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DCCI suggests policy overhaul, raising techno-efficient workforce, for new-era economy

DCCI suggests policy overhaul, raising techno-efficient workforce, for new-era economy

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-07 08:41:04

Policy overhaul, curriculum update to raise technology-proficient workforce and ensuring feel-good business ambience are essential to cope with the new-era economic challenges Bangladesh will confront...

Building infrastructure in Dhaka to require city corporation nod

Building infrastructure in Dhaka to require city corporation nod

FE REPORT 2022-02-07 08:38:00

Construction of any kind of infrastructure, including residential buildings, in the capital will require one more regulatory clearance. Anyone seeking to build such structures will have to obtain suc...

City corporations' approval needed for construction work, says LGRD Minister

City corporations' approval needed for construction work, says LGRD Minister

-- 2022-02-06 22:39:35

Approval will be needed from the concerned city corporation along with Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) in order to erect any kind of establishment in Dhaka, Local Government and Rural Developme...

Minister promises strict action against anyone found involved into Safari Park animal deaths

Minister promises strict action against anyone found involved into Safari Park animal deaths

-- 2022-02-06 21:25:51

Exemplary actions will be taken against anyone found involved or responsible for the recent deaths of animals at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur. Environment, Forest and Climate Chang...

Working to keep gas price within tolerable limit, says Nasrul   

Working to keep gas price within tolerable limit, says Nasrul  

-- 2022-02-06 20:35:39

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said the government is working to keep the gas price within the tolerable level of people. "We're watchful so that any rise in...

Bangladesh an important security partner, says US

Bangladesh an important security partner, says US

-- 2022-02-06 20:19:39

The United States considers Bangladesh an "important security partner" and wants to make sure that its assistance is used consistent with the US laws and principles as the two countries are looking fo...

Focus on strengthening local government for inclusive economic growth

Focus on strengthening local government for inclusive economic growth

-- 2022-02-06 19:46:35

The government is focusing on strengthening the local government system and rural development to make economic growth inclusive. According to a budgetary document, to ensure strengthening local gover...

Search committee on EC formation sits for first time

Search committee on EC formation sits for first time

-- 2022-02-06 19:13:55

The president-appointed members of the search committee are in their first meeting to nominate candidates for the next Election Commission. Headed by Justice Obaidul Hassan, the meeting set off at th...

Rizvi describes search committee as ‘private Awami body’

Rizvi describes search committee as ‘private Awami body’

-- 2022-02-06 18:55:05

BNP’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday alleged that the government has formed a ‘private’ Awami body in the name of a search committee. “We previousl...

Seventh phase UP election Monday

Seventh phase UP election Monday

-- 2022-02-06 18:25:58

The seventh phase election to 138 Union Parishads in 24 upazilas of 20 districts is set to be held on Monday. The balloting will begin at 8am and continue till 4pm without any break, reports UNB. A...

Bangladesh's Omicron tally increases to 106

Bangladesh's Omicron tally increases to 106

-- 2022-02-06 18:19:04

The cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19 have jumped to 106 in Bangladesh, with 37 more infections being detected till Sunday, according to GISAID, a primary source that provides open access to genomi...

10 grenades recovered in Meherpur village

10 grenades recovered in Meherpur village

-- 2022-02-06 17:17:21

Police have recovered 10 locally made grenades and bomb-making equipment from a house at Hijalbaria village in Gangni upazila of Meherpur district. The Officer-in-charge of Gangni Police Station Abdu...

Bangladesh logs 8,345 infections, 29 deaths in 24hrs

Bangladesh logs 8,345 infections, 29 deaths in 24hrs

-- 2022-02-06 17:06:41

Bangladesh has registered 29 deaths from the coronavirus in a day, taking the total death toll from the disease to 28,589. It also recorded 8,359 new Covid-19 cases in a day, taking the total caseloa...

Feasibility study on Chattogram metro rail soon, says Quader

Feasibility study on Chattogram metro rail soon, says Quader

-- 2022-02-06 16:42:21

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the government is going to start a feasibility study with the help of Korea for launching a planned transport system and metro-rail in Chatt...

Poland seeks deeper cooperation with Bangladesh

Poland seeks deeper cooperation with Bangladesh

-- 2022-02-06 16:14:32

Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau has said after five decades, Bangladesh has emerged as one of the most prospective partners of Poland in South Asia. He has also sought deeper cooperation in the...

