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Turkish inflation hits highest rate since 1998 at 73.5 per cent

2022-06-04 00:00:00

ANKARA, June 3 (AFP) : Turkey's inflation climbed to its highest level since 1998, hitting an annual 73.5 percent in May, official data showed Friday, an issue dogging President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of elections next year.Critics have blamed the...

Visitors throng 17th Dhaka Travel Mart

FE REPORT | 2022-06-04 00:00:00

The 17th Dhaka Travel Mart 2022 drew a huge crowd on Friday, as the participating tour operators and airlines offered lucrative discounts to the travel enthusiasts.The three-day travel and tourism fair began at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the capital...

New line to connect Matarbari port with nat'l rail network

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2022-06-04 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, June 03: The Matarbari deep-sea port will be connected by a train link with the port city and Dhaka as a new railway track will be set up leading to the Chattogram-Gumdum-Cox's Bazar dual gauge double line. Sources said...

Farashganj, Wari split point in BCL

2022-06-04 00:00:00

Old Dhaka outfit Farashganj Sporting Club split point with Wari Club when their match ended in a 2-2 goal draw in the Bashundhara Group Bangladesh Championship League (BCL) football held on Friday at Birshreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium...

Swiatek faces teenager Gauff in French Open final today

2022-06-04 00:00:00

PARIS, June 03 (Reuters): Iga Swiatek is one step away from a second French Open title in three years but the world number one will face a unique challenge on Saturday in teenager Coco Gauff in a tournament that often...

'Swimming Training For Children With Autism'

2022-06-04 00:00:00

State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russel speaking at the inaugural ceremony of 'Swimming Training For Children With Autism', organised jointly by Bangladesh Autism Sports Club and Bangladesh Swimming Federation at Ivy Rahman Swimming Pool in the city...

Pakistan women win ODI series against Sri Lanka

2022-06-04 00:00:00

Sidra Ameen continued her purple patch, registering her second one-day international century, on Friday (June 3), to help Pakistan take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series against Sri Lanka, according to Cricbuzz. The Pakistan opener became only the...

New Zealand reduced to 38-3 at lunch on Day 2

2022-06-04 00:00:00

LONDON, June 03 (Reuters): Fast bowlers continued to dominate the first test at Lord's as New Zealand were reduced to 38-3 in their second innings, leading the hosts by 29 runs at lunch on the second day of the first...

Bangabandhu Gold Cup T-20 cricket tournament begins in Rajshahi

2022-06-04 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, June 03 (BSS): Bangabandhu Gold Cup T-20 Cricket Tournament began here on Friday for the second time.Rajshahi Divisional Cricketers' Association is hosting the tournament supported by Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) at Rajshahi College playground aimed at generating new more...

News in Brief (2022-06-04)

2022-06-04 00:00:00

Soldier killed in Pakistan terror attack ISLAMABAD, June 03: A soldier was killed when terrorists targeted security forces in the North Waziristan district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, an army statement said on Thursday night. The terrorists fired at...

Some Indian officials ignoring or supporting attacks on minorities

2022-06-04 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, June 03 (Reuters): Some officials in India are ignoring or even supporting rising attacks on people and places of worship in the country, a US official said late on Thursday, drawing an angry reaction from New Delhi which...

Myanmar violence has displaced 1.0m: UN

2022-06-04 00:00:00

BANGKOK, Jun 03 (AP): The United Nations' humanitarian relief agency says the number of people displaced within strife-torn Myanmar has for the first time exceeded 1 million, with well over half the total losing their homes after a military takeover...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters 100th day as fighting rages

2022-06-04 00:00:00

DONBAS, June 03 (Reuters/Arab News): Ukraine marked 100 days since Russia's invasion on Friday with fighting raging across the east of the country, where Moscow's forces are tightening their grip on the Donbas.The somber milestone came as Kyiv announced Moscow...

US, South Korea, Japan envoys meet as N Korea appears to prepare nuke test

2022-06-04 00:00:00

SEOUL, June 03 (Reuters): Officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan met in Seoul on Friday to prepare for "all contingencies" amid signs North Korea is preparing to conduct a nuclear test for the first time since 2017.US...

