Babul Barman | 2026-01-05 00:00:00
Secondary market trading in Treasury bonds surged 53 per cent year-on-year to Tk 1.95 billion in 2025, driven by falling yields and investors' preference for risk-free assets.Bond prices are inversely related to interest rates. As a result, sellers booked capital...
BANGLADESH KRISHI BANK OPENS NEW NANIARCHAR BRANCH BUILDING Bangladesh Krishi Bank opened the newly constructed building of its Naniarchar Branch in Rangamati on Sunday. Deputy Managing Director of the bank Md Abdur Rahim inaugurated the building. Later, a business review...
The Bangladesh China Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCCI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Beijing Ark Galaxy Technology Co. Ltd. and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) with a view to strengthening bilateral cooperation between Bangladesh and...
DUBAI/LONDON, Jan 4 (Reuters): OPEC+ agreed to maintain steady oil output at its meeting on Sunday, the group said in a statement, despite political tensions between key members Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and the US capture of the president...
OUR CORRESPONDENT BENAPOLE, Jan 04: Rural areas of Jashore have been blanketed by intense cold and dense fog, putting Boro paddy seedbeds at serious risk right at the start of the season. Fearing heavy losses, many farmers are desperately trying...
YANGON, Jan 04 (AFP): Myanmar's junta said on Sunday it would release more than 6,000 prisoners as part of an annual amnesty to mark the country's independence day."The Acting President of the Union of the Republic of Myanmar has pardoned...
SEOUL, Jan 04 (AFP): North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast on Sunday, South Korea's military said."The North has launched an unidentified ballistic missile toward the East Sea," it said, referring to a body of water also...
CAIRO, Jan 04 (Reuters): Israeli forces shot and killed at least three Palestinians in separate incidents in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on Sunday, local health authorities said.Medics reported that the dead included a 15?year?old boy, a...
WASHINGTON, Jan 04 (Agencies): At least 40 people, including civilians and members of the armed forces, were killed in US airstrikes on Venezuela on Saturday, The New York Times reported, citing a senior Venezuelan official who spoke on condition of...
Music is one of the most powerful cultural tools in any society. It entertains, educates, preserves heritage and often reflects collective emotions. Yet, when music normalises vulgar language and degrading expressions, especially in public spaces, it stops being harmless entertainment...
The rampant control of syndicates in the country's gas sector has become a serious source of hardship for ordinary citizens. Despite repeated promises of uninterrupted residential supply, the reality is different. In many households, especially during crucial morning and evening...
Neil Ray | 2026-01-05 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has fixed the price of a 12-kg LPG (liquid petroleum gas) cylinder at Tk1,253 but its retail price has now crossed the Tk 2,000 mark. However, according to a report carried in a leading...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2026-01-05 00:00:00
Precious metals including gold and silver have turned pricier recently. This was the trend last year when central banks around the world added hundreds of tons of gold to their reserves, according to the World Gold Council trade association. Similarly,...
The interim government has apparently failed to bring about any perceptible change in the atrocious traffic congestion and road safety. On the contrary, the city's traffic situation appears to have worsened as Dhaka has literally become a city of road...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2026-01-04 12:00:00
Every winter, Bangladesh produces a surplus of onions, causing prices to fall sharply to around Tk 60 per kilogramme, forcing farmers to sell below cost while large quantities rot in storage. Months later, shortages reappear, middlemen become active, imports are...
With the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) directing Kolkata Knight Riders to release their player Mustafizur Rahman from a contract to play IPL 2026, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has decided to approach ICC for a change...
Nafisa Tabassum Yoko | 2026-01-04 12:00:00
Grammar rules, verb charts, and memorization are frequently the very first topics covered in English classes in elementary schools in the context of Bangladesh. Grammar is important, but research and international classroom practices indicate that speaking fluency and confidence should...
Mim Afrin | 2026-01-04 12:00:00
Anika stepped away from her specialist role in technology sector in Dhaka for two years to care for her newborn. It was a deliberate choice, or so she believed. Within months of returning, she discovered that the IT industry had...
Samiul Haque | 2026-01-04 12:00:00
In a world where most people measure success in salaries and promotions, Munjer Alam chose a different path. Once the director of Finance at a prestigious multinational company, he turned away from the glow of corporate life to build something...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has said that the government is committed to bringing those involved in the murder of Hadi to justice.He said work is continuing to complete the trial as quickly as possible."We cannot rush the judicial...
SHARIATPUR, Jan 3 (UNB) : A trader who was stabbed and set on fire by muggers in Damudya upazila of Shariatpur district on Wednesday died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday.Khokon Das, 55, who used to run a...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Saturday said four to five cold waves might occur across the country this month.In its January 2026 outlook, it said January might see two to three mild to moderate cold waves and one to...
Rangpur, Jan 3 (UNB): Severe cold has led to a surge in patients suffering from cold-related illnesses across Rangpur division, with 1,421 new patients admitted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital over the past three days and 103 deaths recorded from...
Leaders of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council meet BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman at the BNP chairperson's Gulshan office in the capital on Saturday. — Focus Bangla
FE REPORTAmar Bangladesh Party (AB Party) chairman Mojibur Rahman Bhuiyan Monju has disclosed an annual income of just over Tk 1.18 million, with television talk shows emerging as a major source of earnings. The details were revealed in his affidavit...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) has called for prudent, timely and effective economic measures to safeguard Bangladesh's economic momentum in 2026, amid political tension ahead of the 13th national election scheduled to be held on 12 February. In...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
The VAT base has expanded sharply following a special nationwide registration drive in December 2025, as the National Board of Revenue (NBR) brought more than 131,000 new entities under the value-added tax (VAT) system.The campaign, timed with VAT Day and...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh's liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports from long-term suppliers will surge to 86 cargoes, up by 53.57 per cent, in 2026 as three long-term sales and purchase agreements (SPAs) become effective from January, sources said. In 2025, state-run Petrobangla imported...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
Returning officers on Saturday declared 149 nomination papers valid and rejected 66 across all 20 parliamentary constituencies in Dhaka following the scrutiny for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election.Two nominations remained pending and one had been withdrawn, election officials said as...
The US attacked Venezuela and deposed its long-serving autocratic President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday, President Donald Trump said, in Washington's most direct intervention in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama, reports Reuters."The United States of America has successfully...
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