REZAUL KARIM | 2024-05-11 00:00:00
Depositors are deserting the state-owned BASIC bank amid its merger troubles and the management seeks government intervention with bailout pending amalgamation with a private bank, sources said.Although the financial health remained poor previously following its loan scams, they said, the...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-05-11 00:00:00
Another Tk 52 billion has been sought for dredging just after the spending of Tk 65 billion mostly from Bangladesh's scarce forex reserves for conducting capital-and-maintenance dredging of Payra seaport's Rabnabad channel.Some appear pessimistic in commenting on the port's viability...
Tigers won a hard-fought game against Zimbabwe after a lot of drama on the field, managing to restrict Zimbabwe below the target and extending their series lead to 4-0, report agencies.The hosts earned a five-run victory in the fourth game...
GOPALGANJ, May 10 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday stressed the need for cooperatives in every area throughout the country in order to boost agricultural production, alleviate poverty and create scope for micro-savings."Our (political) leaders should be sincere to...
US President Joe Biden has nominated David Slayton Meale, currently Deputy Chief of Mission in Beijing, as the next US Ambassador to Bangladesh, reports UNB.The nomination has been sent to the Senate, according to the White House.David Meale of Virginia...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-11 00:00:00
The misery of consumers has reached its peak as prices of most essentials, including fish, meat, eggs, vegetables and spices, saw a notable hike last week.Beef price sold at Tk 800-860 and Sonali chicken at Tk 390-420 a kg, eggs...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions with hails at isolated places until 06:00...
Boy stabbed dead in teen-gang attack in Ctg An 18-year-old boy was stabbed to death and another injured in an attack allegedly by a teen gang in the port city of Chattogram on Thursday night. The dead, Md Mehedi Hasan,...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-05-11 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, May 08: The Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWASA) is going to implement the sewerage system in the port city finally after 53 years into independence.The aim of the project is to address the sewerage disposal problem in...
Bangladesh reported 22 more COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours until Friday morning, reports UNB.With the new numbers, the country's total Covid-19 caseload rose to 2,050,134, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).The official death toll from...
A Bangladeshi expatriate from Cumilla has died in Dubai, a city in the United Arab Emirates. Locals allege that the migrant worker 'died by suicide' due to financial stress and a family dispute, reports bdnews24.com.The dead, Mohammad Farooq Sarker (35),...
Dhaka University (DU) is set to introduce a card punch system at the entrance of residence halls next year to prevent outsiders and former students from residing in the dormitories, reports bdnews24.com.DU Vice chancellor Prof ASM Maksud Kamal revealed the...
Students seeking admission to 24 public universities coming out of an examination centre after appearing at the cluster entry test for Commerce unit (C-unit) for the 2023-24 academic session. The picture was taken from the city's Willes Little Flower School...
After a month-long heatwave, Bangladesh saw some relief thanks to the rain. But this relief is likely to be short-lived, reports bdnews24.com.The Bangladesh Mete-orological Department says temperatures will start rising again from tomorrow (Sunday) and a heatwave is expected from...
A peace and development rally of Awami League (AL) will be held in front of Aarong in city's Mohammadpur area at 3:30pm today (Saturday), reports BSS.AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today informed this at...
Social Welfare Minister Dr Dipu Moni has said that Europe is a proven friend and development partner of Bangladesh, reports BSS."Europe is a proven friend and development partner of Bangladesh. Last year, Bangladesh-EU bilateral relations crossed 50 years," she said.The...
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud on Friday said there is a necessity for all the countries to work together to improve human rights records, including in the United States and Europe, reports UNB."Look, the human rights situation in Bangladesh is much...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said if their party leaders and workers don't stay in field, BNP will carry out terrorist activities in the name of holding rally, reports BSS....
FE REPORT | 2024-05-11 00:00:00
The ruling Awami League would not be able to remain in power by resorting to repression and suppression of opponents, said BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday."You (government) won't stay in power whatever repression you unleash on...
TUNGIPARA, Gopalganj, May 10 (BSS): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday paid rich tributes and offered prayers at the mausoleum of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj.She paid homage by placing a floral...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-05-11 00:00:00
The government is expecting $500 million in budgetary support from the World Bank (WB) within the current fiscal year of FY 2023-24 to help alleviate the budget deficit. Officials say the Washington-based multilateral lender is likely to confirm allocations of...
GULAM RABBANI | 2024-05-11 00:00:00
A probe body formed by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism has found allegations of irregularities in the 2022 recruitment process of 14 Boeing 777 pilots by Biman Bangladesh Airlines to be true.Complying with an earlier order, the probe...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-05-11 00:00:00
Pressure on local currency in banks seems rising on the cusp of major monetary changes that prompts the commercial lenders to go in desperate but cautious liquidity-boosting moves, bankers say.Following decisions to raise policy rate, introduce crawling peg system in...
Opposition leaders in Kashmir accuse govt of sabotaging their campaignsSRINAGAR (India), May 10: Opposition leaders in India's troubled Kashmir valley have accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration of denying or cancelling permissions to hold campaign events, to help his party's...
KYIV, May 10 (AFP): Russia launched a surprise ground offensive into Ukraine's northeast Kharkiv region on Friday, putting its forces on the attack in a border zone Moscow's troops were pushed back from nearly two years ago.Civilians were told to...
MALÉ, Maldives, May 10 (AFP): India pulled out its last remaining soldiers stationed in the Maldives on Friday, meeting a deadline for their withdrawal that had strained ties between the two neighbours.Pro-China President Mohamed Muizzu won office last year while...
Iran could be pushed into building a nuclear weapon if Israel threatens its existence, an adviser to the country’s supreme leader has warned, reports Al Jazeera.“We have no decision to build a nuclear bomb but should Iran’s existence be threatened,...
RAFAH (Palestinian Territories), May 10 (Agencies): Israel bombarded Gaza including Rafah on Friday after negotiators left truce talks in Cairo without a deal and a senior UN official said aid operations are now all but impossible.AFP journalists witnessed artillery strikes...
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