A total of five people were killed in separate road accidents in Kushtia, Dinajpur and Bogura districts on Saturday and Friday night, report agencies.UNB reports from Kushtia, a 30-year-old woman and her daughter were killed and her husband was injured...
SIRAJGANJ, June 11 (BSS): A man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Jamtail railway station in Kamarkhand upazila of the district this morning.The deceased was identified as Liton Hossain, 45, son of Shamsu Master, resident of Tengrail...
SHERPUR, June 11 (UNB): Fifteen more villages in Jhenaigati upazila of Sherpur district have been inundated afresh due to onrush of water from hills, causing immense sufferings to the residents."A 14-month-old girl named Dia Moni, daughter of Rafiqul Islam of...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-06-12 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, June 11: Railroad vine, locally known as Sagarlata, grows naturally on sand dunes of Cox's Bazar sea beaches. A key component of the beach ecology, Sagarlata, is disappearing fast from the beaches of Cox's Bazar due to uncontrolled...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2022-06-12 00:00:00
Last Thursday (June 9) Finance Minister of Bangladesh presented the budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23), at a time of heated inflation pressure, especially in respect of food and energy prices. The size of the budget stands at Tk...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-11 12:00:00
The budgetary amnesty will not work properly rather facilitate further siphoning off money, says the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) in strongly worded criticism of the proposed measure. In its post-budget reaction the policy think-tank also says the national budget...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-11 12:00:00
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal admits that the budget he has crafted may have to ride past a bumpy road amid a global crunch but resolves to face challenges and advance the economy onto the set growth trajectory.Facing volleys of...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2022-06-11 12:00:00
Even a lay person knows the reasons behind the present crisis facing the world economy, thanks to the revolution in information technology. But the way out? No one knows, not even experts. For factors causing the crisis are beyond the...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal's fourth successive budget, placed in Parliament (Jatiya Sangsad) on Thursday last, has rightly identified the key macroeconomic challenges, but actions incorporated into it may not be enough to deal with those. The minister has struck...
Bangladesh Olympic Association President and Army Chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed presiding over the third meeting of the executive committee of the association at the Army Multi-Purpose Complex at Dhaka Cantonment on Thursday — ISPR
The passing-out parade of newly appointed Battalion Ansars (22nd batch-male), who completed their 6-month basic training course, was held at Bangladesh Ansar and VDP Academy at Shafipur in Gazipur on Friday. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan was present as the chief...
India's surprise decision to ban wheat exports has raised concerns about potential curbs on rice exports as well, prompting rice traders to step up purchases and place atypical orders for longer-dated deliveries, reports Reuters.Government and trade officials have said India,...
GENEVA, June 10 (Agencies): The United Nations warned Friday that cash-strapped Sri Lanka's unprecedented economic crisis could develop into a dire humanitarian crisis, with millions already in need of aid."We are concerned that this could develop into a full-blown humanitarian...
MYKOLAIV, June 10 (AFP): Ukraine tried to push back Russian troops in the east and south on Friday as France offered to help ensure access to the port of Odessa and ease a global grain crisis.The UN and Western countries...
KOLKATA, June 10 (NDTV): A police constable posted at the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata fired multiple rounds before shooting himself dead Friday. A woman who was hit in the firing reportedly died.The Kolkata Police constable, Chodup Lepcha, had...
Bangladesh registered 64 new Covid cases in 24 hours till Friday morning taking the country's total caseload to 1,953,935, reports UNB.The country's total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,131 as no death was reported during the period, according to the Directorate...
Protests were held after Jumma prayers on Friday in capital Dhaka and parts of the country to condemn the derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by two ruling party leaders of India, reports UNB.In Dhaka, several thousand people took to...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-11 00:00:00
The Finance Bill 2022 has incorporated a provision under which proof of submission of tax-return will be required for obtaining various services and serving other purposes."Notwithstanding anything contained in this Ordinance, a person shall be required to furnish a proof...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-11 00:00:00
Slamming the facility of bringing laundered money back in the next fiscal year, the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Friday urged the government not to implement the scheme. In his FY '23 budget speech, the finance minister has proposed addition...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-11 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Chamber of Industries (BCI) hails the proposed national budget as 'time-befitting' as it attempted to prioritise people's needs amid challenges from the pandemic and the war.It, however, fears that the government will face challenges to implement this mammoth...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-11 00:00:00
Bangladesh's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Rabab Fatima has been appointed as the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS). UN Secretary-General...
YASIR WARDAD | 2022-06-11 00:00:00
Commercial mineral water became expensive last week, intensifying woes of city consumers who rely largely on branded drink to quench their thirst outdoors amid lack of safe supply water.Price of one-litre pet-bottle water has increased to Tk 25 from Tk...
Budgetary hopes keep stocks afloatStocks extended the gaining streak for a second straight week to Thursday as bargain hunters put fresh bets on selective issues, with an eye on the national budget. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday unveiled...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-11 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) welcomed the proposed budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2022-23 as a 'far-reaching plan' for the country's overall economic development.Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal on Thursday unveiled the national budget worth Tk 6.78...
FE Report | 2022-06-11 00:00:00
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), in its budgetary reaction, expressed concern over increasing source tax on export earnings to 1.0 per cent from the existing 0.5 in the proposed budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2022-23.The apparel-sector apex...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-11 00:00:00
Hailing the Tk 6.78-trillion national budget proposed amid ongoing global uncertainties, Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) suggests the government to be frugal in spending foreign currencies to ensure macroeconomic stability.In a press release issued Friday, the country's...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions; at a few places over Dhaka and Chattogram divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi,...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-11 00:00:00
A passenger bus caught fire on Friday at Narda, Natun Bazar in the capital on Friday evening. A bus of Turag Paribahan suddenly caught fire at 6: 45 pm. Upon hearing the news, two units of fire fighters rushed to...
The country confirmed 17 more dengue - a viral infection - cases in the 24 hours to Friday morning, reports UNB. All the new patients were admitted to Dhaka hospitals, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Eighty-one...
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