Islami Bank Foundation (IBF) organised a discussion on the occasion of the Victory Day at foundation hall room on Sunday. Professor Dr Qazi Shahidul Alam, Chairman of the foundation, was present as the chief guest while Mohammad Ali, Executive Director...
Prime Bank PLC. has announced a strategic partnership with Truefitt & Hill Bangladesh at the Prime Bank head office in Dhaka recently. Truefitt and Hill is a premium barbershop that has been recognised as the finest traditional gentlemen's barber and...
State-owned BASIC Bank Limited has launched its own remittance software 'REMIT365' in order to encourage sending of remittance through banking channels and make the remittance collection easy and fast. Badre Munir Firdaus, Joint Secretary, Financial Institutions Division (FID), inaugurated the...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-19 00:00:00
Business leaders at a seminar on Monday emphasised the crucial role of the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector in boosting a nation's GDP, highlighting concerns about Bangladesh's relatively lower standing compared to the neighbouring countries. They also underscored the...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office. The highest temperature in the country on Monday was recorded at 30.7 degrees...
KERANIGANJ, Dec 18 (UNB): At least 10 people including four members of a family sustained burn injuries as a gas cylinder exploded at Kautai Rishipara under South Keraniganj police station in Dhaka on Monday.Mahbub Alam Sumon, Officer-in-Charge of Keraniganj South...
One in every six deaths resulting from the Dengue outbreak was a child under the age of 15, according to a recent report by UNICEF.The situation report, published on December 15, further shows that one in every five people infected...
Dhaka University (DU) Business Studies Faculty Dean Prof Dr Muhammad Abdul Moyeen and Dabir-Sohani-Suraiya Foundation president and Salma Group Managing Director Chowdhury Mohammed Hanif Shoeb exchange documents after signing an agreement on behalf of their respective organisations on the university...
US Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Afreen Akhter, has said the United States has been an important development partner in Bangladesh's journey, reports UNB.Appreciating Bangladesh's remarkable progress since its independence, she said, the...
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-12-19 00:00:00
Even though the early harvest ramps up, people in Dhaka are paying through the nose for potatoes this year thanks to a delayed planting season caused by cyclone disruptions. Both fresh and stored potatoes hover around Tk 55-70 per kg,...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina on Monday received over Tk 3.15 billion (315 crore) of 5th and 6th installments of loan taken for the construction of the Padma Bridge, reports BSS."Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader handed over a...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-19 00:00:00
Alternative antibiotics to treat infections are losing effectiveness gradually due to the rise in antibiotic resistance and inappropriate intake of the life saving drugs, said a new study on Monday. Furthermore, the rate of hospital-sourced infections is increasing at an...
The High Court (HC) has restored the candidacy of Barishal-5 independent Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah ahead of the upcoming 12th national parliamentary elections, reports bdnews24.com.The Election Commission (EC) scrapped his nomination, barring the Awami League leader from participating in the election...
The Election Commission (EC) has asked for sending a small team of armed forces in advance to every district in order for their deployment throughout the country for 13 days during the January 7 national election, reports UNB.The commission sent...
The ruling Awami League (AL) will announce its election manifesto on December 27 for the January 7 general elections, reports BSS."Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will announce the election manifesto," AL General Secretary and Road Transport and...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-19 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) has directed the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka to accept, hear and dispose of the bail petitions of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in connection with nine cases. The HC also issued a...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin has called upon the judges to ensure quick delivery of justice, reports UNB.The President came up with the comments while speaking as the chief guest at a function organised on the occasion of Bangladesh Supreme Court Day...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-19 00:00:00
BNP leaders' mass arrest was pre-planned and that became clear through the speech of Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Monday."Finally, the influential minister spilled the beans and acknowledged that...
Four more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,686 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 239 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said the remarks made by Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque on the arrest of BNP leaders and proposal over releasing them on condition of joining the upcoming polls was his "personal" opinion, reports...
Former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran on Monday said it is the people of Bangladesh and the country's institutions who can decide how the election should be held, noting that no one has the right to issue any...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-19 00:00:00
The government has released Tk 10 billion as second instalment of the cash incentives for exporters for the current fiscal year, 2023-24.Finance ministry issued a notification to this end on Monday.According to the notification, the second instalment has been released...
A Dhaka court has rejected a petition by Paltan police to interrogate Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Amir Khosru in police custody in a sabotage case over the violence surrounding the party's Dhaka rally on Oct 28, reports UNB.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate...
The ballot papers will be sent to the polling stations- except remote and hard-to-reach areas- throughout the country in the morning of the polling day of the upcoming parliamentary election slated for January 7, reports UNB.The Election Commission on Monday...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-19 00:00:00
Rooftop solar is now more economically beneficial for Bangladesh than ever before, which has suffered energy price spikes, supply disruptions and deteriorating fiscal conditions since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, according to a new report.However, the limited rooftop solar capacity...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday congratulated Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on assumption of the office of Emir of the State of Kuwait, report agencies."Your accession to this highest position is a testimony to the confidence reposed in your...
Presses in the city's Fakirerpool area crank out election-campaign materials as 12th parliamentary poll symbols were distributed Monday. Printers churn out posters, handbills, caps, leaflets, stickers and badges in a flurry of pre-poll activity. — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2023-12-19 00:00:00
Remittance income of Bangladesh is not increasing accordingly though a large number of workers go abroad every year while many countries are earning more comparatively by sending less number of workers.Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain made the remarks while addressing...
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