We know that the current doctor-patient ratio in Bangladesh is only 5.26 to 10,000. We also know that the physicians who have already earned name and fame are not ready to work in district-level hospitals. Most of them have chambers...
Zahid Huq | 2022-05-20 00:00:00
Men in authority need to watch their words, that too during crisis moments. Even though the consumers are now hit below the belt by an unrelenting rise in prices of most daily essentials, they are unlikely to contest the reasons...
Growth of the electrical and electronic industry in the country has been taking place rather unnoticed by many. Although still at a nascent stage and facing several bottlenecks on way to sourcing of inputs, quality assurance, finance and government incentives,...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2022-05-20 00:00:00
Russia's think tank can well take a bow for now. In the game of economic chase they have the west tangled in their own feet. The flurry of sanctions that were to have brought Vladimir Putin's economy down on the...
Sofia Noor Rafa | 2022-05-19 12:00:00
Entrepreneurship is something that is sought after by many but the guidelines are known to a few. Being the boss of yourself is not exactly the norm in Bangladesh because it means leaving the safety of fixed jobs and entering...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2022-05-19 12:00:00
Fear of sudden departure stalks us. In these two years-plus which have gone by since the coronavirus pandemic made its way into our lives, life has been lived precariously. Or it has slipped precipitously. Those of us who have survived,...
NEW DELHI, May 18 (BBC): India's Supreme Court has ordered the release of one of the convicts involved in the 1991 murder of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.AG Perarivalan was in jail for over 30 years. In 1998, he was...
ISLAMABAD, May 18 (AP): The Pakistani Taliban on Wednesday said they are extending a cease-fire with the government until May 30, after the two sides held an initial round of talks in neighboring Afghanistan.In a statement, Mohammad Khurasani, the spokesman...
NEW YORK, May 18 (AP): U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance their protection as infections once again creep upward.Everyone 12 and older already was supposed...
Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim celebrates after scoring a century during the fourth day of the first Test cricket match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Chattogram on Wednesday Story on Page 15 — AFP
SYLHET, May 18 (UNB) -- The overall flood situation in Sylhet district showed no signs of improvement on Wednesday, with some rivers still flowing above the danger level.Officials said that all the rivers of the district are full to the...
The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) budget session for 2022-23 fiscal year will begin on June 5, reports UNB.President Abdul Hamid summoned the 18th JS session exercising power bestowed upon him by Article 72(1) of the Constitution.The JS session will begin at...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
The number of daily Covid-19 cases and the virus test positivity rate showed a downtrend in Bangladesh on Wednesday.Twenty-two Covid-19 cases were reported on the day with its infection rate at 0.44 per cent on the day, according to the...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
The government has extended the deadline for Hajj registration this year until May 22 (next Sunday).The Ministry of Religious Affairs in a circular issued on Wednesday extended the timeline. The registration of Hajj pilgrims (both under government and private management)...
Labourers of Karwan Bazar in Dhaka are taking a nap in their workplace during the hot summer noon on Wednesday. These people usually have a busy time from the evening to late at night — FE photo
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
Law-enforcers arrested an accused namely Md. Mahbubur Rahman for spreading rumour on facebook about the stock market.DB police arrested him on Tuesday from Brahman-baria, said a release issued by the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC).The arrest of Mr. Rahman...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
Arial Beel in Munshiganj has come under spotlight again as the cabinet committee on government purchase on Wednesday discussed selection of the site for setting up an international airport there.However, the meeting chose to go for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
A serious lack of governance is the key challenge of non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) in the country, speakers said at a programme on Wednesday, urging authorities concerned to bring the rule violators to justice.They also identified liquidity shortage, high rate...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
Nobel economic laureate Amartya Sen's social-choice theory could be a good option for countries like Bangladesh, noted scholars maintained on Wednesday.Terming the Bengali economist a versatile scholar, they urged students to learn more about him through reading Mr Sen directly,...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
Labour rights will be one of the key issues during the US-Bangladesh Economic Dialogue to be held in Washington on June 02.Foreign ministry officials said this on Wednesday.Bangladesh has made significant progress in addressing the concerns of both the US...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
The prices of rice will come down soon, as there is no supply crunch of the main staple in the country, said Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder on Wednesday."The auto rice-millers are purchasing paddy. But they are yet to produce...
BNP Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said that Bangladesh was going through "a very alarming economic situation" amid the growing inflation rate and devaluation of the taka against the US dollar, reports UNB.Speaking at a press conference the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the authorities concerned to integrate the development of Cox's Bazar beach with nature, trees and environment unharmed, report agencies."We will take development programmes for the beach not only with bricks and wood, but...
Core index hits fresh 10-month lowStocks witnessed yet another setback Wednesday, with the key index of the major bourse hitting a fresh 10 months low, as the jittery investors continued to sell-off amid growing concerns over the economic situation. Following...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has ruled out the possibility of any supply crunch of edible oils, wheat and onion in the local market because of adequate supply of these commodities."Soybean oil price is being fixed based on its actual import...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has further relaxed the rules for availing pre-shipment credit refinance - for helping local exporters continue shipping their products amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.Now the timeline has been extended to five years since 13 April 2020,...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
Government's revenue authority has recast the VAT-fixation and-payment modalities on medicines to merge dual taxation down, in a fiscal remedy meant for making lifesaving drugs cheaper.Prices of medicines have registered rise on many occasions, generating criticism of the drug-makers from...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
Government agency's bid for a latest hike in bulk-power tariffs is hailed with gales of protest by Bangladesh's apex trade body and rights groups, largely because of the bad timing. Pointing at the current crunch time at home and abroad,...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
The apex body of Bangladesh's dealer banks decides to tell its members to maintain a benchmark in quoting foreign-currency-exchange rates to the overseas exchange houses engaged in remitting money.The move is aimed at reining in the ongoing exchange-rate volatility on...
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