PESHAWAR, Aug 07 (AP): Gunmen shot dead four people including two police in northwestern Pakistan in an attack targeting a provincial lawmaker from former Prime Minister Imran Khan's political party, police said.Lawmaker Malik Liaqat Khan - no relation to Imran...
BEIJING, Aug 07 (AFP): China is set Sunday to wrap up its largest-ever military exercises surrounding Taiwan after a controversial visit to the self-ruled island by US leader Nancy Pelosi.Beijing has raged at the trip by Pelosi-the second in the...
KYIV, Aug 07 (AFP): Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday accused Russia of using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "for terror" after the operator of the facility reported major damage at the site.Energoatom, operator of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant...
GAZA CITY, Aug 07 (AP): Israeli airstrikes flattened homes in Gaza on Saturday and Palestinian rocket barrages into southern Israel persisted for a second day, raising fears of another major escalation in the Mideast conflict. Gaza's health ministry said 31...
Life in megacities like Dhaka may sometimes feel boring. With the hectic work schedule, blaring horns and incisive lights, it is very easy to get tired of the city life. So what can we do to relax and take a...
Among a number of news pieces, one that has horrified me most is that a woman has been gang-raped in a moving bus in Gazipur. She and her husband boarded the bus of Taqwa Paribahan from Gazipur to Mymensingh on...
The recent fuel-price surge is unprecedented. It is the highest in 20 years, and came to us as a sudden shock. There was a fear that fuel oil prices could be increased. But the increase is atrocious. We already face...
Neil Ray | 2022-08-08 00:00:00
Mayor Atiqul Islam of the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) deserves kudos for coming up with yet another innovative plan. This time his brainchild is an introduction of QR code (an initialism for quick response code which is a two...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2022-08-08 00:00:00
Into the fourth week of his new job as the central bank governor, Mr Abdur Rauf Talukder initiated an action that many of his predecessors, deliberately or otherwise, had skipped. He, as his latest move suggests, wants to ensure good...
A country long vulnerable to classical vibrio cholera, followed by large-scale deaths, Bangladesh, can now reasonably be considered free of the deadly diarrhoeal, virus-borne illness. Although a section of global researchers include Bangladesh among the cholera outbreak-prone countries, there are...
Muhammad Zamir | 2022-08-08 00:00:00
Analysts from all over the world have been watching with great care the rival visions that have been emerging within the past two weeks in the different debates that will end in the selection of a new British Tory leader....
M Rokonuzzaman | 2022-08-08 00:00:00
Despite having surplus electrical power production capacity, Bangladesh has returned to load-shedding. Unlike in the past, instead of lack of capacity, the underlying cause of power shortage is surplus capacity. On the other hand, whatever power is consumed, value extraction...
SLOVIANSK, Aug 06 (AP): Ukrainian military personnel are fortifying their positions around the eastern city of Sloviansk in expectation of a fresh Russian attempt to seize the strategic point in the fiercely fought-over Donetsk region.As heavy ground fighting continues on...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2022-08-07 12:00:00
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut global growth forecast again very late last month warning that high inflation and the conflict in Ukraine could push the world economy to the brink of recession, if left unchecked. A couple days after...
Asjadul Kibria | 2022-08-07 12:00:00
Over the years, steps have been taken by the government to turn Bangladesh's sluggish debt market vibrant. Nevertheless, it all proved insufficient to achieve the end. Converting the non-tradable fixed-income government securities into tradable ones may be an option now....
Nazimuddin Shyamol | 2022-08-07 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 06: The latest fuel oil price hike spelt untold miseries for the port city commuters, especially workplace-bound ones and school going students on Saturday.Their sufferings were mainly caused by an indefinite transport strike called by the Chattogram Metropolitan...
REZAUL KARIM | 2022-08-07 00:00:00
A much-needed move to sign FTAs/PTAs with potential countries and economic blocs apparently lacks pace, thereby holding back the inking of the deals due to a lukewarm response.Although the government has since long made the initiative to sign such deals...
YASIR WARDAD | 2022-08-07 00:00:00
The latest hike in fuels, including diesel, deals a double blow to farmers after urea this peak Aman season that comprises 37-38 per cent of the total rice supply.A 42-per cent hike in diesel price is set to affect the...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip, Aug 06 (AP): Israeli jets pounded militant targets in Gaza on Saturday as rockets rained on southern Israel, hours after a wave of Israeli airstrikes on the coastal enclave killed at least 11 people, including a...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-07 00:00:00
The readymade garment (RMG) and its associated industries, including accessories makers, are set to face a fresh blow due to the latest price hike of fuel oils.The hike came at a time when the country's largest foreign currency earning sector...
People in their numbers wait long hours for buses at Jatrabari bus stop in Dhaka on Saturday morning. Commuters suffered as most of the buses remained off the roads following a sudden strike by transport owners in protest against the...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2022-08-07 00:00:00
The VAT officials would have to face difficulties in cross-checking the financial details furnished in the VAT (Value Added Tax) returns filed by the global technology giants as the companies do not have their respective offices in Bangladesh.The main obstacle...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-07 00:00:00
With the fuel price surge announced on Friday, bus fares for both city and long-distance routes see an increase ranging between 16 and 22 per cent, effective from today (Sunday).The fare fixation committee of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) in...
US Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Michele J. Sison arrived here on Saturday on a two-day visit as part of her tri-nation official tour, reports UNB. She is likely to seek Bangladesh's support for Doreen Bogdan-Martin, one...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-07 00:00:00
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who arrived in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon by a special flight, said China would try to help Bangladesh resolve the Rohingya crisis.Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque, who received the Chinese foreign minister at the airport,...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2022-08-07 00:00:00
Commoners across the country stood shocked seeing the steepest hike in oil prices by the government overnight that fuelled wildcat protests and caused abject sufferings to commuters from early Saturday.Bus owners restricted the plying of their vehicles on the street...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office.It...
Nurse dies falling off city buildingA male nurse died after falling off the rooftop of a four-storey building in the city's Sabujbagh area on Saturday. The deceased was Ataul Karim Apu, 50, a nursing staff of Dhaka Medical College and...
FARIDPUR, Aug 06 (UNB): A policeman was killed in a road accident at Sadarbera area of Nagarkanda upazila in Faridpur on Friday night.The deceased was identified as Raihan Islam, 26, a constable of Faridpur district police. He hailed from Prabhakardi...
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