An institutional email address is typically useful for everything from research endeavour to pursuing scholarships abroad for students. Students gain access to the Google Suite or G Suite applications for free via their university email, which they would otherwise have...
Neil Ray | 2024-05-13 00:00:00
Who says Bangladesh belongs to a globally interconnected world? To the country the global village is a misnomer and it is an isolated island so far as its commodity market is concerned. At a time when the World Bank (WB)...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-05-13 00:00:00
The precious yellow metal, gold, has caught the imagination of investors, particularly of the central banks of emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). Global economic uncertainties caused by persistent inflation and recession in the advanced economies, which were further exacerbated...
Bangladesh appears to be taking the bait and falling into the market manipulation trap again and again meticulously orchestrated by a section of unscrupulous and speculative traders who are increasing in number, as are their nefarious activities. Take for example...
Muhammad Zamir | 2024-05-13 00:00:00
On May 1, in 1886, ten workers were killed by police opening fire on a demonstration in Chicago, USA. They were demanding an eight-hour working day instead of a 12-hour shift. This agitation on their part eventually forced the relevant...
Syed Shadman Wahid | 2024-05-13 00:00:00
As Bangladesh's digital landscape evolves, it grapples with an escalating degree of cybersecurity threat, raising concerns about the integrity of the country's digital infrastructure. Bangladesh's cybersecurity landscape is a dynamic tapestry, marked by both significant advancements and persistent vulnerabilities. Despite...
M. Shamsul Arefin has recently joined as managing director & CEO of NCC Bank, according to a press statement. Earlier, he served in the same bank holding the positions of additional managing director, deputy managing director and senior executive vice...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2024-05-12 12:00:00
The securities regulator has decided to hand over the responsibility of dealing with initial public offerings (IPOs) to the stock exchanges. So, from now on, the bourses will scrutinise IPO proposals and sit with issuers, auditors, or any other parties...
Police made dozens of arrests as pro-Palestinian protest encampments were dismantled Friday at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, hours after police tear-gassed demonstrators and took down a similar camp at the University of Arizona, reports...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-12 00:00:00
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has settled $1.57 billion of its $2.09 billion loan as of April this year. The total payment includes both principal and interest accrued on the loan used to purchase aircraft.A press release issued on Friday by Biman's...
The results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations-2024 will be published across the country today (Sunday), reports BSS.The statistics of the results will be handed over to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban around 10am.The results will...
For the sustainable development of the readymade garment (RMG) industry in the country and to thrive in the current competitive market, it is necessary to address three urgent challenges, said speakers at a round table discussion.The challenges are: decarbonization, the...
KABUL, May 11 (AFP): Flash floods that have ripped through northern Afghanistan left more than 200 people dead in a single province, the United Nations said on Saturday.More than 200 people were killed and thousands of houses were destroyed or...
It takes time for rainwater to go away from the streets of Dhaka because recklessly dumped rubbish clogs the mouths of the city's drains and canals, Atiqul Islam has said.The mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation spoke about the capital's...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2024-05-12 00:00:00
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has sought nearly six times higher funds in the upcoming development budget for Matarbari port development project despite its failure to spend three-fourth of the allocations in the current budget, officials said on Saturday.In the...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-12 00:00:00
A heavy downpour, accompanied by a thunderstorm, struck Dhaka on Saturday morning, leading to extensive waterlogging in parts of the capital city and thereby causing massive misery to commuters.According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, the rainfall between 6:00 am and...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday made it clear she won't approve any unnecessary projects taken up just for the sake of construction without calculating their benefits for the country and its people."There must not be any construction just for...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-05-12 00:00:00
A squeeze in the splurge of money on flow is tangible as the stock with Bangladesh Bank stayed on the wane, amounting to Tk 3.3 trillion as of mid- March, following a pause in printing 'high-powered' money. According to some...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2024-05-12 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is considering a move to a 'self-assessment' only system for corporate tax returns, where companies would declare their own assets and income from the next fiscal year. Under this system, taxmen would not instantly...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-05-12 00:00:00
The price of eggs has reached a ten-month high of Tk 160-165 a dozen, hitting low-income groups who rely heavily on them as an affordable source of protein. Insiders say a supply crunch, rising input costs and alleged market manipulation...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-05-12 00:00:00
Gas and power tariffs are poised for more frequent hikes than previously planned as a fallout from the bumped-up dollar pricing, sources say.The exchange rate of the US currency has been pegged higher through the introduction of crawling-peg exchange rate...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Sylhet , Rangpur, Rajshahi and Mymensingh divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office....
BD reports nine more Covid cases Bangladesh reported nine more Covid-19 cases in 24 hours until Saturday morning. With the new numbers, the country's total Covid-19 caseload rose to 2,050,143, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The...
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) advisor, veteran leftist politician and valiant freedom fighter Haider Akbar Khan Rono passed away while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the city early Saturday at the age of 82, reports BSS. He died at...
At least five people died and seven others were injured by lightning strikes in Bagerhat, Chuadanga and Cumilla districts on Saturday.In Bagerhat, two labourers died and six others were injured by a lightning strike at Rayenda Bandaghata in Sarankhola upazila.The...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized snake venom worth Tk3 crore from Dinajpur's Ghasuriya border early Friday, reports UNB.Acting on a tipped-off, a team of BGB-20 conducted a drive in the Ucha Gobindpur area of Birampur Upazila of Dinajpur...
Jayanta Kumar Deb and Dr Tapash Chandra Paul have been elected president and general secretary (GS) respectively of the Mohanagar Sarbojaneen Puja Committee, says a statement. The two-year executive committee was declared on Friday at a biennial council at Dhakeshwari...
Education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury handing over an e-signed certificate to a student at the 4th Convocation of City University hosted at Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre Auditorium at Purbachal on Saturday. State minister for commerce Ahasanul Islam also attended...
More efforts, time, labour, and intellectual investment will be needed in culture, State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat said on Friday.He said this while speaking at the National Rabindra Sangeet Festival, reports UNB."At present, under the leadership...
The governments of Bangladesh, Bulgaria and Japan, together with UNFPA, will host the "ICPD30 Global Dialogue on Demographic Diversity and Sustainable Development" in Dhaka on May 15-16, reports UNB.The dialogue creates a platform to discuss the challenges and explore the...
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