ZAPORIZHZHIA, May 08 (AP/AFP): Dozens of Ukrainians were feared dead Sunday after a Russian bomb destroyed a school sheltering about 90 people in the basement as Moscow's invading forces kept up their barrage of cities, towns and villages in eastern...
MANIKGANJ, May 08 (UNB): A 35-year-old woman and her two daughters were hacked to death allegedly by her husband at Angarpara village in Ghior upazila of Manikganj district early Sunday.The deceased were identified as Lovely Akter, wife of Asadur Rahman...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-05-09 00:00:00
NETRAKONA, May 08: A house has been built on a bridge at Faridpur village in Chakua union under Khaliajuri upazila of Netrakona district. People of the Jalmahal area have been living on the bridge for nearly three years. As a...
The unprecedented heatwave sweeping over the Indian subcontinent is raising temperatures in Bangladesh as well, leading to public health problems and putting agriculture at risk, reports bdnews24.com.An analysis of data from the past few decades indicates that climate change is...
Prices of edible oil have been hiked several times this year. But the recent hike of soybean oil has surpassed all previous records. The government has fixed the price of a litre of bottled soybean oil at Tk 198, a...
Bangladesh's shipbuilding sector has for long been doing well on the back of a surge in demand from domestic conglomerates. We are now building ships for foreign countries, too. With proper implementation and regulation of the new shipbuilding policy and...
Motorcycle is a popular mode of transportation in Bangladesh. Since the last decade, the registered number of motorcycles across the country has been increasing overwhelmingly. However, it is one of the most vulnerable kinds of vehicle and now responsible for...
Neil Ray | 2022-05-09 00:00:00
Road accidents during the Eid vacations mark a sharp rise for reasons understandable. This year is no exception. But to most people's surprise, this time the mass exodus of holidaymakers from the capital and other cities has gone on reasonably...
Manzur Ahmed | 2022-05-09 00:00:00
Taking into account the trends and practices of our competing exporting countries like India, Pakistan, Sri-Lanka, Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and others Bangladesh should launch a vigorous drive to ensure sustainable destinations of its export goods...
Against the backdrop of adversities facing the country's RMG exports, prompted especially by the festering impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, the local apparel makers have enjoyed a serendipitous windfall in fashion wear sales this Eid. Most of the fanciful young...
Muhammad Zamir | 2022-05-09 00:00:00
Professor Mathias Bernard has made a significant observation: "although Le Pen has lost again, voting for a far-right candidate is no longer seen as unacceptable in France". Quite correctly, the French election must give Emmanuel Macron pause for thought. It...
The Ministry of Health has rejected WHO's estimate that 140,764 people died in Bangladesh as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic as of 2021, claiming that its official count was correct, reports bdnews24.com.Health Minister Zahid Maleque said the government would...
Streets in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo were calm on Saturday after the president declared a state of emergency following escalating anti-government protests, report agencies.Details of the latest emergency regulations were not yet made public, but previous emergency laws have...
Apart from continuing the edible oil sale at Tk 110 per litre through Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) trucks, the corporation is going to expand the selling at same price to its 10 million cardholder families from next month, reports...
Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan has claimed to have no involvement in the suspension of a Travel Ticket Examiner (TTE), Shafiqul Islam, over 'misbehaving with passengers'. He also denied that the passengers were his relatives. On Friday, news broke of...
Bangladesh has registered 10 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,952,776, reports bdnews24.com.The government recorded no deaths in the 24-hour count, keeping the total toll from the disease unchanged at 29,127, according...
Two buses were left badly damaged as the vehicles collided head-on in Bonpara-Hatikumrul area of Natore's Baraigram upazila on Saturday Story on Page 1
The well-marked low over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining South Andaman Sea has intensified into a depression over the same area, reports bdnews24.com.Bangladesh Meteorological Department asked the maritime ports to hoist distant cautionary signal No. 1 as the system...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-08 00:00:00
People returning to Dhaka from south-western districts after celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr had to wait an extended period of time in ferry crossing while passengers from other districts somewhat travelled hassle-free on Saturday.The pressure of passengers at highways, launch ghats or terminals,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday categorically said her party Awami League comes to power always through election and never by the backdoor, reports UNB. "We want the democratic process to continue. The Awami League came to power with mandate...
‘Commodity exchange in five years’Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) has started its job to establish a well-structured commodity marketplace within five years to ensure fair prices of goods for consumers, producers and peasants. Chairman of the port city bourse Asif Ibrahim...
Seven people were killed and at least 25 others injured as two buses collided in Natore's Baraigram Upazila on Saturday, report agencies.On the same day, road mishap in capital city killed one while another accident in Bogura claimed one leave....
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2022-05-08 00:00:00
The construction works of two other metro rail lines are expected to start next fiscal year (FY 2022-23) as the authorities concerned sought an allocation of Tk 54.07 billion in the FY's Annual Development Programme (ADP), officials said on Saturday.Of...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2022-05-08 00:00:00
Soybean oil was almost out of market on Saturday. During this severe crisis, this trader in Tegharia area of Dhaka's South Keraniganj is seen selling loose soybean oil in small quantities to each customer — FE photo by Shafiqul Alam...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-08 00:00:00
Three days after the government had jacked up prices over again, grocery stores in Dhaka and other parts of the country were still running out of soybean and palm oils on Saturday.Consumers are in dire straits due to the acute...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2022-05-08 00:00:00
All of the export products entitled to cash incentives will be examined physically at the customs houses before shipment from now on, in a bid to forestall any forgery. The customs wing of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-05-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh's overall imports jumped by nearly 50 per cent in the first nine months of this fiscal year (FY '22) following higher imports of fuel oils and industrial raw materials, officials said. The settlement of letters of credit (LCs), generally...
RANGPUR, May 07 (BSS): The 13th death anniversary of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's husband Dr M A Wazed Miah (Sudha Miah) will be observed here on Monday as Dr Wazed Smriti Sangshad (DWSS) has taken programmes to commemorate the renowned...
Amid international criticism of Bangladesh's law enforcers over alleged extrajudicial killings, a lawmaker has suggested the public should take matters into their own hands and kill miscreants, reports bdnews24.com.HM Ibrahim, the Awami League MP from Noakhali-1, said he would take...
Bangladesh-born British politician Lutfur Rahman has secured a comeback by winning the vote to become mayor of Tower Hamlets in East London, reports UNB."I am honoured to have been elected as your next mayor of Tower Hamlets. Thank you for...
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