QUETTA, Jan 09 (AP): Dozens of armed Baloch separatists seized a government office, robbed a bank and partially burned a police station in a remote district in southwestern Pakistan before fleeing when security forces arrived, police said Thursday.The outlawed Baloch...
DAMASCUS, Jan 09 (AFP): Battles between Turkish-backed groups, supported by air strikes, and Kurdish-led forces killed 37 people on Thursday in Syria's northern Manbij region, a war monitor said.The latest reported fighting comes despite the United States saying Wednesday that...
HOLLYWOOD, Jan 09 (AFP): Wildfires threatened to engulf parts of Hollywood on Thursday as a growing number of blazes raged across Los Angeles, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes and claiming at least five lives.Over 100,000...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-09 12:00:00
Local manufacturers of motorcycles, refrigerators and air conditioners will have to face double taxation on their income from the next fiscal year as per a Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) issued by the income tax wing under the National Board of...
Chapainawabganj, Jan 8 (UNB): Amid tensions between the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the Border Security Force (BSF) of India over the construction of a barbed wire fence by BSF along the Chapainawabganj border a flag meeting was held on...
A significant restructuring is on the horizon for Nobel Prize-winning microfinance institution Grameen Bank, with plans to reduce the government's ownership stake and reshape its board management structure.According to a draft ordinance recently published on the Financial Institutions Division's website...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-09 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved filing a case against 54 individuals, including former chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ahsanul Alam, for alleged embezzlement of over Tk 9.93 billion.ACC Director General (Prevention) Akhter Hossain disclosed this information to the media...
Bangladesh is bracing for multiple cold waves this January, with temperatures forecast to plummet further across the country, including capital Dhaka, reports UNB.Dense fog and chilly winds have already disrupted daily life, intensifying the challenges faced by millions, particularly the...
Family members of the border guards, who were arrested in a slew of cases filed in connection with the 2009 Pilkhana BDR mutiny, stage a demonstration at Shahbagh in the capital on Wednesday, demanding their immediate release. — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2025-01-09 00:00:00
Growing number of incidents of bird strikes in the sky around Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) has created a major safety concern for flight operations as a survey has found that unregulated business activities within its 10-kilometre radius makes breeding...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-01-09 00:00:00
Commercial banks' position in rural Bangladesh keeps weakening with the constant fall in formal credit disbursements and the number of branches in the least- developed areas, bankers say.As a result, the condition of cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs)...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-01-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) fears the government's fertiliser-import subsidy burden will get heavier as the state-run banks are compelled to clear bills at higher dollar rates, sources say.It has requested the industries ministry to take steps in this regard.The...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-09 00:00:00
Bangladeshi passport has been identified as the seventh weakest one for 2025, according to a latest global report.The South Asian nation shares 100th position with Libya and the Palestinian Territories, whose citizens can get visa-free access to 40 travel destinations...
India has extended the visa of Sheikh Hasina, the deposed Prime Minister of Bangladesh, amid mounting calls from Dhaka for her extradition, reports UNB.Hasina, 77, has been residing in India since fleeing her country in August last year, following widespread...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2025-01-09 00:00:00
Government borrowings from scheduled banks swelled over Tk 690 billion in the first half (H1) of this fiscal for deficit financing but its net debt dropped to over Tk 146 billion after repayment.The ministry of finance borrowed Tk 690.54 billion...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-09 00:00:00
A time-overrun inland container depot (ICD) project, located at Khanpur in Narayanganj, was Wednesday denied consent by the interim government for its alleged timely execution failure and faulty project proposal.Sources said Shipping Ministry sought the go-ahead for the revised ongoing...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was admitted to The London Clinic in the United Kingdom on Wednesday for advanced treatment.She was admitted around 5pm (Bangladesh time) after completing the necessary procedures, said a member of her personal medical team, Dr Al...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-09 00:00:00
A seven-member technical committee will review proposed gas-tariff hike to the height of LNG-import cost for new industries and expansions of the existing ones.Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has constituted the panel for vetting the Petrobangla proposal that implies that...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office. Moderate to dense fog may occur over the country during midnight to...
Islami Bank's former executive president (managing director) M. Kamal Uddin Chowdhury passed away on Wednesday afternoon while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital. He was 82, said a press release.The eminent professional of the Shariah compliant bank left...
Uttara University Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr. Eaysmin Ara Lekha inaugurated its 14-day Admission Fair Spring 2025 at the permanent campus of the university in the capital on Wednesday. Professor Dr. Gour Gobinda Goswami, Pro-VC of the university, was present on...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-09 00:00:00
Acknowledging the growing number of mugging incidents in the capital, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjad Ali urged the city dwellers to keep personal items including moneybags, mobile phones, etc., safe by themselves to assist police. He said...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-09 00:00:00
Pakistan has sought Bangladesh's support to get membership in the New Development Bank (NDB), formerly BRICS Development Bank, a multilateral development bank.Pakistan's Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Khan Cheema recently wrote to Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, seeking the support,...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-09 00:00:00
A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to seize the income tax documents of Harun Or Rashid, former head of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, and his brother ABM Shahriar in two corruption cases....
Ahsan Ullah, former executive director of the Bangladesh Bank (BB), has joined as an advisor to the BB governor, reports UNB.He will assist BB Governor Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur with the central reform activities. Ahsan Ullah joined the advisory post...
A woman in the capital’s Malibag area using induction cooker to cook her foods amid the ongoing piped gas supply shortage on Wednesday, which is causing serious inconvenience to the city dwellers during the winter season. — FE Photo by...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-09 00:00:00
Human resources worth Tk 218 billion were lost, as 7,294 people were killed in road accidents in the country in 2024, according to a report of the Road Safety Foundation (RSF), disseminated on Wednesday.Last year, a total of 6,927 road...
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 08 (BSS): Police has arrested two leaders of Jubo League (JL) and Swechachhasebak league leaders from Boalkhali area in Chattogram on Tuesday, reports BSS Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Boalkhali Police Station Golam Sarwar told BSS a police team went...
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Maulana Saad's followers Syed Wasiful Islam and 22 others in a case over the recent clashes at Tongi Ijtema ground resulting to deaths of few pilgrims, reports BSS.The HC bench...
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