OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-05-16 00:00:00
GAIBANDHA, May 15: The High Court (HC) has issued a rule, asking why no action should be taken to evict 179 illegal brick kilns in the district.It has sought to know why the defendants' inaction to remove the brick kilns...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-05-16 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, May 15: Farmers in Gopalganj sadar upazila are expecting a bumper production of B Hybrid Dhan-8 as Boro paddy harvesting is going on in full swing now in the district.According to the Upazila Agriculture Office, 18,100 hectares of land...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2024-05-16 00:00:00
Despite your feelings about the city, Dhaka remains a place of warmth. Yes, it is a sprawling urban slum these days, with twenty million people crammed into it. The spaces we once knew in our childhood are all gone. The...
The more orderly the education system of a country, the better is the quality of education. Unfortunately, our country's education system is flawed from start to finish. The transition from education to work is particularly problematic. Universities, supposed to be...
The government's directive to implement the 'No Helmet, No Fuel' policy across the country starting from May 15, 2024, is a significant step towards enhancing road safety. The 'No Helmet, No Fuel' policy is a practical approach to ensuring that...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2024-05-16 00:00:00
The emergence of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) was seen as a major development in promoting regional cooperation in South Asia.As the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has failed to meet...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-05-16 00:00:00
The decade-old demand of jobseekers to raise the maximum age to applying for government jobs from 30 to 35 years has again resurfaced following Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury's recent letter to the Ministry of Public Administration. In his letter,...
At a time when Bangladesh's overdependence on import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) poses a threat to power generation and industrial production, a study by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) suggests how the import parameter can...
Minister for Housing and Public Works R.A.M. Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury unveils the 'SBAC Smart Banking Services', a digital product platform, at the celebration of SBAC Bank's 11st anniversary. Abu Zafar Mohammod Shofiuddin (Shamim), MP, Chairman of SBAC Bank, and AKM...
A mild heat wave is sweeping Tangail, Rajshahi, Pabna, Jashore, Nilphamari, Rangamati and Feni districts and it may continue, reports UNB.Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country, said a regular bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological...
CANBERRA, May 14, (AFP) - Australia unveiled a US$6 billion budget surplus on Tuesday, touting a clean energy "transformation" that could eventually shift the mining superpower away from fossil fuels."This budget invests in our renewable energy superpower ambitions," said Treasurer...
Haripur 360 MW combined cycle power plant (CCPP), which generates electricity at the lowest cost, is unlikely to get extension after completion of its 22-year initial contract period, reports UNB.According to official sources, the power plant, established by leading US...
Measures to introduce or facilitate two-year or long-term visas to reduce difficulties and pressure for obtaining Indian visas will be taken after the Indian elections, said Minister of Textiles and Jute Jahangir Kabir Nanak.He said this during a press briefing...
A truck carrying 30 tonnes of onions entered Bangladesh from India at 6:25 pm on Tuesday. This marks the resumption of onion imports through Hili Land Port after nearly six months of hiatus, reports UNB. The Indian government lifted its...
PM's Private Industry and Investment Adviser Salman Fazlur Rahman on Tuesday hosted a dinner in honour of visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu and his delegation.Law Minister Anisul Huq, State Minister for...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-05-15 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, May 14: The hijacked ship, MV Abdullah, finally came back with all 23 sailors aboard to Chittagong Port on Tuesday afternoon, easing mounting tensions.The sailors' family members thronged the port jetty to receive them with flowers. They cried with...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has rejected a reported claim by an Indian news outlet over new reserve heist in Bangladesh, terming it 'absolutely fake news'.The country's central bank comes up with the statement as an India media circulated a report titled...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-15 00:00:00
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun Tuesday said demand for steel is expected to reach 15 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) by 2027 due to the ongoing boom in infrastructure development. Besides, the cement industry will also require 25 MTPA...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-15 00:00:00
Depreciation of Taka, persistent higher inflation, and low revenue growth remain major challenges for Bangladesh's economy at present.Besides, a fall in the forex reserves is the country's another macroeconomic concern.These were the views expressed by an eminent economist, Dr. Sadiq...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-05-15 00:00:00
A Tk 2.65-trillion development budget for the next fiscal year awaits the seal of approval from government's highest economic-policy body in its meeting tomorrow (Thursday), with cautiously crafted spending recipe. Transport and communications sector is in the line of recipients...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-15 00:00:00
Post-election democratic situation, climate issues, press freedom, labour rights and forex crisis dominated discussion as Bangladesh civil-society representatives paid hearing to US Asst Secretary of State Donald Lu who started his Dhaka mission Tuesday. The meeting, held at the residence...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-05-15 00:00:00
Mobile-phone talk may get costlier as the revenue authority is said to have received prime minister's nod to impose higher tax on phoning in a package of fiscal measures.The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is bent on increasing the Supplementary...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-05-15 00:00:00
Exchange rates are seen almost stable by the central bank under crawling peg just introduced in Bangladesh and top bankers also say the system is helping heal the forex volatility.They said the weighted average exchange rate remained "almost stable" since...
Rain/thunder showers is likely to occur at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna,, DhakaMymensingh and Sylhet divisions. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country06:00 pm today (Wednesday), according to the Met...
Senior Finance Controller (Army) and newly-appointed Controller General Defence Finance Md Refayet Ullah speaking at a discussion at the office of Senior Finance Controller (Air) in the city on Tuesday, as part of celebrating the 51st founding anniversary of Comptroller...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-15 00:00:00
The state has filed an appeal with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking stay on a High Court verdict that declared death row convicts cannot be confined in condemned cell before attaining finality of their sentence by the...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-15 00:00:00
The government will form Upazila Migration Coordination Committee to ensure proper implementation of migration activities."Upazila Migration Coordination Committee" is being formed at the upazila level consisting of union parishad chairman, upazila executive officer and upazila parishad chairman," said state minister...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-15 00:00:00
The government has directed hajj agencies not to charge extra money from pilgrims for sacrificial animals during this year's hajj to ensure hassle-free services for devotees.The ministry also issued several other instructions following a meeting with Abdur Rahman Ghyanam, the...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-15 00:00:00
The role of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) over the past decade has been disappointing as it has created debt repayment burdens on climate-affected countries like Bangladesh, said the Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB).Moving away from grant-based activities, the GCF is...
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