South Asia Travel and Hajj Service, a concern of the country's leading business group AKIJ Resource, has started its journey with the aim of ensuring a reliable, transparent and quality Hajj and Umrah service for Muslims.On this occasion, an inaugural...
Md. Safir Rahman, Director of Quality Feeds Limited and its sister concerns, has been elected as Secretary General of the Bangladesh Poultry Industries Association (BPIA) in its biennial Executive Council election held recently.He contested the election from Quality Breeders Limited,...
The newly launched National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR) has uncovered a disturbing scale of clone and counterfeit mobile phone usage nationwide, with millions of fake and duplicate IMEI numbers currently active on mobile networks, reports BSS.NEIR has identified numerous irregular...
Munima SultanaRoad and rail transport development has made little headway during the interim government's tenure, as reluctance to approve new or high-cost projects has slowed infrastructure expansion. Even relatively low-cost initiatives such as bus route rationalisation (BRR) and bus rapid...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
The month-long 30th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DIFT) 2026 kicked off at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre in Purbachal on Saturday, two days behind schedule following the demise of former prime minister and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.Commerce Adviser Sk...
The first Alumni Reunion of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) department of Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET), Gazipur, was held in a vibrant and festive atmosphere. DUET Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Mohammad Zoynal Abedin inaugurated the daylong event...
Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) has issued a seven-point demand to the government, warning of widespread consumer frustration amid what it calls abnormal and sustained price hikes in sugar, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and edible oils. reports UNB.In a statement...
ORLANDO, FLORIDA, Dec 29 (REUTERS): This was one of the most topsy-turvy years in living memory for financial markets, as US President Donald Trump tore up the economic playbook that has shaped the multilateral, globalized world for decades.The president's strategy...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
Auditors make observations on businesses' financial reports, but no regulatory actions follow critical opinions on data mismatches or other anomalies. The accumulation of non-performing loans is just one outcome of that regulatory failure, say auditors.This is the backdrop to repeated...
WASHINGTON, Jan 03 (Agencies): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply concerned by Israel's announcement of a suspension of the operations of several international non-governmental organizations in occupied Palestinian territory and called for the measure to be reversed, according to a...
PHNOM PENH, Jan 03 (AFP): Cambodia called on neighbouring Thailand on Saturday to pull out its forces from areas Phnom Penh claims as its own, one week since a truce halted deadly clashes along their disputed border.The decades-old dispute between...
CARACAS, Jan 03 (Reuters): Following are reactions to Saturday's US strikes on Venezuela."This morning, the United States committed an act of armed aggression against Venezuela. This is deeply concerning and condemnable.""The pretexts used to justify such actions are unfounded. Ideological...
TEHRAN, Jan 03 (Agencies): Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday acknowledged the economic demands of protesters in Iran, where demonstrations have spread to more than two dozen cities, even as he warned there would be no quarter for "rioters".The...
Kolkata Knight Riders terminated Mustafizur Rahman's contract ahead of the IPL 2026 season, a decision that drew sharp criticism from Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. He hit out at the BCCI over the move, according to India Tv.Member of Parliament Shashi...
NEW DELHI, Jan 03 (Agencies): Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman was Saturday released by Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders after the cricket board "advised" it to do so, following tensions between the neighbouring nations.Mustafizur, who has played in...
Sakib Sharif | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
On a quiet winter morning in Dhaka, the sun struggles through the fog as children's laughter fills a schoolyard. Small hands press soil around young saplings. Inside a bright classroom, children turn book pages with wide eyes, discovering stories far...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Jan 04: Cox's Bazar's Nazirartek dried fish market - spread over an area of about 100 acres along the seashore - have now become the country's busiest and largest dried fish production area, with a trade potential of...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
SYLHET, Jan 3: Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser for environment, forest and climate change; water resources: and information and broadcasting, has called upon all to beat the defeated forces through united strength in the upcoming national election. The defeated forces are...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
MANIKGANJ, Jan 3: An artificial crisis has gripped the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market across Manikganj town, where gas cylinders are being sold at prices nearly one and a half times higher than the rates fixed by the government. Consumers...
Md Abdul Latif and Afsana Akter | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
After a week of illness, a rural doctor changed a 6-year-old's antibiotic for the third time. Two days later, the child lay in Dhaka Shishu Hospital with sepsis. Nearby in Gazipur, a farmer watched 3,000 broiler chickens die from a...
Haradhan Sarker | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
Subjecting willful loan defaulters to rigorous actions for loan recovery is fully justifiable from bankers' viewpoint. The central bank issued a circular ( BRPD circular no.:6 dated 12.03.2024) instructing all scheduled banks to identify willful loan defaulters, and report their...
Every year, in addition to importing rice and lentils, Bangladesh spends a huge amount of foreign currency in importing cotton, edible oil, fuel, electronic goods, plastic raw materials and machinery. Of late, instability in the dollar exchange rate has clearly...
The bridge leading to Monglarpara village under Saghata police station in Gaibandha district is in a deplorable condition. It serves as the main route connecting the village with surrounding areas, but it has now become practically unusable for vehicular traffic.The...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
For apparel makers, 2025 has been an exceptionally challenging year. In the aftermath of the July-August 2024 uprising that ended Sheikh Hasina's authoritarian rule, the sector had hoped for a fresh start. Instead, a series of setbacks has pushed the...
Asjadul Kibria | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
For the last three years, the country has been experiencing high inflation, eroding the real income of fixed-income people as money loses its value and becomes a melting asset. So, the key question now is whether inflation will continue to...
The launch of National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR) at the start of the new year constitutes a long-overdue step to curtail the chaos and illicit trade that have defined much of Bangladesh's mobile handset sector. For years the sector has...
The month-long 30th Dhaka International Trade Fair DITF)-2026 will begin today (Saturday) at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center in Purbachal.Commerce Adviser Sk. Bashir Uddin is scheduled to inaugurate the trade fair at 10am.The event was originally slated to begin on...
BEIJING, Jan 2 (Reuters): Sales growth at BYD slowed to 7.73% in 2025, its weakest pace in five years, as the Chinese electric vehicle maker grappled with growing local competition and a weakening of its technological lead.BYD's total sales were...
Election officials have struck down Nagorik Oikko President Mahmudur Rahman Manna's bid to run for parliament, reports bdnews24.com.Returning Officer and Deputy Commissioner Toufiqur Rahman announced the decision on Friday afternoon following the scrutiny of his nomination papers for the Bogura-2...
The hanging body of a housewife was recovered from a residence in Dhanmondi-15 Staff Quarters area under Hazaribagh Police Station in Dhaka on Thursday evening, reports UNB.The deceased was identified as Taharim, 20, the daughter of Md Hafiz Uddin of...
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