Nazimuddin Shyamol | 2022-06-20 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, June 19: Incessant rains heavily disrupted normal life in the port city on Sunday. The local meteorological office recorded 105 millimetres (mm) rainfall in the port city in the last 24 hours ending 3:00pm on Sunday. It was raining...
At least 42 people have died after floods hit India's northeastern states of Assam and Meghalaya, reports bdnews24.com. Nearly four million people have been affected in both the states, broadcaster NDTV reports. Assam has been reeling under devastating floods with...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-20 00:00:00
Planning Minister MA Mannan on Sunday said the amnesty offered in the proposed budget for legalising offshore assets of Bangladeshi nationals should be for the last time and the rate of tax should be at least 10 per cent, instead...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-20 00:00:00
The government should go for a duty cut on fuel imports, adjusting public expenditure as per income, and increasing lending rate for ensuring macroeconomic stability in the next fiscal year, economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya said on Sunday."As there are narrow...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2022-06-20 00:00:00
Government high-ups ask the ministries and departments concerned to concentrate on timely implementation of ongoing projects instead of taking less-important new ones to stay within means in crunch times.In a recently issued 15-point directive, officials say, the Prime Minister's Office...
Midland Bank to go publicMidland Bank Limited (MDB) has planned to raise Tk 700 million through Initial Public Offering (IPO) subscription by the final quarter of this calendar year to expand its capital base, the bank's top executive has said....
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2022-06-20 00:00:00
Concerns have been surfacing about expected snarl in and around Padma Multi-purpose Bridge from more than a week before its opening to the public transport in later part of the current month. Getting worried about the possible traffic congestion at...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-20 00:00:00
Shopping malls, markets and shops will close after 8:00 pm daily from today (Monday) to save electricity in the wake of a global fuel price hike.State minister for labour Monnujan Sufian on Sunday made the announcement after a meeting with...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-20 00:00:00
Speakers at a post-budget discussion in the city on Sunday highlighted a number of challenges in the upcoming fiscal year, including inflationary pressure and giving additional subsidies to meet the budget deficit. They welcomed lowering of the corporate tax rate...
Yasir Wardad | 2022-06-20 00:00:00
Troops deployed to deal with flood onslaughts on northeastern Bangladesh got down to relief and rescue operation as many remained marooned amid woes, though rain remission gives some respite.Reports say the situation little improved in Sylhet Sunday with communications partially...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2022-06-20 00:00:00
Price rises pushed up inflation to a record-high 7.42 per cent in Bangladesh by official count, overshooting government estimation amid market volatility globally and locally. Economists suggest contingency planning for possible crisis management as the rate of point-to-point inflation, as...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind and intense lightning flashes is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Monday), according...
The main congregation of Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslims, will be held at the National Eidgah on the High Court premises at 08:00am, reports UNB. However, if weather remains unfavourable or the main congregation is not held...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-20 00:00:00
A university student was killed following an air conditioner blast at Niketon, Gulshan in the capital on Sunday.The victim was identified as Md Masrur Ahmed (23), a student of a private university.The fatal incident happened around 6:00am at House No....
The Mawa launch terminal will be rendered useless and eventually forced to shut down in the absence of passengers once the Padma Bridge opens to traffic connecting Dhaka with southern districts, vessel operators and workers say, reports UNB.Though bus owners...
Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed distributed relief materials among flood victims in Companiganj on Sunday — ISPR
FE REPORT | 2022-06-20 00:00:00
Speakers at a seminar on Sunday urged the government to allocate 2.0 per cent of the GDP in the proposed national budget for climate financing aimed at ensuring a sustainable economic growth in the country.Referring to an inadequate allocation in...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday hoped that the Padma Bridge would be a blessing for the nation for easier communication in the wake of flood, as the government is set to inaugurate it on June 25, reports BSS."After the...
SYLHET, June 18 (BSS): Sylhet district unit leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Titu Chowdhury has been electrocuted while switching off electric line of his Kharadipara residence in the city in the wake of flood situation.Officer-in-charge of Shahparan thana under...
The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) standing committee on Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry got on Sunday additional 45 working days to submit its report on Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation Bill, 2022, reports UNB.The Bill was placed in JS...
The High Court on Sunday fixed June 26 for pronouncing a verdict on whether Bangladesh Nationalist Party's Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman are fugitives and whether they will be able to hire lawyers, reports UNB. A...
Education Minister Dipu Moni on Sunday said the draft of the Education Act would be finalised on June 23, reports UNB.In reply to a tabled question from Jatiya Party MP Shameem Haider Patwari, the minister said in Jatiya Sangsad (JS)...
Terming the allocation of money and relief materials for the flood victims inadequate, BNP has called upon the government to concentrate on easing the sufferings of the disaster-affected people by stopping the grand opening of Padma Bridge, reports UNB."Hundreds of...
COX'S BAZAR, Jun 19 (UNB): Rohingyas from 25 refugee camps in Ukhia and Teknaf have demanded their repatriation to their homeland Myanmar.They gathered at 8:00 am on Sunday separately at the 23 camps of Ukhia and two in Teknaf out...
BNP standing committee member Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku presiding over a joint meeting on 'Severe Flood Situation in Sylhet' at the party chairperson's Gulshan office in the city on Sunday — Collected
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Sunday BNP is doing politics of falsehood over the sufferings of flood affected people, reports BSS."BNP's evil political behavior is very sorrowful and inhumane at a time when the people are...
JEDDAH, June 19 (Arab News): Saudi Ports Authority, also known as MAWANI, has signed a-SR500 million ($133 million) deal with DP World to create a new fully-integrated smart logistics park in Jeddah Islamic Port.This is MAWANI's fifth agreement as the...
NEW YORK, June 19 (Reuters): A US court has approved LATAM Airlines Group SA's bankruptcy reorganization plan, the region's largest air transport group said on Saturday.The US bankruptcy court for the southern district of New York approved the plan for...
WASHINGTON, June 19 (AFP): A recession in the United States is not "inevitable," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday, just days after the US Federal Reserve hiked interest rates, raising fears of an economic contraction."I expect the economy to slow"...
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