A farmer harvests Boro paddy which have been partially damaged due to heavy rain and gusty wind. Moreover, shortage of farm labour forced him to do his job alone in a field at Gaibandha Sadar upazila on Sunday — Focus...
YASIR WARDAD | 2022-05-16 00:00:00
Price of farm egg, a key protein source for commoners, shot up as high as Tk130 a dozen and accordingly each egg was selling at a record high of Tk11 from Sunday, augmenting woes of the limited-income people already battered...
Power cos see EPS growth in 9 months Leading listed power generation companies in the private sector saw their profit rise in nine months for the current fiscal year riding on significant revenue income from their subsidiaries. Out of the...
Workers carrying fabric rolls wait at a boat terminal at Sadarghat in the city before crossing the river Buriganga to go to South Keraniganj, a hub of RMG units, on Sunday as the garment factories resumed production in full swing...
NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters): An 18-year-old white gunman shot 10 people to death and wounded three on Saturday at a grocery store in a Black neighborhood of upstate New York, before surrendering after what authorities called an act of...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2022-05-16 00:00:00
The government is likely to incorporate a new provision in the upcoming Finance Act-2022 to facilitate operations of the bonded warehouse electronically, officials said.To bring discipline in the bond management, they said, a high-powered committee of the National Board of...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2022-05-16 00:00:00
Big-name global apparel buyers are lobbying for awarding the operation contract of the newly built Patenga Container Terminal to Denmark-headquartered logistic service-provider AP Møller-Maersk, better known as Maersk Line.Two of them-Sweden-based H&M and Spain-based Inditex-recently wrote to the ministry of...
FE Report | 2022-05-16 00:00:00
The central bank has temporarily blocked the user identification (ID) of 25 exporters for their failure to report shipment-related information in time, sources said. The exporters failed to post the EXPs and related documents, or duplicates, against shipments on the...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-16 00:00:00
Bangladesh will soon talk to Indian counterpart about bringing back PK Haldar and the fortunes he siphoned off, authorities here said Sunday, as the runaway is divulging asset information on remand.Meanwhile, Haldar, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED)...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2022-05-16 00:00:00
Much-awaited trading in treasury bonds on the market may begin in June as the stakeholders will sign a key operational agreement later this month, according to sources in the know.The country's stock exchanges are now dominated by equity instruments as...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers with intense lightning flashes and temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office.It...
Stagnant rainwater on the dilapidated road in Shyampur industrial area of the city causes immense suffering to commuters. The photo was taken on Sunday — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2022-05-16 00:00:00
A woman was killed after being hit by a truck at Kamarpara under Turag police station in the capital on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Mosammat Ambia Begum (48). The incident also left her son Mohiuddin (16) injured.According to police,...
The International Farakka Committee (IFC) has urged the government and all others concerned to initiate the process of ensuring basin-wide integrated management of all rivers including the Ganges and the Teesta, reports UNB. Welcoming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's recent statement...
CHATTOGRAM, May 15 (UNB): Mother fish of different species have released 'sample eggs' at several places in the Halda River, the only natural fish spawning centre in South Asia.The fishers said they found 50 to 200 grams of eggs in...
DU Correspondent | 2022-05-16 00:00:00
A three-day International Conference on Climate Change and Food Security (CCFS) in South Asia will be held on May 18-20 at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University (DU), marking the Mujib Borsho.The inaugural function of the conference...
Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Air Chief Marshal Sheikh Abdul Hannan on Saturday left Dhaka for Turkey on a five-day official visit, reports BSS.At the invitation of Commander of Turkish Air Force General Hasan Kuçukakyüz, the...
Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhists, was celebrated on Sunday across the country, reports BSS.Like elsewhere in the world, the Buddhists in Bangladesh, chalked out different programmes, including colourful processions, puja, sanghadan, discussions and cultural functions, to...
The train service from Dhaka to Bhanga through the Padma Bridge is expected to be opened in March next year, said Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan on Sunday, reports UNB."If not possible in March, it will be opened for traffic...
CHATTAGRAM, May 15 (UNB): Two policemen were injured in an attack by an accused and his associates when they raided a house at Adharmanik Nalarkil in Lohagarah upazila of Chattogram district on Sunday.The injured were Jony Khan, 30, and Shahadat,...
RAJSHAHI, May 15 (UNB): A 47-year-old female UP member (reserved seat) has reportedly been raped by another UP member for two days in Mohonpur upazila of Rajshahi district.The female UP member, mother of three children, lodged a complaint against five...
After two years of disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Bangladesh Youth Delegation programme returned as its 2022 programme was formally launched on Sunday evening, reports UNB.Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud and Indian High Commissioner Vikram Kumar...
The Rapid Action Battalion has detained two men in Dhaka for selling highly sensitive equipment which can be used to modify the default settings of the mobile network functionalities in a designated area, reports bdnews24.com.The law enforcement agency has also...
Agamee Prakashani has recently published a novel 'Hey Sontopto Somoy' by renowned novelist Anwara Syed Haq on the occasion of the 41st homecoming day of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports BSS.The novel is based on the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has joined Young Bangla, the youth front of the Awami League's Centre for Research and Information (CRI), reports bdnews24.com.Radwan Mujib Siddiq, a trustee of CRI, took to Facebook to share the information on Saturday, cheering up...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said the government has not yet received any official information about the arrest of PK Haldar, a fugitive Bangladeshi businessperson in West Bengal, reports UNB. "We came to know that PK Halder was arrested...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday demanded that a list of those who siphoned off huge amount of money abroad and their abettors be made public, reports UNB. "Our question is, how many PK Halders are there...
BNP laders exchange greetings with leaders of the Buddhist community on the occasion of Buddha Purnima on Sunday at the party chairperson’s office in the city. — Collected
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the BNP leaders themselves do not know what they really want regarding the election-time government, reports BSS."It is now the question of the country's people - what does the BNP...
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