Gardening has a number of advantages. But the one we often miss out is that it can actually benefit our mental health, especially if this garden is something we have nurtured ourselves. According to a new study, gardening has therapeutic...
Eco-entrepreneurship, or ecopreneurship, is a business behaviour adopted by people who want to create a green business. In other words, it is a way to contribute to sustainable development while making profit. Ecopreneurs conduct businesses according to sustainable ideas and...
As a nation, we have failed to protect our children and exposed them to violence from a young age. A significant number of children in work is itself evidence of our failure to ensure a good upbringing and development of...
Wasi Ahmed | 2022-08-31 00:00:00
Consumer rights believed to be imbedded in the basic human rights of the citizens emerged more as a functional necessity than a topic of academic discussion. In our case, unfortunately, it is the latter that appears to be the case,...
Projects under the Annual Development Programme (ADP) in Bangladesh are traditionally dogged by their chronic failure to meet the timelines for implementation. As a result, not surprisingly, revision, often a euphemism for cost escalation, follows as a corollary. What happens...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2022-08-31 00:00:00
Two months back in Geneva, the trade ministers of different countries of the world sealed a deal on advancing global trade with less restrictions and more transparent rules. It was the 12th ministerial conference (MC12) of The World Trade Organisation...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-08-30 12:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 29: A day-long free medical camp was held by GPH Ispat Limited yesterday (Sunday) for the women of Kumira, Sitakund and its adjoining areas. Hundreds of helpless, poor women from the surrounding villages have been given free treatment...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-08-30 12:00:00
Saying that the government is not doing enough to bail the nation out of the ongoing economic deadlock may be viewed by many as a travesty of truth. But it's not a distortion of facts. Thanks to the administration's compulsion...
Students are buying sour Pomelo and Hog Plum mixed with mustard sauce from a van parked on the road in front of the Willes Little Flower School and College at Kakrail in Dhaka on Monday. Though the seasonal fruits are...
Bangladesh reported zero Covid death and 243 new cases in 24 hours until Monday morning, reports UNB.While the country's total fatalities remained unchanged 29,323, the new numbers took its caseload to 20,11,560, according to the Directorate General of Health Services...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-08-30 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 29: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against 11 people on Monday, including Managing Director (MD) of Padma Bank Limited Faisal Ahsan Chowdhury, on the charge of loan forgery in Chattogram.Assistant Director of ACC Chattogram Integrated District...
A bill aimed at bringing the country's growing elderly population under a universal pension scheme was introduced in the Parliament on Monday, reports UNB.Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal placed the Universal Pension Management Bill, 2022 in the House. It was...
The country's petrol pump owners have postponed their token strike planned for August 31 until September 13, reports UNB.The leaders of Bangladesh Dealers, Distributors, Agents and Petrol Pump Owners Association made the announcement following meeting with Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC)...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-30 00:00:00
The High Court on Monday allowed an application filed by the Board of Directors of the People's Leasing and Financial Services Limited (PLFSL), a non-bank financial institution, to refund money to the 582 depositors who are now leading a vulnerable...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-30 00:00:00
The Ministry of Commerce is set to hold a meeting with the stakeholders today (Tuesday) to devise strategies on how to keep the prices of essential items stable in the market. The meeting with traders and trade bodies will review...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-30 00:00:00
Edible salt could be imported following domestic production shortage in order to stabilise the market, Bangladesh Competition Commission gave such an order in the judgment of a case on Monday."In that perspective, there is a need to calculate actual demand,...
YASIR WARDAD | 2022-08-30 00:00:00
Traders get until September to open letters of credit (L/Cs) for importing 1.06-million tonnes of rice until September as only 25 per cent have been opened so far.Food ministry earlier fixed August 29 as the L/C opening deadline, which has...
Tigers face Afghans today in Asia CupBangladesh vowed to make a winning start to their T20 Asia Cup journey when they take on Afghanistan in their opening match at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium today (Tuesday). The match which starts at...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-30 00:00:00
India is holding another trial run of its ships this week using Chittagong Port - to check readiness for starting regular transhipment of cargoes to and from Kolkata and the north-eastern states using Bangladeshi ports, officials said.Under the fresh round...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-30 00:00:00
The government reduced the prices of diesel, octane, petrol and kerosene by Tk 5.0 per litre on Monday - after the National Board of Revenue (NBR) slashed import tax and advance income tax (AIT) on oil import.The new oil prices...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-08-30 00:00:00
Credit flow into Bangladesh's private sector has been on the up and up pushed by rising demand, particularly for trade financing, sources say on a cautious note about a possible side-effect. The upturn is evident in July findings that also...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-30 00:00:00
Some 35 non-compliant and unauthorised healthcare facilities were sealed off on the first day of countrywide crackdown on the errant hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres, officials said.The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) launched Monday the drive as part of...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-30 00:00:00
Transparency in Bangladesh's budget-making process continues to deteriorate, slipping to the lowest stand in the subcontinent as per a latest revelation on global rankings.In the 8th edition of Open Budget Survey (OBS), 2021, sponsored by the Washington-based International Budget Partnership...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office.Day and night...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-30 00:00:00
Department of Environment (DoE) carried out a drive against cars using hydraulic horns in the capital on Monday. An executive magistrate of DoE led the drive on the road adjacent to Bangladesh Secretariat. During the drive, 16 cars were fined...
The government will appeal against the High Court's ruling that police would require no prior permission to arrest government officials in criminal cases.This was stated by Farhad Hossain, state minister for public administration, in Parliament on Monday, reports UNB.In its...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-30 00:00:00
Improving trade and transport connectivity between India and Bangladesh, as well as other neighbouring countries can be a game-changer not only for the two countries but also for the entire region, said Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami,...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-30 00:00:00
Country's rice exporters fear losing the international market of aromatic rice as different neighbouring countries are trying to take control over the Bangladeshi fragrant rice market due to a ban on export of the scented rice by the government.In this...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed an appeal before the High Court seeking the cancellation of the bail granted to expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a money laundering case, reports UNB.Advocate Khurshid Alam, a counsel of...
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