Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to leave for Baku, Azerbaijan today (Monday) to attend the UN's biggest climate conference, COP29, which is seen as a "pivotal opportunity" to accelerate action to tackle the climate crisis, reports UNB.Global...
Zunaid Ahmed Palak, the former state minister for Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday night after falling ill during police remand, reports UNB.Palak, who is currently on remand in connection with...
On the occasion of Noor Hossain Day, several political organisations including the National Democratic Front of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Workers Federation, Left Democratic Alliance, and Socialist Students' Front, have paid tributes to the martyr, reports UNB.The leaders and activists of the...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) will give order on two leave to appeal petitions of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case today (Monday), reports BSS.A three-member apex court bench, headed by...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-11 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said on Sunday that Awami League (AL) could not come back to the country's politics as the party has become politically bankrupt. "Awami League's (AL) plan to come back...
Leaders and activists of BNP have gathered at Noor Hossain square at Zero Point and Awami League (AL) central office at Gulistan in the city on Sunday, aiming to thwart AL's bid to hold a rally marking Noor Hossain Day,...
Some 1.05 million taxpayers have completed registration for online income tax return filing using the new e-Return portal of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), reports UNB.The number of online income tax return filings has crossed 250,000, the NBR said...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-11 00:00:00
The central bank has decided to conduct a forensic audit of all previous activities of Nagad, a company that delivers a host of digital financial services.A proposal to this end was approved at a meeting of the board of directors...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has restructured its Board of Directors by adding three new members, reports BSS.The development came through a board meeting held Sunday at the BBheadquarters in the city, said Husne Ara Shikha, BB Executive Director and spokesperson, after...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-11 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank has appointed Md Ruhul Amin, an executive director of the central bank, as the receiver to manage all the companies of Beximco Group and attach all the properties belonging to this group. The decision was made at a...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-11 00:00:00
Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul on Sunday said they will seek Interpol's assistance in repatriating deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other fugitives to face trial for alleged crimes against humanity. "A red notice will be issued through Interpol very...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-11 00:00:00
Workers of a garment factory named TNZ Apparels staged demonstration in Gazipur industrial belt for the second day in a row on Sunday demanding wages that remained unpaid for last two months. The workers' protest brought traffic to a standstill...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-11 00:00:00
The Ministry of Shipping (MoS) has decided to go ahead with the construction of the multibillion-dollar Bay Terminal in consultation with stakeholders, sources said.In a meeting on Sunday, it also decided to seek the advisory council's approval after the transaction...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-11 00:00:00
Chinese investors say they have significant plans to invest in Bangladesh's power sector, particularly in the local manufacturing of lithium batteries and solar panels as well as the establishment of satellite connectivity.They shared their interest at a view-exchange meeting with...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-11 00:00:00
The Financial Express (FE), a pioneer in business journalism in Bangladesh, celebrated the 31st anniversary of its publication on Sunday.The celebration ceremony was hosted in the conference room of the popular daily in the capital's Purana Paltan area.FE editor Shamsul...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-11 00:00:00
Libya has sought to employ more Bangladeshis, including doctors and engineers, to develop the country. It has also invited Bangladeshi students to enroll in the country's top universities.The Libyan ambassador to Bangladesh, Abdulmutalib SM Saliman, expressed the country's interest when...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-11-11 00:00:00
Prices of edible oils, including loose soybean and palm oil, have zoomed up further by Tk 5.0-6.0 a litre in the market, battering commoners amid spiralling prices of other commodities.The rate of loose soybean has increased to Tk 165-166 a...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-11 00:00:00
Deposed ruler Sheik Hasina's Awami League call for a comeback in Bangladesh's changed political arena went unheeded as student-people protesters called the shot and took over Dhaka's Gulistan square from early Sunday. Witnesses said no activists of the embroiled party,...
The Council of Advisers of the interim government has been expanded with three new members, reports UNB.They took the oath of office on Sunday evening.President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban in the presence of...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-11 00:00:00
Bangladesh mulls taking reasonable time for its scheduled graduation to a developing nation from the status of least developed countries (LDCs) in 2026."Bangladesh will not go for graduation hurriedly. Instead, it would take some more time," said Finance and Commerce...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-11-11 00:00:00
A scheme taken up whimsically by the past regime on developing 100 economic zones across Bangladesh looks derelict now as the post-uprising interim government decides to proceed with select few key EZs.This shift in strategy, supported by the new leadership...
FE Report | 2024-11-11 00:00:00
Export earnings registered a whopping 20.65-percent growth in October 2024, riding on the readymade garments sector despite labour unrest. Bangladesh fetched US$ 4.13 billion in October this year compared to $3.42 billion in corresponding month of last year, according to...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-11-11 00:00:00
Commercial banks are increasingly banking on costly borrowing instrument called SLF or standing liquidity facility created by the central bank at the expense of volatility in the existing interest regime, experts forewarn. As the banks having liquidity stress are not...
Suspected rebel killed as Indian troopsbattle with gunmen in Kashmir NEW DELHI, Nov 10: Indian troops on Sunday were battling with gunmen in Kashmir with one suspected rebel killed, the army said, the latest violence in the long-running insurgency in...
MOSCOW, Nov 10 (Reuters): Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a treaty on the country's strategic partnership with North Korea which includes a mutual defence provision, according to a decree published on Saturday.The accord, signed by Putin and North...
LONDON, Nov 10 (BBC): Russia has suffered its worst ever month for casualties since the start of the war in Ukraine, the UK chief of defence staff has told the BBC.Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said Russia's forces suffered an average...
KABUL, Nov 10 (AP): The Taliban will attend a U.N. climate conference for the first time since their takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, the country's national environment agency said Sunday.The conference, known as COP29, begins Monday in Azerbaijan and is...
WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (AFP/AP): Donald Trump won the state of Arizona in this week's US presidential election, US TV networks projected on Saturday, completing the Republican's sweep of all seven swing states.After four days of counting in the southwest state...
TEHRAN, Nov 10 (AFP): A top Saudi military official will visit Tehran on Sunday for talks with Iranian officials, state media reported, in a rare high-level meeting since the countries restored ties last year."Fayyad al-Ruwaili, Chief of Staff of the...
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