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WEEKLY MARKET REVIEW: New Year brings no cheer for investors

WEEKLY MARKET REVIEW: New Year brings no cheer for investors

BABUL BARMAN 2023-01-07 09:37:55

The benchmark equity index retreated marginally at the end of the first trading week of 2023 as there is no sign of economic pain ending anytime soon. Buying activity remained subdued as investors...

Country is now under rule of an individual, says BNP leader Tuku

Country is now under rule of an individual, says BNP leader Tuku

-- 2023-01-06 21:27:42

BNP senior leader Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku on Friday lamented that the country is running according to the will of one person. "We waged the Liberation War for democracy, but that democracy has now be...

Adequate winter gears advised for Biswa Ijtema devotees

Adequate winter gears advised for Biswa Ijtema devotees

-- 2023-01-06 21:25:31

The Ministry of Religious Affairs gave necessary instructions including wearing adequate winter gears, to Biswa Ijtema devotees. The ministry gave the instructions on Thursday for the smooth manageme...

Bangladesh has progressed lot in last 14 years: PM

Bangladesh has progressed lot in last 14 years: PM

-- 2023-01-06 21:04:02

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the image of Bangladesh has become brighter in the world arena in the last 14 years since her government has taken power in 2009. "Today none treats Bangla...

BNP’s many forefront leaders are election-oriented, says Hasan Mahmud

BNP’s many forefront leaders are election-oriented, says Hasan Mahmud

-- 2023-01-06 20:56:14

Information Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said many forefront leaders of BNP are election-oriented. Noting that the forefront leaders of BNP have the des...

BNP, Jamaat want to ‘usurp power’ by misleading people: PM

BNP, Jamaat want to ‘usurp power’ by misleading people: PM

-- 2023-01-06 19:49:03

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the BNP and its ally the Jamaat-e-Islami have launched their activities to ‘usurp power’ by misleading people before the next general election. In he...

Dhaka records lowest temp so far on Friday

Dhaka records lowest temp so far on Friday

FE ONLINE REPORT         2023-01-06 19:38:39

The capital Dhaka on Friday recorded the lowest minimum temperature so far this winter, according to met office officials. Dhaka recorded the capital's lowest temperature of 12.5 degrees Celsius on T...

Law minister says government does not interfere in judiciary

Law minister says government does not interfere in judiciary

-- 2023-01-06 19:19:22

The government does not interfere in the judiciary, the law minister said on Friday about the government's appeal against the High Court bail granted to BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mir...

Bangladesh records 10 new Covid cases, zero deaths

Bangladesh records 10 new Covid cases, zero deaths

-- 2023-01-06 18:46:55

Bangladesh has recorded 10 cases of the coronavirus in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,240. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,440 over the 24-hour period...

Bangladesh reports eight more dengue cases in 24 hours

Bangladesh reports eight more dengue cases in 24 hours

-- 2023-01-06 18:44:40

Eight more people were hospitalised with dengue in the 24 hours to Friday morning. However, no fatalities were reported during this period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DG...

Chuadanga shivers at 9-degree Celsius

Chuadanga shivers at 9-degree Celsius

-- 2023-01-06 18:06:33

Biting cold gripped Chuadanga as the lowest temperature in the country on Friday was recorded at 9.0 degrees Celsius in the district. Temperature between 8 to 10 degrees Celsius is considered a mild...

Momen slams killing of Bangladeshi in US, denounces hate crime

Momen slams killing of Bangladeshi in US, denounces hate crime

-- 2023-01-06 17:30:07

Referring to the killing of a Bangladeshi in the US, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday said Bangladesh does not want any hate crime anywhere in the world.  “The Bangladeshi communi...

Stage collapses at Chhatra League anniversary event

Stage collapses at Chhatra League anniversary event

-- 2023-01-06 17:29:05

The main stage at the Bangladesh Chhatra League's 75th founding anniversary event collapsed during the opening ceremony in Dhaka. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader was delivering his ad...

16 fishermen held for catching Parshe fries in Sundarbans

16 fishermen held for catching Parshe fries in Sundarbans

-- 2023-01-06 17:16:53

The Forest Department has detained 16 fishermen from the Sundarbans for catching Parshe (mullet) fries, during its breeding period from November-January, from the river and canals defying a ban. A te...

Mild cold wave may continue in parts of Bangladesh

Mild cold wave may continue in parts of Bangladesh

-- 2023-01-06 17:16:20

A mild cold wave is sweeping over the districts of Naogaon, Dinajpur, Panchagarh, Jashore and Chuadanga and it may continue, said a Met Office release here today. "The temperature might be increased...

