CHATTOGRAM, Apr 03 (UNB): Chattogram district administration will monitor various wholesale and retail markets of daily commodities in the city during the month of Ramadan. Five teams led by the executive magistrate of the district administration will monitor the market,...
NETRAKONA, Apr 03 (UNB): Boro crops on 500 acres land of haor areas in Khalijuri upazila of Netrakona district went under water due to the onrush of hill water, reports UNB. If the situation continues for one week more, 21,000...
BAKU, Apl 03 (Xinhua): At least one man was killed and more than 30 others were injured after a huge blast at a night club in the center of Azerbaijan's capital Baku in the early hours of Sunday, according to...
SEOUL, Apr 03 (AFP): North Korea blasted the South Korean defence minister on Sunday for "reckless" remarks about Seoul's ability to strike Pyongyang, warning of retaliation after conducting a record number of weapons tests this year.South Korean defence minister Suh...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 03 (AFP): Torrential downpours triggered flash floods and landslides across Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, killing at least 14 people including eight children, and leaving five missing, authorities said Saturday.Two days of heavy rain have battered...
MEXICO CITY, Apr 03 (AFP): Nine people including a policeman were killed in clashes early Saturday in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, a region that has been hit by violence linked to organized crime."Elements of the Michoacan Police, National...
COLOMBO, Apr 03 (BBC): Sri Lanka's government has blocked access to social media and imposed a 36-hour curfew, following protests against food and fuel shortages.President Gotabaya Rajapaksa issued a notice prohibiting anyone from being on any public road, in a...
LONDON, Apr 03 (AP): The prevalence of COVID-19 in the U.K. has reached record levels, with about 1 in 13 people estimated to be infected with the virus in the past week, according to the latest figures from Britain's official...
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered a global energy crisis. This has left many countries struggling to meet their internal demands. In Bangladesh, the latest increase in fuel oil prices has added to the woes of people of the...
Graffiti or street painting is an art that is usually painted on the wall. It is most often made with spray paint, which comes in a can. Some people use real paint to make their art. Some people consider it...
Mining is one of the most dangerous industries in the world. According to The World Counts, more than 15,000 deaths resulting from mining occur each year. The Denmark-based website also says that miners are more at risk of injury or...
Abdul Bayes | 2022-04-04 00:00:00
The era of rice predominantly influencing Bangladeshi diet seems to have gone. Pari passu with Engle's Law, urbanization, sustained income growth and decline in poverty "are continuing to change consumption patterns and heighten demand for a more diverse range of...
Japan has once again expressed its willingness to extend its friendly arms for improvement of traffic in Dhaka city. Apparently against the backdrop of the unabatedly deteriorating urban traffic movement scenario, the East Asian economic giant has offered to bail...
Muhammad Zamir | 2022-04-04 00:00:00
Finally, it is encouraging to see that there has been a slight change consistent with democratic norms, good governance and culpability regarding criminal actions that have been undertaken against the Rohingya population of Myanmar's Rakhine State by the Myanmar armed...
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he respected the country's top military leadership's decision of not becoming part of political affairs saying that his government has "excellent ties with army", report agencies."Military told me that they wanted to...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-03 12:00:00
Concerned over 'non-cooperation' of the revenue board and Chittagong Port Authority in necessary tax adjustments, Bangladesh's apex trade body says efforts of the public agencies concerned should be well-matched with the government desires to cool down the commodity market.The president...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2022-04-03 12:00:00
State-owned exploration company BAPEX has discovered a new gas zone adjoining the currently- producing Salda gas field in Brahmanbaria, officials say, at a time of fuel crunch. The Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd or BAPEX spotted the new...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-03 12:00:00
The country's Muslims start fasting today (Sunday) as the new moon of the holy month of Ramadan was sighted in the sky of Bangladesh on Saturday.The National Moon Sighting Committee made the announcement about the start of Ramadan after it...
FE Report | 2022-04-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh witnessed another deathless day but recorded 56 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning.With the latest counts, the entire caseload stands at 1,951,714 while the total death toll due to the respiratory disease caused by...
South Africa led Bangladesh by 75 runs after bad light stops play early in the ongoing Test in Durban on Saturday. South Africa scored six without loss at stumps on the third day of the first Test of their series....
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2022-04-03 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) extends tax benefit for importing and re-exporting equipment, machinery, spare parts to facilitate hydrocarbon exploration.International oil companies (IOCs) will be able to import equipment using this facility under the latest statutory regulatory order (SRO)...
YASIR WARDAD | 2022-04-03 00:00:00
The maximum sustainable yield of scrumptious silvery hilsa may reach 0.702-million tonnes from the current 0.565-million tonnes, according to a latest study."Our two-year research finds the standing biomass of hilsa fish is now 0.402-million tonnes in the country's water bodies,"...
The driver of this microbus thought he could cross the railway tracks when the level-crossing bar was coming down to obstruct vehicular movement as a train was approaching. But the driver changed his mind at the last moment and stopped...
ARAFAT ARA | 2022-04-03 00:00:00
The government's move to send 1,000 workers abroad from each upazila of the economically-backward districts per year is yet to see any visible progress.Official statistics show a majority of workers are still going overseas from traditional source districts.The decision on...
DSE woos Partex Group to go publicDhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) recently held a meeting with Partex Star Group to assess its associated and subsidiary companies' inherent capacity to go public. The main objective of the meeting held on Wednesday in...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-03 00:00:00
Political influence gets precedence over necessity in budgetary allocations, thus hindering the development process, says Planning Minister M A Mannan. "Allocation (in budget) is more of a political-economic issue. The government while making allocations has to make some compromises," the...
Md Rahmat Ullah, a businessman, died on Saturday at the age of 78, says a statement.Father of Mohammad Alamgir Hossain, editor of The Daily Moon and managing director of the advertising firm Admoon PR and Communications, Md Rahmat Ullah breathed...
The 43rd death anniversary of Late Chief Justice Syed Mahbub Murshed, an eminent jurist, an independent thinker cum judge, and one of the greatest constitutional lawyers of the subcontinent will be observed today (Sunday), says a statement. Quran Khwani and...
In an effort to prepare houses for the landless and homeless under the Ashrayan project, the government has freed 5,512 acres of public land from the grip of influential people who had been illegally occupying them across the country, reports...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi and Dhaka divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Sunday),...
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