HONG KONG, Apr 20 (AFP): YouTube on Wednesday suspended a channel promoting John Lee's uncontested bid to be Hong Kong's next leader, saying the move was required by US sanctions against the ex-security chief.Lee is expected to be appointed the...
BEIJING, Apr 20 (AFP): China reported seven Covid-19 deaths in Shanghai on Wednesday, raising the toll in the city to 17 fatalities as authorities struggled to rein in infections despite a gruelling, weeks-long lockdown.The fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant has driven...
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 20 (Reuters): Six Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, including two children, have died after being hit by vehicles on a Malaysian highway as hundreds fled an immigration detention centre where a riot broke out early on Wednesday, officials...
KYIV, Apr 20 (BBC/AFP): Ukrainian forces in Mariupol have successfully tied down thousands of Russian soldiers who otherwise would've been redeployed northwards for the main battle in Donbas, according to Professor Malcolm Chalmers, Deputy Director General of the Royal United...
MAGURA, Apr 20 (UNB): A 45-year-old woman was found dead with her throat slit in Vaina village of Magura district town on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Fatema Begum, the second wife of Wahiduzzaman Anu Munshi of the village.Nasir...
CHATTOGRAM, Apr 20 (UNB): A 42-year-old man was hacked to death allegedly by his rivals over a land dispute in Chattogram district on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Muhammad Musa, son of Sona Miah of Mirzapur union in Hathazari...
SHERPUR, Apr 20 (BSS): Two brothers were killed and another was injured in a road accident in Garergaon area under Nakla upazila of the district on Tuesday night.The deceased were identified as Harej Ali and Shamsul Haque, sons of late...
NILPHAMARI, Apr 20 (UNB): The workers at Saidpur Railway Workshop in Nilphamari district are unusually busy this year ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, to finish 50 new bogies that will be pressed into operation during the holidays to ensure smooth travels for...
BRAHMANBARIA, Apr 20 (bdnews24.com): Floodwater from upstream has inundated at least 200 hectares of farming land in Brahmanbaria's Nasirnagar, compelling farmers to harvest half-ripened paddy.Most of the farming lands in six unions - Sadar, Bhaulakut, Burishwar, Goalnagar, Purbabhag - went...
Humayun A Kamal | 2022-04-21 00:00:00
The Canadian government, people, and media expressed whole - hearted support and sympathy for the people of Bangladesh and their liberation struggle in 1971. Canada also provided much -needed humanitarian assistance, life-saving medicine, as well as financial donations to the...
Antibiotics and other chemicals are widely used in Bangladesh to fatten cattle. This practice gets more popular among cattle farmers three to four months ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. They remain busy making their cattle healthy and fat by injecting antibiotics. But...
Damaged roads and highways have become part of our life. Repair work is ongoing for a number of roads, slowing down vehicular movement further. The number of people leaving Dhaka city during the upcoming Eid would be double the number...
Both knowledgeable people and laypersons are apprehensive of a hazardous and highly taxing home-bound mass movement that this Eid is going to witness. Understandably, more people than ever before will undertake journeys to return to their roots---mostly in villages. There...
Ishrat Hossain | 2022-04-21 00:00:00
In societies with strong presence of Islam, Islamic instruments can be innovatively harnessed to play an increasing role in the socio-economic development of Muslims to conform to the cultural realities of indigenous people. Initiatives such as the World Bank's World...
A farmer harvests half-ripe paddy from a submerged field as the river water level rises in Bangladesh after heavy rainfall upstream in India. The photo was taken from Kaundia area of Savar — Focus Bangla
Vehicles are stuck in a traffic jam near the Kakrail intersection, triggered by the clashes between Dhaka College students and traders in the city's New Market area on Tuesday. The clashes just worsened the nagging traffic jams in the city...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh has reported no deaths from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning.The government recorded 50 new Covid-19 cases during the same period.With the latest figures, the overall caseload now stands at 1,952,412 while fatalities at 29,126,...
ISLAMABAD, Apr 19 (Agencies): The Cabinet of Pakistan's newly-elected prime minister, Shahbaz Sharif, was sworn in Tuesday during a brief ceremony.Acting President Sadiq Sanjrani administered the oath to the 34 ministers at the white marble palace known as the Presidency...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-20 00:00:00
Controversial e-commerce portal Evaly's former chairman Shamima Narsin transfers her 50-per cent share in the company in favour of her mother Farida Talukder and her brother-in-law Mamunur Rashid.Ms Shamima, the owner of 0.6-million shares, has completed the transfer process upon...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2022-04-20 00:00:00
A slew of new banknotes hit money market today (Wednesday) as demand surges for Eid tips with shinny notes, officials say. The Eid-ul-Fitr festival is now round the corner and people usually give Eid tips (better known as Eid salami)...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-20 00:00:00
The central bank of Bangladesh on Tuesday relaxed the policy for rescheduling short-term farm loans as it believes that the global price surge of agricultural equipment may adversely impact the local agricultural sector.The Bangladesh Bank (BB) said the import cost...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-20 00:00:00
Editors' Council (Sampadak Parishad) has urged the government to sit with all media stakeholders before finalising the Mass Media Employees (Services Conditions) Bill-2022.Terming the proposed law anti-media, it says with the adoption of the bill, the media industry and its...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the exchange of Covid-related medicines and medical equipment between Bangladesh and India during the surge of the pandemic has been considered a role-model of 'good neighbourhood' diplomacy, reports UNB."The whole world has seen...
FE Report | 2022-04-20 00:00:00
The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has cautioned over supply-chain disruption of key essential commodities during the ongoing Ramadan as well as the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitre and Eid-ula-Azha festivals due to the present gas rationing for all industrial units, including those producing...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh can replicate South Korea's transformation from labour- intensive industries to export-oriented industrial sector, in order to face challenges after its LDC graduation, speakers said at a programme on Tuesday.Besides, Bangladesh should solemnly try to sign a free-trade agreement (FTA)...
Regulator's latest step helps stocks rebound The market rebounded on Tuesday, snapping a two-day massive fall, as the bargain hunters put fresh bets on lucrative stocks taking the advantage of recent price erosion. Market analysts said the stocks rebounded with...
FE Report | 2022-04-20 00:00:00
The country's development programme implementation scenario has shown a sign of recovery in the third quarter (Q3) of the current fiscal year (FY), 2021-22, as the execution rate during the July-March period was recorded at 45.56 per cent, official data...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-20 00:00:00
The central bank allows authorised dealer (AD) banks to charge borrowers additional interest not exceeding 1.0 per cent annually for loans under the export development fund (EDF).The new directive is for the interim period between 'import payments from sources of...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2022-04-20 00:00:00
The securities regulator has sought explanation from 15 brokerage firms, including some leading ones, for placing sale orders at the lowest level of circuit breaker before starting the day's trading session.The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) on Tuesday sent...
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