Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2024-04-03 12:00:00
I have often asked myself why Justice S M Murshed went into a state of silence in the 1970s. And I have not yet been able to respond to that query. But why do I raise the question in the...
The Daily Star has dismissed its Executive Editor Syed Ashfaqul Haque under pressure from rights activists amid allegations that the newspaper was protecting him after he landed in jail in a case over the death of a child domestic worker,...
Dealers of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) packing imported Indian onions at Abdul Gani road in Dhaka Tuesday. The subsidised open market price of the bulb is Tk 40 per kg, while onions are being retailed at Tk 50 per...
Savar, Apr 02 (UNB): Two people burnt to death and ten were injured as an oil tanker overturned and several vehicles caught fire on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar on Tuesday morning.One of the deceased was identified as Nazrul Islam, 45...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh's nearly 65 per cent procurements have been brought under the electronic system through the government-introduced e-GP, said sources at the Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA) on Tuesday.All the procurements will be brought under the e-GP system within a few...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
Stakeholders at a workshop have called for sustainable management of batteries for electric three-wheelers, a rapidly growing sector that now consumes over 5 per cent of the country's electricity.The market for batteries for these millions of vehicles -- known as...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has expressed the fear of revenue loss and adverse impact on local industries due to abundant supply of smuggled cigarettes.There has not been seen any official import of foreign cigarettes during the last one...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Tuesday sought an increase in budgetary support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which helped Bangladesh make a quick recovery following the Covid-19 pandemic.He made the request at a meeting with visiting ADB...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
Former revenue board chairman Muhammad Abdul Mazid has said Bangladesh's economy needs to get rid of prolonged bouts of inflation through reforms and proper financial planning. "Inflation has remained high for the past two years. If it continues for two...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
Rice import has become uncertain amid the higher import duties imposed by Bangladesh and India, thereby adding to a record global price, insiders say.The food ministry on March 21 allowed 31 companies to bring 83,000 tonnes of rice primarily from...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon the Russian state-run ROSATOM on Tuesday to set up another nuclear power plant at Rooppur, if there is any scope for that, reports BSS.The premier made the request when ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
Merchandise exports fetched Bangladesh US$5.10 billion in March in a 9.88-percent annualised growth but narrowly missed the month's target in sync with past nine-month trend. Overall export trade of the country during the past nine months of the current fiscal...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
Money market gathers heat as the demand for cash in the liquidity-scant banking sector surges ahead of Eid festival, officials and bankers said.To meet the growing demand for credits under the persisting contractionary monetary regime, many of the commercial banks...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
Forced mergers of commercial banks in Bangladesh sans thorough asset-quality assessment may be counterproductive and could erode investor confidence in the financial sector, the World Bank says in an exhaustive economic reassessment. "….it will still require a thorough assessment of...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Chattogram and Sylhet divisions. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country until 06:00 pm today (Wednesday),...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
Speakers at a view-exchange meeting have opined that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) should make maximum use of information technology including social media to strengthen the involvement of journalists in human rights issues. Free flow of information, and communication...
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations 2024 will begin on June 30 with Bangla 1st paper, reports BSS.The written examinations will continue until August 11 while practical examinations will be held between August 12 and August 21.Inter-Education Board...
The Fire Service and Civil Defense formed a three-member investigation committee over the fire that broke out in 14 Volvo buses of London Express Paribahan, parked in a garage in Dhaka's Demra on Monday.Headed by Md Saleh Uddin, deputy director...
A court in the city on Tuesday took into cognizance the charge-sheet filed in a case against Grameen Telecom Chairman and Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus and 13 others for allegedly embezzling Tk 250 million (25 crore) from the company...
Director General of Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM Alexey Likhachev called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganobhaban in the city on Tuesday — PID
FE REPORT | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is set to conduct a combing operation against chemical warehouses at old Dhaka with intent to relocate them after Eid-ul-Fitr.DSCC mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh made the announcement during a meeting hosted by the...
SATKHIRA, Apr 02 (UNB): A day after a clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Satkhira Medical College, the authorities asked all the students to vacate the halls on Tuesday.The decision was taken at the academic council...
A special court in the city on Tuesday set July 24 for holding a hearing on whether to accept a supplementary charge-sheet filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman in a case filed under now replaced Digital Security Act (DSA)...
Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, MP, on Tuesday called for protecting young generation from ill politics of BNP-Jamaat, reports BSS."Young generation is an important segment of the total population . . . they (young generation) have...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government has pushed Bangladesh to cultural, political and economic subordination of a neighouring country, reports UNB.He said this while distributing Eid clothes among the...
Awami League (AL) on Tuesday gave organisational directive to its party leaders, ministers, and lawmakers to refrain from interfering in the upazila parishad election and not to be involved in any activity that will destroy the neutrality of the upcoming...
The atmosphere was tense at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) campus following the High Court's order to suspend its ban on student politics, reports bdnews24.com.At 11:30am on Tuesday, the campus was largely empty with few students in...
Mohammed Al Shalloudi, a 21-year-old graduate data analyst in the United Arab Emirates who invested in Donald Trump's social media company, has little in common with the former US president's political supporters, reports Reuters.Al Shalloudi bought shares in Trump Media...
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