COLOMBO, May 19 (AFP): Sri Lanka will take at least six more months to start repaying its debts, the central bank said Thursday as the government shut schools because of fuel shortages.Central Bank of Sri Lanka Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said...
WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters): International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday that global finance leaders may need to become more comfortable with fighting multiple bouts of inflationary pressures.Georgieva told Reuters on the sidelines of a G7 finance...
FRANKFURT, May 19 (Reuters) - European Central Bank policymakers expressed widespread concern about the spread of inflation and the only major debate appears to be just how fast and how far they should tighten policy, the accounts of their April...
The growth rate forecast of Pakistan's economy increased significantly during 2021-22, making it the second-highest economic growth recorded over the past four years suggesting recovery of the economy from the Covid-19 pandemic, reports DAWN.The projection came at a time when...
WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters): New claims for US unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, but the labor market remains tight amid worker shortages, with the number of Americans on jobless rolls at its lowest since 1969 in early May.Initial claims...
WELLINGTON, May 19 (AFP): New Zealand on Thursday unveiled a big-spending budget including cash handouts to combat the rising cost of living.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she aimed to make the country "ready and secure" to handle the impact of...
BRUSSELS, May 19 (AP): The European Union's executive arm moved Wednesday to jump-start plans for the 27-nation bloc to abandon Russian energy amid the Kremlin's war in Ukraine, proposing a nearly 300 billion-euro ($315 billion) package that includes more efficient...
TOKYO, May 19 (Reuters): Japan's exports extended double-digit gains for a third straight month in April, but surging global commodity costs inflated the country's import bill to a record, adding to worries about the rising cost of living.Shoring up the...
FE Report | 2022-05-20 00:00:00
More than half of the country's parents and their children are impatient for social preferences which also shape their economic predilections, according to a study. It also found that two?thirds of the parents and children are also willing to take...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-20 00:00:00
Participants at the concluding session of the national conference on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on Wednesday observed that the country's development has reached a crucial juncture and new ways of thinking for development should be evolved to overcome innumerable...
KÖNIGSWINTER, May 19 (AFP): G7 partners met in Germany on Thursday hoping to find a solution for Kyiv's budget troubles as the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues to roil the global economy."I'm quite optimistic that we will be...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-05-20 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, May 19: A lighter ship named MV Tamim sank in the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday.MV Tamim loaded with 1,600 tones of wheat worth around Tk 66.4 million sank in Tillarchar area of Ramgoti at around 4pm. The ship...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-20 00:00:00
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) urged the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) on Thursday to inform the traders before carrying out drives in kitchen markets."We call upon the DNCRP to inform us (traders)...
Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) arranged a "Workshop on Shariah Awareness in Banking Operation" on a virtual platform on Wednesday. Dr Md Mahbub Ul Alam, chairman of SIBL, spoke as the chief guest. Zafar Alam, Managing Director and CEO of...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-20 00:00:00
Country's poultry sector has sought tax exemption on import of raw materials to continue supplying meat and eggs in the local market at reasonable prices. They claimed that the prices of raw materials for poultry feeds have recently increased by...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, May 19 (BSS): Three paddy workers were killed and seven others injured as their paddy-laden truck turned turtle in the Jamtala Pawel area on the Amnura-Nayagola road in Sadar upazila on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Bulbul, 30,...
SUNAMGANJ, May 19 (UNB): Three people were killed and 15 others sustained injuries after being struck by lightning while working on a paddy field in the Kalagaon area of the district's Tahirpur upazila on Thursday.The identities of the deceased could...
COX'S BAZAR, May 19 (UNB): Two tourists, both women, have died in Cox's Bazar in the past 24 hours, police said on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Marfua Khanam, 23, and Laboni Aktar, 20, both residents of Dhaka.Cox's Bazar additional...
JASHORE, May 19 (BSS): The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up a massive programme to cultivate summer vegetables in all six districts of Jashore Agricultural Zone, during the current season.The DAE office sources said under the programme, a...
SYLHET, May 19 (UNB): The overall flood situation in Sylhet district worsened further Thursday morning, with some rivers still flowing above the danger level due to the onrush of hilly waters from India.Although the showers have subsided in the district...
MONTREAL, May 19 (AFP): Health authorities in Canada's Quebec province are investigating more than a dozen suspected cases of monkeypox, a rare but potentially serious virus, public broadcaster CBC reported Wednesday.The United States on Wednesday also confirmed a case of...
GUWAHATI, May 19 (AFP): At least 10 people including a four-year-old child have died in floods and landslides this week after unusually heavy rains pummelled several parts of India, as forecasters warned on Wednesday of more deluges.Experts say extreme weather...
SAO PAULO, May 19 (AFP): Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the front-runner in Brazil's October presidential elections, took a break from campaigning Wednesday to marry his fiancee and fellow Workers' Party member, sociologist Rosangela da Silva.The former president posted a...
SEOUL, May 19 (AP): North Korea on Thursday reported 262,270 more suspected COVID-19 cases as its pandemic caseload neared 2 million - a week after the country acknowledged the outbreak and scrambled to slow infections in its unvaccinated population.The country...
BANGKOK, May 19 (AP): Residents of the Thai capital, Bangkok, will cast their ballots for the city's leader Sunday in a vote seen as a barometer of the public mood ahead of an approaching general election.Opinion polls suggest that candidates...
NEW YORK, May 19 (Reuters/AP): The United States does not have legal authority to seize Russian central bank assets frozen due to its invasion of Ukraine, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday, but talks with US partners over ways...
WASHINGTON, May 19 (AP): President Joe Biden departs on a six-day trip to South Korea and Japan aiming to build rapport with the two nations' leaders while also sending an unmistakable message to China: Russia's faltering invasion of Ukraine should...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-05-20 00:00:00
What will be the look of the city of Dhaka one hundred years from now? Given the stunningly fast change in the look and character of Dhaka in the 1940s and, later, in the 1970s --- especially after the independence...
As children grow older, they undergo both physical and mental changes. Naturally, not all children have the same form of growth or development. However, some patterns or periods of development are similar for most children, which are crucial and must...
Everyone knows about the current crisis of cooking oil in Bangladesh. A recent record hike in the price of soybean oil has made many of us ponder how we can cope up with the situation. One of the main solutions...
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