A Dhaka court granted bail to Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an ex-Jubo League leader, in two cases filed against him under the Arms as well as Money Laundering acts, reports BSS.Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Faisal Atiq bin Quader Sunday granted...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-11 00:00:00
The High Court on Sunday questioned legality of the gender biased form of the Section 375 of the Penal Code 1860 that describes the definition of rape by a man. The court issued a rule upon the bodies concerned of...
The High Court on Sunday accepted for hearing the appeal of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) challenging suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman's acquittal of the money laundering charges, reports UNB.A bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that thousands of crores of taka are being plundered from mega projects in the country and siphoned off abroad, reports UNB."Taral gas-e garal hisab (anomalies in LNG) is the headline...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader Sunday said the country's people have rejected the BNP due to its negative and destructive politics, reports BSS."The people no longer want the BNP for its negative and destructive politics, realising that they (BNP)...
Afifat Khanam Ritika | 2022-04-11 00:00:00
The Bay of Bengal is one of the 64 largest marine ecosystems globally. As a maritime country, Bangladesh has a larger share of the Bay of Bengal, covering 118, 813 sq km, which is almost equal to its land area....
Muhammad Zamir | 2022-04-11 00:00:00
Fasting during this month has not only spiritual connotations but also Sufistic elements. Muslims believe that fasting is more than abstaining from food and drink. Fasting also includes abstaining from any falsehood in speech and action, abstaining from any ignorant...
Covid-19 cases have significantly declined in Bangladesh. But it is too early to relax all preventive measures. Most of us no longer wear face masks and sanitise hands. We must not forget that many of us are yet to take...
In most of our schools and colleges, there is little emphasis on co-curricular activities, sports and other recreational activities. Both teachers and parents constantly pressure students to remain focused on academic education and achieve good grades. Most schools do not...
At the core of every learning process, there lie two fundamental concepts: deep learning and surface learning. Deep learning is a committed approach to learning where the learner uses cognitive skills to master academic content, work collaboratively, think and interact...
Neil Ray | 2022-04-11 00:00:00
Flash floods are a yearly phenomenon in the haor regions. But the rushing waters inundate the six haor districts usually in late April. This year the calamitous visitation has occurred early April. Is this now becoming a pattern? There is...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2022-04-11 00:00:00
It's not a bad idea to throw in a little flamboyance in the midst of prudence. Sitting cosily on foreign exchange reserves of $49 billion allows for a degree of comfort that borders on the complacent. That zealously guarded rainy...
The government project to give facelift to four cities of the country at a total cost of Tk 33,970 million is, evidently, encouraging. The project was approved Tuesday by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC). Aimed at...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-04-10 12:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Apr 08: The construction work of the Chattogram Newspaper Hawkers' Housing Complex-1 was inaugurated on Thursday. General Secretary of Chattogram City Awami League and former Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation Alhaj A J M Nasir Uddin was present at...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-10 12:00:00
Tax exemption for raw material import, central bonded warehouse facility, and policy modernisation can help sustain growth of the plastic industry in the post-LDC era, speakers said at a programme Saturday.They said the country needs to replicate the RMG (readymade...
RIYADH, April 9 (AFP) - Saudi Arabia said Saturday it will permit one million Muslims from inside and outside the country to participate in this year's hajj, a sharp uptick after pandemic restrictions forced two years of drastically pared-down pilgrimages.The...
With water containers in their hands, residents of West Tejturi Bazar area at Farmgate in the city wait in a queue to collect safe water from the water supply system in a nearby mosque on Saturday. Local people complained that...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2022-04-10 00:00:00
The government increases the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the volatile spot market to overcome the countrywide gas crisis.The rise in LNG import is because of last week's abrupt fall in gas supply from the country's largest Bibiyana...
FE Report | 2022-04-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh logged 28 new Covid-19 cases in the 24-hour period until Saturday morning taking the total cases to 19,52,023.As no new death was reported in the period, total number of fatalities from the viral disease remained unchanged at 29,123.The Directorate...
Russia's economy will screech along even if it stops exporting energy to Europe. Sanction-free reserves, higher oil prices and a well-oiled propaganda machine would cushion the blow. That makes President Vladimir Putin's threats to cut the bloc off from gas...
GQEBERHA, South Africa, Apr 09 (AFP): All-rounder Wiaan Mulder took three wickets in quick succession to put South Africa on top on the second day of the second Test against Bangladesh at St George's Park in Gqeberha on Saturday.Bangladesh were...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-10 00:00:00
Renowned economist Prof Rehman Sobhan says politics and administrative quality ought to pair up for proper implementation of the policies while few other veterans stressed practicable planning. Sharing his experience when he was in the planning commission in the post-liberation...
YASIR WARDAD | 2022-04-10 00:00:00
Concern has escalated further as water entered new three districts apart from Netrakona and Sunamganj in the Haor region causing intensive damage to standing Boro paddy.Fresh areas in Kishoreganj, Sylhet and Brahmanbaria were flooded with upstream water in the last...
This year, the minimum Fitra has been fixed at Tk 75 per person, reports UNB.The maximum rate, however, stays unchanged at Tk 2,310.Fitra is an obligatory charity distributed to the poor at the end of the Muslim holy month of...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2022-04-10 00:00:00
Japan plans to complete construction of the Matarbari deep-sea port in April 2026, a senior official of Japanese foreign ministry tells the FE.Matarbari seaport at Moheshkhali under Cox's Bazar on the southeast coast of the Bay of Bengal is considered...
Speaker Asad Qaiser adjourned the crucial Pakistan National Assembly session, which commenced at 10.30am on Saturday morning, till 9:30pm for the fourth time, according to The Express Tribune. The all-important session of the lower house of parliament was summoned on...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2022-04-10 00:00:00
Evading payroll taxes is being made difficult for both employees and employers as taxmen start monthly scrutiny of salary payout through electronic tax deduction at source (e-TDS) system, as a measure of enhancing government revenue.Income-tax authority thus moved to boost...
Bangladesh Coast Guard ship Kamruzzaman leaves BCG Base Mongla for Goa in India to take part in National Level Pollution Response Exercise (NATPOLREX) on Saturday
Main concrete works of auxiliary reactor building at unit-1 of Rooppur nuclear power plant (NPP) has been completed eight months ahead of schedule, reports UNB.According to Rosatom, the Russian contractor of the plant, the building is a part of the...
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