Bananas are often called super food for their health benefits. They boost your digestion and heart health, thanks to their fibre and antioxidant contents. Plus, they may help you lose your weight because they are relatively low in calories. They...
The holy month of Ramadan, which bears special significance for every Muslim, is coming in April this year. And it is one of the warmest months in Bangladesh. According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, the country may experience a mild...
Jehangir Hussain | 2022-03-31 00:00:00
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has virtually upended international order, creating a black hole of suspicions among nations and blocs at large. The global order evolving since the end of the Cold War seems to be in tatters. Thus, the...
Behind the rural to urban migration lies what in economic parlance is called the factors of 'push' and 'pull'. The same factors are also at work in case of internal migration from one rural area to another depending on demand...
Ashikur Rahman and Azmina Rede | 2022-03-31 00:00:00
Innovations in Digital Financial Services (DFS) are gaining impressive momentum in emerging economies, boosting the efforts towards financial inclusion. The rapid growth in the use of the internet, smartphones and other technologies has provided consumers with easy access to goods,...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-03-30 12:00:00
LALMONIRHAT, Mar 29: Bumper potato output with its fair price during the current season has brought smile on faces of the farmers in the district. Thousands of potato growers, mostly youths cultivated potato taking a three-month lease on land. Visiting...
RANGPUR, Mar 29 (BSS): The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is trying to free the country from corruption for materialising the dream of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.ACC Commissioner (Investigation) Md Zahurul Haque said this at the country's first...
Academic activities of all government primary schools in the country will remain open till Ramadan 20, reports BSS.Primary and Mass Education Ministry issued a press release today saying rumors are being spread over vacation of primary schools on social media...
FE Report | 2022-03-30 00:00:00
Anti-tobacco organisations in Bangladesh have applauded World Health Organization (WHO) for rejecting the Covid-19 vaccine produced by multinational tobacco company Phillip Morris and urged the Bangladesh government to follow suit.The Covid vaccine manufactured by Canadian company Medicago was rejected by...
ISTANBUL/KYIV, Mar 29 (AFP): Russia said it would scale down fighting around two Ukrainian cities following "meaningful" talks with Ukraine on Tuesday, as officials raised the prospect of a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents.The outcome of the face-to-face...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-30 00:00:00
A move is well underway to provide seven services online at 328 municipalities with an eye to helping service-recipients avail them with ease.The services include holding-tax assessment of municipalities and the filing of public complaints.The decision was made at a...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-30 00:00:00
The draft 'National Pension Authority Act, 2022' has been published on the official website of the Finance Ministry of Bangladesh government to seek opinions from the public on it.Opinions can be given through using the website -- https://mof.portal.gov.bd/site/page/dd8f0829-6531-414e-9a4c-a5354f542986-- until April...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-30 00:00:00
Japan on Tuesday confirmed US$158 million worth of loan for the Mass Rapid Transit Line-6 (MRT-6) extension work from Motijheel to Kamlapur.In this regard, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Economic Relations Division (ERD) signed a loan agreement in...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government is working to reach burn treatment at upazila level, urging all concerned to launch a well-planned awareness campaign about safety measures on preservation and use of flammable substances, reports BSS."We're taking measures...
This man shows a packet of onions, which have already grown shoots, bought from a mobile sales point of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh at Segunbagicha in Dhaka on Tuesday. Buyers like him complained that they were compelled to buy...
FE Report | 2022-03-30 00:00:00
Terming the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination programme a successful one, Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Tuesday said Bangladesh has become first in South Asia in terms of controlling the pandemic through bringing 75 per cent population under the inoculation coverage.The minister...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-30 00:00:00
The government is considering safeguarding all the industries that are producing goods for the local market, like the way it secures the export-oriented ones. To this effect, a national committee has already inspected 5,200 factories, and the rest of the...
YASIR WARDAD | 2022-03-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh's Boro paddy acreage reached an all-time high at 4.96 million hectares this season with prospects for a bumper harvest, officials say, but hopes seem dim for rice-price respite.Value-chain experts see such a paradoxical scenario as high costs of farm...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2022-03-30 00:00:00
Distortions like advance tax, tax on tax, specific VAT, VAT deducted at source and patchy refund mechanism jumbled up to deviate an ideal taxation system called value-added tax in Bangladesh, prompting a rethink.Proper VAT structure must have refund system in...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-30 00:00:00
The 5th Joint Response Plan (JRP) 2022, launched on Tuesday, seeks US$841 million to support approximately 1.4 million people, including over 918,000 Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char and around 540,000 Bangladeshis in neighbouring communities.This year, for the...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-30 00:00:00
Some 97.17 per cent of total income of the poorest people in the disaster-prone areas in Bangladesh is lost for damages - caused by the natural calamities, official data showed.The loss is 10 times higher than that of the rich...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-30 00:00:00
Vexed Dhaka commuters may now hope to get a 238-kilometre subway as a foreign-sponsored study finds the project viable and a design is already done.The latest developments on the transport front were rolled out at a stakeholder seminar Tuesday in...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Sylhet division and at one or two places over Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna, Mymensingh, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-30 00:00:00
A government agency on Tuesday wrote to Bashundhara Group to explain the reason of reduced supply of edible oil in the market in March, officials said.The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) has asked the chairman/managing director of the...
Many renowned academics are not interested in becoming vice-chancellors of universities of the country, said Education Minister Dipu Moni on Tuesday, reports UNB."We have very good teachers whom we would be proud to have as vice-chancellors. But many of them...
DU Correspondent | 2022-03-30 00:00:00
Mamun Tusher of Daily Alokito Bangladesh and Sirazul Islam Rubel of the Daily Star have been elected as president and general secretary respectively of Dhaka University Journalists' Association (DUJA) for the next one year.The election to DUJA was held at...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-30 00:00:00
The public-private partnership (PPP) can play a significant role in addressing climate vulnerability in Bangladesh through utilising resources with innovation and technical solutions.Speakers at a seminar say PPP is one of the most feasible financing options to reduce financing gaps...
Our Correspondent | 2022-03-30 00:00:00
Chattogram, Mar 29: The second convocation of Southern University (SU) was held at Arefin Nagar at Baizid Bostami in the port city on Sunday. Deputy Minister for Education Barrister Muhibul Hasan Chowdhury, MP presided over the convocation as the chief...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina offering Munajat after inaugurating the Sheikh Russell Cantonment at Jazeera in Shariatpur virtually on Tuesday — PID
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