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Biden to travel to S Arabia, Israel in July

2022-06-14 00:00:00

NEW YORK, June 13 (Reuters): US President Joe Biden will travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel next month and the White House is planning to announce the trip this week, a source familiar with the planning said on Sunday.Biden's trip,...

Panel to hear Trump campaign manager, probe election lie

2022-06-14 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, June 13 (AP): The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot is delving deeper into what it calls "the big lie," Donald Trump's false claims of voter fraud that fueled his relentless effort to overturn the 2020 election and...

Uttar Pradesh destroys houses of Muslim protesters

2022-06-14 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, June 13 (BBC): Authorities in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) have demolished the houses of some Muslims who were allegedly linked to religious protests that turned violent.The protests were sparked by derogatory remarks made by...

Moscow-backed officials try to solidify Ukraine rule

2022-06-14 00:00:00

KYIV, Ukraine, June 13 (AP/BBC/AFP): Kremlin-installed officials in occupied southern Ukraine celebrated Russia Day on Sunday and began issuing Russian passports to residents in one city who requested them, as Moscow sought to solidify its rule over captured parts of...

N commitments reversible: Iran

2022-06-14 00:00:00

TEHRAN, June 13 (AFP): Iran said Monday that all measures it has taken to roll back on its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers are "reversible"."If the agreement is finalised in Vienna tomorrow, all the measures carried...

Sadr's alliance MPs resign

2022-06-14 00:00:00

BAGHDAD, June 13 (AP): Dozens of lawmakers who make up the biggest bloc in Iraq's parliament resigned on Sunday amid a prolonged political impasse, plunging the divided nation into political uncertainty.The 73 lawmakers from powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's bloc...

Warne honoured posthumously, Barty awarded in Queen's birthday list

2022-06-14 00:00:00

SYDNEY, June 13 (Reuters): Shane Warne has received his first Australian state honour posthumously after being named an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) along with former tennis player Ash Barty in the Queen's Birthday list.The spin-bowling great, who...

4th MTB Club Football Carnival held

2022-06-14 00:00:00

Managing Director and CEO of Mutual Trust Bank Syed Mahbubur Rahman handing over a trophy to a winner of the 4th MTB Club Football Carnival held at Residential Model High School in the city recently. Vice Chairman of MTB Md...

FIFA approves permanent use of five subs for top games

2022-06-14 00:00:00

DOHA, June 13 (AFP): Football's rules body on Monday said that five substitutes would be permanently introduced for all top games and that an automatic offside detector is closer to being introduced for this year's World Cup.FIFA president Gianni Infantino...

New Zealand extend lead

2022-06-14 00:00:00

NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom, June 13 (AFP): New Zealand reached 140 for 4 in 45 overs and took a lead of 154 runs after England's James Anderson claimed his 650th Test wicket on the fourth day of the second Test.Anderson was...

Indian subcontinent TV rights sold for $2.72b

2022-06-14 00:00:00

The highest bids for the two most lucrative categories - TV and digital - in the IPL rights e-auction for the next cycle [2023-27] have been identified. The biggest bid for TV rights for the Indian subcontinent [Package A] is...

Warm-up match ends in a draw

2022-06-14 00:00:00

The lone warm-up match of Bangladesh ahead of the series against the West Indies has ended in a draw. Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Ebadot Hossain and Mustafizur Rahman shone well in the match on Sunday, reports UNB.Bangladesh batted...

Bogura road crash kills two -

2022-06-14 00:00:00

BOGURA, June 13 (BSS): Two people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in the Omarpur bus stand area in Nandigram municipal of the district on Monday.The deceased were identified...

Faridpur people upbeat about Padma Bridge opening

2022-06-14 00:00:00

FARIDPUR, June 13 (UNB): The inauguration of the much-awaited Padma Bridge on June 25 is going to bring increased economic activities in the 21 southwestern districts of the country.Businesses will expand, employment will be generated and new industries will be...

Role of land ports in connectivity, trade promotion & economic growth

Md Alamgir | 2022-06-14 00:00:00

Bangladesh Land port Authority (BLPA) came into being in 2001 with the enactment of 'Bangladesh Land port Act, 2001 by the parliament. So, as an organisation BLPA is only two decades old. Nonetheless within these short span of time, it...

