Members of Santal community bring out a procession in Gaibandha's Gobindaganj on Wednesday to demand that the authorities concerned scrap the plan of constructing Export Processing Zone (EPZ) on their ancestral land — Focus Bangla
ISLAMABAD, May 25 (Agencies): As PTI's Azadi March began on Wednesday, tensions in Punjab rose after police made use of tear gas and arrested several PTI marchers in cities across the province as activists attempted to remove shipping containers blocking...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-26 00:00:00
A Dhaka court on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to publish a gazette notification asking Prashanta Kumar Halder and nine others to appear before it in a case filed over amassing a huge amount of money.The former managing director of...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-26 00:00:00
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal Wednesday urged the countrymen to help enumerators of national population census to complete the headcount successfully. "Please help us, help enumerators to complete the census as it is not possible to complete quality census without...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-26 00:00:00
A Dhaka court Wednesday doubly jailed nine persons, including former Managing Director of the state-owned Sonali Bank Humayun Kabir, on two counts of charges of "embezzlement" and "cheating". They were sentenced to 10 years in jail in one case filed...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-26 00:00:00
Proximity to industrial areas tends to provide more employment opportunities in the manufacturing sector, especially for female workers, bridging the gender gap, a study has found.Participation of the women living in distant districts from industrial belts like Dhaka, Gazipur and...
Saif Uddin | 2022-05-26 00:00:00
Residents of the city's Kamrangrichar area have been suffering after the Titas Gas authority cuts off gas supply there in a bid to prevent illegal connections and recover arrears.They are in a fix, since there is no clear deadline on...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2022-05-26 00:00:00
Diesel import from India through an under-construction cross-border pipeline is set to begin by October, propping up drives for feeding growing fuel demand in Bangladesh. A high-powered delegation from the state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) will visit India next week...
Square Pharma fire costs Tk 500m revenue The recent fire at the factory of Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd at Kaliakoir will reduce the company's revenue and profit by about Tk 500 million and Tk 80 million respectively, the company claimed. A...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-26 00:00:00
In a bid to enhance the supply of edible oils in the domestic market, the government has moved to withdraw value-added tax (VAT) on imports of all kinds of refined cooking oils, officials said.The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) recently requested...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2022-05-26 00:00:00
Tasked with pooling higher funds for financing steadily increasing national budget, the revenue authority now moves to automate the corporate tax-return filing for the ease of business taxpayers. Officials say that effective from fiscal year 2023-24, the 'corporate e-return' system...
FE Report | 2022-05-26 00:00:00
The securities regulator has again set a 2.0-percent circuit breaker at the lower end for prices of all listed securities to contain the ongoing free fall of stocks.The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) issued a directive on Wednesday, setting...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-26 00:00:00
Dhaka city witnessed waterlogging in parts following a one-and-a-half-hour rainfall on Wednesday noon.Rainwater submerged parts of Jatrabari, Dania, Green Road, Mirpur, Moha-mmadpur, Shantinagar, Malibagh, Demra, Badda, Kuril and Baridhara areas.The local residents of those neighbourhoods complained that rainwater could not...
TEXAS, May 25 (Reuters): The murder of 19 children and two teachers at a South Texas elementary school has prompted a call to action from US President Joe Biden, who urged Americans to confront the country's gun lobby and pressure...
Siddique Islam | 2022-05-26 00:00:00
A bankers' summit meet is going to set rules on how to manage the ongoing volatility on Bangladesh's foreign-exchange market, in the cusp of a global financial crunch. Officials say the central bank will sit with top bankers today (Thursday)...
Rain/thunder showers with lightning flashes and temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office.Mild heat...
Prof Dr Md Abu Taher, member of the University Grants Commission, Anisul Hoque, Associate Editor of Prothom Alo, and Prof Niaz Ahmed Khan, Pro Vice Chancellor of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), along with other guests attend the orientation programme for...
NSU Startups Next signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with iDEA on the university campus in the city on Wednesday. Prof Atiqul Islam, Vice-Chancellor of North South University (NSU), N M Zeaul Alam PAA, Senior Secretary, ICT Division, Dr M...
The body of prominent writer and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury will arrive in the city on Saturday, reports UNB.Departing from London's Heathrow Airport, a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying Gaffar Chowdhury's body will arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport...
Brigadier General Md Main Uddin on Wednesday took charge as the Director General of the Department of Fire Service and Civil Defense (FSCD), reports UNB. Brigadier General Md Main Uddin replaced Brigadier General Md Sazzad Hussain who officially handed over...
The US Embassy in Dhaka Wednesday announced the resumption of its Fulbright Program in Bangladesh after six years, reports UNB. It also jointly launched the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) with Brac University (BracU) in Dhaka's Mohakhali. Fulbright Program, which...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-26 00:00:00
Traffic police under Wari Division in Dhaka urged the bus operators at Sayedabad Bus Terminal not to harass the passengers and charge them extra fare. Gobinda Chandra Pal, Deputy Police Commissioner (Traffic), at a meeting also asked the bus operators...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-26 00:00:00
Forty-two government, civil-society and private-sector organisations signed a pledge on Wednesday in Dhaka, committing to contribute to the timely, comprehensive and sustainable reintegration of migrant returnees.The signing is part of the public-private partnership that aims to provide employment, skills, finance...
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has urged the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to enhance their activities in Rakhine for creating an environment conducive to the sustainable repatriation of the persecuted Rohingyas to Myanmar, reports UNB. He raised...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-26 00:00:00
Today (Thursday) is the second death anniversary of renowned educationist and founding principal of Sunbeams School Niloufer Manzur.On the day, family members, friends, relatives, students and colleagues will recall fond memories they hold of late Ms Manzur and pray for...
People from all walks of life on Wednesday paid rich tributes to the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on the occasion of his 123rd birth anniversary, report agencies.To mark the day for the first time in two years due to...
CHATTOGRAM, May 25 (BSS): Awami League (AL) joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif, MP, said the conference of Chattogram City AL will be held on October 1."The conference of city AL units, wards and police stations units will be held...
Blue panel of Dhaka University teachers, backed by the ruling Awami League, swept the Senate elections held at the university's Nawab Ali Chowdhury building on Tuesday, reports UNB.Blue panel bagged 32 votes out of a total of 35 votes, whereas...
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court has set August 3 for the investigation report of the money laundering case against former Chief Justice (CJ) Surendra Kumar Sinha and his brother Ananta Kumar Sinha over the purchase of a three-storey house...
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