Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2022-06-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh proposes bolstering the dormant SAARC food bank as countries suffer from grain shortages largely amid global supply crunch for war and sanctions. Sources say the proposal was made when visiting South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Secretary-General Esala...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said her government will reach specialized healthcare services online to the upazilas so rural people get treatment from home, reports UNB."We're creating the scope so that they (the patients) can get specialized treatment sitting...
Ins cos see highest price appreciationDhaka bourse closed the Monday's session marginally lower after seven sessions of continuous rise following mixed performance of major sectors. Insiders said investors opted to book profits offloading their holdings matured in previous sessions. Of...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-07 00:00:00
Vehicles will roll on the iconic Padma bridge on June 17 in trial run before its much-orchestrated inauguration to connect Bangladesh's cleft eastern and southwestern parts, officials say.Bangladesh Bridges Authority (BBA) has set a plan to stage the trial run...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2022-06-07 00:00:00
An Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded feasibility study team has estimated US$5.05 billion cost for the proposed 17.40-km MRT line-5 (southern) route, insiders said on Monday. The team has showed that the MRT-5 route will require $4.04 billion as its construction...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-07 00:00:00
The government is likely to review duty on rice imports to facilitate private purchases from international sources with an eye to maintaining the domestic market stability of the staple.Food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder on Monday said the decision to encourage...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-07 00:00:00
Desperate search for missing people and bodies continued, and the inferno at the BM Container Depot Ltd in Sitakunda, Chattogram, was yet to be doused even after 44 hours of the incident.People were seen moving from the spot to hospitals...
Siddique Islam | 2022-06-07 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Taka has depreciated deeper against the US dollar in the last three consecutive working days following free float of the greenback.Market operators said the local currency lost 3.31 per cent in value against the dollar -- rated the...
Two female brick kiln workers stuffing into their bags OMS rice they bought at Tk 30 per kilogram from TCB-truck at Dayaganj in the city on Monday — FE photo
Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh has contradicted a news report published in the June 06, 2022 issue of the Financial Express under the headline 'Businesses favour free trade deal between BD, Japan'.In a rejoinder issued by Atsushi Kato, Economic Researcher...
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,...
Education Completion Examination (PECE) and its equivalent exams will not be held, reports UNB.Aminul Islam Khan, Senior Secretary of Ministry of Primary and Mass Education confirmed the decision on Monday.On Sunday, Education Minister Dipu Moni said Junior School Certificate, Junior...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-07 00:00:00
The Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has grabbed the national environmental award for the second time for its laudable role in protecting environment and checking pollutions in the city areas. Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shahab Uddin handed over...
South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Lee Jang-Keun pays a courtesy call on Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed at Army Headquarters in the city on Monday — ISPR
FE REPORT | 2022-06-07 00:00:00
The High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to Anjan Chowdhury, one of the key stakeholders of the Square Group, for six weeks in a case filed on charge of hoarding 4812 tonnes of extra aromatic rice in a warehouse...
Bangladesh is preparing for the 4th Industrial Revolution, but it has no modern waste management system, particularly in the capital Dhaka, a city of 22 million people where solid waste is dumped on the street, in an open space, reports...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-07 00:00:00
As many as 641 people, including 84 women and 97 children, were killed and 1,364 others injured in some 528 accidents across the country last month, according to a report released by Road Safety Foundation on Monday.Of the deceased, 279...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-07 00:00:00
Health sector allocations in the national budget must aim to reduce the share of out-of-pocket expenditure in the total health expenditure, said speakers at a pre-budget dialogue on Monday.Highlighting the necessity to move beyond 'business as usual' allocations for the...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) will hold hearing on a plea for bail filed by jailed Haji Mohammad Salim, MP, in a case for amassing illegal wealth, on August 1, reports BSS.Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chamber judge...
A special Dhaka court on Monday sentenced a student of Jahangirnagar University (JU) to seven-year rigorous imprisonment in a case for making 'derogatory' comments about Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina on...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Broadcast on Monday got another 60 days to examine the much-talked-about Mass Media Employees (Services Conditions) Bill 2022, reports UNB. Chairman of the Committee Hasanul Huq Inu sought the time in Parliament and...
CHATTOGRAM, June 06 (UNB): Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Monday vowed to hold trial of those found responsible for the deadly fire and explosions at BM Container Depot at Sitakund in Chattogram. "A probe has been ordered and justice...
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has accused BNP leaders of resorting to Goebbels style lies in their imaginary claim that Begum Khaleda Zia laid the foundation of Padma Bridge, reports UNB. "BNP leaders including Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir have...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday demanded that the government forms a neutral investigation commission to identify those responsible for the deadly fire at BM container depot in Sitakunda, reports UNB. "I think an independent probe commission...
Communist Party of Bangladesh brought out a procession in the city on Monday, protesting gas price hike and demanding trial of the culprits who were involved in the Sitakunda container depot fire — FE photo
The historic Six-Point Day, marking the demand for autonomy for the then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, will be observed today (Tuesday) across the country in a befitting manner, reports BSS.On June 7 in 1966, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh...
BENGALURU, June 6 (Reuters): Indian shares ticked lower on Monday as a slump in cement makers offset gains in metal stocks at the start of a week where the central bank is expected to deliver another interest rate hike.The NSE...
RIYADH, June 06 (Arab News): Global investment group CDPQ has entered into an agreement to invest $5 billion in three of DP World's flagship UAE assets, including Jebel Ali Port, the Jebel Ali Free Zone, and the National Industries Park.The...
SYDNEY, June 06 (AFP): Australia's federal court ordered Google on Monday to pay more than $500,000 in damages to a politician after finding he had been defamed by a comedian's videos hosted on YouTube.John Barilaro was deputy premier of the...
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