Syed Fattahul Alim | 2022-06-28 00:00:00
According reports, Bangladesh is witnessing a resurgence of the pandemic, Covid-19.The update of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says, in 24 hours till Sunday morning 1,680 people were found Covid-positive, while two people died of the disease. However,...
An unrelenting rise in the prices of rice for the past few months has forced the government to allow the import of the main staple at a reduced duty. The Ministry of Food has already issued a notification inviting the...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2022-06-28 00:00:00
Since the first ever United Nations (UN)-sponsored World Environment Conference was held in Stockholm in 1972, it has become an annual fixture in the calendar, observed in all member countries on June 5th, rotating the host and changing the theme...
Steel mill owners in parts of China are in a bad mood, Beijing-based commodities consultant Simon Wu said, reports CNBC.Steel inventories are slowly piling up in the warehouses of the country's biggest steelmaking hub, the northeastern city of Tangshan, as...
Sri Lanka increased the price of fuel by up to 22 per cent on Sunday after the energy minister warned it had virtually run out of petrol and diesel after several expected shipments were delayed, reports The Guardian .Kanchana Wijesekera...
ROME, June 26 (AFP): Air traffic is booming this summer, but after European vacations are over will passenger demand hold up?The question was the focus of the annual congress of the Airports Council International (ACI) Europe in Rome this week,...
SA Group of Industries celebrated the inauguration of Padma Bridge by cutting a cake at its Chattogram office on Saturday. Chairman of SA Group Shahabuddin Alam, Managing Director Sajjad Arefin and top officials of the company were present at the...
LONDON, June 26 (Reuters): Asian liquefied natural gas (LNG) spot prices continued its upward trend last week as fears of further market tightening following a major outage at a Freeport plant and reduced Russian gas flows to Europe pushed buyers...
The long-awaited Padma Multipurpose Bridge has opened to the public, but the flurry of vehicles streaming in and out of Dhaka has started to put a strain on traffic officers, reports bdnews24.com.Traffic Inspector Md Atik was on duty near the...
Flood claimed two more lives in Sherpur and Habiganj districts in 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the total fatalities to 84, reports UNB.Each of them died by drowning in floodwater, according to the Directorate general of Health services (DGHS).The...
Bangladesh reported two more Covid-linked deaths with 1,680 new infections in 24 hours till Sunday morning, reports UNB.The new figures took the country's total death toll to 29,140 while caseload to 19,65,173, according to the Directorate General of Health Services...
The government has urged all to pay toll to cross the newly opened Padma Bridge, reports BSS."All citizens have to pay tolls, fixed by the government, for crossing the Padma Bridge. People are being asked to cross the bridge by...
The government earned Tk 8.22 million in revenue through collecting tolls from vehicles crossing the Padma Bridge from 6am to 2pm on Sunday, as the long-awaited bridge became officially operational for the first time, reports UNB.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the Kuwait government to invest in Special Economic Zones of Bangladesh, reports UNB.She also urged the Middle Eastern country for recruiting more skilled and semi-skilled manpower from Bangladesh.The Prime Minister made the request...
FE Report | 2022-06-27 00:00:00
An oral cholera vaccination campaign targeting 2.4 million residents in the Dhaka city was launched on Sunday, aiming to protect people from the outbreak of the acute diarrheal disease.Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque inaugurated the country's largest-ever oral...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2022-06-27 00:00:00
Exuberance-fraught first-day traffic on the Padma bridge seemed unmanageable for heavy rush of enthusiastic sightseers and vehicles who couldn't check emotion of crossing the tamed mighty river sans ferry on the inaugural day.The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA), Highway Police, Ansar,...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh is expecting to get an extension of the preferences it enjoys in international trade after the country's graduation from the least developed country (LDC) status.Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh on Sunday expressed the hope based on the declaration of...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-27 00:00:00
It's high time the government shifted focus onto harnessing primary energy to avoid squandering forex on LNG imports and to ensure sustainable quality power supply at affordable prices, experts say.Terming primary-energy dearth a major problem in the country's power sector,...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-27 00:00:00
Local edible oil refiners have reduced the maximum retail price (MRP) of bottled soybean oil by Tk 6.0 to Tk 199 per litre.The Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and Vanaspati Manufacturers Association (BVORBMA) reduced the MRP of a five-litre soybean oil...
FE Report | 2022-06-27 00:00:00
Plying of motorbikes on the Padma Bridge has been restricted from 6:00 am today (Monday) for an indefinite period with the authorities concerned beefing up security and traffic compliance measures over the mega structure. To this effect, the Bridges Division...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-06-27 00:00:00
The central bank has pumped over US$7.0 billion into the country's overheated foreign-exchange (forex) market in around 11 months to defend exchange rate of the local currency against the greenback.A total of $7.34 billion has been sold from Bangladesh's forex...
YASIR WARDAD | 2022-06-27 00:00:00
The government is going to primarily permit private sector to import a maximum of 1.0 million tonnes of rice to cool down its price on the domestic market.Sources say the move comes after the slashing of rice-import duty to 25...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met...
Today (Monday) is the 11th death anniversary of Shafiur Rahman, former general secretary of "Shuddha Sangeet Proshar Goshthi".He joined the movement for promotion of classical music in the country, says a press release. Shafiur Rahman dedicated his life to the...
Bangladesh Coast Guard Director General Rear Admiral Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury, ndc, afwc, psc distributing relief items among flood-affected people in Sunamganj on Sunday — BCG photo
As the Mugda Medical College Hospital in the city has no separate Covid-19 unit, people with cold-related complications mingling with the general patients wait in the same queues to collect tickets to receive outdoor treatment. The picture was snapped on...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-27 00:00:00
The High Court is unhappy with the performance of the court-appointed Board of Directors of the People's Leasing and Financial Services Limited (PLFSL), a non-bank financial institution. In a recent order, the court said, "The Board of Directors (BoD) has...
TALHA BIN HABIB | 2022-06-27 00:00:00
The ongoing Boro procurement target this year might not be fulfilled as little quantity was procured compared to the target during the last nearly two months since its inception. Earlier, the government on April 28 started the procurement of Boro...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the students to keep pace with the modern era through acquiring knowledge of ever-evolving technology and science to take the country towards development and prosperity, reports UNB."You have to go with the...
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