WASHINGTON, April 17 (AFP): Moody's Investors Service said Thursday that Russia "may be considered in default" if it does not pay two bonds in US dollars by end of a grace period on May 4.Moscow paid in rubles to service...
M Shahidul Islam and Hossain Mohammed Omar Khayum | 2022-04-18 12:00:00
After decades of relatively low inflation, food and non-food commodity prices are rising all across the world. Massive fiscal stimulus packages in advanced and developing countries, supply-chain disruptions, accumulated savings, and relatively eased monetary policies amidst the pandemic and, lately,...
Muhammad Zamir | 2022-04-18 12:00:00
Imran Khan, a cricketer-turned-politician, was removed from Office through high political drama in the early hours of April 10 after 174 MPs voted against him in the Pakistan Parliament which consists of 342-members. However, it may be noted that Shehbaz,...
Bangladesh Mobile Phone Consumers Association (BMPCA) has demanded proper coordination in underground cabling of electricity and internet lines in Dhaka city, reports UNB. In a statement on Sunday BMPCA president Mohiuddin Ahmed said that the Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited...
ISLAMABAD: PPP Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday said he did not think his patty would accept any ministries in Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's cabinet, which is yet to be formed since the new premier was sworn in on April...
KABUL, April 17 (AFP): The death toll from Pakistani military air strikes in the eastern Afghanistan provinces of Khost and Kunar has jumped to at least 47, officials said Sunday, as Islamabad urged Kabul to act against militants launching attacks...
Advance tickets for special launch services from Dhaka to the southern districts to facilitate travel for Eid-ul-Fitr holidays will be up for grabs from Apr 20, reports bdnews24.com.The decision was made at a meeting attended by stakeholders of Bangladesh Inland...
KYIV, April 17 (Reuters): Ukrainian soldiers resisted a Russian ultimatum to lay down arms on Sunday in the pulverised port of Mariupol, which Moscow said its forces had almost completely seized in what would be its biggest prize of the...
CUMILLA, Apr 17 (UNB): The prime accused in the murder of a local journalist was killed in a reported gunfight with members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Adarsha Sadar upazila of Cumilla early Sunday.The deceased was identified as...
FE Report | 2022-04-18 00:00:00
Transparency Interna-tional Bangladesh (TIB) in a statement on Sunday refuted observations of a senior government official about a TIB report on corruption in vaccine procurement and the graft watchdog's source of funding.It said: "The remark of Principal Secretary to the...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh said it would seek explanation on every issue of the Human Rights Report 2021, published by the US State Department, during the upcoming meetings with the country."As a responsible state, we have decided that we will talk to the...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-04-18 00:00:00
SYLHET, Apr 17: Amid continued heavy rain in the Indian state of Meghalaya, the water level in the Surma River has risen further apart from others in the frontier districts. Water started overflowing an embankment at Gurmar haor in Tahirpur...
REZAUL KARIM | 2022-04-18 00:00:00
The government looks up to a nearly 15-percent higher export at US$ 58 billion in the next fiscal year (FY), officials say, as exporters appear optimistic about a robust post-pandemic trade rebound.It has projected merchandise export at U$ 50.0 billion...
DSE turnover tumbles below Tk 4.0b markStocks slipped into the red on Sunday, after a single-day break, with turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange tumbling below Tk 4.0 billion-mark, as prolonged pessimism kept investors inactive. Page 910 protesters injured in...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-18 00:00:00
Fifty-one Covid-19 cases and zero death were reported in Bangladesh on Sunday.With the latest daily counts, the total fatalities from coronavirus reached 29124 and the total caseload crossed 1.58 million since the virus was detected in the country in March...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2022-04-18 00:00:00
Trade cost as a share of trade revenue in Bangladesh remained highest in South Asia on the back of higher total transport expenses, according to a research focused on shift to paperless trading. The study, styled Quantitative Analysis of the...
FE Report | 2022-04-18 00:00:00
Employment creation should be the prime objective in the upcoming national budget for fiscal year 2022-2023, instead of the GDP (gross domestic product) target, Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, Distinguished Fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), said on Sunday.The noted...
A ceremony to unveil a book titled 'A Strange Coincidence and Other Stories' written by Chittagong Independent University (CIU) Professor Kazi Mostain Billah in progress on the university campus recently
Rain/thunder showers with intense lightning flashes accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Mymensingh, Sylhet and Rangpur divisions in the next 24-hour from 6:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office. Mild...
Paltan police have recovered 1,300 pieces of Yaba tablets from inside seven malta or navel oranges at Shantinagar in the city on Saturday, reports bdnews24.com.The law enforcers also arrested an 18-year-old Rohingya citizen, identified by a single name "Ayas".Paltan police...
The 5th death anniversary of Razia Sultana Ispahani was observed at Mirza Ahmed Ispahani High School in Chattogramon on Sunday, says a statement. Razia Sultana Ispahani was wife of Mirza Mehdi Ispahani, founder of Mirza Ahmed Ispahani High School, and...
Prof Md Nurul Alam, pro-vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University (JU), has been appointed as its VC, an education ministry notice said on Sunday, reports UNB.The notification has been signed by Deputy Secretary of the ministry Md Masum Ahmed. According to the...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-18 00:00:00
The High Court on Sunday handed over a Canadian girl, who had allegedly been confined by her parents in Dhaka for around 10 months against her will, under the care of the Canadian High Commission. The court asked Md Golam...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-18 00:00:00
The country's apex trade-body on Sunday called for keeping different road construction and repair works suspended for 14 days - from April 27 to May 10 - to help facilitate the home-goers' smooth Eid-ul-Fitr journey.A committee of the Federation of...
A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered the official beginning of trial against Regent Group chairman Mohammad Shahed after framing charges in a case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over acquiring illegal assets, reports UNB.Judge Mohmmad Nazrul Islam of Dhaka Special...
The photo snapped on Saturday shows vehicles negotiating a road that remains submerged with drain water over a month in front of Ark Hospital in Dakshinkhan of the city, causing unbearable woes to the commuters — FE Photo
Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim on Sunday said the BNP-Jamaat wants to establish Bangladesh as a dysfunctional state for their own political gain, reports BSS."Through nine months of great Liberation War, we achieved an independent Bangladesh....
An operational team of Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU), a specialised unit of Bangladesh Police, arrested a fugitive death-row convict, a member of banned Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), from Nazipur area under Patnitala thana in Naogaon district, reports UNB.The arrestee is Md Sanwar...
A Dhaka court has set May 19 for hearing in a money laundering case lodged against sacked Faridpur city unit Awami League general secretary Sazzad Hossain Barkat, his brother Imtiyaj Hasan Rubel and eight others, reports BSS.Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam...
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