JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-11-22 00:00:00
The Secondary and Higher Education Division (SHED) has proposed a sharp contraction of its Annual Development Programme (ADP) for FY26, seeking to cut Tk 72.22 billion - more than 53 per cent of its current ADP allocation.It recently submitted a...
The National Legal Aid Services Organisation (NLASO), through its two labour legal aid cells in Dhaka and Chattogram, has so far realised Tk 69,581,916 in compensation for workers through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), reports BSS.According to its latest report, NLASO...
(Clockwise, from left): Damaged power plant at Ghorashal in Narsingdi; a building at Bangshal in Old Dhaka, whose collapsed wall killed three persons; and relatives of the deceased wailing at Mitford Hospital. — FE/Focus Bangla Photos
FE REPORT | 2025-11-22 00:00:00
Prices of vegetables and potatoes have increased in the city markets within a week, while onion prices have remained stuck at their previous high.Prices of almost all winter vegetables that have declined to a satisfactory level, have again increased within...
LALMONIRHAT, 21 Nov (UNB): Police have recovered an abandoned grenade during excavation work on a drainage system in the Boro Kamalabari Paschimpara area of Kamalabari union in Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat.Local resident Abdul Aziz (75) noticed the grenade while cleaning...
PANCHAGARH, Nov 21 (BSS): Sarjis Alam, chief organiser for the Northern Region of the Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP), has said India's opinion regarding Bangladesh has little significance until New Delhi agrees to return Sheikh Hasina, whom he refers to as...
The expulsion orders of 56 leaders of BNP and its affiliates have been revoked, reports BSS.Earlier, they were expelled from the primary membership and from all positions for violating party discipline, said a party press release on Friday.The leaders include...
A Dhaka court has sent to jail three accused who were arrested in the case lodged over the murder of Pallabi thana Jubo Dal leader Golam Kibria on November 17, reports BSS. The three accused are Masum Billah alias Bhagne...
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 21(BSS): Police on Friday arrested Abu Bakkar Chowdhury (50), an associate of former Awami League (AL) lawmaker Mohiuddin Baccu, on charges of attacking the anti-discrimination student movement in the port city.The Detective Branch of Chattogram Metropolitan Police detained...
Expressing profound sorrow over the loss of lives in the earthquake, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said the casualties and damage could have been minimised if proper precautionary measures had been taken in advance, reports BSS."A devastating earthquake caused...
KHULNA, Nov 21 (BSS): Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar has said people, especially students and youths, will show a 'red card' to corrupt leaders in the upcoming national election.Speaking as the chief guest at a student rally at...
BNP senior leader Professor AZM Zahid Hossain has said the government must take urgent and immediate steps to protect people from the risk of earthquakes, reports UNB."After experiencing the tremor, there is no reason to think we are safe," he...
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman (left ), and National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam (right) paid a courtesy call on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at the Armed Forces Day reception at Dhaka Cantonment on Friday. — Focus Bangla Photos
MONACO, Nov 21 (AFP): Paul Pogba has lost none of his "vision and technique" despite not playing for more than two years, his Monaco coach Sebastien Pocognoli said on Friday, as he weighs up whether to hand the 2018 World...
Achraf Hakimi has been crowned the CAF Men's Player of the Year for 2025, becoming the first Moroccan in 27 years to win the honour and only the second defender ever to claim the award, reports UNB.The Paris Saint-Germain right-back...
LONDON, Nov 21 (AFP): Arsenal are expected to be without defensive lynchpin Gabriel Magalhaes when they host London rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday as Manchester City seek to keep up the pressure on the Premier League leaders.Pep Guardiola's City could...
Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid Saikat, Bangladesh's first ICC Elite Panel umpire, now has become the first Bangladeshi umpire to officiate in the Ashes too, reports UNB.Sharfuddoula served as the television umpire during the opening test in Perth on Friday. He is...
PERTH, Australia, Nov 21 (AFP): Nineteen wickets fell on an opening day of carnage in the first Ashes Test on Friday, with England's attack led by skipper Ben Stokes bowling them into a position of strength after Australia dismissed the...
Openers Shadman Islam and Mahmudul Hasan Joy struck fluent half-centuries as Bangladesh tightened their grip on the second and final Test against Ireland at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday, reports BSS.Shadman remained unbeaten on 69 while Joy, who...
MAHMUDUL ISLAM | 2025-11-22 00:00:00
On a sunny July morning, with white clouds scattered across the light blue sky, I take an autorickshaw from the busy Tiger Pass Circle in the heart of Chattogram. My destination is the Pahartali Carriage and Wagon Repair Workshop of...
Rezina Sultana | 2025-11-22 00:00:00
Beyond "Til Death Do Us Part" Imagine a couple in their late 50s in a tranquil neighbourhood of Dhaka, let's call them Rina and Kamal. They have successfully raised their children, who are now pursuing careers abroad. For twenty-five years,...
Asia-Pacific markets fell Friday, after US tech stocks lost ground and investors' hopes of a December rate cut by the Federal Reserve faded, reports CNBC.Japan's Nikkei 225 tumbled 2.4 per cent to close at 48,625.88, while the Topix index ended...
Global equity funds attracted inflows for a ninth straight week as fund investors, encouraged by an overall strong third-quarter earnings season, brushed off concerns about lofty tech valuations, reports Reuters.LSEG Lipper data showed that investors bought a net $4.43 billion...
BRAC Bank has entered into a partnership with SMC Enterprise Ltd. to streamline its nationwide receivable operations through a modern cash management solution. Through this arrangement, SMC Enterprise will utilise BRAC Bank's virtual account system to collect payments from distributors...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-22 00:00:00
Eastern Lubricants Blenders saw its profit jump 74 per cent year-on-year to Tk 68.53 million for FY'25, driven by higher sales of base oil and a significant boost in non-operating income.The state-run company's earnings per share (EPS) for FY'25 stood...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-22 00:00:00
The benchmark equity index rebounded this week, paring more than half of the sharp losses suffered in the previous week and snapping a three-week losing streak, as bargain hunters showed renewed buying interest in beaten-down stocks.Analysts noted that the market...
SINGAPORE, Nov 21 (AFP) : Germany's finance minister said Thursday Beijing had made a "clear" commitment on ensuring rare earth supplies, following the first visit to China by a minister from Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government.Germany and China have long had...
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 21 (AFP): The European Union and South Africa said Thursday they have agreed to boost exploration, extraction and refining of minerals and metals in the resource-rich African nation to secure supplies for the green transition.A deal laying the...
The Bangladesh High Commission in London has said preparations are in full swing for the highly anticipated SME Fair, set to take place during Heritage Week in Tower Hamlets on 13-14 December, reports UNB.This exciting event promises to be a...
LOS ANGELES, (United States), Nov 21, (AFP): President Donald Trump's administration is planning to open up millions of square miles (kilometers) of US coastal waters to oil and gas drilling, it said Thursday, in a step that could lead to...
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