ZURICH, May 10 (AP): Brazil and Argentina lost their appeals to FIFA on Monday and will have to play the World Cup qualifying game that was abandoned last year in Sao Paulo amid chaos on the field caused by pandemic...
Bangladesh earned one silver and three bronze medals in the compound division of the Asia Cup World Ranking Archery Tournament, Stage-2 on the 4th day of the meet held in Sulaymaniyah of Iraq on Tuesday, reports UNB. Bangladesh's Mohammad Ashiquzzaman,...
Ahead of the two-match Test series against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka got a two-day practice match at BKSP. But the most part of the first day of the match was washed away due to persistent rain, reports UNB. The umpires called...
Bangladesh qualified for the Asian Games Hockey, 2022 beating Sri Lanka by 3-1 goals in their 2nd Pool B match of the nine-nation Men's Asian Games Hockey Qualifiers at Queen Sirkit Commemorative Stadium in Pathumthani of Thai capital Bangkok on...
Bangladesh produces around 1.5 million tonnes of mangoes with a market value of Tk100 billion every year. However, it is worrying that up to 30 per cent of mangoes produced in the country get wasted before reaching the market in...
The hygiene practice among adolescent girls during periods is very poor in Bangladesh. According to a survey conducted by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), more than 80 per cent of women and adolescents in the country...
Saint Martin's is a small island in the Bay of Bengal. It is the only coral island of Bangladesh, located on the southernmost tip of the country. Many of us know it well how valuable this island is to us...
Khawaza Main Uddin | 2022-05-11 00:00:00
Female journalists see attacks as part of the job, according to a new study, based on interviews with 32 print and broadcast journalists. Asked about emotional reactions they feel when faced with harassment, the women journalists 'tended to say they...
Wasi Ahmed | 2022-05-11 00:00:00
As the time for announcement of the national Budget is drawing near, one of the issues that should figure prominently is revisiting the government's social safety net (SSN) programmes and putting in place measures to make them more effective in...
Considering the importance of the main gateway of the country's external trade, the need for improving the Chattogram (Ctg) seaport's operational capacity cannot be overemphasised. The drastic fall in the Ctg port's cargo handling capacity during the recent Eid holidays...
Md Nur-E-Alom Siddique and Md Abir Hossain | 2022-05-11 00:00:00
Exchange rate misalignment influences the economic performance of a country especially when it comes to developing countries like Bangladesh. The impact of exchange rate misalignment on growth is more relevant in developing countries than in developed countries. According to D....
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2022-05-10 12:00:00
The long-awaited 6.15-kilometre Padma Bridge is likely to open to traffic on June 25 as work on the country's longest infrastructure has been done within timeline.Official sources, however, say the inaugural date, due to be disclosed by the prime minister...
M A Taslim | 2022-05-10 12:00:00
The spectacular unravelling of the Sri Lankan economy over the last few years and its eventual collapse very recently have attracted wide attention. The miseries wrought by the ensuing economic crisis on the ordinary Lankans have alarmed some observers that...
Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh Open University (BOU) Prof. Dr. Syed Humayun Akhter (centre) addressing a views exchange meeting with officers and employees of the BOU's Bogura regional centre and its affiliated sub-centres at the regional centre office on Monday, chaired...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh reported 30 new Covid-19 cases and zero death from the virus on Monday.With this, the country witnessed zero Covid death for the 19th consecutive day.The figures were twenty-three and zero respectively on Sunday, according to the Directorate General of...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-10 00:00:00
The central bank on Monday lowered the value-addition threshold for the country's garment exporters to 20 per cent from 30 per cent for the current fiscal year.Apparel exporters will now get cash incentives or financial assistance from the government on...
Severe cyclonic storm Asani, placed over west central Bay and adjoining area, moved north-northwestwards over the same area, reports UNB.It was centered at evening on Monday about 1100 Kms Southwest of Chattogram port, 1045 kms Southwest of Cox's Bazar port,...
FE Report | 2022-05-10 00:00:00
Voicing concern over the draft Data Protection Act-2022, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) fears that it could become 'another black law' through establishing administrative control in the name of personal protection.At a virtual discussion on its evaluation of the proposed act,...
A Rapid Action Battalion mobile court fined three grocery shops Tk150,000 for illegal stockpiling of soybean oil and sale at exorbitant prices in the Jatrabari area of the capital on Monday, reports UNB.An operational team of RAB-3 got secret information...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-10 00:00:00
The country's single-month export earnings in April 2022 grew by over 51 per cent to US$4.73 billion year-on-year riding on the resilient rebound in apparel shipments. Of the amount, Bangladesh fetched $3.93 billion from ready-made garment (RMG) exports last month,...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh calls US entrepreneurs for diversification of their investments here as 90 per cent of the US investment is currently in the energy sector."We told the US businessmen that they should pour investment in other sectors apart from the energy...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday sought support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to implement Delta Plan 2100, reports UNB."This Delta Plan is very important for Bangladesh," she told ADB vice president (operations-1) Shixin Chen when he called on...
DSE turnover exceeds Tk 12b mark Daily trade turnover on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) crossed Tk 12 billion mark on Monday, after nearly three months, as buoyant investors put fresh funds on stocks anticipating positive momentum ahead. Turnover stood at...
This three-member family, riding a bike, is probably returning to Dhaka residence from their village home after the Eid holiday. But a closer look shows two of the riders, including the kid, asleep, which may lead to a fatal accident...
COLOMBO, May 9 (Agencies): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa quit on Monday after a day of violence saw three people including an MP killed and over 150 wounded as government supporters armed with sticks and clubs attacked protestors.Lawmaker Amarakeerthi...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2022-05-10 00:00:00
The revenue authority collected Tk 2.04 trillion or 62 per cent of the total tax revenue target for the entire fiscal year (FY) 2021-22 until March - leaving a large task for its last or fourth quarter (Q4) from April...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-05-10 00:00:00
The exchange rate of Bangladesh taka (BDT) again dropped against the US dollar (US$)- mainly due to higher demand for the greenback for settling import-payment obligations.The local currency lost its value by 25 paisa in the inter-bank foreign exchange (forex)...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh too may get into "discomfort" with its foreign debt after the fiscal year 2024-25 particularly following big borrowings for megaprojects having little immediate returns, says CPD's Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya.The distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue or CPD,...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-10 00:00:00
A section of relevant traders is to blame for the edible-oil crisis in Bangladesh as indicated by Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi while lamenting his misplaced trust on the traders regarding the pricing. "I requested traders not to hike edible-oil price...
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