Starting more than four years back, the project to automate the bonded warehousing facility seems to have picked up steam. To go by the FE report published in its Monday issue, the government is going to introduce the provision of...
Manzur Ahmed | 2022-05-18 00:00:00
Investment promotion is effective only in a congenial investment environment. Without an appropriate business climate for investment, promotional efforts might make foreign investment less likely and can even be counterproductive. It is extremely difficult to convince an investor to return...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-05-17 12:00:00
Starting with grabbing others' dwellings, their legally owned croplands, rural vacant lots, forests or hills whole or in part to rivers or canals, syndicates of grabbers can devour anything in this country. After a few days of commotion and legal...
Zaidi Sattar | 2022-05-17 12:00:00
For the rising Bangladesh economy, these are the best of times. These are also the worst of times. A combination of good news and bad news pervades the media world, with news of protracted economic impacts reverberating around the globe....
FE REPORT | 2022-05-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh reported 37 Covid-19 cases with the virus test-positivity rate inching down to 0.77 per cent on Monday.The Covid-19 infection rate was 0.86 per cent on Sunday.However, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) report zero death from coronavirus during...
The Ministry of Religious Affairs Monday issued an urgent notice relating to passport of intending Hajj pilgrims in the Hijri year of 1443 or English year of 2022, reports BSS.According to the notification, validity of passports of intending Hajj pilgrims...
Heavy rain and onrush of water from the upstream have caused many areas in Sylhet to go under water. The photo was taken in Salutikar area of Gowinghat upazila on Monday — Focus Bangla
COLOMBO, May 16 (AFP): Crisis-hit Sri Lanka has run out of petrol and is unable to find dollars to finance essential imports, the new prime minister said Monday in an address to the nation."We have run out of petrol... At...
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said on Monday that the government is trying to import wheat from five alternative sources, including Ukraine, after India banned the exports of the food-grain, reports UNB.India has announced a ban on wheat exports amid the...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-17 00:00:00
A day-long public hearing on bulk power tariff-hike proposal of state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) will be held tomorrow (Wednesday),Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has arranged the hearing around a couple of months after its previous public hearing on...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called for taking effective initiatives to ensure that international commitments are appropriately met for the implementation of the UN-adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reports UNB."...effective initiatives need to be taken to ensure that international...
FAS Finance, ILFSL stocks surgeShare prices of two scam-hit financial institutions, associated with Prashanta Kumar Halder, witnessed big jumps on Monday though the market dropped sharply. Soon after the trading opened, shares of these two companies hit upper limit circuit...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2022-05-17 00:00:00
The government is set to approve a Tk 2.46 trillion annual development programme (ADP) for the next fiscal year (FY) 2022-23 today (Tuesday), aiming to facilitate quick recovery of the economy, officials said on Monday.The new ADP is expected to...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-17 00:00:00
Now a virtual blanket ban comes on foreign tours of employees of state-owned, semi government and autonomous bodies and financial institutions as the government tightens belt to save forex reserves. Under the binding order, they cannot even go on trips...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-17 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has contacted the Interpol bureau in Delhi for the latter's help in extradition of PK Halder and his associates from India."The commission is following legal steps to get back PK Halder and his five accomplices who,...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh stocks suffered a major setback Monday as jittery investors dumped their holdings to avert further losses out of worry over the country's macroeconomic matters, including devaluation of the local currency.Trade operators said the market witnessed a steep fall from...
Siddique Islam | 2022-05-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh taka's value dropped deeper in exchange with the US dollar amid higher demand for the greenback against lower receipts through trade and remittance, sources say. Higher payment obligation for costly imports in the wake of global price rises and...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers with intense lightning flashes and temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office.Day...
The International Nurses Day-2022 was celebrated in a befitting manner at the Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute and Hospital in the city recently, says a statement. Marking the Day, members of the Nursing department brought out a rally and discussed the...
North South University (NSU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Atiqul Islam, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr M Ismaul Hossain and Treasurer Prof Dr ABM Rashedul Hasan, among others, seen with the promoted faculty members on the university campus in the city on Monday. NSU...
PABNA, May 16 (UNB): Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) Shafiqul Islam, who was suspended for fining three ticketless travellers and then the suspension order was withdrawn amid criticism, was not found guilty, said a probe body on Monday.The three-member committee submitted...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-17 00:00:00
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh urges businesses and private offices to shut by 8:00 pm and restaurants by 10:00 pm to put activities in order."I call upon private offices, shops, markets and shopping malls to...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-17 00:00:00
Chattogram division, where almost two-thirds of the fossil fuel projects have been proposed, is at high risk of being one of the world's largest carbon catastrophes, said a new report.The report released by Market Forces, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) and...
BNP standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan was admitted to city's Evercare Hospital on Sunday as he fell sick at an event in Narayanganj, reports UNB.He was admitted to the hospital around 5pm, confirmed BNP chairperson's media wing member...
BARISHAL, May 16 (UNB): A case has been filed against ward-5 councillor of Barishal City Corporation for violating an 18-year- old with the promise of marriage.Barishal Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Yarab Hossain took the case into cognizance...
The Election Commission (EC) will begin updating the voter list from May 20, reports BSS.Enumerators of the EC will go door-to-door for three weeks from May 20 to collect information on prospective voters.The representatives of EC would collect data of...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-17 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed an appeal petition with the High Court seeking cancellation of bail granted to expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a case filed for amassing illegal wealth of Tk 29.4 million. Lawyer...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday called upon the party leaders and workers to take preparations for the next parliamentary elections under the leadership of party president Sheikh Hasina from now, reports BSS."We will have to make the...
BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Monday said their party chairperson Khaleda Zia will be the prime minister if it comes to power through the next general election, reports UNB. "Some Awami League leaders, including Obaidul Quader, have asked...
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