Mohammad Yousuf, vice-president of Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) and veteran sports organiser, passed away due to a cardiac arrest at the Evercare Hospital in Chattogram on Saturday, reports BSS.Yousuf, who was acting general secretary of the BHF's previous committee, breathed...
OUR CORRESPONDENTGAIBANDHA, Mar 30: Kacharibari of Zamindar Rajes Kanto Roy in Hat Bharatkhali of Saghata Upazila of Gaibandha stands as a witness of the times.There was a zamindari in the house. The zamindar used to have various needs of the...
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 30 (BSS): A total of six different kinds of shops and a house were gutted in a fire that broke out in Segun Bagan area under Chandragona in Rangunia upazila of the district in the early hours of...
LALMONIRHAT, Mar 30 (UNB): At least 50 passengers on a stationary train at a Lalmonirhat rail station were injured in a hit by a locomotive engine while it was being changed on Saturday afternoon.Two of the injured passengers were sent...
SHERPUR, Mar 30 UNB): A 23-year-old youth died after being electrocuted in an elephant trap in the hill town of Nakugaon in the Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur early Saturday.The deceased was Usman Ali, 23, of the Nakugaon Village Ashrayan Project.Monirul...
JOYPURHAT, Mar 30 (UNB): Members of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two people with 20 gold bars worth Tk 22.9 million (2.30 crore) from Uchna in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat district on Friday.The arrestees were identified as Abdul Wahab, 42,...
JOYPURHAT, Mar 30 (BSS): A college student was killed after being hit by a train in Biswaspara area of the district town on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Jihan,18, son of Syed Sujan, resident of Biswaspara area of the district...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-31 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Mar 30: 'Delhi Shahi Phirni' of Rahmania Hotel and Restaurant, a well-know eatery located at Ganakpara in Rajshahi city, has been bearing a tradition of more than seven decades. After its maiden sale in small clay pots in 1952...
NATORE, Mar 30 (UNB): A farmer died after being attacked by a rival group over a land dispute in Naldanga upazila of Natore on Saturday.Zillur Rahman, 47, died while undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Saturday morning.Naldanga Police...
Exim Bank inaugurates five sub-branches Five sub-branches of Exim Bank were inaugurated at Chaterpaiya in Noakhali, Daganbhuiyan in Feni, Jagatpur in Chandpur, Mirpur North Pirerbag in Dhaka and Elenga in Tangail. Managing director and CEO of Exim Bank Mohammad Feroz...
NEW YORK, March 30 (Reuters): After a stellar start to the year for stocks, investors are on guard for potential bumps in the second quarter as they gauge whether the Federal Reserve delivers on an expected interest rate cut by...
NEW YORK, March 30 (Reuters): The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) said on Friday it voted to elect activist investment firm Trian Fund Management's two director candidates to Walt Disney's board, in one of the most closely watched and...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2024-03-31 00:00:00
General investors and the country's capital market repeatedly become victims of accumulated burden of margin loans disbursed to big investors. The recent rapid market erosion is the latest such event that befell them.The regulatory bodies have always claimed that they...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2024-03-31 00:00:00
In market economy consumer is sovereign, according to text book of Economics 101. Consumers convey their needs through their purchasing power transforming them in to ‘effective demand’. Market is to respond and comply with this particular demand. The fact that...
Amidst the charred remains of yet another tragic fire incident, Bangladesh finds itself engulfed in a relentless battle against escalating infernos. On Sunday, at 3:30 am, a fire broke out at Puratan Bazar, also known as Kacha Bazar, beside Gausia...
Water is a fundamental element for human survival. However, many people around the world still do not get adequate supply of water. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal number six aims to ensure safe water and sanitation for all by...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-03-31 00:00:00
Certain statistics are disconcerting, especially those that portray a grim picture of the country's socio-economic reality. Urban poverty in Bangladesh has increased significantly over the last five years due to the rising cost of basic needs. A study jointly conducted...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-03-31 00:00:00
Being one of the five pillars of Islam, it is critical to mobilise Zakat properly so that the ultimate objective of obligatory charity can be achieved. And the objective is to reduce poverty in society by a balanced distribution of...
The finding of World Bank's latest 'Bangladesh Country Environment Analysis' that the country is losing 17.6 per cent of its GDP (in 2019) due to environmental causes is truly shocking. The loss is equivalent to the gains the economy makes...
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) students stage a protest at the central Shaheed Minar on Friday against political activities on campus in breach of the BUET student politics ban two years ago. — FE Photo
Humanity generates between 2.1 billion and 2.3 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste a year, according to UN Environment Programme (UNEP).When improperly managed, much of that refuse-from food and plastics to electronics and textiles-emits greenhouse gases or poisonous chemicals.This damages...
PESHAWAR, Mar 29 (AFP): Chinese contractors have halted construction on two major dam projects in Pakistan after a suicide bomber killed five Chinese engineers and a Pakistani driver this week, a provincial official told AFP on Friday.The companies have demanded...
MOSCOW, Mar 29 (XINHUA): Russian Investigative Committee said Thursday that it found evidence connecting terrorists from the Crocus City Hall attack in suburban Moscow with "Ukrainian nationalists.""After working with detained terrorists, studying the technical devices seized from them, and analyzing...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-30 00:00:00
Transactions made by Bangladeshi credit cardholders remained nearly 2.93 times higher than those made by foreign nationals within Bangladesh in January this year.The value of transactions conducted by Bangladeshi nationals outside the country totalled Tk 5.32 billion in January 2024...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-03-30 00:00:00
A rush for approving renewable energy-based power plants is evident as 350-megawatt projects have already been given the go-ahead in last three months, auguring well for green transition.Moreover, some 506MW green power projects have been in the queue for tariff...
UNESCO has said the 'Tree of Peace' is not an official award from the organisation amid questions surrounding its status in Bangladesh after Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus received the prize, reports bdnews24.com.The controversy started when the Yunus Centre announced that...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-30 00:00:00
The price of rice, which has been on the rise for the past two weeks, further witnessed a surge last week by Tk 2.0-4.0 a kg even amid adequate supplies.The hike mainly impacts finer and medium rice varieties, said Md...
A Palestinian youth inspects the debris of a building, following Israeli bombardment, in the Maghazi camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on Friday, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas....
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