TOKYO, July 22 (AFP): Japan's core consumer prices for items excluding fresh products rose 2.2 percent in June from a year earlier, driven by energy costs, government data showed Friday.Excluding energy, the increase was just one percent compared to a...
PARIS, July 22 (AFP) : France's divided parliament on Friday passed its first major piece of legislation since elections last month, greenlighting a 20-billion-euro ($20-billion) package to help low-income families struggling with inflation.The vote in the early hours of the...
Bangladesh recorded 620 cases of COVID-19 Friday, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,000,899, reports bdnews24.com.The death toll from the disease climbed by two in 24 hours to 29,258, according to the latest government data released on Friday.As many...
Police are yet to figure out any leads to the suicides of two members of the force on the same day in Magura, reports bdnews24.com.On Thursday, Khulna Metropolitan Police Assistant Deputy Commissioner Laboni Akhter hanged herself at her maternal uncle's...
COLOMBO, July 22 (Reuters) : Senior Sri Lankan lawmaker Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in on Friday as the new prime minister, his office said, a day after the swearing-in of a new president as the Indian Ocean nation grapples with...
People gather at a makeshift market of pet birds at Hasnabad in Keraniganj, Dhaka. This market sits twice a week -- on Wednesday and Saturday. Various species of birds, mostly pigeon (inset), are sold in this market that attracts bird...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-23 00:00:00
The National Fisheries Week begins today (Saturday) with the aim of making the country's people more aware of and involved in increasing safe fish production. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave separate messages on this occasion. The...
Nazimuddin Shyamol | 2022-07-23 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, July 22: Trans-shipment of goods between India and Bangladesh through Chittagong seaport is set to resume this week after two years, officials at the Chittagong Port Authority said in Friday.They said two more vessels from the neighbouring country under...
Chittagong University authorities and police have identified two students as suspects in the sexual assault on a female student on the campus, an incident that sparked protests, reports bdnews24.com.The police were yet to detain any suspects on Friday afternoon.A member...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2022-07-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh will soon request Singapore to withdraw embargo imposed on transshipment of hydrogen peroxide through the port of Singapore that has stalled export of the chemical compound since a Chittagong container-depot blaze.In a meeting at the ministry of commerce (MoC)...
Slowdown fears weigh on investors Stocks tumbled in the week to Thursday, extending the losing streak for a third consecutive week, as jittery investors scrambled to exit the market by selling off their holdings amid growing worries about a potential...
Work on the country's first metro rail project is progressing well. This photo taken recently shows a stretch of the MRT Line-6 at Motijheel-end in the city. Initially, the metro rail is likely to start operating from Uttara to Agargaon,...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-23 00:00:00
Green chilli price hit Tk240 a kilogram last week registering a Tk50-60 surge in seven days, increasing sufferings of the consumers further.Meanwhile, soybean oil was still selling at its previous high though the government reduced the price.Supply crunch for the...
THE HAGUE, July 22 (AFP): The UN's highest court ruled on Friday that a landmark case accusing military-ruled Myanmar of genocide against minority Rohingya Muslims can go ahead.The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague threw out all of...
ISTANBUL/KYIV, July 22 (Reuters): Russia and Ukraine signed a landmark deal on Friday to reopen Ukrainian Black Sea ports for grain exports, raising hopes that an international food crisis aggravated by the Russian invasion can be eased.The accord crowned two...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2022-07-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh's light-engineering sector is likely to enter the billion-dollar foreign exchange-earning club within a year - enlarging the country's export basket, officials said on Friday.In the last fiscal year (FY), 2021-22, Bangladeshi small- and medium-scale manufacturers made shipments of engineering...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2022-07-23 00:00:00
Savings deposits in Bangladesh's banks have ballooned in recent years notwithstanding the pandemic and lower rates of interest, as, economists believe, investment activity slowed. Such deposit accumulation is one of the key sources of banks' funds that grew by 22.59...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Saturday), according to the Met Office.It...
Nat'l Public Service Day today The 'National Public Service Day-2022' will be observed today (Saturday) with an objective to encourage and motivate the public service officials to extend their service for people's welfare. In separate messages on the eve of...
At least 10 people were killed in separate road accidents in four districts on Friday, report agencies.In Feni, An auto-rickshaw driver and a woman were killed when the vehicle was hit by a truck near Panchgachia in the district.The deceased...
FE Report | 2022-07-23 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) launched Padma Bridge tour package on Wednesday to facilitate travel of holidaymakers centring the country's largest bridge.State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali inaugurated the service at a ceremony - held on...
All newspapers owned by the members of Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (Noab) will see a price increase of at least Tk 2 per issue from July 25.This was announced in a statement by Noab received on Thursday. It means...
Dr Ehsan Hoque, founder and honorary executive director of Distressed Children & Infants International (DCI) arrived in the city on Thursday to supervise and monitor the US-based non-profit organisation's programmes in Bangladesh. As part of his commitment to protect child...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has assured the government to provide all sorts of cooperation to help recoup the losses from the recent flood across Bangladesh including Sylhet, reports UNB. Edimon Ginting, country director of ADB, made the assurance during...
Dhaka University student Mohiuddin Roni with his batch mates started demonstration again outside the Kamalapur Railway Station in the city on Friday to realise their six-point demand, including ridding train service of all types of anomalies. Railway police again prevented...
Speakers at a meeting at Shariatpur district on Friday highlighted the importance of creating mass awareness on the negative aspects of the human trafficking so that everyone is encouraged for safe migration, reports UNB. Local leaders, media, NGOs, Imams, school...
Our Correspondent | 2022-07-23 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, June 22: Police arrested general secretary of Chattogram WASA Workers' Union and Sramik League leader Tajul Islam (52) for his alleged involvement in rape. Police arrested him from the Chandgaon area in the port city last night. Tajul Islam,...
CHATTOGRAM, July 22 (BSS): Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said BNP is the main patron of communal evil forces in the country and it always uses the evil fundamentalist forces as tools in politics."To eradicate communalism,...
NARAIL, July 22 (BSS): A team of Awami League-led 14-party alliance today visited Lohagara upazila of the district where religious bigots launched attacks on Hindu minorities following a Facebook post on July 15.During the visit, they handed over Taka 10,000...
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