Abdulla-Al-Mamun | 2022-06-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) is a pioneer institute in the field of rural development in Bangladesh. The journey of this pioneering institute started 63 years ago on 27 May 1959. BARD is located in a beautiful natural setting...
Jehangir Hussain | 2022-06-04 00:00:00
In Desh Theykey Deshey (Across Countries), journalist and author Asaduzzaman Shamrat writes about Louvre Museum, its rich collection on display and about Monalisa.He writes that he saw it all in 2015, during his visit to Paris to cover the 21st...
Md. Touhidul Alam Khan | 2022-06-04 00:00:00
World Environment Day (WED) is an important occasion to recognise environmental efforts and celebrate the importance of protecting the environment for human existence. Every day, even without knowing it, we are harming our environment in one way or another. Our...
In Bangladesh, summer comes with sweltering heat. But nature offers us a number of juicy and nutritious fruits to beat the heat and diseases in this season. These fruits boost our immune system and provide our bodies with essential vitamins...
According to World Health Organization (WHO), five per cent of the population of every country consists of people devoid of the ability to speak and hear. There are only a handful of schools across Bangladesh that caters to the needs...
More than 100 students of different universities in Bangladesh took their own lives last year, according to a survey. The tendency to committing suicides does not seem to have seen any letting up this year among our university students. Instead,...
Tanim Asjad | 2022-06-04 00:00:00
Road traffic in Dhaka is a nightmare thanks to inadequate and haphazard public transport dispensation. Other factors like faulty roads and streets and encroached footpaths aggravate the problem. Despite knowing these, most of the measures taken to address the issue...
Reiterating the obvious arguments of the volatile global energy market, the state minister for power, energy and mineral resources did make out a case for raising power tariff before the media at a recent meet-the-press event in the city. However,...
Khawaza Main Uddin | 2022-06-04 00:00:00
In promoting regional cooperation in South Asia, natural resources in each country that can benefit others are hardly focussed. There are natural demands as well for the resources people can see beyond their borders but cannot access. A major consequence...
Hasnat M Alamgir | 2022-06-04 00:00:00
Patients in Bangladesh in general express displeasure and frustration at the services they receive from many healthcare facilities, particularly those from public sector providers and lesser-known, smaller private facilities. Services are also perceived to be poorer in quality and inadequate...
Some errors occurred in our news item titled 'Dhaka-Bhanga Expressway: Korean co set to be O&M operator' published on page 8 in Wednesday's issue of The Financial Express.We need to clarify parts of the news story as follows:The Roads and...
State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mahbub Ali visits stalls of Air India and Vistara airlines after inaugurating the International Tourism Fair at a city hotel on Thursday
The Bangladesh Bank has formed a Tk 1 billion refinancing fund for the banks to lend customers between Tk 500 and Tk 50,000 under a digital microcredit scheme, reports bdnews24.com.The interest rate for the customers will be maximum 9 per...
Though there is a signboard that reads: 'Parking is prohibited', cars are seen being parked on the road right in front of Notre Dame College at Motijheel in the capital on Thursday. The illegal practice is not only narrowing the...
The government has reported 22 coronavirus cases in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,953,563, report agencies.No new fatalities were registered in the 24-hour count, keeping the death toll from the disease unchanged at 29,131, according to...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-03 00:00:00
The High Court on Thursday wanted to know whether jute bags were being used in the packaging of 19 essential commodities, including rice, pulses and sugar. The authorities concerned have been asked to comply with the order within two months....
FE REPORT | 2022-06-03 00:00:00
An investor of the stock market has filed a petition with the High Court seeking a ban on leaving the country by Insurance Development & Regulatory Authority (IDRA) chairman Dr M Mosharraf Hossain and his wife Jannatul Mowa till disposal...
The High Court on Thursday ordered the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) to provide Tk 1.5 million as compensation to 104 children's families each who died between 1982 to 2009 taking adulterated paracetamol syrup, reports UNB.The HC bench of...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2022-06-03 00:00:00
Construction of the donor-funded Karnaphuli Multilane Road Tunnel project may miss the completion deadline as slower progress prompts the authorities to seek extension of the loan-availability period.China's Exim Bank is disbursing the loan worth Tk 98b for this China-funded megaproject,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Bangladesh will send workers to Malaysia maintaining all necessary protocols, including vaccination and other formalities, report agencies.She gave the assurance while visiting Malaysian Human Resources Minister M Saravanan called on her at her...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-03 00:00:00
Malaysia reopens manpower market for Bangladesh after a four-year ban, paving the way for increasing overseas jobs and remittance, the government hopes.Minister for Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (EWOE) Imran Ahmad, after a joint meeting, announced Thursday that the Southeast...
Stocks end marginally higher on DSEDhaka bourse Thursday closed the week's last session marginally higher extending the gaining streak for sixth consecutive session as investors' participation rose moderately in transactions. On Thursday, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) saw marginal rise both...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-03 00:00:00
No conversion factor would be used against 100 per cent funded and non-funded exposure while calculating single borrower and large loan limit, according to a Bangladesh Bank (BB) circular - issued on Thursday. However, conversion method would be used while...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-03 00:00:00
FBCCI President Md Jasim Uddin on Thursday came down hard on traders over sudden price hike of rice, especially in the peak season.The leader of the country's apex trade body said the unethical practice of hoarding by a group of...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh lowered the retail prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) provided by private operator by 6.96 per cent for June trading, in a downward adjustment of the previously hiked rates.The price of 12kg cooking fuel has been adjusted lower to...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-03 00:00:00
As if to deepen the plight of consumers already reeling from unabated hike in prices of most essentials, the edible oil millers submitted a fresh proposal to the commerce ministry on Thursday, seeking a Tk 24 hike in prices of...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-03 00:00:00
The country's single-month export recorded a slow growth with US$3.83 billion earnings in May, the lowest since September last, which exporters attributed to a sluggish global demand. Bangladesh witnessed a 23.24 per cent growth in May 2022 export earnings compared...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2022-06-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh's current-account deficit (CAD) widens over nine times to $15.32 billion, as of April, mainly on account of a sharp decline in remittances and rise in imports.Bangladesh Bank (BB) data released Thursday showed that the CAD widened in ten months...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-06-03 00:00:00
The local currency depreciated significantly against the US dollar Thursday as Bangladesh again allowed banks to fix their exchange rates freely on the foreign-exchange market, officials said.The central bank allowed the authorised dealer (AD) banks to fix their exchange rates...
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