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BNP MP Harun secures six-month interim bail

BNP MP Harun secures six-month interim bail

UNB 2019-10-28 20:02:30

The High Court (HC) on Monday granted six-month interim bail to BNP MP Harun-ur Rashid Harun of Chapainawabganj-3 constituency in a case filed for abusing duty-free import privilege. The HC bench of...

EU agrees to Brexit extension to 31 January

EU agrees to Brexit extension to 31 January

BBC 2019-10-28 15:43:15

The EU has agreed to extend Brexit until 31 January 2020, according to a tweet from the European Council president. Donald Tusk said the bloc would allow for a so-called "flextension" - meaning the U...

British MPs to vote on Johnson’s 12 December election call

British MPs to vote on Johnson’s 12 December election call

-- 2019-10-28 12:46:03

British MPs are due to vote later on the government's call to have an election on 12 December. Boris Johnson said if the motion was approved, his Brexit bill would resume its progress through Parliam...

Dhaka's air quality   

Dhaka's air quality  

-- 2019-10-27 22:13:51

Almost every aspect of urban Dhaka appears to have gone out of control. Over the last couple of decades, indexes on living conditions in the capital city have been on a decline. Against this backdrop,...

Farm credit disbursement picks up

Farm credit disbursement picks up

Siddique Islam 2019-10-27 10:21:52

Farm credit disbursement grew by nearly 2.0 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of fiscal year (FY) 2019-20, as demand for such loan started generating after floods. Disbursement rose to Tk 35.55 bill...

Scaling up the 'Ease of Doing Business' ladder

Scaling up the 'Ease of Doing Business' ladder

-- 2019-10-26 22:07:17

Bangladesh has reasons to be elated by the outcome of this year's ' Ease of Doing Business' report of the World Bank (WB). For, it has moved eight notches up in the Doing Business Index -- an unpreced...

Child vulnerability to climate change

Child vulnerability to climate change

-- 2019-10-25 21:56:27

A  United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) report paints a bleak picture for at least 19 million of children in Bangladesh on account of climate change. Notwithstanding the marked improvement in...

Family wants to send ‘ailing' Khaleda abroad, says Selima

Family wants to send ‘ailing' Khaleda abroad, says Selima

-- 2019-10-25 20:23:30

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s sister Selima Islam on Friday said they want to send the former prime minister abroad for better medical care as she is ‘seriously sick’, reports UNB....

Is road safety really illusive?

Is road safety really illusive?

-- 2019-10-24 21:31:45

As the country observed October 22 as the Road Safety Day, lead newspapers including the FE took a moment on the grim recollection of thousands of lives lost every year in road accidents. The day mean...

Message from RMG export decline

Message from RMG export decline

-- 2019-10-23 21:41:47

To go by the report on negative growth experienced by readymade garments (RMG) export to some major destinations in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, there is no reason to give a knee-jerk...

Swechchhasebak League president Kausar removed

Swechchhasebak League president Kausar removed

-- 2019-10-23 13:12:45

Swechchhasebak League President Mollah Md Abu Kausar has been removed from his post in the party for his alleged links to illicit casinos. “He was relieved of his duty as per a directive from A...

Virtual window to speed up customs clearance   

Virtual window to speed up customs clearance  

-- 2019-10-22 22:10:11

The pains that businesses undergo at the country's ports, particularly at seaports, are proverbial. They do suffer at every stage there and count extra costs because of the delays in taking delivery o...

Credit for small and marginal farmers   

Credit for small and marginal farmers  

-- 2019-10-21 22:04:29

The Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) has a plan for disbursing loans among small and marginal farmers including small rural entrepreneurs under a Tk 100 billion credit programme. If things go according to...

'World Craft City' status for Sonargaon   

'World Craft City' status for Sonargaon  

-- 2019-10-20 21:59:43

The recognition of Sonargaon, a region not far from Dhaka, as a World Craft City is undoubtedly a befitting tribute to the place. It was the birthplace of the fabled 'muslin'. Through the ages, its su...

