The government's latest drive to sell some essentials during the month of Ramadan including meat, milk and egg at a subsidised rate is admittedly a welcome one. To be run by the Department of Livestock Services (DLS) under the ministry...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2022-04-06 00:00:00
All those in favour of rewinding economic theory run the risk of being labelled regressive. Ideas that challenge the status-quo thinking of progress have never been welcomed. Jules Verne was pooh-poohed for daring to take on science as it was...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-04-05 12:00:00
The once faint signs of the Mongla Port's revival have started becoming distinct in the recent times. As the under-construction Padma Bridge nears completion, with the laying of its railway tracks now in full swing, the revival of second-largest seaport...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-05 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) on Monday fixed for hearing soon a rule, issued 10 years back over the government's move to identify the motive behind the murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi. The HC bench of Justice...
Police suspended a constable who allegedly harassed a college teacher in city's Farmgate for wearing a 'tip' -- a traditional adornment, reports bdnews24.com.They also formed a committee on Monday to investigate the incident, said Faruk Hossain, a spokesman for Dhaka...
The ministry of education has decided to run classes in secondary and higher secondary schools in Ramadan until April 20 instead of April 26, as previously announced, reports bdnews24.com."The decision was made taking the traffic logjam into account," the ministry's...
FE Report | 2022-04-05 00:00:00
After four days of deathless record, Bangladesh registered a death due to the Covid-19 infection in the last 24 hours till Monday morning.With the death, the death toll due to the respiratory disease caused by the virus stands at 29,123,...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-05 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) on Monday accepted for further hearing a petition that seeks liquidation of Grameen Telecom, owned by Nobel laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus.However, the court rejected another portion of the plea seeking recruitment of an administrator in...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-05 00:00:00
Parliament passed the Mongla Port Authority Bill-2022 on Sunday with intent to bring dynamism in the export and import trade.This new act will also help mobilise revenue for the country's second-biggest seaport.The act, however, has widened provisions of punishment for...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-05 00:00:00
The country's earnings from export of merchandise goods experienced a hefty growth of 33.41 per cent during the first nine months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2021-22, following increased shipments of apparel products, official data revealed on Monday.The overall...
LAS VEGAS, April 4 (AFP): Industry watchers had tipped pop superstars as the likely big winners at Sunday's Grammys -- but jazzman Jon Batiste instead was crowned king, taking home five awards including the prestigious Album of the Year prize.At...
YASIR WARDAD | 2022-04-05 00:00:00
A significant fall in rice output in the Aus season has raised concerns over achieving targeted rice production in the current financial year (FY '22).Aus production dropped to 3.0 million tonnes in FY '22 (Mid-March to August) amid a plunge...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-05 00:00:00
Natural gas-supply shortage continued in and around the capital for the second day with slightly improved scenario on Monday along with low gas pressure and frequent electricity outages.Industrial output was affected due to lower-than-expected gas pressure and household consumers suffered...
ISLAMABAD, April 4 (Agencies): Pakistan's top court adjourned on Monday without deciding on the legality of Prime Minister Imran Khan actions in blocking an opposition attempt to oust him, a move that has led to political turmoil in the nuclear-armed...
DSE turnover dips below Tk 7.0b markStocks plunged on Monday, snapping a two-day gaining streak due to profit booking sell-offs. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, slid 53 points or 0.78 per cent to settle at 6,718, after...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2022-04-05 00:00:00
Two specialized savings schemes in US dollar are now open for unlimited investment as the government withdraws the cap to forestall any greenback shortage under import-payment pressures.However, officials say, the yields on the US Dollar Premium Bond and the US...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-05 00:00:00
Billing Bangladesh as an invaluable partner in ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific region-a latest geostrategic focus--US President Joe Biden expressed his confidence that the partnership would further strengthen.In a letter to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday, President...
COLOMBO, April 4 (Agencies): Sri Lanka's opposition on Monday dismissed the president's invitation to join a unity government as "nonsensical" and instead demanded he resign over the country's worsening shortages of food, fuel and medicines.Earlier President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dropped his...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-05 00:00:00
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi sees no problem in the market as the prices of commodities are now within the reach of the people.The minister said this at a press briefing at the end of the first meeting of the taskforce...
Siddique Islam | 2022-04-05 00:00:00
Fallouts from the Russia-Ukraine war and global commodity-price spiral may stymie Bangladesh's economic growth and also fuel inflation by this fiscal yearend, the central bank forewarns.The Bangladesh Bank (BB) in its latest quarterly economic review report, released Monday, forecasts that...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-05 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday allowed three-wheeler easy-bikes to run on all the roads across the country, except for highways. A three-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, issued the...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Dhaka and Chattogram divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-05 00:00:00
A vegetable trader was killed in a road accident in the city's Gulshan area on Monday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Latif (48), son of Mofiz Uddin of Biswanathpur village under Pakundia upazila of Kishoreganj district.A duty officer of...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-05 00:00:00
A young man took his own life at Mir Hajirbagh Piperasta, Shyampur, in the capital on Monday.The deceased was identified as Md Nur Islam Mridha (20). His family sources said that he was about to go to Saudia Arabia for...
Managing Director of Berger Paints Bangladesh Rupali Chowdhury poses with the winners of the 26th Berger Young Painters' Art Competition at the Gulshan Club in the city recently. Six young and promising artists among 373 were awarded for their artworks
FE Report | 2022-04-05 00:00:00
On average, 19 people lost their lives every day in road accidents across the country in March, a new report said.It said at least 589 people were killed and 647 others injured in 458 road accidents last month. Of the...
United International University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Chowdhury Mofizur Rahman and Prof Dr Shahriman Zainal Abidin, Assistant Vice Chancellor of University Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia along with others showing documents after signing a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on behalf of...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-05 00:00:00
The Swedish government will provide a grant of USD 5.34 million to Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) to accelerate its anti-corruption campaign in Bangladesh.The Swedish embassy in Dhaka and TIB signed an agreement to this effect on Monday at the latter's...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina on Monday said that her government has taken plans for better use of surface water and reducing its extraction from the underground, reports UNB."Another name of water is life, this is important to preserve this...
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