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...
LOS ANGELES, United States, Dec 26 (AFP): With less than six months to go before the 2026 World Cup kicks off, organizers are bracing for what could be their most challenging opponent yet: extreme heat.Soaring temperatures across the United States,...
Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto's heroics of 101 helped Rajshahi Warriors to chase down a mammoth 191 total against Sylhet Titans at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium during the first match of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Monday.Mushfiqur Rahim assisted...
Sarker Md Iqbal Hossain | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh Armed Forces contribute significantly to relief operations in disaster management, in both national and international environment. The major mission of the Bangladesh Armed Forces is to preserve the operational continuity of the Bangladesh Army in both domestic and foreign...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
At a time when wintry chill was making news from the country's north, the middle and southern regions gave the impression that the season was hesitant to make its appearance there. Even the gentle breeze that blew at times from...
TOKYO, Dec 26 (AFP): Fourteen people were injured in a stabbing attack in a factory in central Japan during which an unspecified liquid was also sprayed, an emergency services official said on Friday.“Fourteen people are subject to transportation by emergency...
LOS ANGELES, Dec 26 (AFP): Torrential rains unleashed flash floods and warnings of debris flow across southern California's fire-scarred areas, as a series of Christmas storms pummeled the state, with downpours and high winds forecast through Friday.Driven by an atmospheric...
KHAN YUNIS, Dec 26 (AFP): A major Gaza hospital has suspended several services because of a critical fuel shortage in the devastated Palestinian territory, which continues to face a severe humanitarian crisis, it said.Devastated by more than two years of...
Thailand carried out air strikes on a disputed border area with Cambodia on Friday, as officials from both sides continued talks to try to end fighting, reports BBC.The Thai Air Force said it had hit a Cambodian "fortified military position"...
LONDON, Dec 26 (AFP): Britain's King Charles III called for "compassion and reconciliation" at a time of "division" across the world in his Christmas Day message Thursday.The 77-year-old monarch said he found it "enormously encouraging" how people of different faiths...
SEOUL, Dec 26 (Reuters): South Korea's special prosecutor requested a 10-year prison sentence on Friday for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges including attempted obstruction of his arrest following his failed bid to impose martial law.Prosecutors have accused the...
PUTRAJAYA, Dec 26 (AFP): Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was found guilty on Friday of abusing his power to plunder millions from the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund and launder the proceeds.His sentencing, expected later on Friday, is likely to...
BEIJING, Dec 26 (Reuters): China's foreign ministry announced sanctions on Friday targeting 10 individuals and 20 US defence firms, including Boeing's St. Louis branch, over arms sales to Taiwan.The measures freeze any assets the companies and individuals hold in China...
MOSCOW, (Agencies): Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy aide spoke to members of the US administration after Moscow received US proposals about a possible Ukrainian peace deal, the Kremlin said on Friday.Kremlin foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, spoke by telephone...
MOSCOW, Dec 26 (Reuters): Russia has almost doubled exports of liquefied petroleum gas in the January - November period to ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia and Afghanistan to 1.016 million metric tons, industry sources told Reuters on Friday. Moscow has...
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 26 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures ended at their highest in two weeks on Friday and booked their first weekly gain in three, as stronger rival Dalian oils boosted the market.The benchmark palm oil contract for March...
SUNAMGANJ, Dec 26 (UNB): Bangladesh has embarked on a landmark agricultural initiative aimed at converting vast stretches of fallow haor lands into cultivable fields, in a project valued at approximately Tk 5.0 billion (500 crore).The five-year programme, spearheaded by the...
LONDON, Dec 26 (Reuters): Oil prices were stable on Friday as investors weighed potential supply risks from developing geopolitical tensions in a thin post-Christmas session, after the US carried out airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Nigeria and put more...
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