ARAFAT ARA | 2022-08-13 00:00:00
Migrant workers received around Tk 64 million against their insurance claims in the last three years, according official data. The state-owned Jiban Bima Corporation (JBC) settled insurance claims made by 210 outbound Bangladeshi workers during the period of December 2019...
Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who was ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing, was attacked on stage at an event in New York on Friday and suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck, according to...
YASIR WARDAD | 2022-08-13 00:00:00
The real income of the coastal fishermen have gradually been declining, forcing them to live in hunger and debt only to make Hilsa available on the plate of the Bangladeshi households. The marginal coastal fishermen have gradually been a poorer...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-13 00:00:00
Local sugar refiners requested the government to ensure uninterrupted power supply to their units for continuing production of the item smoothly, officials said.The Bangladesh Sugar Refiners Association (BSRA) recently wrote a letter to the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) to take...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes and offered prayers at the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Tungipara on Friday, reports BSS.She paid tributes to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at his grave in...
Dhaka stocks retreat this weekStocks retreated this week to Thursday from the previous week's big gain as investors went defensive following the fuel oil price surge amid growing economic pressures. This week saw four trading days instead of five days...
Several teenagers are inhaling 'dundee', a solution used in pasting shoe leather, sitting right on the rooftop of a footbridge under the metro-rail viaduct at Purana Paltan in the city. The photo was taken recently — FE photo by KAZ...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh's key chemical export item--hydrogen peroxide--may see a trade boost as the Port of Singapore has lifted shipment restrictions prompted by a tragedy.PSA Corporation Ltd, the port authority of the island state, on August 10 lifted the embargo with immediate...
SEOUL, Aug 12: The heir and de facto leader of Samsung group received a presidential pardon Friday, the latest example of South Korea's long tradition of freeing business leaders convicted of corruption on economic grounds, reports AFP.Billionaire Lee Jae-yong, who...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2022-08-13 00:00:00
Agricultural-product export shines bright in Bangladesh's export basket with its proceeds crossing billion-dollar mark, insiders say, raising hopes for the country's overall external trade to see a boost.In the last fiscal year (FY) 2021-22, the agricultural goods and relevant processed...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2022-08-13 00:00:00
India is likely to remove anti-dumping duty on Bangladeshi jute-goods export next month over five years after the bigger trade partner had slapped the levy to plug the fibre shipments. The announcement may come during the New Delhi visit 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 and at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions with moderately...
Internet cables hanging from electric poles may cause a fatal accident any moment. The photograph was taken from Dilkusha area in the city on Friday — FE photo
DU 1st-year hons classes begin Sep 7The authorities of Dhaka University (DU) announced on Thursday that first year hon urs classes of the academic session 2021-22 will begin on September 7 (Wednesday). This decision was taken at the meeting of...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-13 00:00:00
A trader was stabbed to death by a mugger in the Uttara area in the capital early Friday. The deceased was identified as Sharif Ullah (45), a tiles businessman.An official of Uttara West Police Station told the FE that the...
An autorickshaw driver has died after a speeding car hit the three-wheeler in the city's Banani, reports bdnews24.com..The incident occurred near the Army Stadium around 2:00 am on Friday.The victim is 50-year-old Md Shahidul Islam.Two passengers on the autorickshaw, 45-year-old...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a man on charges of killing a doctor inside a hotel room in the city's Panthapath, reports bdnews24.com. The suspect, 31-year-old Rezaul Karim, had secretly married the victim two years ago after an...
The government plans to introduce a two-day weekly holiday in educational institutions across the country soon to save energy, said Education Minister Dipu Moni on Friday, report agenciesA two-day weekend is set to be introduced in 2023, she said. "We...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-13 00:00:00
The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) has asked the chief explosives inspector to take action against illegal filling stations across the country aimed at curbing irregularities.It has recently written to the authority concerned to take necessary steps in...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-13 00:00:00
Bus operators will face financial penalty if they realise extra fares from passengers by flouting the revised fare charts, said Chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) Nur Mohammad Mazumder."BRTA has taken appropriate measures to check extra fares allegedly being...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-13 00:00:00
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has called for the creation of a suitable environment to effectively utilise the huge population for the sake of the country's national development.One fifth of the total population of the country remains youth, but the unemployment...
Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna speaking at a discussion on fuel oil price hike at the Jatiya Press Club in the city on Friday. Jatiya Ganotantrik Party organised the event. — Focus Bangla
Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Friday said BNP is trying to set the stage for another "August 15," when Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members were assassinated in 1975, reports...
FENI, Aug 12 (UNB): At least 20 people were injured in a sporadic clash between activists of the ruling Awami League (AL) and opposition BNP during a protest rally of BNP in the Trunk Road area of the town on...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday warned the Awami League government will be washed away by a tsunami of public anger over what he called its 'fascist' rule, reports UNB. "Their (govt's) fall is inevitable as people...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) wants to make Bangladesh a failed state in a planned way through their ill-politics."If the AL workers come down to the street, the BNP men will not...
Johnson & Johnson will stop selling talc-based baby powder globally in 2023, the drugmaker said on Thursday, more than two years after it ended US sales of a product that drew thousands of consumer safety lawsuits, reports Reuters."As part of...
LONDON, Aug 12 (AFP): Britain's economy shrank in the second quarter, official data showed Friday, as the country heads towards recession under a new prime minister.UK gross domestic product dropped 0.1 percent in the April-June period after a rise of...
A road show was held in Chattogram on Thursday on the initial public offering (IPO) of the ICB AMCL CMSF Golden Jubilee Mutual Fund, says a press release.The mutual fund has been formed by the Capital Market Stabilisation Fund (CMSF)...
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