Mental agony of university admission seekers

Tahsin Tasnia SimiUniversity is a time for finding oneself, meeting like-minded people, and enriching one's skills and knowledge. As a matter of fact, it can be considered a crucial stepping stone for one's career. Hence, having a successful university admissions...

Taking the unconventional route in a crowded city

What exactly makes a business's success noteworthy? In an era where everyone hops on the bandwagon, is it really possible to take a different route? The industry of digital marketing agencies will make you believe that it is the gap...

Tigers to face all ICC full members in next FTP

In the next cycle of the ICC Men's Future Tour Programme (FTP), Bangladesh will take on all full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the new FTP published by the ICC revealed, report agencies. The next FTP will start...

Recovering laundered money through CRS

The tax authorities in various countries utilise Exchange of Information (EOI) agreements for cross-border sharing of taxpayer information. This exchange can be of two types: on request; and voluntary or spontaneous. The latter or Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) is...

Incumbent Pak government's predicament

When Imran Khan was in power, the economy of Pakistan faced the biggest shock. The rampaging Covid-19 pandemic across the world sent its economic growth into the negative territory. As soon as the pandemic subsided, the economy started to recover....

Minister raps traders for jacking up prices

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Wednesday slammed traders for irrationally increasing the prices of essential items in the local market on excuse of the increased prices of fuel oils and sharp depreciation of local currency against the US dollar.He said...

Tea workers to continue agitation

FE REPORTTea workers of the country Wednesday vowed to continue their ongoing agitation as no decision about fulfilling their various demands, including a wage hike, came from a tripartite meeting which continued till filing this report at around 10pm on...

Push for enhanced support for CMSME financing

The central bank's key focus is to control both the imports and inflation and promote local production for generating employment and for this it has announced new Credit Guarantee Scheme (CGS) on Refinancing against Term Loan of Tk 250 billion...

Zero Covid death, 212 new cases

Bangladesh reported zero Covid death and 212 new cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, reports UNB.With the latest numbers, Bangladesh's total fatalities remained static at 29,314 while the caseload rose to 2,009,434, according to the Directorate General of Health...

Govt's hard line against non-compliant China cos

The government may get tough with the two non-compliant Chinese companies working in the BRT (bus rapid transit) infrastructure project.The development comes hot on the heels of Monday's fatal accident that left five members of a family dead on the...

HC issues rule for Tk 50m compensation

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday issued a rule upon the concerned bodies of the government to explain as to why they should not be directed to compensate Tk 50 million to the family of five people who were crushed...

HC questions legality of DWASA MD's job

The High Court (HC) questions the legality of holding the position of managing director and CEO of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) by Engineer Taqsem A Khan.It also raised a question of paying him Tk 0.625 million in...

No more power usurpation through arson attack: Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Wednesday gone are the days to assume the state power through arson terrorism and bombing as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) would be resisted on the street, reports BSS."There will be...

Rationing edible oil also soon

The government approves procurement of 12.25 million litres of soybean oil at Tk 2.05 billion for rationing by the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) to cool the overheated market.Huge fertiliser import and local procurement are also approved to keep the...

Rohingya must go home to Myanmar

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reiterated her call to Myanmar to take back home the country's more than one million Rohingya nationals from their temporary shelter in Bangladesh, reports UNB."The Rohingyas are the nationals of Myanmar and they have...

Bangabandhu dreamt of an exploitation-free Bangladesh

Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman dreamt of an exploitation-free and economically-developed Bangladesh, participants told a discussion in the capital on Wednesday. They observed that the August 15, 1975 carnage was part of a conspiracy by the local...

Briefing 18-08-2022

Stocks extend gains for third straight dayStocks extended the winning streak for a third straight session on Wednesday amid increased participation of investors. The day's session opened on an upward trend and the benchmark equities index rose about 37 points...

BB widens buy-sell spread to Tk 1.50

Moneychangers can now profit more as the central bank widened the spread between selling and buying rates of cash dollar to Tk 1.50, in a shifting stance for managing the frantic forex market.The little higher margin was announced Wednesday at...

BD people's calorie intake to drop 17pc by 2030

The calorie intake of Bangladeshi people might decline by 17 per cent within 2030 due to climate change-induced extreme weather events, which have gradually been rising in the region, a latest study revealed.It also said the number of people at...

ILO, FBCCI ink deal on workplace safety in ten sectors

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) will jointly work to boost health and workplace safety in ten priority sectors across the country. The sectors are electronic and electrical, chemical, plastic,...

National dialogue crucial ahead of elections

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday stressed the need for a national dialogue ahead of elections "to prevent grievances from building and erupting in social unrest." "There needs to be space for more dialogue among political...

Non-tax revenue notches down

Non-tax revenue (NTR), the second-biggest source of government revenues, contracted more than 33 per cent in ten months to last April, with its impact on total resource mobilisation in the last fiscal. Sources say lesser-than-targeted collection of fees and receipts...

The officers who took part in the National Defence Course 2022 exchanging views with senior defence

The officers who took part in the National Defence Course 2022 exchanging views with senior defence secretary Golam Md Hasibul Alam at the Ministry of Defence at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city on Wednesday — ISPR

Mosharraf Hossain's 8th anniversary of death today

Today (Thursday) is the eighth death anniversary of Muhammad Mosharraf Hossain, a renowned industrialist, social worker and politician, says a press release.He was elected as a member of parliament from Feni-3 constituency three times.Mosharraf Hossain was also the president of...

Janmashtami today ----

The Hindu community of the country will celebrate Janmashtami, marking the birth of Lord Krishna, today (Thursday) with due religious fervour, reports UNB. According to Hindu religion, Lord Vishnu incarnated in the universe as Lord Krishna in the prison of...

Acute gridlock cripples city

FE REPORTSevere traffic congestion paralysed most of the key roads in the capital on Wednesday afternoon, causing immense sufferings to commuters.Important roads in the areas like Paltan, High Court, Matshya Bhaban, Shahbag, Farmgate, Tejgaon, Mogbazar, Kakrail, Jatrabari, Mirpur, Bijoy Sharani,...

Amend laws, enforce those strictly to curb sound pollution

FE ReportSpeakers at a discussion on Wednesday urged the government to amend the existing laws and enforce those strictly to control sound pollution, as Dhaka has been ranked as the noisiest city in the world.They also suggested the Department of...

HC clears way for Labour Court proceedings against Prof Yunus

The High Court on Wednesday cleared way for Labour Court to continue its proceedings of a case filed against Nobel laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus and three others on charge of violating the labour law. The High Court has discharged...

Local fruits get dearer amid price hike of imported ones

Locally produced fruits become dearer for commoners after price hike of imported fruits amid imposition of regulatory duty and 100 per cent cash margin on letter of credit (LC) opening.Such contractionary measures by the government to save foreign currency led...

Five JMB men to die for bomb attack on Ctg Navy mosques

A tribunal has sentenced five activists of banned Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death in a case filed for the 2015 bomb attack on two mosques at the Bangladesh Navy's Issa Khan Base in Chattogram, report agencies.Judge Abdul...