Modhumoti Bank celebrated its recent milestone of Tk 100 billion in deposits through an informal ceremony at the bank's head office on Sunday. Md. Shafiul Azam, managing director & CEO, attended the event, along with other senior officials of the...
BRAC Bank will host 'TARA Uddokta Mela 2026' to promote locally-made products by women entrepreneurs and create a market for these products.The fair will take place from February 27 to March 1 every day from 10:00 am to 11:00 pm...
US stock index futures slipped on Monday as renewed tariff uncertainty unnerved investors after President Donald Trump announced a new 15 per cent duty following a Supreme Court ruling that struck down his broader levies, reports Reuters.The Supreme Court, in...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-24 00:00:00
The market regulator has rejected the stock dividend proposal by Al-Haj Textile Mills for FY24, as the company failed to comply with regulatory conditions.The yarn manufacturer in December last year recommended 5 per cent cash and 35 per cent stock...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2026-02-24 00:00:00
Newly launched mutual funds (MFs) can leverage the attractive valuations of listed securities and the broader scope for portfolio diversification to generate higher returns than older funds.Mohammad Samir Uddin, chief executive officer (CEO) of Midland Asset Management, said this in...
The healthcare system in Thakurgaon's Union Health and Family Welfare Centres is on the verge of collapse due to severe manpower shortages, absence of doctors and nurses, and lack of medicines. As a result, the marginalised population, who largely depend...
The holy month of Ramadan is a month of restraint, self-purification and compassion. But unfortunately, in our country, an uncomfortable reality comes to the fore as soon as this month arrives, the abnormal increase in the prices of daily necessities....
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2026-02-24 00:00:00
The newly elected BNP government has not wasted time over requesting the UN to defer the process of country's LDC graduation. Notably, the country was scheduled to graduate from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category on November 4, 2026 following...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2026-02-24 00:00:00
Relations between Bangladesh and India, bound by geography and history, have entered one of their most fragile phases in decades. The strains are not merely the residue of 1971 or the by-products of neighbourhood asymmetry. They are rooted in recent...
As the regulatory body of the Bangladesh capital market, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has earned enough infamy. Instead of protecting the interests of investors, small investors to be more precise, it has served vested interest groups and...
Golam Rasul | 2026-02-24 00:00:00
In Bangladesh today, countless mothers skip meals so their children can eat-a quiet sacrifice that reflects a deeper crisis of poverty, inflation, and insecurity. Nearly 28 per cent of the population now live below the poverty line, with about 9...
Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India | 2026-02-23 12:00:00
At a defining moment in human history, the world gathered at the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi. For us in India, it was a moment of immense pride and joy to welcome Heads of State, Heads of Government,...
Muhammad Zamir | 2026-02-23 12:00:00
Technological change in the global supply chain is driving a new era of productivity and creativity with far-reaching implications for global development and security. However, beyond adopting new, non-binding frameworks, all countries must work together to manage new and emerging...
RAJBARI, Feb 22 (UNB): A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Alauddin Patwari attended his father's funeral in Rajbari on Saturday night after being granted temporary parole.The JCD leader joined the funeral at Eidgah ground near his family home...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 has started recording deposition of a prosecution witness in a case against Salman F Rahman and Anisul Huq for allegedly inciting mass killings and other crimes against humanity by imposing curfew during the July mass...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on Sunday indicted 11 people, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman in a case over the murder of Imam Hasan Taim during the July uprising, reports UNB. The three-member bench of ICT-2 led...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has protested the Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud's comments regarding the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad.’Assistant Secretary General of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Head of its Central Publicity and Media Department Advocate Ahsanul Mahboob Zubair issued a...
FE REORT | 2026-02-23 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against former Jashore-1 MP and his wife Tahera Sobha over allegations of acquiring illegal wealth worth Tk 623.1 million beyond known sources of income.Sheikh Afil Uddin is the elder brother of...
Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Mashud has said the Election Commission (EC) is awaiting a Jatiya Sangsad (JS) decision on whether the upcoming local government elections will be contested under party symbols , report agencies.Speaking to reporters at the EC headquarters...
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman presiding over a meeting on Third Terminal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at the Secretariat in the capital on Sunday. — PID
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Monday), according to the Met Office.Night and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.The highest temperature of the country was recorded on...
Preparations underway to arrange mass iftar for the devotees at the Baitul Mukarram in the capital on Sunday. It has long been a daily practice at the National Mosque during the fasting month of Ramadan. — FE Photo by Shafiqul...
Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST) family paid tribute to the martyrs at the Central Shaheed Minar on the university campus on the occasion of the Language Martyrs' Day and International Mother Language Day (Feb 21) on Saturday. PUST...
Saleem Samad, an award-winning investigative journalist, a writer and a media rights defender, died at his residence in the capital on Sunday, report agencies.Saleem, also a member of the Jatiya Press Club, was Special Correspondent of dailies The News Times,...
BARISHAL, Feb 22, 2026 (BSS): Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapan on Sunday said the government has undertaken a plan to excavate 20,000 kilometres canals across the country."The government will excavate 20,000 kilometres of canals nationwide. The formal inauguration...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-23 00:00:00
A total of 586 people were killed and 1,238 injured in 597 accidents across roads, railways and waterways in January, according to data compiled by the Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS). Of the total, 546 people were killed and 1,204...
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman directed the authorities concerned on Sunday to expedite steps for opening the long-awaited Third Terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital, aiming to enhance its passenger handling capacity and operational efficiency, reports BSS.The...
Trial run of the much-anticipated Agartala-Dhaka-Kolkata international bus service was held on Saturday, before resumption of the service on a regular basis soon, restoring a crucial road link between Northeast India and Bangladesh and reopening a shorter corridor to Kolkata...
A major shake-up at the top levels of the Bangladesh Army has brought new leadership to key posts, including the chief of general staff (CGS), principal staff officer (PSO) of the Armed Forces Division (AFD), and the head of the...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-23 00:00:00
Yields on treasury bills fell again on Sunday as Bangladesh Bank purchased a further US$123 million from eight banks, injecting liquidity into the market while seeking to stabilise the exchange rate of the US dollar against the taka.The cut-off yield,...
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