A Kushtia court has sentenced an assistant sub-inspector of police to death, who has been absconding since jumping bail in 2022, for murdering a woman, her son and another person in broad daylight around three years ago, reports bdnews24.com.District and...
Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has said a "Smart parliament" will be established soon, reports BSS."The officers and employees of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) are carrying out their duties and responsibilities faithfully . . . A 'Smart parliament'...
BNP on Sunday announced a six-day fresh programme, including mass contact and leaflet distribution, across the country beginning from tomorrow (Tuesday) as part of its ongoing movement demanding cancellation of the 12th parliament and a fresh election under a non-partisan...
BRASILIA, Feb 11 (XINHUA): Brazil has launched its vaccination campaign against dengue fever in the Federal District, targeting 521 municipalities nationwide identified as priorities, said the country's health ministry.Brazil becomes the first country in the world to incorporate dengue immunization...
The TESOL Society of Bangladesh organised its 2nd International Conference titled 'TESOL in Transition: 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) and Beyond' at the International Mother Language Institute at Segun Bagicha in the city on Sunday.Among the distinguished guests attending the programme...
In January, surgeons performed the cadaveric kidney transplantation procedure for the second time in Bangladesh, transferring the organs from a clinically dead person to two patients, reports bdnews24.com.The results have been mixed.One of the kidney recipients is on the path...
SYLHET, Feb 11 (UNB) -The owners and workers of 25 tea gardens in Sylhet have demanded the government to raising the auction price of tea to Tk 400 from the existing Tk 350 per kg.'Tea Planter' an organisation of tea...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
When major carbon emission reduction projects in Bangladesh struggled to trade greenhouse gas (GHG) credits, the state-owned natural gas distributor Titas Gas earned over $3 million in four years till 2023 for saving gas from leaky residential and commercial risers.Officials...
RAJSHAHI, Feb 11 (BSS): The highly anticipated river trade route connecting Rajshahi and Murshidabad in India is set to open tomorrow (Monday), aiming to bolster trade and economic ties between the two countries. The inauguration will take place at Sultanganj...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
Real estate businessmen have urged the government to include a black money whitening scheme in the upcoming national budget to encourage investment in the local housing sector and stem the outflow of funds abroad.Jannatul Ferdous, administrator of the Real Estate...
The curtain has fallen on the second and final phase of the Bishwa Ijtema in Gazipur's Tongi with prayers for peace, unity and welfare of Muslims across the globe, reports bdnews24.com.Tens of thousands of devotees from Bangladesh and abroad packed...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
Local industrialists are worried about the factors like growing lending rate, persisting forex dearth and banks' intensified attention to government securities instead of normal lending.Expressing such concern at a meeting with Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder on Sunday, a...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
Tax cuts are yet leave any impact on the market, as prices of some necessaries recorded fresh spikes despite the government having reduced import duties on such essential products.Sugar, coarse and medium rice, loose soybean and palm oils, onions, eggs,...
Two construction workers painting a high-rise building in Dhaka's Manikdi on Sunday, while dangling precariously from a rope ladder without any visible safety equipment. — FE Photo by KAZ Sumon
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
Airfreight costs for sending exports from Bangladesh to its main export destinations have nearly doubled in a month amid mounting pressure for having to bypass conflicts-ridden Red Sea area. The proxy wars in the main global shipping route force container...
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 11 (Xinhua/UNB) -- The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday announced the complete results of the country's General Election 2024 held on Feb. 8.According to the election results announced for the National Assembly (NA), or the lower...
The Muslim festival of Shab-e-Barat will be observed in Bangladesh on Feb 25 night, as the moon for the month of Shaban in the Islamic calendar has been sighted, the National Moon-Sighting Committee has announced, reports bdnews24.com.It fixed the date...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday underlined the need for expanding the markets for the country's export products, reports UNB."In order to boost exports the markets for our products should be expanded along with their diversification ," Hasina said.The prime...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
Bank directorship is now tied by rules that disqualify below-30s, loan defaulters and convicted offenders from gracing seats on a bank-company board, according to a central-bank regulation. The Bangladesh Bank Sunday issued a circular-purportedly in sequence with financial-sector cleanup drive-fixing...
Mohammad Adnan Rahman | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh has been leveraging digital technologies to equip its society and economy, committing to its transformation into a digital nation. Any transformation of such scale is sure to invite novel challenges, and this digital revolution's primary emergent concern is data...
Kazi Mohammad Aymanullah and Nusrat Jahan Urmi | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh, a steadily growing economy since achieving independence in 1971, boasts positive developments in all sectors of its economy. Headlining as the model of growth in many places, is it efficiently utilising its actual potential or are these just tall...
Amidst escalating global tensions, Russia has intensified its naval modernisation efforts, commissioning a new fleet of submarines, both nuclear and conventionally powered. On January 31, Russia added a 2,700-ton Lada class (Kronstadt) submarine at the Saint Petersburg shipyard.Despite the Soviet...
Road accidents are an all-too-common and tragic occurrence in Bangladesh, earning the country the infamy of being one of the world's most accident-prone nations. The frequency of road accidents in Bangladesh has reached alarming levels, posing significant challenges to public...
Neil Ray | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
The power of music is irresistible. A discerning music lover can immerse himself or herself in the finest form of song or instrumental music. Band music that usually is known for rendition of different genres of music such as pop,...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
The fear that the fallouts from the ongoing conflict between the Myanmar military junta and the People's Defence Forces (PDFs), an umbrella organisation of the resistance movements by different ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) of Myanmar might spill over into Bangladesh,...
Muhammad Zamir | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
U.Nair, Head of Climate Change in the Economic, Youth, and Sustainable Development Directorate of the Commonwealth Secretariat has recently had an interesting discussion with U.M. Shah on the issue of bolstering the resilience of small and vulnerable countries pertaining to...
Akhter U Ahmed | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
The latest findings from the 2022 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES), published by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in December 2023, reveal remarkable reductions in poverty. The official headcount rate for moderate poverty (the proportion of people living...
Debapriya Bhattacharya | 2024-02-11 12:00:00
On 4 January 2024, the Tangail Saree was officially registered as a Geographic Indication of India under the title ‘Tangail Saree of Bengal’ based on application from the West Bengal State Handloom Weavers Co - Operative Society Limited in 2020....
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