FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
Arial Beel in Munshiganj has come under spotlight again as the cabinet committee on government purchase on Wednesday discussed selection of the site for setting up an international airport there.However, the meeting chose to go for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
A serious lack of governance is the key challenge of non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) in the country, speakers said at a programme on Wednesday, urging authorities concerned to bring the rule violators to justice.They also identified liquidity shortage, high rate...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
Nobel economic laureate Amartya Sen's social-choice theory could be a good option for countries like Bangladesh, noted scholars maintained on Wednesday.Terming the Bengali economist a versatile scholar, they urged students to learn more about him through reading Mr Sen directly,...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
Labour rights will be one of the key issues during the US-Bangladesh Economic Dialogue to be held in Washington on June 02.Foreign ministry officials said this on Wednesday.Bangladesh has made significant progress in addressing the concerns of both the US...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
The prices of rice will come down soon, as there is no supply crunch of the main staple in the country, said Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder on Wednesday."The auto rice-millers are purchasing paddy. But they are yet to produce...
BNP Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said that Bangladesh was going through "a very alarming economic situation" amid the growing inflation rate and devaluation of the taka against the US dollar, reports UNB.Speaking at a press conference the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the authorities concerned to integrate the development of Cox's Bazar beach with nature, trees and environment unharmed, report agencies."We will take development programmes for the beach not only with bricks and wood, but...
Core index hits fresh 10-month lowStocks witnessed yet another setback Wednesday, with the key index of the major bourse hitting a fresh 10 months low, as the jittery investors continued to sell-off amid growing concerns over the economic situation. Following...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has ruled out the possibility of any supply crunch of edible oils, wheat and onion in the local market because of adequate supply of these commodities."Soybean oil price is being fixed based on its actual import...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has further relaxed the rules for availing pre-shipment credit refinance - for helping local exporters continue shipping their products amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.Now the timeline has been extended to five years since 13 April 2020,...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
Government's revenue authority has recast the VAT-fixation and-payment modalities on medicines to merge dual taxation down, in a fiscal remedy meant for making lifesaving drugs cheaper.Prices of medicines have registered rise on many occasions, generating criticism of the drug-makers from...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
Government agency's bid for a latest hike in bulk-power tariffs is hailed with gales of protest by Bangladesh's apex trade body and rights groups, largely because of the bad timing. Pointing at the current crunch time at home and abroad,...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
The apex body of Bangladesh's dealer banks decides to tell its members to maintain a benchmark in quoting foreign-currency-exchange rates to the overseas exchange houses engaged in remitting money.The move is aimed at reining in the ongoing exchange-rate volatility on...
Rain/thunder showers with intense lightning flashes and temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office.It may also occur at...
Students of the Law Department of Chittagong Independent University pose for photograph with crest of the Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition- 2022 as the best new team in the city recently.
CHATTOGRAM, May 18 (UNB): A Chattogram court on Wednesday sentenced three people to death for killing a two-year-old boy in 2020.Judge Mohammad Jashim Uddin of Chattogram Additional Metropolitan Session Judge Court-3 handed down the punishment to the three after holding...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained two members of a fraud syndicate from the city's Paltan area Tuesday night, reports UNB.The detainees were Mansur Ahmed, 33, and Mohsin Chowdhury, 55.Tipped off, a team of RAB-3 and members of National...
Bangladesh Open University (BOU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Syed Humayun Akhtar along with other guests is seen at a joint meeting of the Coordinating Cell of the NISH-1 programme of BOU and Bangladesh Armed Forces on the university's Gazipur campus recently.
A mobile court of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) conducted a drive at leather shoe stores in the city on Wednesday
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday fixed Thursday for the hearing of the bail petitions of four trustee board members of North South University (NSU) in a case over embezzling money in the name of buying land for the campus,...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-19 00:00:00
Cross-border train services between Bangladesh and India are expected to resume on May 29 after over two years of suspension enforced by the disruptive coronavirus pandemic.Sources here say the Indian Railway has already informed the Bangladesh Railway of its readiness...
President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday called for comprehensive global steps to combat the adverse effects of global warming on food security, reports UNB."We must turn our words into action. Climate change knows no boundary," he said while addressing virtually the...
A court has indicted businessman Nasir U Mahmood, Tuhin Siddique Omi and another suspect for the attempted rape and murder of actress Pori Moni at a boat club in Savar, reports bdnews24.com.Judge Md Hemayet Uddin of the Dhaka Ninth Women...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud left the city for France on Tuesday night to join the inaugural function of the trailer of the film titled 'Mujib: The Making of a Nation' to be held at 75th Cannes Film...
FE REPORTThe High Court on Wednesday cancelled the bail granted to expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a case filed for amassing illegal wealth of Tk 29.4 million. The court also directed Samrat to surrender before the...
The United State (US) Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Hass Wednesday said his country wants to build "action oriented" deepening relationship with Bangladesh as Washington and Dhaka are being engaged in series of bilateral dialogues at different levels this year, reports...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that since opposition BNP has a history of tainted polls it has no right now to raise question about election, reports UNB."The history of elections during BNP regimes is so much contaminated… they...
BENGALURU, May 18 (Reuters): Indian shares shed gains from earlier in the session to end lower as rate-sensitive bank and realty stocks declined, with concerns over inflation and global economic growth denting investor sentiment.The NSE Nifty 50 index (.NSEI) ended...
HONG KONG, May 18 (AFP): Asian stocks were mixed Wednesday following a strong start in some markets, which took the lead from Wall Street where traders were cheered by brisk US retail sales data.The US Federal Reserve's tightening of monetary...
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