Trade unions play a vital role in protecting workers' rights by advocating for their needs. However, many unions often fail to focus on the most pressing issues, such as workplace safety, fair pay, and job security. Instead, these bodies are...
The lack of a police box at the Thakurgaon Road Rail Station crossing leading to the Thakurgaon Road Bazar has led to deterioration of law and order in the area. The rampant movement of easy-bikes on the main roads of...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-12-24 00:00:00
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Baharul Alam's frank admission that they (the police) committed no end of wrongful acts during the previous regime at the dictates of the party in power is a statement of fact. He said...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2024-12-24 00:00:00
A number of mega projects have been implemented in the country's communication sector during the past few decades. But experts opine that not much economic benefits could be derived from those despite facilitating transportation, mainly due to lack of a...
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) makes news, more often than not, for all the wrong reasons. One such headline it has made on page 8 of the last Sunday's issue of the FE. The headline says it all but contention of...
Serajul I. Bhuiyan | 2024-12-24 00:00:00
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King Jr. The publication of the White Paper on Bangladesh’s economy, revealing widespread corruption under the Awami League-led regime, stands as a defining moment for accountability and a catalyst...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-23 12:00:00
Mir Akhter Hossain Ltd is going to raise Tk 2.50 billion through preference shares to repay its high-cost bank loans to ease the finance cost burden.The board has decided to pay off its high-cost short-term loans partially with funds to...
The name of the under-construction Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Railway Bridge has been changed. The facility will now be known as the Jamuna Railway Bridge, reports bdnews24.com.The names of two stations on either side of the bridge have also been renamed.Bangabandhu...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-23 00:00:00
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Mohammad Abdul Momen has submitted his wealth statement to the ACC Reform Commission."I have officially submitted my asset declaration. Other commissioners will also make submissions," he said while exchanging views with journalists on Sunday. During the...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-23 00:00:00
Postgraduate private trainee doctors on Sunday staged a protest at Shahbagh intersection in the capital, demanding an increase in their monthly stipend to Tk 50,000 from Tk 25,000.The demonstration significantly disrupted traffic movement in the city. Many commuters were seen...
Postgraduate private trainee doctors stage a demonstration at Shahbagh on Sunday, demanding a hike in their monthly allowance. However, their demo disrupted commuter traffic leading to public sufferings. — FE Photo
Panchagarh, Dec 22 (UNB): Shivering cold has gripped the residents of Panchagarh district with temperature dropped to 9.4 degrees Celsius.The temperature, recorded at 6 am at 9.8 degrees Celsius, dipped further to 9.4 degrees by 9 am on Sunday, according...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-12-23 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 22: The 16.5-kilometer Chattogram Elevated Expressway, the longest freeway in the country, will formally be opened to traffic in January next.The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges has already approved the new toll rate proposed by the Chattogram...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-23 00:00:00
Experts at a workshop held recently put emphasis on the need for evidence-based policies that prioritize regional demands, improve governance in subsidy distribution, and create a supportive environment for local industries.They maintained that achieving sustainable agricultural mechanisation would require collaborative...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an investigation into allegations of embezzling $300 million against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy.The decision was confirmed by Md Akhtarul Islam, the commission's deputy director of public relations...
Bangladesh received $2.0 billion in remittances in just 21 days of December, according to the latest update from Bangladesh Bank. This marks a slight increase from the $1.99 billion sent in December 2023, reports UNB.The surge in remittances has been...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-23 00:00:00
Negotiations with the Arakan Army for the repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh are not possible as it is a non-state actor, foreign adviser Touhid Hossain has said.He was talking to the media at the foreign ministry on Sunday."We have...
The government has declared a one-day state mourning for today (Monday) following the death of Civil Aviation and Tourism and Land Adviser AF Hassan Ariff, who passed away from a cardiac arrest on Friday, report agencies.Hassan Ariff, who also served...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-23 00:00:00
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would purchase 66 million litres of edible oils from the local suppliers to sell at subsidised rates among 10 million low-income card-holder families, sources said. It would also buy 10,000 tonnes of sugar and...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-23 00:00:00
The central bank has introduced special regulations to hire international consulting firms (ICFs) for commercial banks in order to improve their financial health through diagnosing the bank companies.The central bank communicated the special regulations to managing directors and chief executive...
Firefighters recovered the body of a man from a button factory at Bhangnahati in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district after it caught fire on Sunday afternoon, reports UNB.Fire fighters recovered the body from inside the factory, said Mamunur Rashid, deputy...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-23 00:00:00
A substantial sum of US$900 million is being fed into Bangladesh's slim foreign-exchange purse from the World Bank as two loan deals were made Sunday, in a row of recent foreign funding. Of the funds, $500 million comes as budget...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-23 00:00:00
Upgrading Bangladesh's export-earning apparel industry happens at a cost as automation of the production processes eliminates 30.58-percent jobs, with helpers handed higher cuts, a latest study shows. The cutting section of the garment-making experienced the highest percentage of labour wipeout-48.34...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-12-23 00:00:00
Private-sector insurance business, both life and non-life, grew at a slower pace in 2023 due to higher inflation and subdued overall business activities.The life-insurance sector expanded by 8.2 per cent to about Tk 114.84 billion, but the growth rate was...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-12-23 00:00:00
An overriding reality now prompts the central bank to discard the virtually derelict crawling-peg regime and consider a more flexible exchange-rate mechanism to bring stability in the overheated foreign-exchange market.The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has now been working on the new...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Monday), according to the Met Office.The highest temperature of the country was recorded on Sunday at 30.5 degrees Celsius in Sitakunda of Chattogram while...
Two more persons died of dengue in the 24 hours until Sunday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 563 this year, reports UNB .According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), recent...
Saleh Akram, a news presenter of Bangladesh Television, died at a hospital in the capital early Sunday. He was 76, reports UNB.Akram breathed his last around 2:30 am at the hospital, said sources at BTV.His namaz-e-janaza will be held on...
Chief adviser of East West University Prof Dr Mohammed Farashuddin on behalf of the university's Board of Trustees hands over ambulance keys to Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Shams Rahman on the campus in the capital on Sunday as the university expanded...
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