The aspiration for universal health coverage (UHC), where everyone can access the necessary healthcare without facing financial hardship, remains a distant dream due to the excessive commercialisation of the health sector and a disproportionately high out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure. The UHC...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
Police on early Saturday recovered the body of a young man hanging from the ceiling in Dania area in the capital. The deceased was identified as Md Rizu Mia (35). A police official at Kadamtoli Police Station said acting on...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
The joint forces arrested 477 people across the country under Operation Devil Hunt in the last 24 hours until Saturday afternoon.According to the police headquarters, a total of 4,401 people have so far been arrested since the launching the Operation...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
An incident of fire happened at a house at Kamalbag in the capital's Islambag area on Saturday. However, there was no report of casualties.An official at the fire service office told the FE that they received information of the fire...
Gazipur, Feb 15 (UNB): Driver of a battery-run rickshaw was found dead at Hotapara in Gazipur district on Saturday.The deceased was Russel Bepari, 12, son of Abdul Kadir of Rudrapur Boherar Chala village in Sadar Upazila.His father said that Russel...
RAJSHAHI, Feb 15 (BSS): Water flow of the Padma River is declining abnormally with its mainstream and tributaries drying up, impacting the environment in the drought-prone Barind tract.Experts said the entire northern and southern regions of the country, particularly the...
Only 46 percent of the decisions made at the 2024 Deputy Commissioners (DCs) Conference have been implemented, Cabinet Secretary Sheikh Abdur Rashid has said, reports UNB.He mentioned that a total of 381 short-, medium-, and long-term decisions were made during...
Students seeking to enroll at Dhaka University for the 2024-25 academic year leave Curzon Hall after taking the admission tests under the Science Unit on Saturday. — FE Photo
The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune, was observed throughout the country with due religious fervor and devotion last night, reports BSS.On the occasion, the Islamic Foundation (IF) chalked out programs at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on Friday.Under the...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
A trader and his sister were shot and injured in front of the latter's house in Pallabi area of the capital early Saturday. The victims were identified as Md Jasim Uddin (44) and his sister Shahinur Begum (32), according to...
NEW YORK, Feb 15 (Reuters): A federal judge ordered the administration of US President Donald Trump to restore funding for hundreds of foreign aid contractors who argued that they were negatively impacted by a 90-day blanket freeze, a court filing...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
The readymade garment industry is believed to have created employment for some 4.0 million workers in the country, but there is no comprehensive database to support the figure.Mapped in Bangladesh (MiB) - an open apparel registry -has recently revealed that...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) has re-issued tenders to purchase three spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for March 05-06 and March 10-11 delivery windows.State-run Petrobangla will buy one LNG cargo for March 05-06 and two LNG cargoes...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
The popularity of Dhaka's metro rail continues to surge breaking another records with highest ridership of over 400,000 on Thursday.Despite the rising demand, the metro rail company has been unable to increase train operations or reduce headway times.According to Dhaka...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
The volume of un-invested cash in the banking sector dropped again after a significant buildup following direct credit feeding by the central bank to revive the liquidity-starved commercial banks.Commercial banks normally keep a portion of liquidity in their vaults to...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
Like state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs), the government has decided to issue state guarantees in favour of private commercial banks (PCBs) too to facilitate import of essential commodities, aiming to ensure smooth supply of such items in the local market, sources...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
High inflation is undermining Bangladeshis' inherent saving habit that gives economists to believe that deeper financial problems may be forthcoming as high prices of commodities dent household savings and investments. They note that Bangladesh has long been a nation of...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
The interim government is going to introduce a "dynamic social registry (DSR)" system to receive real-time applications seeking government support from the social safety-net programmes (SSNPs), officials said.The online registration system is expected to check fraudulent and bad-practices in the...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
Major political parties want national elections to be conducted soon on completion of necessary reforms relevant to the polls. However, opinions differ over the sequence of elections-the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) along with some other parties stresses the priority of...
NEW DELHI, Feb 14: Adani Power has agreed to fully restore supply from a 1,600 MW India power plant to Bangladesh in a few days after a gap of three months but has rejected Dhaka's request for discounts and tax...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office. Light to moderate fog may occur at places over the country during...
SAVAR, Feb 15 (BSS): At least 11 people, including four children, sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in a residential building located at Gomail area in Ashulia, Savar last night.The injured are Zahura Begum, 70, Surya Banu, 55,...
MUNSHIGANJ, Feb 15 (UNB):At least 12 people were injured in an accident involving three vehicles on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway near Nimtali bus station in Sirajdikhan upazila in Munshiganj on Saturday.Abdul Kader Zilani, officer-in-charge of Hasara highway police, said a speeding bus...
Administrator of the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mohammad Azaz visited the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) in the city to inquire physical condition of the July-Uprising injured persons on Friday, according to a press release.Earlier, he...
Candidates, whose appointment as assistant teachers in the government primary schools across Dhaka and Chattogram were cancelled by a High Court ruling, have once again taken to the streets to demand their reinstatement, reports bdnews24.com.On Saturday, they gathered at Shahbag...
Despite taking all preparations, the Dhaka Metropolitan Theatre Festival has been suspended due to "threats from a group of individuals", reports bdnews24.com.The decision was taken due to security concerns, according to Dhaka Metropolitan Theatre Council Convener Thandu Raihan.He told the...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
Police, during a raid on Friday, arrested 13 people, who were allegedly involved in mugging and drug trading for a long time in the capital's Kamrangirchar area. Cases were filed against the arrestees, and they were produced before the court.The...
Commuters and vehicles crossing the Madani Avenue at Vatara on Saturday defying a curtain of dust and other pollutants that have long been causing air pollution in the capital and posing health risks to the city dwellers. — FE Photo
The Dhaka University (DU) area came alive on Friday, the weekly holiday, with the happy coincidence of the Valentine's Day, the arrival of Spring (Basant), and the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela falling together, reports UNB.Valentine's Day and Pahela Falgun, the...
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