FE REPORT | 2026-01-10 12:00:00
The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) closed the first week of the New Year high, extending gains for a third straight week. The market rally is driven by renewed buying interest in heavyweight banking stocks, as investors...
MAHMUDUL ISLAM | 2026-01-10 12:00:00
Trains move on, but some journeys remain unfinished in the mind. In candid conversations with The Financial Express, four veteran locomotive masters of Bangladesh Railway recall moments of fear, bravery, and responsibility on the rails that still haunt them One...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2026-01-10 00:00:00
Corporate external borrowing drops as persisting economic sluggishness dampens businesses' appetite for funds with the short-term overseas debt stock having declined to $9.80 billion until November.Officials and money-market analysts see such unrelenting contraction in private-sector foreign debts not as a...
Visitors throng the Dhaka International Trade Fair at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre in the capital's Purbachal on Friday. — Focus Bangla
FE REPORT | 2026-01-10 00:00:00
The cold wave and dense fog are likely to persist for several more days across the country, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).The overall weather situation would remain dry with a temporary partly cloudy sky during the next 24...
Zia-family scion Tarique Rahman becomes Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to succeed his mother who died recently. The party declared on Friday night that the BNP Standing Committee in its meeting "unanimously" decided to elevate Rahman to chairman from...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh's slow-pace economic growth may be ramped up to 5.0 per cent by tailwinds before this fiscal year ends on June 30, 2026, as estimated by BMI, a unit of Fitch Ratings. "We maintain our growth forecast of 5.0 per...
Vast fields of winter vegetables, including mustard, stretch out in the Aminbazar area of Savar. The photo was taken on Friday. — K Asad-Uz-Zaman
SIMON'S TOWN, South Africa, Jan 96 (AFP): A Russian warship arrived off South Africa's main naval base Friday to join Chinese and Iranian vessels in military exercises that risk further damaging Pretoria's relations with Washington.The exercises draw together several nations...
National Security Adviser Dr Khalilur Rahman met with US Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer in Washington DC on Thursday afternoon.He also had a separate meeting with Assistant USTR Brendan Lynch, said the Chief Adviser's Press Wing in Dhaka on Friday,...
Jasim Uddin | 2026-01-10 00:00:00
Apparel exporters have raised concerns that the government's proposed 20 per cent safeguard duty on yarn imports, aimed at protecting local spinning mills, could push buyers to shift orders to other countries.According to industry sources, some buyers have already expressed...
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution PLC today expressed regret for the temporary inconvenience caused to residents of Dhaka city due to severe gas pressure shortage in the gas pipeline, reports BSS."Although the damaged pipeline in Turag River was repaired, but...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-10 00:00:00
The price of Bangladesh's country code top-level domain .bd has been reduced by 36 per cent following a second round of review, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb announced on Friday.In a Facebook post, Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb...
Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) on Friday officially handed over the documents of Anwara Udyan, adjacent to the Farmgate Metro Rail Station, to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC).DMTCL Managing Director Faruk Ahmed handed the park's documents to DNCC Administrator...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2026-01-10 00:00:00
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has instructed specialised banks to distribute loans according to their mandates after it was found that they were going beyond their authorised areas.Officials say the specialised banks were formed with the target to make loans...
FE REPORTThe Election Commission (EC) is scheduled to begin hearing and resolving appeals today (Saturday) from candidates whose nomination papers were rejected by the returning officers.At least 640 appeals were filed with EC over the five days from Monday to...
FE REPORTProtests continued in the city on Friday over the killing of Jatiyatabadi Swecchasebak Dal leader Azizur Rahman Musabbir.People from all walks of life staged protests at Farmgate and Karwan Bazar areas in the city, demanding immediate justice for the...
SYLHET, Jan 9 (UNB): Members of the joint forces detained five people and recovered a large cache of illegal arms, bullets and crime tools during a raid in Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet early Friday.The operation was carried out at dawn...
JOYPURHAT, Jan 9 (UNB): A Jubo Dal activist was hacked to death and his younger brother injured over an previous enmity in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat on Thursday night, police said.The deceased is Yanul Hossain (31), son of Alam Hossain...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed concerns over the law and order situation in the country ahead of national elections, saying he is not satisfied with the performance of law enforcement agencies, report agencies."The rate at which...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Friday held separate meetings with Germany's Ambassador Rudiger Lotz and Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Susan Riley, report agencies.The meetings was held in the evening at the BNP Chairperson's Gulshan office, first with the...
SINGAPORE, Jan 9 (Reuters): A Singaporean initiative to boost the IPO market with a fast-track route to a Nasdaq dual listing has garnered a warm response from potential issuers, though bankers caution thin liquidity and a high valuation requirement could...
SEOUL, Jan 9 (Reuters): South Korea said on Friday it will open up its currency market to allow 24-hour trading starting in July, further removing restrictions on onshore trading in a bid to win an upgrade to developed-market status, the...
HONG KONG, Jan 9 (AFP): Asian markets were mixed Friday after a two-day stutter as traders look ahead to the release of crucial US jobs data and a possible Supreme Court ruling on Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs.A Beijing report...
Global equity funds recorded their first weekly outflow in three weeks in the week through January 7 as investors trimmed risk on geopolitical concerns, US rate uncertainty and stretched valuations, especially in US stocks, reports Reuters.LSEG Lipper data showed that...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Saturday). Mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions and the districts of Narsingdi, Jashore, Chuadanga and Kushtia, and it...
DU CORRESPONDENTThe Dhaka University (DU) has organised a two-day international conference on Islamic Finance and Banking under the theme 'Islamic Finance for Sustainable Economic Development'. The event is jointly organised by the DU Department of Finance and the Central Shariah...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-01-10 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 09: The 12th Commencement Ceremony of the Asian University for Women (AUW) will be held at Radisson Blu Hotel in the port-city today (Saturday) with its Chancellor Cherie Blair in the chair. Professor Irene Tracey, Vice Chancellor of...
FE REPORTA two-day photo exhibition focusing on the eventful and struggling life of BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia began at Zia Udyan in the capital on Friday.BNP Standing Committee Member Nazrul Islam Khan inaugurated the exhibition,...
Police have detained three individuals over the crude bomb explosion in Zajira upazila of Shariatpur that killed two people and injured several others, reports bdnews24.com.The explosion occurred in Mulai Beparikandi area of Bilaspur union, reportedly when crude bombs were being...
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