Omar Faruk removed from Jubo League

Omar Faruk removed from Jubo League

-- 2019-10-20 21:34:06

Omar Faruk Chowdhury has been relieved of his duty as chairman of the ruling Awami League’s youth front Jubo League. The decision was taken during a meeting between party chief Prime Minister S...

Quader takes jab at Menon over election comment

Quader takes jab at Menon over election comment

-- 2019-10-20 13:42:46

Taking a swipe at Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon for his claim that people could not cast their votes in the last parliamentary elections, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on S...

Getting numbers right in company financials

Getting numbers right in company financials

-- 2019-10-19 21:27:33

Numbers in the financials of companies, listed or otherwise, are always important. No less important is the role of the auditors who prepare the financials. Their honesty and integrity do matter most,...

Welcome boost to SMEs   

Welcome boost to SMEs  

-- 2019-10-18 22:17:06

The launching of the first ever Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) toolkit pilot project by the United Nations Global Contact (UNGC) in partnership with local banks and other development partners could...

Impediment to NBR revenue collection   

Impediment to NBR revenue collection  

-- 2019-10-17 22:17:54

Tax collection fell short of the target by Tk 93.18 billion during the July-August period of the current fiscal recording a paltry 3.35 per cent growth. All the three wings of the National Board of Re...

Expansion of BSTI operation

Expansion of BSTI operation

-- 2019-10-16 21:40:29

The proposed expansion of operation by the Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institution (BSTI) at the upazila level should be considered a welcome development. Currently, its range and scope are stretc...

Oikyafront wants to hold public rally on October 22

Oikyafront wants to hold public rally on October 22

UNB 2019-10-16 19:30:13

Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, has decided to hold a public rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on October 22, protesting the murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad.  The alliance wil...

Advancing agricultural mechanisation   

Advancing agricultural mechanisation  

-- 2019-10-15 22:12:32

A three-day workshop organised by the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) that ended on Monday in Gazipur came out with a recommendation that necessitates follow-up and introspection. Th...

Boosting trade with Indonesia   

Boosting trade with Indonesia  

-- 2019-10-14 22:06:33

Both Bangladesh and Indonesia are all set to submit a list of as many as 300 products to each other for duty-free access to their respective market under a preferential trade agreement (PTA). The init...

UZ polls in C’nawabganj: Voting underway

UZ polls in C’nawabganj: Voting underway

-- 2019-10-14 13:03:45

Balloting was underway in the Sadar Upazila Parishad election in Chapainawabganj district on Monday. Voting started at 9:00am and will continue till 5:00pm. Three candidates are contesting for the c...

Nabinagar municipality polls begins in B’baria

Nabinagar municipality polls begins in B’baria

-- 2019-10-14 12:31:07

The maiden election to Nabinagar Municipality of Brahmanbaria district is being held on Monday. Voting started at 9:00am and will continue till 5:00pm. A total of 36,764 voters are expected to exerc...

Towards a tolerant society   

Towards a tolerant society  

-- 2019-10-13 22:05:22

The Prime Minister while speaking at a press conference at Ganabhaban in the capital about her visit to India recently on October 9, also referred to the merciless killing of a BUET student, Abrar Fah...

AL not in favour of banning student politics: Quader

AL not in favour of banning student politics: Quader

-- 2019-10-13 20:15:23

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said Awami League (AL) does not back the idea of banning student politics but legal action will be taken if anyone commits any misdeed in the na...

BNP leader Hafiz gets bail

BNP leader Hafiz gets bail

-- 2019-10-13 19:28:24

BNP Vice-Chairman Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed secured bail from a court in Dhaka on Sunday in a case filed under the Digital Security Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Atiqul Islam granted the ba...

Improving country's ability to compete   

Improving country's ability to compete  

-- 2019-10-12 22:20:15

That the country has slipped two more steps in this year's Global Competitiveness Index would surely add to the citizens' frustration. Last year, it had descended one step in contrast to a seven-step...

A novel laudable effort   

A novel laudable effort  

-- 2019-10-11 22:07:10

The European Union envoys in Dhaka on Wednesday participated in a novel initiative by coming out in the open with gunny bags in their hands. The ostensible aim of the effort jointly organised by the G...