RFL, a leading business conglomerate, has started exporting electronic bicycle (e-bike), says a statement. A consignment of e-bike has recently been sent to Germany from its factory of Rangpur Metal Industries Limited, a concern of RFL Group, in Habiganj Industrial...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh will continue to push for its proposal to relax the local value addition criteria of the D-8 Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) as the trade officials of developing eight (D-8) nations are sitting in Dhaka today (Monday), officials said.They said...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office.Rain/thunder showers may occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi and Khulna...
Workers busy piling up books on Sunday as the curtain fell on the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair on the premises of Bangla Academy and at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on Saturday
Dhaka has again topped the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 205 at 09:01 am on Sunday, reports UNB.Dhaka's air was classified as 'very unhealthy', according to the air quality and pollution...
Bangladesh reported 37 more Covid-19 cases in 24 hours until Sunday morning, reports UNB.With the new numbers, the country's total Covid-19 caseload rose to 2,048,588, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.The official death toll from the disease remained...
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest of Ruhel Choudhury, a 34-year-old US citizen of Bangladeshi descent, for his alleged role in the kidnappings, torture, and sexual assault of two Bangladeshi...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
A day-long national symposium on 'Research and Innovation for Social Impact: IER's Recent Contributions to Education' was held on the premises of the Institute of Education and Research (IER) of Dhaka University (DU) on Sunday.DU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr A S...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
Workers of river vessels under the banner of Bangladesh River Vessels Workers Federation (BRVWF) will go for work abstention tomorrow (Tuesday) for an indefinite period to meet their 11-point demands. BRVWF general secretary Chowdhury Ashiqul Alam announced the programme at...
BRAC University unveiled its new campus through a "Meet and Greet with Media" event on its new green campus in the city's Merul Badda on Thursday. Tamara Hasan Abed, chairperson, Board of Trustees of the university, along with other members...
Annual Winter Exercise of Bangladesh Air Force 'WINTEX-2024' commences at all BAF bases and units on Sunday. Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, BGB, Bangladesh Police, Civil Defence and BNCC (Air Wing) are also participating in the exercise
FE REPORT | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
To strengthen social Islamic financing and support impoverished and needy individuals, discussants highlighted the importance of formalising the zakat system.The observation came from a roundtable discussion held on Sunday -- the final day of the 'Twelfth Zakat Fair 2024' --...
Building on the existing excellent relations, Bangladesh and Ireland have scope to work together to strengthen the bilateral ties tapping the potential of cooperation and collaboration in broad areas, said newly-appointed Honorary Consul of Ireland in Dhaka Masud Jamil Khan,...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader left for Singapore for regular health checkup on Sunday, reports BSS.Obaidul, general secretary of Awami League, left Dhaka around 8:30 am by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.He will return to the country...
Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministry on Sunday placed a holistic plan on 'Smart Bangladesh' to the parliamentary standing committee of the ministry in its first meeting held at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, reports BSS.Committee members State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Sunday that the country's power sector has plunged into a deep crisis.Addressing a press briefing at the party's Nayapaltan central office in the city, Mr Rizvi also...
Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has called for raising united global voices to stop Israel from committing genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza, reports BSS. "What's happening in Gaza is simply crime against humanity. Not only crimes against humanity, ethnic...
WASHINGTON, March 3 (AFP): A fertilizer-laden cargo ship, which sank in the Gulf of Aden after it was damaged by missiles from Yemen's Huthi rebels, poses an environmental risk, the US military warned Saturday.The Huthis claimed the February 18 attack...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
Newly appointed State Minister for Finance Waseqa Ayesha Khan on Sunday vowed to work towards checking corruption in the country. "…I will work towards building a corruption-free economic system," she said. She said she would play an important role in...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 03: At last, the Bangladesh Railway (BR) is going to build a two-tier road-cum-rail bridge over the Karnaphuli River in place of an old and dilapidated bridge at Kalurghat in the port city.The BR authorities have already sent...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
Women inclusion in the renewable energy can play a significant role in empowerment of both rural and urban women ensuring employment and entrepreneurship creation through skills and training.Highlighting the issue during a workshop on women empowerment and energy, keynote speaker...
Large LPG cylinders are stored among tables and chairs in a cramped restaurant in Dhaka's Malibagh area, as customers are served meals. Forty-six people died in a recent fire at a building on Bailey Road that housed several restaurants. This...
The price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has been adjusted upwards by Tk 0.66, setting the new rate at Tk 123.52 per kg, up from the previous Tk 122.86, reports UNB. This price change is effective from 6 pm on...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh has the potential to raise its non-cotton apparel exports to $42 billion by 2032, from the current $15.6 billion, provided it establishes a fully integrated value chain, according to a recent study.To develop the value chain, the country needs...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
Nobel laureate Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yunus, also the chairman of Grameen Telecom, and some other officials of the organization have secured bail in two cases after surrendering in two different courts in the city.Acting Chairman of the Labour Appellate Tribunal...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has hinted at a possibility of downward adjustment of fuel-oil prices in the domestic market this week."Fuel-oil prices are set to be lower to some extent as the proposed automated...
ISLAMABAD, Mar 03 (AP): Lawmakers in Pakistan's National Assembly elected Sunday Shehbaz Sharif as the country's new prime minister for the second time.Allies of imprisoned former premier Imran Khan in parliament shouted in protest against his appointment, alleging rigging in...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
Consumers' spending on sugar, date, pulses, potato, and onion would be 20.0- 225-percent higher this Ramadan compared to that of last year.Rice prices have also risen by 5.0-6.0 per cent, intensifying owes of the commoners.Prices of red meat, chicken, eggs,...
Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Sunday said that the prices of goods in the market are declining and would decline further. "Some 50,000 tonnes of onion is coming from India. Once such consignments of onion arrive, the prices...
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