Benapole, Mar 15 (UNB): In an effort to control the rising prices of food items, potato imports from India have begun through Benapole Port.On Thursday, 200 metric tonnes of potatoes arrived at Benapole Port from India via Petrapole Port in...
The government has named Dr Mubarak Ahmad Khan, the inventor of jute polythene bags, among 10 other individuals for the Swadhinata Padak Awards.The Cabinet Division published the names of the winners of Bangladesh's highest civilian award on Friday in recognition...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-16 00:00:00
Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) is in the process of promoting a portion of Assistant Teachers of the primary schools to the posts of Head Master following a disputed seniority list prepared allegedly violating the rules and direction issued by...
The first ship carrying food aid reached the coast of the Gaza Strip on Friday, where hopes for a ceasefire to rescue the population from starvation suffered a new blow after Israel rejected the latest truce counter-proposal from Hamas, reports...
GULAM RABBANI | 2024-03-16 00:00:00
Novoair tried to resort to fraud with intent to evade Tk 19.09 million in tax revenue, reads a report submitted to the High Court by the Customs House in Dhaka.The private airliner finally apologised to the authorities to secure relief,...
Some of India's biggest companies, including Vedanta Ltd, Bharti Airtel, RPSG Group and Essel Mining were among the country's top political funders over the last five years under a now-scrapped opaque political funding system, official data showed on Thursday, reports...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-16 00:00:00
A state agency has suggested seeking further clarification from Delhi of the proposed concept note on harmonisation of product standards to remove major non-tariff barriers between Bangladesh and India.Sources said the neighbouring nation, India, earlier sent the concept note styled...
DSE key index sinks below 6000-markStocks witnessed yet another setback this week, with the prime index of the Dhaka bourse tumbling to three-year low, as jittery investors dumped their holdings to avoid further erosion of their portfolio. Analysts said the...
Traffic congestion near Rampura TV Station on Friday, a day usually characterised by light weekend traffic in the capital. Long queues of vehicles built up on and around the U-loop overpass, with commuters blaming admission exams at nearby private universities....
FE REPORT | 2024-03-16 00:00:00
The hijacked Bangladeshi flag-carrier vessel MV Abdullah was being shifted on Friday from the place where it was moored on Thursday close to the Somalian coast.Md Atik Ullah Khan, chief officer of the Bangladeshi ship, conveyed it to the ship...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-03-16 00:00:00
When Bangladesh is struggling with its fast-depleting foreign-exchange reserves, a whopping $46.5 billion in foreign aid remains stuck in the pipeline thanks to project-execution failure by different public agencies, said officials."We are aware of foreign assistance releases every year," a...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-16 00:00:00
Prices of 29 daily necessities, including fish, meat, veggie, pulses and spices, from producer to retail level are now fixed in latest government bid to reign over the market during Ramadan.A Department of Agriculture Marketing (DAM) notification issued Friday states...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-03-16 00:00:00
Term deposits in banks register a rebound, rising by Tk 189.3 billion to Tk7.8 trillion as of the fourth quarter of 2023, as uncapping interest pays off. Official statistics show the share of fixed deposits in the total bank deposits...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions until 06:00 pm today (Saturday), according to the Met Office.The highest temperature in the country on Friday...
Youth gunned down in CumillaA youth was killed and three others were injured in a gunfight between two groups for establishing supremacy over a human hauler stand in Cumilla city's Shasangachha on Friday. The dead are Arnab (30), son of...
One of the 32 people undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the city after a gas cylinder explosion in Gazipur's Kaliakair has succumbed to his injuries, reports The victim, 45-year-old Solaiman Molla, had...
Bangladesh Kreta Vokta Adhikar Sangrakkhan Foundation formed a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the city on Friday, marking the World Consumer Rights Day — Focus Bangla
Muslim devotees perform the first Jumma prayers of the holy month of Ramadan. The picture was taken from Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the city on Friday — FE photo
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, who is also the prime minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, will pay an official visit to Bangladesh in the latter half of this year, reports UNB.This would be a...
Qulkhwani of Prime Minister's Press Secretary, eminent journalist and 1971 veteran Ihsanul Karim Helal, was held after Jumna prayers at Azad Mosque in the city's Gulshan on Friday, reports BSS .Special prayers were offered seeking eternal peace of the departed...
Four persons have been killed in separate road accidents in the city, reports bdnews24.com.Two people died at Mohammadpur while the other two died in accidents in Banani and Jatrabari on Thursday night.Two children were tossed off a motorcycle near the...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-03-16 00:00:00
Six years after seeking Japanese investment, Dhaka outer ring road and Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway development projects are likely to be dropped from the list of public-private partnership (PPP) funding options.The authorities have decided to drop the projects thanks to their...
Awami Jubo League Chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash on Friday said stern action will be taken if any Jubo League lawyers are involved in the unwanted incident centering the Supreme Court (SC) Bar Association election, reports BSS."Bangladesh Awami Jubo League...
US Senator Dick Durbin has met Bangladesh Ambassador to US Muhammad Imran and discussed issues of mutual interest, reports UNB."The US values its relationship with Bangladesh, and I appreciate its help to Rohingya refugees," Senator Durbin said.But, he said, a...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-16 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) alleged on Friday that the government is now hatching a new conspiracy against the Zia family, including the party's acting chairperson Tarique Rahman.Senior joint secretary general of BNP Rubul Kabir Rizvi made the remark at a...
Ghulam Arieff Tipoo, the chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), has died in hospital care at the age of 93, reports bdnews24.com.The veteran lawyer passed away around 8 am on Friday at Dhaka's LabAid Hospital, said Advocate Syed...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-16 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 15: A tense situation is prevailing in the 1 number gate area of the Chittagong University (CU) campus following the severe clash that took place between the students and locals on Friday. Sources said as the clash erupted,...
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said that extortion in transport has been going on for a long time, reports UNB."And efforts are underway to bring it under control," he was speaking in a...
MUMBAI, Mar 15 (Reuters): Indian government bond yields inched higher to wrap up the week, which also witnessed the first upward move after four consecutive weeks of fall, mirroring a momentum in Treasury yields, though with a lower magnitude.The benchmark...
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