OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-03-02 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Mar 01: A weeklong Shiv Chaturdashi puja and fair has begun at Adinath Temple in Maheshkhali in the district.Hundreds of shops have set up stalls around the temple to sell various products during the traditional fair.Organisers said the...
A 58-year-old woman and her daughter were stabbed to at their house at Sabgram in Sadar upazila of Bogura district early Saturday, reports UNB.The deceased were identified as Anwara Begum and her daughter Sakina Begum, 35.Quoting family members, Nazmul Haque...
OUR CORRESPONDENTLALMONIRHAT, Mar 01: Potato farmers and traders of Lalmonirhat sadar upazila of the district blocked the Dhaka-Lalmonirhat for four hours on Saturday, demanding a halt to the increased cold storage rent in the current seasons. The demonstration began at...
OUR CORRESPONDENTCHANDPUR, Mar 01: The common utensils of the bell-metal industry, which were once very popular for household use in both urban and rural areas, are disappearing fast from the shops, families as well as society. Now-a-days, with technological changes,...
AKORA KHATTAK, Mar 01 (AP): Thousands of mourners attended a funeral Saturday for a Taliban-linked cleric slain in Pakistan's northwest.Hamidul Haq, the head of Jamia Haqqania seminary, was one of seven people killed in a suicide bombing a day earlier...
GAZA CITY, Mar 01 (AFP): The first phase of the Israel-Hamas truce is drawing to a close on Saturday, but negotiations on the next stage, which should secure a permanent ceasefire, have so far been inconclusive.The ceasefire took effect on...
TOKYO, Mar 01 (AFP): Japan was battling its largest wildfire in more than three decades on Saturday, one of several blazes that have killed one person and forced the evacuation of more than a thousand.Flames are estimated to have spread...
DEHRADUN, Mar 01 (AFP): At least four people died from their injuries in India after an avalanche hit a remote border area, officials said Saturday, as rescuers deployed helicopters to search for the remaining five missing.A total of 55 workers...
LONDON, Mar 01 (AFP): UK international development minister Anneliese Dodds said on Friday she was resigning from the Labour government over cuts to overseas aid ordered by Prime Minister Keir Starmer to boost defence spending."Ultimately these cuts will remove food...
ANKARA, Mar 01 (BBC): Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK has declared a ceasefire with Turkey after its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called on the movement to lay down its arms and dissolve itself.In a statement on Saturday, the PKK said...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2025-03-02 00:00:00
The interim government has been working hard over the last six months or so to guarantee political stability conducive to undertake economic repair work of macroeconomic crisis that it has inherited from the corrupt Hasina regime. This will be a...
The traffic congestion in front of the main gate of Jagannath University (JnU) has now become a an ordeal. The road in front of the main gate has practically turned into a temporary stand for buses and rickshaws. Particularly, buses...
Recent incidents at various tourist spots have raised concerns about the security of tourists. Reports indicate that crime and accidents are on the rise at many popular tourist spots, including Cox's Bazar and Bandarban. The safety and well-being of visitors...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-03-02 00:00:00
A sound public procurement system that prevents corruption through enhanced transparency and accountability, if ever implemented substantively and meaningfully, can bring multifarious benefits. It can remedy the problem of corruption in the public procurement process. It can maximise value for...
Asjadul Kibria | 2025-03-02 00:00:00
As the holy month of Ramadan starts on Sunday in Bangladesh, there will be a surge in charity as part of the observance of the month by the Muslims. Besides the various forms of voluntary charities to support underprivileged people,...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) is about to issue yet another Islamic Shariah-based bond, popularly known as Sukuk, on behalf of the government to help the latter bankroll the construction of rural infrastructures. Earlier, the BB had raised Tk.190 billion by...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-03-01 12:00:00
Dawn and dusk are times apparently opposite to each other. Dawn breaks forth before sunrise and dusk sets in before evening. Both are transitory periods that act as the meeting points of two different phases of the 24-hour circle of...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-01 12:00:00
Stock price of S Alam Cold Rolled Steels, owned by the embattled S Alam Group, continued to soar on the Dhaka Stock Exchange for the second consecutive week, even after the prime bourse served a show-cause notice, enquiring about the...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
Late lamented finance minister and BNP politician M Saifur Rahman was posthumously honoured with the Gunijan Sambardhana-2024 on Friday.The event for honouring distinguished persons was a joint initiative by the Bonik Barta and the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).This...
Visitors throng the Ekushey Book Fair at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on Friday, the last day of the month-long event. — FE photo
Eminent theatre personality and academician Dr Syed Jamil Ahmed has announced his resignation from the position of Director General of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), reports UNB.He made the sudden announcement on Friday evening while attending the closing ceremony of...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
Construction cost of the Payra Sea-Port terminal and associated facilities has increased significantly due to delay in project implementation, currency depreciation, and pandemic-induced disruptions.The total project cost is now expected to rise by approximately Tk14.46 billion, officials confirmed.During the Covid-19...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
The government is set to issue necessary guidelines next week to enforce the use of authorised helmets for motorbike users as substandard and unsafe ones have gone out of control, especially in the capital.Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) is leading...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
The energy division has requested the government to earmark Tk 22.25 billion in the next fiscal year for drilling wells to enhance gas and oil production, conducting seismic surveys, and exploring mineral resources, officials have said.Energy and Mineral Resources Division...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus has called for making the upcoming international conference on the Rohingya crisis a big success in an effort to put the decades-long humanitarian tragedy on the world map and mobilise more support for the...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs of the interim government released the list of July Fighters- people who were severely injured during the mass uprising in July, said a spokesman for the Chief Adviser's Office on Friday.A gazette notification was...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
A set of recommendations by the home ministry asks for making it mandatory for traders to supply imported essential commodities to the market on time from their stocks to thwart market volatility.Officials say conducting regular monitoring of corporate businesses, hoarders...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh's fiscal deficit rose to approximately 0.7 per cent of GDP, or Tk 387.72 billion, in the first five months (July-November) of the current fiscal year in a rise from last year's 0.03 per cent, according to official statistics.The surge...
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