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'Lack of premium price, policies, access to finance hurdles to green RMG'

'Lack of premium price, policies, access to finance hurdles to green RMG'

FE REPORT 2022-01-31 09:13:47

Lack of premium price for green products, inadequate policies and regulatory measures, absence of access to finance, and long payback period have been identified as major hindrances to green transitio...

Lending rate rises but not deposit returns

Lending rate rises but not deposit returns

SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2022-01-31 09:08:03

Interest spread widens further as the banks raise their lending rates, riding on higher credit demand, with deposit returns for the savers held in check, bankers say. The weighted average spread betw...

Cox’s Bazar court to deliver Sinha murder verdict on Monday

Cox’s Bazar court to deliver Sinha murder verdict on Monday

-- 2022-01-30 23:32:17

A court in Cox's Bazar district is set to deliver its verdict in a case filed over the murder of retired army officer Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan on Monday, according to BSS. Retired Major Sinha was s...

Sylhet WASA to be established soon, minister says

Sylhet WASA to be established soon, minister says

-- 2022-01-30 23:15:17

Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam on Sunday said Sylhet Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Sylhet WASA) will be established soon to solve the problem of water and...

Gazette on CEC, ECs appointment law published

Gazette on CEC, ECs appointment law published

-- 2022-01-30 22:41:29

The government has published the gazette on Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners Appointment Act, 2022. The law was passed by the parliament on January 27. The parliament sec...

DGHS cuts Covid isolation period to 10 days

DGHS cuts Covid isolation period to 10 days

-- 2022-01-30 19:48:34

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Sunday shortened the isolation period for Covid-infected patients to 10 days from 14 days. “If the body temperature remains at a low level a...

President asks judges, lawyers to ensure smooth services for justice-seekers

President asks judges, lawyers to ensure smooth services for justice-seekers

-- 2022-01-30 19:45:34

President Md Abdul Hamid has urged judges, lawyers and others concerned in the law profession to ensure smooth services for the justice-seekers.  "Justice-seekers come to you to resolve their pr...

HC asks ACC, CID to submit progress report on money launderers

HC asks ACC, CID to submit progress report on money launderers

-- 2022-01-30 18:29:45

The High Court has directed the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police to submit reports by March 6 on the progress of the investigation into th...

Mild to moderate cold wave may continue

Mild to moderate cold wave may continue

-- 2022-01-30 17:44:06

Mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions and the districts of Tangail, Gopalgonj, Faridpur, Madaripur, Rangamati, Feni, Moulvibazer, Jashore, Kushtia, Chuadanga, Bari...

‘Rice price increasing beyond control despite record stock’ 

‘Rice price increasing beyond control despite record stock’ 

-- 2022-01-30 17:40:56

The price of rice is increasing beyond control despite record production and the highest stock in silos, said Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque on Sunday. Since rice is the staple food, th...

Bangladesh records 34 new Covid deaths, highest in 19 weeks

Bangladesh records 34 new Covid deaths, highest in 19 weeks

-- 2022-01-30 17:13:38

Bangladesh has recorded 34 deaths from Covid-19 in a day, the highest daily count since Sept 22, taking the total death toll from the disease to 28,363. It also recorded 12,183 new coronavirus cases...

Speakers for conserving Bandarban hill forests to save Bangladesh from climate disaster

Speakers for conserving Bandarban hill forests to save Bangladesh from climate disaster

-- 2022-01-30 17:06:03

Speakers, at a consultation on the formulation of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP), on Sunday stressed the conservation of the hill forests in Bandarban to save the region from climate disaster. Th...

12-year-old succumbs to burn injuries after 17-day fighting for life

12-year-old succumbs to burn injuries after 17-day fighting for life

-- 2022-01-30 17:04:35

A 12-year-old boy who was injured in a gas cylinder blast alongside many other children in Cumilla’s Nangalkot Upazila has died after fighting for his life for 17 days. The victim, Sabbir Hossa...

Embassy identifies seven Bangladeshis who died of hypothermia on boat to Lampedusa

Embassy identifies seven Bangladeshis who died of hypothermia on boat to Lampedusa

-- 2022-01-30 17:01:55

The Bangladesh Embassy in Italy has identified seven Bangladeshi migrants who died of hypothermia on a boat from Libya on its way to the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa on Jan 25. Councillor Erfanu...

Covid patients must wait six weeks after recovery to get booster dose

Covid patients must wait six weeks after recovery to get booster dose

-- 2022-01-30 16:57:51

Individuals waiting to receive the booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine will have to wait six weeks after recovery to get the third shot if they test positive for the disease. Those who contract the...

