Aramit PLC approves 25pc final cash dividendAramit Cement holds 27th AGMAramit PLC, a unit of Aramit Group, a leading industrial conglomerate of the country based in Chattogram, approved a 25 per cent final cash dividend for the year ended June...
Dinajpur, Dec 30 (UNB): The production at Barapukuria Coal Mine remained suspended from yesterday (Friday) on a temporary basis, said authorities at the coal mine.The production at the coal mine will resume within February after relocating all machinery in new...
IFIL distributes warm clothesAs a part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Islamic Finance and Investment Limited (IFIL) has recently distributed blankets. IFIL Managing Director & CEO Mohammed Mosharaf Hossain inaugurated the programme by distributing blankets among the destitute and cold-hit...
RIYADH, Dec 30 (Arab News): In the transformative landscape of 2023, Saudi Arabia's travel sector has not only met but exceeded expectations, prompting a substantial recalibration of its Vision 2030 ambitions.This year saw the Kingdom scaling up its initial target...
For Bangladesh cricket fans, the sting of the Tigers' early ouster from the 2023 ICC World Cup might still linger. But a broader look at the year reveals a different story, one of steady progress and improved performance report agencies.Unarguably...
An upbeat Bangladesh looked determined to come all guns blazing as they will take on New Zealand for the third and final T20 International in a bid to seal the series at Bay Oval in Maunt Maunganui today (Sunday), reports...
KYIV, Dec 30 (Reuters): Russia drew sharp criticism at the UN Security Council on Friday for launching massive missile and drone attacks against Ukraine, after Kyiv and its supporters called for an urgent meeting of the 15-member body to address...
GENEVA, Dec 30 (AFP): The WHO called for urgent action Friday to tackle the deepening health and humanitarian crises in Sudan and asked the international community to step up with financial aid.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health...
GAZA, Dec 30 (BBC/AFP/Reuters): Fierce Israeli tank fire and air strikes have been continuing in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, which Israel sees as a stronghold of Hamas. Residents have reported intense gun battles between Israeli troops and Hamas fighters...
In the past few years, we were busy dealing with Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, deadly diseases like AIDS have not received much attention. As a result, a record number of AIDS patients have died and been identified this year in the...
More than 8,663 Palestinian children have reportedly been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since October 7. Thousands more are missing under the rubble amid relentless bombardment. An overwhelming number of more than 21,000 people have been killed in the...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2023-12-31 00:00:00
In the last decade, the country has seen a huge surge in the movement of local tourists. Significant improvement in communications and comfortable transportation services, introduced mostly by the private sector, are instrumental in boosting tourist activities.But most of the...
Asjadul Kibria | 2023-12-31 00:00:00
There is a misperception that any price increase is inflation, so there is a tendency to compare the inflation rate with the increased prices of various commodities. The rise in the prices of several commodities is not inflation, although the...
One of the most anticipated mass transport systems, the Metro Rail - 6 (MRT-6)has just completed its first year of operation. Its introduction has given commuters a modern, efficient, fast and safe means of transportation in one of the slowest...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2023-12-31 00:00:00
In early October 2022, the World Trade Organization (WTO) indicated that global trade growth would slow sharply in 2023 as the global economy faced strong headwinds. WTO economists revised their forecast for merchandise trade growth to 1 per cent in...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) troops patrol streets in the capital on Friday, following nationwide deployments ahead of the upcoming national election. Story on page 8 — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2023-12-30 00:00:00
Ruling Awami League candidates and their supporters are now threatening to snatch the voters' civil rights unless they go to polling centres on the day of the 12th parliamentary election, alleged BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on...
A 58-year-old man has died in clashes between supporters of the Awami League during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's rally in Barishal ahead of the Jan 7 general election, reports bdnews24.comSiraj Sikder from Hjla Upazila was declared dead at hospital after...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2023-12-30 00:00:00
School banking account deposits continued to drop in October of the outgoing calendar year 2023, suggesting stagnation in the growth of these accounts.The volume of deposits stood at Tk 22.02 billion in October, while it was Tk 22.32 billion in...
Ismail Hossain | 2023-12-30 00:00:00
The telecom regulator BTRC has made a move to bring discipline in the management of Social Obligation Fund (SOF). To this effect, several steps have been taken including closing multiple accounts at multiple banks in this fund and opening a...
A total of 1,151 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed all over the country, including Dhaka city, to maintain law and order during the upcoming 12th national elections with a view to making it free, fair and...
NAOGAON, Dec 29 (UNB): Aminul Haque, an independent candidate from Naogaon-2 constituency, died on Friday hours after being allocated an election symbol for the 12th parliamentary election.He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Dhaka in...
BARISHAL, Dec 29 (UNB): Denouncing BNP as a terrorist party, Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said it has no right to do politics in Bangladesh."BNP has no right to do politics in Bangladesh because they...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2023-12-30 00:00:00
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has proposed building 15 important bridges on highway corridors to improve inter-regional connectivity, according to officials.They said the bridges will be built either at missing links on highways or beside existing congested bridges reaching...
Jute emerges best performer, travel & leisure suffers most in 2023The jute sector emerged as the best performer on the Dhaka Stock Exchange in 2023, boasting an 11 per cent surge in its market value, while the travel and leisure...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2023-12-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh's trade gap with China narrows mainly as imports from the country's largest trade decrease amid import-tightening stance for forex constraints, sources said and cited its economic implications. According to a Bangladesh Bank (BB) report, the country's imports in terms...
Winter brings low water in the Buriganga river, exposing a sandbank near the Sadarghat launch terminal. The shrinking flow hampers navigation for water vessels, adding to ongoing challenges from siltation and mindless garbage dumping. —FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam
REZAUL KARIM | 2023-12-30 00:00:00
To run subsidised commodity drives smoothly, Bangladesh is set to import key food items from sanction-hit Russia under a government-to-government (G2G) arrangement, according to official sources. To establish a framework for this trade, both countries are expected to finalise a...
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-12-30 00:00:00
Exorbitant input prices coupled with erratic cyclones dent farmers' profit in the outgoing year 2023, despite crop-price rises that, in the other way round, cost the consumers dearly, sector sources say.The two-way headwinds facing farming resulted in a general rise...
Police have arrested a 36-year-old businessman named Nabid Al Bishal over the deadly car crash in the city's Khilkhet., reports bdnews24.com.Nabid was behind the wheel when his Toyota Land Cruiser crashed into a group of passengers waiting for a bus...
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