Some of us work really hard at the workplace and produce wonderful results for our bosses. We give million-dollar ideas in weekly meetings. And we earn for our companies. Why then, we do not have the confidence to take risks...
Ramadan is said to be a month of blessings. Unfortunately though, it looks like some syndicates of traders have taken this month as an opportunity to double their profits. They are charging exorbitant prices for essential items such as fruits...
The capital market in Bangladesh has not become stable yet. And currently it is behaving irrationally. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has for long been emphasising institutional investment in the market. But the institutions do not feel confident about...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-04-17 00:00:00
The FE back page photograph of three transgender youths extorting a cycle-rickshaw passenger and its puller on a busy Dhaka road is a common sight nowadays. Of late, they have come out on the streets. A number of them swoop...
Asjadul Kibria | 2022-04-17 00:00:00
The importance of Zakat in Islam is well known to all. This is the mandatory charity for solvent Muslims who have minimum amount of wealth after his or her own consumption. The core idea behind the Zakat is to share...
The latest move by the central bank to impose mandatory LC (letter of credit) margin in order to discourage non-essential imports appears to be well taken. The central bank issued a circular in this connection with a view to containing...
CHATTOGRAM, Apr 15 (UNB): Two people were killed in a collision between a garbage truck and a covered van on Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway in Lohagara upazila of the port city on Friday.The deceased were identified as truck driver Mahfuz, 25,...
RAJSHAHI, April 15 (BSS): Drought-like situation has been prevailing in the region including its vast Barind tract for the last couple of days posing a serious threat to the living and livelihood condition of the people, particularly the poor and...
The Pakistan Army, apparently ruffled by a vicious social media campaign against it, said on Thursday that it has "nothing to do with politics" and it will remain "apolitical", reports PTI from Islamabad.Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) - the media wing...
ISLAMABAD, April 15 (Agencies): Pakistan's new government is in internal discussions on whether to roll back fuel and power subsidies in the stuttering economy, officials said, as the industry regulator advised a huge hike to match global prices.Former premier Imran...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-16 00:00:00
Twenty-seven Covid-19 cases and zero death were reported in Bangladesh on Friday.The figures were 35 and zero respectively on Thursday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).With the latest daily counts, the total fatalities from Covid-19 reached 29,124...
WASHINGTON, Apr 15(AP): The head of the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday that Russia's war against Ukraine was weakening the economic prospects for most of the world's countries and called high inflation "a clear and present danger" to the global...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-16 00:00:00
There will be no food shortage in the country, as the government has given utmost priority to ensuring food security, said Agriculture Minister Dr Mohammad Abdur Razzaque on Friday. "The country has witnessed increased food production despite the onslaught of...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-16 00:00:00
Commerce ministry requests the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to reduce VAT (value-added tax) on the beauty industry to 5.0 per cent in the all-female trade, officials say.The government imposed a 15-per cent tax on the import of beauty products...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-16 00:00:00
Sale of advance bus tickets by private operators ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival kicked off on Friday - especially for passengers of northern, north-western and south-western regions. Presence of the passengers was low in the morning, but most of the...
People join the 'Mangol Shobhajatra', a colourful procession taken out in celebration of the Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year, on Thursday. The photo was taken on the Dhaka University campus — FE photo
YASIR WARDAD | 2022-04-16 00:00:00
Prices of most of the rice varieties showed a further rise last week battering the commoners who had already dug deep into their pocket to meet the rising cost of living triggered by price hike of other essentials.During a visit...
Japanese cos in BD top export ratio listExport ratio of Japanese companies operating in Bangladesh is atop among the Asia and Oceania countries as the ratio of exports to total sales by Japanese companies has stood at 65.4 percent, said...
VYSHNEVE, Apr 15 (AFP): A Ukrainian military factory outside Kyiv that produced missiles allegedly used to hit Russia's Moskva warship was partly destroyed by overnight Russian strikes, an AFP journalist at the scene saw Friday.A workshop and an administrative building...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2022-04-16 00:00:00
Government high-ups asked for completing the megaproject on Dohazari-Cox'sbazar-Ramu-Ghundum route faster now as Bangladesh Railway sought two more years to link the country's eastern regional corridor, officials said.The Prime Minister in a recent communication asked the ministry to complete it...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-16 00:00:00
Dhaka city's shopping malls pulled in a large crowd of customers on Friday for Eid buying, much to relief of traders after two long years of the pandemic.Garment traders were seen passing a busy time receiving and selling products, especially...
SYFUL ISLAM and REZAUL KARIM | 2022-04-16 00:00:00
Next-door neighbours and blocs having trade potential, good connectivity, bilateral cooperation and strategic partnership will get priority in Bangladesh's journey towards free-trade agreements (FTAs), the government decides.A draft of the Regional Trade Agreement (RTA) policy also puts on priority list...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Saturday), according to the Met Office. It may also occur at one...
Fire at city plastic factoryA fire broke out at a plastic factory at Lalbagh in the capital on Friday. However, there was no report of casualties. A duty officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defense central office told the...
Students, teachers and employees of Chattogram University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) bring out a procession led by Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mohammad Rafiqul Alam on the campus on Thursday, marking Bangla New Year-1429.
A Belarusian man employed with Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project was found dead at a residential area in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna on Friday, police said.The deceased was identified as Ivanu Maxim, 52, an employee of contractor firm Ruinwald in...
Our Correspondent | 2022-04-16 00:00:00
BENAPOLE, Apr 15: Five trucks carrying bleaching powder from India were burnt to ashes in a devastating fire at Benapole port early Friday. Witnesses and port security guards said the Indian trucks caught fire suddenly at the last moment of...
CHATTOGRAM, Apr 15 (UNB): Veteran journalist and columnist Mostafa Kamal Pasha died at a city hospital on Friday morning at the age of 68.He breathed his last around 10:00 am. He had been suffering from cancer for a long time,...
Our correspondent | 2022-04-16 00:00:00
LALMONIRHAT, Apr 15: A youth was beaten to death allegedly by the police after he was detained from Baishakhi Mela at Kazir Chawra village under Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Rabiul Islam Khan,...
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