Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Friday said Bangladesh bears deep wounds-an ever-widening fracture that only a truly credible election can heal, reports UNB.In a post from his verified Facebook account, he said the general election and the referendum...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday expressed the hope that Bangladesh will become a truly democratic state under the leadership of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, reports UNB."The country will move forward on the democratic path through...
Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud today said there is no legal obstacle for BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to be enlisted as a voter, reports BSS.Talking to BSS today, the election commissioner said the Election Commission has the authority to...
Authorities have cancelled the route permit of the MV Adventure-9 launch following a collision between two passenger vessels on the Meghna River in Chandpur that left four people dead, reports bdnews24.com.Barishal Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) Assistant Director Md...
PALM BEACH, United States, Dec 26 (AFP): President Donald Trump said US forces conducted "powerful and deadly" strikes Thursday against Islamic State group militants in northwestern Nigeria, weeks after he warned against any systemic assault on Christians in the country.The...
Investigators in the Sharif Osman bin Hadi murder case have told a Dhaka court "sensational" information has been gleaned during interrogation from two suspects arrested in a border area, reports bdnews24.com.Sibyoun Diu and Sanjay Chisim were produced before court on...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
A fire broke out at the top floor of eight-storeyed Khaddar Bazar Shopping Complex near Zero Point of Gulistan area on Friday evening.The Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence (FSCD) received information about the fire at 5:28 pm, then rushed...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
The large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector contracted by 0.78 per cent in October year on year due to a sharp slowdown in the garment industry, according to the latest Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) data. LSM, which accounts for about 11...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
Tarique Rahman, the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has emerged as a galvanising figure in the political arena after his return to the country on Thursday following 17 years in exile, drawing vast jubilant crowds wherever he...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
The prices of vegetables, potatoes, and onions declined more over the past week, while those of chicken and eggs saw a small increase.Most other commodities remained static at their previous highs, according to market sources.Newly harvested seed onions (murikata) were...
CHANDPUR, Dec 26 (BSS): At least four people were killed in a collision between two passenger launches -- Zakir Samrat-3 and Adventure-9 -- amid dense fog on the Meghna River in the Harina area of Chandpur Sadar.The accident occurred around...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
The capital on Friday experienced a fall in the mercury, while a mild cold wave swept over some parts of the country, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.As temperatures fell in Dhaka, people thronged shopping malls and makeshift roadside stalls...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
A Dhaka-Tamabil highway project for sub-regional connectivity remains subdued as nine years got lost in land-acquisition hassles, thus raising the overall cost to Tk 284.016 billion, officials say. Roads and Highways Department (RHD) couldn't complete acquiring land during this long...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
Tears welled up in Tarique's eyes as he Friday prayed for his father on a visit to the latter's grave in Dhaka after 19 years a day after a historic homecoming of the exiled BNP leader. After crowd-retarded visit to...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
Banks are increasingly sourcing deposit from the countryside but their focus on rural Bangladesh keeps fading following tightfisted disbursement of formal credits, widening urban-rural financing gaps, sources say.At the same time, the number of bank branches in the least-developed but...
Indian IT services provider Coforge said on Friday it would acquire artificial intelligence firm Encora at an enterprise value of $2.35 billion to boost its in-house AI capabilities and expand its presence in the US and Latin America, reports Reuters.Indian...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 26: The Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) is working to prepare a new master plan for the port city now. The new Master Plan for Chattogram will be finalised by June next as the primary plan has already been...
The 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association (BAFEDA) was held at a city hotel on Wednesday. Md Shawkat Ali Khan, Chairman of BAFEDA and MD and CEO of Sonali Bank, presided over the meeting. BAFEDA...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has decided to reduce the number of SIM cards that can be registered under a single National Identity Card (NID), setting a new ceiling of five per individual, to be effective from 1 January...
JASIM UDDIN | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
Apparel exporters have called for the restoration and re-fixing of cash incentives on the use of local yarn, citing the deteriorating condition of domestic spinning mills and the need to improve export competitiveness.They have proposed restoring the cash incentive on...
NEW YORK, Dec 26 (Reuters): Investors are looking for the US stock market to end 2025 on a high note next week, with equities at record peaks and nearing further bullish milestones to close out another strong year.Major US indexes...
BEIJING, Dec 26 (Reuters): Chinese companies developing reusable commercial rockets will have access to a fast lane for initial public offerings on the tech-heavy STAR market that exempts them from some financial requirements, the Shanghai Stock Exchange said on Friday.Beijing...
SINGAPORE, Dec 26 (Reuters): Asian stocks rose to their highest in six weeks on Friday and a blistering rally in precious metals showed no signs of tempering as investors sought to close out the year on a high while a...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
The benchmark equity index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rebounded this week, driven by a wave of optimism among investors following growing political clarity surrounding the upcoming national elections.Market analysts said the investors' optimism over evolving political developments offered some...
ISTANBUL, Dec 26 (AFP): The betting scandal in Turkish football deepened on Friday as 29 people, including 14 footballers, were arrested, the Istanbul public prosecutor's office announced.Their arrests follow the incarceration of six referees and the president of top tier...
Former Scotland, Nottingham Forest and Derby County winger John Robertson, once hailed by legendary manager Brian Clough as "a Picasso of our game," has died at the age of 72, reports UNBRobertson was a central figure in Nottingham Forest's golden...
The four-day 4th Prime Bank New Year Cup Golf Tournament 2025 commenced with great enthusiasm on Wednesday. Lieutenant General Khan Firoz Ahmed, OSP, NDC, AFWC, PSC (LPR), president of the Army Golf Club, inaugurated the ceremony at the Army Golf...
LONDON, Dec 26 (AFP): Arne Slot believes Hugo Ekitike's run of five goals in four matches indicates the striker has heeded the Liverpool manager's advice when it comes to improving his fitness.The 23-year-old scored on his first three appearances after...
MELBOURNE, Dec 26 (AFP): History-making seamer Josh Tongue hailed England's bowling unit for the "amazing job" they did Friday and said more of the same was planned to get a result in the fourth Ashes Test.Tongue led the attack in...
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