A K Enamul Haque, Sakib Bin Amin, Abul Kalam Azad, Anu Muhammad, Badrul Imam, Humayun Rashid, M Tamim, Md Shamsul Alam, Moshahida Sultana, Shafiqul Alam, and Shahriar Ahmed Chowdhury | 2024-01-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh has initiated various reform initiatives at different times since its independence with a view to strengthening its energy sector. However, there are a number of concerns and controversies which have informed this journey. Some of these were discussed in...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2024-01-14 00:00:00
When on October 27, 2023, Israel launched a large-scale invasion inside the Gaza Strip, with the stated goal of destroying Hamas and overthrowing the organisation's governance of the Gaza Strip, the political situation in the Middle East was anything but...
Newly appointed state minister for post, telecommunication and information technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Friday paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports BSS.He paid tribute to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at his portrait in...
Newly appointed State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat on Friday said Bangladesh will be a non-communal and democratic state without any restrictions on freedom of expression, reports UNB."There shall be free and unrestricted freedom of expression and...
Minister of Textiles and Jute Jahangir Kabir Nanak said on Friday that he will work to build a Smart Textiles and Jute sector in Bangladesh, reports UNB."The work will be done to formulate and implement a plan for the building...
The challenges before the new government are political, economic and diplomatic, said Awami General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday, reports UNB."These three challenges lie ahead. It is not so easy to protect Bangladesh from...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday described the new Awami League (AL) government, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as the "blackest artificial regime" in Bangladesh with characteristics of one-party fascism, reports UNB."The journey of the...
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud on Friday said all the ambassadors and high commissioners in Dhaka including those from the US, UK and the European Union (EU) congratulated the newly elected government led by Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina on her...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 06:00 pm today (Saturday), according to the Met Office.Moderate to thick fog may. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country during midnight to morningMild cold...
Bangladesh reported 39 more Covid-19 cases in 24 hours until Friday morning, reports UNB.With the new numbers, the country's total Covid-19 caseload rose to 2,046,542, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Friday.The official death toll from...
The wife of a police officer has died after falling from the eighth-floor of a building in the city's Motijheel, reports bdnews23.com.The victim is Hamida Akter (28).She was found near building No.3 at the AGB Colony on Friday morning and...
ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, Jan 12 (UNB): The authorities of Islamic University (IU) have recovered six bomb-like objects in abandoned condition from different places on the campus in Kushtia.Panic has spread in the campus due to the recovery of cocktail-like objects lying...
Bangladesh Ambassador to Myanmar Md Monwar Hossain has expressed his hope that the ASEAN Chair will continue to play a further positive role in facilitating repatriation of more than 1.0 million displaced Rohingyas to their homeland, reports UNB.The Rohingyas fled...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-01-13 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 11: Wild elephants are losing sanctuary in the forests and hills of Chattgogram region which are on the wane due to different human interventions.The forests here are being denuded of trees and hills because of their indiscriminate cutting...
JU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-01-13 00:00:00
On the occasion of its 53rd anniversary, Jahangirnagar University (JU) celebrated 'University Day' with an array of colorful events on Friday.The celebrations commenced in the morning with a jubilant procession, starting from the Business Studies Faculty and concluding at Selim...
ARAFAT ARA | 2024-01-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh fell short of sending its full quota of workers to South Korea in 2023, achieving less than 50 per cent of the allotted jobs. The shortfall was caused by a number of factors: dampened demand from Korean employers, negative...
BEIJING, Jan 12, (AFP): China's exports fell last year for the first time in seven years, data showed Friday, as tensions with the United States and a stuttering global economic recovery compound Beijing's struggles to kickstart growth at home.Overseas shipments...
Drainage upgrade work under Babu Bazar bridge in old Dhaka is snarling traffic, adding to congestion woes at one of the capital's busiest business hubs. The photo was taken on Friday. — Focus Bangla
FE REPORT | 2024-01-13 00:00:00
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Bangladesh authorities have undermined pledges of a free and fair vote with coercive actions against the opponents, who eventually stayed away from the polls. The US-based rights watchdog alleges this was done by way of...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-01-13 00:00:00
Despite the completion of rail-track work on the Padma Bridge, the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project now faces financial challenges. A portion of a $228 million Chinese loan may be withheld due to Bangladesh Railway's inability to complete some major...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-01-13 00:00:00
The country's credit-card transactions witnessed a 2.18-percent decline in November 2023, compared to the previous month, according to the Bangladesh Bank's data.The total such transactions for November amounted to Tk 25.39 billion, as opposed to Tk 25.96 billion were recorded...
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (AFP): The global economy is "poised for a soft landing," an IMF spokesperson said Thursday, predicting that inflation around the world will continue to subside without causing a damaging recession.Last year proved to be "more resilient than...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-01-13 00:00:00
Promised speedy construction of three MRT lines for Dhaka metro rail goes in the slow lane with the project company surrendering substantial funds allocated in the current budget for the works, officials said.The state-run Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL)...
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pays tributes to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Bhaban at Dhanmondi in Dhaka on Friday. — Photo PID
SANAA, Jan 12 (AFP): US and British forces struck rebel-held Yemen early on Friday after weeks of disruptive attacks on Red Sea shipping by the Iran-backed Huthis who say they are acting in solidarity with Gaza.The air strikes add to...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-13 00:00:00
City-dwellers in Dhaka experienced chilly weather as a mild cold wave was sweeping over the country's Kishoreganj, Pabna, Dinajpur and Chuadanga districts on Friday.Bangladesh Meteorological Department said in its forecast that weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-01-13 00:00:00
The government is going to build another inland container depot (ICD) to facilitate the movement of rail-based containerised cargoes in the country, officials said.The depot would be built in Ghorashal railway station area of Narsingdi district on Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain-Transfer (DBFOMT) mode...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-01-13 00:00:00
The latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey paints a concerning picture of receding female decision-making power within Bangladeshi families over the past decade. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics defines the "head of household" as the individual making key decisions related...
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Friday vowed to continue the journey towards the country's prosperity as she takes office anew."Bangladesh's journey towards the socioeconomic advancement will be continued," she wrote while signing the visitors' book kept...
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