JERUSALEM, July 13 (AFP): US President Joe Biden started a Middle East tour on Wednesday in Israel, where leaders will urge tougher action against their common foe Iran, before a delicate stop in oil-rich Saudi Arabia.Biden's visit to Jeddah on...
The authorities of the two Dhaka city corporations have reportedly claimed cent per cent removal of waste from sacrificial animals within nine hours. However, waste materials from sacrificial animals can still be seen piled up on the third day of...
In developed megacities, everyone can find a park within a 30-minute walking distance. Unfortunately, our own megacity, Dhaka, does not have enough open places. According to a study conducted by the Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP), green spaces constitute only...
The idea of sharing is nothing new. No matter what faith or belief one possesses, one should have a generous heart. Giving is always being understood as charity, alms, donations, etc., an act to lessen the pains of the deprived...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2022-07-14 00:00:00
Mavericks provide spice in the flow of the usual. The appeal comes as much from the thrill of everything unexpected as it does from the audacious. That could well explain the lure of electorate for a Donald Trump or a...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2022-07-14 00:00:00
That as many as eleven politicians in Britain have now made it known that they wish to be prime minister in succession to Boris Johnson is plainly mind-boggling. This is something rather rare in British politics. And it shows the...
It could be a damning commentary on the state of food security for Bangladesh but for the global dismal performance in achieving the set target on this score. Reports are highly disconcerting. According to a UN report titled, "The state...
Dhaka's rail communication with Sylhet that was disrupted due to derailment of an oil train in Brahmanbaria's Bijoynagar upazila was restored after seven hours on Tuesday, reports bdnews24.com.Train services returned to normal at 6:15 pm, according to Mukundapur Railway Station...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-13 12:00:00
Stocks dropped marginally Tuesday, the first day after Eid holidays, as investors were mostly cautious amid growing macroeconomic worries.The market opened on a positive note and the key index rose about 19 points within the first 10 minutes of the...
DUBAI (United Arab Emirates) July 12 (AP) : Mere years ago, fuel was cheaper than bottled water in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates. Now, long lines snake outside gas stations on the eve of price hikes each month.Fuel prices in...
China's commercial capital of Shanghai was among dozens of cities baking in scorching temperatures as unusually hot weather buckled roads, popped roof tiles, and drove people to seek the cool in raid shelters underground, reports Reuters.By 3 pm on Tuesday,...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-13 00:00:00
Argentina is actively considering opening its diplomatic mission in Dhaka, said Claudio Javier Rozencwaig, Undersecretary of Foreign Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina, on Tuesday. He was talking to the press after signing...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-13 00:00:00
Both the death toll due to Covid-19 and the virus caseloads increased slightly in Bangladesh on Tuesday.The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported nine deaths from coronavirus and 656 new cases during the last 24 hours until 8:0am on...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-13 00:00:00
Government offices, banks and different business organisations resumed activities on Tuesday after the vacation of Eid-ul-Azha, the second- biggest religious festival of the Muslims, ended.Though the offices, both in the government and private sectors, resumed on the day, work environment...
Stocks drop in post-Eid first sessionStocks dropped marginally Tuesday, the first day after Eid holidays, as investors were mostly cautious amid growing macroeconomic worries. The market opened on a positive note and the key index rose about 19 points within...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2022-07-13 00:00:00
Work gets underway to formulate LNG subsidy policy to make a stable funding arrangement for import of this expensive fuel to feed growing demand in Bangladesh amid a global crunch. Sources say the government believes that providing subsidy on LNG...
FE Report | 2022-07-13 00:00:00
The tanners have collected rawhides of sacrificial animals this year at better prices than that of the last year, when people had to throw away the valuable raw material for the leather industry, insiders said.They reported no major incidents of...
COLOMBO, July 12 (AFP): Sri Lanka's president was considering using a navy patrol craft to flee the island Tuesday following a humiliating standoff with airport immigration, official sources said.Gotabaya Rajapaksa has promised to resign on Wednesday and clear the way...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh's foreign-exchange reserves fell below US$40 billion, the lowest level in two years, largely for imports far outstripping exports and falling currency-exchange rate against the US dollar.Sources say an ACU (Asian Clearing Union) payment amounting to $1.99 billion against import...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-13 00:00:00
Top finance official Abdur Rouf Talukder opens his stint as Governor of Bangladesh Bank with first priority attached to curbing inflation, as people struggle to pay high prices. Next urgent do the new governor of the central bank sets in...
Peasants are busy planting seedlings at a nursery in Godaipur union under Paikgachha upazila of Khulna — Focus Bangla
RANGPUR, July 11 (BSS): A sister drowned while trying to save her younger brother from drowning in a pond at Chalk Enayetpur Madilahat village under Phulbari upazila in Dinajpur district on Tuesday. "The dead is Rubaiya Jannat Rimi (16), daughter...
BAGERHAT, July 12 (UNB): All tourist spots in Bagerhat district including Shat Gombuj Mosque came alive with the footfalls of tourists and visitors during the Eid vacation. The Eid vacation was from Friday to Monday. But the holiday mood continued...
JAMALPUR, July 12 (BSS): Sitting on the bank of the Brahmaputra River, Sukhi Begum aged 70 recalled the misery she experienced during her life hit hardest by floods and river erosion.Her family was first displaced about 50 years ago when...
Chattogram, Jul 12 (UNB): a 23-year-old man was stabbed to death in Chawkbazar area of Chattogram city Tuesday noon.The dead is Sourav Khan Sohag, a cable operator of the area. Two people named- Shafiq and his son Sakib- allegedly stabbed...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office.It may also occur at...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Director General Major General Shakil Ahmed spp, nswc, afwc, psc distributes relief goods and Eid gifts among destitute people during his visit to Sunamganj Battalion and flood-hit Dulura BOP on the day of Eid-ul-Azha on Sunday...
Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan left Dhaka for United Kingdom on Sunday on a seven-day official visit, reports UNB.He left the country at the invitation of Chief of the Air...
Seventy-three dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours until Tuesday morning amid a rise in the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh, authorities said, reports UNB.Among them, 42 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka while the remaining 31 patients in other districts, according...
FE REportKorea Overseas Infrastructure and Urban Development Corporation (KIND) is set to open its country office in Dhaka next month aimed at widening the scope of funding for the country's development projects, including public-private partnership (PPP) ones.Sources said the decision...
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