Agriculture is fundamental to our economy, as our hardworking farmers enable a land-scarce nation to sustain its entire population. However, several concerning challenges persist such as the annual reduction of arable land, farmers focusing exclusively on high-value crops, and the...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-09-29 00:00:00
As Dhaka's population keeps swelling and traffic jams become more intensified, the need for a quality, proficient, and extended bus service is growing. The current public transport system is not only inefficient and inadequate, but it also operates in a...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-09-29 00:00:00
The moderate decline in the country's overall external trade with the rest of the world in the last fiscal year is not surprising. Both exports and imports dropped in FY24, leading to a fall in overall trade in terms of...
Contrary to what has been claimed in a number of media reports, a recent survey of some 20 global apparel buyers points to their continued confidence in Bangladesh readymade apparel (RMG) industry. Following widespread protests by workers in the industrial...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-28 12:00:00
The government is targeting to receive over $5.0 billion worth of foreign funds through 15 infrastructure development and livelihood projects, officials said. The foreign-aid search committee, headed by Economic Relations Division (ERD) secretary Shahriar Kader Siddiky, will evaluate preliminary development...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-09-28 12:00:00
Iccha kare paraandare Gamchha dia bandhi Nothing could do more than the above song sung by Pankaj Mitra to immortalise gamchha. This towel-like body wiper is a special piece of cloth of unique designs, patterns and colours. Its multi-purpose usages...
ARAFAT ARA | 2024-09-28 12:00:00
Remittance inflows from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Bangladesh have been on the rise since FY24, making it top of the central bank's charts of source countries and also foreign-exchange reserves robust.However, sector insiders and economists have had a...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-09-28 12:00:00
Israeli senior journalist and writer Gideon Levy has covered the Palestine-Israel conflicts, in particular the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, from the ground for more than two decades. Working for the Israel's oldest newspaper Haaretz, Levy is a...
Groundsmen cover the field as rain stops play during the first day of the second Test cricket match between India and Bangladesh at the Green Park Cricket Stadium in Kanpur on Friday. — AFP
A trader is seen selling live fish kept in a water tank placed on a rickshaw-van in the capital's Central Road area on Friday. Such fish now retails at Tk 400-450 per kilogram. — FE Photo
NEW YORK (USA), Sept 27 (UNB): Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday stressed the need for closer ties with the Maldives when he met Mohamed Muizzu, president of the island nation, on the sidelines of the UN General...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-09-28 00:00:00
Several government agencies, including the agriculture ministry and the BCIC, have sounded the alarm over a possible crisis of fertilisers next January during the Rabi season.The state-owned Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) is worried about the stock of fertilisers.The agencies...
Bangladesh has deposited the instrument of ratification for the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) to the...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2024-09-28 00:00:00
The World Bank will provide Tk 250 million as health ministry is assessing the medical capacity for treatment and health condition of critically injured people in the July-August student movement.The department concerned of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-28 00:00:00
The prices of eggs, chickens, and vegetables have continued to rise over the past week, putting additional strain on consumers, especially those in low-income groups.The price of farm brown eggs has increased to Tk 170-175 per dozen, while white eggs...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-28 00:00:00
Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim A.A. Khan has called on Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York.During the meeting, Mr Khan has...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-28 00:00:00
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that Washington would work together with Bangladesh to help rebuild the country. "We want to be good partners. We will work quickly to support Bangladesh," Secretary Blinken said during a meeting...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-09-28 00:00:00
Month-on-month capacity- charge payments to a bunch of privileged private electricity producers during the deposed Sheikh Hasina administration had been swelling beyond the capacity of the exchequer, insiders said on Friday.The Sheikh Hasina government purchased power from the costly private-sector...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-28 00:00:00
Chief Adviser of the interim government Dr Muhammad Yunus called upon the international community to continue and deepen engagements with the post-uprising Bangladesh in meeting its people's quest for democracy, the rule of law, equality and prosperity."So that we can...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur division; at a few places over Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna...
The Primary Teacher Coordination Council has demanded the elevation of primary assistant teachers to the 10th grade and 100 per cent departmental promotions to address discrimination, reports UNB.The leaders of the organisation highlighted the issues during a press conference at...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-28 00:00:00
The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) recovered a large quantity of beer and foreign wine during a raid on Friday at Kingfisher Restaurant and Bar in the Uttara area of the capital.Two individuals, Md Emran Hossain alias Babu (41) and...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-28 00:00:00
Muslim devotees under the banner of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish and Anti-Discriminatory Qaumi Student Unity Council staged a rally in Baitul Mukarram Mosque area of the capital on Friday after Juma prayers in protest against derogatory remarks made by an Indian...
The makeshift shops in the capital's Gulistan area doing brisk business on Friday, a weekly holiday, impeding vehicular and pedestrian movements on the busy Bangabandhu Avenue. — FE Photo
NEW YORK, Sept 27 (UNB): President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula Von der Leyen has assured Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus of Europe's support in his drive to reform Bangladesh."We also remain your partner for steady growth and...
NEW YORK, Sept 27 (UNB): High Commissioner of the UN refugee agency Filippo Grandi has called for a new approach to the Rohingya crisis, saying that the international communities should do more to end the miseries of more than one...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-09-28 00:00:00
Green and sustainable financing by banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) increased by 29.25 per cent in the April-June quarter (Q2) of 2024, compared to the previous quarter, despite a turbulent economic climate.According to the Bangladesh Bank's (BB) latest 'Quarterly...
Shafiqur Rahman, Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, has condemned Awami League (AL), accusing it of committing genocide, report agencies.He asserted that any party committing genocide should be disqualified from participating in national politics. He made the remarks while addressing a gathering...
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