In a country where illegal land grabbing has been taken to its outrageous limit, even school playgrounds are not spared. A Bangla contemporary carries a pictorial report on the illegal occupation of a government primary school's playground in a village...
COLOMBO, March 22 (AFP) : Sri Lanka ordered troops to petrol stations Tuesday as sporadic protests erupted among the thousands of motorists queueing up daily for scarce fuel.The South Asian island nation is grappling with its worst economic meltdown since...
The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 472 million as the pandemic enters into its third year, reports agencies.According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 472,048,486 while the death toll from the virus...
FE Report | 2022-03-23 00:00:00
The country witnessed zero death from Covid-19 for the second consecutive day, as no death was recorded in the last 24-hour period until Tuesday morning.However, a total of 121 new patients were reported during the period. With the fresh cases,...
MOSCOW, Mar 22 (AFP): The Kremlin said on Tuesday it would like the ongoing negotiations with Kyiv aimed at ending Russia's military action in Ukraine to have more substance."There is some kind of process happening. We would like more active...
Bangladesh signed on Tuesday an agreement with South Korea for constructing a bridge over the Payra River on Kachua-Betagi-Patuakhali-Lohaliya-Kalaiya road, reports BSS.On behalf of their respective sides, Korean Sum Hoyan Corporation and Mir Akhter Joint Venture of Bangladesh signed the...
FE Report | 2022-03-23 00:00:00
The edible oil refiners have cut the maximum retail price (MRP) of loose palm oil by Tk 3.0 to Tk 130 per litre as approved by the government on February 06 last.The commerce ministry and oil refiners re-fixed the rate...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-23 00:00:00
A central bank order over enhancement of shipping agents' commission has been unimplemented for the last one year. Many shipping agents opined that if the increased rates are applied, the foreign shipping owners would raise freight charges for Bangladesh-bound goods,...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-23 00:00:00
Speakers during a virtual seminar on Tuesday praised the stance of China and Bangladesh on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.Students and youth leaders suggest that military bloc NATO cease to exist as its rival Warsaw Pact is dead now.On the contrary,...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-23 00:00:00
The railway fleet is going to expand as the government has endorsed a Tk 17.04-billion project to procure 200 more broad-gauge passenger coaches.The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approves the Bangladesh Railway (BR)'s passenger carriage project along...
Bangladesh is the country with the worst air pollution in the world, according to a 2021 report by IQAir, a Swiss company that monitors air quality.Bangladesh's air contained 76.9 micrograms of small and hazardous airborne particles per cubic metre (?g/m3),...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh has ratified the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 138 on minimum age for employment, thus taking a major step in its battle to eliminate child labour.The country also fixes 14 years as the minimum age for employment in line...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh's foreign minister appreciates the US statement deploring "genocide" committed by Myanmar security forces against the Rohingya minority nationals, hopping that it would accelerate their repatriation. This statement, though belated, will help in expediting the rehabilitation of the Rohingyas to...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2022-03-23 00:00:00
The securities regulator will not renew the licences of stockbrokers until they adjust investors' money and shares kept in the stipulated accounts. Such brokers will not also be entitled to enjoy different other facilities.The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC)...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-03-23 00:00:00
The exchange rate of Bangladesh Taka (BDT) fell significantly against the US dollar on Tuesday due to higher demand for the greenback for settling import-payment obligations.On the inter-bank foreign-exchange (forex) market on the day, the BDT lost its value by...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-23 00:00:00
Fiscal measures for the upcoming budget are being framed to ensure a "win-win" situation between government and private sector, Finance Minister AHM Mustofa Kamal assures businesses.The assurance from the government side came Tuesday at the 42nd budget consultative committee meeting...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the countryuntil 6:00pm today (Wednesday), according to Met office.. The country's maximum temperature on Tuesday was recorded at 36.5 degrees Celsius in Rangamati and minimum was 17.3 Celsius...
FE Report | 2022-03-23 00:00:00
Without much improvement in the pilot bus service for bus route rationalisation (BRR), the special committee on Tuesday reaffirmed to launch buses on three more routes in the city in the next three months.The committee took the decision at its...
'FE REPORT | 2022-03-23 00:00:00
The High Court in the full text of its verdict has observed that the landed property may take the form of dower under Islamic principles and anyone including husband's father may undertake to pay or transfer such dower. The High...
FE Report | 2022-03-23 00:00:00
Experts at a programme on Tuesday said most of the patients suffering from bipolar disorder in the country still remain untreated mainly due to inadequate psychiatrists, limited infrastructures and meagre funding.Lack of awareness and social stigma involving such psychological complications...
Air Officer Commanding of Bangladesh Air Force Base Birshreshto Matiur Rahman Air Vice Marshal MA Awal Hossain inspects the passing-out parade of MODC recruits entry No-49 of Bangladesh Air Force at BAF Care and Maintenance Unit in Lalmonirhat on Tuesday...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-23 00:00:00
Two journalists of the Financial Express (FE) have won media award, sponsored by Housing and Building Research Institute (HBRI). The journalists -- Jasim Uddin Haroon, special correspondent, and Yasir Wardard, staff reporter, received the award in the print category. State...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2022-03-23 00:00:00
Only two resting places, of the planned four, for drivers of heavy vehicles on long routes have been ready - almost four years after the Prime Minister's directive in this regard, but their inauguration would still take time. Officials concerned...
A Dhaka Court on Tuesday accepted the charges against expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a graft case, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Kayesh accepted the chargesheet in the case in the presence of...
RANGAMATI, Mar 22 (BSS): Three people were killed and two others injured in a gunfight between two rival groups at Kechipara near Balumura Para on the Rajsthali-Bandarban border area in the district on Tuesday.Rangamati Superintendent of Police Mir Moddasser Hossain...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said their party has no interest in the dialogue that the new Election Commission (EC) has initiated ahead of the 12th parliamentary election, reports UNB. "We said earlier that we're not...
Noted personalities on Tuesday asked the new Election Commission headed by Kazi Habibul Awal to gain public trust through their impartial works and not use Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in the election, reports UNB.They came up with the suggestions while...
KUSHTIA, Mar 22 (UNB): A woman died after being run over by a train in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia on Tuesday morning, police said.The body was recovered from below the bridge on the Garai river around 8am and sent for...
KHULNA, Mar 22 (UNB): A 66-year-old man died on Monday evening after reportedly falling into a septic tank in the Chandkhali Bazar area of Paikgachha upazila in Khulna.The deceased was identified as Kamrul Islam, a cleaning staff of the meat...
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