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Cattle sales surge in city

FE REPORT | 2022-07-09 00:00:00

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...

Pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat as hajj reaches apex

2022-07-09 00:00:00

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...

Food supplies to RNPP come under quality check

FE REPORT | 2022-07-09 00:00:00

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...

Limping BIWTA project faces 73pc cost escalation

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)...

Eid-ul-Azha tomorrow-

2022-07-09 00:00:00

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...

News in Brief(2022-07-08)

2022-07-09 00:00:00

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...

Weather (2022-07-09)

2022-07-09 00:00:00

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

2022-07-09 00:00:00

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...

Shoppers busy with last-minute purchases

2022-07-09 00:00:00

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

Stamford Univ aid for flood victims

2022-07-09 00:00:00

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...

Flood death toll stands at 113: DGHS

2022-07-09 00:00:00

 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...

Actress Sharmili Ahmed dies

2022-07-09 00:00:00

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...

Music director Alam Khan no more

2022-07-09 00:00:00

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 killed in road crashes

2022-07-09 00:00:00

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...

Southerners enjoying easier Eid trips for Padma Bridge

2022-07-09 00:00:00

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...

7.2m people affected due to flood in Bangladesh: UN

2022-07-09 00:00:00

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...

Jaldhaka AL vice-president Mannan dies

2022-07-09 00:00:00

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...

Eid congregation at JS South Plaza at 8 am

2022-07-09 00:00:00

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...

IU starts admission process for foreign students

2022-07-09 00:00:00

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...

BD elected to UNESCO cultural heritage body for four years

2022-07-09 00:00:00

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...

Despite challenges, BD's progress in 50 years extraordinary

2022-07-09 00:00:00

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...

Quader urges public transport drivers to follow highway rules properly

2022-07-09 00:00:00

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has urged drivers of public transports across the country to remain cautious and follow proper rules on the highways to keep the Eid journey safe and sound for the homebound people, reports BSS."Thousands...

FF Abu Musa Chy laid to rest

2022-07-09 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, July 8, (UNB): Liberation War hero and former Deputy Commander of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad's Chattogram city unit Abu Musa Chowdhury was buried with state honour at his ancestral home in Fatikchhari of the district on Friday.The funeral took place...

Rezaul lauds Hasina's role in development

2022-07-09 00:00:00

Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Friday appreciated the role of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the country's ongoing uplift, saying her contrition is seen in development of all sectors, reports BSS."Sheikh Hasina is an example to us....

AL-backed ticket syndicates fuel Eid holidaymakers' woes: Rizvi

2022-07-09 00:00:00

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged on Friday the Eid holidaymakers are facing ordeals while travelling to their village homes due to anarchy in the transport sector fueled by ruling party-backed syndicates, reports UNB."People from the metropolitan...

India asks trade bodies to cut edible oil prices

2022-07-09 00:00:00

MUMBAI, July 8 (Reuters): India has asked trade bodies to reduce edible oil prices by 15 rupees per litre immediately because prices in the world market have fallen sharply, the government said in a statement.The world's biggest importer of vegetable...

Raw sugar prices buoyed by strong demand

2022-07-09 00:00:00

LONDON, July 8 (Reuters): Raw sugar futures on ICE rose on Friday, with prices still underpinned by strong physical demand that has helped to tighten global supplies.October raw sugar SBc1 rose 1.5% to 18.80 cents per lb by 1119 GMT...

Copper slides on China demand fears, stronger dollar

2022-07-09 00:00:00

LONDON, July 8 (Reuters): Copper prices fell on Friday as worries about demand in top consumer China were reinforced by a stronger dollar.Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was down 1% at $7,743 a tonne by 0952...

Gold on track for fourth weekly drop as dollar strengthens

2022-07-09 00:00:00

Gold prices steadied on Friday but were set for a fourth straight weekly drop, as the dollar resumed its rally while focus shifted to U.S. non-farm payroll print that could influence expectations of interest rate hikes, reports Reuters.Spot gold was...

India puts curbs on wheat flour exports

2022-07-09 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, July 8 (UNB): After banning wheat exports, India has put curbs on exports of wheat flour and other related products to curb rising domestic prices.The curbs will come into effect from July 12, the Directorate General of Foreign...