Enthusiastic farmers are expecting a bumper Boro paddy production in the current season exceeding the fixed farming target in Manoharganj upazila of Cumilla district and Rajshahi region including its vast Barind tract, reports BSS.In Cumilla, Talking to the news agency,...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2022-05-06 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, May 05: A large number of tourists from across the country have gathered in Chattogram and its adjoining districts -- Cox's Bazar, Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachhari - during the long Eid-ul-Fitr vacation. The Eid vacation officially began on May...
SEOUL, May 05 (AP): North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Wednesday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to speed up the development of his nuclear weapons...
HELSINKI, May 05 (AFP): A Russian army helicopter violated Finland's airspace on Wednesday, the Finnish defence ministry said, as the country mulls a potential NATO membership bid, which it hopes would be speedy."The aircraft type is a Mi-17 helicopter and...
WASHINGTON, May 05 (TASS): The United States agrees with Russia that there can be no winners in a nuclear war, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told a regular briefing on Monday."I would say that the Russians themselves have, over...
WELLINGTON, May 05 (AFP): The sea level is rising twice as fast as previously forecast around parts of New Zealand, according to research published Monday, putting the country's two largest cities at risk decades earlier than expected.Government-backed data amassed from...
LONDON, May 05 (AFP): Polls opened across the UK on Thursday in local and regional elections that could prove historic in Northern Ireland and heap further pressure on embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson.The contest for the devolved assembly in Belfast...
COLOMBO, May 05 (AP): Sri Lanka's main opposition party on Tuesday issued a no-confidence declaration aiming at ousting Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Cabinet and blaming them of failing in their constitutional duty to provide a decent living standards...
LVIV, May 05 (AP/AFP/ Reuters): Russian forces pounded targets across Ukraine, taking aim at supply lines for foreign weapons in the west and intensifying an offensive in the east, as the European Union moved Wednesday to further punish Moscow for...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-05-06 00:00:00
In less than a year's gap, NASA has started mulling refocusing on the probability of the existence of creatures, or humanoids, on exo-planets millions of galaxies away. In its latest query, it started its presumptions about aliens basing on UFOs...
Mental ailments, just like any other disease, require proper treatment. According to the World Health Organization, there has been a 13 per cent rise in mental health conditions and substance use disorders worldwide from 2007 to 2017. Recent reports indicate...
Amusement parks in and around Dhaka city have been witnessing huge crowds every day after two years of restricted Eid celebrations caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The lure of amusement and theme parks is hard to ignore. However, notwithstanding their...
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), there are around 5,000 diagnostic centres in the country. And half of them are reportedly operating without valid licences. They allegedly do not maintain any standard of diagnostic labs. Often, even...
Rafeen Huq | 2022-05-06 00:00:00
The Capital Market Stabilisation Fund (CMSF) that came into operation last year is moving in the desired direction, albeit at a slow pace. This is nothing unusual given the involvement of the interests of so many parties. The performance of...
Nilratan Halder | 2022-05-06 00:00:00
Before the invention of agriculture in 8,500 BC, known as Neolithic Revolution, human races had their migration much like the animals in African Savanna and birds from the chilly and frozen northern hemisphere to the warmer tropical parts in Asia...
The South Asian trade bloc, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), according to a World Bank (WB) study, has the potential to grow into a huge regional trading hub worth US$44 billion. Unfortunately, that is not to be,...
Muhammad Zamir | 2022-05-06 00:00:00
Srishty Anand, a research analyst associated with responsible and accountable financial usage has recently drawn attention to Oxfam's report "Inequality Kills 2022" and its reference to India. While doing so he has exposed the growing gap between the rich and...
A unique festival, Eid-ul-Fitr celebrates the fulfilment of a religious commitment that seeks to bring the best in the followers of Islam through empathy and cement the bond of fellow human fraternity. On completion of the month-long obligation of self-abnegation...
BEIJING, April 30 (AFP): Russia's foreign minister urged the US and NATO to stop supplying Kyiv with arms if they are "really interested in resolving the Ukraine crisis", Chinese state media reported Saturday.Months into an invasion that failed in its...
In a front page report headlined “Toll fixing shortly aftrer Eid, opening in June”, published in the April 29 issue of The Financial Express, it was reported that proposed toll rates of the Padma Bridge would be '1.5 per cent...
Like every year, the activities at Chattogram Port and Chattogram Customs House will remain open during the Eid holidays, except on Eid day, reports BSS.The authorities of Chattogram Port and Customs have issued separate circulars for uninterrupted import-export activities of...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-01 00:00:00
Officials have stressed on conducting a massive tax education campaign for ensuring voluntary compliances of the taxpayers.The taxpayers should know their rights and responsibilities as well as come out of fear-factors or confusions regarding tax issues, officials said in a...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-01 00:00:00
More than 90 per cent of the factories under the jurisdiction of the Industrial Police (IP) have paid festival allowances, according to IP officials.Besides, more than 55 per cent of the units have paid 15 days' wages for the month...
Eid holidaymakers wait for their respective trains to arrive at the Kamalapur railway station in Dhaka on Saturday ahead of the Eid-ul Fitr to be celebrated either on Monday or Tuesday. — FE photo
FE REPORT | 2022-05-01 00:00:00
Seventeen people were tested positive with the Covid-19 disease in the last 24 hours until Saturday morning, taking the total positive cases to 1,952,691.As no new fatality was reported, the total death toll from the disease remained static to 29,127,...
Munima Sultana | 2022-05-01 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) starts finding financiers from both development partners and public-private partnership (PPP) as its feasibility study reveals a $102.77-billion investment plan until 2050.Last week, a Spanish firm submitted the study recommending development of a 238-kilometre network...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-01 00:00:00
Edible oil market has almost gone out of control just before the Eid, to be celebrated this week. On Saturday, loose soybean oil was sold at a maximum of Tk 220 per litre at retail.The price increased by Tk 30...
The offices of The Financial Express (FE) will remain closed on May 01-03 (Sunday-Tuesday) on the occasion of Holy Eid-ul Fitr as well as the May Day which falls on May 01. Therefore, there will be no issue of the...
CMSF settles 93pc of total claimsCapital Market Stabilisation Fund (CMSF) has settled 93 per cent of total claims so far lodged with the fund authority to receive undistributed dividends. The CMSF, earlier formed to settle investors' claims on dividend along...
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