BIWTA proposes Sadarghat-Gulistan direct road link

BIWTA proposes Sadarghat-Gulistan direct road link

-- 2022-02-06 15:44:32

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has proposed a direct road link between Sadarghat and Gulistan either underground or overhead to ease the commute woes of launch passengers. Such a...

Russell T. Ahmed becomes new BASIS president

Russell T. Ahmed becomes new BASIS president

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-06 14:18:33

Russell T. Ahmed became the new president of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS). BASIS members elected the new 11-member Board of Directors known as Executive Council...

Khulna fuel traders call strike from Feb 17

Khulna fuel traders call strike from Feb 17

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-06 12:23:50

Fuel oil traders will go for an indefinite strike from February 17 in 15 districts of Khulna division to press home their six-point demand including 7.0 per cent hike in commission on fuel sale. Gene...

Supreme Court suspends judicial activities for a day in honour of late Justice Nazmul Ahasan

Supreme Court suspends judicial activities for a day in honour of late Justice Nazmul Ahasan

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-02-06 11:19:20

The Supreme Court has suspended the judicial activities at its both the Appellate and High Court Divisions for Sunday in honour of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan who passed away on Saturday. The judicial...

Mughal-era mosque needs care, not replacement

Mughal-era mosque needs care, not replacement

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-02-06 10:39:10

LALMONIRHAT: For centuries, the locals of a village in Lalmonirhat have been praying in a tiny mosque, believed to be a structure built in the Mughal period. A section of the influential people, howe...

US Congressman Meeks emphasises free, fair elections in Bangladesh

US Congressman Meeks emphasises free, fair elections in Bangladesh

FE REPORT 2022-02-06 10:09:55

US Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a statement on Saturday clearing his position on the designation of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) by the US adm...

Confidence Power enters consortium

Confidence Power enters consortium

FE REPORT 2022-02-06 09:33:21

Confidence Power Holdings Limited (CPHL), an associate company of the listed company Confidence Cement, has joined together in a consortium formed for the development of 660 MW (net) power plant at Mi...

Campaigners demand tobacco tax free from industry interference

Campaigners demand tobacco tax free from industry interference

FE REPORT 2022-02-06 09:29:28

Anti-tobacco leaders on Saturday raised a demand for the adoption of tobacco tax and price measures free from industry interference to safeguard public health. They made the call during a webinar sty...

Refund of pre-Covid recruitment fees eludes majority intending migrants

Refund of pre-Covid recruitment fees eludes majority intending migrants

FE REPORT 2022-02-06 09:16:28

The vast majority of workers who paid recruitment fees for employment overseas before the outbreak of coronavirus faced difficulties in getting refund of the money from subagents. A maximum...

Bangladesh to revise double taxation treaties with trading nations

Bangladesh to revise double taxation treaties with trading nations

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2022-02-06 09:12:40

The tax authority of Bangladesh has taken a move to revise a number of age-old double taxation avoidance treaties with major trading partners and incorporate new protocols commensurate with the digi...

Winter rain causes damage to crops

Winter rain causes damage to crops

FE REPORT 2022-02-06 09:08:12

Heavy winter rainfall, triggered by the westerly low, has caused severe damage to wheat, maize, potato, vegetable and spice fields in the last two days in parts of the country. The farmers, who plant...

Bangladesh's SPM to take yet more time to be operational

Bangladesh's SPM to take yet more time to be operational

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2022-02-06 09:04:11

The construction of single point mooring (SPM), a much-needed system to carry petroleum products from vessels far offshore to onshore storage tanks through pipelines, is nearing completion and expecte...

Revision sought before delayed start of work

Revision sought before delayed start of work

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2022-02-06 08:59:44

Four years already gone by before initially scheduled start of construction, the government agency concerned now moves to revise the Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway project mainly for extending ti...

Floating people to get Moderna doses, madrasa students to get Pfizer shots

Floating people to get Moderna doses, madrasa students to get Pfizer shots

-- 2022-02-05 21:25:37

The government will inoculate the floating population with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and almost 3 million Qawmi madrasa students with Pfizer-BioNTech doses. Nearly 3 million students and people from b...

Wholesale sanctions on Bangladesh are not warranted now, says Congressman Meeks

Wholesale sanctions on Bangladesh are not warranted now, says Congressman Meeks

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-02-05 20:08:06

US Congressman Gregory W Meeks, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a statement on Saturday concerning the designation of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) by the US administration. I...