No doubt demand for local steel and iron is being increasingly met from ship scraps at various shipyards of the country. Suffice it to say, the local supply source has, to some extent, contained price spiral besides helping a number...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-03-25 00:00:00
The International Day of Forests was observed on March 21 in Bangladesh and elsewhere in the world. With little notice being given to these Days, the mindless and indiscriminate swoops on the Sundarbans in Bangladesh continue to replicate in newer...
Golam Rasul | 2022-03-25 00:00:00
The price of edible oil has recently increased in Bangladesh and causing worry among both consumers and the government. The edible oil price increase in the international market, the Ukraine war, and speculation about price increase during Ramadan have caused...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2022-03-25 00:00:00
The coming month will bring with it one of the biggest challenges for small business. Strewn all over Bangladesh are an estimated 5.6 million shops and markets that depend on sales uptake centring Bangla New Year and the two Eid...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2022-03-24 12:00:00
Half of the corporate taxpayers across Bangladesh couldn't submit their returns by the deadline after the government made verified audit report on their financials mandatory for the 2021-22 fiscal, officials say. The fault on return submission unveils, by default, a...
Shadique Mahbub Islam | 2022-03-24 12:00:00
In a post-Covid neo-normal world, a life without an internet connection is unthinkable. Internet dependency before Covid is barely a fraction of what it is at present. However, internet penetration is only about 31 per cent in our country, leaving...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2022-03-24 12:00:00
The war in Ukraine did not start on February 24, 2022 but on April 04, 1949 when 12 countries -- Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherland, Norway, Portugal, United States of America (USA) and United Kingdom(UK) -- representing...
People stand in queues to get Covid jabs at the Institute of Child and Mother Health in Matuail of Dhaka on Wednesday without maintaining physical distance. Though Covid cases are on the decline these days, carelessness like this may help...
The overall number of Covid cases is rapidly approaching 474 million as the pandemic enters into its third year.According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 473,942,775 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,098,277...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-24 00:00:00
A flag hoisting ceremony to mark the National Day of Pakistan (March 23) was held at the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka on Wednesday.Pakistani High Commissioner Imran Ahmed Siddiqui hoisted the national flag at the chancery to the tune of...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh tells the OIC that it cannot bear the immense socio-economic and environmental costs by hosting millions of refugees for an indefinite period, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.Addressing the meeting of the OIC Ad Hoc Ministerial Committee on Accountability...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-24 00:00:00
The Supreme Court (SC) administration asks subordinate courts to form committees to receive complaints of sexual harassment of their own institutions, investigate and make necessary recommendations.Md Badrul Alam Bhuiyan, registrar of the Appellate Division and member of the Supreme Court...
Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to attend the next G20 summit in Indonesia later this year and received valuable backing from Beijing on Wednesday in a pushback to suggestions by some members that Russia could be barred from the group,...
Myanmar has again refused to accept the Rohingyas as an ethnicity, describing them as "Bengali Community" while responding to the latest US decision which announced that the Myanmar military is responsible for committing genocide against the Rohingya people in Rakhine...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-24 00:00:00
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has deferred until next November its decision on taking further action against Bangladesh's non-observance of three core conventions.The ILO in its draft decision also urged the Bangladesh government to report on further progress made in...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-24 00:00:00
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will urge members of the BIMSTEC to enhance collective efforts for the development of the Bay of Bengal.Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said this on Wednesday while briefing the press on the upcoming BIMSTEC summit...
The government has extended the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's jail sentence, allowing her to stay out of prison for another six months, reports bdnews24.com.The home ministry maintained the same conditions on her release - that she will not...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina distributed on Wednesday the National Film Award-2020 among the winners at a gala ceremony at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the city, reports BSS.She conferred the awards, the highest recognition of the contribution of artistes...
YASIR WARDAD | 2022-03-24 00:00:00
Farmers cheer as maize prices also hit an all-time high attuned to the overheated global market amid war in the world's grain and-fuel hub. On the flipside of the buoyancy, however, are animal feed mills and a vast sector in...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-24 00:00:00
The country witnessed a fresh death from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours ending Wednesday morning following two days of zero death from the disease.Some 134 positive cases were also reported in the last 24 hours taking the total infection...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-24 00:00:00
Despite having abundant electricity- generation capacity of its own, the government on Wednesday approved a proposal for tenure extension of five more rental power plants with electricity cost at Tk 16.40 per unit.The heavy fuel oil (HFO)-fired power plants will...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-24 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) rules that the provisions of the Arbitration Act-2001, except those under sections 45, 46 and 47, are not applicable to any arbitration that sits overseas.A larger bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif, Justice Md Ashraful Kamal...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-24 00:00:00
The securities regulator has requested 28 banks to form a special fund of Tk 2.0 billion each and invest it in the stock market. Investments from the funds will not be considered the banks' capital-market exposure, according to a letter...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2022-03-24 00:00:00
The intensity of foreign debt servicing has swelled substantially, with 13.56 per cent higher payments in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY 2021-22) than that of the same period last FY, officials said on Wednesday. The...
Powered by Tamim Iqbal's unbeaten 87 and pacer Taskin Ahmed's fifer, Bangladesh scored a crushing nine-wicket victory to clinch a maiden series away against South Africa at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on Wednesday. The Tigers won the three-match series...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Mymensingh, Sylhet and Chattogram divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office. Weather may remain dry with...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-24 00:00:00
Tourist visas for travelling between India and Bangladesh which remained closed since coronavirus outbreak in March 2020 are expected to resume soon.With the resumption of issuance of the tourist visas, train services between Bangladesh and India will also be restarted.The...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh Safe Food Authority (BSFA) will augment its surveillance to ensure sales and marketing of safe Iftar items during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan, said chairman of BSFA."We will intensify monitoring to ensure sales and marketing of hygienic food...
Defence Secretary Golam Md Hasibul Alam speaking as the chief guest at a programme arranged marking the World Meteorological Day-2022 at Agargaon in the city on Wednesday — ISPR
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