Shihab Sarkar | 2022-05-06 00:00:00
In less than a year's gap, NASA has started mulling refocusing on the probability of the existence of creatures, or humanoids, on exo-planets millions of galaxies away. In its latest query, it started its presumptions about aliens basing on UFOs...
Mental ailments, just like any other disease, require proper treatment. According to the World Health Organization, there has been a 13 per cent rise in mental health conditions and substance use disorders worldwide from 2007 to 2017. Recent reports indicate...
Amusement parks in and around Dhaka city have been witnessing huge crowds every day after two years of restricted Eid celebrations caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The lure of amusement and theme parks is hard to ignore. However, notwithstanding their...
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), there are around 5,000 diagnostic centres in the country. And half of them are reportedly operating without valid licences. They allegedly do not maintain any standard of diagnostic labs. Often, even...
Rafeen Huq | 2022-05-06 00:00:00
The Capital Market Stabilisation Fund (CMSF) that came into operation last year is moving in the desired direction, albeit at a slow pace. This is nothing unusual given the involvement of the interests of so many parties. The performance of...
Nilratan Halder | 2022-05-06 00:00:00
Before the invention of agriculture in 8,500 BC, known as Neolithic Revolution, human races had their migration much like the animals in African Savanna and birds from the chilly and frozen northern hemisphere to the warmer tropical parts in Asia...
The South Asian trade bloc, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), according to a World Bank (WB) study, has the potential to grow into a huge regional trading hub worth US$44 billion. Unfortunately, that is not to be,...
Muhammad Zamir | 2022-05-06 00:00:00
Srishty Anand, a research analyst associated with responsible and accountable financial usage has recently drawn attention to Oxfam's report "Inequality Kills 2022" and its reference to India. While doing so he has exposed the growing gap between the rich and...
A unique festival, Eid-ul-Fitr celebrates the fulfilment of a religious commitment that seeks to bring the best in the followers of Islam through empathy and cement the bond of fellow human fraternity. On completion of the month-long obligation of self-abnegation...
BEIJING, April 30 (AFP): Russia's foreign minister urged the US and NATO to stop supplying Kyiv with arms if they are "really interested in resolving the Ukraine crisis", Chinese state media reported Saturday.Months into an invasion that failed in its...
In a front page report headlined “Toll fixing shortly aftrer Eid, opening in June”, published in the April 29 issue of The Financial Express, it was reported that proposed toll rates of the Padma Bridge would be '1.5 per cent...
Like every year, the activities at Chattogram Port and Chattogram Customs House will remain open during the Eid holidays, except on Eid day, reports BSS.The authorities of Chattogram Port and Customs have issued separate circulars for uninterrupted import-export activities of...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-01 00:00:00
Officials have stressed on conducting a massive tax education campaign for ensuring voluntary compliances of the taxpayers.The taxpayers should know their rights and responsibilities as well as come out of fear-factors or confusions regarding tax issues, officials said in a...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-01 00:00:00
More than 90 per cent of the factories under the jurisdiction of the Industrial Police (IP) have paid festival allowances, according to IP officials.Besides, more than 55 per cent of the units have paid 15 days' wages for the month...
Eid holidaymakers wait for their respective trains to arrive at the Kamalapur railway station in Dhaka on Saturday ahead of the Eid-ul Fitr to be celebrated either on Monday or Tuesday. — FE photo
FE REPORT | 2022-05-01 00:00:00
Seventeen people were tested positive with the Covid-19 disease in the last 24 hours until Saturday morning, taking the total positive cases to 1,952,691.As no new fatality was reported, the total death toll from the disease remained static to 29,127,...
Munima Sultana | 2022-05-01 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) starts finding financiers from both development partners and public-private partnership (PPP) as its feasibility study reveals a $102.77-billion investment plan until 2050.Last week, a Spanish firm submitted the study recommending development of a 238-kilometre network...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-01 00:00:00
Edible oil market has almost gone out of control just before the Eid, to be celebrated this week. On Saturday, loose soybean oil was sold at a maximum of Tk 220 per litre at retail.The price increased by Tk 30...
The offices of The Financial Express (FE) will remain closed on May 01-03 (Sunday-Tuesday) on the occasion of Holy Eid-ul Fitr as well as the May Day which falls on May 01. Therefore, there will be no issue of the...
CMSF settles 93pc of total claimsCapital Market Stabilisation Fund (CMSF) has settled 93 per cent of total claims so far lodged with the fund authority to receive undistributed dividends. The CMSF, earlier formed to settle investors' claims on dividend along...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2022-05-01 00:00:00
The new business of direct shipping, which was introduced in December last, is expected to grab around 10 percent of the country's export trade.The established shipping lines, however, viewed that this new trend of the business would never be seen...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2022-05-01 00:00:00
The price of the US dollar shrank in the local market on Saturday although the greenback has global surge to its highest level in two decades on Thursday. The dollar index, a gauge of the US currency's strength against a...
The historic May Day will be observed today (Sunday) in the country and elsewhere across the world with due respect, reports BSS.The day is being observed across the globe since 1886 commemorating the supreme sacrifices of the workers at Hay...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-01 00:00:00
Former finance minister and Awami League advisory council member Abul Maal Abdul Muhith died early Saturday at United Hospital in the capital.The colourful life of bureaucrat turned politician came to an end at the age of 88. He left behind...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-01 00:00:00
Holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country either on May 02 or 03, depending on sighting of the new moon. The Eid will be celebrated on Monday if Shawwal moon is sighted in...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2022-05-01 00:00:00
Regional trade among South Asian countries can grow to US$44 billion but the potential remains untapped for lack of policy support, a World Bank finding shows at a crucial juncture. And the lack of integration is caused by bureaucratic tangles...
Former chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Tauqir Zia, in an exclusive interview Cricket Pakistan, criticised political parties for interfering with cricket. In addition to that, he put forth a number of suggestions for PCB to act upon, according to...
Nigerian forward Emeka Ogbugh struck twice as Saif Sporting Club managed a 4-2 goal victory over old Dhaka outfit Rahmatganj Muslim and Friends Society in the second phase of TVS Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) football held at Shaheed Bir Flight...
CHATTOGRAM, Apr 30 (UNB): Forest Department officials of Rangunia upazila in Chattogram have rescued an elephant stuck in a canal for seven hours.The elephant had been stuck in the mud of Toila Vanga canal in upazila since 5:00 am. The...
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