Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-12-03 00:00:00
Pro-development people often look upon pro-environment activists as anti-development. But one need not be an environmentalist to be concerned about destruction of forests, filling up of wetlands, flattening of hills and grabbing of all open spaces for building roads or...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2024-12-03 00:00:00
Sudden and whimsical decisions without any consultations whatsoever were the hallmark of the ousted autocratic regime that ruled the country for over 15 years. Take for example, the 'daylight saving time' that was introduced all of a sudden in June...
Considering the enormous and complex task, the committee assigned the job of preparing the white paper on the country's state of economy during the regime of Sheikh Hasina has delivered the report within a very short time. During handing the...
Md Shahidur Rahman | 2024-12-03 00:00:00
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities was introduced by the United Nations General Assembly in 1992 to promote the rights and well-being of people with disabilities. The day commemorates the 2006 adoption of the United Nations Convention on the...
Rationale of the Exercise and Magnitude of ConcernOver the recent past years, illicit financial outflows have emerged as an alarmingly growing phenomenon in Bangladesh, a malignant tumour that was devouring a significant part of the country’s economy and wealth. Such...
Huge assets have been found in the United Kingdom (UK) belonging to the close circle of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports BSS.The circle including former ministers, politicians and businessmen have an accumulated investment of approximate over 40 crore pound...
In this picture taken from Marjayoun, thick smoke rises from explosions as Israeli forces reportedly demolish dwellings in the border town of Khiam in southern Lebanon, on Sunday, days into a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. — AFP
Six more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 494 this year.Among the recent fatalities, two occurred in Chattogram division, and one each in...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-02 00:00:00
Bangladeshi expatriates sent $2.19 billion in remittances in November 2024, marking a 13.47 per cent year-on-year growth, according to Bangladesh Bank (BB) data released on Sunday.This, however, is slightly lower than that of October's $2.39 billion inflows.Remittance inflows have shown...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank has relaxed rules asking banks to allow their industrial clients import capital machinery under supplier's/buyer's credit on usance term up to three years, officials said. The central bank has revised the usance tenure from existing 360 days to...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-02 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank has raised the interest rate on credit card loans by 5 percentage points to 25 per cent to ensure effective loan risk management as well as align with the policy rate and banks' rising funding costs.It issued...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-02 00:00:00
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) chairman Prof Dr Rehman Sobhan on Sunday said the think tank's mission was to foster conclusive as well as constructive dialogues on economic issues by engaging political leaders.While addressing an event hosted at a local...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON & GULAM RABBANI | 2024-12-02 00:00:00
Amid the ongoing foreign exchange volatility, local businesses could attract substantial capital through "foreign private equity funds", offering a lifeline to the crisis while fostering sustainable growth.Launched in 2020, the foreign private equity fund BMA, supported by globally renowned institutions,...
Today's issue of the FE contains some selected segments of the draft White Paper on State of the Bangladesh Economy, which was handed over to Chief Adviser Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus on Sunday. Some more segments will be published tomorrow...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-02 00:00:00
The tax exemption for renewable energy-based power plants has been extended up to 15 years.The investors will be entitled to a full tax exemption for the first 10 years of their operations, according to a Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) issued...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-02 00:00:00
The past regime cooked macroeconomic data according to its will for political appeasement, the White Paper committee has found. "Was growth real?" the committee questioned in the draft White Paper shared with newsmen on Sunday after handing it over to...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-02 00:00:00
Members of the fallen regime of the Awami League, lobbyists, private business and independent power producers became major stakeholders in power and energy sector bypassing due processes, the 'White Paper on the State of Bangladesh Economy' revealed on Sunday.The energy...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-02 00:00:00
All the 10 banks marked as 'distressed' by the regulators are "technically bankrupt" and illiquid, according to the draft white paper that painted a dismal state of Bangladesh economy following past reign of plunder. The draft 'White Paper on State...
GULAM RABBANI | 2024-12-02 00:00:00
Exiled acting BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar and all other accused of the August-21st grenade attack on an opposition rally are now exonerated. The High Court Sunday struck down the verdict pronounced by...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-02 00:00:00
Some US$16 billion was siphoned off Bangladesh annually during Sheikh Hasina's "corrupt autocracy", leaving the country in a state of plunder and economy in a shambles when she fled amid a mass uprising. The observations are laid down in the...
Journalist Munni Saha has been released from the custody of the Detective Branch, just hours after being detained from Kawran Bazar in the capital on Saturday night, reports UNB.She was handed over to her family on payment of a bond...
PANCHAGARH, Dec 01 (UNB): Panchagarh court sent Former Railway Minister and ex-MP of Panchagarh-2 constituency Nurul Islam Sujan to jail rejecting the bail petition in a case over the kidnapping and murder of Al Amin, a local easy bike driver.Panchagarh...
Safia Khatun, former MP (reserved seat) from Cox's Bazar's Chakaria-Pekua upazila) has been arrested from Dhaka's Pallabi area in connection with a case over the killing of a youth during the July-August movement, reports UNB.Safia, 70, former vice-president of Mahila...
Defence lawyer S M Shahjahan addressing media at the High Court in the capital on Sunday after the August 21 grenade attack case verdict. — AFP
Ulama-Mashayekh Bangladesh held a press conference at the National Press Club in the city on Sunday, calling for justice for the victims of the 2018 attack on Tablighi Jamaat followers, students, and teachers during Bishwa Ijtema in Tongi, reports UNB.Mufti...
KHULNA, Dec 01 (UNB): The accomplices of the Awami League (AL) that are still in the country have been given the task of instigating instability at any opportunity, Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman said Sunday."We must not fall into their...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has expressed satisfaction with the High Court's (HC) verdict in the August 21 grenade attack case. The verdict, delivered on Sunday, acquitted all convicted individuals, including BNP Acting Chairperson Tarique Rahman and former state minister for...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office.Light to moderate fog may occur at places over the country during late...
Dhaka University (DU) teachers and staff brought out a procession on the campus on Sunday, marking the month of Victory, reports UNB.Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Niaz Ahmad Khan released doves and balloons to mark the occasion.The procession, led by the Vice-Chancellor,...
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