OTTAWA, Mar 08 (Reuters): Six people from Sri Lanka, including a mother and four young children, were knifed to death in the Canadian capital Ottawa late on Wednesday, police said on Thursday, rocking a country where mass murders are rare.Prime...
GENEVA, Mar 08 (Agencies): Expanding Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories constitutes "a war crime" and risks eliminating "any practical possibility" of a viable Palestinian state, the United Nations rights chief warned on Friday.Volker Turk said there had been...
As the holy month of Ramadan approaches, Bangladeshi households are facing significant economic challenges, marked by rising prices. Immediate action is necessary to alleviate these burdens and ensure a stress-free and dignified Ramadan for all. The government must implement targeted...
The road leading to Lalon Shah Hall adjacent to the Islamic University (IU) Zia intersection has not been renovated for a long time. Large trucks ply this road every day for the construction of a new tenth-floor student hall. Consequently,...
Neobanks, also known as "challenger banks" or "digital banks," are fintech firms that offer apps, software, and other technologies to streamline mobile and digital banking without a physical location, redefining user-friendly finance. Unlike traditional banks, neobanks are exclusively online-focused, prioritising...
Tanim Asjad | 2024-03-09 00:00:00
Within three months of full operation, the metro rail in Dhaka becomes highly popular among the regular commuters as the mass rapid transit brings a big comfort for them. On an average, some 250,000 commuters are using the metro rail...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-03-09 00:00:00
That the authorities are serious about doing something tangible to calm retail prices of the edibles less than a week before the holy month is good news. But is it proving to be too little too late? One must wait...
Human actions involving development projects that burn fossil fuels are admittedly a major driver of climate change. But despite the fact that historically most developing countries including Bangladesh are latecomers so far as their contribution to global warming is concerned,...
Abdullah A Dewan | 2024-03-09 00:00:00
In a recent article, entitled, “Economic expansion with monetary contraction” Professor M A Taslim presented a blueprint while addressing various aspects of the state of Bangladesh economy and the Monetary Policy Statements (MPS) of the Bangladesh Bank (FE, February 27,...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-03-08 12:00:00
The pictures of emaciated and scrawny newborns and toddlers in Gaza's hospitals, as circulated by the media, are outrageously nightmarish. A disturbing sight of the babies and children in intensive care units (ICUs) or on beds in general wards, it...
Luthmela Farid | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
Googling 'How women can be less emotional at work' generated 630,000,000 search-engine results that give us an idea of the magnitude of the problem. Life of a working woman is stressful, which has a tremendous effect on her emotional, physical...
Nirala Singh | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
It has often been thought that once companies globally attain gender balance, gender gaps will close, and bias will reduce. Management across numerous companies have gone for the 'adding women and stirring' approach, believing that having more women in the...
Behind the success of every woman is her indomitable willpower. If the will is strong then no obstacle can block her way. Morale, concentration and intelligence can take her to the top of success. One such woman is Maria Howlader...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
At first sight one will be impressed to find that out of the total number of BO (beneficiary owner) accounts for stocks trade in Bangladesh bourses, quite over 24 per cent of the account-holders are women. Apparently, this percentage is...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
The number of female garment workers in the country's readymade garment industry has been declining over the years and a number of factors are responsible for this significant downward trend. According to sector insiders and different studies, the factors include...
Each year, on March 08, the world marks International Women's Day (IWD) to renew our collective commitment to achieving gender equality. This year, we are enjoined to "invest in women," to accelerate progress." I am very pleased to support this...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
It was 1993. Economic reporters in Bangladesh decided to form a forum to strengthen collaboration and hone their financial reporting skills. They encountered a peculiar but significant hurdle: not a single female reporter covering the economic affairs was then available...
Four days have passed since a fire engulfed the raw sugar warehouse of the S Alam Refined Sugar Industries Ltd in Chattogram, and the flames are still flickering, reports bdnews24.com.Fifteen firefighting units were working to douse the flames at the...
JU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
Jahangirnagar University's (JU) Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department is hosting the National Collegiate Programming Contest (NCPC)-2023 today.A total of 600 students from both public and private universities in Bangladesh will participate in the contest.The event aims to enhance programming...
The government has decided to keep the regular activities and classes of government primary schools open for the first 10 days of Ramadan. A notice from the Directorate of Primary Education stated, "During the holy month of Ramadan, classes in...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
Labaid Hospital was fined Tk 0.2 million for non-compliance with building-design regulations in a mobile-court drive in Dhanmondi area of the capital on Thursday.Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Executive Magistrate Jahangir Alam led the mobile court in Green Road and...
The historic March 7, a memorable day in the history of Bangalee's long and arduous freedom struggle, was observed across the country on Thursday in a befitting manner.In 2017, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) recognised the...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 07: One person was killed and at least 15 others sustained injuries in a gas-cylinder blast following a fire in Mosharraf Miar Bazar area under Baharchhara union of Banshkhali Upazila in Chattogram. The identity of the ill-fated victim...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) began selling essential products at subsidised rates on Thursday.This month, TCB has added dates to its subsidised sales including soybean oil, sugar, pulses, and rice -- which covers 10 million low-income families across the...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has issued a new policy brief to coincide with the International Women's Day, urging governments, workers' and employers' organisations to ensure domestic workers have access to labour rights and social protection.The ILO estimates that by...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
The High Court on Thursday cleared the way for the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to realise Tk 1.19 billion in income tax from Grameen Kalyan, an organisation owned by Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus. The High Court (HC)...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-08 00:00:00
A high rate of effective tax is driving away potential investors from the country and discouraging existing investors from going for expansion, speakers said at a dialogue on Thursday.Despite the cuts in corporate tax rates, they said, the imposition of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stated on Thursday that the international recognition of Bangabandhu's historic March-7th speech proves that history cannot be obliterated, despite the efforts of anti-liberation forces, reports UNB. "History cannot be erased, truth cannot be covered by false...
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