Bazlul H Khondker and Samah J Majid | 2025-12-29 00:00:00
Remittances have long underpinned Bangladesh's economy - boosting household consumption, stabilising the balance of payments and acting as a buffer against shocks. From a modest US$1.4 billion in the 1997 financial year, inflows surpassed US$30 billion in the 2025 financial...
Muhammad Zamir | 2025-12-29 00:00:00
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has recently pointed out that climate change is beginning to become an existential threat for humanity. In this context environmentalist Cecilia Russel has drawn the attention of the world to some observations made recently...
Public services are a key way through which a state ensures administrative support, development and justice for its citizens. However, in Bangladesh, prolonged delays in public services have become a persistent problem, causing widespread inconvenience and harassment.Even for simple certificates...
In the modern healthcare system, alongside doctors and nurses, medical technologists and diploma pharmacists play an essential role in ensuring accurate diagnosis and proper medication management. From the delicate scientific work of diagnosing diseases to guaranteeing the safe distribution and...
The headline of the editorial in the December 28, 2025 issue of The Financial Express was erroneously printed as "Ensuring expeditions commercial justice". It should have been "Ensuring expeditious commercial justice". We regret the inadvertent mistake.
Neil Ray | 2025-12-29 00:00:00
That 40-41people terminate their lives every day, according to recent police data, in this country should send a chill down the spine. The very word 'suicide' has a story behind and that certainly is not very positive. People by nature...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-12-29 00:00:00
The interim government inherited the virtual wreckage of a state left by the autocracy toppled in the popular upsurge. The financial sector, especially the banks were in a shambles. The ousted autocracy would like to portray a rosy picture of...
Bangladesh is predominantly a rural country, with around 68 per cent of its population living in rural areas. A large segment of this population is deprived of formal banking services due to a lack of bank branches in remote areas....
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
A 25-year-old man, Abu Sufian Siju, was beaten and hacked after being tied to an electric pole in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj, leaving him in critical condition. He has been admitted to the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure by Islamic banks in Bangladesh has witnessed a persistent downward trend, with spending in the third quarter of 2025 falling significantly from what it was a year ago.According to the latest Bangladesh Bank (BB) data,...
KISHOREGANJ, Dec 27 (BSS) : A total of 35 sacks of cash, along with gold ornaments and foreign currency, have been recovered from 13 donation boxes at the historic Pagla Mosque in Kishoreganj.The donation boxes were opened at around 7:00...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
At least 30 leaders of the central committee of the National Citizen Party (NCP) have raised strong objections to any potential political alliance or seat-sharing arrangement with the Jamaat-e-Islami-led eight-party bloc.In a letter sent on Saturday to NCP Convener Nahid...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) project, originally planned for 9.5 years with a budget of Tk 1.13 trillion, is set to reach the end of its tenure next Tuesday. So far, around 72.5 per cent of the works has...
Joypurhat, Dec 27 (UNB): Indian Border Security Force (BSF) attempted to construct a barbed-wire fence at the Ghonapara border in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat on Saturday morning, violating international border regulations, but were forced to stop after intervention by Border...
COX'S BAZAR, Dec 27 (BSS) : A fire broke out on the Saint Martin-bound vessel 'The Atlantic Cruise' at the Nuniachara BIWTA (Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority) Ghat here early Saturday, killing one crew member.The fire erupted in the engine...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
The push to expand agro-processing is running up against a fundamental constraint: much of the country's farm output does not meet industrial specifications. Despite frequent bumper harvests driven by fertile alluvial soil, ample freshwater and a monsoon-based agro-climate, processors say...
MUNIMA SULTANAA delegation from a leading South Korean rolling-stock manufacturer is expected to visit Dhaka soon to explore the possibility of setting up an assembly plant for metro- and conventional-railway coaches in Bangladesh.The move comes as authorities seek ways to...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
Almost all of Bangladesh's development partners have put their aid commitments on hold ahead of the national polls in February next year, adopting a wait-and-see approach until a politically stable government is in place, analysts said on Saturday.The pause --...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
Tarique Rahman completed voter-registration formalities Saturday, besides offering three commemorative services, including his only sibling who died in exile. The Acting Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) completed the process of becoming voter from Dhaka-17 constituency, ostensibly to stand...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
Industrial consumers will get top priority in gas supply as the government prepares such a fuel-feeding recipe aimed at fuelling economic growth, now largely subdued following political upheavals, sources say."Industry will be on top of our priority and we want...
Weather may remain dry with partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday). Night temperature may rise and day temperature may remain unchanged. The highest temperature in the country on Sunday was...
Prof. Dr. Md. Mamun Habib, Head of the Department of Management at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), has been honoured with the Excellence Researcher Award at the International Higher Education Excellence Award 2025, presented by Shinawatra University (SIU) in Thailand. The...
FE REPORTThe 8th Convocation of United International University (UIU) was held at its campus in the city on Saturday.Prof. Dr. Abu Borhan Mohammad Badruzzaman, Vice Chancellor (VC) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), presided over the ceremony on...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecasted on Saturday that the foggy weather may persist across the country for a few more days.It said dense fog is expected for several days, potentially disrupting flights, river transport and road travel."Until Monday, moderate...
KERANIGANJ, Dec 27 (UNB): Police in a drive seized about 250 kilogrammes of bomb-making materials, crude bombs and chemicals from a madrasha in Keraniganj on Saturday, a day after a bomb blast left four people including a woman and two...
JAHIDUL ISLAMThe Ministry of Youth and Sports (MoYS) has submitted the DPP of the Vehicle Driving Training Project (Phase II), taken at an estimated cost of Tk 2.01 billion, to the Planning Commission (PC), aiming to expand the Department of...
(Left) BNP Acting ChairmanTarique Rahman offering munajat after placing a wreath at the grave of slain political activist Sharif Osman Bin Hadi on the Dhaka University campus, and (right) standing in solemn silence beside the grave of his younger brother...
The Election Commission (EC) has dispatched postal ballots to 293,147 expatriate voters in various countries over the last eight days, enabling them to cast their votes in the 13th Jatita Sangsad (JS) election and referendum, reports BSS.Confirming the matter, Salim...
CUMILLA, Dec 27 (UNB): BNP Chairperson's Adviser Aminur Rashid Yasin has formally urged BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to contest the next parliamentary election from the Cumilla-6 (Sadar) constituency.He made the appeal while speaking as the chief guest at a...
Police have arrested a teacher for allegedly making derogatory remarks about Acting BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman during a visit to Sharif Osman bin Hadi's grave, reports bdnews24.com.AKM Shahidul Islam, the arrestee, is a teacher at Gabtoli Technical Training Centre in...
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