FE REPORT | 2024-03-27 00:00:00
After a successful field trial, state-owned Teletalk and the country's major mobile-operator Banglalink on Tuesday announced a pilot programme for a new 'Active Sharing (Roaming)' service to share telecom infrastructure.The initiative will allow Teletalk subscribers to automatically connect to Banglalink's...
A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Naogaon and another was injured in Lalmonirhat on Tuesday.Al Amin, 38, fell victim to gunfire by the BSF near the Nitpur border area of the...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-27 00:00:00
Inflation enforces a change in people's set patterns of living as price hike of necessities prunes people's food platters and erodes their savings, a survey finds and recommends remedies. At least 70 per cent of Bangladesh's households have changed their...
Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen demonstrates the medical progress of a Bhutanese patient receiving treatment at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck observes alongside Regional Director for South-East Asia of...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-03-27 00:00:00
The tenure of Elenga-Hatikumrul-Rangpur highway four-lane project is set for extension for two more years for failing to ready the entire regional corridor by December 2024.Although the four-lane widening work, and two-lane service road will be completed by December, officials...
BALTIMORE, March 26 (AFP): A major bridge in the US city of Baltimore collapsed early Tuesday after being struck by a container ship, sending multiple vehicles and people plunging into the frigid harbour below.Dramatic footage showed a 300-meter vessel hitting...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-27 00:00:00
Dhaka Metro Rail service has been extended by an hour in the lead-up to Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival for Muslims, to facilitate travel centering the celebration and Eid shopping. The new schedule, effective from today (Wednesday), will see the...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-03-27 00:00:00
A much-vaunted monetary-policy mechanism called 'crawling peg' meant for determining exchange rate seemingly crawls back as regulator's presumption of inflation upturn intercepts its introduction. Sources say the "crawling peg exchange rate policy" is not being introduced for the time being...
The nation celebrated the Independence Day and National Day with due solemnity and enthusiasm on Tuesday.On March 26, 1971, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared Bangladesh's independence following a crackdown on unarmed Bangalees on the midnight of...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-03-27 00:00:00
Euphemistically-coined financial penalty called capacity payment now branches out as LNG-fired power plants emerge as new claimants, with an almost laid-off one already billing against unused electricity, sources say. The Meghnaghat Unique 584- megawatt one, which happens to be Bangladesh's...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office. The highest...
High Commission of India will announce the disbursement of "Nutan India- Bangladesh Maitree Muktijoddha Sontan Scholarship" from 27-31 March 2024, reports UNB. This year, a total of 1,890 students will be awarded with scholarship totaling of Tk 67.8 million (6.78...
People from all walks of life, different banks, government agencies and other entities paid homage to the Liberation War martyrs by placing wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar and other memorials to the martyrs across the country on the...
Several hospitals across Bangladesh are struggling to provide care as the strike launched by postgraduate trainees and intern doctors of the country's public and autonomous hospitals continues into a third consecutive day, reports bdnews24.com.The striking doctors said they are not...
On Independence Day, Sajeeb Wazed, ICT Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister, paid homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Father of the Nation, and the gallant freedom fighters who played pivotal roles in Bangladesh's Liberation War, reports UNB.In a...
Acting Chief Justice (CJ) M Enayetur Rahim on Tuesday paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War marking the Independence and National Day, reports BSS.He paid homage to the war heroes by placing wreaths at National Memorial in...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Tuesday greeted the freedom fighters (FFs) of the country on the occasion of the Independence and National Day-2024, reports BSS.As in the past, the premier sent flowers, fruits and sweetmeats to the war-wounded freedom fighters...
On Independence Day, Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, a member of the BNP Standing Committee, levied serious allegations against the current administration, claiming that extensive development projects have been marred by rampant corruption and large-scale money laundering activities, reports UNB. According...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the reader of the country's independence declaration can never be its proclaimer, reports BSS."Today there is still a debate about the declaration of the independence of our country. Even after...
Dhaka City has seen a rise of gated communities since 2021, and the number has rapidly increased, especially in the post-Covid-19 period. Home buyers now seek a holistic lifestyle, including social clubs, seminars, fine dining, spas, mental wellness, and art...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-03-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh's ceramics sector holds the potential to grab a greater slice of the global market share but for some hurdles not insurmountable. Much of the prospect of ceramic products remains largely untapped for factors like unfavourable tax policy, geopolitical instability,...
SAIF UDDIN | 2024-03-27 00:00:00
Steel-makers in Bangladesh have invested huge sums of money amid growing demand for the key construction materials over the years concomitant with the country's massive infrastructure- development works in line with its development drive on a higher trajectory. Economic status-change...
SAIF UDDIN | 2024-03-27 00:00:00
Hope of middle-class people for home fades out for exorbitant prices of key construction materials. And realtors lament to see real-estate business plummet for apartment being unaffordable to many of these limited -income group of townsmen in recent times. Both...
As we approach the holy month of Ramadan, a time of reflection, devotion, and empathy, it is crucial to shed light on the challenges facing the watermelon farming in Bangladesh during this period. For quite sometime now, Bangladesh's agricultural sector...
In simple terms, Artificial intelligence (AI) is a computer system designed to interact with the world in a human-like manner. It analyses all the available information and then provides the answer that is most suitable and cohesive. AI has brought...
Different banks, government agencies and other entities paid homage to the Liberation War martyrs by placing wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar and other memorials to the martyrs across the country on the occasion of the Independence and National...
Bangladesh spent $2.03 billion on external debt servicing, including paying off the principal and interest on foreign debt, in the first eight months of this fiscal year, 2023-24.Of the total, the interest payments amount to $805.9 million, while the payments...
SYDNEY, Mar 26 (AFP): Perth will host the first match of a blockbuster five-Test series against India from November 22, Cricket Australia (CA) said Tuesday as it released its international schedule for the 2024-25 season.The series will then move to...
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