OUR CORRESPONDENTSYLHET, Feb 01: Sylhet has been marked as a region with an increased incidence of leprosy, a chronic infectious disease, despite the government having a massive programme with a target to eradicate it by the year 2030. The programme...
COLOMBO, Feb 01 (AFP): Sri Lanka hope to revive their flagging Test fortunes with new five-day captain Dhananjaya de Silva taking the helm for their one-off match against Afghanistan starting Friday in Colombo.The island nation is dead last on the...
ICC U-19 World Cup 2024 turned interesting on Wednesday (January 31) when Bangladesh U-19 comprehensively defeated Nepal U-19 in their Super Six match in Bloemfontein. Bangladesh now have two wins from three games in the Group 1.An impressive five-wicket triumph...
ICMAB TEAM CALLS ON FINANCE SECRETARYA delegation of ICMAB led by its President Prof Dr Md Salim Uddin paid a courtesy call on Dr Md Khairuzzaman Mozumder, Secretary, Finance Division, Ministry of Finance, at his office on Tuesday and discussed...
A team of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), led by Prof Dr Md Harun Ar Rashid of the Horticulture Department of the university, has developed several high-yielding varieties of carrots, reports UNB. The research, conducted in collaboration with the United States...
LONDON, Feb 01 (Reuters): Oil prices edged higher on Thursday, boosted by the US Federal Reserve signalling a possible start to interest rate cuts.There was limited immediate price impact after two OPEC+ sources said that the Thursday meeting of the...
COLOMBO, Feb 01 (BBC): Sri Lanka's draconian law to regulate online content has come into force, in a move rights groups say is aimed at stifling freedom of speech.The Online Safety Act gives a government commission broad powers to assess...
NEW DELHI, Feb 01 (BBC): India's financial crimes agency has arrested a top opposition leader, hours after he resigned from the position of the chief minister of Jharkhand state.Hemant Soren, of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) party, has been accused...
GAZA, Feb 01 (AP/AFP/Reuters): Gaza's Health Ministry says 150 people have been killed in the territory in the last 24 hours and an additional 313 were wounded as Israeli forces continue to battle militants, even in the northern part of...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-02-01 12:00:00
Election-engendered worries easing with the vote evidently passing through opposition, the IMF now expects some of Bangladesh's economic indicators to begin showing positive signs attuned with a global rebound."Now the election is behind, the uncertainty has dissipated, we expect the...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2024-02-01 12:00:00
A good number of garment factories across the country, except for the ones in Dhaka metropolitan area, are yet to implement the new wage structure, industry insiders said.They said the incidences of non-compliance in this regard are high in the...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-02-01 12:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Jan 31: Many mango trees in the district have begun to bloom early amid dense fog and biting cold since the beginning of Bengali month of Magh.Mango farmers are happy that their threes are blossoming early since the end...
Former champions Bangladesh made a flying start in their opening super-six stage match of the ICC U-19 Men's World Cup 2024 by beating their South Asian rivals Nepal by five wickets with 148 balls remaining at the Mangaung Oval in...
The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) accorded a reception to Architect Yeafesh Osman on his assumption of office as Science and Technology (MoST) minister for the fourth consecutive time at its head office in the city on Wednesday. Md Ali...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-01 00:00:00
The exchange and interest rates should be left to market forces, a top economist reiterated his call, as he argued the shift would act as "shock therapy" to stabilise the stressed macroeconomy."The shock therapy will strengthen the country's export and...
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31 (AFP): Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in jail on a graft charge, a day after he was given a 10-year prison term in verdicts handed down just a week before...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-01 00:00:00
A dollar-taka currency swap between Bangladesh's central bank and commercial banks is envisaged as a bail-in for mitigating volatility on the forex market, sources say. Such an arrangement will help the foreign currency- starved banks get the greenback from the...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-01 00:00:00
A regulatory ruling comes for Bangladesh's commercial banks to heed the prompt corrective action (PCA) framework or face the risk of tough actions, as interbank borrowing overshoots interest corridors.As part of government's financial-sector reform initiative, Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Abdur...
Bijoynagar zonal revenue office sees a surge in footfall on Wednesday as Dhaka residents file tax returns to avoid late fees. — FE Photo
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-02-01 00:00:00
Foolproof security measures have been taken in and around the venue of the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair which begins in the capital today.The theme of this year's book fair is 'Poro boi goro Des, Bangabandhur Bangladesh' (Read books and...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) criticised on Wednesday the government for doubling gas-meter rent.Senior joint secretary-general of BNP Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the criticism at a press briefing at the party's Nayapaltan central office in the capital.He said, "If the government...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-01 00:00:00
The government has formed a high-powered committee to review and prepare a report on Evaly's business operations and status of refunding its customers, sources said.The crisis-ridden ecommerce platform recently resumed its operations following a suspension imposed by the government over...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-01 00:00:00
Timely reforms and good governance are imperative to create a business-friendly environment with a view to preparing the country for post-LDC graduation scenario.M Tofazzel Hossain Miah, principal secretary to the prime minister, said this at a workshop on Wednesday.He also...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-01 00:00:00
Rampant injustice in Bangladesh has led to so many socioeconomic problems in society, eminent economist Professor Rehman Sobhan has said."All these (the problems) relate to the symptom of highly unjust societies," he said."The injustice has impacted on inequality, environment, education,...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-01 00:00:00
Experts at a colloquium on Wednesday suggested both overt and covert initiatives to ensure successful repatriation of the Rohingya to their homeland in Myanmar.They pointed to the current political scenario of Myanmar where the anti-military government forces are gaining ground...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-02-01 00:00:00
Summit's FSRU is expected to return to the Moheshkhali mooring by mid-March to contribute to mitigating the present countrywide gas crisis, said sources.The country's second floating storage and re-gasification unit (FSRU) ceased re-gasification of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in early...
Light rain/drizzle is likely to occur at a few places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisionsu ntil 06:00 pm today (Thursday) according to the Met Office. The highest temperature in the country on Wedn-esday was recorded at 28.9...
Former vice chancellor of Dhaka University Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique distributes blankets among cold-hit people at a programme organised by Bangabandhu Lalitakala Academy at Khilgaon in the city recently. Founder General Secretary of the organisation Md Zahid Hossain is also...
No fresh death due to dengue was reported in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), reports UNB.However, 20 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever during this...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-01 00:00:00
The High Court on Wednesday directed the owner of Nur Engineering Workshop at Kamalpur in Bhairab upazila of Kishoreganj district to pay Tk3 million as compensation to a 13-year-old child who lost his right arm while doing a risky job...
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