Ismail Hossain | 2023-12-28 12:00:00
The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has formulated draft guidelines to protect policyholder interests, mandating the resolution of grievances and complaints within a maximum of 90 days.The guidelines say that upon receiving complaints through IDRA's Integrated Grievance Management System,...
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 27 (UNB): Chattogram-11 (Bandar-Patenga) constituency's independent candidate Ziaul Haque Sumon's election camp was set on fire early Wednesday.The incident happened at the election camp set up beside the house of Abdul Mabud Sawdagar of ward-39 in the city.Eyewitnesses...
FE REPORTThe High Court on Wednesday wanted to know the whereabouts of the two BNP men of Bogura who went missing reportedly after being detained by law enforcers on December 14. The court asked the Inspector General of Police (IGP)...
Coming down heavily on TIB report, Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said the report is conflicting, motivated and there is no scope to mislead the people with this report, reports...
BNP's senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Wednesday urged the country's people not to be a part of a lopsided and dummy election that is meant to extend the term of illegal power of the Awami League government, reports UNB."We...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said tens of millions of people are eagerly waiting to cast their votes in the 12th parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on January 7,...
Tanjim Hasan Patwary | 2023-12-28 12:00:00
According to The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the unemployment rate of Bangladesh lessened to 2.3 per cent during the time of April - June, 2023. But the survey also says that agriculture is still now the main source of...
OUR CORRESPONDENT BENAPOLE, Dec 21: Farmer Anisur Rahman of Chowagacha upazila in Jashore district has achieved an unmatched success by producing as many as six crops rather than a single one on the same piece of land in the same...
BEIJING, Dec 27 (Reuters): China - grappling with one of its coldest Decembers on record - will likely have to brace for another round of scorching heat and an increase in extreme weather next year due to the El Nino...
ANKARA, Dec 27 (AP): The Turkish parliament's foreign affairs committee gave its consent to Sweden's bid to join NATO on Tuesday, drawing the previously nonaligned Nordic country closer to membership in the Western military alliance. Sweden's accession protocol will now...
WASHINGTON, Dec 27 (AP): With the GOP presidential primaries just about to start, many Republicans aren't certain that votes will be counted correctly in their contest, as pessimism spreads about the future of both the Democratic and Republican parties, according...
SRINAGAR, Dec 27 (BBC): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is visiting Indian-administered Kashmir where the deaths of three civilians allegedly in army custody have sparked fresh tensions.The men were detained for questioning last week, after four soldiers were killed in a...
GAZA, Dec 27 (BBC/AFP): Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry has said at least 241 people were killed in the past 24 hours, as Israel's military operation continues in the territory.Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called the war a "grave crime" against...
Kenya Airways plans to debut its recently delivered B737-800 freighter into service on January 15, 2024, deploying it on the Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta-Sharjah-Mumbai International-Nairobi route, Commercial Director (Cargo) Peter Musola said during a conference in India, reports the Economic Times.As...
SINGAPORE, Dec 27 (Reuters): Gold prices kept to a tight range in Asian trade on Wednesday after rising optimism over early interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve drove a strong melt-up in prices through December. The yellow metal blew...
LONDON, Dec 27 (Reuters): Oil prices fell slightly on Wednesday, eating into the previous day's gains as investors monitored developments in the Red Sea.Brent crude futures were down 53 cents, or 0.65 per cent, at $80.54 a barrel by 1141...
One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,699 this year.During the period, 134 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2023-12-28 00:00:00
The customs authorities have tightened its grip on capital machinery import tagging a new condition of financial record keeping by the manufacturers following abuse of the concessionary duty facility.From now on, manufacturers will have to maintain books of accounts to...
Nazimuddin Shyamol | 2023-12-28 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 27: Chittagong Port maintained its membership in the prestigious 'Three Million Club' for 2023, with officials reporting container throughput reaching 3.1 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). This marks a quite consistent track record for the port, which handled...
FE Report | 2023-12-28 00:00:00
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said there is no tension between the government and the Western powers over the upcoming national elections of Bangladesh.The opposition BNP has lost its credibility to the Western countries after they unleashed...
Commuters face gridlock as Moghbazar-Hatirjheel roadside utility work drags on. Locals allege utility upgrades are progressing slowly, causing traffic chaos. — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2023-12-28 00:00:00
Thirteen top compliant hotels in Bangladesh have scooped the South Asian Travel Award (SATA)-2023 for their excellence in the domestic hospitality industry.The winners are Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden, Sayeman Beach Resort, HANSA, Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka, InterContinental Dhaka, Golden...
The Election Commission has imposed fines on prominent Awami League candidates AKM Bahauddin Bahar and Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu for breaching the electoral code of conduct, reports bdnews24.com.The decision was made after a hearing on Wednesday, where the possibility of cancelling...
FE REPORT In order to express solidarity with the ongoing non-cooperation movement of BNP, leaders of the Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum (BJAF), a platform of the pro-BNP lawyers, on Wednesday announced a programme of boycotting all courts across the country,...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-28 00:00:00
The apex court has directed the Election Commission to allow 10 candidates of two factions of Gonotantri Party, an ally of the Awami League-led 14-party combine, to contest the January 07 general election.Justice M Enayetur of the Appellate Division of...
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina Wednesday announced her party's election manifesto for 2024 general election, vowing to build a developed, prosperous and Smart Bangladesh by 2041."Bangladesh will be established as a high-middle-income country by 2031 and a developed, prosperous,...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-12-28 00:00:00
Cash feeding into banks registered an unprecedented rise in recent months amid major liquidity crunch following contractionary monetary stance the regulator has taken to combat inexorable inflation, officials said.As the pressure on the overall liquidity continues mounting amid the central...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-28 00:00:00
The Dhaka metro rail company plans to open the remaining Karwanbazar and Shahbagh stations of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line-06 next week.However, the operating time of the entire 20.1 kilometre metro rail will remain the same.Sources said Dhaka Mass...
Labourers wait for work amid slack demand for odd jobs. Age is no barrier for these Fakirapool workers in the capital, but finding daily work is a challenge in a quiet market. — FE Photo by KAZ Sumon
FE Report | 2023-12-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh is expecting to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Japan by December 2025 as the joint study-group report in this regard was released here on Wednesday.After the country's graduation from the LDC status in 2026, the deal would...
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