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TikTok: Innovation and abuse

2025-12-03 00:00:00

TikTok has rapidly become one of the most influential digital platforms among Bangladeshi youth, reshaping how they communicate, express themselves and participate in online culture. The short-video format has unlocked new avenues for creativity, giving young people the freedom to...

Duty-free advantage in China: opportunity or illusion?

Wasi Ahmed | 2025-12-03 00:00:00

Bangladesh's trade imbalance with China has continued to rise over the past decade, driven mainly by high imports of industrial goods from its single largest source. While Bangladesh's export earnings from China have remained largely stagnant despite enjoying duty-free access...

Striking a balance between growth and job creation

2025-12-03 00:00:00

Over the past one and a half decades, the term Gross Domestic Product or GDP became synonymous with development and the state-owned statistical agency and other official documents would occasionally come up with various data showing how the economy was...

CLARIFICATION (2025-12-03)

2025-12-03 00:00:00

The Embassy of the People's Republic of Algeria in Bangladesh has issued a clarification regarding an article titled "Differing Geo-Political Dimensions in North Africa" published in The Financial Express on December 01, 2025. Following is the text of the clarification:The...

Addressing the rising NPL crisis

Md Touhidul Alam Khan | 2025-12-03 00:00:00

The banking sector in Bangladesh is currently grappling with a critical challenge that poses a significant threat to its stability and future growth: the alarming rise in Non-Performing Loans (NPLs). The factors contributing to this crisis are complex and multifaceted,...

Weather (2025-12-02)

2025-12-02 00:00:00

Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday). Night temperature may rise slightly and day temperature may fall. The highest temperature on Monday was recorded at...

Two more die of dengue_

2025-12-02 00:00:00

Two people died of dengue in the past 24 hours until Monday morning, with 610 new cases recorded, reports BSS.The two fatalities occurred within the Dhaka South City Corporation area. Of the 610 new cases, 52 were hospitalised in Barishal...

Metro Rail's Bangladesh Secretariat station

2025-12-02 00:00:00

The busy footpath adjacent to the entrance to the Metro Rail's Bangladesh Secretariat station in the capital has long been deplorable and filthy due to lack of maintenance and cleaning, causing serious inconvenience to the commuters and pedestrians. The snapshot...

Early alerts crucial for saving lives in a disaster-prone nation like BD

FE REPORT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00

Bangladesh's expanding telecommunications network- from mobile alerts to satellite-linked monitoring - is now at the heart of the country's disaster early warning system, Disaster Management and Relief Adviser Farooq-e-Azam Bir Protik said on Sunday.He also highlighted that timely alerts are...

Chawkbazar building fire under control

2025-12-02 00:00:00

The fire that broke out in a three-storey building in Old Dhaka's Chawkbazar on Monday was brought under control, reports UNB.The blaze started on the top floor of the building at around 04:40 pm.Upon receiving the information, four firefighting units...

SC Secretariat gets its first secretary

FE REPORT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00

Supreme Court (SC) Registrar General Mohammad Habibur Rahman Siddiquee will serve as the Secretary of the separated SC secretariat in addition to his current responsibilities.A press release, issued by the SC administration on Monday, stated that the Chief Justice assigned...

BD exhumes, repatriates remains of 18 WWII Japanese soldiers

2025-12-02 00:00:00

The exhumation and repatriation of the remains of 18 Japanese soldiers, who died during the World War II, were completed. A 10-member Japanese delegation stayed in Chattogram from Nov 17 to Nov 28 to carry out the exhumation of the...

Dhaka College students block Science Lab

FE REPORT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00

A group of Dhaka College students blocked the Science Laboratory intersection in the capital on Monday to press for repealing the Dhaka Central University (DCU) ordinance.An official at the New Market Police Station said the demonstration began at around 10:30...

Govt school teachers call indefinite strike, exams halted

FE REPORT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00

The government secondary school teachers' association on Monday announced a country-wide strike for an indefinite period to press home several demands.Annual examinations have been halted as a result and several institutions in the capital issued notices on Sunday stating they...

