China firmly against visits of US lawmakers to TaiwanWASHINGTON, Jan 14: China is strongly against visits of US Congress delegations to Taiwan and any official communications between the US authorities and the region, Spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in Washington...
NEW DELHI, Jan 14 (AP): Thousands of members of India's main opposition Congress party and its supporters began a 2-month cross-country march Sunday in a bid to regain some of the popularity it has lost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...
WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (AFP): US climate envoy John Kerry, a key player in the Biden administration's push to tackle climate change, will step down to work on the president's reelection bid, media reported Saturday.The former secretary of state and senator...
WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (AFP/AP): Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters marched in Washington, London and elsewhere on Saturday as part of a "global day of action" to demand an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza fighting and to oppose US and British support...
SEOUL, Jan 14 (AP): North Korea fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, South Korea's military said, two months after the North claimed to have tested engines for a new harder-to-detect missile capable of striking distant...
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14 (AFP): The political party of Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday lost a key battle at the country's top court to retain its cricket bat election symbol at next month's polls.The South Asian nation...
MUMBAI, Jan 14 (Reuters): Lenders to India's Go First have set January 31 as the deadline for financial bids to acquire the airline, two banking sources said on Sunday.Go First filed for bankruptcy protection in May but lenders have more...
LITTLETON, Colorado, Jan 14 (Reuters): Europe's power producers generated more electricity from wind than from coal for the first time in the last quarter of 2023, marking a key milestone for regional energy transition efforts.Europe's utilities generated a record 193...
The year 2023 is marked by the deadliest epidemic of dengue since the disease's first official appearance in Bangladesh in 2000. The country saw a total of 1,705 dengue-related deaths and a total of 321,179 reported cases last year. According...
Every year, a variety of winter vegetables arrive in markets abundantly and their prices remain relatively lower. Contrary to the trend, vegetable prices have been high even in the second week of January. The price of vegetable chart is still...
Neil Ray | 2024-01-15 00:00:00
The problem of homelessness is confronting not only developing countries like Bangladesh but also rich and advanced nations such as the United States of America and the United Kingdom. The ugly contrast of poor mortals huddling under blankets in passenger...
That development of the young generation's skills is a sine qua non for the overall national and economic development has universal approval. So policymakers promise high to build a knowledge-based and a smart country where a large number of science...
Muhammad Zamir | 2024-01-15 00:00:00
This year has started with the general election in Bangladesh. Despite several attempts by some political parties to subvert and frustrate the constitutional consistency of holding the election under the supervision of the Election Commission, the election has taken place...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-14 12:00:00
The government has exempted advanced tax (AT) on import of computer components and accessories to promote local production of the device. From now on, the domestic manufacturers would enjoy the tax exemption at import stage which was earlier levied at...
CARACAS, Jan 13 (AFP) : Venezuela, which often experiences record inflation, closed 2023 with an increase in bolivar prices of 189.8 per cent, a slowdown compared to the previous year's 234 percent, according to the Central Bank on Friday.Venezuela, whose...
Gaza, Jan 13 (Reuters): Israel kept up bombardments in the Gaza Strip on Saturday as its deadly war on the enclave's Hamas rulers approached 100 days with no end in sight. In the southern city of Rafah, an Israeli airstrike...
A fire broke out at a building in the capital's Uttara on Saturday evening.The fire broke out around 6:45pm on the fifth floor of the 6-storey building and spread soon, said Shahjahan Sikder, deputy assistant director of Fire Service and...
Rain may soon add to the weather woes of those shivering from the winter chill in the past few days, according to a meteorologist."There is the possibility of rain on Jan 18-19," said meteorologist Omar Faruq on Saturday, reports bdnews24.com.People...
FE REPORT The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on Saturday that the chief election commissioner (CEC) must be made answerable to a democratically elected government in future for holding a 'dummy' election on January 07 by splurging billions from the...
CHOCO, Jan 13 (BBC): A landslide in north-west Colombia has killed at least 23 people and injured around 30 more, local authorities say. The road connecting the cities of Medellín and Quibdo had been closed by several landslides, so many...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-14 00:00:00
The government will buy one cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the spot market next month (February), said sources.State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) floated a tender for February 6-7 delivery of the fuel at any of the...
TUNGIPARA, Jan 13 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the newly-appointed ministers to take necessary steps to keep prices of essentials under control during the upcoming holy Ramadan."Holy Ramadan is coming and take necessary steps to make sure...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-01-14 00:00:00
All is set for issuing Tk 120 billion worth of government bond for paying piled-up electricity bills to independent power producers (IPPs) against capacity charge and other payments, officials said.The sovereign bond will be issued to 42 commercial banks who...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-01-14 00:00:00
As Bangladesh enters the peak harvest season, consumers find themselves entangled in a web of escalating prices of essential commodities, including rice, potato, vegetable and onion.Despite the Aman harvest going on in full swing, rice prices are rising alarmingly, causing ...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2024-01-14 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) and the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) are at odds over the number of independent directors on the boards of listed companies.The disagreement between the capital-market regulator and the insurance sector regulator...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 06:00 pm today (Sunday), according to the Met Office.Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country during midnight to morning and it may continue till noon...
One more death was reported from dengue in the last 24 hours until Saturday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to five this year, reports UNB.During the period 25 more patients were hospitalised with the viral...
SIRAJGANJ, Jan 13 (UNB): A 68-year-old woman was beaten to death over a family feud in the Tarash upazila of Sirajganj.The deceased is Fatema Begum, wife of Hasmot Ali, from Borovatra village of the upazila.Md Nazrul Islam, OC of Tarash...
Two minor cousins drowned in a pond in Purbo Kalchho village under Kachua upazila of Chandpur on Saturday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as one-and-a-half-year-old Abu Sayeed, son of Yeasin Talukdar, and his paternal cousin Abrar Hossain (2), son...
GAZIPUR, Jan 13 (UNB) - A huge gridlock formed as vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Tangail highway remained suspended for over an hour after garment workers staged demonstration in Gazipur's Konabari area, demanding payment of salaries set by the government.Mohammad Ziaul...
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