DCAB pays homage to Bangabandhu at Dhanmondi 32

DCAB pays homage to Bangabandhu at Dhanmondi 32

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-06 15:00:02

The newly elected members of the Executive Committee of the Diplomatic Correspondents’ Association of Bangladesh (DCAB) have paid homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi 32 in D...

Why hasn’t the UN recognised 1971 Bangladesh Genocide yet?

Why hasn’t the UN recognised 1971 Bangladesh Genocide yet?

Tarana Halim 2023-01-06 14:21:56

Seventy-five years after the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide came into force, one of its glaring failures has been not recognising the 1971 Bangladesh genocide...

Caretaker couple found dead at Dinajpur house

Caretaker couple found dead at Dinajpur house

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-06 13:54:40

A couple was found dead in a house in Dinajpur town early Friday, police said. The deceased were identified as Mojibor Rahman and his wife Suraiya Begum, 55, from the town. They used to work as caret...

3 CU BCL men hurt as Shuttle Train spat triggers clash

3 CU BCL men hurt as Shuttle Train spat triggers clash

UNB 2023-01-06 13:32:08

Three people have been injured in a clash between two factions of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Chittagong University (CU) unit following a spat on the Shuttle Train, police said. The injure...

PM Hasina pays homage to Bangabandhu at Tungipara

PM Hasina pays homage to Bangabandhu at Tungipara

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-06 12:47:41

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Jan 6, 2023) paid rich tributes and offered prayers at the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman inTungipara of Gopalganj di...

PM to address nation this evening on 4yrs of current tenure

PM to address nation this evening on 4yrs of current tenure

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-06 10:39:09

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation this evening (Jan 6, 2023) marking the completion of the fourth year of the current tenure of the Awami League government. "The Prime Minister wil...

A turtle lays 125 eggs on Cox's Bazar beach

A turtle lays 125 eggs on Cox's Bazar beach

OUR CORRESPONDENT, COX'S BAZAR 2023-01-06 10:14:47

After almost a year, a sea turtle laid 125 eggs on a deserted beach in Cox's Bazar again. On Tuesday evening, the turtle laid its eggs and returned to the sea at Pechar Dweep beach adjacent to the Ban...

Rooppur consignment on sanctioned Russian ship may come by road from India

Rooppur consignment on sanctioned Russian ship may come by road from India

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-06 10:08:41

The consignment meant for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) that had to be turned away from Bangladesh shores due to being carried by a US-sanctioned vessel, may ultimately be sent to their destin...

Dhaka's air in 'very unhealthy' zone with AQI score of 209

Dhaka's air in 'very unhealthy' zone with AQI score of 209

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-06 10:03:58

Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the ‘very unhealthy' zone on Friday morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 209 at 9:20 am, the metropolis ranked third in the list of world cit...

Protests as Bangladeshi youth, ‘armed with knife’, shot dead by police in US

Protests as Bangladeshi youth, ‘armed with knife’, shot dead by police in US

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-06 09:45:00

A young man from an expatriate Bangladeshi community in the US has been gunned down by police at the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts, bdnews24.com reports. The Bangladesh Association of New...

Education materials get pricier hitting port city students

Education materials get pricier hitting port city students

Nazimuddin Shyamol 2023-01-06 09:13:59

CHATTOGRAM: Escalation in cost of education materials as well as the admission fees of schools has turned out to be a worrying issue for the port city students and their guardians this year. Prices o...

Bangladesh eyes Indian cooperation for hydropower imports from Nepal, Bhutan

Bangladesh eyes Indian cooperation for hydropower imports from Nepal, Bhutan

-- 2023-01-05 21:47:35

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has sought "visible Indian cooperation" for importing hydropower from Nepal and Bhutan. He joined a bilateral meeting on electricit...

31 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

31 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2023-01-05 19:55:40

A total of 31 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours till 8:00 am today (Thursday). "As many as 25 dengue patients were hospitalized in D...

Over 0.12m Bangladeshis likely to perform Hajj this year

Over 0.12m Bangladeshis likely to perform Hajj this year

-- 2023-01-05 19:41:41

The government will sign an agreement with Saudi Arabia on January 9 on Hajj and it hopes that over 0.12 Bangladeshis will be able to perform Hajj this year if the previous quota is upheld by the KS...

Bangladesh puts energy hopes in first nuclear power plant

Bangladesh puts energy hopes in first nuclear power plant

Reuters 2023-01-05 18:32:26

Bangladeshi engineering student Noyon Ali, 22, serves ice-cream and fruit juice at a stall on a hot, dusty roadside to Russian customers, using a menu translated with an online app. He moved across...