Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said their party will keep stopped holding conferences and forming committees at all levels during the upcoming upazila parishad elections, reports BSS."The first phase of...
Watermelon sellers wait for customers at Jatrabari wholesale market despite reasonable prices and a heatwave sweeping the country. The rising temperature typically boosts demand for the juicy summer delight. — FE Photo
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan today directed Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Saturday to make an immediate contact with Boeing as a former engineer of the US aircraft maker recently urged to ground all Boeing 787 model planes...
Bangladesh reported 12 more COVID-19 cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning, reports UNB.With the new numbers, the country's total COVID-19 caseload rose to 2,049,828, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).The official death toll from the disease...
Religious Affairs Minister Faridul Haque Khan has met the families of the two construction workers who were beaten to death by a mob on allegations of setting a temple ablaze in Faridpur's Madhukhali, reports bdnews24.com.He visited their home in the...
The Supreme Court has relaxed the requirement for lawyers in the Appellate and High Court divisions to wear black coats and gowns amid the sizzling hot weather, reports bdnews24.com.Starting from Sunday, this decision on black robes will remain effective until...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-04-21 00:00:00
A small bridge project, planned to be constructed over Pandob-Payra river to connect two chars in the southern district of Patuakhali with Barishal and Dhaka, remains at its design stage for the last six years, and a year before the...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-21 00:00:00
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has confirmed a US$71 million loan to improve flood control, irrigation, and water resources management in Gopalganj and Madaripur districts.Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) will implement the project between January 2024 and December 2028 with the...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-21 00:00:00
Jewellers in the local market have cut the 22-carat gold price slightly after raising the rate to record highs in several phases since April 6. As per the new decision taken by the Bangladesh Jewellers' Association (BAJUS) on Saturday, every...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-04-21 00:00:00
The government has decided to import a total of 23 spot LNG cargoes during the January-June 2024 instead of the previously set 13 to reap the benefits of lower prices in the international market.The Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD)...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-21 00:00:00
The internet disruption, which began on late Friday, may prolong for at least one week, official sources said.Internet users have been facing disruption as Bangladesh's second submarine cable SEA-ME-WE 5, the largest supplier of the international bandwidth to the country,...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-04-21 00:00:00
A rebound in large-scale manufacturing (LSM) despite downside pulls like import curbs amid dollar dearth relieved much of economic stress Bangladesh faces, largely as a few drivers helped out.The LSM quantum in the country's industrial sector rose 6.85 per cent...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-04-21 00:00:00
A government evaluation of power distribution development work in Chattogram division has identified irregularities. The evaluation, by the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED), found that some 4,312 transformers were purchased and left outdoors even before land was acquired to...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-21 00:00:00
A severe heat wave gripping the country has intensified, with temperatures crossing the very severe 42-degree Celsius mark in the western district of Chuadanga and southwestern Jashore on Saturday. This prompted the authorities to announce school, college and national university...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-04-21 00:00:00
Scorching summer heat, amid an agonising absence of rainfall, makes life a misery and wreaks havoc on crops and livestock.Overall economic activity suffered a sag and squeezed daily earners' income as the highest temperature in Bangladesh fired up to a...
LONDON, Apr 19 (Reuters): Gold prices rose on Friday and were poised for a fifth straight week of gains, as investors rushed to the safe-haven asset as escalating tensions between Iran and Israel fuelled fears of a wider regional conflict.Spot...
BEIJING/SINGAPORE, Apr 19 (Reuters): US President Joe Biden's push to triple tariffs on Chinese steel imports strikes a mostly symbolic blow on an industry facing bigger concerns over faltering local demand and threats of even stronger blowback against China's surging...
A five-member delegation led by South Korean envoy Park Young-sik called on State Minister for Water Resources Zaheed Farooque at the state minister's office in the city recently. Ms. JinheeBaek, DCM of the Korean Embassy, Sihyung Kim, Country Director of...
SINGAPORE, Apr 19 (Reuters): Oil slipped on Friday following an earlier price spike of more than $3 after Iran played down reported Israeli attacks on its soil, in a sign that an escalation of hostilities in the Middle East might...
TAGULANDANG, Apr 19 (AFP): A remote Indonesian volcano sent a tower of ash spewing into the sky Friday, after nearly half a dozen eruptions earlier this week forced thousands to evacuate when molten rocks rained down on their villages.Mount Ruang...
BEIJING, Apr 19 (AFP): China announced the creation of a new military cyber corps on Friday, saying it would bolster Beijing's capacity to "fight and win" wars.The Information Support Force will act as a "key support for coordinated development and...
BANGKOK, April 19, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Southeast Asian regional bloc ASEAN said it is "deeply concerned" about a recent upsurge in fighting in Myanmar, after fierce clashes over a key trading hub on the Thai border.The foreign ministers of the...
BEIRUT, Apr 19 (AFP): Israeli strikes on Friday targeted a Syrian army position in the country's south, Syria's government and a monitor said, as US media reported Israel had hits its arch-rival Iran.In a statement, Syria's defence ministry said "the...
KYIV, Apr 19 (BBC): Two Russian strikes in Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region have killed eight people, including two children, officials say. The station in the main city Dnipro came under attack, and several homes were hit further east in Synelnykove.President...
LONDON, Apr 19 (BBC): Nearly a quarter of UK five-to-seven-year-olds now have their own smartphone, Ofcom research suggests.Social media use also rose in the age group over last year with nearly two in five using messaging service WhatsApp, despite its...
JERUSALEM, Apr 19 (AFP): More than six months of Israel's military offensive in Gaza has turned the Palestinian territory into a "humanitarian hellscape", UN chief Antonio Guterres said Thursday, also warning that one wrong move could see the Middle East...
A 'disclaimer' has been added to the bKash app's 'Send Money' service to make customer transactions more accurate and secure, says a press release. This feature has been added to ensure that the customer's money is sent to the accurate...
Chief Executive Officer of Sonali Bank PLC Md Afzal Karim attended as the chief guest a customer gathering organised by Sonali Exchange Company Inc. (SECI), a subsidiary of Sonali Bank PLC, alongside the SECI app campaign at Jamaica, New York...
TOKYO, Apr 19 (AFP): Bosses worried about turnover or wondering how long a new hire will stick around can now turn to AI for a heads-up on who might be next out the door.The artificial intelligence tool was developed by...
COX'S BAZAR, Apr 19 (UNB): Although Matarbari Coal-fired Power Plant has been supplying electricity to the national grid since the commissioning of its first unit in December 2023, it has not received any payment from the Bangladesh Power Development Board...
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