State minister for civil aviation and tourism Md Mahbub Ali Monday said Biman Bangladesh Airlines has completed preparation to operate Hajj flights with its own Boeing-777 aircraft, reports BSS."We are ready to start hajj flight on May 31, if Hajj...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-24 00:00:00
The government has selected seven individuals and 16 organisations for the Prime Minister's National Award for Tree Plantation.The selection was made at a meeting of the National Committee for Prime Minister's National Award for Tree Plantation-2020 on Sunday.Environment, forest and...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-24 00:00:00
The launch terminal from Lalkhuti to Ruplal House portion on the banks of the river Buriganga needs to be removed, said Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Paposh."I call upon the BIWTA (Bangladesh Inland Water Transport...
Bangladesh registered two deaths from Covid-19 with 31 fresh cases in 24 hours till Monday morning, health authorities said, report agencies.The fresh numbers took the total fatalities from the pandemic so far to 29,130 while the caseload mounted to 19,53,264.On...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-24 00:00:00
Grameen Telecom Union of Workers and Employees has withdrawn all the cases it filed against Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and his organisation Grameen Telecom with different courts as the parties reached an out-of-the-court settlement over the claims of the...
STOCKHOLM, May 23 (AFP): The EU health agency ECDC said Monday the risk that the rare disease monkeypox would spread widely among the general population was "very low", though high for certain groups."Most of the current cases have presented with...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-24 00:00:00
A Dhaka court on Monday sent four members of the North South University's (NSU) board of trustees (BoT) to jail in a corruption case. The court also allowed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to interrogate them at the jail gate for...
COLOMBO, May 23 (AFP): Sri Lanka's inflation hit a seventh consecutive record high in April as a petrol shortage worsened and food prices rose sharply, official data showed Monday.The National Consumer Price Index rose 33.8 percent year-on-year in April, more...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday called for enhancing financial cooperation to improve regional crisis management, reports BSS.She also placed five proposals to strengthen the regional cooperation against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine conflict."I would like to propose...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-24 00:00:00
With wheat prices going sky-high following the Indian export ban, Dhaka has pushed New Delhi to let the private sector import the grain alongside the government-to-government (G2G) arrangement.Last week, commerce ministry wrote to foreign ministry for necessary measures to get...
Stocks rebound stronglyThe market rebounded strongly Monday, snapping an eight-day slump, as bargain hunters put fresh bets on stocks, riding on the government's moves to revamp the ailing market. Market insiders said the stock market regulator and the finance ministry...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2022-05-24 00:00:00
Trade operators are set to receive around Tk 3.0 billion in immediate injection from the capital-market refinancing scheme worth 10.09 billion, amid government intervention to stimulate the bourses.The supervision committee on the stock-market refinancing scheme sits today (Tuesday) to discuss...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-05-24 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Taka (BDT) has further depreciated significantly against the US dollar mainly due to higher demand for the greenback for settling import-payment obligations.The local currency lost its value by 40 paisa in the inter-bank foreign-exchange (forex) market on Monday,...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2022-05-24 00:00:00
The government has taken an initiative to construct metro rail in the Chittagong metropolitan area to improve the traffic system in the port city.Negotiations are on to start the feasibility study for the project, concerned officials told the FE.Recently, the...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-24 00:00:00
Russia offers to export crude oil to Bangladesh, at a time of global energy shortages following western sanctions and Russian blockade over Ukraine issue. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) Nasrul Hamid unveiled the development Monday, saying...
Bangladesh's Liton Das (L) after slamming a ton hugs his teammate Mushfiqur Rahim, who also scored a century later, on the first day of their second Test cricket match against Sri Lanka at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2022-05-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh ramps up belt-tightening measures to save its foreign-exchange reserves with two more fiscal interventions like increase in regulatory duty on over 200 import items and relaxing remittance rules.Officials say the government's revenue board has decided to slap additional regulatory...
Rain/thunder showers with lightning flashes and temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office.It may also occur at...
DU Correspondent | 2022-05-24 00:00:00
The elections of Dhaka University (DU) senate, the highest decision-making body of the university, will be held today (Tuesday) at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban. Voting will start at 9:00 am and continue until 2:00 pm.Pro-Awami League 'Blue Panel'...
Vice Chancellor of Canadian University of Bangladesh Professor Dr H M Jahirul Haque poses with guests and participants after the inaugural ceremony of the Kickoff Programming Contest of Spring 2022 on the university campus recently. The Department of Computer Science...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-24 00:00:00
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Monday arrested a man from the city's Kakrail area for allegedly killing his wife.The arrestee is identified as Md Nurul Islam who went into hiding after killing his spouse Reshma.Commanding Officer (CO) of RAB-10...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-24 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has observed that if Codeine phosphate is used in any combination irrespective of the amount of Codeine phosphate total combination has to be considered as narcotics substance, and since Phensedyl contains codeine phosphate...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-24 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) on Monday directed the authorities concerned to identify the persons or the government bodies whose negligence and failure caused serious financial loss and damage to millions of buyers of various e-commerce platforms so that appropriate actions...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina on Monday reiterated her call to the international community to do much more to ensure safe, sustainable and dignified return of over one million forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Bangladesh, reports UNB."Bangladesh has been hosting 1.1...
CHATTOGRAM, May 23 (UNB): A Chattogram court sent on Monday Chumki Karon, wife of ex-OC and death-row convict in Major Sinha (retd) murder case Pradeep Kumar Das, to jail in a case over amassing wealth illegally.Chattogram Divisional Special Judge Munshi...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-24 00:00:00
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested on Sunday night two persons who were involved in illegal selling of Walkie-talkies from city's Gulistsn and Mohammadpur areas in the city.The arrestees are Md Abdullah Al Sabbir, 33, and his associate Md Al...
Awami League (AL) leader Haji Mohammad Salim has been hospitalised a day after he landed in jail following a High Court order that confirmed his 10-year imprisonment in a corruption case, reports bdnews24.com.Judge Shahidul Islam of the Dhaka Seventh Special...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Monday BNP's comment on press freedom is an exposure of the party's new conspiracy against media and journalism, reports BSS.He said this in a statement issued in protest against BNP Secretary...
BNP on Monday urged Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina to offer a public apology for her remark on pushing Khaleda Zia into the river from the Padma Bridge, reports UNB.Speaking at a rally in the city, BNP Secretary General Mirza...
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