The board of directors of Eastland Insurance Company Ltd in a board meeting on April 30, 2024 unanimously re-elected Mr. Mahbubur Rahman as chairman of the company for the next three years. He is the founder chairman of Eastland Insurance...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-03 00:00:00
United Power Generation & Distribution Company's profit jumped 25 per cent year-on-year to Tk 3.17 billion in the third quarter through March this year, supported by stability in the forex market and a higher finance income.Accordingly, its consolidated earnings per...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Met Office. Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur...
A Dhaka court on Thursday placed Milton Samaddar, chairman of Child & Old Age Care, on a three-day remand in a case over alleged death certificate forgery, reports UNB.Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain passed the order when sub-inspector...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-03 00:00:00
Embassy of Japan and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy will jointly organise "Shodo Workshop - The Art of Japanese Calligraphy'' at National Art Gallery No.3 of Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka on May 18, 2024.The calligraphy workshop will be conducted by Japanese calligraphy...
At least seven were killed and nine others injured by lightning strikes in Rangamati, Sylhet, Khagrachhari and Cox's Bazar districts on Thursday, reports UNB.In Rangamati, three people were killed and seven others injured when thunderbolts struck them in separate places...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-03 00:00:00
A Dhaka court on Thursday granted bail to Nobel laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus and 13 others in a case filed on charge of embezzling and laundering Tk 252.2 million of Grameen Telecom Workers' Profit Participation Fund. Judge of the...
General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, chief of army staff, addressing a three-day 6th "ICEEICT 2024" conference on Electrical and Electronic Engineering and ICT at the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Mirpur Cantonment, on Thursday — ISPR
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-05-03 00:00:00
When urban cities are the worst sufferers of extreme heat for global warming, Dhaka city has still to address its consequences by tracing extreme heat areas in preparedness to cope with the situation.From policy to sectoral level, dealing with extreme...
TANGAIL, May 02 (UNB): A local leader of Swechasebak League died and at least 7 people were injured in a clash between two groups over a land dispute in Nagarpur upazila of Tangail district on Thursday.The deceased Rajib Hossain, 30,...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is currently undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital, was shifted to a cabin from the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) on Thursday, reports UNB."Madam was previously in the CCU. The medical board has now...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir left the country for Saudi Arabia on Thursday afternoon to perform Umrah, reports UNB.Fakhrul along with his wife Rahat Ara Begum left Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight...
Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has called upon the UK government to collaborate with Bangladesh to establish a peaceful and conflict-free world and to put an end to the ongoing wars in Gaza and Ukraine, reports BSS.He made the call...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-03 00:00:00
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said that they are still on streets to continue movement until the fall of the government for restoring people's voting and other rights."BNP activists are now on streets and will remain...
Combined Garment Workers Federation brought out a colourful rally marking the the historic International Labour Day traditionally known as 'May Day' infront of the National Press Club in the city on Wednesday — FE Photo
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the main goal of the ruling Awami League (AL) is to work for the welfare of the toiling people of the country, reports BSS."The...
Synergy Solutions and Advisory Limited, a new business consulting firm, has started its journey. 'Synergy' will put forth a combined effort to bridge the link between public and private sectors, says a press release of the firm.According to the release,...
HABIGANJ, May 2 (BSS): Five people, including a woman, were killed in a head-on collision between a private car and a truck in Haritala area on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway under Madhabpur upazila of the district in early hours on Thursday.The...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-03 00:00:00
An equitable access to primary healthcare services still remains a major challenge despite some progress in the health service in Bangladesh, according to a United Nations body here.It says the country faces a dearth of healthcare workers with only 61-per...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-03 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on Thursday slashed the price of liquefied petroleum gas by 3.39 per cent for an LPG cylinder for May sales of the cooking fuel.The country's private operators will have to retail a 12kg cylinder...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-05-03 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, May 02: The Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation (BFDC) has earned about Tk 155.6 million (15.56 crore) in tax from 7,627 tonnes of fish that has been sold by four fisheries centres for Kaptai Lake this season.The four marketing centres...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2024-05-03 00:00:00
A Power Division proposal for extending the tenure of loan agreement for a major China-funded power project under DPDC domain comes under question, as implementation timing escalates further.Sources have said the Economic Relations Division has questioned the justification for extending...
Seeking refuge from the day's relentless heat, a rickshaw puller rests his weary head on the familiar comfort of his rickshaw seat, transformed into a makeshift pillow on a shady spot on Dhaka University footpath Thursday. — FE Photo by...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-03 00:00:00
Consumer-rights campaigners worry about further inflation spikes as the visiting IMF appraisal mission asks government authorities to make sure subsidies do not exist in the pricing of power and energy. Official sources said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) team made...
Police make an arrest as they face off with pro-Palestinian students after destroying part of the encampment barricade on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, California, early on Thursday. Police deployed a heavy...
After an arid and exhausting April, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department is forecasting more heatwaves, along with Kalboishakhi storms, in May, reports bdnews24.com.The second half of the current month may see a low pressure system in the Bay of Bengal that...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-05-03 00:00:00
With more than 21 per cent increase compared to the same month last year, money transfers from Bangladeshi expatriates abroad soared to $2.043 billion in April, according to official data, providing some respite for the economy amid a persistent foreign...
FE REPORT | 2024-05-03 00:00:00
The nationwide heatwave that has been persisting for about last one month pushed up sales of beverages, water, instant drink powder, oral saline, ice cream and other chilled items to a record level.Most parts of the country have been experiencing...
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