FE REPORT | 2025-12-05 00:00:00
Treat policing the upcoming national elections as a historic responsibility and work towards ensuring a credible, peaceful and inclusive vote, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus directs district police chiefs. The direction from the head of post-uprising government of Bangladesh comes...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-05 00:00:00
The World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday launched a joint-financing framework for two development projects in Fiji and Tonga while Bangladesh is also under consideration for the next round of mutual investment, said the lenders.Bangladesh will get...
A variety of cold-weather vegetables are growing as the winter season is just on the doorstep. In the photograph taken at South Keraniganj on Thursday, farmers are seen harvesting mustard leaves. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-12-05 00:00:00
The currency held outside banks has been flowing back into vaults in greater volumes in recent months, providing some sort of respite to commercial lenders amid persisting liquidity tightness.Deposits amounting to Tk 260 billion that flowed out returned to the...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-05 00:00:00
The Council of Advisers, on Thursday, approved the long-anticipated Police Commission Ordinance, paving the way for the formation of an independent five-member commission aimed at making policing in Bangladesh more public-centred, accountable and rights-sensitive.Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan announced the...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-05 00:00:00
Bangladesh's single-month merchandise export earnings in November 2025 declined for the fourth consecutive month on a year-on-year basis, registering a 5.58 per cent fall compared to the same month in 2024.The fall was caused by a negative growth of readymade...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-05 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld a High Court ruling that declared the formation and swearing-in of the current interim government headed by Noble Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus legal.A seven-member bench of the Appellate Division headed...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-05 00:00:00
Critically-sick BNP chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia is set to be flown to London by Friday as her medical teams from home and abroad recommended the travel, said the party on Thursday.The decision to take Khaleda to London...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-05 00:00:00
Business leaders urge the government to grant relief from excessively high bank interest as they find current borrowing costs as an unbearable burden for industries already weakened by rising operational expenses.They also seek exemptions from advance income tax (AIT), describing...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-12-05 00:00:00
Collection of corporate taxes from large taxpayers has declined for a fall in their business profitability for factors like high-rated interest, rising costs and falling purchasing capacity for inflation, sources say. Corporate insiders say their ability to pay taxes squeezing...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday). Night and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country. The highest temperature on Thursday was recorded...
Three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours until Thursday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 394 this year, reports UNB.During the same period, 565 new patients were admitted to hospitals,...
Ahead of the national election, the list of new officers-in-charge (OCs) for 50 police stations under the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has been published after a lottery-based selection process involving 527 stations nationwide, reports bdnews24.com.In an order signed on Thursday...
A routine commute to work has turned into a fight for survival as two customs officials have been ambushed by machete-wielding attackers in Chattogram, reports bdnews24.com.The attack occurred at 10:35am on Thursday in the Agrabad CDA residential area, according to...
The final results of the HSC (NISH-1) Examination 2025, designated for the Bangladesh Army, Navy, and Air Force, have been officially published on Wednesday. The Open School of Bangladesh Open University (BOU) conducted the special higher secondary certificate exam, according...
Rubel Aziz was re-elected President (unopposed) of Banani Club Limited in the election held recently, says a press release.Ten elected members of the Executive Committee are: Anik Ghosh, Nazia Barkat, Makin-Ur-Rashid (Rossi), Farzana Rowshan, Syed Ahsanul Apon, S. M. Shamsuddin...
Dhaka may witness a shift in its crime patterns in the coming weeks ahead of the national election, as the intelligence agencies are apprehending a rise in acts of sabotage, arson attacks and politically-driven violence, reports UNB.In recent weeks, parts...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-05 00:00:00
Jatiya Chhatra Shakti (JCS) leaders said DU administration failed to disclose the duration and plan of the renovations-citing which the authorities closed the institution following last month's tremor.JCS Dhaka University (DU) unit President Tahmid Al Muddassir Chowdhury made the remarks...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-05 00:00:00
Metro rail passengers are increasingly embracing the new online recharge facility, introduced to spare them the long queues at station counters. In just one week, more than 11,000 cards were topped up through the digital platform, signalling strong public acceptance...
Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam will serve as the acting Chief Justice (CJ) from December 19 to 24, 2025, as Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed is scheduled to travel to Saudi Arabia to perform holy Umrah, reports BSS."During this period, or...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-05 00:00:00
The interim government has passed two ordinances relating to the country's forest, biodiversity, and wildlife protection. These are "Forest and Tree Conservation Ordinance 2025" and "Wildlife (Conservation and Security) Ordinance 2025". The approval was given at a meeting of the...
The International Crimes Tribunal has issued an arrest warrant against Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the son of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a case over crimes against humanity for shutting off the internet and causing mass killings during the July...
The United Nations in Bangladesh on Thursday briefed registered political parties on its technical assistance to the Election Commission (EC) for the upcoming national election, reports UNB.The UN team provided an overview to the representatives of political parties on the...
Bangladeshi High Commissioner to India Riaz Hamidullah says Dhaka is trying to "articulate a new canvas" regarding the relationship with its next-door neighbour, the Times of India reports."The effort is to articulate a new canvas where we can look at...
BNP on Thursday announced 36 more candidates, including four for Dhaka, to contest the upcoming national election, reports UNB.BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir revealed the names of the candidates at the party Chairperson's Gulshan office."We are announcing another...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir speaking at a press conference at the party chairperson's Gulshan office in the capital on Thursday. BNP Standing Committee Member Nazrul Islam Khan was also present. - Focus Bangla
NEW DELHI, Dec 04 (AFP): India are all in a spin after losing a scarcely believable 20 coin tosses in a row in one-day internationals -- at odds of more than a million-to-one.Stand-in captain KL Rahul admitted he was flummoxed...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has granted No Objection Certificates (NOCs) to three players-Mominul Haque, Taskin Ahmed, and Mustafizur Rahman-allowing them to participate in various cricket leagues, reports BSS.Mominul Haque, a veteran of Test cricket, will be heading to Australia...
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Dec 04 (AFP): Big centuries by Tom Latham and Rachin Ravindra put New Zealand firmly in control of the first Test against the West Indies with a lead of 481 at stumps on day three in Christchurch...
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