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,...
FE Report | 2022-04-16 00:00:00
EduHive, a local education technology or EdTech start-up, is set to offer a number of international courses for Bangladeshi students as it has recently inked a deal with a Hong Kong (HK)-based global platform.Besides, the digital learning platform will also...
Hundreds of thousands of farmers in Sunamganj are in a race against the clock to save paddy on more than 200,000 hectares of marshland in the Haor region by strengthening the dams or harvesting the crops early amid threats of...
Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed pays homage to Lance Corporal Kafil Majumder who lost life while discharging duty as a Bangladeshi peacekeeper in South Sudan by placing a wreath on his coffin at a programme at Dhaka...
After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bengali New Year-1429, was celebrated across the country in a festive mood, upholding the rich cultural values and rituals of the Bangalees, reports BSS.Different cultural...
JHENAIDAH, Apr 15 (UNB): Two Jubo League activists were hacked to death in a clash between two groups over collecting toll of Kotchandpur municipality in Jhenaidah on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Akhtar Hossain, 22, and Jibon Mia, 21,...
A Dhaka University (DU) correspondent of a news portal has alleged that he was beaten up in his room by a Bangladesh Chhatra League activist for failing to mention the name of a BCL leader in his reports, reports UNB....
The international affairs sub-committee of Bangladesh Awami League hosted an Iftar on Friday at a hotel in the capital in honour of foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka, reports UNB. Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Head of Missions including Indian High Commissioner...
Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Friday lauded the pragmatic and timely steps of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led government during the COVID-19 situation, reports BSS."The timely decision of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has kept the...
Members of Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote hold candlelight vigil at the Central Shaheed Minar in the city on Friday marking the first death anniversary of film actress Sarah Begum Kabori — Focus Bangla
Bangladesh Garment Sramik Sanghati forms a human chain in front of the National Press Club in the city on Friday demanding payment of April salary and festival bonus by 20th Ramadan — Focus Bangla
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