Uptrend in Covid infection may continue for another two weeks, warn experts

Uptrend in Covid infection may continue for another two weeks, warn experts

-- 2022-01-30 16:50:01

As the community transmission of Covid-19 fueled by the highly virulent Omicron variant is going on in full swing across the country, public health experts warned that the uptrend in the virus infecti...

Coal mining suspended at Barapukuria as 68 officials contract COVID

Coal mining suspended at Barapukuria as 68 officials contract COVID

-- 2022-01-30 15:20:54

Sixty-eight officials of the Barapukuria Coal Mine, including the managing director, have tested positive for COVID-19. Due to the situation, coal extraction has been suspended temporarily and some 5...

Five arrested with 18,600 Yaba tablets in city

Five arrested with 18,600 Yaba tablets in city

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-30 14:16:53

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained five people along with 18600 Yaba tablets from Jatrabari area in the capital early Sunday. The detainees are Shohag Chowdhury, 25, Riazul Islam, 24, A...

Bangladesh lowers age limit for booster doses to 40 years

Bangladesh lowers age limit for booster doses to 40 years

-- 2022-01-30 13:49:01

Bangladesh will give COVID-19 vaccine shots to everyone aged 12 or older and booster shots of the vaccine to anyone 40 years and up, says Health Minister Zahid Maleque, bdnews24.com reports. People o...

Mercury dips to 6.8 degrees Celsius in Tetulia

Mercury dips to 6.8 degrees Celsius in Tetulia

FE REPORT 2022-01-30 12:46:38

A mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over 12 districts and two divisions which may continue until next 24 hours beginning on Sunday morning, according to a met office bulletin. The bulletin, prep...

Four die in Madaripur as bus runs over rescuers at car crash site

Four die in Madaripur as bus runs over rescuers at car crash site

-- 2022-01-30 12:07:00

Four people have died after a bus ran over rescuers at the scene of a car crash in Madaripur's Shibchar Upazila, bdnews24.com reports. Five others were injured in the incident which occurred around 8...

High price of warm clothes frustrates the poor

High price of warm clothes frustrates the poor

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-01-30 09:32:01

LALMONIRHAT: The high price of warm clothes have frustrated the poor and commoners in the districts. As the cold and foggy weather is blowing in the northern districts, traders of warm clothes taki...

New JnU campus caught in demarcation spat

New JnU campus caught in demarcation spat

-- 2022-01-30 09:30:23

Rocked by protests, the authorities promised a new campus for Jagannath University (JnU) six years ago. But students have not got one, with the demarcation wall yet to be built and officials having...

Bangladesh's ICT entrepreneurs want to invest abroad

Bangladesh's ICT entrepreneurs want to invest abroad

FE REPORT 2022-01-30 09:25:34

Local entrepreneurs of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector on Saturday demanded that the government allow them to invest abroad, aiming to brighten the image of Bangladesh. Th...

CEC resorts to character assassination, says Shujon

CEC resorts to character assassination, says Shujon

FE REPORT 2022-01-30 09:17:33

In reaction to a recent remark of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda, Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik- Shujan- on Saturday said the CEC has resorted to the strategy of character assassination i...

Women migrant workers deserve recognition

Women migrant workers deserve recognition

FE REPORT 2022-01-30 09:16:02

Speakers at a webinar on Saturday called for recognising and highlighting contributions of women migrant workers properly in the country. Women migrant workers are playing a crucial role with their h...

Organised quarters influence distribution of stimulus money

Organised quarters influence distribution of stimulus money

FE REPORT 2022-01-30 08:55:53

Organised quarters and powerful trade bodies influenced the selection process and policy formulation in the allocation and distribution of the stimulus packages meant for the Covid-19 victims, a study...

BRTC turning into rental service?

BRTC turning into rental service?

MUNIMA SULTANA 2022-01-30 08:53:42

The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) looks intent on turning into a rental service as it engages 30 per cent of its fleet as staff and student buses. The state transport corporation doe...

Fertiliser subsidy to be four-fold as minister promises price stability

Fertiliser subsidy to be four-fold as minister promises price stability

FE REPORT 2022-01-30 08:49:47

The government's spending on fertiliser subsidy would stand at Tk 280 billion this fiscal year (FY) due to the unusual price hike of the agriculture input in the global market, Agriculture Minister Dr...

President gives assent to bill on election commission

President gives assent to bill on election commission

-- 2022-01-29 22:31:53

President Md Abdul Hamid on Saturday gave assent to the bill titled "Appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners Bill-2022". The bill was passed in the first session of...