The tragic death of a young man studying in one of Bangladesh's elite universities should raise questions over our social realities. A talented student of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology has recently committed suicide reportedly due to financial crisis....
There was no shortage of arrangements for the construction of crop protection embankments in the haors. But the farmers did not get those dams in time. As a result, the crops of the haor in Sunamganj are now under threat...
The healthcare expenditure of Bangladesh continues to rise, leaving a sizeable population with humongous medical bills. A number of people live here under the poverty line, with meagre daily wages. Hence, medical treatment is the luxury of the rich as...
Manzur Ahmed | 2022-04-07 00:00:00
As Bangladesh is set to be graduated from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category by 2026, developing strategy for continuing the preferential market access after graduation is a key task for the country's policy makers. The government has already started...
The unliveable city has started living up to its rating from the very first day of Ramadan. With every passing year, Dhaka traffic goes from bad to worse particularly in this month because of people's rush to attend duties as...
Samir Kumar Saha | 2022-04-07 00:00:00
Since the introduction of the World Health Day, World Health Organisation (WHO) has been launching awareness campaign on health-related problems and urging for ensuring proper health care across the world. On the occasion of the World Health Day on April...
Hasnat M Alamgir | 2022-04-07 00:00:00
Along Bangladesh's 710 kilometer coastline, several million people from the 14 coastal districts and 49 Upazilas are estimated to depend directly or indirectly on marine fishing for their livelihood-- either for the whole or part of the year. The government's...
ISLAMABAD, April 5 (AFP): Pakistan's supreme court adjourned Tuesday without ruling on the legality of political manoeuvres that led Prime Minister Imran Khan to dissolve the national assembly and call fresh elections.The court, which will resume Wednesday, must decide if...
Amid the outbreak of diarrhoea in the city, Managing Director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) Taqsem A Khan has urged the users to drink water after boiling it, reports UNB."Only 5 per cent to 10 per cent...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-06 00:00:00
Both Covid-19 caseload and its test positivity rate dropped in Bangladesh with the authorities reporting zero death from the virus on Tuesday.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), thirty-six Covid-19 cases were recorded while the virus test positivity...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-06 00:00:00
Natural gas supply situation did not return to complete normalcy until Tuesday evening, although Bibiyana's four gas wells -- of its total six wells -- which were forced shut on technical ground on Sunday, came online.The fifth gas well is...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-06 00:00:00
Government's net borrowing from the state-sponsored savings instruments dropped in February from January due mainly to cut in yield rates, officials said.The statistics of the Department of National Savings (DNS) show the net sales of savings certificates at Tk 25.86...
With the number of diarrhoea patients on the rise, city hospitals are witnessing a huge rush of such patients in recent times. The photo was taken from the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) Hospital in Mohakhali on...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has recognised the elite force RAB's counterterrorism role as important, but stated that lifting sanctions from it and resuming training with American forces may take time, reports UNB.During his bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-06 00:00:00
The Comilla Economic Zone (CEZ) is set to get the final nod from the government which will pave the way to attract more local and foreign investments, people familiar with the matter said.The privately-owned industrial park, operated by Meghna Group...
Sunamganj farmers harvest half-ripe paddySunamganj farmers are harvesting their half-ripe paddy in the haor regions as standing crops on over 150 haors including 42 large ones at high risk of getting damaged due to onrush of upstream water. Page 16...
COLOMBO, April 5 (AFP): Sri Lanka's president lost his parliamentary majority Tuesday as former allies urged his resignation following days of street protests over the island nation's crippling economic crisis.Unprecedented shortages of food and fuel along with record inflation and...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-04-06 00:00:00
The central bank has pumped over US$4.0 billion into Bangladesh's overheating foreign-exchange market in nearly eight months to check rise in the value of the US currency.Officials say the demand for the greenback has increased following the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-06 00:00:00
Parliament passed on Tuesday the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) Bill-2022, scrapping advisory council.The advisory council comprised local lawmakers and members of the port city's elite group.The bill incorporates a provision of penalties in line with the Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act-1995....
FE REPORT | 2022-04-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh is not treading Sri Lanka's path as the country's socioeconomic fundamentals are on a better base, a government minister said Tuesday to dispel critics' foreboding over economic crisis.Planning Minister MA Mannan warned such propagators against relating Sri Lanka's economic...
FE Report | 2022-04-06 00:00:00
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi came under fire from the opposition lawmakers in the Jatiyo Sangsad (JS) over the government's 'failure' in controlling skyrocketing prices of essentials in the market.Lambasting the minister's 'ineffectiveness' to cool down the commodity market in the...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2022-04-06 00:00:00
Owners of Banglalink, the third-largest telecoms operator in Bangladesh, are considering offloading bulk of their stakes in the multinational to improve its liquidity situation, insiders say.Apart from going public, speculations are rife that the company is also mulling over stakes...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna and Sylhet divisions, until 6:00pm today (Tuesday), according to Met office.The country's maximum temperature on Tuesday was recorded at...
SYLHET, Apr 5 (UNB): An inspector in Sylhet has been suspended for allegedly posting a status on his Facebook profile about the Tip (bindi) protests in Bangladesh over the alleged harassment of a female college teacher by a constable in...
A total of 79,337 applicants have passed the medical college admission tests for the 2021-22 academic year, 55.13 per cent of whom were girls, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said on Tuesday, reports bdnews24.com.A total of 139,742 sat for the exams...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-06 00:00:00
The High Court on Tuesday directed the officer-in-charge of the Mugda Police Station of the Capital city to produce a Canadian female citizen before the court on April 10 next. The High Court bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice...
Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Saber Hossain Chowdhury, MP, and US Ambassador Peter Haas, among others, at an international conference on 'Moving Forward in the Indo-Pacific: Bangladesh's Role in Fostering an...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-06 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of two convicts, including a former teacher of Rajshahi University (RU), and life imprisonment of two others for killing RU Professor S Taher Ahmed in 2006. A...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-06 00:00:00
Unemployment rate among the country's youth has reached around 28 per cent, according to a latest study.Apart from this, some 90 per cent of the employed youth are now engaged in the informal sector, while most rural youth work in...
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