A truck has run over a CNG autorickshaw and killed six people in Noakhali's Kabirhat Upazila.The accident occurred around 2:30pm on Tuesday near Islamia Alia Madrasa on the Kabirhat-Basurhat road, said Kabirhat Police chief Shahin Mia, reports bdnews24.com.Police have yet...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-05 00:00:00
Onion prices have surged to as high as Tk 120 per kilogramme in Dhaka and other major cities within just two days, fuelled by crop damage from heavy rainfall and the continued suspension of imports from India. Retail prices, which...
FE Report | 2025-11-05 00:00:00
The government is mulling over intensifying its crackdown on the growing menace of online gambling in Bangladesh by introducing a coordinated monitoring system and other preventive measures.The measures include blocking relevant mobile financial service (MFS) accounts, and considering limiting internet...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-11-05 00:00:00
Net sales of National Savings Certificates (NSCs) plunged by 95.5 per cent year-on-year in September 2025, as tighter liquidity conditions and rising living costs continued to erode small investors' appetite for government savings instruments.According to Bangladesh Bank (BB) data, NSC...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2025-11-05 00:00:00
The government is set to raise Tk 25 billion through the issuance of its seventh Sukuk bond in early December 2025 to finance rural infrastructure projects in Bangladesh's southern districts. The decision was made at the first meeting of the...
The vehicles, burnt during the student-led popular uprising at Bangladesh Medical University (formerly Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University), still lie there, as the authorities concerned appear indifferent to removing them. The photo was taken on Tuesday. — FE Photo by...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-05 00:00:00
The Election Commission (EC) has decided to grant registration to three political parties ahead of the upcoming national elections.They are: The National Citizens Party (NCP), the Socialist Party of Bangladesh-Marxist, and the Bangladesh Aam Jonogon Party (BAJP).EC Senior Secretary Akhtar...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-05 00:00:00
The ambassadors and high commissioners of France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the European Union in Dhaka on Tuesday emphasised the importance of introducing Airbus aircraft -- produced by the European aerospace giant Airbus -- into Biman Bangladesh Airlines' fleet...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-05 00:00:00
About 54.17 per cent of the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust (BCCT) Fund -- established using the government's own resources to tackle the climate crisis -- has been lost due to irregularities and corruption, according to a new study by Transparency...
QUEENS, Nov 04 (AFP): New Yorkers looked set to elect a young Muslim leftist as mayor Tuesday as US voters cast judgment for the first time on Donald Trump's tumultuous second presidency in nationwide local elections.While Zohran Mamdani's rise has...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-05 00:00:00
Bangladesh's apparel exporters want to work jointly with American cotton exporters to secure proportionate tariff reductions through increased use of US raw materials in garment industry.A recently announced US executive order allows proportionate tariff relief for apparel made with at...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-11-05 00:00:00
A much-hyped drive by the post-uprising interim government to recover a cache of stolen assets may not see success during its term as intelligence-insiders find no hope yet for formidable hurdles.Even evaded tax-recovery steps have stagnated as legal barriers restrict...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-11-05 00:00:00
The government has finalised the memorandum and articles of association for the proposed "Sammilito Islami Bank" to be formed by merging five shariah-based commercial banks facing severe liquidity crises, officials said.Under the two foundational legal documents recently approved by the...
MOHAMMAD ASIF | 2025-11-05 00:00:00
Do you feel regret while scrolling through social media, checking news feeds, and think, 'What am I doing?' and then keep scrolling more? Have you ever felt that you have so many tasks piled up, scheduled for the next day,...
SANJIDA HOSSAIN FARIHA | 2025-11-05 00:00:00
"Check and mate" is the catchy line of the winner. The king of the opponent is blocked in all ways to move, and there is no alternative move to save the king. That's the last move in a chess game....
HONG KONG, Nov 04 (AFP): Hong Kong's weather service said Tuesday the city endured the hottest October on record, as scientists warn extreme heat will become more frequent and intense because of human-induced climate change globally.The Hong Kong Observatory said...
MUMBAI, Nov 04 (AFP): India's top financial crimes agency said it had seized properties worth over $846 million from firms linked to beleaguered tycoon Anil Ambani as part of a bank fraud probe.Anil, the younger sibling of Asia's richest person...
SAO PAULO, Nov 04 (AFP): Brazil recorded its biggest annual fall in greenhouse gas emissions last year since 2009, according to statistics released Monday, providing a boost for left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as he prepares to host...
SEOUL, Nov 04 (AFP): South Korea expects to launch its first nuclear-powered submarine by the late 2030s, a senior defence ministry official told ministers on Tuesday, days after Washington had approved Seoul's plans.US President Donald Trump last week said he...
PORT SUDAN, Nov 04 (AFP): Sudan's army-backed defence council is set to meet Tuesday to consider a US-backed truce proposal, a government source told AFP, just over a week after paramilitaries overran the key city of El-Fasher.The Rapid Support Forces,...
DOHA, Nov 04 (AFP): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday warned against violations of the ceasefire in Gaza that halted two years of devastating war in the Palestinian territory.Addressing reporters on the sidelines of the Second World Summit for...
BRUSSELS, Nov 4 (Reuters): EU and Chinese officials in a meeting last week have discussed how to maintain supply of rare earths on which Beijing imposed controls in April, including possible general licences, the European Commission said on Tuesday.The White...
Amazon's $38 billion cloud deal with OpenAI marks a major endorsement for the e-commerce giant's cloud business after recent setbacks, including ceding market share to rivals and an outage that disrupted large parts of the internet, reports Reuters.After years of...
BRUSSELS, Nov 4 (Reuters): The European Parliament began debating on Tuesday whether to make the EU-US tariff deal conditional on concessions from Washington and limited in time, which could reignite trade tensions with the Trump administration.Under the deal, the United...
Edison Group, one of the country's most trusted and pioneering technology brands, has launched its latest smartphone, the Helio 45.With cutting-edge performance, a vibrant display, and advanced camera technology, the Helio 45 is designed to deliver a next-level smartphone experience...
Business loan demand from large and mid-sized US firms strengthened by the most in about three years in the third quarter while demand from small firms was essentially unchanged from the prior quarter, a Federal Reserve survey showed on Monday,...
Prime Bank recently signed an agreement with Rangs Limited to offer customers exclusive discounts on Mitsubishi vehicles. Rangs Limited is the authorised distributor for Mitsubishi vehicles in Bangladesh. Mamur Ahmed, senior executive vice president & head of branch distribution, Prime...
Pubali Bank has donated a microbus to Bangladesh Medical College as part of its social responsibility. Mohammad Ali, managing director and CEO of Pubali Bank, was present as chief guest at the event organised at the Bangladesh Medical College auditorium....
FE REPORT | 2025-11-05 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has slapped ex-managing director of IFIC Bank with a fine of Tk 50 million for deceptive promotion of a zero-coupon bond.According to a press release issued after the commission's meeting on Tuesday, the...
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