Over the years, Dhaka's cuisine has garnered much attention and drawn food-lovers from all over the country to street food. I along with my family members often visit some Old Dhaka alleys to enjoy the delicious food. And our experience...
An airport is often considered the front door of a region. Every time a traveller gets off a plane, an impression is created about the place. It can be either positive or negative. But studies clearly tell us that it...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2022-04-05 00:00:00
The political situation in Sri Lanka is fast heating up over the violent public protests against acute scarcity of fuel, power, food and medicine. Some infuriated demonstrators burnt vehicles near the private residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. After police action,...
At the ceremony of unveiling of a book's cover at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city on Saturday, speakers made incisive observations on the country's health sector. Titled "Swadhinatar Ponchas Bachhar: Syastha Khater Bikash", the book has been...
Sultana Afroz | 2022-04-05 00:00:00
The Public Private Partnership Authority (PPPA) is committed to supporting public agencies to deliver public infrastructure services that are required to enhance the development of Bangladesh. Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) can deliver a solution that provides quality public services to citizens,...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2022-04-05 00:00:00
In most of the narratives of the ongoing war in Ukraine, a common refrain that appears in print and electronic media of Europe and America is about its 'civilisational' character. While TV commentators of BBC and CNN repeat ad infinitum...
Shahjalal Islami Bank Ltd (SJIBL) donated Tk. 15 million to the Prime Minister's Education Assistance Trust recently. The Head of Risk Management Division of SJIBL Mohammed Ashfaqul Hoque and Divisional Head of Public Relations Division & Bank Foundation Md. Shamsuddoha...
NRB Bank Limited opened its 50th branch at Barishal recently. Mamoon Mahmood Shah, Managing Director & CEO of NRB Bank Limited, formally inaugurated the new branch as the chief guest.
KYIV, Apr 03 (Reuters/AP): As Ukraine claimed its forces had retaken all areas around Kyiv, the mayor of a liberated town said 300 residents had been killed during a month-long occupation by the Russian army, and victims were seen in...
Neil Ray | 2022-04-04 12:00:00
Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency following a violent protest outside of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence. Protests followed next day may likely to continue in the face of unbearable belt-tightening. Hundreds of angry protesters gathered in front of...
Noakhali, Apr 3 (UNB) -The body of a five-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped and killed by her cousin 10 days ago, was recovered from a septic tank at Megha village in Chatkhil upazila of Noakhali district on Saturday.Police arrested...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-04 00:00:00
Ambassadors of seven ASEAN countries on Sunday paid a courtesy call on Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam at his office in the city's Gulshan area.The envoys were Heru Hartanto Subolo from Indonesia, Harris Othman from Brunei, Hasnah...
Bangladesh Patents Bill, 2022 was passed in Parliament on Sunday aiming to make the century-old patent law a time-befitting one and strengthen the safeguard of intellectual property rights, reports UNB.Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun moved the bill in the...
FE Report | 2022-04-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh has reported no death from the coronavirus for four consecutive days with recording some 56 new cases in the last 24 hours till Sunday morning.According to the latest figures released by the health directorate, the total number of infections...
Six people were killed and ten injured in a shooting in downtown Sacramento, California, that took place in a busy nightlife district early Sunday morning, police said, reports Reuters.Police were still looking for the shooter and no one was in...
Bangladesh were reduced to a precarious 11 for three after South Africa set them a 274-run target to win the first Test at Kingsmead Cricket Ground in Durban on Sunday, reports BSS.They still need 263 runs with seven wickets at...
A woman walks as smoke rises after an attack by Russian army in Odessa, on Sunday. Air strikes rocked Ukraine's strategic Black Sea port Odessa early Sunday morning after Kyiv had warned that Russia was trying to consolidate its troops...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-04 00:00:00
Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal has invited increased investment from the United States to Bangladesh.He made the call when US Ambassador in Dhaka Peter Haas met him at his secretariat office on Sunday.Mr Kamal noted that the business...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-04 00:00:00
The government's mobile sale of beef, mutton, broiler chicken, milk and eggs at subsidised rates for mass people, kicked off in the city on Sunday, aiming to give commoners a relief during this Ramadan. Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-04 00:00:00
The government disbursed subsidies amounting to Tk 40 billion to procure LNG (liquefied natural gas) in the first nine months of the ongoing fiscal year until March 2022. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid disclosed this...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2022-04-04 00:00:00
The Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) moves to form depositors' safety fund to minimise the risk of losses of small savers in the event of non-payment by any micro-finance institution.However, the MFIs in operation have dissented strongly to the proposal, which...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-04 00:00:00
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) price rises again by 10.63 per cent to Tk 1439 per 12-kilogram cylinder, says a government announcement made Sunday. Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) readjusted the retail prices of the gas marketed by private traders for...
FE Report | 2022-04-04 00:00:00
The government has asked the central bank to take actions against different payment gateways for their non-cooperation regarding making payment to e-commerce companies, said an official at the Bangladesh Bank (BB).The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) issued a letter to the...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2022-04-04 00:00:00
An abrupt fall in gas supply from Bangladesh's largest producing Bibiyana gas field engendered a countrywide crisis that affects most gas-guzzling industries, power plants, and households.Household consumers across the country struggle in making iftar items on the very first day...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-04 00:00:00
The country's inward remittance flow increased by nearly 24.50 per cent in March after a significant fall in February. Expatriate Bangladeshis sent home about US$ 1.86 billion in March 2022, compared to that of over $ 1.49 billion in the...
ISLAMABAD, April 3 (Agencies): Pakistan's political turmoil deepened on Sunday, when Prime Minister Imran Khan avoided an attempt to oust him and sought fresh elections, a move the opposition challenged as treasonous and vowed to fight.The deputy speaker of parliament,...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-04 00:00:00
Most traditional items of Iftar - an evening meal to break the fast - have become pricier this Ramadan amid skyrocketing prices of the essentials.Prices of all kinds of fruits also witnessed a hike, thus digging deeper into the pockets...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2022-04-04 00:00:00
Price rises on the international market proved a boon for government revenue receipt until February with import-tax collection registering a robust 23-perecnt growth, official count shows.The National Board of Revenue (NBR) achieved an average 15.28-percent growth, year on year, in...
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