DU rally marks beginning of Dec

DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00

Dhaka University (DU) organised a special rally on Monday to celebrate the beginning of December, the month of victory. University authorities and leaders of the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) took part in the rally, named Victory Rally.Vice-Chancellor (VC)...

Twelve parties sign Child Rights Manifesto with ten commitments

FE REPORT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00

Political parties have united to sign a Child Rights Manifesto (CRM), responding to the powerful voices of children and young people, who have demanded a future where their rights are better respected and protected. Ahead of the upcoming national election,...

ACC sues AL leader Rashid Shikdar over Tk 70m illegal wealth

FE REPORT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved a case against Abdur Rashid Shikdar, general secretary of the Awami League's Louhajang upazila unit, for allegedly accumulating Tk 70.2 million in wealth beyond known income sources.According to the ACC, Deputy Assistant Director Md...

Reza Kibria joins BNP

2025-12-02 00:00:00

Reza Kibria, an economist and founder-convener of the political platform Gono Odhikar Parishad, has formally joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), reports UNB.He announced his joining on Monday at the political office of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Gulshan.BNP Secretary...

Eight-party alliance fighting for people's victory: Jamaat

2025-12-02 00:00:00

KHULNA, Dec 01 (UNB): Jamaat Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman said on Monday that the 'eight-party alliance' does not want victory only for itself, but for the 180 million people of Bangladesh."We want to keep fighting for a corruption-free society, justice,...

NID corrections on 7 issues to remain suspended: EC

2025-12-02 00:00:00

The Election Commission (EC) will not accept applications to correct seven types of information, including a voter's own name, on the National Identity Card (NID) as the work of finalising the voter list for the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election...

Police stand guard to prevent BNP supporters from gathering near Evercare Hospital

2025-12-02 00:00:00

Police stand guard to prevent BNP supporters from gathering near Evercare Hospital, Dhaka, where party Chairperson Khaleda Zia is now undergoing treatment. The photo was taken on Monday. — FE Photo

Govt to extend 20pc power bill rebate facility to fish, livestock, poultry farms

FE REPORT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00

The government is set to extend the 20 per cent power bill rebate facility to the owners of marginal fish farms, hatcheries, and livestock and poultry farms.This important inclusion in the rebate beneficiary list, spearheaded by the Ministry of Fisheries...

Tarique not voter, but could be if EC decides

FE REOPORT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has not yet registered as a voter in Bangladesh, but he could still do so if the Election Commission (EC) makes a decision in this regard, said Election Commission Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed on Monday....

Readymade garment risks collapse like jute sector

FE REPORT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00

Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) President Mohammad Hatem has warned that the country's apparel industry may face a crisis similar to that once seen in the jute sector.He expressed his concern at a seminar titled "The Potential of...

Families of martyred officers demand full disclosure

FE REPORT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00

Family members of the army officers killed in the Pilkhana BDR carnage have expressed frustration that the names of all individuals involved are yet to be made public, and demanded of the government to initiate legal action against the perpetrators.They...

Experts for framing effective law

FE REPORT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00

Speakers at an event on Monday urged the government to enact an effective 'road safety law' immediately, taking the safety of the passengers and the pedestrians into consideration. They made the observations at a dialogue titled " Road Safety and...

Passengers to get exemption for another six months

FE REPORT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00

The government has decided to extend the Vat exemption facility for Metrorail passengers by six months more, until June 30. 2026.The facility is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2025.Finance adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed recently approved the proposal on exemption...

No-frill account deposits fall in Jul-Sept 2025

SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-12-02 00:00:00

Total deposits in the No-Frill Accounts (NFAs) designed for underprivileged people stood at Tk 49.84 billion in the July-September 2025 quarter, down 1.05 per cent from the previous quarter. Rising living costs and volatility in the country's financial sector have...

Govt approves Tk 21.06b projects for 2,364 flats for July victims, families

FE REPORT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00

The government on Monday approved two separate projects worth Tk 21.06 billion to construct 2,364 residential flats for injured protesters who can no longer work and for the families of those killed during last year's anti-discrimination student movement."The housing projects...

Prayer Timings (2025-12-02)

2025-12-02 00:00:00