A training initiative taken by electric vehicle manufacturer BYD has received huge response from local drivers as registration process for this training began on Friday, reports BSS. The training will be held in batches every Friday from January 10 to...
A manhole lies open in the capital's Kakrail area for months, thus posing a danger for people. However, the authorities concerned seem intent on turning a blind eye to it. The photo was taken on Friday. — FE Photo
A flower festival started at the Chattogram Faujdarhat DC Park on Friday. More than 100,000 flowers of 136 species are on display at the month-long festival.
Indian consumer goods firm on Friday estimated its consolidated quarterly revenue will rise in the mid-teen percentage range, boosted by improving rural consumption and higher demand for its Parachute and Saffola brands of oils, reports Reuters. Cooking oil has largely...
BSF pushes back four Bangladeshis | 2025-01-04 00:00:00
HABIGANJ, Jan 3 (UNB): Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has sent back four Bangladeshis, who earlier trespassed on India through the border of Habiganj.Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) took custody of the four from the BSF after a flag meeting...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-01-04 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 03: Chittagong Film Centre (CFC) celebrated its 32nd founding anniversary in the port city on Wednesday. CFC president journalist and poet Nazimuddin Shyamol inaugurated the event by cutting a cake as the chief guest. Among others, CFC General...
BEIJING, Jan 3 (AFP) : China is "determined" to continue opening up its economy to the world in 2025, a top economic planning official said Friday, as Beijing steels itself for potential trade turmoil when US President-elect Donald Trump takes...
A moderate earthquake jolted different parts of the country, including Dhaka and north-east part of Sylhet, on Friday morning, reports BSS.The epicentre of the earthquake was neighbouring Myanmar, said the meteorological Department.The earthquake, measuring 5.0 magnitude on the Richter scale,...
Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will visit Bangladesh next month as the South Asian country wants to deepen its relations with Dhaka amid changed political situation, reports UNB.Ishaq Dar's upcoming trip to Dhaka will be the...
LONDON, Jan 3 (AFP) : Britain produced its cleanest electricity on record last year with output of fossil fuels at an all-time low and renewables reaching a record-high, a study has showed.Oil, gas and coal together produced 29 percent of...
The 29th Dhaka International Trade Fair witnesses a rundown of visitors on Friday amid the ongoing spell of wintry chill. However, traders expect a rise in their numbers soon. — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2025-01-04 00:00:00
Rice prices continue to go up as millers have captured the market, say market observers.Last week, coarse rice prices rose to Tk 58-60 a kg, medium one Tk 68-72 a kg, and the fine variety Tk 80-95 a kg. The...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-01-04 00:00:00
Dillydallying costs an additional Tk4.60 billion besides time overrun in a Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) electricity-transmission project, officials have said.The post-uprising interim govt bears the burden after over half a decade wasted in failure to complete the project,...
GULAM RABBANI | 2025-01-04 00:00:00
Twelve abandoned aircraft parked at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) have turned into a bane for the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) as auction process for selling them may face complications.The auction process may be obstructed by the...
Thirteen districts in the country are currently experiencing a cold wave, but the Bangladesh Meteorological Department says that the chill will ease a bit over the next few days as the temperature rises.Meteorologist Shahnaz Sultana told bdnews24.com: "It is not...
The interim government has now extended the deadlines for the reports from all six reform commissions initially formed to rework state machinery following the ousting of the Awami League regime in a mass movement, bdnews24.com.The Public Administration Reform Commission, Police...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-01-04 00:00:00
Dhaka's traffic-police department comes up with a new bus-route plan proposing 54 routes that include 25 circular ones while under-work route rationalization stays afoot.The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Traffic last week shared its plan with stakeholders, including Dhaka Transport Coordination...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-01-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh's currency gets overvalued driven by higher domestic inflation compared to its trading economies with the prospect of export and remittance losing out, economists and businesspeople say.Export and remittance are then two wellheads of foreign-exchange supplies for the country-and this...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Saturday), according to the Met Office.Moderate to dense fog may occur over the country during midnight to morning and it may continue at places...
The government has urged the followers of Maulana Muhammad Zubair and Maulana Saad to maintain peaceful coexistence in their respective Tablighi Markaz at district and upazila levels, reports UNB. The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification to this effect...
The Detective Branch (DB) of Police has rescued an UP chairman, who had been abducted from the Ekuria area of Dokkhin Keraniganj on Wednesday, reports UNB.The victim is Kazi Raisul Islam alias Selim (45), chairman of Moukoron Union Parishad of...
MUNSHIGANJ, Jan 3 (UNB): Four people, including two helpers of bus drivers and a supervisor, have been killed and scores injured in two separate road accidents on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway in Munshiganj.One accident occurred on Thursday night, while the second one...
Opening a new chapter in country's judicial history, a High Court (HC) bench is all set to begin paper free judicial proceedings from tomorrow (January 5), reports BSS.The bench, designated for looking into the matters related to company law, was...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-04 00:00:00
Additional Police Commissioner (Crime and Operations) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) SN Md Nazrul Islam has urged the people to provide exact information on extortionists to facilitate taking legal action against them by the law enforcers.Observing that the extortionists...
JU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-01-04 00:00:00
Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Friday hosted its 23rd bird fair, emphasizing the importance of bird conservation and fostering public awareness about environmental stewardship.The event was organised by the university's zoology department.It drew a vibrant crowd of bird enthusiasts, conservationists and...
TALHA BIN HABIB | 2025-01-04 00:00:00
Sales of warm clothes, quilts and blankets have boomed, as chilly weather continues to persist with the fall of mercury in the capital and elsewhere across the country.Visiting Gulistan, Purana Paltan, Mouchak and New Market areas on Friday, the FE...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-01-04 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 03: A leader of Sramik Dal, the workers' wing of BNP, was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants in the Jungle Salimpur area at Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram.The victim is Mir Md Arman Hossain (48), a resident of...
BNP's Dhaka South City unit has expelled its Lalbagh 23rd ward president Aminul Islam Amin due to his alleged involvement in extortion and land grabbing at the Azimpur Graveyard, reports UNB.A press release, signed by Saidur Rahman Mintu, Joint Convener...
The Dhaka University (DU) unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir has announced its new committee for 2025, reports UNB.SM Forhad has been elected as the president with Mohiuddin Khan as the general secretary. Kazi Ashik has become the organisational secretary.This information...
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