Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the country's acting president on Friday, a government official said, reports Reuters.Wickremesinghe had already taken on the role after former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday following months...
CHATTOGRAM, July 15 (BSS): The first return Hajj flight, with 419 pilgrims, of Biman Bangladesh Airlines is scheduled to leave Jeddah for Chattogram International Shah Amanat International Airport on Wednesday (July 20).Saroj Kanti Barua, Chattogram district manager of Biman Bangladesh...
A mystery vessel containing stones has been found adrift at an estuary of the Bay of Bengal in Monpura, Bhola with no sailors on board, reports bdnews24.com.As the residents were excited by the vessel, the authorities were yet to take...
FE Report | 2022-07-16 00:00:00
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has called for strengthening global solidarity and adopting a well-coordinated response to the ongoing global crises. He was addressing a ministerial roundtable, titled 'Accelerating achievement of the SDGs by 2030: addressing on-going...
KERANIGANJ, Jul 15 (UNB): The body of a final-year student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) has been recovered from the Padma River.The dead is Tariquzzaman Sunny.Mostafa Kamal, officer-in-charge of Dohar thana, said Sunny went missing while taking...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-16 00:00:00
Bangladesh reported two deaths from Covid-19 on Friday along with 1,051 positive cases of the viral disease, according to official data.Some 9,100 samples were test in the past 24 hours till 8:00 am on the day.Of them, around 11.55 per...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-16 00:00:00
Egg, one of the main sources of protein, became pricier last week as the city grocers were charging Tk 12 for a single piece of farm egg (brown) from the consumers. Both the city traders and customers said the price...
YASIR WARDAD | 2022-07-16 00:00:00
Public wheat procurement has mostly failed the target this year amid higher market prices, thereby putting the government in a tight spot to source the staple from a war-hit global market.Import also dropped to a decade low of 4.0-million tonnes...
Investors still in selling modeStocks witnessed yet another bearish week to Thursday, the shortened week after Eid vacation, as jittery investors remained in selling mode amid growing macroeconomic worries. This week saw three trading days as the market remained closed...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2022-07-16 00:00:00
Much-hyped trading in treasury bonds on the market may begin soon as the stakeholders completed most of the procedures, including mock trading, stoking hopes about a rebound of the bourses. The bonds never traded on the secondary market and remained...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-16 00:00:00
Direct shipping service to Europe and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Bangladesh's Chittagong seaport is planned to facilitate export of jute and jute goods to overseas market. Officials say the government also wants to enhance supply of required containers...
We often talk about people returning to Dhaka after enjoying Eid holiday in their village homes. But what about people leaving the capital after Eid celebrations? This cheerful little girl, as spotted with her family at the Kamalapur Railway Station...
REZAUL KARIM | 2022-07-16 00:00:00
Lifting conditions regarding local value addition and gradual cut in HS Headings on apparel items are among measures envisaged as export booster after Bangladesh's LDC graduation that will banish cash incentives.Sources say such substitutes are being mulled as businesses fear...
Six people were killed and 15 others injured in separate road accidents in Dhaka city, Gazipur, Narayanganj and Bogura districts on Friday, report agencies.In Gazipur, three motorcycle riders were killed when a private car hit their bike on the Konabari...
Light to moderate rain/thunder shower accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Chattogram division; at a few places over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Barishal and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur...
Flood death toll stands at 119: DGHSThe death toll from the devastating floods in the country rose to 119 on Friday morning, with another death in Moulvibazar district in the past 24 hours. The latest victim drowned in floodwaters, according...
As Eid holiday hangover continues, people in large numbers flock to different tourist spots. The picture was taken from the city's Lalbagh Kella on Friday — Focus Bangla
Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan visits the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project on Friday — PID
A Dhaka court has placed three fraudsters on different terms of remand in a case lodged for realising money from victims by publishing fake job circulars on Friday, reports BSS.The three who were put on remand are-- Md Azibul Hasan...
RANGAMATI, July 15, (UNB): Police rescued 20 tourists, including women and children, after their boat ran out of fuel amid rain and got stuck on Kaptai Lake in Rangamati district on Thursday nightAccording to Additional Superintendent of Rangamati police Mahmuda...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-16 00:00:00
Thirty-one dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in the past 24 hours until Friday morning taking the total cases to 1,610 this year.Of the latest dengue positive cases, 30 were hospitalised in Dhaka, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)...
SYLHET, Jul 15 (UNB): Two Bangladeshi nationals were injured after being shot at allegedly by members of the Indian Khashi community in the Majhergaon border area of Sylhet's Companiganj upazila on Thursday.The shooting occurred around 12:00 noon near the eighth...
The United Nations (UN) has announced an additional allocation of $5 million as relief to meet the immediate needs of families caught in the deadly flooding in northeastern Bangladesh, reports UNB.After a coordinated appeal by the UN country team in...
DU Correspondent | 2022-07-16 00:00:00
The entry tests for honors first year in Dhaka University (DU)-affiliated seven colleges will be held from August 12 (Friday), for the academic year 2021-22. The admission test of the Science Unit will be held on August 12 (Friday), Arts...
TALHA BIN HABIB | 2022-07-16 00:00:00
A good number of people returned to the capital Dhaka on Friday after celebrating Eid-ul-Azha in their village homes. Rail stations, and bus and launch terminals witnessed a significant number of the returnees on the day. Private vehicles, public transports,...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-16 00:00:00
To alleviate sufferings of the justice-seeking people, the Chief Justice has taken an initiative to set up a restroom on the premises of each of the District and Session Judge's Courts and other relevant courts. A restroom of this type...
BOGURA, Jul 15 (UNB): Police on Friday arrested a fugitive convict who had been on the run since his conviction in the 2012 Biswajit Das murder case.Alauddin, 35, who was sentenced to life in jail in the case in 2013,...
GOPALGANJ, July 15 (BSS): Newly appointed Governor of Bangladesh Bank (BB) Abdur Rouf Talukder Friday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his mausoleum at Tungipara in Gopalganj.After laying the...
CHATTOGRAM, July 15 (BSS): Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader and BNP senior leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed are making comments like uneducated persons despite being learned politicians. "The cost of...
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