It's nice to learn that the government has begun moving at full throttle to tame its foreign exchange spending. Any further delay would have spawned a plethora of woes for the nation amid the ongoing global economic volatilities. As had...
Muhammad Zamir | 2022-05-16 00:00:00
The world has observed Mother's Day the other day celebrating love and honour for all mothers all over the world, irrespective of ethnicity or religion. At the same time, groups from all over the world have underlined their opposition to...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2022-05-16 00:00:00
Shireen Abu Akleh, the late Al Jazeera reporter, being mortal, was destined to die one day. But she did not deserve to die the way she did -- by the lethal bullet of an Israeli sniper that fell her unaware...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2022-05-15 12:00:00
Despite its poor-performer image, the state rail service is going to get Tk 149.28 billion, which is up by Tk 23.53 billion, in the upcoming uplift budget, officials said on Saturday.The Bangladesh Railway (BR) shows its weak capacity, especially in...
IDCOL celebrates silver jubilee | 2022-05-15 12:00:00
Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), a state-owned financial institution, celebrated its silver jubilee with a programme at a city hotel on Friday, says a press release.Speaking on the occasion, Alamgir Morshed, Executive Director and CEO of IDCOL, said the journey...
Traders are watching the market cautiously with "instability" persistent in parts of the supply chain after a price hike amid a shortage, reports bdnews24.com.Consumers are also guarded, leading to a fall in demand. Many still have oil in their stocks...
RAJSHAHI, May 14 (BSS): Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized 6,600 litres of soyabean oil from some warehouses and grocery shops in Natore district on Friday evening.On a tip-off, a team of the elite force conducted the drive against...
HELSINKI, May 14 ( AFP): Finnish President Sauli Niinisto spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday regarding the Nordic country's application for NATO membership, which is expected to be announced this weekend, his office said."The conversation was direct...
COLOMBO, May 14 (Xinhua) : Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday appointed four ministers to the new cabinet after United National Party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the South Asian country's prime minister on Thursday.The new appointments...
Prices of onion have again started spiralling up although there is no dearth of supply at the wholesale market. The photo taken on Saturday shows piles of sacks of onion at Shyambazar wholesale market in the city — FE photo
- The overall number of Covid cases is fast approaching 521 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world, reports agencies.According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 520,528,011 while the death...
FE Report | 2022-05-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh has reported zero death from coronavirus along with 22 new cases of the viral disease in the last 24 hours until Saturday morning.With no new Covid-19 death reported for the 24th straight day, the total fatalities from the pandemic...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-15 00:00:00
Speakers at a programme in the city on Saturday stressed the need for proper coordination among stakeholders through forming a separate ministry or department to untap full potential of blue economy in the country.They also called for carrying out research...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2022-05-15 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) will find local companies to work on the signalling system of the Khulna-Mongla rail link project being implemented under the Indian line of credit (LoC).It now turns to local firms for not getting much higher quotations...
Undistributed dividends in CMSFAudit and Accounts Management Committee of Capital Market Stabilisation Fund (CMSF) will accelerate its monitoring if issuer companies fail to transfer investors' undistributed dividends into the account of the CMSF within the stipulated deadline. The Audit and...
GOPALGANJ, May 14 (BSS): Eight people were killed and 30 others injured in a triangular collision among a bus, a private car and a motorcycle in Kashiani upazila of the district today.Vatiapara Highway Police said the fatal accident occurred around...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2022-05-15 00:00:00
China has formally agreed to implement a project on planning Bangladesh's highway network with new looks and sent in the draft agreement for approval, sources in Dhaka said.The Bangladesh Highway Network Plan will be based on the demands of Bangladesh...
Yasir Wardad | 2022-05-15 00:00:00
The ban on wheat export from India is likely to make flour pricier in the local market than the existing levels unless the essential commodity can be imported under India's 'neighbouring country preference' policy, importers said.The prices of both coarse...
The United Arab Emirates' de facto leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan was elected president of the Gulf Arab state by a federal supreme council on Saturday, solidifying his rule over the OPEC oil producer and key regional player, reports...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-15 00:00:00
India held runaway businessman PK Halder, a prime suspect in the siphoning off the biggest amount of money from Bangladesh, along with five other associates, including his brother.Sources in Dhaka said Saturday the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of India ran them...
49 held in anti-drugs drives across the cityDhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Saturday claimed to have arrested 49 people on charges of selling and consuming banned drugs. Sources at the DMP headquarters said that Detective Branch sleuths and local police...
Rain/thunder showers with 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 (Sunday), according to the Met Office.It may also occur at...
As a seasoned bus driver on Dhaka city routes, Md Harunur Rashid is no stranger to the usual plights of moving about in the city.Even he believes the U-turns that are introduced to reduce the traffic situation are having a...
The family of slain Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, wife of former Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter, are worried about the safety of her children as they believe they may be used as key witnesses by the state in the case,...
Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology Vice- Chancellor Prof Dr Mohammad Rafiqul Alam handing over certificate to a public relations officer of a training workshop on 'Office Management and Capacity Building' at the university seminar hall on Friday
FE REPORT | 2022-05-15 00:00:00
A high school student committed suicide at a house located in the Elephant Road area in the capital on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Arham Ahmed Saad, 16, studied at class nine of Munshi Abdur Rouf High School, Pilkhana in...
Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist community, will be celebrated across the country today (Sunday) amid festivities after two years of Covid-induced restrictions, reports UNB.Buddha Purnima marks the birth, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha. On this...
FE ReportThe north Dhaka authority, by dint of its various efforts, has been able to reduce the number of water logging hotspots to 42 this year from 101 last year, Mayor Atiqul Islam said."Water logging problem in the city has...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-15 00:00:00
Editors, newspaper owners and union leaders on Saturday called upon the journalists to remain united against all controversial acts hampering freedom of press. They said various types of acts have been enacted one after another to establish control over the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said repeated attempts were made to remove the name of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from history and thus the nation was deprived of knowing the real history since 1975, reports...
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