to be heading into a serious slowdown, just as the highest inflation in a generation prompts central banks to aggressively reverse the ultra-loose monetary policy adopted during the pandemic...
LONDON, July 23 (AFP): Indian steel giant Tata Steel said Friday it could close its major plant at Port Talbot in Wales unless it receives British government aid to help decarbonise production."A transition to a greener steel plant is the...
Sonali Bank Limited Retired Officers Kalyan Samity, Dhaka oragnised a programme marking Mujib Birth Centenary, golden jubilee of Bangladesh's independence, and a get-together of the retired officials at the Shilpakala Academy in the capital on Saturday. Ataur Rahman Khan MP...
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