Bangladesh will observe one-day state mourning on Saturday for former Japanese prime minister and the country's true friend Shinzo Abe, report agencies.The Cabinet Division issued a notification on Friday evening.As a mark of Bangladesh's deepest respect for Abe, the national...
Bangladesh recorded 1,611 cases of COVID-19 in a day on Friday, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,988,101, report agencies.The death toll from the disease climbed by seven in 24 hours to 29,195, according to the latest government data...
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Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS) demanded on Friday to stop harassment of homebound passengers during Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslims. It said commuters, including home goers and passengers of different public transports plying inside and outside the...
The value of global trade rose to a record $7.7 trillion in Q1 2022, an increase of about $1 trillion over the same period of the last year, reports UNB.The growth, which represents a rise of about $250 million relative...
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People went on a mass exodus through all exits from the populous capital as a four-day vacation began ahead of celebration of Eid-ul-Azha, set for tomorrow (Sunday) in Bangladesh. Though a significant number of people had left Dhaka for ancestral...
Investors fret as gloom grips stocksThe stock market passed a gloomy week to Thursday, the last week before Eid-ul-Azha, as investors stayed on the sidelines, worried about a potential economic slowdown. The week saw five trading days as usual with...
The offices of The Financial Express (FE) will remain closed on July 09-11 (Saturday-Monday) on the occasion of Holy Eid-ul-Azha. Therefore, there will be no issue of the FE on July 10-12 (Sunday-Tuesday).The online section of the newspaper will remain...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2022-07-09 00:00:00
Sales of sacrificial animals online have seen a substantial decline in the country during this Eid-ul-Azha, according to the government data.Data of Aspire to Innovate (a2i), a programme of the government's ICT Division - supported by Cabinet Division, reveals that...
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The sale of sacrificial animals in the city's 21 cattle markets and elsewhere increased on Friday as traders and farmers reduced prices hoping to woo buyers.Although sales rise to some extent, the traders are still waiting for the momentum to...
MOUNT ARAFAT, July 08 (Agencies): Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the world raised their hands to heaven and offered prayers of repentance on the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Friday, an intense day...
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The government is going to bring all kinds of food and drink supplied from the outside to the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) under its close quality check, officials say.To this effect, it is considering setting up offices of the...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2022-07-09 00:00:00
A maritime safety and navigation development project has long overrun its three-year tenure, resulting in a 73-per cent hike in its implementation cost.The project will now need around a decade to finish. Sources say Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA)...
The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated in the country tomorrow (Sunday) with due solemnity and religious fervor, report agencies.The Eid-ul-Azha is celebrated on the 10th day of Zilhajj month of the Hizri...
RAB nabs four, including cop, with Yaba pills in CtgCHATTOGRAM, July 08: Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four people, including a cop, with 5,260 pieces of Yaba from Chattogram Medical College area in the port city on Thursday night. The...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Saturday), according to the Met Office.It may...
Neither big nor too small; buyers belonging to marginal groups crave to have a medium-sized cow for Eid-ul-Azha sacrifice. A man after purchasing a cow from Kamalapur cattle market in the city on way back home on Friday. — FE...
With only a day left for the Eid-ul-Azha, shoppers busy with last-minute purchases at New Market, as in other malls of the capital, on Friday morning. — FE Photo
Relief was distributed among the flood victims in Sylhet recently on the initiative of the Department of Economics, Stamford University Bangladesh, says a press release.The university organised film shows from June 22 to June 26 to raise funds for the...
Although flood situation continues to improve in most places, another death was reported in Habiganj in 24 hours until Friday morning, taking the total flood-related fatalities to 113, reports UNB.The latest victim drowned in floodwater, according to the Directorate General...
Eminent actress Sharmili Ahmed passed away in the city on Friday after a prolonged battle with cancer. She was 75, reports UNB.Ahsan Habib Nasim, president of Actors' Equity Bangladesh, told the media that the actress had been suffering from cancer...
Legendary music director and composer Alam Khan passed away in the city on Friday at the age of 79, reports UNB.The five-time National Film Award-winning music director breathed his last around 11.30 am, his family said. Born on October 22...
Four people were killed in separate road accidents in two districts on Friday and Thursday night, reports UNB.In Sirajganj, two persons were killed and at least five others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a bus in...
The journey along Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Highway up to the Mawa end of Padma Bridge has been seamless for many southbound travellers, reports bdnews24.com.The customary scenes of travellers and vehicles jostling to board ferries at Munshiganj's Shimulia jetty were...
Around 7.2 million people have been severely affected following devastating flash floods which began in May with a second wave starting on June 15 in nine northeastern districts of Bangladesh, said a media statement issued by the UN Resident Coordinator...
Vice-president of Jaldhaka Upazila Awami League (AL) of Nilphamari district, one of the organisers of the Liberation War, and heroic freedom fighter AH Mannan died on Thursday night at the age of 65, reports BSS.Mannan left behind a son, five...
The congregation of the holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, prayers will be held at 8am at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Bhaban in the city, reports BSS.Devotees from the area including Chief...
ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, July 08 (UNB): The authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia have invited international students to apply for admission into any of its thirty-six undergraduate programmes under its 2021-22 academic session. A press release, signed by IU international affairs...
Bangladesh has been elected to UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) for four years, according to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, reports UNB.The country was elected to the Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO 2003 Convention...
Notwithstanding political crises or natural calamities at different times in the past 50 years, Bangladesh has turned around incredibly, reports UNB.The encouraging words came from none other than renowned economist and former Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Dr Atiur Rahman."Despite many...
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