The recent increase in the Covid-19 positivity rate and death shows that the virus is still here. It is true that over the last couple of months, the authorities concerned have become a bit relaxed towards the issue; and so...
At least five per cent of every country's population suffer from some form of hearing impairment, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In Bangladesh, it is even more severe. A recent study has, unsurprisingly, found noise pollution in 70...
Spending Eid holidays with loved ones has long been a common aspiration for Dhaka city dwellers. And every year, we see an exodus of city people towards their ancestral homes on the eve of Eid. But sadly, the home-goers face...
Neil Ray | 2022-07-04 00:00:00
A small country mostly so homogeneous could not perhaps be so divisive as it looks now. It is all because of the rise of extreme intolerance within society. At a time when the country was supposed to get united on...
The news of Japan's interest in taking skilled manpower from Bangladesh comes as a remarkable booster to the country's manpower sector. Sadly, the sector has been in the doldrums for the past few years. For Bangladesh, the flow of remittance...
Muhammad Zamir | 2022-07-04 00:00:00
The World Refugee Day in the third week of June witnessed massive rallies all over the world generated by those who had become refugees-- having had to flee their places of residence in different countries and seeking shelter in other...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2022-07-03 12:00:00
The government has sought extended support from the South Asia Sub-Regional Cooperation (SASEC), a regional funding window of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), for improving cross-border communications, officials said on Saturday.At a recent conference of the SASEC countries, Bangladesh has...
Asjadul Kibria | 2022-07-03 12:00:00
The day the national parliament approved the budget for the fiscal year 2022-2023 (FY23), Bangladesh Bank (BB) also announced its annual monetary policy statement (MPS). It is the last MPS unveiled by Fazle Kabir, the outgoing BB governor of the...
Forty-nine new dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Saturday morning as cases are rising again in Bangladesh, reports UNB.Among them, 47 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).As many as 151...
New York lawmakers approved a sweeping overhaul Friday of the state's handgun licensing rules, seeking to preserve some limits on firearms after the Supreme Court ruled that most people have a right to carry a handgun for personal protection, reports...
The government earned a record Tk 31.6 million in revenue through toll from the vehicles that crossed the Padma Bridge on Friday, the 6th day after opening of the bridge to traffic, reports UNB."TK 31.6 million was collected from 6...
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has issued a new chart fixing bus fares for all the routes stretching from Dhaka to the southern districts, reports UNB.According to the chart, the distance between Dhaka and Barishal via Mawa-Bhanga-Madaripur route is...
FE Report | 2022-07-03 00:00:00
The Maldives has launched a regularisation process of job status for the undocumented workers, including Bangladeshis.The Bangladesh High Commission in Male advised the Bangladeshi undocumented ones who are working there to be regularised through getting visas and work permits immediately,...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-03 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Railway Authority (BR) will operate special trains for garment workers to help them go to their ancestral village homes for celebrating the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. "We (BR authority) will operate special trains for garment workers on the occasion of...
There is less possibility of fresh flooding in Bangladesh until mid-July and said the ongoing flood may last longer due to slow passing of water through major rivers and their tributaries, officials predicted. "Both northern and northeastern parts of the...
After washing his cow in the Buriganga river near Postogola Shamshan Ghat in the city on Saturday, a cattle farmer takes back the sacrificial animal to the nearby cattle market where he brought it from his village for sale on...
FE Report | 2022-07-03 00:00:00
The government is going to procure 0.7 million tonnes of rice bran oil for sale through its trading arm Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), sources said.To this effect, TCB has already signed necessary deals with the local rice bran oil...
FE Report | 2022-07-03 00:00:00
The country recorded six more deaths from Covid-19 with 1,105 new cases in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning as the upward trend of the infection rate continued.With the new cases, the total caseload reached 1,976,787 the number of...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2022-07-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh sees poor M&A (merger and acquisition) transactions mainly in the absence of an enabling environment, thereby affecting foreign direct investment (FDI) and even domestic deals.Highlighting M&A prospects in corporate finance, stakeholders say a more streamlined process and simple codified...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-07-03 00:00:00
A total of 14 private commercial banks (PCBs) in Bangladesh showed increased operating profits during six months to this past June, mainly banking on the country's booming foreign-trade activities, bankers say.Of the 42 PCBs in the country, the FE obtained...
Light to moderate rain/ thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office.The sun...
NARAIL, July 02 (UNB): District Education Office has banned use of mobile phones at schools, colleges and madrasas in Narail following the recent humiliation of a college teacher over a Facebook post by a college student . Narail District Education...
Railway Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujon said on Saturday necessary measures will be taken if any complaints are received from passengers about getting train tickets online ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, reports UNB. The minister said this after receiving 50 high-quality trollies,...
Sudhakar Dalela, who joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1993, is likely to be the next high commissioner of India to Bangladesh, reports UNB.Though there is no official announcement yet, the Hindustan Times on Saturday reported that Dalela will replace...
SHARIATPUR, July 02 (BSS): A visitor was killed as a passenger bus hit a microbus near the toll plaza at Jazira point in the Padma Bridge area today.The deceased was identified as Abdul Haque Mollah, 60, hailed from Kishoreganj district....
Yasir Wardad | 2022-07-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh generates 192.4 million kilograms of plastic sachet waste annually, causing severe environmental pollution and health hazards, a latest study shows.The study titled "Plastic sachet: small packet with huge environmental destruction" also said food and cooking ingredients comprise 47 per...
Busting crowds of ticket seekers at Kamalapur railway station in the city on Saturday to avail advance tickets for train journey during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha — FE Photo
In an alarming development, Pakistan's inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), broke a 13-year record and skyrocketed to 21.3 per cent in June due to a steep rise in prices of energy and food groups amid chances...
Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has contributed Tk 3.0 million to the Prime Minister's Education Assistance Trust fund as part of its corporate social responsibility. Ziaul Karim, Head of Communications and External Affairs of EBL, handed over the donation cheque to...
FE REPORTThe apparel apex body BGMEA orders its member units to expedite shipment of their goods out of 390 containers that remained unharmed in a recent fire at BM Depot.The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) made the instruction...
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