FE REPORT | 2024-04-30 00:00:00
Ziaul Haque, a veteran journalist, died of old-age complications at a private hospital in the capital on Monday. He was 83.Ziaul Haque, a senior member of Jatiya Press Club, is survived by a son, relatives, colleagues and a host of...
A 25-year-old youth was crushed under the wheels of a train in Khilgaon rail gate area in the city on Monday, reports UNB.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Md Bachhu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-30 00:00:00
All payment and transactions at Khilgaon Taltola City Corporation Supermarket are set to take place digitally as the shopping facility was inaugurated as a cashless one on Monday.Backed by Bangladesh Bank (BB), Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) in collaboration with...
Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Nazmul Hassan, Rear Admiral (retd) Md Khurshed Alam, Secretary of Maritime Affairs Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iwama Kiminori, Japan Ambassador to Bangladesh, Prof Dr Mohammed Alamgir, chairman (additional...
Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) will hold a meeting today (Tuesday), reports BSS. The meeting will be held at Prime Minister 's official residence Ganabhaban at 7:00 pm, said a press release. Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) called upon on Monday the police force to stand in favour of truth not in favour of falsehood. Senior joint secretary general of BNP Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the call while distributing pure drinking water and...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP is becoming weak organisationally day by day for adopting ill-strategy avoiding pro-people politics, reports BSS."As a political party, BNP cannot add any new dimension to mass politics. So, BNP secretary...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-30 00:00:00
The number of the registration to the Universal Pension Scheme has crossed 0.1 million as the scheme is getting popular among common people for their financial security.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launched the pension scheme on August 17, 2023 to ensure...
China expressed its keenness to import mango from Bangladesh this year, said Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen, reports UNB.The Chinese Ambassador came up with the information while talking to the Agriculture Minister Dr Md. Abdus Shahid at the Secretariat...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-04-30 00:00:00
The government has issued the first-ever logistic policy, thereby opening scope for private-sector investment in ports, railways, waterways and other investment-starved areas in Bangladesh.The 'National Logistics Policy 2024' has outlined more than 62 reform plans in major areas to attract...
MAI MAHIU, Apr 29 (AFP): At least 45 people died when a dam burst its banks near a town in Kenya's Rift Valley, police said on Monday, as torrential rains and floods battered the country.The disaster raises the total death...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-30 00:00:00
The High Court on Monday asked the government bodies concerned to submit a list of the persons who are involved in grabbing, renting and selling the spaces of walkways in Dhaka. Home Secretary or Local Government Secretary has been asked...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2024-04-30 00:00:00
After hectic negotiations, Bangladesh is finally poised to sign its first loan agreement with the New Development Bank (NDB) -- the lending arm of the BRICS group -- for two projects this year. The projects are the Dhaka Water Supply...
Dhaka swelters under a blazing Baishakhi sun, but the Krishnachura trees burst with vibrant orange blooms, a defiant splash of colour against the scorching heat. The photo was taken from Dhaka Airport road on Monday. — FE Photo by Asad-Uz-Zaman
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Monday wrapping up her six-day official visit to Thailand, reports UNB.A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying her and her entourage members which departed Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok at 10:10am...
Square Pharma's profit soars 15pc Square Pharmaceuticals has exhibited a 15 per cent year-on-year growth in profit for January-March FY24 to Tk 4.41 billion, supported by higher revenue. It witnessed an 8.44 per cent year-on-year growth in revenue to Tk...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-30 00:00:00
Banking saw a little decline in profitability despite a moderate improvement in asset quality, a latest regulatory assessment till end of September 2023 says and mentions some risk factors. According to the financial stability report released by the Bangladesh Bank...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh needs to assess its domestic capacity to maintain its target of 7.0-percent annual GDP growth, said the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) country chief on Monday."Does the banking sector have the capacity to facilitate the increased demand from investors to...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-30 00:00:00
The visiting representatives from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have enquired about the monetary move taken by the Bangladesh Bank (BB) to control inflation and stabilise liquidity situation in banks, sources at the central bank said.They also wanted to know...
Seeking solace from the scorching heat, workers huddle for shade underneath a tree at Dholaikhal in Dhaka on Monday. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam
FE REPORT | 2024-04-30 00:00:00
A double jeopardy of the highest temperature and a record power load-shedding made life a misery and slowed economic activity as the mercury heated up to 43 degrees Celsius in Bangladesh on Monday. As the government opened schools and colleges...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-30 00:00:00
Latest price spirals of lifesaving medicines invoke a High Court direction for government agencies to take effective measures to prevent "arbitrary and illegal" pricing of drugs by pharmaceutical companies.Monday's multiple court orders are directed towards the Health Secretary and the...
We live in society. In other words, society cannot be conceived without people. Society is comprised of every human being. In the broadest sense, the entire state constitutes a society. Together with everyone in the world, we have built a...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is shaking up the financial world, from lightning-fast algorithmic trading to fraud detection on steroids. AI can analyse massive datasets to unearth hidden patterns and potential investments, making it a game-changer for investment management. But AI isn't...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-04-30 00:00:00
'How universities are cracking down on a swell of tension months into student protests over Israel's bombardment of Gaza'. This sentence is the heading of a CNN report of April 28 on campus unrests in the USA.The mentioned CNN heading...
Afsan Chowdhury | 2024-04-30 00:00:00
There was a time when the urban middle class ruled the state or was about to be born. Never mind if people were not sure what it meant or how they were defined. The urban middle class was basically understood...
The contentious issue of the rights of the country's workers has long vitiated the country's international trade. Now the ministry concerned has come up with amendments to the labour law in order to address the problem. To be introduced to...
Manzur Ahmed | 2024-04-30 00:00:00
Almost two months after the end of the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), there is still not adequate efforts in the country, as a graduating LDC, to move ahead and look beyond the MC13. Some...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-29 12:00:00
Bangladesh economy is now in a 'yellow zone' due to inflationary pressure, depleting forex reserve which needs at least next two years to become 'green'.Continuation of contractionary monetary and fiscal policy is required to improve the status.It also needs to...
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