A petition was submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday seeking another extension of the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's jail term and permission to take her abroad for better treatment, reports UNB.Khaleda Zia's younger brother Shamim...
FE REPORTThe quality of January election was undermined by incidents of state, ruling party, and opposition violence, as well as a pre-election environment characterised by increased political polarisation, violence among political actors, contracting civic space, and worsening freedoms of expression...
FE REPORT Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) claimed on Sunday that the party's acting chairperson Tarique Rahman's zoom meeting speech was distorted to produce deepfake videos by using artificial intelligence (AI).Senior joint secretary general of the party Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made...
Awami League (AL) and people from all walks of life on Sunday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his portrait in city's Dhanmondi-32 marking the 104th birth anniversary of the...
LONDON, Mar 17 (Reuters): Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices inched up on Friday, the last trading day of the past week, amid concerns over some cargo delays due to bad weather in Australia and as Asian buyers embraced...
The prices of daily commodities will come down to reasonable levels, but it is not possible overnight, said State Minister for Commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu on Sunday, reports bdnews24.com.The Department of Agricultural Marketing, The Directorate of National Consumers' Right Protection,...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-18 00:00:00
GAIBANDHA, Mar 17: Farmers have cultivated wheat to a great extent in the district this season as both the demand and price of the staple have increased amid the skyrocketing hike in the prices of essential commodities.Due to good weather,...
OUR CORRESPONDENTCOX'S BAZAR, Mar 17: Several hundred people working in the blacksmithing industry of Cox's Bazar are living subhuman life with their families due to severe financial predicament.Surging prices of raw materials, wave of modern farming and lack of buyers...
Argentina captain Lionel Messi and England captain Harry Kane are doubt for upcoming international friendlies, report agenciesMessi has emerged as an injury doubt for the World Cup winners' upcoming friendlies with El Salvador and Costa Rica.The 36-year-old remains as prolific...
Australia women's cricket team arrived in Dhaka on Sunday for a first-ever bilateral series against Bangladesh ahead of the T20 World Cup, report agencies.Meanwhile, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced on Saturday a 15-member final squad of Bangladesh Women's ODI team...
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 17 (AFP): Sri Lanka fast bowler Dilshan Madushanka will miss the rest of the tour of Bangladesh while home paceman Tanzim Hasan Sakib is also out of the decisive third and final ODI on Monday after both suffered...
Bangladesh will face Sri Lanka in the series deciding third ODI at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today (Monday), reports BSS.The match will starts at 10 AM.The series is locked at 1-1 after Sri Lanka won the second game...
TRENTON, Mar 17 (BBC): A suspected gunman in a series of deadly shootings in Pennsylvania has been captured alive in neighbouring New Jersey, US police said. The police said the suspect shot three people dead in Levittown on Saturday before...
LAGOS, Mar 16 (AFP): Sixteen Nigerian soldiers have been killed on a mission to halt clashes between two communities in the southernstate of Delta, an army spokesman said on Saturday.The troops deployed in the Bomadi region "were surrounded by some...
GAZA STRIP, Mar 17 (AFP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday to send ground forces into Gaza's southern Rafah city despite growing international concern over the fate of Palestinian civilians sheltering there.Netanyahu, whose security and war cabinets were later...
KABUL, Mar 17 (AFP/AP): Twenty-one people were killed and 38 injured on Sunday in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province when a bus collided with an oil tanker and a motorbike, provincial officials said.Deadly traffic accidents are common in the country, due...
MUMBAI, March 17 (Reuters): Bandhan Asset Management has taken the unique stop of investing in 30-year Indian government bonds due to the structural reduction in the risk profile of domestic fixed income and the fund house's plan to cut reinvestment...
Prime Bank holds workshop on trade financePrime Bank recently organised a workshop titled 'Facilitating Trade Finance: Challenges and Opportunities' in the capital city. Dr Prashanta Kumar Banerjee, professor at the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management, and Md Rafiqul Islam, vice...
Nelito holds regional customer connect eventThe Nelito Regional Customer Connect Event was held recently at a city hotel in collaboration with the SWIFT Member & User Group of Bangladesh. Md Shafiul Azam, managing director and CEO of Modhumoti Bank and...
BRAC Bank wins remittance awardBRAC Bank has been honoured with the 'Top Ten Remittance Award' at the inauguration ceremony of the World Conference Series 2024, organised by the Centre for Non-Resident Bangladeshis, at a city hotel recently. Tareq Refat Ullah...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-18 00:00:00
The SME market index soared 259 points, or 20 per cent, in the month to Thursday amid an influx of investors at a time when the main market has been enduring price erosion.During the time, the prime index eroded 426...
Fazal M Kamal | 2024-03-18 00:00:00
Standing on the arch of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Kamala Harris said she felt compelled to begin her remarks by addressing the deteriorating humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.“People in Gaza...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2024-03-18 00:00:00
Global debt has been continuing to rise and the World Bank (WB) has reported that the debt of developing countries is at crisis levels. According to the Institute of International Finance (IIF) global debt has already hit a record US$307...
Social media have exploded in popularity, becoming a ubiquitous part of modern life, especially for young people. A 2018 study found that 88 per cent of teenagers have access to a smartphone, with 72 per cent using Instagram, 69 per...
"Depression" may sound simple but it carries immense challenges, encompassing both physical pain and mental anguish. Nearly 60 per cent of people worldwide experience depression, with a majority being adults. Studies indicate that women are more prone to depression than...
Neil Ray | 2024-03-18 00:00:00
Sex crimes have all the making of an epidemic in the country. Not a single day passes without a report on sexual predatoriness from some corner of this land that emerged independent at the cost of the ultimate dishonour of...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-03-18 00:00:00
Despite the existence of a government programme, titled, 'National Plan of Action on Elimination of Child Labour 2021-25',eliminating the scourge of child labour from society does not seem to be as easy as some in the government would have us...
At a time when the country is struggling to prop up its dwindling foreign exchange reserves and aggressively hunting for more foreign aid and loans to implement various projects, it is disconcerting to know that a staggering amount of $46.5...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-17 12:00:00
A projected record shortfall to the tune of Tk 850 billion in domestic revenue mobilisation in the current fiscal year, would necessitate huge government borrowing, worries CPD researchers who suggest austere budging ahead.The prominent policy think-tank of Bangladesh says the...
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