FE REPORT | 2025-11-21 00:00:00
The High Court on Thursday directed the government not to proceed with any further activities related to the container-handling contract for the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) at Chattogram seaport until the writ petition challenging the initiative is resolved.The bench...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-21 00:00:00
Development activities remain in disarray as government ministries and agencies struggle to recover from last year's disruptions caused by the July uprising, officials said on Thursday.The sluggish execution of development projects has persisted into the first four months of the...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-21 00:00:00
Bhutan's Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow (Saturday) on a three-day official visit that is expected to deepen bilateral cooperation and lay the groundwork for new economic and regional partnerships between the two Himalayan neighbours.Tobgay will meet...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-21 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) plans to implement risk-based supervision (RBS) from January 2026 and has asked the country's commercial banks to take necessary measures in this regard. As part of the shift from the decades-old compliance-based inspections, the central bankers...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-21 00:00:00
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Prof Dr Asif Nazrul on Thursday said after the ICT verdict against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, India now carried "an additional responsibility" under the bilateral extradition treaty to return her.He was addressing a...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-21 00:00:00
M Matiul Islam, the country's first finance secretary and a pioneering figure in the financial and banking sector, passed away early Thursday at the age of 95.His namaz-e-janaza will be held at Azad Mosque in Gulshan after Jumma prayers today...
MIRPUR, Nov 20 (AFP): Mushfiqur Rahim joined an elite club on Thursday by scoring a century in his 100th Test, achieving the feat against Ireland in Mirpur.Resuming on 99 overnight, Mushfiqur reached his hundred with a single in the second...
The Armed Forces Day will be celebrated today (Friday) with various programmes amid festivity and enthusiasm to mark the establishment of army, navy and air force during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, reports BSS.The day's programmes will begin with the...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-21 00:00:00
The UN General Assembly's Third Committee has adopted by consensus a resolution urging renewed international efforts to resolve the protracted Rohingya crisis and ensure the safe return of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, said a foreign ministry spokesman on Thursday. The...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-21 00:00:00
Election-time neutral caretaker government revives, with prospective effect, in a reversal of a previous Supreme Court verdict contentiously rescinding the system under the then divisive political circumstances. The resurrected system of neutral government of 90-day tenure stays in animated suspension...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-11-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh begins a critical gap analysis of its economic strengths for aligning its trade policies with protocols of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) for joining the world's largest trade bloc.The comprehensive analysis aims to assess where Bangladesh currently stands...
ORLANS, Nov 20 (AFP): Inside a lab in the French city of Orleans, scientists are testing out the limits of molecules in our body called messenger RNA -- best known for being used in Covid-19 vaccines -- in the hopes...
TAIPEI, Nov 20 (Reuters): Taiwan President Lai Ching-te showed his support for Japan on Thursday with a lunch of Japanese-sourced sushi, after China indicated it would halt all imports of the country's seafood in an escalating dispute over the Chinese-claimed...
GAZA, Nov 20 (AFP): Israeli air strikes on Gaza killed 27 people Wednesday, officials in the Strip said, with Israel and Hamas each accusing the other of violating the fragile ceasefire in the Palestinian territory.The strikes were among the deadliest...
KATHMANDU, Nov 20 (AFP): A curfew was in force Thursday in a Nepalese town following clashes between young activists and loyalists of the former ruling party that was overthrown in a deadly September uprising.The measure was imposed for a second...
SYDNEY, Nov 20 (AFP): Australia framed its ceding of next year's COP to Turkey as a "big win", but the loss sparked disappointment on Thursday in the Pacific islands, which had been slated to co-host the climate meet.Canberra pulled the...
WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (AFP): US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would start "working" to end the war in Sudan, after visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked him to help solve the devastating conflict.Trump has until now barely...
KYIV, Nov 20 (BBC/AFP): Senior Pentagon officials have arrived in Ukraine to "discuss efforts to end the war" with Russia, the US military has said.The team, led by US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, held talks with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia...
NEW YORK, Nov 20 (AFP): Texas's top prosecutor on Wednesday announced the state had reached a $41.5 million settlement with US drugmakers Pfizer and Tris Pharma, over allegations of drug adulteration and defrauding the state's Medicaid programme. The settlement resolves...
MELBORN YORK, Nov 20 (Reuters): HSBC has appointed Steve Hughes as CEO and head of Banking for Australia and New Zealand (NZ), effective January 1, 2026, a company spokesperson said on Thursday.Hughes, who joined HSBC in 2015, has led the...
ZURICH, Nov 20 (Reuters): Novartis will expand its operations in North Carolina and build a manufacturing hub there as part of a planned $23 billion of US infrastructure investment over the next five years, the Swiss pharmaceuticals company said on...
WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Agencies): The US trade deficit fell by nearly 24 per cent in August as President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs pushed imports lower.In a report delayed for more than seven weeks by the federal government shutdown, the...
RIYADH, Nov 20 (Arab News): Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Municipalities and Housing has launched a new "Real Estate Stimulus" program aimed at boosting sector sustainability, unlocking investment opportunities and accelerating development across the Kingdom. Minister Majid Al-Hogail unveiled the initiative,...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20 (AFP): Pakistan will receive a $330 million loan to upgrade its energy grid, which will help hydropower reach major cities, the Asian Development Bank said Thursday.The country of 250 million faces chronic power outages, soaring electricity costs...
The 31st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Gas Transmission Company Limited (GTCL) was held at the boardroom of the company's head office in Dhaka on November 17.Dr. Mohammad Hafizur Rahman Bhuiyan, Chairman of the GTCL Board of Directors, presided over...
A bilateral agreement was signed between the Sarkari Karmachari Hospital and the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) on Thursday for the proper management and quality services at the cafeteria of the 500-bed hospital located in Fulbaria, Dhaka. Under the agreement, Parjatan...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-11-21 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 20: Western Marine Shipyard Ltd, a leading shipbuilder, has exported three more ships to the UAE. The three landing craft vessels named 'Maya', 'Emy' And 'Muna' were handed over to Marwan Shipping Ltd during a delivery ceremony held...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank has inaugurated "Ababil NG (Next Generation)" core banking system training through its internal project Nebula. The bank's Managing Director Mohd. Rafat Ullah Khan inaugurated the training programme as the chief guest on Wednesday. As a result, the...
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