This elderly artist is busy painting a sari at a boutique shop at the New Market in Dhaka. Such hand-painted saris are popular among a particular group of customers. The photo was taken recently — FE photo by Shafiqul Alam
Ismail Hossain The once-hyped-up mobile number portability (MNP) service has lost its demand, and the number of its users has decreased drastically due to lack of regulatory support and awareness. The number of MNP service users has decreased to almost...
Stocks rebound amid optimismThe market rebounded this week to Wednesday, paring some losses from the previous week, as investors put fresh funds on stocks amid optimism following the central bank's move to stabilise the foreign exchange rates. All three trading...
REZAUL KARIM and YASIR WARDAD | 2022-08-20 00:00:00
Prices of lentil and sugar increased 40 per cent and 25.35 per cent respectively in the local market in the last one year even though global prices of such goods have decreased. The data have been obtained from a Bangladesh...
Our Correspondent | 2022-08-20 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 19: Chittagong port, the prime seaport of the country, has advanced three steps in a year to become the world's 64th-busiest port. The latest 2022 edition of Lloyd's List's One Hundred Ports was published on Friday. The list...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2022-08-20 00:00:00
Galloping prices of goods erode real wages in Bangladesh amid surging inflation over the last few months, analysts say while low-paid workers press for pay rise.Stymied growth in the wage rate index (WRI) compared to higher inflation rate affects the...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2022-08-20 00:00:00
With an international agency playing the go-between, Bangladesh starts negotiation with a Saudi Arabian firm to run the newly-built Patenga Container Terminal (PCT) off the Chattogram seaport, officials say. If the negotiation with the Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) company...
Freedom Fighter Lt Col Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir (Retd) Bir Protik, Aziz AI Kaiser and Ms Yasmin Kamal, members of Board of Trustees of NSU and Prof Atiqul Islam, NSU Vice-Chancellor, among others, attend a discussion and doa mahfil organised...
Light to moderate rain/showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions and at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh & Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy...
DU CorrespondentDhaka University (DU) affiliated 7 colleges' admission test of Arts and Social Science unit was held on Friday.The test was held from 11am to 12am with total marks 120, said a press release.A total of 38,644 students applied against...
Two fishermen died and two others went missing after a trawler carrying 16 fishers capsized amid a heavy storm in the Bay of Bengal on Friday, police said, report agencies.The capsize occurred adjacent to Nijhum Dwip in Hatiya upazila of...
Silvia Mim paid Tk 1.57 million to enrol at CARe Medical College in Dhaka's Mohammadpur. During the next five years, she paid Tk 8,000 every month as tuition fees. Now, she has joined her disgruntled peers in protesting against a...
Fifty-four more people were hospitalised with dengue - a viral infection - in the 24 hours to Friday morning, reports UNB.Forty-six new patients were admitted to the hospitals of Dhaka and eight outside it, according to the Directorate General of...
A Dhaka court has placed 10 people on different terms of remand in a case lodged over the death of five people after a girder of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project crashed on a private car in the city's...
After completion of the work of the first-ever elevated metro rail, now technicians erecting metal bar fenches on both sides of the road divider under the rail infrastructure. The photo was taken from the city's Mirpur-10 on Friday — Focus...
FE REPORT Egg prices eventually showed a downslide in the capital's kitchen markets on Friday, to a substantial relief of the general consumers, one week after reaching its culmination.The FE correspondent found a dozen of eggs selling at Tk 145-Tk150...
Jatiya Ganotantrik Party (JAGPA) organises a human chain programme in front of the National Press Club in the city on Friday protesting against the hike in prices of fuel oil and essential commodities and load-shedding — Focus Bangla
GOPALGANJ, August 19 (BSS): Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Friday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his grave at Tungipara in Gopalganj.After laying the wreath, the foreign...
State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Fazilatun Nessa Indira on Friday said Bangladesh is a shining example of secularism, reports BSS."Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman established a non-communal Bangladesh by liberating the country through a long...
GOPALGANJ, Aug 19 (UNB): Leaders of Bangabandhu Foundation on Friday paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his grave at Tungipara in Gopalganj.Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, president of Bangabandhu Foundation, along with other leaders...
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 19 (BSS): Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud urged the people from all walks of life to remain vigilant about communal instigators so that none can destroy the country's communal harmony."Bangladesh was born as a non-communal state...
PIROJPUR, Aug 19 (BSS): Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Friday said Sheikh Hasina is the safe haven for all religious people as the Prime Minister ensured their rights through an amendment to the constitution."Once upon a time,...
Our Correspondent | 2022-08-20 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 19: BNP standing committee member and former minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said they cannot oust the incumbent Awami League government by delivering their speeches, but people can topple the government through their movement. "Nothing will happen even...
Questioning whether the Awami League government has been in power at the 'mercy' of India, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday demanded an explanation on the foreign minister's recent statement on seeking India's backing to keep PM...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said the Awami League has never requested India to provide the party with support to stay in power, reports UNB."The Awami League has never requested India to provide support to us to...
European mkts close lower European markets closed lower Friday, tracking global uncertainty as investors chart the course for monetary policy and continue to digest corporate earnings reports. The pan-European Stoxx 600 provisionally ended 0.8% lower, with travel and leisure stocks...
The Indian equities indices ended over 1 per cent lower on Friday weighed by a fall in market heavyweight Reliance Industries (RIL) and financial stocks, reports indianexpress.com. The S&P BSE Sensex crashed 651.85 points (1.08 per cent) to end at...
Asia-Pacific markets were mostly flat on Friday against an also muted Wall Street looking to revive its recent market rally, reports CNBC.It was largely negative territory for mainland China markets. The Shanghai Composite fell 0.59 per cent to 3,258.08 while...
SHANGHAI, Aug 19 (Reuters): Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co will start public trading next Monday, the company said, after raising roughly $1.6 billion in the biggest initial public offering (IPO) on Shanghai's tech-focused STAR Market so far this year.The Chinese...
In a first in Bangladesh banking industry, BRAC Bank has introduced an automated system where the customers can confirm clearing cheque through Interactive Voice Response (IVR), says a statement.This will make clearing cheque confirmation easy, fast and hassle-free with just...
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