NATORE, Dec 25 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a farmer at Belta village in Singra upazila of Natore on Monday.Abul Kalam Azad, officer-in-charge (OC) of Singra Police Station, said the family members of Jinnat Talukder spotted the body of...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 25 (BSS): Rajshahi University (RU) will go on a ten-day vacation for winter coupled with weekend and election from December 29 (Friday next).Professor Prodip Kumar Panday, Administrator of Public Relation Office of RU, said all the academic activities...
KHULNA, Dec 25 (UNB): Farmers and agriculture officials in Khulna district are expecting a bumper production of mustard as improved varieties of mustard were cultivated on a record amount of land this season.Mustard cultivation is gaining more popularity among the...
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 25 (UNB): A teenage boy was killed allegedly by his playmates during a badminton game in Jungle Salimpur union area under Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram district on Sunday night.The deceased was identified as Emon, 15, son of Sabuj...
Many youths of the country are changing their fates by involving themselves in the agriculture sector especially cultivating the costly fruits dragon and making them self-reliant, reports BSS.According to the news agency's district correspondents, Mizanur Rahman Mithu, a youth of...
OUR CORRESPONDENTBOGURA, Dec 25: Weavers of Bogura and Sirajganj are now in a tight spot due to soaring prices raw materials, including dye and yarn, on the international market forcing many of them to quit their ancestral profession. Besides, entry...
CENTURION, South Africa, Dec 25 (AFP): Two years after Virat Kohli shouted angrily into a stump microphone in what proved to be his final Test as captain, India will seek once again to breach the 'final frontier' for their Test...
MANCHESTER, England, Dec 25 (AP): British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe has finally got his hands on Manchester United after securing a stake of up to 25 per cent in the Premier League club.Ratcliffe's interest in sports - and soccer in particular...
The 35th edition of the Federation Cup Football, the country's top-tier Club Football Tournament, begins today (Tuesday) at two separate venues across the country, reports UNB.Two matches will be held on the opening day.BPL & Independence Cup champions Bashundhara Kings...
KARACHI, Dec 25 (Express Tribune): The debate on consuming genetically modified organisms (GMO) in agriculture has erupted once again in Pakistan.Influential businessmen and representatives of some sectors of the agronomy are pressing the current caretaker government to allow the documented...
BKB holds Public Hearing in Feni RegionBangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) organized a 'Public Hearing and Complaint Management' meeting at the Best Inn Hotel Auditorium in Feni as part of the implementation of the Annual Performance Agreement (APA) 2023-24 on Sunday....
RIYADH, Dec 25 (Arab News): Saudi Arabia's crude exports hit a 4-month high at 6.3 million barrels per day in October, according to the most recent figures from the Joint Organizations Data Initiative.This marked an increase of 543,000 bpd, or...
The increase in the prices of almost everything is affecting most people. However, of all the factors that contribute to our living costs, it is the house rent that eats up a lion's share of people's monthly income. As a...
The power sector of Bangladesh often becomes unstable. The government is struggling to meet increasing energy demands. Imports of fuel and other raw materials for electricity production are putting extra pressure on the government. The only way forward is to...
Motorbike is a useful vehicle for moving quickly in Thakurgaon city. But young motorcyclists often engage in a race with their vehicles on different roads of this town. Their tendency to reckless driving, violating traffic rules and overtaking other vehicles...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-12-26 00:00:00
Figures are a big issue when they are about death of people. The figures should be exact, if one is to be respectful of the dead. But the varying monthly or annual figures on the fatalities from road accidents as...
Afsan Chowdhury | 2023-12-26 00:00:00
International migration in Bangladesh is increasingly becoming the most visible profile of the informal sector --- economic and social aspect --- at its most successful, remaining robust over the years. Not only has it been going on for over four...
That the misappropriation of money from banks for siphoning off abroad, presented as its findings by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), is an open secret. What makes the CPD report on the subject special is its painstaking collection of...
Fahmida Khatun, Mustafizur Rahman, Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Towfiqul Islam Khan, Muntaseer Kamal, and Syed Yusuf Saadat | 2023-12-26 00:00:00
The banking sector in Bangladesh has encountered numerous challenges over an extended period. Its weaknesses have been consistently exposed through high loan default rates and subpar performance across various indicators. Bangladesh’s banking sector has consistently demonstrated vulnerability, primarily because of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said no one would be allowed to gain advantage by burning people and thwarting election in Bangladesh, reports UNB."It won't be allowed on the soil of Bangla that they gain advantage by burning people...
Weather may remain mainly dry with partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office. Night temperature may fall by (1-2)°C and day temperature may rise slightly over...
Dhaka ranks second on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, with an AQI score of 259 at 8:42 am on Sunday morning, reports UNB.Dhaka's air was classified as 'very unhealthy', according to the air quality index.India's...
The 43rd BCS result aspirants continued their sit-in programme in front of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) demanding the cancellation of the current non-cadre circular and separate publication of cadre and non-cadre results, reports UNB.The candidates have been continuously...
Today (Monday) is the second death anniversary of eminent journalist Reazuddin Ahmed, says a statement. He passed away on this day in 2021 at the age of 77. Late Reazuddin Ahmed was the founding chief editor and managing director of...
Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Major General A K M Nazmul Hasan on Sunday urged every member of the BGB to carry out their responsibility assigned to them with honesty, devotion and utmost professionalism for completion the upcoming...
Nobel laureate and Grameen Telecom chairman Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus while coming out with his lawyers after appearing in the Dhaka Third Labour Court on Sunday in a labour law violation case — FE Photo
FE REPORTThe MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) admission test for the academic year 2023-24 will be held on February 9, 2024.The BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) intake test for the same academic year will be held on...
SAJIBUR RAHMANThe country witnessed a significant rise in agent-banking transactions, recording an 18.79 per cent increase in October of this year, compared to the previous month, according to data released by the Bangladesh Bank.The surge in activity was notable, with...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said a democratic process has been continuing in Bangladesh since 2008 but the country was under military rule for long, reports UNB.She said this while outgoing Australian High Commissioner Jeremy Buer called on...
REZAUL KARIMSome 140 microfinance institutions (MFIs) have had their licences revoked by the regulatory authority in the last eleven years till 2022, mostly for misusing funds."We repeatedly warned microlenders to comply with regulations, but they failed to heed our guidance,"...
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