The Pioneer of Rural Development

Abdulla-Al-Mamun | 2022-06-04 00:00:00

Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) is a pioneer institute in the field of rural development in Bangladesh. The journey of this pioneering institute started 63 years ago on 27 May 1959. BARD is located in a beautiful natural setting...

Across countries

Jehangir Hussain | 2022-06-04 00:00:00

In Desh Theykey Deshey (Across Countries), journalist and author Asaduzzaman Shamrat writes about Louvre Museum, its rich collection on display and about Monalisa.He writes that he saw it all in 2015, during his visit to Paris to cover the 21st...

Only One Earth and Restore our Planet

Md. Touhidul Alam Khan | 2022-06-04 00:00:00

World Environment Day (WED) is an important occasion to recognise environmental efforts and celebrate the importance of protecting the environment for human existence. Every day, even without knowing it, we are harming our environment in one way or another. Our...

Taking action against fruit adulterators

2022-06-04 00:00:00

In Bangladesh, summer comes with sweltering heat. But nature offers us a number of juicy and nutritious fruits to beat the heat and diseases in this season. These fruits boost our immune system and provide our bodies with essential vitamins...

Making sign language compulsory in schools

2022-06-04 00:00:00

According to World Health Organization (WHO), five per cent of the population of every country consists of people devoid of the ability to speak and hear. There are only a handful of schools across Bangladesh that caters to the needs...

Preventing suicide among university students

2022-06-04 00:00:00

More than 100 students of different universities in Bangladesh took their own lives last year, according to a survey. The tendency to committing suicides does not seem to have seen any letting up this year among our university students. Instead,...

Revamping public buses in Dhaka

Tanim Asjad | 2022-06-04 00:00:00

Road traffic in Dhaka is a nightmare thanks to inadequate and haphazard public transport dispensation. Other factors like faulty roads and streets and encroached footpaths aggravate the problem. Despite knowing these, most of the measures taken to address the issue...

Ensuring affordable power for low-end users

2022-06-04 00:00:00

Reiterating the obvious arguments of the volatile global energy market, the state minister for power, energy and mineral resources did make out a case for raising power tariff before the media at a recent meet-the-press event in the city. However,...

Economic corridors, energy hubs and cross-border initiatives

Khawaza Main Uddin | 2022-06-04 00:00:00

In promoting regional cooperation in South Asia, natural resources in each country that can benefit others are hardly focussed. There are natural demands as well for the resources people can see beyond their borders but cannot access. A major consequence...

Need for measuring patients’ satisfaction level in Bangladesh hospitals

Hasnat M Alamgir | 2022-06-04 00:00:00

Patients in Bangladesh in general express displeasure and frustration at the services they receive from many healthcare facilities, particularly those from public sector providers and lesser-known, smaller private facilities. Services are also perceived to be poorer in quality and inadequate...

Clarification (2022-06-03)

2022-06-03 00:00:00

Some errors occurred in our news item titled 'Dhaka-Bhanga Expressway: Korean co set to be O&M operator' published on page 8 in Wednesday's issue of The Financial Express.We need to clarify parts of the news story as follows:The Roads and...

International Tourism Fair

2022-06-03 00:00:00

State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mahbub Ali visits stalls of Air India and Vistara airlines after inaugurating the International Tourism Fair at a city hotel on Thursday

BB forms Tk 1.0b digital microcredit refinancing fund

2022-06-03 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Bank has formed a Tk 1 billion refinancing fund for the banks to lend customers between Tk 500 and Tk 50,000 under a digital microcredit scheme, reports bdnews24.com.The interest rate for the customers will be maximum 9 per...

'Parking is prohibited'

2022-06-03 00:00:00

Though there is a signboard that reads: 'Parking is prohibited', cars are seen being parked on the road right in front of Notre Dame College at Motijheel in the capital on Thursday. The illegal practice is not only narrowing the...

Global cases top 533m

2022-06-03 00:00:00

The government has reported 22 coronavirus cases in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,953,563, report agencies.No new fatalities were registered in the 24-hour count, keeping the death toll from the disease unchanged at 29,131, according to...

HC wants to know status of its implementation

FE REPORT | 2022-06-03 00:00:00

The High Court on Thursday wanted to know whether jute bags were being used in the packaging of 19 essential commodities, including rice, pulses and sugar. The authorities concerned have been asked to comply with the order within two months....