M Rokonuzzaman | 2022-08-01 00:00:00
Recent scarcity in supply and the growing role of silicon chips in turning dumb products into smart ones have sparked renewed interest in the ever-growing semiconductor industry. On the one hand, incumbent players are aggressive in holding their positions, even...
Muhammad Zamir | 2022-08-01 00:00:00
The recent ideas put forward by French President Emmanuel Macron and European Council President Charles Michel for a 'European geo-political community' has marked, according to analyst Marta Mucznik, the start of a collective reflection on how to expand the EU's...
A special court in Lahore on Saturday summoned Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz on September 7 for the framing of charges in a Rs16 billion money laundering case registered against them by the Federal Investigation...
WASHINGTON, July 30 (AP): The House passed legislation Friday to revive a ban on certain semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the firearms often used in the crush of mass shootings...
Asjadul Kibria | 2022-07-31 12:00:00
A former Indian diplomat, who had also served in Bangladesh twice, suggests that India should try to make rupee, the Indian official currency, a legal tender in Bangladesh. "If Rupee is made a legal tender in Bangladesh, as it is...
BAGHDAD, July 30 (AFP): Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Saturday, occupying parliament with no plan to leave.In a deepening political crisis, it is the second time in days that Sadr supporters...
DUBAI, July 30 (Xinhua): Seven people were killed on Friday in floods in northern and eastern United Arab Emirates (UAE) triggered by two days of heavy rains.The UAE Ministry of Interior has extended its condolences to the families of the...
With the prices of essentials still high, low-income people wait in a queue to buy subsidized rice and atta at an OMS point at Jurain in the city on Saturday — FE photo
US Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Michele J. Sison will travel to India, Bangladesh, and Kuwait on August 2-10, reports UNB.Sison will have consultations on a range of U.S. multilateral priorities, including combating food insecurity, advancing global...
MOSCOW, July 30 (AFP): Russian energy giant Gazprom Saturday suspended gas supplies to Latvia, a day after a jail holding Ukrainian prisoners of war was bombed leaving scores dead."Today, Gazprom suspended its gas supplies to Latvia... due to violations of...
Three more people died from Covid, and 349 tested positive for the virus in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to Saturday, reports UNB.While the country's total fatalities reached 29,288, the new number took its caseload to 2,004,892, according to the...
FE REPORT Vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Professor Md Sharfuddin Ahmed on Saturday issued early warning over possible transmission of zoonotic virus in the country. Suggesting people to take precautionary measures to avert being infected by the...
FE REPORTDengue fever claimed one more life in the country during the past 24 hours until Saturday morning taking the total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease to nine.Besides, newly 85 dengue patients were also hospitalised in the 24 hours, official...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-31 00:00:00
Speakers at a consultation call for advancing a robust, rights-based approach aimed at preventing the exploitation of individuals by trafficking networks and shrinking the space in which they operate.All stakeholders, including the government, international partners, the private sector and civil-society...
Investors' financial literacy highlightedDiscussants have laid importance on investors' financial literacy to save their hard-earned investments along with gaining profits from the capital market. They made the suggestions at a conference held Saturday in Mymensingh as part of a move...
A full 90 per cent of the Earth's topsoil is likely to be at risk by 2050, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN, reports UNB.To protect soil globally and help farmers, the UN agency Wednesday...
REZAUL KARIM | 2022-07-31 00:00:00
Japan is expected to assist Bangladesh to prepare a roadmap with a view to facing challenges after its graduation from the Least Developed Countries (LDC) club in 2026. To this effect, a five-member delegation from the Ministry of Economy, Trade...
Dinajpur, July 30 (UNB): As many as 90 workers of Barapukuria Coal Mine have tested positive for Covid-19, prompting the management of the state-owned company to halt production from Friday afternoon.Of these 90 workers, 50 are Chinese. Besides, 400 other...
CHATTOGRAM, July 30 (UNB): Bangladesh Railway on Saturday suspended gateman Saddam Hossain for "dereliction of duty" in connection with the Mirsarai train accident that left 11 people dead.Besides, sub-inspector Zahirul Islam filed a complaint against the gateman, Saddam, with the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2022-07-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh has drafted a legal framework to make the way for getting access to credit from the BRICS-led New Development Bank (NDB).The Economic Relations Division (ERD) under the Ministry of Finance has prepared the draft on the "New Development Bank...
British businesses are cutting ties with China due to concerns about political tensions, a shift that is likely to stoke inflationary pressures, the head of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said in an interview published on Saturday, reports Reuters."Every...
SAO PAULO, July 30 (Reuters): ArcelorMittal SA has signed a binding agreement to buy Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Siderurgica do Pecem (CSP) from Vale SA and its other key stakeholders, Vale said in a securities filing Thursday.The deal has an enterprise...
The price of wheat has gone down by Tk 4-5 per kilogram as supply issues eased on the back of India resuming exports through the Hili land port in Dinajpur, reports UNB.The traders said they bought wheat at Tk 36-37...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited has sponsored the Cadet College Club Ltd. for the renovation for its 'Senior Members Lounge-cum-Library'. Chairman of the bank Salim Rahman handed over the sponsorship cheque of Tk 1.5 million to Vice President of the Club...
Monira MunniThe country's primary textile millers called on the government to provide cash incentive for exporters of readymade garment (RMG) items made from man-made fibre (MMF) only after ensuring that they use locally produced yarn and fabric.They argued that such...
Rickshawpuller killed in city road accidentA rickshawpuller was killed in a road accident on Saturday in the city's Mohammadpur area. However, the identity of the deceased is yet to be known. An official of Mohammadpur Police Station told the FE...
Md Zahirul Haque has been elected president of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Employees Welfare Club election while Md Ahsanul Habib its general secretary for the year 2022-2023 recently, says a statement. The other office-bearers of the...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office.It may also occur...
In the headline and third paragraph of a report published on Page-3 in the July 30, 2022 issue of The Financial Express under the heading '12,938 children of migrant workers receive Tk 269.94b in nine years', it was mistakenly mentioned...
FE REPORTThe government has so far dealt out Tk 110 million worth of farm inputs to flood-affected farmers in 17 districts for damage recovery.A total of 0.185-million farmers have so far been given the assistance in order to compensate for...
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