A Bangladeshi man has been fatally shot by police at his home in New York.The slain youth, 19-year-old Win Rozario, lived with his family at the intersection of 103rd Street in Ozone Park.According to his family, he was struggling with...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury said on Thursday that it was unacceptable that almost 40 per cent of climate-change funding for Bangladesh was loan.Almost 40 per cent of the climate-change funding that Bangladesh has received is...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Traders at the wholesale hub of Karwan Bazar in the city urged the government to reconsider its plan to relocate the market to Amin Bazar.They also demanded an intensified surveillance over manufacturers and producers rather than focusing solely on Karwan...
Bangladesh and China exchanged a draft feasibility study report with a view to initially signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries to increase trade and investment, reports UNB.The two countries exchanged the survey report in a ceremony...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh will import three cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the spot market in May to meet the country's natural gas demand that soars in summer.State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) floated tenders last week for deliveries in...
A colourful mural featuring traditional Bangladeshi motifs is being painted on the underside of Mohakhali flyover in Dhaka. The project, a collaboration between Berger Paints and Dhaka North City Corporation, aims to beautify Dhaka in the month of the country's...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Dhaka commuters could soon be using a single card to pay fares across all public transport services, as the Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) is working on adding all payment features to the Rapid Pass -- aligning with the government's...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh is set to join the emerging Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) that facilitates international transactions in currencies alternative to the US dollar, amid greenback crunch. The up-and-coming Chinese-broached payment platform is a second global payment system the country is...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Go all out preparing strategies for both maximizing benefits from Bangladesh's LDC graduation and facing post-graduation challenges, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says as she readies her administration for the change. She spelt out the direction Thursday while presiding over meeting...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Wrongdoings centering export and import await harsher penalties under the new customs act that provides for a slew of stern punitive actions against trade-based offences.The law, passed in parliament on October 25, 2023, might be enforced through issuing a gazette...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country until 06:00...
Like many others, an old bus is being given a facelift with painting work centring the upcoming Eid-ul-fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims. The picture was snapped from Mohakhali Bus Terminal in the city on Thursday — FE...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
The results of Dhaka University (DU) admission test of all units for the 2023-2024 academic year was published on Thursday.DU VC Prof ASM Maksud Kamal announced the results in the Abdul Matin Chowdhury virtual classroom around 3:30pm.The pass rate was...
Controller General Defence Finance Kamrun Nahar presides over a discussion at the CGDF office in the city on Tuesday, marking the Independence Day — ISPR
FE REPORT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
A Dhaka court has sent Major (retd) Abdul Mannan, former chairman of Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company Limited (BIFC), and five others to jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Five other accused are ANM Jahangir Alam, Enamur...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Professor Dr Deen Md Nurul Haque, the newly-appointed vice-chancellor (VC) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), took charge of his office on Thursday, vowing not to indulge in any sorts of corruption.He also emphasised strengthening of medical education, quality...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 28: Miscreants have abducted four Bangladeshi expatriates in Libya and demanded a ransom of Tk1.0 million for release of each.The abductors sent video clips of torture on the victims to their families in Anwara upazila of Chattogram and...
The government has no complete list of public services against which it levies fees or charges, reports bdnews24.com."There are thousands of public services against which the government levies fees or charges, but there is no complete list of such fees...
Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury gave her speech in the concluding session of the 148th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on Wednesday at Geneva in Switzerland, reports BSS.IPU president Tulika Ackson, secretary general Martin Chungong and representatives from...
US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu, has highly appreciated the contributions of the Bangladeshi Americans in building the foundation of bilateral relations between the two nations., reports UNBLu was addressing,...
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud on Thursday described Yunus Centre's "lying" and Professor Muhammad Yunus' receiving an award from an Israeli sculptor "very unfortunate", reports UNB."I am very surprised.....it's very unfortunate," he told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.He said...
The Yunus Centre issued a statement on Thursday on "Tree of Peace" award for Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. In the statement, the Centre said Muhammad Yunus was invited to the Baku Forum XI in Baku, Azerbaijan as a distinguished...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Thursday that about 80 per cent of his party's leaders and activists are now subjected to torture and repression by the Awami League (AL) government."The present Awami League...
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said that BNP wants to nullify the meaning of the independence, as they do not believe the spirit of the War of Liberation and democracy, reports...
LONDON, Mar 28 (Reuters): Global smartphone shipments are expected to rebound 3 per cent this year as easing inflation aids a demand recovery in emerging markets and the integration of generative AI attracts buyers to premium devices, a report by...
TOKYO, Mar 28 (AFP): Japan announced plans on Wednesday to develop a next-generation passenger jet over the next decade after the last struggling attempt, led by a private company, was scrapped a year ago.The new public-private project aims to use...
BERLIN, Mar 28 (Reuters): A German court ruled on Thursday partly in favour of consumers in a class action suit against Mercedes Benz over diesel emissions defeat devices.Some of the German luxury carmaker's diesel models with the Euro 6 grade...
NEW YORK, March 28 (AFP): Wall Street stocks saw a mixed start to Thursday, as traders digested the latest economic data ahead of the Good Friday holiday.The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.2 percent to 39,829.51.The broad-based S&P 500 Index...
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