FHM Humayan Kabir | 2022-09-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh now goes for building a new refinery after Eastern Refinery Ltd's lone outmoded unit proved incapable of refining crude to be imported for navigating the current oil crisis, officials have said.However, sources said Friday, the government is going to...
KHAGRACHHARI, Sept 02 (UNB): A leader of a Chittagong Hill Tracts-based political group was shot dead allegedly by his rivals in Guimara upazila of Khagrachhari on Friday. The dead is Angthoi Marma alias Agun (52) of the Guimara unit of...
Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed has for the first time spoken about the sanctions that were imposed on him by the United States for alleged human rights abuses during his time as chief of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB),...
Dhaka City South unit of Jubo League brought out a procession in front of its central office on Bangabandhu Avenue in the city on Friday, protesting attacks on police, and 'violence unleashed by BNP-Jaamat across the country' on Thursday —...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said it is not easy to build justice based democratic society in absence of debate, reports BSS."If society is to be formed based on justice, knowledge and reason, then debate has to prevail...
NARAYANGANJ, Sept 2 (UNB): BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged gunning down Jubo Dal activist Shaon Mahmud is like killing democracy.Talking to reporters after visiting Shaon's house in Narayanganj , he also said the government has...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has warned that if any violence is unleashed in the name of the movement, it will be resisted by the people, report agencies.The AL leader came up with the remarks while speaking at...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Met...
State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid along with other guests showing copies after unveiling the cover of the book titled 'Nazrul Sahityer Manimanjusha' at the BADC seminar hall in the city on Thursday Book on Nazrul's works launchedA book...
Ninety more people were hospitalised with dengue - a viral infection - in the 24 hours until Friday morning, reports UNB.Of them, 71 were admitted to the hospitals of Dhaka and 19 outside it, according to the Directorate General of...
Bangladesh reported one more Covid-linked death and 214 cases in 24 hours until Friday morning, reports UNB.With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,326 and caseload to 2,012,376, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).The...
Nazimuddin ShyamolCHATTOGRAM, Sept 02: Capital dredging of Karnaphuli River, the lifeline of Chittagong Port, will end next month as 95 per cent work of the nearly Tk 2.5 billion project was completed till late last month, officials said. The Chittagong...
FE REPORTA mobile team of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) in separate drives on Friday in the city fined two buses for realising extra fares from passengers. Earlier, the BRTA on August 29 last, reduced the bus fare in...
LGRD Minister Md Tajul Islam has said that no subsidy will be provided by Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Dhaka WASA) from now on. The minister also said that lower income people living in the city's slums will be...
SYLHET, Sep 02 (UNB): Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has urged all to strengthen Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina's hands to materialise the dream of Bangabandhu to build Sonar Bangla.Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had done everything for the nation that...
Jubair Hasan | 2022-09-03 00:00:00
The use and inflow of contraband drug Yaba continues to mount unabated despite various anti-narcotics measures of government agencies and different initiatives of non-government organisations, officials concerned have said. Worries have mounted over the rising addiction of the amphetamine-type stimulant...
LONDON, Sept 02 (BBC): The UK's former ambassador to Myanmar and her husband have each been sentenced to one year in prison by the country's military authorities.Vicky Bowman and Htein Lin, a former political prisoner, were charged with breaching immigration...
BANGKOK, Sept 02 (AP): A court in Myanmar on Friday sentenced the country's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years' imprisonment after finding her guilty of involvement in election fraud.The ruling adds more jail time to the 17...
NEW DELHI, Sept 02 (Express Tribune): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India's first home-built aircraft carrier on Friday, underlining his government's efforts to boost domestic production to supply a military deployed on two contentious borders.After 17 years of construction...
PARIS/LONDON/BERLIN, Sept 02 (Reuters): Europe is anticipating the prospect of Liz Truss as Britain's next prime minister with a mixture of irritation and unease: diplomats say that with the war in Ukraine and rampant inflation, the last thing they need...
ZAPORIZHZHIA (Ukraine), Sept 02 (Reuters): Ukraine and Russia traded accusations over each others' actions around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Friday as a team of inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog tried to check the safety of the facility...
HOUSTON, Sept 2 (Reuters): Exxon Mobil Corp and Shell Plc on Thursday confirmed the sale of their California oil joint-venture Aera to German asset manager IKAV for $4 billion, ending a 25-year-long partnership that was one of the state's largest...
The government has approved a proposal in principle for appointing service providing vendors for supplying, using Electronic Fiscal Devices (EFDs) and collecting information on realised VAT at the retail level in a bid to boost revenue collection, reports BSS.The approval...
NETROKONA, Sept 2 (BSS): Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Mustafa Jabbar said that there would be no place in the country without high-speed broadband internet connection after 2023."There will be no area in the country without high-speed broadband internet connection...
LONDON, Sept 2 (AP): Inflation in the European countries using the euro currency hit another record in August, fueled by soaring energy prices mainly driven by Russia's war in Ukraine.Annual inflation in the eurozone's 19 countries rose to 9.1%, up...
FE REPORTThe Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) on Wednesday fined Shohoz, a private online seller of railway tickets, Tk 0.21 million for selling a single ticket twice.The consumer rights agency imposed the fines during a mass hearing at...
BEIJING, Sept 2 (AFP): China's manufacturing activity dropped in August for the second month in a row, official data showed Wednesday, as strict zero-Covid restrictions and extreme heat hit growth.The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key gauge of manufacturing activity...
SMAC HRS Limited organised an event to open their Chattogram office at Hotel Agrabad in Chattogram on Thursday, says a press release.SMAC HRS is a concern of Snehasish Mahmud & Co., a firm of Chartered Accountants, which provides an end-to-end...
FE REPORTWherever income and expenditure of public money are involved, the Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh (CAG) has the authority to audit to ascertain the propriety, legality and validity of it.The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled it, saying that the...
Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) and Germen Development Agency (GIZ) have awarded BRAC Bank for its outstanding work in sustainable banking in 2021. BRAC Bank's Deputy Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer Md Sabbir Hossain received the award from...
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