Helal Uddin Ahmed reviewing the book | 2026-02-27 00:00:00
Munira Rahman Helen was the first table tennis queenof Bangladesh. She first won the women’s singles crownat the Second Bangladesh Open Table Tennis Tournament organised by BUET in 1973 while still a student of class ten; and then she won...
During Ramadan, iftar markets become vibrant meeting points for buyers and sellers. However, the growing presence of unhygienic and unsafe food in these markets has emerged as a serious public health concern. Many iftar items are prepared and sold without...
Politics is an important instrument for public welfare, national development and the establishment of democratic values. However, when politics becomes trapped in a culture of revenge, hostility and retaliation, it stands against the hopes and aspirations of the people. Differences...
SHIABUR RAHMAN | 2026-02-27 00:00:00
Thousands of lives are lost prematurely on the roads in Bangladesh every year. Some die when the crashes take place but many others in the critical hours when they are rushed to Dhaka, hoping to get specialised emergency care in...
Nilratan Halder | 2026-02-27 00:00:00
In his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump of America presented an update of the United States, highlighting his successes in the first year of his second term. But amid the rising tension over the conflict between the...
The country's health sector has long been languishing due to chronic under-funding, weak governance and systemic inefficiencies, posing a formidable challenge to the new government as it seeks to honour its electoral commitments. Beyond fulfilling ambitious campaign pledges, the administration's...
Shah Md Ahsan Habib | 2026-02-27 00:00:00
Public trust in Bangladesh's banking system has been gradually weakening. Not through sudden panic, but through steady hesitation. Over the past decade, structural weaknesses within the sector have eroded the fundamental promise of safety that depositors rely upon. Rising non-performing...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-26 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) will start selling advance train tickets for the upcoming Eid journey from March 3, and the sale will continue until March 9. Return journey tickets will be available from March 13 to March 18.The decision was...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-26 00:00:00
Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain on Wednesday said the government has launched several initiatives to relieve city dwellers from the nuisance of mosquitoes.He made the remarks while inspecting the mosquito extermination programme run by Dhaka South...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-26 00:00:00
The Editors' Council has urged the newly-elected government to withdraw 'false and harassment' cases filed against journalists to ensure press freedom.Through a media statement on Wednesday, the Council said many false murder cases as well as a number of harassment...
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman along with Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed adorning Md Ali Hossain Fakir with the insignia of Inspector General of Police (IGP) at the Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital on Wednesday. — PID
JASIM UDDIN | 2026-02-26 00:00:00
The government has taken an initiative to recover and rejuvenate Ati Khal, a canal locally known as a "dead stretch" of the Buriganga River, in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of the capital. The move aims to restore drainage capacity, revive...
The Election Commission will observe the National Voter Day 2026 on March 2 (Monday) with the theme of 'Empowered Voters, Liberated Democracy' in Bangladesh, report agencies.The 8th national voter day will be observed in the capital, divisional cities, district towns...
A court has sentenced Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, former president of the Dhaka South city unit of Jubo League, to 20 years of imprisonment in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), reports BSS.The court also ordered that...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-26 00:00:00
Jamaat-e-Islami has invited Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and his family to the party's Iftar party slated for February 28.In a statement on Wednesday, Jamaat said Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Tarique Rahman has agreed to attend the Iftar programme.Jamaat said...
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman, along with family members of martyred Army officers, offering munajat at the Banani Military Graveyard in the capital on Wednesday, marking the 17th anniversary of the 2009 Pilkhana carnage....
The Election Commission (EC) has requested that all candidates who contested the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election submit their election expenditure returns to their respective Returning Officers (ROs), reports BSS.This information was revealed in a letter signed by Senior Assistant Secretary...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-26 00:00:00
Civic groups and reform advocates on Wednesday called on the ruling party MPs (members of parliament) to take oath as members of the Constitution Reform Council to show respect for the people's verdict in the national referendum.They made the call...
BNP Secretary General and Local Government Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called for an 'impartial' investigation into the 2009 Pilkhana killings, report agencies.He made the call while talking to journalists after laying wreaths at the memorial for the slain...
Heavy traffic clogs the Malibagh-Moghbazar flyover in the capital on Wednesday afternoon, as office-goers rush home, causing long delays for commuters. — FE Photo by K Asad-Uz-Zaman
Japan has invited Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to pay an official visit at a mutually convenient time as Tokyo reaffirmed its commitment to further strengthening bilateral relations with Dhaka, reports UNB .Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Shinichi Saida, who met Foreign...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-26 00:00:00
The opposition party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday accused President Mohammed Shahabuddin of breaching his constitutional oath by allegedly disclosing internal and confidential matters in a recent newspaper interview, triggering fresh political debate.The opposition party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday alleged that...
In just three days, a string of suspected gas leak fires across at least four districts, including Chattogram, has exposed the alarming vulnerability of urban households, leaving five members of a single family dead and 15 others injured.A gas line...
Saudi Arabia's Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has banned the import of poultry and table eggs from 40 countries including Bangladesh aimed at protecting public health and ensuring food safety in the kingdom, reports UNB.It also imposed partial restrictions on...
Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2026, the country's largest annual literary event, is set to begin in the capital today (Thursday) with the theme 'Multidimensional Bangladesh'.Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will inaugurate the fair as the chief guest at 2:00pm. He will...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-26 00:00:00
Experts at a workshop on the monetary policy statement warned that deep-rooted governance failures, a surge in non-performing loans (NPLs) and weak policy coordination have emerged as major threats to stability of Bangladesh's banking sector.They revealed that the actual NPL...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2026-02-26 00:00:00
A new floating storage and re-gasification unit (FSRU) with a capacity to re-gasify around 600 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of liquefied gas is planned to feed economy's growing fuel demand. Officials say foreign firms are queuing up to...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2026-02-26 00:00:00
A surge in election-related spending in recent months appears to have provided a short-term boost to value-added tax (VAT) collection, with January 2026 revenue standing Tk 30 billion above the July-December monthly average.Provisional data suggest campaign-driven economic activity injected liquidity...
The National Fitra Fixation Committee has set the minimum fitra at Tk 110 and the maximum at Tk 2,805 per person for this year.The decision was taken at a meeting of the committee held at the conference room of the...
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