NEW DELHI, May 14 (BBC): At least 27 people have been killed and others are missing after a fire swept through a four-storey office building in Delhi.More than 70 people were inside when the fire started and witnesses said some...
KYIV, May 14 (Reuters): Ukrainian forces destroyed a pontoon bridge and parts of a Russian armoured column as it tried to cross a river in the Donbas region, video released by Ukraine's military showed on Friday, and a Russian naval...
A couple busy sorting out litchis for selling in the local market. The photo was taken from Bijoynagar upazila in Brahmanbaria district — Focus Bangla
Minor siblings drown in BandarbanBANDARBAN, May 14: Two minor siblings allegedly drowned in a lake at Karbaripara in Alikadam upazila of Bandarban district early Saturday. The deceased were identified as Marufa Jannat, 7, and Mahfuza Jannat, 40, both daughters of...
A 60-year-old woman was crushed under the wheels of a train at Thakurgaon railway station on Saturday, reports UNB.The deceased was identified as Rashida Begum, wife of Yusuf Ali of Akcha-Bakserhat village in Sadar upazila.Witnesses said that Rashida came to...
PANCHAGARH, May 14 (BSS): The farmers are happy getting fair price and bumper production of maize in the district.This year, the weather was dry which was conducive for maize harvesting as the farmers has completed its cut off.The farmers can...
RAJSHAHI, May 14 (BSS): Fish production has increased significantly for the last couple of years in the country as a result of technology service expansion to the villages.Simultaneously, the fisheries resources have been playing a vital role towards the country's...
KHULNA, May 14 (UNB): Watermelon growers in south-western Khulna district are staring at losses due to abnormally low price despite a bumper production of the summer fruit.Rather than looking for profit the growers are now worried about a recovery of...
KURIGRAM, May 14 (UNB): Heavy summer rains pouring since Friday morning inundated parts of Kurigram district damaging ready-to-harvest paddy crops in the district.The local Met office recorded 126 mm of rain in five hours this morning.As a result, Boro crops...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-05-15 00:00:00
SYLHET, May 14: Excessive rains for the last three days caused severe waterlogging in Sylhet city areas, causing much sufferings to the city dwellers. An official at the Regional Met office said, "Sylhet is the highest rain-prone zone in the...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2022-05-15 00:00:00
Inflation has come back faster, spiked more markedly and appears to be more persistent than leading central banks initially thought possible. Latest available data (March 2022) on inflation tell us that annual consumer price inflation as measured by the consumer...
Jurain is not too far from downtown Dhaka. Ever since the Mayor Hanif Flyover was opened for transportation, it did not take much time to reach this neighbourhood from the central parts of the capital. Many real estate companies have...
Osteoarthritis is a type of arthritis. Although osteoarthritis can damage any joint, the disorder most commonly affects joints in your hands, knees, hips and spine. As one grows older, the cartilage that grips the joints begins to break down, causing...
Many countries in the world have already shifted to a four-day workweek. The idea is simple - employees would work four days a week bur enjoy the same pays and benefits as before. Advocates for the four-day work week suggest...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-05-15 00:00:00
In a casual look, the photograph may seem nothing unusual. But upon an in-depth view, the uniqueness latent in it would be revealed to many. The photo printed on the first page of FE recently is one of common Dhaka...
Asjadul Kibria | 2022-05-15 00:00:00
The crisis and tragedy of Palestine has been continuing for more than seven decades. After the forceful creation of the state of Israel in 1948, people of Palestine have entered into a perpetual suffering. Today, May 15, they will observe...
The call to raise the allocation for the health sector at the time of budget preparation every year has become more of a ritual. But the appeal hardly moves the people who burn the midnight oil to solve the budgetary...
Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said BNP's dream of restoring caretaker government system in the country will never be successful, reports BSS."If BNP makes any evil efforts to create disorder...
Ukraine said it had damaged a Russian navy logistics ship near Snake Island, a small but strategic outpost in the Black Sea, while relatives of Ukrainian soldiers holed up in Mariupol's besieged steelworks pleaded for them to be saved, reports...
Bangladeshi tech entrepreneurs Sonia Bashir Kabir, Afeef Zaman, and Morin Talukder have been named on the Rest of World (RoW)'s 100 Global Tech's Changemakers' list, reports UNB.RoW had set out to find 100 of the most influential, innovative, and trailblazing...
RAJSHAHI, May 13 (UNB): Connoisseurs of mango can rejoice. The supple flesh of the pulpy fruit from Rajshahi are set to drive you mad soon, thanks to local growers who've started plucking their produce on Friday.Like every year, the district...
South Korea was the first country to launch a fifth-generation mobile network in 2019, heralding a warp-speed technological transformation to self-driving cars and smart cities.Three years on, the giddy promises are unfulfilled.Some 45% of the country's people are now on...
The coronavirus has been spreading across North Korea "explosively" since late last month, killing six people and leaving 187,800 people in quarantine, the country's state media reported on Friday, report agencies.The data represents an unprecedented admission of an "explosive" outbreak...
COLOMBO, May 13 (Reuters): Sri Lanka's main opposition party joined anti-government protesters on Friday in rejecting the appointment of a new prime minister and insisted the president resign to take responsibility for the country's disastrous economic crisis.President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-14 00:00:00
Daily Covid-19 caseload and its test positivity rate declined further on Friday with the health authorities reporting zero fatality from the virus in Bangladesh.Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported 18 Covid-19 cases and its infection rate at 0.45 per...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-14 00:00:00
Thirteen crisis-ridden e-commerce companies have refunded an estimated Tk 1.0 billion to 9,689 affected customers to date, according to commerce ministry.The amount has been reimbursed through 12,078 transactions, the available data shows.The customers' stuck-up funds with 25 e-commerce platforms are...
Liquid chemical waste from industries has covered a lane of the Dhaka-Narayanganj Road at Shyampur in the city. The photo was taken on Friday — FE photo by Shafiqul Alam
Jubair Hasan | 2022-05-14 00:00:00
The development activities for building the country's largest urea fertiliser plant in Narsingdi finally got momentum after the Covid-19 pandemic. The under-construction Ghorashal Palash Urea Fertiliser Factory is one of the country's megaprojects. Through it the state-run Bangladesh Chemical Industries...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2022-05-14 00:00:00
The Department of Social Services (DSS) has kept aside Tk 48,600 as monthly salary for an office helper (peon) at its child home project, insiders said.Besides, it has proposed Tk 35,760 salary per month for each of a computer operator...
Stocks extend losses on economic worriesStocks extended the losing streak for the second straight week to Thursday as nervous investors continued their selling spree amid concerns over the country's macroeconomic situation. This week featured five trading days as usual --...
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