FE REPORT | 2025-02-19 00:00:00
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Tuesday said the delay in releasing the fourth tranche of IMF loan was mutually decided as Bangladesh could not implement some conditions on time.The clarification came as media outlets published news reports on Tuesday...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-19 00:00:00
The government of Japan has provided $1.8 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) for life-saving food assistance to the Rohingya in Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char.Without livelihood opportunities, the Rohingyas rely entirely on humanitarian assistance to meet their basic...
LALMONIRHAT, Feb 18 (UNB): A protest march of thousands of people rocked the riverbanks in Lalmonirhat on Tuesday as they demanded fair share of the Teesta River waters and implementation of the Teesta Master Plan.As part of a 48-hour sit-in...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-02-19 00:00:00
State-run Petrobangla has started the process of opening letters of credit (LCs) with private commercial banks alongside government-owned ones to facilitate the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG), thus creating scope to clear its arrears to international oil companies (IOCs),...
(L to R) US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad al-Aiban, Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign...
Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, the interim government's local government adviser, supports holding local-government elections before the national elections as it would help alleviate the suffering of people struggling to access public services.However, Asif stated that it was only his "personal"...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-19 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will increase its annual aid package by 50 per cent to $36 billion from the current $24 billion in the next one decade."The ADB approved a plan to scale up its operations by 50 per...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2025-02-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh's readymade garment exports to the European Union sustained a 4.8-percent growth in 2024, in what exporters see a rebound from post-accident setbacks.Apparel exports to the EU market during the January-December period of last calendar year fetched 18.27 billion euros...
LALMONIRHAT, Feb 18 (UNB): Accusing India of exhibiting unneighbourly behaviour towards Bangladesh over the water issue, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday said the people of the country want to reconsider all the inequitable agreements, including the one over...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-02-19 00:00:00
Funds for human-capital development as dry as ever despite commitment for a must-have hike as the interim government sanctioned extremely low allocation for this purpose in the revised development budget.Officials said Tuesday the total allocation for education and health services...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-19 00:00:00
China is ready to help Bangladesh in implementing the stalled Teesta River water-management project if the government wants, says the Chinese envoy detailing new plans of cooperation following regime change here. As Ambassador Yao Wen spoke Tuesday in Dhaka on...
Rain/thunder showers is likely to occur at one or two places over Dhaka, Rangpur, Mymensingh, Khulna and Sylhet divisions and the districts of Cumilla and Noakhali. Weather may remain mainly dry, according to the Met Office. The highest temperature was...
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Major General (retd) Md Emdad Ul Bari speaking at the inauguration ceremony of a three-day ATP symposium on spectrum management in the capital on Tuesday. — Press Release
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan posed for photograph with other guests at the 'Net Zero Project and Plastic-Free Zero-Waste Campus' initiative, launched by BRAC University in collaboration with BRAC and Bangladesh Sustainability Alliance (BSA), on the...
The Supreme Court (SC) has set March 2 for hearing on a plea challenging the High Court (HC) verdict that cancelled the process to recruit 6,531 candidates as assistant teachers at government primary schools in Dhaka and Chattogram, reports BSS.Appellate...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-19 00:00:00
A tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed to streamline certificates attestation through a virtual platform of the government for students seeking to study abroad.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), the University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh, and the...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-19 00:00:00
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has voiced deep concern over the government's attempt to appoint Amin Al Parvez, a government official accused in a corruption case related to land acquisition in Cox's Bazar, as a director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).In...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-19 00:00:00
Lack of a pesticide policy in Bangladesh prompts incessant use of chemical pesticides, offering a challenge to achieve the country's ambitious goal of earning $5.0 billion in agricultural exports by 2030.Rampant misuse of pesticides and inadequate farmers' training worsened the...
A Dhaka court has placed former state minister for disaster management and relief Dr Md Enamur Rahman on a four-day remand in Riday murder case in the Savar area during theanti-discrimination student movement, reports BSS.Dhaka Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate KM...
KHULNA, Feb 18 (UNB): Clashes broke out between two groups of students over the demand of banning student politics on Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) campus on Tuesday.Public Relations Officer of Border Guard Bangladesh Md Shariful Islam said...
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) said they are preparing the probe reports in two crimes against humanity cases against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 others, using the information available in the UN fact-finding report, reports...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has said movement will continue until the release of its Assistant Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam and the restoration of the party's registration, reports UNB."He (Azharul) has been languishing in jail for 12 to13...
Plane with 80 people on board flipsat Toronto airport: 18 injuredTORONTO, Feb 18: A Delta Air Lines jet with 80 people onboard crash-landed Monday at Toronto's main airport, officials said, flipping upside down and leaving at least 18 people injured...
TOKYO, Feb 18 (AFP): Japan set fresh climate targets on Tuesday, pledging to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent in the next decade from 2013 levels.Under the Paris Agreement, each country is supposed to provide a steeper headline figure...
JERUSALEM, Feb 18 (AFP): Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed on Tuesday that troops remain at five positions in southern Lebanon past a pullout deadline, vowing action against any truce violation by militant group Hezbollah.The Israeli military "will remain in...
DOHA, Feb 18 (AFP): Qatar, a key mediator in the Gaza conflict, said on Tuesday that Palestinians-not outsiders-must decide the territory's future after the Israel-Hamas war.Foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari told a Doha news conference that the issue was "a...
PORT SUDAN, Feb 18 (AFP): Sudanese paramilitaries have killed more than 200 people including women and children in a three-day assault on villages in the country's south, a lawyer group monitoring the war said Tuesday.The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF),...
YOCALLA, Feb 18 (Reuters): A bus crash in Bolivia on Monday killed at least 31 people and wounded over a dozen more, according to local police.The driver of the bus likely lost control of the vehicle, causing it to drop...
State-owned BASIC Bank Limited held a seminar on 'Non-Performing Loan (NPL) and Liability Management' on Monday in an effort to ramp up the recovery of NPLs, says a statement. The seminar held at the bank's training institute in the capital...
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