MURMANSK, Jan 19 (TASS): Russia may become a global leader in terms of LNG (liquefied natural gas) production and outpace Qatar, the world's largest LNG exporter, in the midterm, with the total potential of Russian liquefied gas production considering the...
MUMBAI, Jan 19 (Reuters): India's corn exports have almost ground to a halt since December due to a rally in local prices on strong demand from the poultry and ethanol industry, making shipments from the country more expensive than those...
PANAMA CITY, Jan 19 (AP): A severe drought that began last year has forced authorities to slash ship crossings by 36 per cent in the Panama Canal, one of the world's most important trade routes.The new cuts announced Wednesday by...
HYDERABAD (India), Jan 19 (Reuters): Airbus, opens new tab expects to double the total value of procurement from India to $1.5 billion in the coming years, the planemaker's India president said on Thursday, as it looks to ride on the...
LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) : Oil was little changed on Friday and heading for a weekly gain, as Middle East tensions and oil output disruptions caused by cold weather in the U.S., the world's biggest producer, balanced concerns about the...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country. Fog: Moderate to thick fog may occur over the river basins and light to moderate fog elsewhere over the country during midnight to morning until 06:00 pm...
Fire guts poultry farm with 1,200 chickens in Ctg A poultry farm with 1,200 chickens has been gutted in a fire at Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram. The fire broke out at Kamal Hossain's poultry farm in Ward-2 of East Kalurghat...
Police arrested an absconding suspect who allegedly deceived people by impersonating the nephew of the home minister and younger brother of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner from Kamrangircahr of Dhaka on Wednesday.The arrestee is Md Jhutan Miah, a resident of...
NATORE, Jan 19 (UNB): A 45-year-old woman died after being electrocuted in Baraigram upazila of Natore on Friday .The dead is Maleka, wife of Didar Hossain of the Agran area of the upazila.Kamruzzaman, sub-inspector of Baraigram Police Station, confirmed the...
Warning of strict action against corruption, Minister for Health and Family Planning Dr Samanta Lal Sen has said no one will be spared if found involved with graft during his tenure, reports UNB. "I myself do not commit corruption and...
Preparation for the month-long Amar Ekushey Boi Mela-2024 going on in full swing as publishing houses are working round the clock to erect their stalls with beautiful decoration. The fair will start on February 1. The picture was taken from...
JU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-01-20 00:00:00
Jahangirnagar University (JU) hosted the 22nd annual bird fair on the beautiful nature-themed campus on Friday, aimed at sensitising people to the importance of bird conservancy.The university dressed the part with a series of activities, undertaken by zoology department, for...
National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR) has demanded a proper investigation over a ferry capsize near Paturia ghat in Manikganj district early Wednesday, reports UNB.President of the organisation Md. Shahid Mia and General Secretary Ashis Kumar Dey...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh has higher percentage of youth population who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) among Asian nations.Countries, including Bangladesh, Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Turkiye, among others, have more than 20 per cent of...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-20 00:00:00
Drinking water crisis in parts of the country is feared to deepen further as the climate-induced sea level rise is expected to increase release of arsenic into Bangladesh's drinking well water by the salt effect."This exposure to a potent carcinogen...
The stage is all set to commemorate the supreme sacrifice of the student leader, Shaheed Asaduzzaman Asad, as his 55th martyrdom anniversary will be observed today (Saturday), reports BSS.On January 20 in 1969, Asad, the hero of the 1969 mass...
LONDON/DUBAI Jan 19 (Reuters): Qatar Energy within weeks could sign a long-term deal to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Indian buyers on cheaper and more flexible terms than existing contracts, trade sources said, as India seeks to meet a...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-20 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) which boycotted the January 07 national election over a political standoff has reiterated its vow to restore democracy in the country through struggle and mass movement.The fresh promise came on the occasion of the 88th...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-01-20 00:00:00
A leader of the Dhaka University (DU) unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Asaduzza-man Farid, has been temporarily expelled from the organization on the charge of beating up a businessman on Thursday.The incident took place at the gate of Suhrawardy...
United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Egypt, Luxemburg, Turkey, Singapore, Malaysia and Brazil congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her re-election as the premier of Bangladesh for the 4th straight term, reports BSS.In a congratulatory message, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader speaking at a press conference at the AL president's Dhanmondi political office in the city on Friday — Focus Bangla
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said BNP's non-participation in the 12th general elections is a part of its conspiracy against the country's sovereignty, reports BSS.He made the remark while speaking at...
FREETOWN, Jan 19 (AFP): Former president Ernest Bai Koroma, charged for his alleged role in what authorities call an attempted coup, left Sierra Leone on Friday, two sources close to him said.Koroma, who led the West African nation from 2007...
BRUSSELS, Jan 19 (UNB) : European lawmakers on Thursday adopted a resolution calling for a permanent cease-fire in Israel's war against Hamas, on the condition that the Palestinian militant group in Gaza be dismantled and that all hostages it holds...
GENEVA, Jan 19 (AFP): Israeli President Isaac Herzog has been targeted with a criminal complaint during a visit to Switzerland, Swiss prosecutors said Friday, amid allegations of crimes against humanity over the war in Gaza.The Federal Prosecutor's Office (BA) confirmed...
BRUSSELS, Jan 19 (Arab News): EU foreign ministers will hold a series of meetings Monday with counterparts from Israel, the Palestinian Authority and key Arab nations about the war in Gaza and prospects for a future peace settlement, officials said.Israeli...
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19 (AFP): Pakistan's prime minister held an emergency security meeting on Friday with military and intelligence chiefs after trading deadly air strikes with Iran on militant targets this week.The rare military actions in the porous border region of...
Migrants from Syria and Bangladesh are assisted on January 12, 2024, by a rescue team from the Spanish NGO Open Arms, off the Libyan coast, in international waters of the central Mediterranean. — AFP
With the Dhaka International Trade Fair just days away, makeshift stalls and pavilions are rapidly taking shape at the Purbachal venue, creating a hive of activity ahead of the month-long event. — FE Photo
Sri Lanka's swift completion of final agreements with official lenders and reaching resolution with external private creditors remain critical, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said after concluding a staff visit to the island nation, reports Reuters.Helped by a $2.9 billion...
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