KABUL, Aug 31 (Reuters): Celebratory fireworks lit up the Kabul sky on Tuesday night on the first anniversary of the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, which the Taliban are marking as 'Freedom Day'.The withdrawal, completed a minute before midnight...
LONDON, Aug 31 (Reuters): England is likely to experience longer, drier summers later this decade that could worsen the risk of droughts, according to British national forecaster the Met Office, which said the change was due to increasing climate change.Large...
BANGKOK, Aug 31 (AP): The passing of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored democracy to then-communist-ruled European nations, was mourned Wednesday as the loss of as a rare leader who...
LOS ANGELES, Aug 31 (AFP): A "dangerous" heat wave was taking hold of the southwestern United States Tuesday, with punishing temperatures expected for the next week.Forecasters said the mercury could reach as high as 112 Fahrenheit (44 Celsius) in the...
KYIV, Aug 31 (AP): United Nations inspectors made their way toward Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Wednesday, a long-anticipated mission that the world hopes will help secure the Russian-held facility in the middle of a war zone and avoid...
FE YOUTH DESK | 2022-09-01 00:00:00
The future of every nation rests upon building up its successors. Now more than ever, elevating our youth with the proper resources has become crucial to advancing in the globalised world. Communication and enterprise are essential to this passage. MIC-Make...
Shadya Naher Sheyam | 2022-09-01 00:00:00
Launching a startup has always been one of the most difficult and taxing jobs that one can do in Bangladesh. In addition to fighting against big brands, attracting customers to your brand, and creating a niche for your own brand,...
Rassiq Aziz Kabir | 2022-09-01 00:00:00
Masudur Rahman (pseudonym) graduated from a reputed public university in Bangladesh a few years ago. Like many people from the Bangladeshi urban middle class, Masud was fixated on the idea of having an aim in life from the onset of...
Providing daily essentials to 10 million families through the Trading Corporation Bangladesh (TCB) at a subsidised price was a laudable initiative. If we consider that each family consists of five members on average, at least 50 million people were supposed...
According to a news report, a total of 12 students of Rajshahi Collegiate School have been instructed not to attend their class for the next six months for their unruly behaviour. However, they will be allowed to appear in the...
Over the years, Bangladesh has showed substantial progress in reducing under-five child and maternal mortality rate. However, the death rate of newborns remains static in the country, which is a matter of concern for us. Our country has one of...
What's wrong with Mother Nature? Different parts of the world are facing the fury of climate change. A study shows fires are burning nearly twice as much forest as 20 years ago. Droughts are affecting cultivation in crop hubs of...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2022-09-01 00:00:00
No one has forgotten Chernobyl. There was, in 1986, the very real danger of the world getting caught up in a nuclear disaster when gas leaked from the plant. The danger set off by Chernobyl remains as potent today as...
On the first day of the second round of crackdown on unlicensed hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres, 92 such facilities were sealed off. After the first round of the drive in May-June, the health establishments that failed to avail of...
Mohammad Alauddin | 2022-09-01 00:00:00
Energy being the driver of economic growth and improving the quality of life, all the countries are eager to ensure energy security in order to sustain economic development, increase productivity and raise living standards. Energy security, said simply, is the...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-08-31 12:00:00
One more non-bank financial institution, styled Nagad Finance PLC, is being born to facilitate financial-inclusion initiatives through serving more unbanked people, officials say. The board of directors of Bangladesh Bank (BB) in a meeting held Tuesday at the central bank...
BRAC Bank has signed an agreement with mobile financial service provider upay recently, allowing BRAC Bank customers to transfer funds from Mobile App 'ASTHA' to their upay accounts, says a statement. Users can transfer up to Tk 50,000 to upay...
The High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of Hallmark Group chairperson Jasmine Islam in a graft case filed over embezzlement of nearly TK 86 crore from a bank, reports UNB.A division bench of justices Md Nazrul Islam Talukder...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-31 00:00:00
A female student of Titumir College died and a man was injured after a bus hit a motorcycle on Mayor Hanif Flyover at 12noon on Tuesday in the city's Jatrabari area. Police identified the deceased as Sadia Afrin Urmi (22),...
Experts think the government's decision to slash fuel prices by Tk 5 a litre after the 50 percent average hike 23 days ago will not help in the "slightest" to ease the lives of citizens.However, many experts believe it will...
The government is set to reduce public transport fares after the price of fuel oil was reduced by Tk 5 per litre, reports bdnews24.com.Road Transport and Highways Secretary ABM Amin Ullah Nuri said this Tuesday adding the government will hold...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh Recondi-tioned Vehicles Importers and Dealers Association (BARVIDA) has called for reducing rents at the Chittagong port following a rise in their business-operation cost in recent months.The request was made at a views exchange meeting between the Chittagong Port Authority...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (Agencies): Early estimates put the damage from Pakistan's recent deadly floods at more than $10 billion, its planning minister said on Monday, adding the world has an obligation to help the South Asian nation cope with the...
BAGERHAT, Aug 30 (UNB): The first unit of the Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant will go into commercial operation early October in a major stride in growing Bangladesh-India power sector cooperation, officials said.The unit-I of the 1320 (2x660) MW coal-fired...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-31 00:00:00
The High Court on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to take action against some culprits who sell fabrics and other raw materials imported under bonded-warehouse facility in the local market.It called for an investigation into corruption allegations against different companies...
Afghanistan's Rashid Khan (C) successfully appeals for a LBW dismissal against Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim (R) during the Asia Cup Twenty20 international cricket Group B match in Sharjah on Tuesday. Bangladesh scored 127 for 7. Chasing the target, Afghans were batting...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-31 00:00:00
Renowned economist Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya on Tuesday said the country's economy is now facing four clear-cut deviations, including poor private-sector investment. The other three deviations are poor resource mobilisation by the tax authority, low allocation in health and education sectors,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday made it clear that Bangladesh will never face an economic crisis like Sri Lanka as her government has been developing the country in a planned way, reports UNB."There is no use of making false...
Sonali Paper opens new product line Sonali Paper & Board Mills has started commercial production at its new product line, aluminum foil paper box unit. The company set up the new unit on its factory premises at Rupganj in Naraynganj....
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