FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-02-04 12:00:00
The completion of the entire work on the "fast-track" Padma railway link project is unlikely by the June 2024 deadline, according to officials concerned.The Bangladesh Railway (BR) is, therefore, set to surrender a 13-per cent carry-over from its annual allocated...
BAGHDAD, Feb 03 (Reuters): The United States launched airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against more than 85 targets linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and the militias it backs, reportedly killing about 40 people, in retaliation for a deadly attack...
NEW DELHI/MALE, Feb 3 (Reuters): India will remove its troops in the Maldives by May, the Maldivian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, as the two countries seek agreement on a pullout that has strained ties.The roughly 80 soldiers stationed in...
ISLAMABAD, Feb 3 (Reuters): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Khan were sentenced to seven years in prison and fined on Saturday by a court that ruled their 2018 marriage broke the law, his party said.It...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2024-02-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh's two international terrestrial cable (ITC) licensees - the Summit Communications and the Fiber@Home Global Limited - are working to transit bandwidth to northeastern states of India very soon.The Bharti Airtel and the Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL) will...
Farmer Azizul of Kalihati upazila in Tangail carries yellow- and purple-coloured cauliflowers in a wicker basket after plucking the green, leafy winter vegetables from his field. The snap was shot on Saturday. — bdnews24.com
A group of citizens have demonstrated in Tangail against the Geographical Indication tag of handloom sarees native to this central region of Bangladesh, but claimed by India, reports bdnews24.com.The demonstrators wielding placards demanded urgent government intervention to secure the GI...
Munima Sultana | 2024-02-04 00:00:00
The hike in the dollar exchange rate has swallowed Tk 13.65 billion in profits of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines in the last fiscal year (FY 2022-23).The national flag carrier has lost the profit for paying dues to international airlines in...
GAZIPUR, Feb 3 (Agencies): Three more Ijtema devotees died on Saturday, taking the death toll to 10 as the first phase of the Muslim congregation entered its second day.The deceased were identified as Nousher Ali, 65, hailed from Sherpur district,...
Negative equity, down 18pc since 2020, still weighs heavily on marketThe outstanding negative equity against margin loans taken for investments in the country's capital market fell more than 18 per cent to Tk 66.3 billion between December 2020 and September...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-04 00:00:00
The government has once again allowed import of potatoes to regain control over the volatile market. Over the past three days, more than 60 importers were granted permission by the agriculture ministry to bring in 94,000 tonnes of potatoes.Under the...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-02-04 00:00:00
Reserve money with Bangladesh Bank squeezes with a negative growth by 2.0 per cent to Tk 3.7 trillion last December for inflation-control monetary measures that, seemingly, worked little so far.In a two-pronged inflation battle, launched at government's bidding amid price...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the river basins of the...
Man held with 3.49 kg gold at Dhaka airportCustoms Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) detained a man along with 3.498 kg of gold from Shahjalal International Airport on Friday night. The detainee was identified as M Masud Imam. Farhana Begum,...
Dr Junaid Kamal Ahmad, member of the Board of Trustees at North South University (NSU) and Vice President, of the World Bank, Mrs Yasmin Kamal, member of the NSU Board of Trustees, Anisul Hoque, writer and Managing Editor of Prothom...
Students of Saint Joseph Higher Secondary School display their projects on 'Multipurpose Home Appliance Circuit and Electric Shock Proof System at the Science and Industry Technology Fair- 2024 at Dhanmondi in the city on Saturday. Bangladesh Council of Scientific and...
Strong Tobacco Control Law is a must to prevent cancer as tobacco smoke contains approximately 7000 of chemical substances, among which 70 are known to cause or promote cancer.Research and advocacy organisation PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) said this on Saturday...
Bangladesh reported 25 more Covid-19 cases in 24 hours until Saturday morning, reports UNB.With the new numbers, the country's total Covid-19 caseload rose to 2,047,258, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).The official death toll from the disease...
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury addressing a reception accorded to Dr Mohammad Mazharul Islam, senior researcher of the Chemistry Department of the University of Cardiff, UK, for achieving an international award. Bangladesh Foundation for Development Research...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital of Bangladesh, has once again topped the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 274 at 09:06 am on Saturday, reports UNB.Dhaka's air was classified as 'very unhealthy', according...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-04 00:00:00
Health minister Samanta Lal Sen has cautioned that the people responsible for undue assaults on physicians will have to face legal action."If doctors are assaulted unduly, the attackers will be brought under legal action and their punishment be ensured," he...
A fire that broke out in a warehouse of plastic pipe and rubber of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) in Narayanganj city on Saturday noon was brought under control after around four hours, reports UNB.Tanha bin Zasim, station officer...
Children along with their guardians enjoying the performance of Sisimpur puppet show at 'Amar Ekushey Book Fair' at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on Saturday — FE photo
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader speaking at a reception programme for his being elected Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, organised by Dhaka City North Jatiya Party at the party's Banani office in the city on Saturday — Focus Bangla
Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim on Saturday said BNP wants to gain political interest capitalising on pubic sufferings, reports BSS.Nasim was speaking at a programme on the occasion of winter-clothe distribution in the city's Motijheel area...
KUSHTIA, Feb 03 (UNB): Police recovered the dismembered body of a youth, who went missing on Wednesday morning, from a char of the Padma River in Sadar upazila of Kushtia early Saturday.Police said they arrested five people including a former...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-04 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on Saturday that they will soon announce a new programme to topple the government for holding a free and fair election under a neutral caretaker government."Anti-government programme will be announced for bringing back the...
TUNGIPARA, Gopal-ganj, Feb 03 (BSS): Jhalakathi District Krishok League on Saturday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his mausoleum at Tungipara in Gopalganj.Leaders of Jhalakathi District Krishok League led...
The European Union (EU) wants to strengthen partnership with Bangladesh in the coming days "We reconfirmed mutual interest on strengthening EU-Bangladesh cooperation on disaster preparedness and discussed the need to reinforce humanitarian response to Rohingya refugees and the people of...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2024-02-04 00:00:00
The October 7 attack of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas on Israel was not surprising as reflected in UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres' comment that it "did not happen in vacuum." However, the scope and the nature of the attack...
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