OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-08-24 12:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 22: A team of policemen allegedly tortured two children after tying them to an iron pole and cut off hair of one of them on charges of theft in Chattogram city on Saturday night. Three constables from the...
DUBLIN, Aug 23 (Reuters): Ryanair on Tuesday nudged up its full-year forecast for passenger numbers after adding more flights to its UK winter schedule in response to cuts by IAG-owned rival British Airways.Europe's largest airline by passenger numbers expects to...
BENGALURU, Aug 23 (Reuters): India's e-commerce companies are adding delivery personnel at a rapid pace, fearing a labour shortage might cause them to lose out in one of the biggest annual shopping seasons that begins in earnest next month.The moves...
JAKARTA, Aug 23, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - Indonesia's central bank hiked its key interest rate Tuesday for the first time in nearly four years to combat rising inflation stoked by the Covid-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine.Bank Indonesia raised the policy...
Labourers are busy unloading fertilizer bags from a vessel at Aliganj in Narayanganj's Fatulla on Tuesday. This fertilizer will be supplied to other places in the district — FE photo
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-08-24 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 23: Thousands of residents, including women and children, of Jungle Salimpur in Chattogram blocked the Dhaka-Chattogram highway on Tuesday, demanding restoration of electricity supply in the area. The demonstrators put the barricade at Banglabazar Bypass point in the...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-24 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday questioned the legality of the government decision on refusing to give detailed information about who proposed whose names for the formation of the latest Election Commission (EC). The court issued a rule upon the...
Tea garden workers in Moulvibazar resumed strike Tuesday noon disobeying the decision of the leaders of Bangladesh Tea Workers Union, report agencies.The workers of 23 tea gardens in Habiganj's Lashkarpur Valley are pressing ahead with their strike to secure an...
Government officials and representatives from the private sector, academia, research institutes, and civil society from Bangladesh, Lao PDR, and Nepal, alongside the UN, have gathered in Bangkok, Thailand to attend a South-South Exchange on Preparing Smooth Transition Strategy (STS) for...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2022-08-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh government has requested the World Bank (WB) to confirm a budgetary-support loan worth US$1.0 billion and release the second tranche of a loan, approved earlier, expeditiously to help it navigate economic headwinds stemming from global turmoil, officials say.In a...
Stocks rally as turnover rises Stocks extended the winning streak for a sixth straight session on Tuesday, with turnover hitting a fresh seven-month high, thanks to higher participation of general investors. The market opened higher and the key index rose...
This mother sells betel leaf and water bottles, among other stuffs, to eke out a living, while her infant baby is sleeping right next to her on a plastic object used for a road divider. The photo was taken in...
The Election Commission (EC) decided Tuesday to use electronic voting machines instead of traditional ballot in maximum 150 constituencies out of 300 in the next general election.The decision came from a meeting of the election agency on Tuesday with Chief...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-24 00:00:00
Local refiners on Tuesday raised the maximum retail price (MRP) of soybean oil in both loose and bottled forms by Tk 9.0 and Tk 7.0 per litre respectively.Recently, the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) formally approved the new rates following a...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-24 00:00:00
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) managing director (MD) Tariq Amin Bhuiyan on Tuesday resigned from his position without completing his tenure.DSE chairman Md Eunusur Rahman has acknowledged the resignation of Mr Bhuiyan."His resignation letter came to my notice after Tuesday's evening,"...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-08-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) moves to take stern action against moneychangers involved allegedly in suspicious dealings, including money laundering, officials say, as drives are on to discipline forex market. Under the move, the intelligence agency of the country's financial...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-24 00:00:00
The government has issued a gazette finalising a 1,528-square-kilometre Detailed Area Plan (DAP) to ensure planned urbanisation in Dhaka and its adjacent areas.Housing and public works ministry published the gazette on Tuesday after a series of parleys with stakeholders.The DAP...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2022-08-24 00:00:00
Limited corporates turn cash cow for VAT as 110 large companies paid around half the aggregate value-added tax (VAT) collected by the revenue board last fiscal, out of over 0.3 million registered firms.The business biggies deposited the consumption tax worth...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Barishal and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office.It...
Bangladesh reported zero Covid death and175 new cases in 24 hours until Tuesday morning, reports UNB.While the country's total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,316, the new cases took its caseload to 2,010,323, according to the Directorate General of Health Services...
Shahazada Basunia, an official of First Security Islami Bank Ltd., has been awarded Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from English department of Islamic University (IU), Kushtia, says a statement. His dissertation was on "Viscount John Morley: A Critical Appraisal of His...
The US government has donated another 10 million (1 crore) doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh via COVAX to help the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare continue expanding vaccinations to teens and adults across the country, reports UNB.This...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-24 00:00:00
Students blocked the Banani-Gulshan road on Tuesday for about two hours demanding a 50 per cent discount on circular buses.Students of Banani Bidyaniketan School and College (BBSC) blocked the Banani road at the Kemal Ataturk Avenue (Kakoli to Natun Bazar)...
UNHCR has appealed for further investment from the international community to ensure Rohingya refugees can benefit from skills development, including vocational training and other forms of capacity-building for adolescent and adult refugees, reports UNB.This will allow refugees to support their...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-24 00:00:00
Investing in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) for employees in companies can ensure further prosperity in business and increase productivity, said a new global study that includes Bangladesh.The findings of the first-of-its-kind research, done by WaterAid and supported by HSBC...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-24 00:00:00
Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque on Tuesday expressed his deep concern over lower Aman output in the ongoing season due to a drought-like situation, higher costs of diesel and frequent power load-shedding.The next two weeks are very crucial when...
The by-election to Gaibandha-5 constituency that fell vacant following the death of deputy speaker Fazle Rabbi Miah will be held on October 12 with the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) instead of traditional ballot papers, reports UNB.The Election Commission...
FENI, Aug 23 (UNB): Prohibitory orders were imposed in Parshuram upazila of Feni on Tuesday in view of the Awami League's and opposition BNP's political programmes at the same place.Parshuram Upazila Nirbahi Officer Syeda Shamsad Begum issued a notice in...
BNP on Tuesday planned a two-day programme, including rally and discussion, to celebrate its 44th founding anniversary on September 1, reports UNB.BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programmes at a press briefing at the party's Nayapaltan...
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