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
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Banking Regulation and Policy Department Director Md. Bayazid Sarker hands over the license of the newly-formed Sammilito Islami Bank PLC to its representatives in the presence of Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur and Deputy Governor Dr. Md. Kabir...
The infographic in Monday's front-page lead story titled "1.4m manufacturing jobs lost in a decade" incorrectly stated "Average annual economic growth 10%." It should have been "Average annual productive sector's growth 10%."In another infographic in the story titled "People pay...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh continues to enjoy a remarkable growth in remittance inflows with November receipt recording US$2.89 billion as the peak remittance-earning season starts.With the latest monthly count, the economy of over $460 billion sees over 31-percent growth year on year as...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00
Dhaka Metro Rail Company continues its effort for negotiating over-priced quotations in various contracts of metro-rail projects and will soon send a reminder to the projects' Japanese financier.Managing Director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) Faruque Ahmed explained the...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00
Former prime minister and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia is declared very, very important person (VVIP) with special security cover.A gazette notification to this effect was issued Monday by the Office of the Chief Adviser of the post-uprising government.The announcement...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia's physical condition is stable.He said she (Begum Zia) is being treated under close observation of the doctors. Mirza Fakhrul shared this information with the media on...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00
Rice, fish, and meat remained the dominant drivers of food inflation in October, accounting for 99.78 per cent of the total, while a continued decline in vegetable prices helped temper overall price pressures, according to the General Economics Division (GED)...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-02 00:00:00
British MP and ex-minister Tulip Siddiq has been jailed along with her aunt, deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and mother Rehana in a graft case over "abuse of power" in acquiring a RAJUK plot.A special court in Dhaka Monday pronounced...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2025-12-02 00:00:00
A survey supported by two international agencies has found jacked-up US tariff's emerging but uneven business impacts on Bangladesh's garment export as factories mostly linked to the American market are already showing signs of strain.High market concentration with exports heavily...
MINNA, Dec 01 (BBC): Gunmen have abducted at least 20 people, including a pastor and a new bride, in two separate attacks in the latest Nigerian kidnappings.Attackers stormed the newly established Cherubim and Seraphim Church on Sunday in the central...
LONDON, Dec 01 (AFP): Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer will on Monday announce a fresh bid to reform the country's social security system after rebel MPs in his own party blocked reforms proposed last summer.His speech, extracts of which have...
COPENHAGEN, Dec 01 (AFP): One of 12 bottles of champagne from the wedding of King Charles III and Princess Diana will go under the hammer this month in Denmark.The bottles were created and labelled to mark the British royal wedding...
HONG KONG, Dec 01 (AFP): Authorities said Monday they have made a total 13 arrests over Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades after the blaze killed 151 people last week, a toll that could further rise.The arrests were made on...
PARIS, Dec 01 (AFP): Some 600 experts began to work Monday on the next major UN climate report, as the international consensus on global warming is challenged by US President Donald Trump, who deems the science a "hoax".French Ecological Transition...
WASHINGTON, Dec 01 (BBC): US lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration for answers about military strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug boats, after a report alleged that a follow-up strike was ordered to kill survivors of an initial attack.Republican-led committees overseeing...
YAOUNDE, Dec 01 (Reuters): Cameroonian opposition leader Anicet Ekane, who supported a bid for president by a rival to the country's long-serving leader in October, died in detention on Monday, his lawyer and family said, a development that may worsen...
PADANG, Dec 01 (AFP): The toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,000 on Monday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel to help survivors.Separate weather systems brought torrential, extended rainfall to the...
TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 01 (BBC): Early results from the general election in Honduras show Nasry Asfura, leader of the right-wing National Party, has a very narrow lead.With more than 40per cent of the votes counted, the conservative candidate was just ahead...
NEW YORK, Dec 01 (Reuters): Amazon and Google introduced a jointly developed multicloud networking service on Sunday to meet growing demand for reliable connectivity the companies said in a statement, at a time when even brief internet disruptions can cause...
EUGOWRA, Dec 01 (Reuters): Six thousand Black Angus cattle chew on rolled barley, silage, cottonseed and molasses, fattening up in three rows of shaded pens under the hot Australian sun.After an average of 90 days at the Gundamain feedlot, their...
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