Breast milk, which contains fat, proteins, carbohydrates and various minerals and vitamins, is crucial for children's healthy and disease-free growth. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding up to six months of age and continued breastfeeding along with appropriate...
Tanim Asjad | 2022-08-06 00:00:00
Two incidents that took place recently at a public university exposed once again a disquieting environment prevailing in the country's higher educational institutions. First, five youths sexually assaulted a female student of Chittagong University while going to the Botanical Garden...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2022-08-06 00:00:00
The US House speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan trip has left the diplomatic community wondering if it marks a shift from the US's long-held one-China policy. Notably, during the last four decades plus years this has been the guiding principle of...
In a bid to tame the volatile foreign exchange market, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) has reportedly begun taking action against money changers found involved in profiting illegally through manipulating dollar price in the open market. Reports further have it that...
Ismail Hossain | 2022-08-06 00:00:00
Mizanur Rahman, a retail investor was struggling as the stock market had been seesawing for a while after he had invested a good amount of his savings in the share market. During that time, the market was plummeting, and the...
Hasnat M Alamgir | 2022-08-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh needs to find and develop suitable models to provide care for its growing aging population. Old homes have been built here but complete residential isolation of the older parents and living with strangers have not been well liked by...
MUMBAI, Aug 4 (Reuters): India, the world's third largest carbon polluter, has finally approved new targets for slashing planet-warming emissions, more than a year after a United Nations deadline for updated commitments.On Wednesday, the Indian federal cabinet approved the country's...
The High Court (HC) has directed Abul Kashem, a person locked up in the condemn cell for seven years despite getting acquittal in a murder case, to file a written application before the court, reports BSS.As Supreme Court lawyer Md...
WASHINGTON, Aug 04 (Xinhua): U.S. President Joe Biden signed a new executive order on Wednesday to help ensure access to abortion.Biden, in virtual remarks from the White House, said that the measure responds to "the healthcare crisis that has unfolded"...
PHNOM PENH, Aug 4 (AFP): Southeast Asian foreign ministers urged restraint Thursday as China readied massive military drills off Taiwan, warning the situation risked spiralling into "open conflicts".A furious Beijing is planning its biggest-ever exercises around Taiwan in response to...
TOKYO, Aug 4 (AFP): Toyota upgraded its annual net profit forecast on Thursday, predicting an earnings boost from the weaker yen even after first-quarter net profit took a hit from pandemic-related supply chain issues.The global chip shortage, Covid-19 lockdowns disrupting...
These BRTC buses, waiting for government employees to transport them home after their offices, are parked right on the street in busy Dilkusha area of Dhaka’s Motijheel, while hawkers are running business activities further encroaching upon the avenue, hampering smooth...
TANGAIL, Aug 4 (BSS): The Detective Branch (DB) of district police in a drive on Thursday held a man accused of robbery and gang rape of a woman in a bus in Modhupur area on Wednesday. The detainee was identified...
Bangladesh recorded two more Covid-linked deaths with 278 fresh cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning, report agencies. The death toll from the disease climbed to 29,300, according to the latest government data released on Thursday.As many as 5,404 samples...
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (AFP): The US Senate ratified the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO Wednesday, strongly backing the expansion of the transatlantic alliance in the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The Senate voted 95 to 1 in favor...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-05 00:00:00
Non-resident Bangladeshi (NRB) engineers are consolidating their position with their professional skills and integrity in the US market to ensure a strong footing in the ever-growing global ICT sector.A good number of Bangladeshi engineers have established their own engineering, and...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-05 00:00:00
Despite having a limited scope, the government would try to ensure electricity supply to the industries and businesses that are facing setbacks due to the ongoing load-shedding across the country.Two government high-ups made the assurance amid concerns raised by trade...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-05 00:00:00
Chinese Ambassador in Bangladesh Li Jiming on Thursday praised Bangladesh for its longstanding commitment to the One- China principle.'We believe that the government and people of Bangladesh will continue to abide by the one-China principle, understand and support China's legitimate...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-05 00:00:00
Five to seven MoUs (Memorandums of understanding) will be signed during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit, senior officials of the foreign ministry said in Dhaka Thursday."The Chinese foreign minister will arrive in Dhaka on August 6 (Saturday) on a...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2022-08-05 00:00:00
Taxes on a slew of commodities are set to increase as the government further squeezes imports under crunch-time austerity to mitigate pressure on Bangladesh's foreign-exchange reserves. Officials say that, attuned to the government austerity measures, the revenue board again moves...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-05 00:00:00
The banks' exposure limit to the capital market will now be calculated taking into account the cost prices of stocks as Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued a circular in this regard on Thursday."The cost price of stocks purchased by the banks...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-05 00:00:00
Ten of Bangladesh's banks have been diagnosed 'weak' and remedial action is underway to protect 'depositors' interests', according to a declaration made Thursday. The central bank has decided their status as 'weak bank' as per four indicators -- their classified...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the...
Another dengue patient died and 91 others were hospitalised in 24 hours until Thursday morning, reports UNB.With the latest death, the authorities recorded 13 deaths from the viral infection this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).The...
A female trader carries vegetables from Kawran Bazar wholesale market by a rickshaw to retail them elsewhere. The photograph was taken from the city's Tejgaon area on Thursday — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2022-08-05 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) has observed that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) can do the needful to investigate authenticity of the allegations of diversion of funds by the Grameen Telecom, an organisation owned by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, to other...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-05 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) on Thursday declared illegal the decision taken in the Dhaka University (DU) syndicate giving demotion to Samia Rahman, a teacher of the Mass Communication and Journalism Department, on allegation of plagiarism in research papers. It also...
Mosammat Shaheda Begum, mother of Mercantile Bank Limited (MBL) Vice Chairman A S M Feroz Alam, passed away in a city hospital at the age of 85 on Thursday, says a statement. She had been suffering from old age complications....
In the biggest shake-up of police administration in a decade, as many as 50 superintendents of police have been sent to new postings, an official said on Thursday, reports UNB. The senior official at Police headquarters told the news agency...
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