Patients, mostly children, remain admitted at the icddr,b in Dhaka's Mohakhali on Sunday. The health facility sees a spike in the number of patients, having fever and diarrhoea, due to the ongoing heat wave that has been sweeping over the...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday urged the political parties to stay in the election field saying that the Commission will fail if all political parties don't cooperate with it, reports UNB."You must have a concerted effort....
LONDON, July 17 (AFP): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government stood accused Sunday of failing to take seriously an impending heat emergency as forecasters warned that lives were at risk.Johnson missed a crisis ministerial meeting in Downing Street Saturday while...
Monsoon means the season of heavy downpour for days together.But this year's monsoon is largely dry with a heat wave sweeping across the countryGenerally, the monsoon in Bangladesh prevails from early June to mid-October but by mid-July this year the...
Vehicles are making a U-turn at a U-loop on the main thoroughfare in Tejgaon industrial area of Dhaka, blocking smooth movement of other vehicles on the same side of the road. Such U-loops, which are meant for easing traffic congestion,...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-18 00:00:00
Four people died from Covid-19 and 900 new virus cases were reported in Bangladesh on Sunday.The figures were comparatively lower than that of five and 1,007 respectively on Saturday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).With the latest...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-18 00:00:00
Local jewellers on Sunday decided to reduce the gold price in tune with the trend in international market.As per the decision, to be effective from today (Monday), per gram 22-carat hallmarked gold will be sold at Tk 6,620, which was...
FE Report | 2022-07-18 00:00:00
Local drug firm Globe Biotech Limited (GBL) has finally got the much-expected approval from the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) to start human trial of its homegrown Covid-19 vaccine 'Bangavax'. Confirming the development, sources at the DGDA said the...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-18 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Sunday withdrew the interest rate ceiling on non-resident foreign currency deposits (NFCDs) to raise the inflow of foreign currency into the country and ease the ongoing pressure in the foreign exchange market.The central bank had...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-18 00:00:00
The United States has not imposed sanctions on the production, manufacturing, sale, or transport of agricultural commodities including fertiliser, agricultural equipment, or medicine involving Russia, said spokesperson of the US embassy in Bangladesh on Sunday, quoting a fact sheet of...
Munima Sultana | 2022-07-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh Railway (BR) will conduct a vibration test first before starting the rail track placement work on the lower deck of the Padma Bridge.The test is expected to give an understanding whether the bridge can absorb the vibrations to be...
Tamim announces T20 retirementEnding all speculations, Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal finally announced his retirement from the T20 International cricket. He will continue to play ODI cricket, a format in which he is the captain now and Test format. Page 15Stocks...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-18 00:00:00
The government has reduced the maximum retail price (MRP) of bottled edible oil by Tk 14 to Tk 185 per litre.The Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and Vanaspati Manufacturers Association has agreed to reduce the MRP of a five-litre soybean oil...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-18 00:00:00
A delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) met Senior Secretary of Ministry of Commerce (MoC) Tapan Kanti Ghosh at his secretariat office in the capital on Sunday.The delegation met him to know about the government's preparedness for Bangladesh's graduation...
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations which were postponed due to flood will begin on September 15, Education Minister Dipu Moni said on Sunday, reports UNB.Dipu Moni revealed this information at a press briefing at the Secretariat."We...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2022-07-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh petroleum agency weighs dos amid a downturn in international prices of petroleum products for the past several days following OPEC's bearish forecast on global oil demand for next year.Officials say the state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is now counting...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2022-07-18 00:00:00
Dhaka will not incur financial loss due to the crash of a Ukrainian plane in Greece on Saturday, which was carrying arms consignment for Bangladesh, as the cargo was insured, high-ups in the foreign ministry said.Serbia's Defence Minister Nebojša Stefanovic...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-07-18 00:00:00
Government bank borrowings nearly tripled in the past fiscal, partly being pushed by need for financing budget deficit, officials say, raising its debt liability. Its aggregate net bank borrowings rose to Tk 727.49 billion as on June 30 last from...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office.Mild...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-18 00:00:00
The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) collected Tk0.7 million in fine from 48 business entities during separate drives across the country on Sunday. Several mobile teams of the DNCRP led by its 25 officials carried out the drives...
FE Report | 2022-07-18 00:00:00
Developing youths with new generation skills and their institutional recognitions are essential for the country to tap the potentials of demographic dividend, speakers at a discussion on Sunday said.They said that these are also vital to achieve the development goals...
A five-day director general (DG)-level border conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) began in the city on Sunday, reports UNB.Security issues like border killing; drugs, arms and ammunition; women and child trafficking; gold smuggling,...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-18 00:00:00
Two more people died from dengue, and 53 people were hospitalised with the viral infection in the last 24 hours ending at 8:00 am on Sunday as cases are creeping up again in Bangladesh.The country's first death this year from...
FE Report | 2022-07-18 00:00:00
The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) plans to divide the city into 10 zones and set water prices on area and customer-wise.DWASA came up with the plan at a function held at a city hotel on Sunday while...
After a lawmaker and an Upazila Parishad chairman came to blows over a proposed committee for a local Awami League unit, their supporters were locked in violent clashes in Cumilla's Debidwar upazila, leaving at least 15 people injured, reports bdnews24.com.On...
A Dhaka court has set July 24 for hearing in a graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and 17 others, reports BSS.Judge Ali Hossen of Dhaka Special Judge Court-3 fixed the date after a charge framing hearing was held...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud speaking at a discussion organised by Swapna Foundation at the Jatiya Press Club in the city on Sunday, marking Sheikh Hasina's Imprisonment Day — Focus Bangla
FE Report | 2022-07-18 00:00:00
Leaders of Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal (M-L) have distributed relief items among the flood-hit people in Osmani Nagar upazila of Sylhet district.They gave five kg rice, one kg pulse and one litre cooking oil to each family on Friday and Saturday,...
Police has filed a charge-sheet against 10 Jamaat men, including its secretary general Mia Golam Parwar, in a case lodged under Anti-Terrorism Act, reports BSS.Investigation agency Detective Branch (DB) of police submitted the charge sheet to Dhaka Anti-Terror Special Tribunal...
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