Our Correspondent | 2022-03-21 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 20: The local industries will get more facilities in the upcoming budget for fiscal year 2022-23, like in the previous years, as they are contributing a lot to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) and development. National Board...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-21 00:00:00
The government on Sunday reduced the maximum retail price (MRP) of bottled edible oil by Tk 8 to Tk 160 per litre. The new rate has been fixed after a cut from existing Tk 168, which was approved by the...
JOHANNESBURG, Mar 20 (Agencies): South Africa have levelled the three-match ODI series in the 'Pink Day' as the hosts crushed Bangladesh by seven wickets at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday.The Proteas have easily crossed the simple target of...
PATUAKHALI, Mar 20 (UNB): The 1320MW Payra thermal power station in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali district is set to start commercial supply on Monday, setting a milestone in the country's power sector. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-21 00:00:00
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) started its truck sale of some key essential commodities at subsidised rates across the country, including the capital, on Sunday, targeting 10 million low-income families on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan.However,...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-21 00:00:00
People from all walks of life on Sunday bade farewell to former President and Chief Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed. The former president was laid to rest at Banani graveyard in Dhaka around 12:15 pm, said Md Saifur Rahman, spokesperson for the...
KYIV, March 20 (AFP) : Turkey on Sunday said Russia and Ukraine made progress on their negotiations to halt the invasion and the two warring sides were close to an agreement."Of course, it is not an easy thing to come...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-21 00:00:00
Eminent economists suggest the government should use fiscal space to avert further price adjustments to help continue economic recovery from pandemic shocks, or else there could be risks of "stagflation". Fresh price adjustments will push the country's economy into "the...
NARAYANGANJ, Mar 20 (UNB): At least six bodies, including of a three-year-old child, were recovered after a launch carrying around 50-60 passengers went down in the Shitalakkhya River after being hit by a cargo vessel near Al Aminnagar in Narayanganj...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-21 00:00:00
The crucial issue of US sanctions related to RAB was discussed, but left aside to deal with later, as Washington in Sunday's Dhaka meet underscored security affairs amid current geopolitical developments.Officials said both sides at the 8th US-Bangladesh partnership dialogue...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-21 00:00:00
Curbing inflation should be the centre of government's policy attention now as people are grappling with their limited budget to cope with skyrocketing prices of essentials, suggests a think-tank.The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), in a report under its Independent...
Dry weather is likely to continue over the country until 6:00pm today (Monday), according to Met office.Mild Heat Wave is sweeping over Rajshahi, Dhaka & Khulna divisions and the districts of Rangamati,Chandpur, Feni, Sylhet, Dinajpur, Panchagarh, Nilphamari & Patuakhali and...
Members of fire service has rescued a woman trapped in an elevator at Borak Center in the city's Motijheel area, reports UNB.Elora Pal, a Sonali Bank officer and a resident of Tikatuli area, was trapped in the elevator around 10...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-21 00:00:00
The government will provide rice to poor people under its vulnerable group feeding (VGF) programme in the holy month of Ramadan, said Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque on Sunday."We (the government) will provide rice at Tk 10 per kilogramme...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-21 00:00:00
The authorities of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) removed some illegally built makeshift shops from footpaths conducting a mobile court drive in different areas of the capital on Sunday.Executive magistrate of the DSCC Afifa Khan led the drive covering Motijheel...
CUMILLA, Mar 20 (UNB): Six years into the murder of college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu police probe into the case has seen little progress with dejected family members losing hope for getting any justice.Tonu (19), a second-year history student of...
Chief of General Staff of Bangladesh Army Lieutenant General Ataul Hakim Sarwar Hasan posing for photograph after inauguring the main activities of 'Exercise Tiger Lightning-3', a bilateral exercise on peace assistance activities, jointly organised by the Bangladesh Army and the...
President Abdul Hamid on Sunday asked the authorities concerned to plan academic curriculum in line with the labour market, reports UNB. "We need to plan academic curriculum in line with the labour market. It is often seen that students cannot...
Chief of Naval Staff of Bangladesh Navy Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal left Dhaka for Qatar to attend the 7th Doha International Maritime Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX-2022) on Sunday, says a press release.A high official of Bangladesh Navy saw him off...
Hundreds of people, including judges, lawyers and distinguished personalities, taking part in the namaz-e-janaza of former President and Chief Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed at National Eidgah in the city on Sunday — FE photo
FE Report | 2022-03-21 00:00:00
Speakers at a national dialogue on mainstreaming the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) emphasised integrating climate change adaptation into the national development planning process. They also called for making the implementation locally-led adaptation by taking into consideration the local vulnerability factors,...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-21 00:00:00
Although the counting of votes in the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election for the 2022-23 sessions has already been completed, the result is yet to be announced as a chaotic situation was created over the vote count of secretary...
PANCHAGARH, Mar 20 (BSS): Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said the people's support to Awami League is increasing as BNP is trying to topple the government."BNP, in the name of movement, has been saying since the formation...
The 15th death anniversary of former BNP secretary general KM Obaidur Rahman will be observed today (Monday), reports UNB. Local unit of BNP and Obaidur Rahman Smriti Sangsad have chalked out various programmes to observe the day, said a press...
Awami Jubo League General Secretary Md Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil addressing a food distribution programme, organised by its Dhaka city north unit, on the premises of a school in the city on Sunday, marking the 102nd birth anniversary of Father...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that the people of Bangladesh are now under terrible fascism losing their voting and all other rights, reports UNB. "A suffocating situation is now there in the country. We're going...
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the country's independence, sovereignty and democracy are protected in the hands of only the Awami League,reports BSS."Awami League, under the leadership of Bangabandhu's daughter Prime...
RIYADH, Mar 20 (Arab News): Intending to increase its share in the Kingdom's ice cream market, Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff Co., SADAFCO, has established an ice cream factory worth SR130 million ($34 million) in Jeddah.With a 28 per cent market...
RIYADH, Mar 20 (Arab News): Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Co. swung from losses into a profit in 2021, after a fall in net claims.The Saudi-based firm turned a loss of SR17.6 million ($4.7 million) in 2020 into a profit,...
RIYADH, Mar 20 (Arab News): UAE-based sovereign investment company Mubadala has agreed to invest £300 million ($395 million) into CityFibre, Britain's biggest independent provider of full-fiber broadband infrastructure, according to a Sky News exclusive report. The investment aims at accelerating...
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