TV dramas should be entertaining, not stressful

2022-06-14 00:00:00

Gone are the days when we used to feel proud of our television plays and their quality. Once we used to wait even an entire week for watching an episode of our favourite serial. We now have numerous TV channels...

Properly treating eyesight issues of Sitakunda fire victims

2022-06-14 00:00:00

The BM Container Depot blast in Sitakunda is one of the worst tragedies we have experienced in recent history. So far, at least 47 people have reportedly lost their lives, and more than 400 have been injured. After the explosion,...

Chinese example of primary education

2022-06-14 00:00:00

China has an entirely different school system compared to Bangladesh. Education in China is rigorous and exam-based, focusing mainly on math and science. Teacher training is a national priority, and all teachers are educated to impart basic skills across all...

Digital currency's prospect

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2022-06-14 00:00:00

Monetary transactions have already gone digital. Through the Mobile Financial Services (MFS), common people have meanwhile got used to doing banking transactions without much hassle. The money the MFS transfer is the electronic money (e-money) kept in the bank's computer...

Budgetary stance for FY 2022-23

Shihab Sarkar | 2022-06-14 00:00:00

The shooting up of the national budget outlay of a less developed country like Bangladesh from Tk 7,860 million in Fiscal Year 1972-73 to Tk 6.78 trillion in FY 2022-23 is a humble and normal graduation. The graduation spans a...

A good omen for the country's bond market

2022-06-14 00:00:00

A memorandum of understanding (MoU), signed by five public and private agencies on Sunday last, could be the harbinger of a vibrant bond market in the country. The representatives of the Bangladesh Bank, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC),...

Wage remittances: benefiting the remitters

Shakhawat Hossain | 2022-06-14 00:00:00

Wage remittances are one of the biggest engines to run Bangladesh economy. Of the total inflows, wage remittances are placed just after export proceeds. During Covid-19, Bangladesh received lots of inward remittances compared to other countries. One of the underlying...

Reforms in education curriculum and a proposal

2022-06-13 12:00:00

As far we have come to know from the media, the education curriculum in Bangladesh is set to undergo a major overhaul. According to the draft new curriculum, there will be no public exams before class X, and no exams...

FDI in Bangladesh rose to $2.9bn in 2021, around pre-pandemic level: UNCTAD

2022-06-13 00:00:00

With the economy back to normal amid a rapid fall in COVID-19 cases, foreign direct investment or FDI in Bangladesh has increased almost to the pre-pandemic level, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, reports bdnews24.com.Inflows rose...

Daily cases increasing

2022-06-13 00:00:00

Bangladesh registered 109 cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,954,115, report agencies.But no new fatalities were registered in the 24-hour count, keeping the death toll from the disease unchanged at 29,131, according to the...

Fight cyber threat from common platform: ABB leaders

FE REPORT | 2022-06-13 00:00:00

The country's bankers Sunday underscored the need of a common platform to fight cybercrimes and share information and resources of cyber security. They also suggested for forming the platform under the Association of Bankers Bangladesh Limited to share cyber security...

NBR to install 10,000 EFDs to prevent VAT evasion

2022-06-13 00:00:00

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will install 10,000 Electronic Fiscal Devices (EFDs) in Dhaka, Chattogram and other big cities in the fiscal year 2022-23 in a bid to prevent Value Added Tax (VAT) evasion, reports UNB.Finance minister AHM Mustafa...

IPEF joining only if serves BD interests

FE REPORT | 2022-06-13 00:00:00

Bangladesh will join the US-led Indo-Pacific bloc only if it serves interests of the country, says Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen amid a geopolitical stir over the development.Dhaka is studying different aspects of the forum in the making and...

Students of Dhaka College stage a demonstration

2022-06-13 00:00:00

Students of Dhaka College stage a demonstration in New Market area in the city on Sunday protesting remarks by a former spokesperson of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India on Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). — FE photo

Output on the wane, halves in seven yrs

M Azizur Rahman | 2022-06-13 00:00:00

Natural gas production from onshore Bangora gas field, operated by Singapore-based upstream oil and gas company KrisEnergy Ltd, is depleting fast with the output having less than halved to around 52 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) over the past...