SYLHET, Apr 28 (UNB): Export and import through Tamabil land port in Sylhet's Gowainghat will remain suspended for eight days from Friday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of the Muslims.Shahed Arefin Zahedy, deputy commissioner of customs...
The US dollar touched its highest level since 2002 on Thursday while the devaluation of taka continued to hit Bangladesh's trade heavily, sending costs of import, and production and shipment of exports through the roof, reports bdnews24.com. Bangladesh Bank has...
With Eid-ul-Fitr only days away, clothing stores in Dhaka are abuzz with customers, but the owners are not fully happy as they bemoan that sales have not returned to the pre-pandemic level despite a sharp drop in coronavirus cases, reports...
Mashrur Ahmed Zidane | 2022-04-30 00:00:00
In Bangladesh, people often complain about running out of places to visit, this is due to the fact that often the most renowned World Heritage Sites such as Mahasthangarh, the Ruins of the Buddhist Bihara at Paharpur amongst others are...
Nilratan Halder | 2022-04-30 00:00:00
At last it has been once again Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who had to use her good offices for securing children's right to play at Tentultala playground in the city's Kalabagan area. Syeda Ratna and her son Priangsu's 13-hour ordeal...
OLD TRAFFORD, Britain, Apr 29 (Reuters): Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo showed his continued class in front of goal by cancelling out Marcos Alonso's opener for a dominant Chelsea side in their 1-1 Premier League draw at Old Trafford on Thursday.It...
MELBOURNE, Apr 29 (AP): Australia will be at close to full strength for all three legs of its Sri Lankan tour as 34 players were named Friday for the all-format matches in June and July. Marcus Harris was the biggest...
LONDON, Apr 29 (AFP): Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been voted footballer of the year by sportswriters in England, while Chelsea's Australian striker Sam Kerr won the women's award.Salah took 48 percent of the vote for the Football Writers' Association...
Star-studded Bashundhara kings continued their winning run in the TVS Bangladesh Premier League football as they dumped Uttar Baridhara Club by 6-0 goals in the one sided affairs held on Friday at Bashundhara Sports Complex in the city, reports BSS.In...
JERUSALEM, Apr 29 (AFP): Fresh clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound injured 42 people on the last Friday of Ramadan, following weeks of violence at the flashpoint religious site.The Palestinian Red Crescent, which gave the...
STOCKHOLM, Apr 29 (Reuters): Sweden's government does not plan to hold a referendum if its parliament decides to proceed with an application for NATO membership, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Friday.Russia's invasion of Ukraine has forced both Sweden and...
KYIV (Ukraine), Apr 29 (AP): The head of the United Nations said Ukraine has become "an epicentre of unbearable heartache and pain" - a description underscored a short time later by the first Russian strike on the capital since Moscow's...
ISLAMABAD, Apr 29 (Reuters): Pakistan issued a heat warning after the hottest March in 61 years, and in parts of neighbouring India schools were shut and streets deserted as an intense heat wave showed no signs of abating on Friday,...
Around the world, genetically modified (GM) crops are used to improve agricultural activities and combat climate change. These crops possess many novel properties including herbicide and virus tolerance, resistance to drought and salinity, and useful excretion during growth. Although the...
We have come across newspaper reports on how brick kilns are being set up without following proper procedures and even without the permission of the authorities concerned. Though there is a special law called The Brick Manufacturing and Brick Kilns...
Our children do not seem to be safe anywhere. The number of sexual child victims is increasing day by day. According to Manusher Jonno Foundation, a total of 818 children were raped in 2021 whereas it was 626 in 2020....
Tanim Asjad | 2022-04-30 00:00:00
Millions of people are leaving the city of Dhaka to celebrate Eid holiday with their near and dear ones in different parts of the country. Some have already left to avoid atrocious rush and delay on the road while others...
Given the rising demand for natural gas against the fast dwindling domestic gas reserve, Bangladesh's growing dependence on imported Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is simply unavoidable. Amid the supply crisis of natural gas, the country's two floating, storage and regasification...
Hasnat M Alamgir | 2022-04-30 00:00:00
The infinite number of stories coming daily on print, electronic and social media tell the miseries of Dhaka city dwellers whose life has become sluggish and exhausting by the perennial traffic jams which became particularly agonising during this Ramadan and...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2022-04-29 12:00:00
Toll rates for the much-cherished Padma multipurpose bridge (PMB) are likely to be final shortly after Eid vacation as the project office plans to inaugurate the engineering icon in June, sources say.The tolls are proposed 1.5-times higher than the existing...
Jehangir Hussain | 2022-04-29 12:00:00
'Die Young' is a novel by a cancer survivor with the determination to live on. He longs to live longer because he has already known 'the value of moments in life'. 'My mission on earth right now is to live,'...
Nilratan Halder | 2022-04-29 12:00:00
The status of Tentultala playground located in the city's Kalabagan area has needlessly been made a contentious issue. If the latest Detailed Area Plan (DAP) of Dhaka, already gazetted, maintains the playground as an open space, how can its status...
FE Report | 2022-04-29 00:00:00
Indiscriminate and excessive use of antibiotics without prescription in Bangladesh requires strict regulation to prevent outbreak of drug-resistant diseases, Neely Kaydos-Daniels, Country Director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said here on Wednesday.She said misuse of antimicrobials in...
The Spring Meeting of the World Bank (WB)-International Monetary Fund (IMF), 2022 praised Bangladesh for successful implementation of its policy to face Covid-19 pandemic and economic recovery from its impact, reports BSS.The meeting was held on April 17-24 in Washington...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-29 00:00:00
Nineteen new Covid-19 cases and zero death from the virus were reported in Bangladesh on Thursday.The figures were 23 and zero respectively on Tuesday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).With the latest daily counts, the total fatalities...
LONDON, April 28 (Reuters): Russia on Thursday warned the West that there would be a tough military response to any further attack on Russian territory, accusing the United States and its key allies of undermining European security by openly inciting...
The holy Lailatul Qadr or Shab-e-Qadr, the holiest and most blessed night for Muslims, was being observed across the country on Thursday night with due solemnity and religious fervor, reports UNB.Muslim devotees spend the night seeking divine blessings for peace...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-29 00:00:00
The central bank has asked all the scheduled banks to ensure transactions by arranging smooth operations of alternative delivery channels (ADCs) round the clock during the upcoming Eid vacation, officials said.The ADCs cover operations of ATM (automated teller machine), POS...
Siddique Islam | 2022-04-29 00:00:00
The inter-bank call money rate increased slightly on Thursday mainly due to higher withdrawal of cash from the banks ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr.The call rate ranged between 4.75 per cent and 5.25 per cent on the day against the previous...
FE Report | 2022-04-29 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Thursday asked the commercial banks to keep their branches across the country open for a limited time on April 30 (Saturday), a public holiday, to facilitate transactions ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.The decision came on the backdrop...
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