FE REPORT | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
Police arrested two persons on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in snatching money from people bound for foreign counties in the capital.sThe arrestees were identified as Md Razu (52) and Md Nazmul (50).They used to impersonate police personnel to take...
Dhaka traffic intensifies ahead of iftar rush, with elevated expressways and roads congested on Wednesday afternoon in front of the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation. People remain trapped in traffic for hours while returning from work and heading for evening meals...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
The country's mobile phone industry risks losing a large chunk of foreign investment thanks to the government's delay in fully implementing the National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR), according to handset-makers. The central identity register, launched in 2021 after consultations with...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
Patients at public hospitals countrywide continue to suffer as a strike called by interns and trainee doctors entered its fifth day on Wednesday.The Postgraduate Private Trainee Doctors Association and the Intern Doctors Council launched the strike last Saturday to press...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
The subway network planned to be developed in the city has so far made no physical progress as the authorities could not arrange funds in almost two years since the completion of its feasibility study that showed the project economically...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
The amount of money saved in school banking accounts has been dropping in recent months, according to the central bank, suggesting that the programme's growth may have stalled.However, the number of students participating in school banking has actually increased over...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday once again questioned Ziaur Rahman's loyalty during the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh."(Mirza) Aslam Beg (who was an army officer at that time in Bangladesh) wrote a letter to Ziaur Rahman during the Liberation...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
Foreign currencies worth about Tk 1.0 billion are exchanged in underhand dealings at Dhaka's airport daily and mostly laundered, says the ACC after suing 21 suspects. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) detected the forex flight from airport as a major factor...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
Dhaka and Beijing are expected to hand over draft joint feasibility-study reports today (Thursday) on each other on the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between them.Such FTA is aimed at enhancing bilateral trade and also offsetting the post-graduation shocks to...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
Amid the higher foreign debt burden, Bangladesh is set to embark on a large-scale $700 million World Bank-supported programme to improve the livelihoods of Rohingya refugees and their host communities, officials said on Wednesday. Although the government's many ongoing priority...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
Spending on corporate social responsibility (CSR) by scheduled banks and other financial institutions fell by 18 per cent in 2023 compared to the previous year due mainly to liquidity tightness within the industry, according to central bank data.The aggregated spending...
Disappointment etched on their gestures, investors on Wednesday react to the fall of the Dhaka Stock Exchange’s (DSE) prime index below 5,800 points after three years. The live transaction monitor displays the decline, with one investor rising from his seat...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
Tightfisted tax expenditure and domestic revenue boosting are two core dos suggested by a think-tank for the government in presenting fiscal measures for next budget, including key IMF recommendations. Finding ways to increase personal income tax by withdrawing tax waiver...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh sees some easing of budget stress with the fiscal deficit for the first half of 2023-24 narrowing nearly 60 per cent year on year to Tk 83.38 billion by official count. According to the latest update on fiscal operations...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday), accord to the Met Office. The highest temperature in the country on Wednesday was recorded at...
Admission test results of all units of Dhaka University's undergraduate progamme of the academic year 2023-2024 will be published at 3.30 pm today (Thursday), reports UNB.DU vice-chancellor Prof ASM Maksud Kamal will reveal the results from the Abdul Motin Chowdhury...
Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) celebrates the Independence and National Day with various programmes under the supervision of BUP Cultural Forum on the university campus in the city on Tuesday. BUP Vice Chancellor Major General Md Mahbub-ul Alam addressing the...
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Satya Prasad Majumder speaking at discussion on the university campus on Tuesday, marking the Independence and National Day. BUET Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Abdul Jabbar Khan, Registrar Prof Dr Md Forkan...
Passenger welfare platform 'Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samitiy' (BJKS) on Wednesday demanded extension of the Eid holidays by two days to reduce the suffering of passengers on the roads and prevent road accidents during the upcoming Eid, reports UNB.In a press...
All events centring Pahela Baishakh including those at Ramna park, Suhrawardy Udyan, Dhaka University, Hatirjheel, and Rabindra Sarobar, must conclude by 06:00 pm, reports UNB.The decision was taken at a meeting on law and order during celebration of Pahela Baishakh...
Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk visiting the Padma Bridge on Wednesday. State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat was also present at the moment — PID
FE REPORT | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
Operation of all kinds of bulkheads and speed boats would be suspended for 11 days to ensure safety of the homebound people on the waterways during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.Additional Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Abdul Alim Mahmud, also head...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-28 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Ainjibi Forum (BJAF) has requested the newly elected SCBA President, Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokan, not to assume his post. Khokan was elected as President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for the 2024-2025 sessions from...
President of the UN General Assembly, Ambassador Dennis Francis, has said with a well-educated workforce and a dynamic youth population, modern Bangladesh has overcome remarkable odds to become an economic powerhouse in South Asia, reports UNB.Francis made the comment while...
Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury has accused Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus of misleading the public by 'inaccurately' claiming to have received an award from UNESCO, reports bdnews24.com.On March 17, a post on Yunus's verified Facebook page announced that he had...
The government has extended the term of a stay order on the prison sentence of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, allowing her to remain out of jail for another six months, reports bdnews24.com.However, the former prime minister will not be able...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday called upon the people, especially the youth, to strengthen their fight for establishing democracy and voting rights, reports UNB.He said this at a discussion meeting organised by BNP on the occasion...
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said BNP is making evil efforts to destroy the spirit and values of the great Liberation War as well as the democracy under an orchestrated plan,...
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