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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
A namaz-e-janaza of five of the eleven people who were killed as a train slammed into their microbus in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram on Friday was held on Amanbazar Sumdia Government Primary School ground in Hathazari upazila of the district...
Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen has highlighted the implementation of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Development Agency-Dhaka Development Initiative (IORDA-DDI) to promote regional integration, economic and sustainable development in the region. The initiative by IORA chair Bangladesh aims to...
President M Abdul Hamid visited the Bangabandhu Military Museum at Bijoy Sarani in the city on Saturday evening.The 'Bangabandhu Military Museum' was built on 10 acres of land on the west side of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theater...
FE REPORTSpeaking at an advocacy consultation, experts and rights activists urged the authorities concerned to take steps to ease the conditions of the reintegration loan for the returnee migrants by Probashi Kallyan Bank (PKB).They also emphasised designing and developing migrant-friendly...
THAKURGAON, July 30 (UNB): A case was filed against 350 people on Saturday over violence after announcement of election results of Bachor UP in Ranisankail Upazila of Thakurgaon when a nine-month old was shot dead allegedly in police firing. The...
Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque has said BNP does not have the ability to oust the Awami League (AL)-led government as it (BNP) has no soil under its feet, reports BSS."BNP will not be able to push down the...
NILPHAMARI, July 30 (BSS): Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said BNP's procession with hurricane lamps seems that whether the electoral symbol of the party has been changed to hurricane lamp."The countrymen remain in fear whether BNP's hurricane...
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