KARACHI, Mar 29 (Express Tribune): Poverty in Pakistan has surged to 43.5 per cent, according to the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC), indicating a far graver situation than official estimates by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) and the...
PARIS, Mar 29 (AFP): iPhone maker Apple celebrates its 50th anniversary on April 1 having marked pop culture and the tech industry like few other firms since its beginnings in 1976.Here are five things you may not know about the...
Minister for Health and Family Welfare Sardar Md Shakhawat Hossain visiting a stall after inaugurating the "Asia Pharma Expo-2026" at the Bangladesh Friendship Exhibition Centre at Purbachal in the city on Sunday. — PID Photo
Organised smuggling syndicates are orchestrating a massive evasion of state revenue that threatens to dismantle Bangladesh's domestic shaving blade industry, placing thousands of jobs at risk, reports BSS. Following the departure of a major multinational distributor, these criminal networks have...
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla., Mar 29 (AP): Aryna Sabalenka beat Coco Gauff in the Miami Open women's singles final 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 on Saturday.The world No. 1 overpowered fourth-ranked Gauff in the first and third sets with sizzling groundstroke winners and...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam Bulbul visited Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city on Sunday to oversee the cricketers' preparations for the upcoming home series against New Zealand, reports BSS.The New Zealand team is scheduled to arrive...
State Minister for Youth and Sports Md. Aminul Haque on Sunday said the government will investigate irregularities in appointments at the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) during the past 16 years of Awami League rule, reports UNB.Replying to a supplementary question...
State Minister for Youth and Sports Aminul Haque said on Sunday the government is set to make sports compulsory from the fourth grade starting next academic year, reports UNB.Responding to a question from Zahidul Islam, a Member of Parliament elected...
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, March 29 (Reuters): Chinese bank stocks climbed in Hong Kong on Friday after Reuters reported that regulators are considering easing shareholder restrictions to broaden options for lenders seeking to raise capital.The National Financial Regulatory Administration may allow some...
NEW YORK, March 29 (Reuters): Next week's US employment report headlines a fresh batch of economic data for stock investors, who also will closely follow developments in an Iran war that is entering its second month.Markets will continue to fixate...
A meeting of the Asset-Liability Management Committee (ALCO) of Janata Bank PLC was held at the bank's head office on Sunday, with Deputy Managing Director Md. Fayaz Alam in the chair. General managers and deputy general managers concerned attended the...
The Shippers' Council of Bangladesh (SCB) held a meeting with representatives of the Ocean Centres initiative recently to discuss collaboration for advancing maritime safety and sustainable ocean economy development in Bangladesh.Shippers' Council Chairman Md Rezaul Karim presided over the meeting...
SEOUL, March 29 (Reuters): Twenty-four-year-old Kim Min-sung's gruelling schedule begins with intensive classes at Seoul's Korea Foreign Language University followed by late nights at the library as he prepares for the notoriously competitive national diplomatic exam, a traditional path to...
In line with its slogan “Go Digital, Go Green,” NCC Bank has introduced a fully digital and environmentally friendly savings account named NCC NeoX, aiming to promote sustainable banking while offering modern, convenient services.The NCC NeoX account allows customers to...
Most Gulf stock markets slipped in early Sunday trading as fears of a broader Iran-linked conflict weighed on investor sentiment after Yemen's Houthis launched their first attacks on Israel since the conflict began and the US deployed additional forces to...
FE REPORT | 2026-03-30 00:00:00
The securities regulator has approved a proposal from non-listed Akij Food & Beverage Ltd to raise Tk 5 billion by issuing zero-coupon bonds, a move that reflects the growing reliance of large corporations on alternative financing instruments.According to the regulatory...
BABUL BARMAN | 2026-03-30 00:00:00
Foreign investors have continued withdrawing funds from Bangladesh's equity market over the past nine months through February this year amid persistent geopolitical tensions and macroeconomic uncertainties.Political stability following the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's landslide victory in the February polls has failed...
Sabbir Ahmed | 2026-03-30 00:00:00
When I look at how payments were traditionally made in Bangladesh till about a decade ago, I am reminded how our financial system relied on physical presence. Paying utility bills, settling supplier payments, or processing salaries meant paperwork, signatures, and...
For years, political leaders and ministers have shown a persistent lack of control of their speeches, decisions and initiatives on national issues. During the Eid vacation, these shortcomings were evident in areas such as transport fares, availability of vehicles and...
Neil Ray | 2026-03-30 00:00:00
The Defence Officers Housing Society (DOHS) Parishad at Baridhara and the Animal Welfare of Baridhara DOHS (AWBD) are, according to a report carried in a contemporary, on a collision course over the presence of stray dogs there. Even the pet...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2026-03-30 00:00:00
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has instructed the home minister to adopt stern measures against oil smuggling as well as creation of any artificial energy crisis. For a country critically dependent on imported fossil fuel, such strict directive from the government's...
The war in the Middle East has entered 2nd month, and there is no end in sight. All sides are claiming that they are winning, but only one outcome that is certain is global economic recession and suffering of ordinary...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2026-03-30 00:00:00
It has been the dirtiest of all wars, if by dirty is meant a cunning, stealthy, unprovoked and no-holds barred war. America and Iran were ostensibly (from the aggressors' point of view) negotiating under the good offices of the Omani...
Nabeeha Sultana & Saraf Wamia | 2026-03-29 00:00:00
The meaning of the word feminism has been shaped by contemporary trends and compounded misconceptions, which have ultimately eroded its true essence and, at times, weaponised it. Driven by a sense of misapprehension of its intent, the word “feminist” is...
TEHRAN, Mar 28 (AFP): Yemen's Houthi rebels announced their entry into the Middle East war on Saturday by launching a ballistic missile towards Israel, as the world struggled to contain the economic damage of a conflict now entering its second...
Cox's Bazar, Mar 28 (UNB): Thirteen Bangladeshi fishermen were abducted allegedly by the members of Myanmar's armed rebel group Arakan Army from the Naf River in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district on Saturday morning.Those abducted were identified as Mostafizur...
FE REPORT | 2026-03-29 00:00:00
The capital city witnessed massive crowds at key entry points on Saturday as thousands of city residents returned from their village homes after the Eid-ul-Fitr and Independence Day holidays, with many passengers complaining of higher transport fares and prolonged traffic...
First responders and security forces work at the site of a projectile strike in Eshtaol, near Beit Shemesh in central Israel, on Saturday. — AFP
Additional IGP Md. Ahsan Habib Palash has assumed charge as the 12th Director General (DG) of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) today.A member of the 15th BCS (Police) batch, Palash joined the Bangladesh Police in 1995 as an Assistant Superintendent...
YAOUNDE, March 28 (Reuters): A group of World Trade Organization members agreed on Saturday to sidestep adoption hurdles for the world’s first baseline on digital trade rules, opting to bring the agreement into force among consenting participants, the WTO said.In...
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