My husband and I believe we were truly blessed by Allah when our two children came into our lives. We had been trying unsuccessfully to have children for several years and were about to adopt a child when our doctor...
The much-awaited Ekushey Book Fair is set to commence on the first day of February. A festive mood permeates the country, especially among book lovers, publication houses and authors, as they converge for the month-long book fair. Typically, the fair...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-01-23 00:00:00
The international charity, Oxfam, made a startling revelation on the eve of the Davos meet of the world's richest in Switzerland. Davos is a mountain resort in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland where the World Economic Forum (WEF) of...
Afsan Chowdhury | 2024-01-23 00:00:00
Social media is an overwhelming reality in Bangladesh's information world. It reaches about half the population and though there are socio-economic and gender divides, the people who matter and whose voices are heard and listened to are on social media....
It is quite interesting that ministries and divisions under them in the fresh tenure of the government have approached the Planning Commission (PC) for inclusion of umpteen project proposals in the revised annual development programme (RADP). A staggering number of...
Traditionally, students in Bangladesh receive their education through formal academic institutions. While the traditional education system remains the mainstream and the only option for students to achieve academic certificates, the growing influence of EdTech is revolutionising current education systems. Compared...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-01-22 12:00:00
Rice being the staple food for more than half of humanity, everything about it is of interest and concern for the general public. The rice grains as we find them in the market are generally found in two categories-the brown...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 06:00 pm today (Monday), according to the Met Office.The highest temperature in the country on Sunday was recorded at 27.6 degrees Celsius in Teknaf of Cox's Bazar...
SYLHET, Jan 21 (UNB): Police recovered the throat-slit body of an autorickshaw driver from Fenchuganj rail station area of Katakhali in Ghilachara union of Sylhet early Sunday.The dead is Lal Miya (35), a resident of Islamnagar village of Vatera union...
Didar A Husain, a founding trustee, has been elected chairman of Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) Board of Trustees for the year 2024-25, says a press release.Mr. Husain participated in the Liberation War while he was a student University of Dhaka....
FE REPORT | 2024-01-22 00:00:00
The High Court on Sunday ordered for an investigation into an allegation that wrong treatment at the Lab Aid Specialized Hospital in Dhaka damaged two kidneys of a patient, Md Yousuf Mazumder alias Shakil.The DG of the Directorate General of...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-22 00:00:00
A total of 157 foreign prisoners are waiting for repatriation after serving conviction for various crimes in different jails across the country, according to a report submitted in the Attorney General's office. The report prepared by the prison authorities further...
The 20nd death anniversary of Mirza Mehdy Ispahani was observed at Mirza Ahmed Ispahani High School in Chattogram on Saturday, says a press release. He was the founder of Mirza Ahmed Ispahani High School, former chairman of MM Ispahani Ltd...
The 22nd edition of Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) was inaugurated on Saturday with 252 films from 74 countries - chorusing the slogan 'Better Films, Better Audience, Better Society', reports UNB.Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali inaugurated the festival as...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-01-22 00:00:00
An internally-acclaimed latest system of digital land services like registration, mutation and tax payment is being allegedly abused by rent-seeking nexuses in and around land-management offices across Bangladesh. The tip of the iceberg showed up during a spot probe by...
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for championing a number of UN-led global processes and commended her leadership, reports UNB.Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud met him on Sunday afternoon on the sidelines of the third...
The High Court on Sunday ordered Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court to hold hearings on the bail petitions of BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas and its Publicity Secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie in separate cases over October 28 violence,...
The Election Commission (EC) has published the draft updated list of total 12,17,75,450 voters as the final list will be published on March 2, reports UNB.Of the voters, 6,20,90,137 are male, 5,96,84,389 female and third gender 924.EC's Additional Secretary Ashok...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-22 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on Sunday that the government is now pursuing foreign countries' support after the election mired with controversy held on January 7.Senior Joint Secretary General of BNP Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the comment at...
In an address on Sunday at the Awami League President's office in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, General Secretary of the party and Road Transport and Bridges Minister, Obaidul Quader, dismissed the notion that the government is desperate for validation. "There's no reason...
US energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for the first time in three weeks, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday, reports Reuters.The oil and gas rig count, an early...
SEOUL, Jan 21 (Reuters): An unseasonal surge in air cargo on a key clothing export route from Vietnam to Europe indicates shippers are turning to more expensive air freight as shipping is disrupted by attacks on vessels in the Red...
BEIJING, Jan 21 (Reuters): China's soybean imports from Brazil in 2023 jumped 29 per cent from the prior year, customs data showed on Saturday, expanding the South American grower's dominance in the world's largest soybean market and eating into the...
BEIJING, Jan 21 (Reuters): Russia leapfrogged Saudi Arabia to become China's top crude oil supplier in 2023, data showed on Saturday, as the world's biggest crude importer defied Western sanctions to purchase vast quantities of discounted oil for its processing...
Elon Musk has said a report that his artificial intelligence (AI) company, xAI, has secured $500 million in commitments from investors toward a $1 billion goal is inaccurate, reports Reuters."This is simply not accurate," he said in a reply to...
NEW YORK, Jan 21 (Reuters): Hopes for lower interest rates and resilient growth in 2024 took the S&P 500, opens new tab stock index to a record high on Friday, after two roller-coaster years featuring soaring inflation, tumult in the...
MUMBAI, Jan 21 (Reuters): India's ICICI Bank reported a better-than-expected third-quarter profit on Saturday, helped by robust loan growth, although its net interest margin (NIM) shrank for the fourth straight quarter.The country's second-biggest private bank reported a record high standalone...
WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters): Ford Motor, said on Friday it would reduce production of its F-150 Lightning pickup truck, as demand for electric vehicles (EVs) has been lower than expected.The No. 2 US automaker said it would cut production at...
ACCRA, Jan 21 (Xinhua): Ghana has secured 600 million US dollars in funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of a 3-billion-dollar bailout program, the government announced late Friday.The IMF's decision came after Ghana clinched a deal with...
BENGALURU, Jan 21 (Reuters): Reliance Industries' third-quarter revenue came in slightly below estimates on Friday due to lower price realisation on its refined products and the planned shutdown of some units at its refinery complex in the western state of...
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