FE REPORT | 2025-02-13 00:00:00
The country's largest private general insurance company Green Delta Insurance has reported an 11.78 per cent lower profit to Tk 540 million for 2024, compared to the year before, as its premium income fell.However, the company has declared a 25...
Despite the existence of laws aimed at protecting the rights of persons with disabilities, social stigma and inadequate implementation continue to marginalise this vulnerable group. Many individuals with disabilities face barriers in accessing education, healthcare, and employment opportunities. In schools,...
Bangladesh is going through a cultural change due to globalisation. Some regard this shift as social degeneration, while others refer to it as the Cultural Revolution. There have been conflicting responses in society to cultural shifts in the name of...
Syed Muhammed Showaib | 2025-02-13 00:00:00
It's no secret that wilful loan defaulters are bleeding Bangladeshi banks dry. Loan defaults are not unusual in banking systems worldwide. They occur often, sometimes due to procedural weaknesses or poor choices. Lehman Brothers defaulted due to reckless investments in...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-02-13 00:00:00
Dhaka as a city is imploding. Overpopulation, civic amenities overburdened and only a limited mass transit system, traffic congestion, unregulated high-rises defying building codes, festering slums and finally insecurity have made this capital city a living hell. This cannot go...
Responsible for much of the country's economic malaise are some banks that failed not only to perform their stated duties but also bungled banking provisions in order to allow wide-scale misappropriation of funds. Some directors on the boards of a...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2025-02-13 00:00:00
Abraham Lincoln remains a consequential figure in history. The anniversary of his birth having gone —- he was born on 12 February 1809 —- it is for those interested in the annals of great men and women inhabiting particular periods...
Shamim Ahmed | 2025-02-12 12:00:00
In 1950, total global plastic production was 1.50 million tonnes. It gradually increased and reached at 365 million tonnes in 2019. It is now presumed that the volume would be doubled in 2050. Because of its various advantages like light...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday set April 17 to submit a probe report in the case lodged over the Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve heist that took place in 2016, reports BSS.Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ziadur Rahman set the date...
Feb 10 (AP): Nearly 200 nations faced a Monday deadline to file what the United Nations' climate chief calls "among the most important policy documents governments will produce this century" - their plans on how they will cut emissions of...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-12 00:00:00
Governance, financing, and service-delivery challenges in urban healthcare require urgent structural reforms, according to a consensus experts reached at the Urban Health Policy Workshop held in the capital on Tuesday.The multi-stakeholder discussion was organised by Power and Participation Research Centre...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-12 00:00:00
Candidates for the post of assistant teacher in government primary schools continued their sit-in on Tuesday at Shahbagh demanding the reinstatement of canceled recruitment.The protesters, who are currently under the third phase of recruitment, have been demanding the appointment of...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-02-12 00:00:00
The development of the dedicated bus corridor on Gazipur-Airport route appears to be never-ending, as the project has already witnessed extensions for the seventh time.Just as the project was nearing completion, with only 3 per cent left, two Chinese contractors...
Law Adviser Asif Nazrul has expressed hope that verdicts in three to four cases filed with the International Crimes Tribunal, or ICT, over crimes against humanity during the July uprising will be delivered by October, reports bdnews24.com.Addressing a press briefing...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-02-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh's interim government is working to improve relations with Middle-Eastern development partners as the ties were in a shambles during the ousted Sheikh Hasina regime, officials said Tuesday.The government has not only improved communications for economic cooperation with Gulf and...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-02-12 00:00:00
The government has decided to strictly examine every stage of the supply chain of nine key commodities so that consumers can buy the essential items at fair prices from the kitchen market, sources said.The items are rice, edible oil, onion,...
A steady stream of people descends the staircase connected to the city's Babubazar Bridge. Those, especially from the lower- and lower-middle classes who cannot afford the high cost of accommodation in the capital Dhaka, reside in Keraniganj and use the...
The joint forces arrested 607 people across the country under 'Operation Devil Hunt' on the third day of the operation, reports UNB. It brings the total arrested in the first three days of the operation till Tuesday afternoon to 2258,...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-12 00:00:00
An initiative has been taken to introduce a modern city bus service with 500 electric buses by developing the necessary infrastructure under the bus-route franchise (BRF) system. The aim is to improve the air quality of Dhaka, which is often...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-12 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus raised concern over the US decision to freeze aid to key projects in Bangladesh, including lifesaving efforts of ICDDR'B, and sought continuity of the development funding. He expressed the concern when US Chargé d'affaires in...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh has scored its lowest in 13 years on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2024 released by Berlin-based Transparency International (TI). With a score of 23, down by one point from that in 2023, Bangladesh ranks 151st out of 180...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-02-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh asks the contracted Indian conglomerate to resume full-scale operation of its Adani Power Jharkhand Ltd (APJL) plant as the oncoming summer is to hike country's power demand.The state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board dispatched a letter to Adani a couple...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-02-12 00:00:00
Government authorities have got down to devising a strategy for keeping competitiveness of four major export sectors beyond apparel after 2026 when export subsidy will go following Bangladesh's graduation from world's poor-country club.The four sectors -- leather and leather goods,...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-12 00:00:00
In a call on Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna, World Bank Vice-President Martin Raiser on Tuesday suggested separation of tax administration and tax policy to improve transparency and governance in the revenue system....
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country during late night to morning.Night temperature may rise...
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) is set to introduce an online appointment service for outpatients from March 1 to lessen suffering of patients and improve medical services, reports BSS.Vice-chancellor Prof Dr Md Shahinul Alam made the announcement at a...
One person died of dengue while 16 were admitted to hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning, reports BSS."During the period, two patients were hospitalised in Khulna, seven in Chattogram, two in Dhaka North city...
February 11, 2025 marks 13 years since the brutal murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, yet law enforcement agencies have not been able to identify the motive behind the much-discussed crime, reports UNB.Over the years, the submission...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-12 00:00:00
The interim government is considering imposing charges on industrial water usage and will categorise industries based on water consumption while offering incentives for recycling initiatives.Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the environment, forest and climate change and water resources ministries, made...
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