BEIJING, Apr 18 (AP): Shanghai authorities on Monday reported the first COVID-19 deaths of the latest outbreak in China's most populous and wealthiest city.All three who died were elderly, had underlying diseases such as diabetes and hypertension and had not...
TEHRAN, Apr 18 (Reuters): Iran's armed forces will target Israel's heart if it makes "the slightest move" against the Islamic Republic, President Ebrahim Raisi told a military parade on Monday, amid stalled talks between Tehran and world powers to revive...
KYIV, Apr 18 (AP/BBC/AFP): Braced for an all-out Russian assault in the east, Ukraine vowed to "fight absolutely to the end" in strategically vital Mariupol, where the ruined port city's last known pocket of resistance was holed up in a...
Throughout the country, there are numerous patients who need timely blood transfusion. According to the Directorate General of Health Services, Bangladesh needs between 1 and 1.1 million bags of blood every year. Voluntary organisations deliver around 30 per cent of...
The love and passion for football is witnessed intensely in Bangladesh after every four years during the FIFA World Cup. How can we forget that there was a glorious past of football in the country? Those who once saw the...
Dhaka city dwellers encounter a number of problems every day. Of them, waste management is a major one. However, it is an issue that has remained the least addressed. The two city corporations responsible for waste management cannot be appreciated...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-04-19 00:00:00
The new look of the famed lake of Hatirjheel in Dhaka is spectacular. In the recent years, it continues to change its overall look unabatedly. The authorities' efforts to transform the lake from a foul-smelling stretch of water into a...
Quoting exporters, a report carried in this newspaper on Sunday maintains that a mismatch between the enhanced capacity of the Chattogram Port and that of the busiest highway connecting it with the capital city is responsible for greater time lag...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 18 (UNB): A 23-year-old woman was found dead in a hotel room in Rajshahi city early Monday.The deceased was identified as Joynab Begum, of Natore district.Jahangir Alam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Rajpara police station, said the woman checked into...
JHENAIDAH, Apr 18 (UNB): A farmer was electrocuted at Chorkol village of Madhuhati union of Jhenaidah Sadar upazila on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Saidul Islam, 40, son of the late Jaha Box of the village.Local journalist Manzur Dhali...
NARSINGDI, Apr 18 (BSS): The weavers are now passing busy times for making attractive Jamdani saree at Doalotpur union of Monohardi upazila here before Eid-ul-FitrThe artisans generally make money before Eid as the demand of Jamdani shari increases in the...
PIROJPUR, Apr 18 (UNB): A Pirojpur court on Monday sentenced a man to death for murdering his wife in 2012.The convict was identified as Kamal Hawladar, 45, son of Rashid Hawladar of Mathbaria upazila.The court also fined him Tk 0.1...
A police sub-inspector has been removed from duty after he allegedly beat the wife of a suspect and looted money and other valuables from their home in Chattogram, reports bdnews24.com.The accused, SI Mahbub Morshed, was withdrawn from Sitakunda Model Police...
PANCHAGARH, Apr 18 (UNB): Farmers at Dandapal union in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh are worried as their paddy crop and variety of fruits including banana, mango, jackfruit, litchi and betel nut have been severely damaged due to toxic smoke from...
Li Jiming | 2022-04-19 00:00:00
News about economic and political unrest in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal have been burning local media for weeks. Many worry if Bangladesh will follow suit. As a matter of experience, conspiracy theory usually comes along with public panic. Unsurprisingly,...
The national budget of Bangladesh for the fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23) is going to be proposed before the parliament amidst several emergent challenges. The country has been battling the intertwining impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic for more than two years....
FE REPORT | 2022-04-18 12:00:00
A high-powered meeting Sunday on Bangladesh's macroeconomic situation suggested cautionary measures in spending foreign currencies in view of higher import trend and the cascading Russia-Ukraine war fallout.With a pen-picture of the national economy and new budget outline on the table,...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-18 12:00:00
Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS) on Sunday called upon the government and transport service providers to ensure hassle-free and safe journey of passengers during upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.They also demanded stopping passengers' harassment and realising extra fares from the passengers by a...
WASHINGTON, April 17 (AFP): Moody's Investors Service said Thursday that Russia "may be considered in default" if it does not pay two bonds in US dollars by end of a grace period on May 4.Moscow paid in rubles to service...
M Shahidul Islam and Hossain Mohammed Omar Khayum | 2022-04-18 12:00:00
After decades of relatively low inflation, food and non-food commodity prices are rising all across the world. Massive fiscal stimulus packages in advanced and developing countries, supply-chain disruptions, accumulated savings, and relatively eased monetary policies amidst the pandemic and, lately,...
Muhammad Zamir | 2022-04-18 12:00:00
Imran Khan, a cricketer-turned-politician, was removed from Office through high political drama in the early hours of April 10 after 174 MPs voted against him in the Pakistan Parliament which consists of 342-members. However, it may be noted that Shehbaz,...
Bangladesh Mobile Phone Consumers Association (BMPCA) has demanded proper coordination in underground cabling of electricity and internet lines in Dhaka city, reports UNB. In a statement on Sunday BMPCA president Mohiuddin Ahmed said that the Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited...
ISLAMABAD: PPP Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday said he did not think his patty would accept any ministries in Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's cabinet, which is yet to be formed since the new premier was sworn in on April...
KABUL, April 17 (AFP): The death toll from Pakistani military air strikes in the eastern Afghanistan provinces of Khost and Kunar has jumped to at least 47, officials said Sunday, as Islamabad urged Kabul to act against militants launching attacks...
Advance tickets for special launch services from Dhaka to the southern districts to facilitate travel for Eid-ul-Fitr holidays will be up for grabs from Apr 20, reports bdnews24.com.The decision was made at a meeting attended by stakeholders of Bangladesh Inland...
KYIV, April 17 (Reuters): Ukrainian soldiers resisted a Russian ultimatum to lay down arms on Sunday in the pulverised port of Mariupol, which Moscow said its forces had almost completely seized in what would be its biggest prize of the...
CUMILLA, Apr 17 (UNB): The prime accused in the murder of a local journalist was killed in a reported gunfight with members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Adarsha Sadar upazila of Cumilla early Sunday.The deceased was identified as...
FE Report | 2022-04-18 00:00:00
Transparency Interna-tional Bangladesh (TIB) in a statement on Sunday refuted observations of a senior government official about a TIB report on corruption in vaccine procurement and the graft watchdog's source of funding.It said: "The remark of Principal Secretary to the...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh said it would seek explanation on every issue of the Human Rights Report 2021, published by the US State Department, during the upcoming meetings with the country."As a responsible state, we have decided that we will talk to the...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-04-18 00:00:00
SYLHET, Apr 17: Amid continued heavy rain in the Indian state of Meghalaya, the water level in the Surma River has risen further apart from others in the frontier districts. Water started overflowing an embankment at Gurmar haor in Tahirpur...
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