The letters published on Page-5 in the Financial Express on July 19 were inadvertently reprinted. The oversight is regretted.
In Bangladesh, there are numerous patients who need timely blood transfusion. However, many are devoid of this life-saving intervention as they live in rural areas, where there are no blood banks. Blood bank is available only in big cities like...
Mobile phones are considered the easiest mode of communication. However, excess of everything has an adverse reaction. Nowadays, smartphone is a technological device that has become an inevitable part of our life. Even schools and other educational institutions are not...
According to the Transplant of Human Organ Act (amendment) 2018, a patient can obtain a kidney either from a 'near relative' or from a brain-dead patient, whose kin would agree to this. Around 5,000 kidney transplants are reportedly needed in...
Khawaza Main Uddin | 2022-07-20 00:00:00
Reports of price spiralling of essentials are common but road crashes, violence against vulnerable people, anomalies in education and healthcare sectors, and corruptions of different forms and proportions sometimes dominate the media coverage.However, the historic publicity campaign on the occasion...
Wasi Ahmed | 2022-07-20 00:00:00
No wonder that observance of the World Youth Skills Day is more of a formality here as elsewhere. The day passed this week with little or no fanfare. In fact, there is no need for ceremonial campaign to bring home...
To help the UN's effort to bring foodgrains of Ukrainian and Russian origin to the world market, the US government has reportedly exempted the production, manufacture or sale of agricultural commodities including fertilisers, agricultural equipment or medicine (of Russian origin)...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2022-07-20 00:00:00
Globalisation, in its bare bones form of movement of goods and people across geographical areas, is as old as civilisation. Borders between countries where they could be identified were porous and did not pose much of a barrier to such...
COLOMBO, July 18 (Reuters): Sri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickreme-singhe said on Monday that the country had almost concluded negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a day after he declared a state of emergency in the island nation."The acting...
The mild heatwave which is sweeping Rajshahi, Rangpur and Nilphamari districts may abate following showers in parts of country in the next 24 hours, Met office said Monday morning, reports UNB."Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary...
A worker carries rawhide of cattle sacrificed during the Eid-ul-Adha, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims, at a tannery in Savar, on the outskirts of capital Dhaka, on Monday — AFP
SLAMABAD, July 18 (BBC): Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has renewed his call for early elections after a stunning by-election upset saw his party take control of a crucial provincial assembly.His PTI party won 15 of 20 seats up...
LONDON, July 18 (Agencies): Britain and France went on heatwave alert on Monday facing record temperatures as southwest Europe wilted under a scorching sun and ferocious wildfires devoured more forests.Britain was on course for its hottest day on record on...
FE Report | 2022-07-19 00:00:00
India proposed to start a new cross-border train service between Dhaka and Kolkata through Darshana, while Bangladesh focused on improving train service on Chilahati-Holdibari route to strengthen connectivity with Nepal and Bhutan. The proposals came during a meeting between Railways...
An hour-long power load-shedding is set to begin today. A city resident is seen taking home a new IPS as a backup support during the planned power outage. The photo was taken in Arambagh area of Dhaka on Monday —...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2022-07-19 00:00:00
The government is set to revise the MRT-6 project for the second time, with an additional allocation of Tk 5.76 billion for consultancy services, officials said on Monday, despite a substantial amount of money already spent on the same component...
Junk stocks dominate top gainers' listJunk stocks kept gaining for the second straight session on Monday and featured in the top gainers' chart despite the heavyweight stocks kept losing. Only 12 issues closed green out of 382 issued traded on...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-19 00:00:00
Stocks witnessed yet another setback on Monday as jittery investors dumped their holdings to avoid further erosion of their portfolios amid fears over a possible economic recession ahead.The market saw a free-fall from the beginning of the session as the...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-19 00:00:00
The revenue board gives a detailed overview to the visiting mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on how it plans to meet the collection target this fiscal overcoming challenges.The government has set a Tk 3.70-trillion target for tax-revenue collection...
Siddique Islam | 2022-07-19 00:00:00
It comes as a bounteous bail-in for big borrowers as the central bank liberally relaxes loan- rescheduling liabilities trying to facilitate overall business activities in Bangladesh amid global crunch, extending time and slashing costs.Under the policy pats, time limit for...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2022-07-19 00:00:00
All the diesel-fired power plants in Bangladesh will remain shut from today under a new austerity measure to reduce diesel import and save foreign exchange.An area-based power outage will also be executed for a week initially, the government announced Monday...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office.It may also occur at...
Students of different educational institutions form a human chain at Joydebpur Railway Station on Monday to press home their six-point demand, including improvement of railway services on the Gazipur-Dhaka route — Focus Bangla
Sixty-six more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours until Monday morning amid a rise in the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), reports UNB.Among them, 44 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka. As many...
SYLHET, July 18 (BSS): Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Monday said the flood-affected SSC candidates in Sylhet and other areas will be provided with books by July 24.The minister also said necessary measures will be taken through respective educational...
India's Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande (right) pays a courtesy call on Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed at the Army Headquarters in the city on Monday — ISPR
The government is going to announce Panchagarh and Magura as the landless and homeless-free districts this week as all the landless families are being rehabilitated with modern abodes and lands there, reports UNB.A total of 52 upazilas in different districts,...
The government has plans to promote the health sector of the country aimed at providing the people with sustainable healthcare facilities.According to the election manifesto of the government, 100- bed cancer units are being established in 8 divisional hospitals, reports...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-19 00:00:00
The government has planned to vaccinate some 7.5 million people with booster and second doses during the countrywide special coronavirus immunisation campaign to be held today (Tuesday).The campaign will start at all government medical hospitals, specialised hospitals, district and Sadar...
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