OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-04-29 00:00:00
GAIBANDHA, Apr 28: Cattle, chickens and birds are dying from heatstroke in Gaibandha as a searing heatwave has been sweeping across the country in the last several days.Official sources said at least 12 cows and hundreds of chickens have died...
In the ever-evolving landscape of banking, the question of whether banks will have to pay more for customers' savings has become increasingly nuanced. Amid fluctuating economic conditions and evolving regulatory landscapes, several factors come into play, shaping the trajectory of...
When it comes to marketing in the 21st century, the traditional methods of advertising are no longer enough. Currently, customers crave for more than just product information: they seek something memorable that resonates with them. The world is entering into...
Neil Ray | 2024-04-29 00:00:00
It is an emotion-packed suicide note. The writer is a teenager named Israfil Hossain aged 17. Now deceased, the teenager betrothed his sweetheart Rokeya Khatun only 15 years old, whose suicide apparently prompted him to take his own life. Based...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-04-29 00:00:00
In mid-November last year (2023), the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-3) convened its third meeting in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Delegates from more than 160 countries attended. Earlier, two other similar meetings were held in Uruguay and...
It is highly alarming that shortage of supplies of birth-control materials at government family planning centres across the country is threatening to reverse years of progress made in curbing population growth and reducing maternal and child mortality rates. According to...
Muhammad Zamir | 2024-04-29 00:00:00
As time passes on, people in general are beginning to understand that the United Nations as well as the several institutions associated with it have very little to do to resolve emerging problems, if that is seen as being against...
The Dhaka North City Corporation has begun spraying roads with water as Bangladesh bakes in a heatwave in an effort to bring a spot of relief to residents of the capital.Though some areas were sprayed last week, the initiative was...
FE REPORTGold price has been revised downwards for the fourth time within five days on the back of decrease in the value of pure gold in the country.In the latest tariff structure set by local jewellers, the price of per...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2024-04-28 00:00:00
Amid government austerity measures, the Bangladesh Railway (BR) has proposed spending Tk 38.46 billion on secondary and less important work, representing one-third of the total Tk 115.66 billion for the Kalurghat Bridge construction project in Chattogram, according to insiders.They said...
The Indian government has allowed export of 99,150 tonnes of onion to Bangladesh and five other countries, according to local media reports.The other countries are the UAE, Bhutan, Bahrain, Mauritius and Sri Lanka, the Times of India said on Saturday,...
FE Report | 2024-04-28 00:00:00
The proposed amendments to the labour law of Bangladesh, expected to be passed soon, would address most of the concerns, including ensuring labour rights, of the country's major trading partners and the International Labour Organization (ILO).The upcoming session of the...
GULAM RABBANI | 2024-04-28 00:00:00
Despite missing collection targets annually, resolving disputed revenue claims in Bangladesh's top court crawls -- leading to massive court backlogs awaiting settlement. This logjam is evident in the case of a well-known telecom company.For nearly a decade, the company's dispute...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2024-04-28 00:00:00
In a major development in local infrastructure, China has finished the primary feasibility study for the 'China-Aid 9th Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge Project'.The bridge, for which China has already committed an $85 million grant, will span the Lohalia river, connecting Dumki...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-28 00:00:00
Schools and colleges are scheduled to reopen today (Sunday) after a seven-day closure due to the heatwave, but the situation has not improved. Heatstroke deaths were reported on Saturday, while hospitals were struggling with a high number of heat-related cases.On...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-04-28 00:00:00
Levying tax on capital gains of individual investors in the capital market is a likely option the revenue board considers incorporating into the upcoming budget, sources said.The cue comes from the IMF during review of its loan-package terms set for...
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) predicted that the ongoing very severe to severe, and mild to moderate heat wave that is sweeping over different parts of the country is likely to continue, reports BSS."Very severe heatwave is sweeping over the...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-28 00:00:00
The Dhaka-Mawa Expressway is likely to be off-limits to motorcycles, according to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA).A joint mobile court of the Highway Police and the BRTA has to struggle to control reckless driving and traffic rule violation by...
A mother and her two children have died after they were electrocuted by a torn rural power transmission line in Barishal's Bakerganj, reports bdnews24.com.The incident occurred in Dhalmara village in the upazila's Niamati union around 11:45am on Saturday, said Bakerganj...
Treasurer in charge of International Standard University (ISU) HTM QuaderNewaz and President of the Bankers' Welfare Association Bangladesh Kazi Md Shafiqur Rahman handing over documents after signing a MoU on behalf of their respective organisations in Cox's Bazar recently.
FE REPORT | 2024-04-28 00:00:00
A passenger bus caught fire when it collided head-on with a motorbike in Banani area of the capital on Saturday.Police said two persons were injured in the incident.Rashed Bin Khalid, duty officer at the fire service and civil defense, told...
FE REPORTOfficials, partners and stakeholders of the Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) have promised a brighter journey towards a just and caring society during its golden jubilee celebrations.The CCDB, a non-government organisation (NGO) in the country, marked the...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh has declared to stand by the family of Mahin Ahmed, who was killed by a speeding city corporation garbage truck in city's Mugda area on Thursday, and said strict...
Jagannath University has started its admission exams for the A Unit undergraduate programme for the 2023-24 academic year, kicking off the entrance exams for the 24 cluster universities, bdnews24.com.The one-hour exam began at noon on Saturday and ended at 1pm.The...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-28 00:00:00
A rights body for media professionals has expressed concern over journalists' restricted access to the country's central bank, the Bank Bangladesh, for gathering information.The impediment to financial journalists while discharging their professional duties is a threat to independent journalism, the...
State Minister for Labour and Employment Md Nazrul Islam Chowdhury said on Saturday that the government would give Green Factory Award-2023 today (Sunday) to some 29 factories and institutions in 12 sectors out of the internationally acclaimed 213 green factories...
The 'Greater Chattogram Public Transport Owners and Workers Unity Council' has called a 48-hour strike in five districts amid ongoing student protests over the deaths of two Chattogram University of Engineering and Technology students in an accident involving a bus,...
FE REPORT Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on Saturday that the country has turned into a gas chamber due to unplanned urbanisation.Senior joint secretary general of BNP Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the comment while distributing bottled pure drinking water and...
The 71st birthday of heroic freedom fighter Sheikh Jamal, second son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be observed today (Sunday), reports BSS.Born on April 28 in 1954 at Tungipara in Gopalganj, Sheikh Jamal did his...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP is working as a slave of its foreign lords for going to power, reports BSS.He said this while talking to journalists after paying...
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