First aid is the immediate medical attention that can save a person's life. It prevents a situation from getting worse, or help someone recover more quickly. Medical professionals are thoroughly trained in first aid. But people in other professions should...
Newborns are often found dead or abandoned in our society. Around 300 such children were, unfortunately, found abandoned in the past seven years, according to the Bangladesh Child Rights Forum. Approximately 12,000 abandoned children received shelter in Chhotomoni Nibash, a...
Imam Hossain | 2023-12-07 00:00:00
PayPal, one of the fastest, easiest and most popular online payment gateways in the world, is not available in Bangladesh. There has been a repeated demand from our freelancing community to bring PayPal to Bangladesh for a long time. State...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2023-12-07 00:00:00
The diplomat Wali-ur Rahman passed away rather quietly last week. It was the end of a career given over to the service of the state of Bangladesh. It was a career which fifty-two years ago became part of national history...
The apprehension that the international community, including aid agencies and multilateral bodies are turning their backs on the Rohingya refugees – and by default Bangladesh – is gaining ground. At the time the donors decided to slash per capita food...
Matiur Rahman | 2023-12-07 00:00:00
The world stands at a crossroads where the environmental impact of human activities is prompting a significant re-evaluation of our energy sources. The debate surrounding the transition of fossil fuel companies to clean energy has become a focal point in...
Wise Star Textile Mills Ltd has issued a rejoinder against a report published in the November 29 issue of the Financial Express (FE) with the headline 'Ring Shine Textiles in troubled waters as takeover deal is likely to go nowhere'.Issued...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-12-06 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 05: The Imperial Hospital Limited, a 375-bedded multidisciplinary specialised general hospital in the port city Chattogram which started its activities from June 15 in 2019 is currently continuing its activities illegally by changing its name to "Apollo Imperial"...
JU CORRESPONDENT | 2023-12-06 00:00:00
Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities have suspended four Bangladesh Chhatra League activists of the university unit for different terms after a probe committee found their involvement in beating up a university correspondent of UNB.Two other students including an assistant secretary of...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday alleged that the law enforcing agencies have arrested over 19,500 of its leaders and activists in 534 cases so far since the last week of October.Of them, more than 285 leaders and activists of...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-12-06 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 05: Two persons were killed and another has been injured after a head-on collision between two trucks on the Chattogram-Khagrachhari highway at around 3 am today (Tuesday) at Matha area under Hathazari upazila in Chattogram.The victims were identified...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-06 00:00:00
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court challenging the legality of a clause pertaining to voters' signature in the Representation of the People Order (RPO) 1972.The petition will be placed in the High Court bench of Justice...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-06 00:00:00
The State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) started unloading diesel for the first time through the newly built single-point mooring (SPM) in deep sea on Tuesday following successful unloading of crude oil.Unloading of around 600,000 tonnes of diesel from offshore mother...
The BNP and like-minded parties are set to enforce yet another 48-hour road-rail-waterway blockade across the country starting from this (Wednesday) morning to protest the schedule for the next national election announced by the Election Commission (EC), reports UNB.It will...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-06 00:00:00
A total of 665 taxpayers at the national and district level would be honoured with tax cards for their outstanding contribution to the public exchequer.Of the taxpayers, 140 would receive tax cards under individual, company and other categories while 525...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday launched a new initiative to better understand and invest in adaptation to the impacts of heat stress on women and girls across Asia and the Pacific, reports UNB.Under the new technical assistance programme,...
The United States has reiterated its desire to see free and fair elections in Bangladesh, saying that it does not want to speculate the outcome of the upcoming general election, reports UNB."I'm not going to speculate on the outcome of...
BHUBANESWAR, Dec 5 (Reuters): Cyclone Michaung barrelled into the southern Indian coast on Tuesday with winds of up to 110 kph (70 mph), its arrival preceded by intense rain and flooding that killed at least 13 people, as officials assessed...
An Israeli artillery unit is pictured near the border with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Israel pressed on with its expanded ground operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, following...
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-12-06 00:00:00
In a startling turn of events, the nation's aquaculture and poultry industry have been rocked by an unprecedented slump in beef prices over the past three weeks. This unforeseen downturn has resulted in a significant and unsettling drop in prices...
A farmer tends to bean plants in a field in Manikganj on Tuesday. This vegetable now sells at Tk 50-100 per kg on the market, presenting an opportunity for bean growers to make a profit. — FE photo by KAZ...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-12-06 00:00:00
Tax on the interest part of foreign-loan repayment goes for now following demand from businesses, especially foreign investors, and also from the central bank.The tax waiver will be valid until February 28, 2024, as the National Board of Revenue (NBR)...
DUBAI, Dec 5 (AFP): The UN released the latest draft of a global climate agreement on Tuesday presenting all options on fossil fuels - from phasing them out to not discussing them at all.The fate of oil, gas and coal...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2023-12-06 00:00:00
Two global apparel brands -- Bestseller and H&M -- will invest in an offshore wind-power project in Bangladesh to contribute to catering the country's electricity needs.The wind project would have an approximate capacity of 500 megawatts, making it the first...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2023-12-06 00:00:00
Recurrent loan-repayment failure prompts the Export-Import Bank of China to contemplate flagging a joint-venture Bangladeshi power company as defaulter, officials have said, as financial crunch persists.The alert came as Bangladesh-China Power Co (Pvt) Ltd (BCPCL), a joint venture of North-West...
Light rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office.The highest...
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan speaking at the Air Force 51st recruits batch Passing Out Parade at Recruits Training School in Shamshernagar of Moulvibazar district on Tuesday — ISPR
National Professor Brigadier (retd) Abdul Malik, founder and president of National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh, died at the Heart Foundation at 09:40am on Tuesday, reports BSS.He was 94.He left behind his wife, a son, a daughter and a host of...
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