Former Indian Foreign Secretary and G20 Chief Coordinator Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Tuesday said Bangladesh is a remarkable story in terms of growth and development, reports UNB.He highlighted the achievements and accomplishments made by the two countries over the last...
Makeshift shops have been set up encroaching upon a footpath and part of the adjoining road in front of the New Market in Dhaka, obstructing smooth movement of pedestrians. The photo was taken recently — FE photo
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
With no hope in sight to return to their homeland in Rakhine State of Myanmar, nearly one million Rohingyas, who fled to Bangladesh five years ago, are living an inhuman life in refugee camps.To date, not a single refugee can...
Munima Sultana | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
The cost of Padma Bridge is set to increase yet more at the fag-end of the project tenure due to unprecedented devaluation of local currency against US dollar and price escalation of construction materials over the contract price, project sources...
Profit taking halts stock rallyStocks slipped into the red on Wednesday, snapping a six-day gaining streak, as cautious investors rushed to lock in profits on quick-gaining issues during revised market hours. As per the newly revised schedule, trading on the...
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) has said that the contents of a news item under the headline of "Drafting laws bypassing FRC: Regulator Lodges Complaint against Accountancy Bodies" published on August 21, 2022 in the Financial Express...
Exhausted, this woman sits right on the road as she waits her turn to buy daily commodities at subsidised rates from a sales point run under Open Market Sales (OMS) programme in Fakirapool area of Dhaka on Wednesday noon. With...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
The High Court on Wednesday ordered 11 loan defaulters of the People's Leasing and Financial Services Limited (PLFSL) to surrender to the court their passport, or NID card if they don't have a passport. Among the 11 borrowers, two sisters...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh's forex dealers' body will fix market-driven exchange rate daily for overseas exchange houses, as the central bank is in a drive to enforce discipline in dollar dealings.Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association (BAFEDA) seeks active support of the central bank...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh has been tracked as one of the bottom-placed countries in attracting 'greenfield' foreign direct investment, as recorded in 2021, for factors like disharmonious regulations and profit-repatriation unease. According to Greenfield FDI Performance Index on global ratings, Bangladesh scored 0.30...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh is in discussion with Russia to procure crude and refined oils, the Russian envoy in Dhaka said Wednesday, as alternative trading arrangement is envisaged as a last resort amid a global crisis."A number of initiatives regarding the supplies of...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office.Day and...
The country reported three new Covid-linked deaths and 167 cases in 24 hours until Wednesday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), reports UNB.With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,319 while the caseload...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
A fire incident took place at an electronics showroom at Bijoynagar in the capital on Wednesday.A duty officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defense told the FE that the fire erupted at an electronics showroom located behind Hotel Ekkattor...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested on Wednesday two associates of former NRB Global Bank Managing Director (MD) Prashanta Kumar Halder (PK Halder).The arrestees are Sharmin Ahmed (47) and Tania Ahmed (37), daughters of Khabir Uddin, a close associate of PK...
TESOL Society of Bangladesh, a voluntary association aiming at developing professional skill of English language teachers, announced its new committee for the year 2022-2023 at its second annual general meeting (AGM) held recently in the city, said a press release.Founding...
Another 165 dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours until Wednesday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), reports UNB.Among them, 125 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka while 40 in other places, it said.As...
Health Minister Zahid Malek on Wednesday said the annual death toll from tuberculosis in Bangladesh has come down to 40,000, half the figure 10 years ago, reports UNB. "Ten years ago, up to 80,000 people died of tuberculosis (TB) every...
Former election commissioner Mahbub Talukdar passed away at a city hospital on Wednesday. He was 80, reports UNB.He was appointed as an election commissioner along with three other election commissioners and a chief election commissioner in 2017 for five years.He...
A group of civil society leaders on Wednesday said the international community, including the United Nations, has completely failed to exert effective pressure on Myanmar to take back the Rohingyas to their homeland. They said it in an online discussion...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
The anti-corruption efforts should start from the place where it is easier to enforce the rule of law so that the experience can be transitioned later to other sectors prone to graft, said a British-Bangladeshi economist on Wednesday.Despite a common...
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (personal) of Bangladesh Navy Rear Admiral Md Mozammel Haque along with others attends Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HARD) workshop-2022 in the city on Wednesday — ISPR
FE REPORT | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
Services of Dhaka Nagar Paribhan (Dhaka city bus transport) and that of metro rail will be coordinated to ensure quality services for the commuters, said Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Wednesday. "Shahbagh is...
World Bank's outgoing Country Director Mercy Miyang Tembon pays a farewell call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganobhaban in the city on Wednesday — PID
A day after granting bail, the High Court on Wednesday revoked the bail order of suspended ACC director Khandaker Enamul Basir in a bribery case, reports UNB.The HC bench of Justice Md Ashraful Kamal passed the order.Advocate Faruk Alamgir Chowdhury...
BRAHMANBARIA, Aug 24 (BSS): Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq today said local conspirators killed Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with most of his family members to make Bangladesh known as a beggar country...
RANGAMATI, Aug 24 (UNB): A 34-year-old man was killed in a gunfight between the activists of Jana Sanghati Samity (JSS) and United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) at Kattoli Tripurachhara in Rangamati on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday.The deceased was identified...
Prime Minister's ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy said BNP leader Tarique Rahman had a meeting with the planners and enforcers of the blast at Hawa Bhaban prior to August 21 grenade attacks in 2004, reports BSS.He said this on a...
BNP on Wednesday turned down the Election Commission's (EC's) decision to use Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in up to 150 seats in the next general election, saying the move was taken as per the government's desire to help it retain...
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