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Public subscription of Walton Hi-Tech Industries Ltd is set to open on August 9 which will be continued until August 16. The company received the letter of consent from the...
Local cement manufacturers have urged the government to ensure competitive vessel system for the sake of industry and consumers. Theyput forward the demand following a recent circular issued by the...
Health ministry has sought an estimated Tk 5.0-billion emergency fund from the government with an eye to fighting Covid-19, officials said. To this effect, central medical stores depot (CMSD) has...
The United States will leave the World Health Organization (WHO) on July 6, 2021, the United Nations said on Tuesday, after receiving notification of the decision by President Donald Trump,...
The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) has developed a mobile application for reliably estimating mango yields. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) data often contradicts with the estimates of the...
Rajshahi University will hold online classes of all departments. The decision was taken on Tuesday in a virtual meeting between the vice-chancellor and the faculty deans and institute directors. Faculty...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Fazle Noor Taposh on Tuesday revealed that the infection rate at Wari was 50 per cent three days after imposing lockdown there on July...
The government is set to cut furnace oil price in the local market in a couple of days, a senior energy ministry official told the FE on Saturday. The decision...
The Dhaka WASA (DWASA) has failed to start works of Saidabad Water Treatment Plant (WTP) Project Phase-III even in five years, which has escalated its cost by 68 per cent...
A group of Supreme Court lawyers on Tuesday demanded to restart the regular activities in all courts across the country, including the Supreme Court, immediately in the interest of the...
The High Court on Tuesday stayed the effectiveness of a government notification that cancelled freedom fighter status of 119 members of Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB). The HC bench of...
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for coronavirus. He took the test, his fourth, on Monday after developing symptoms, including a high temperature. Mr Bolsonaro has repeatedly played down...
Now a days, banking is much different than it was in pre-pandemic times. Many banks allow their employees to work from home with fourth generation ITC support through core banking...
The customer is the king - an old saying in business. The corresponding Japanese proverb goes even a degree higher -- "the customer is god", a reflection of the very...
Fashion brands and retailers re-opening around the world to patchy demand, and carrying unsold stock from spring have cut fall orders by as much as two-thirds in moves spelling more...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) sealed off the head office of Regent Group and its hospital in the city's Uttara after they were found issuing fake Covid-19 test certificates and collecting...
A group of scuba divers have come up with a neat way of tackling two major problems, by recycling ocean plastic waste into coronavirus face masks. Using water bottles recovered...
Amid the unsettling of oversees job markets, new concerns have arisen over the youths seeking employment abroad as well as those migrant workers who may lose or have already lost...
A Dhaka court sent Abdus Salam, a staff of ‘Mayur-2’ launch arrested in connection with the Buriganga launch capsize, on a three-day remand. Dhaka Senior Cheif Judicial Magistrate Mishkat Shukrana...
Crest Securities Ltd Managing Director Md Shahid Ullah and his wife Nipa Sultana have confessed to their involvement with the embezzlement of clients’ funds during primary interrogations, police say. “As...
Nothing was impossible in our Dhaka University domain of the first few years. From morning till late night, we studied and talked about ideas to make a different world. A...
Shutting down the state-run jute mills with more than 25,000 workers rendered jobless is no doubt a bolt from the blue at a time when livelihoods of millions across the...
Bangladesh will open an investigation against Ambassador SM Abul Kalam if Kuwait brings any allegation against him in a case that charges MP Shahid Islam with human trafficking and money...
Singer Selim Chowdhury has been infected with coronavirus in Sylhet. The 55-year old is now undergoing treatment at Sylhet North East Medical College Hospital, its managing director Doctor Shahriar Chowdhury...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has directed the VAT administration at the field level to take legal actions against those registered business firms which do not hang turnover tax...
State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud has refrained from disclosing the probe report on the launch capsize incident in Buriganga river saying that it would be revealed after completion of...
The World Health Organisation has urged travellers to wear masks on planes and keep themselves informed as COVID-19 cases surge again in some countries, prompting new restrictions in places like...
The first loan disbursement ceremony of Grameen Yemen Foundation (GYF) was held at Az Zuhrah branch, the first Microcredit Branch of Grameen Yemen in the Al Hudaydah Governorate of Yemen...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) found Aedes larvae at 92 houses and establishments and fined Tk 126,310 on Tuesday, the fourth day of its combing operation. The DNCC has been...
The central bank of Bangladesh has relaxed regulations aiming to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) through providing three more facilities to foreign investors. Under the relaxations, foreign investors are eligible...
The government has ordered a shutdown of two branches of Regent Hospital in Dhaka’s Uttara and Mirpur on charges of issuing fake COVID-19 test reports. The authorities found evidence of...
The global COVID-19 pandemic has pushed more than 250 million people to the brink of starvation and dashed hopes of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030, a UN expert said in...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) are on high alert to prevent cattle smuggling as the smugglers remained active ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslims. BGB...
Around 70 per cent fisherman are currently without jobs due to the ongoing 65-day ban on fishing in the Bay of Bengal, according to a study. It also revealed that...
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) in Bangladesh completed its first Receivables Finance transaction for M&J Group, one of the leading Ready-made Garment (RMG) exporters in Bangladesh. This...
A total of 211 people, including 44 judges and 167 staff, of the subordinate courts were found infected with Covid-19 until Monday. Law Ministry confirmed the matter in a press...
As global growth recovers in the coming quarters, Bangladesh stands to benefit from its strong economic fundamentals and will likely continue to deliver steady growth rates despite COVID-19 pandemic. Co-head...
Vietnam reported no new cases of COVID-19 infection on Tuesday, with its total confirmed cases remaining at 369 with zero deaths so far, according to its Ministry of Health. A...
The government has launched a digital haat, believed to be the biggest platform of such, for selling and buying sacrificial animals ahead of the coming Eid-ul Azha by maintaining social...
As global growth recovers in the coming quarters, Bangladesh stands to benefit from its strong economic fundamentals and will likely continue to deliver steady growth rates. This is according to...
Ridesharing company Uber has started rentals service ‘Uber Rentals’ allowing riders to book a car and its driver for several hours at a stretch and make multiple stops on a...
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) is planning to introduce special trains for transporting sacrificial animals to Dhaka and Chattogram from different districts of western and northern zones. Railway Minister Nurul Islam...
The government has decided to give 10kg free rice to each poor family during the Eid-ul-Azha amid the coronavirus pandemic. Government aid will amount to 100,068 tonnes of rice for...
Italy is suspending all flights from Bangladesh for one week due to a ‘significant number’ of passengers who tested positive to the coronavirus on a flight to Rome on Monday....
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said the government will not spare anybody if found involved in human trafficking and money laundering. "The government maintains zero tolerance against...
Former vice- president of Khulna divisional and district Krira Sangstha died of Covid-19 at a hospital in Khulna on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Sardar Rafiqul Islam, 68, of...
Today (July 07, 2020) is the last day to send suggestions and opinions for the country’s monetary policy for the fiscal year (FY21). Bangladesh Bank has already started to work...
An apparent outbreak of bubonic plague in China is being “well managed” and is not considered to represent a high risk, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday....
China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) provided relief materials for distribution among 2,000 poor families in Khulana City Corporation area, who are badly affected by Covid pandemic. Relief materials include...
Trading on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) will return to normal schedule of four hours tomorrow (Wednesday). As per the new decision, trading at the bourses...
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