FE REPORT | 2023-12-21 00:00:00
Another train, the Brahmaputra Express, caught fire in the cantonment area in Dhaka on Wednesday evening, just a day after a train had been in flames.Railway sources said the fire originated from the train's engine due to a technical glitch...
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Director Vidiya Amrit Khan has said recycling has always been a part of Bangladesh in a non-systematic and informal way as hand-me-downs or passed on to plastic handlers and fabric segregators, reports UNB....
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 20 (UNB): The Election Commission (EC) has appointed 23 judicial magistrates for 16 constituencies in Chattogram to check election-related irregularities.These magistrates will be on duty for a total of five days from January 5 to January 9.This information...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 20 (UNB): Police have arrested three Awami League leaders and activists in a case filed over attacking the supporter of an independent candidate of Rajshahi-5 constituency in Durgapur upazila.The arrestees are local AL leader Sakhawat Hossain Lion, 34,...
NAOGAON, Dec 20 (UNB): A local leader of the BNP, who had been in jail since November 27 after arrest in an explosives case, died at Naogaon 250-bed hospital on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Matibul Islam, 60, organising...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday lambasted the Bangladesh Nationalist Party for its call for non-cooperation towards the government ahead of Jan. 7 election, reports UNB.The minister raised questions over the potential consequences of the BNP's call for non-cooperation by...
Gono Songhoti Andolon brought out a procession from the National Press Club in the city on Wednesday demanding the 12th national parliamentary election under the constitutional system of a neutral government — Focus Bangla
Formal election campaign kicked off in South Keraniganj on Wednesday with hanging posters and banners for the 12th national parliamentary election slated for January 7 — FE Photo
Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will join election rallies virtually in five districts today (Thursday), reports BSS.At 3 pm today (Thursday), the AL president will connect virtually to the rallies from Dhaka district AL office at...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Wednesday said the upcoming 12th parliamentary election will be competitive and fair, reports UNB."The Election Commission and the candidates are trying to create a conducive environment for a competitive election. If we...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-21 00:00:00
The High Court on Wednesday rejected a writ petition filed seeking another schedule for the national elections under direct supervision of the Army after dissolving the incumbent parliament. The High Court bench of Justice Md Iqbal Kabir and Justice Biswajit...
SYLHET, Dec 20 (BSS): Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday came down heavily on BNP for announcing non-cooperation movement ahead of polls, posing a question how the party would wage such...
LONDON, Dec 20 (AFP) : Hospital doctors in England begin their longest strike action yet on Wednesday in a move that health bosses fear will pile pressure on services at the busiest time of year.Junior doctors -- those below consultant...
Four more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,692 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 207 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according...
NEW DELHI, Dec 20 (BSS): In view of the rise of fresh cases of new coronavirus variant JN.1 across the country, Indian Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya asked all concerned on Thursday to remain alert and be prepared against the new...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-21 00:00:00
The government has finally issued a gazette notification keeping the monthly minimum wage unchanged at Tk 12,500 for ready-made garment workers amid local and global pressure to review the same.Labour and employment ministry gazetted the wage grades on Wednesday and...
Finally, natural gas is going to be supplied to different industries in Dhaka and adjoining areas from Bhola in the current month in CNG (compressed natural gas) form, reports UNB.State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid will...
BNP has announced a "non-cooperation movement" against the government starting on Wednesday, urging the voters to boycott the lopsided national election slated for January 7, 2024.During a virtual press briefing on Wednesday, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi...
SYLHET, Dec 20 (UNB): President of Bangladesh Awami League Sheikh Hasina, also the Prime Minister, on Wednesday launched her party's election campaign with a clarion call to the people to vote for the ruling party candidates so they win to...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-21 00:00:00
The number of mobile internet users in Bangladesh has fallen for the third consecutive month, reaching 118.96 million in November, down from 119.79 million in September. Telecom operators have described this decline as a "fairly typical" year-end trend.In November, the...
Asset managers squeezed by selling pressure of open-ended fundsAsset managers dealing with open-ended mutual funds (MFs) have been enduring liquidity pressure while having to pay off unitholders against the sell-off of units for investments are stuck in the capital market...
Iron bars of a large number of road-divider frames are seen missing near the Housing and Building Research Institute located along Darus Salam Road in the city. Local drug addicts allegedly have stolen the bars. — FE Photo by KAZ...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-12-21 00:00:00
Production of medicines starts taking a knock as ongoing dollar crisis disrupts raw-material import and stokes concerns over supply of some lifesaving drugs used for treating acidity, diabetes, and cancers.Both industry-insiders and retailers in pharmacies have expressed concern about possible...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2023-12-21 00:00:00
As a strategic partner in cooperation, China will stand by Bangladesh to help address developmental challenges, says Chinese envoy in Dhaka Yao Wen."But this help will depend on the request of the Bangladesh government. We need to know what kinds...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-21 00:00:00
Steep inflation may be losing steam in the near future following tight monetary- policy stance coupled with governmental fiscal austerity, the central bank hopes.The average overall inflation remained around 9.5 per cent during the first five months of this fiscal...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-12-21 00:00:00
Coming up 'crawling peg' as new exchange-rate calculus in a move towards market-centric rating aimed at reducing volatility on the forex market as the central bank courts IMF-recommended reforms. Sources at the Bangladesh Bank have said the central bank has...
ARIZONA, Dec 20 (BBC): A father was Christmas shopping when his four children and a young relative died in an Arizona house fire, police said. The fire tore through the two-storey home on Saturday evening, authorities said on Monday, leaving...
NEW DELHI, Dec 20 (BBC): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India will "definitely look into" any evidence provided on its alleged links to an assassination plot in the US.In November, the US charged an Indian man of conspiring...
MOSCOW, Dec 20 (Reuters): President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia would be prepared to talk to Ukraine, the United States and Europe about the future of Ukraine if they wanted to, but that Moscow would defend its national...
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