Eastern Bank organised an exclusive health awareness session for its priority customers at the bank's head office in Dhaka recently. The session centered around the vital topic of 'Cancer and Liver Health', which was conducted in collaboration with Mount Elizabeth...
Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter on Monday said the restriction on fishing in the Bay of Bengal will now be for 58 days instead of the previous 65 days."This year the ban will be shortened to 58 days from...
Like every year, Bangladesh Bank will release new notes in the market through banks on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, reports UNB.Customers will be able to collect the new notes starting from March 19. The common people can exchange old notes...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-18 12:00:00
The government is set to remove the mandatory radioactivity test requirement for imported human and animal food to ease trade and ensure the supply of such items across the country, sources said. The test is currently mandatory under the Nuclear...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-18 12:00:00
Bangladesh's most-downloaded health app has evolved into a more diversified platform by expanding its services to both MetLife clients and non-clients. This development comes as MetLife Bangladesh has broadened its digital health and financial service offerings.For the first time in...
Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday said that 175 people were secretly given appointment letters by Bangla Academy ahead of more deserving candidates based on the written, practical and oral examinations, reports UNB.In the wake of allegations of irregularities and corruption in...
Five people were killed in a collision between two vehicles on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway on Monday while on the same day another accident involving five vehicles on the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway left 20 injured, reports UNB.In Feni 5 people were killed...
Bangladesh Auto-Rickshaw Light Vehicle Transport Workers Federation (BALTWF) has alleged that the owners of the CNG-run auto-rickshaws have been continuously violating the government's 2007 policy and Sections 35 and 81 of the Road Transport Act 2018, reports UNB."Statistics show that...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-18 00:00:00
The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock (MoFL) on Monday announced the sale of four protein items at subsidised rates in the capital during Ramadan starting February 28.Beef to be sold at Tk 650 a kg, eggs at Tk 9.50 each,...
GULAM RABBANI | 2025-02-18 00:00:00
The scope for quizzing the accused in corruption cases, especially those filed over major financial scams, becomes narrow for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) as the Senior Special Judge's Court in Dhaka is rejecting pleas to remand the accused despite having...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-18 00:00:00
Fractions of the Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) were locked into an altercation centring a press conference called by its ad-hoc committee on its Eskaton office premises on Monday.The committee invited journalists to attend a briefing at 4:00 pm in a...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-02-18 00:00:00
Agent banking continues changing the rural socioeconomic landscape with formal credit inflow, deposit netting, and injection of inward remittance, marking a remarkable increase in the least-developed regions.Since access to finance is one of the key challenges facing financial inclusion, lending...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-18 00:00:00
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed urges the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of the country to work with the courts and facilitate justice.He reminded the DCs that governance and justice are not separate roads but they run in parallel leading to the...
LONDON/PARIS, Feb 17 (Reuters): Britain said it was ready to send peacekeeping troops to back up any peace deal for Ukraine as European leaders gathered on Monday to agree a unified strategy, while Russian and US officials prepared to meet...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-18 00:00:00
Financial constraints, followed by fears of job cuts, premium loss and uncertainty of seamless premium, are top reasons that bar ready-made garment workers from participating in Universal Pension Scheme (UPS), according to a latest study.About 99 per cent of the...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh ought to open up its market for ensuring enhanced foreign investment, the European Union suggests as the bloc eyes business potential in various sectors and prospects for greater exports. The EU Ambassador in Bangladesh, Michael Miller, made the observations...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-02-18 00:00:00
Tax collection against the submitted returns declined 1.53 per cent despite extending submission time thrice and the number of returns having increased by 150,000, possibly as the well-off remain on the run. On the other hand, the overall tax receipt...
LALMONIRHAT, Feb 17 (UNB): BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday urged India to resolve the Teesta-water sharing issue, stop border killings, and shun its 'big brother' attitude to maintain good relations with the people of Bangladesh."We would...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-18 00:00:00
Two tranches of funds from the IMF lending package to Bangladesh are now expected together in June, after further delays in release of one amid dilemmas, the finance adviser indicates. Dr Salehuddin Ahmed looks to deferred placement of amalgamated fund-release...
Rain/thunder showers is likely to occur at one or two places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office.Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly...
A Dhaka couple was killed and their 14-year-old daughter suffered injuries after a pickup van hit them in the capital's Jatrabari area on Monday, reports UNB.The deceased were identified as Abdul Jabbar,45, his wife Runa Khanom, 38, of Mohammadpur village...
A Dhaka court on Monday ordered to freeze 74 bank accounts owned by Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat, former chairman of Padma Bank PLC's board of director, his wife Anjuman Ara Shahid and son Chowdhury Rahib Safwan Sarafat, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior...
One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours until Monday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 13 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 19 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever,...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Sazzat Ali has emphasised the need to involve traffic police in road accident investigations, reports UNB."In the event of an accident, the investigation should be conducted using scientific methods, and the police's capabilities in...
A taskforce of the interim government has recommended establishing a "Dhaka Haat" for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), reports BSS.To promote SMEs, the government should consider setting up a "Dhaka Haat," modelled after Delhi's successful handicraft market, which operates year-round...
Those killed in July movement will be recognised as 'July Martyrs' while the injured victims will be known as 'July Warriors', reports UNB."Those martyred in the July uprising will receive certificates and identity cards, the injured ones will receive identity...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-18 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) has questioned the failure, negligence, and inaction of the authorities of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) and others in preventing incidents of theft, damage, and loss of passengers' luggage at the airport. It issued a...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-18 00:00:00
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjat Ali on Monday urged all to remain vigilant, so that none could create any trouble during the National Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day on February 21.He aired the caution during...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-18 00:00:00
The Police Headquarters on Monday called upon the people to provide exact information about the eight martyrs of the July-August uprising whose bodies were buried as unclaimed to facilitate ascertaining their identities. Assistant Inspector General (AIG) (Media and PR) Enamul...
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