FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-01-09 00:00:00
A government policy change on high public expenditure is set to result in pared-down external fund allocations in the current development budget, officials said Monday.The government is likely to slash its project aid by 15 per cent in the upcoming...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-09 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced it will continue its anti-government campaign, labelling the 12th national election as "illegal and undemocratic" due to its "lopsided nature".At a press conference on Monday, BNP Standing Committee Member Abdul Moyeen Khan said...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, having a record fourth consecutive term in office, hailed her Awami League party's landslide victory in the general election as a triumph of democracy and Bangladesh's people.She made the remark at a meeting with foreign election...
We often come across security guards standing at the gates of government and private office buildings as well as residential ones. But their life does not seem to be much cheerful. They have to work for longer shifts but are...
ChatGPT has become a revolutionary product in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI). Operating as a chat box utilising artificial intelligence, it generates questions and answers by emulating human intelligence. It can engage in conversations, draft articles, essays, applications and...
Agri-tourism may sound quite unfamiliar to most of us. However, it is taking off worldwide. It involves any agriculture-based operation or activity that brings visitors to a farm. Agri-tourism, visiting farms and agricultural sites, still remain less-discussed in Bangladesh, despite...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-01-09 00:00:00
The number of cell phone users in the country crossed 190 million at the end of November last year, according to the telecom regulator, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). Given that the country's population is over 170 million, the cell...
Afsan Chowdhury | 2024-01-09 00:00:00
One hopes this is not too blasphemous a question but who supervises the Bangladesh Bank whose responsibility it is to supervise the financial sector in general and banks in particular? This question comes up because the dismal record of poorly...
Following the MLM (multilevel marketing) scams, e-commerce financial defrauding hit media headlines and together the two robbed, according to the commerce ministry, about 10 million victims of Tk22 billion. Of them, the MLM companies mostly melted in the thin air...
THIMPU, Jan 7 (AFP): The picturesque Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan holds general elections on Tuesday with serious economic challenges calling into question its longstanding policy of prioritising "Gross National Happiness" over growth.Both parties contesting the vote are committed to a...
CLINTON, Iowa, Jan 7 (Reuters): Donald Trump on Saturday downplayed his role in the siege of the US Capitol on the third anniversary of the attack, arguing that those prosecuted for storming the building should be freed.Speaking at a campaign...
Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman GM Quader on Sunday said a one-party rule will be established in the country by sacrificing JP candidates at the end.He said his party is being used as a sacrificial lamb for this purpose, reports UNB."As...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Jan 7 (AFP): The first American spacecraft to attempt to land on the Moon in more than half a century is poised to blast off early Monday -- but this time, private industry is leading the charge. A...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said Sheikh Hasina set an example of holding a free and fair national election, reports BSS."Sheikh Hasina has proved how an acceptable election can be...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-08 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has greeted voters for boycotting the 12th parliament election."The voters gave an unprecedented response to boycott vote staged by the ruling party," said BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi during a virtual press...
Voters snake through long queues at Nurunnesa College polling centre in Narayanganj to exercise their franchise in the 12th national election on Sunday. — Focus Bangla
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-01-08 00:00:00
Gas supply across Bangladesh is set to rise this week as US-based Excelerate Energy will resume LNG re-gasification at its expanded capacity floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) after a two-month overhaul, sources said.Excellence, Bangladesh's first FSRU owned by Excelerate Energy,...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-01-08 00:00:00
Global food prices fell by an average of 13.7 per cent in 2023 compared to the previous year, according to data, as Bangladesh defied the trend by experiencing a puzzling 10.06 per cent increase during the same period.The latest data...
Abdul Moyeen Khan, a member of the BNP Standing Committee, lauded the public for answering the party's call to boycott the 'one-sided' general election, reports bdnews24.com."Your TV cameras tell the story," he said to the media on Sunday afternoon after...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-08 00:00:00
Money multiplier in Bangladesh hit a new high that indicates the taka generated more money than before, saving fund injection into banking system from the central bank.A latest report of the Finance Division shows as of the end of September...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-08 00:00:00
Chief Election Commi-ssioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal has said around 40 per cent votes were cast in Sunday's national election."It's a rough estimation that nearly 40 per cent of ballots have been cast in the 12th parliamentary election," he told...
Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina urged on Sunday the voters to exercise franchise to continue the country's democracy, saying she doesn't bother who accepted the election or not as polls' acceptance to the people is the...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-08 00:00:00
Awami League was poised for a fourth straight poll sweep as the ruling party secured 133 seats until 10:30pm in Bangladesh's 300-seat parliament in the general election held Sunday amid main opposition boycott.The parliamentary opposition party in the outgoing parliament,...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the river basins during midnight to...
National awardee footballer and former captain of Dhaka Mohammedan SC Zahirul Haque passed away on Saturday at 07:00 am at a city hospital after suffering from different old age complications, reports UNB. He was 88. His namaj-e-Janaja was held after...
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