Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked the 15th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 110 at 9:09 am on Thursday morning, reports UNB.On Thursday's air was classified as...
KHULNA, Apr 03 (UNB): The honey collection season in the Sundarbans, under the Satkhira range of the western zone of the Forest Division, is set to begin on April 7. Although the season was scheduled to start on April 01...
Vegetable traders at Motijheel in the capital passing an idle time in absence of buyers on Thursday amid the long ongoing Eid-ul-Fitr holiday. — FE Photo
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Met Office. Mild heat wave may sweep over the districts of Rajshahi, Pabna, Sirajganj, Naogaon,...
The interim government will see all that is needed for the proper medical treatment of those injured in a road crash that left 10 people dead in Chattogram's Lohagara, says Bir Protik Faruk E Azam, the Liberation War affairs advisor,...
A team of the joint forces seized Tk 3.0 million (30 lakh) cash, gold ornaments and local weapons from the house of a local robber in Alikhali area under Hnila Union of Teknaf Sadar Upazila on Wednesday night, reports BSS.The...
FE REPORTThe chairperson of the Executive Committee of the UNHCR has called for sustained support to 'prevent disaster' for Rohingya refugees as the official paid a four-day visit to Bangladesh.UNHCR high official Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez, also permanent representative of Ecuador to...
Rail service on the Dhaka-Mymensingh route has resumed two hours after a fire broke out on the Mohua Commuter Train's power carriage in Gazipur's Sreepur on Thursday, reports bdnews24.com.Sreepur Station Master Saidur Rahman said, "The rail service on the Dhaka-Mymensingh...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh is facing significant challenges in maternal and newborn care, according to new reports released by the United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). While progress has been made since 1990, the country continues to record the...
Flower known as 'rain tree', or 'shilkoroi' is in full bloom on the road side of the Dhaka-Sylhet highway. The photo was taken from the Syed Nazrul Islam Bridge in Ashuganj of Brahmanbaria district on Thursday-Focus Bangla
JASHORE, Apr 03 (UNB): Police detained a fuchka vendor in connection with the sickness of over 200 people who allegedly ate the street snack sold by him at Abhaynagar upazila in Jashore district on the day of Eid-ul-Fitr.The detainee was...
BENAPOLE, Apr 03 (UNB): A man and his nephew were killed when a private car hit a motorbike on Jashore-Benapole highway in Sarsha upazila of Benapole on Wednesday night.The deceased were identified as Zahid Hossain, 22, son of Billal Hossain,...
OUR CORRESPONDENTGAIBANDHA, Apr 03: Farmers are facing troubles to preserve potato as there are no adequate potato storage facilities in the northern district amid the higher production of the agri product this year.Sources said there are only six cold storages...
KHULNA, Apr 03 (BSS): Harvesting of various crops cultivated on 48,302 hectares of lands are being completed with bumper production making the farmers happy in the Khulna agriculture region this season.The crops were cultivated during the ongoing Robi season (2024-25...
OUR CORRESPONDENT PABNA, Mar 03: The Hardinge Bridge and Lalon Shah Bridge sites that join together at Pakshi in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna district are largely crowded by visitors every day during the ongoing Eid-ul-Fitr holiday. Apart from this, the...
Will Bangladesh football see more expatriate footballers who are eager to wear the green and red jersey? This question is surfacing around Bangladesh's football arena as many are trying to follow the path of English League player Hamza Choudhury, reports...
Bangladesh have climbed two spots in the latest FIFA men's world rankings, moving from the 185th to 183rd following their goalless draw against India in the Asian Cup qualifying third round, reports UNB.Javier Cabrera's side now holds 904.16 ranking points,...
LONDON/TOKYO, April 3 (Reuters): The latest round of US trade tariffs unveiled on Wednesday will sap yet more vigour from a world economy barely recovered from the post-pandemic inflation surge, weighed down by record debt and unnerved by geopolitical strife.Depending...
WASHINGTON, Apr 03 (AFP): Russia's top economic negotiator said Thursday that he was in Washington for talks on improving ties, the highest-level visit by a Kremlin official to the United States since Russia invaded Ukraine.Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia's...
PARIS, Apr 03 (AFP): France's foreign minister warned Wednesday that a military confrontation with Iran would be "almost inevitable" if talks over Tehran's nuclear programme failed."In the event of failure, a military confrontation would appear to be almost inevitable," Jean-Noel...
DEIR AL BALAH, Apr 03 (AP): Overnight strikes by Israel killed at least 55 people across the Gaza Strip, hospital officials said Thursday, a day after senior government officials said Israel would seize large areas of Gaza and establish a...
LONDON, April 3 (Reuters): Shares of surprise tariff avoiders like pharmaceuticals and drinks firms and rate-sensitive stocks such as real estate were among the few to post gains in Europe on Thursday, as fears of a global recession sent wider...
LONDON, April 3 (Reuters): World stocks, the dollar and oil all tumbled on Thursday as Donald Trump's drastic new US trade tariffs drove widespread fears of a global recession and left investors seeking safe-haven bonds and the yen.A new baseline...
Babul Barman | 2025-04-04 00:00:00
At least four listed companies have failed to utilise the IPO (initial public offering) funds within the time mentioned in their prospectuses, depriving general shareholders of their timely benefits.While there were excuses that the business climate has been adverse, there...
Shrimp is an important export product of Bangladesh and plays a significant role in the country's economy. Bangladeshi shrimp has gained worldwide recognition, especially in the export market. However, despite the global expansion of Bangladesh's shrimp export market, some unscrupulous...
Shiabur Rahman | 2025-04-04 00:00:00
Businessmen in Bangladesh, particularly exporters, have long been complaining about banks' weekend holidays on Fridays and Saturdays arguing that such holidays keep their business cut off for three days a week from their trade partners in other countries, where the...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-04-04 00:00:00
The rural-urban divide has always favoured towns and cities ever since human civilisation invented urbanisation as a way of life. It is because of this, the transition from an agrarian society to a manufacturing or industrial one was a giant...
The recent visit of Chief Advisor Dr. Md Yunus to China marks a significant milestone in Bangladesh-China relations. As his first bilateral engagement since assuming office, the visit has been widely regarded as a crucial step towards strengthening diplomatic and...
Fahmida Khatun, Mustafizur Rahman, Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Muntaseer Kamal and Syed Yusuf Saadat | 2025-04-04 00:00:00
The national budget for fiscal year 2025-26 (FY2026) holds significant importance as it is being formulated by the interim government amid a challenging macroeconomic environment. The interim government inherited an economy characterised by high inflation, subdued revenue collection, sluggish budget...
The mother of two brothers beaten to death after protesting the "mob lynching" of a suspected thief in Narsingdi has filed a case against 25 people over the incident.Rabeya Begum, the mother of Sakib Mia, 20, and Rakib Mia, 25,...
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