SSC and HSC exams in 2023 will be held in April and June respectively, based on a shortened syllabus just like this academic session, Education Minister Dipu Moni said on Tuesday, reports UNB."SSC and equivalent exams in 2023 will be...
ISLAMABAD, April 12 (Agencies): After Shehbaz Sharif was sworn in as the 23rd prime minister of Pakistan, the next move of the joint Opposition is to appoint ministers.According to sources, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was to finalise the members of...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-13 00:00:00
Government's expenditure on fertiliser subsidy has increased four times to Tk 300 billion in the ongoing financial year (FY '22) amid a volatile global market.Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque disclosed this on Tuesday at a press briefing, organised by...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-13 00:00:00
Country's apparel makers have demanded withdrawal of the decision of gas rationing in the industrial units for four hours a day for fifteen days.In a statement, first vice president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Syed Nazrul Islam...
FE Report | 2022-04-13 00:00:00
A hi-tech park in Keraniganj is expected to generate employment for around 15,000 people and create an enabling environment for locals to contribute to the country's IT sector.The hi-tech park will be established on over 3.2 acres of land at...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-13 00:00:00
Take steps for setting complaint box in every district and upazila for common people to submit objections about unauthorized financial institutions and individual moneylenders, the High Court orders Bangladesh Bank. At the same time, the court in its order Tuesday...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2022-04-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh will be able to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from spot market at lower rates if the government purchases the fuel through open-tendering method instead of the existing selective- and limited-tendering process, market insiders and experts said.Rupantarita Prakritik Gas...
Core index dips below 6600 pointsStocks tumbled on Tuesday, with the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) falling below the 6,600 points after one month, as jittery investors sold shares to avoid further losses. DSEX, the prime index of...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-13 00:00:00
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said the initiative of establishing a commodity exchange in Bangladesh is a major step, as the exchange will facilitate further growth of the national economy.The minister said he is in a very uneasy situation over the...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-13 00:00:00
The central bank asks all the scheduled banks to follow a uniform policy for maintaining provision against classification of other assets for ensuring discipline in the country's banking system.The banks have been instructed to submit report on provisioning of other...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-13 00:00:00
Questioning public expenditure on vaccine procurement and administration, the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) in a study estimated the spending on the drive at a maximum of Tk 167.21 billion.But a month ago, the government claimed it had spent Tk 400...
COLOMBO/ LONDON, Apr 12 (Agencies): Sri Lanka's central bank said on Tuesday it had become "challenging and impossible" to repay external debt, as it tries to use its dwindling foreign exchange reserves to import essentials like fuel.The island nation's reserves...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-13 00:00:00
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed taking foreign loans against standard benchmark like Bangladesh's present risk-free borrowing to avoid any future problem, officials said after a review meeting Tuesday. She also asked the authorities concerned to implement an integrated tax and...
FE REPORTCooling soaring prices should be prioritised in the upcoming budget, considering erosion of purchasing power of low-income people, says a think-tank and suggests tax breaks and currency stabilising as basics of budgeting. With this end in view the new...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over four divisions until 6:00pm today (Wednesday), according to Met office. The country's maximum...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-13 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday observed that the Canadian citizen who has been holding by her parents in their custody for over 10 months in Dhaka cannot be kept confined against her will as she is an adult and...
The main congregation of Eid-ul-Fitr will be held at 8:30am at the National Eidgah on the High Court premises in the capital on the Eid day, reports UNB. However, the Jamaat will be held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque at...
FE Report | 2022-04-13 00:00:00
Britain's aid watchdog has raised concerns over the UK's decision to cut funding by two-thirds for its water and hygiene initiatives of the overseas aid budget.In an assessment of the UK's water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programme, concerns were raised...
Supreme Court Justice JBM Hassan and Vice Chancellor of American International University-Bangladesh Dr Carmen Zita Lamagna, among others, at the 3rd Intra-Department Moot Court Competition organised by Law Department of the university on its campus in the city recently
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Dhaka University is all set to welcome the Bengali New Year 1429 tomorrow (Thursday), reports UNB. Regarded as the educational and socio-cultural hub of the country, Dhaka University and its Faculty of...
Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki has said more resources need to be put in place on Bhasan Char Island to create more livelihood opportunities for the relocated Rohingyas as what he says the Rohingyas face 'some challenges' on the...
BNP leader Ishraque Hossain secured bail on Tuesday, six days after he was arrested and jailed in an arson attack case, according to UNB.Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain passed the order on a bond of Tk 5,000.Ishraque's lawyer...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday fixed May 24 for hearing on charge framing in the Niko graft case filed against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and 10 others, reports UNB.Judge of Dhaka Special Court-9 Sheikh Hafizur Rahman fixed the fresh date...
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Begum Raushon Ershad and Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Tuesday greeted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of Bangla New Year (Pahela Baishakh), reports UNB.Raushon and Quader, also Deputy Leader of the...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said the fraternity and harmony between Bangladesh and India are written with the letters of blood and the friendship is inseparable, reports BSS.The contribution of India to the emergence of Bangladesh...
BNP hosted an iftar party on Tuesday at a hotel in the capital in honour of foreign diplomats working in Bangladesh, reports UNB.Ambassadors, high commissioners, mission chiefs, charge d' affaires and other envoys from different countries attended the iftar.Before the...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi addressing a symbolic hunger strike organised by Democracy Forum demanding unconditional release of party chairperson Khaleda Zia and all other political prisoners in front of the National Press Club in the city...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader Tuesday said the BNP leaders went to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and staged demonstration, which was just an ill-effort to hide their corruption and failure, reports BSS."As the so-called movement and colourful dream of...
CHENNAI, Apr 12 (Reuters): India is likely to face more power cuts this year as utilities' coal inventories are at the lowest pre-summer levels in at least nine years and electricity demand is expected to rise at the fastest pace...
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