Hasnat M Alamgir | 2022-09-03 00:00:00
The disasters including a fire incident that killed 112 workers and a factory collapse killing 1122 workers provoked widespread calls for improved workplace safety measures in Bangladesh's garment industry. It also focused global attention on the low wages, benefits, and...
Nostalgia is our reflection of cherished memories. Nostalgic memories typically involve family members, close friends, or loving partners. Smell, touch and music have all proven to evoke nostalgia and researchers at the University of Southampton have discovered that nostalgia is...
Dhaka College is well known to everyone as one of the leading educational institutions of Bangladesh. It was Dhaka College that once made Dhaka the heart of English education in East Bengal. Even now, it is one of the best...
The government has reportedly made a decision in principal that it would establish one medical college hospital in every district. We welcome this move since Bangladesh badly needs more physicians. The current doctor-patient ratio in the country is only 5.26...
Tanim Asjad | 2022-09-03 00:00:00
The authorities of public universities have utterly failed to protect their students, especially the newcomers in dormitories, from the torture and humiliation at the hands of leaders of the leading student wing. The leaders and selected activists of the student...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2022-09-03 00:00:00
Energy Adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury was candid when he recently told the press that it was better not to reduce the price of fuel oil as the international energy market is very unpredictable. The move made Monday (August 29) last week...
Corruption is so widespread in society and the administration that it has been accepted by the public as a fact life. Notwithstanding this, what a recent household survey conducted by the Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) on corruption in the government's...
Akhtar Husain Khan | 2022-09-02 12:00:00
Rochoita's recent book in memory of martyr Shaheed Badiul Alam Bir Bikram, titled Dipro Bodi, is an adroit bi-lingual publication of 384 pages. It is an addition to the burgeoning literature on liberation war and a testament to the fact...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-09-02 12:00:00
Women's outrageous persecution in all parts of the country has increased to such an extent that they have almost lost the strength to protest against the dastardly acts even feebly. Traditional retorts like 'maa bone naai?' have long faded out...
On September 2, 1945, at Hanoi's Ba Dinh Square, President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence proclaiming the birth of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam (now the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam). The Declaration, which demonstrates the...
People swarm a government-run sales point to buy rice at a subsidised rate in Azimpur area of Dhaka on Thursday. The government launched its Food-friendly Programme and started selling rice at Tk 30 per kg under the open market sale...
TAIPEI, Sept 1 (AFP): Taiwanese soldiers on a tiny islet just off China's mainland shot down an unidentified commercial drone on Thursday as a local tycoon vowed to train millions of "civilian warriors" to defend the island.It is the first...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-02 00:00:00
The High Court has reconstituted Destiny-2000's Board of Directors through appointing Justice Moyeenul Isalm Chow-dhury, a former judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court, as its new chairman in order to run the company properly. The court...
Bangladesh's Mehidy Hasan Miraz plays a shot during the Asia Cup Twenty20 international cricket match against Sri Lanaka at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Sent in to bat first, Bangladesh scored 183/7 — AFP
A man has died and at least 20 others were injured in clashes between BNP supporters and the police in Narayanganj, reports bdnews24.com.The violence stemmed from a rally to mark the BNP's founding anniversary on Thursday. Party leaders and activists...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-02 00:00:00
Sri Lanka is gradually getting back to normalcy after a prolonged economic crisis, and the country is now ready to attract investors in different sectors, representatives of a visiting business delegation told a media briefing in Dhaka on Thursday."We're having...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-02 00:00:00
The government is seriously thinking of subsidising diesel fuel for farmers during Boro season, agriculture minister Md Abdur Razzaque said on Thursday."If the Russia-Ukraine war prolongs and diesel price continues to surge globally," he said, "we have to find a...
NEW DELHI, Sept 01 (BSS): India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) today formally announced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's upcoming India visit taking place on September 5-8."I am happy to announce the visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India"....
DSEX surpasses 6,500 mark The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) crossed the 'psychological' threshold of 6,500 mark on Thursday after nearly four months as buoyant investors continued their buying spree on stocks amid high expectations. The market...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-02 00:00:00
The government reduced Thursday fares of water transport by Tk 15 paisa per kilometre after fuel prices were lowered by Tk 5 per litre.The ministry of shipping (MoS) issued a circular in this regard saying that the revised fares charts...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-09-02 00:00:00
The inflow of remittances crossed US$4.0 billion in the first two months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2022-23, following higher manpower export particularly to the Middle East counties."We expect that the existing trend in inward remittance will continue in...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2022-09-02 00:00:00
A move gets going to compile data about the nine essentials listed by the government to set their consumer-level prices, in a latest bid for cooling the overheated market.Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) is collating the market data ahead...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh is taking preparations to face the challenges, especially to overcome the possible trade barriers, in the post-LDC (least developed country) era, said Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary Sharifa Khan on Thursday.She also said there could be some challenges in...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-02 00:00:00
A new law entitled Public Debt Act 2021 gets through parliament with provisions easing local and foreign borrowings but punishing false information about investment in the national savings schemes.The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Thursday passed the bill on the act which...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2022-09-02 00:00:00
Laggard project-execution performance in Bangladesh's power sector, which is blamed for the current crisis, may make the World Bank toughen its stance on funding at an upcoming review, officials have said.The Bank has selected its financial-supported at least six energy-sector...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday underlined the need for taking preparation from right now to deal with the possible changes that would happen in the domestic and international labour markets as a result of the 4th industrial revolution (4IR),...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Met Office.The highest temperature in...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-02 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a High Court order that granted bail for six months to Destiny Group President and also former Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen (retd) Harun-Ar-Rashid who was sentenced to four...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2022-09-02 00:00:00
The inquiry committee, formed after the fatal accident at the BRT project's Uttara site, submitted its final report on Thursday, more than 15 days after the mishap, whose preliminary report held the project's Chinese contractor responsible.Neelima Akhter, additional secretary and...
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