The five-day-long Sharadiyo Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, will conclude today with the immersion of idols of Goddess Durga across the country, amid due religious fervour and solemnity, reports BSS.On Bijoya Dashami, the final...
JASIM UDDIN | 2025-10-02 00:00:00
Ramped-up tariffs across 23 services categories at Chittagong seaport are set to be enforced from midnight October 14, following the end of a one-month suspension conceded amid strong port-user opposition. The enforcement date is confirmed in Chittagong Port Authority (CPA)...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-10-02 00:00:00
A much-debated mid-year fiscal measure hiking taxes earns more ire than additional revenue income to uplift Bangladesh's low tax-to-GDP ratio in the past fiscal year.Fearing a large shortfall in tax-revenue collection in the bygone year, the interim government imposed increased...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2025-10-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh on Wednesday experienced heavy rain that inundated large parts of Dhaka and raised the risk of flooding in several districts. The meteorologists warned that the rain spell may persist until at least October 5.On Wednesday, the capital experienced its...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-10-02 00:00:00
All directors and top brass of the country's commercial banks are to be on a hold-all platform called key performance indicator (KPI) in a latest reform measure meant for ensuring good governance in the banking industry, reeling from past misrule,...
GAZIPUR, Oct 01 (UNB): At least 200 birds of various species were killed in a fire that broke out at Kapasia Bazar in Gazipur district on Wednesday.Mahfuz Islam, in-charge of Kapasia Fire Service, said the fire started around 10:15 am...
RANGPUR, Oct 01 (bdnews24.com): Health officials have confirmed nine new human cases of anthrax in Rangpur as the outbreak spread beyond Pirgachha to Mithapukur and Kaunia upazilas.The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said eight people in Pirgachha...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-02 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Oct 01: Erosion by the Madhumati River has taken an alarming turn in an area stretching from Echakhali to Dhalitala of Jalalabad union under sadar upazila of the district in recent time.According to sources at the Water Development Board...
City dwellers began leaving Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon after the government declared a four-day holiday for Durga Puja, the largest annual festival for Bengali Hindus.By Wednesday, streams of passengers continued to pour out of the capital through various terminals, though...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-02 00:00:00
BENAPOLE, Oct 01: Despite an increase in rice import from India, Benapole port has witnessed a significant drop in overall consumer goods imports in the fiscal year (FY) 2024-25 compared to the previous year.According to official figures, the port imported...
SEOUL, Oct 1 (AFP): South Korea recorded its highest ever semiconductor exports in September, official data showed Wednesday, despite growing pressure from US tariffs and other restrictions on the crucial sector.Seoul logged more than $16.6 billion in exports of semiconductors...
LOS ANGELES, Oct 1 (Reuters): The recent debut of an AI-generated "actress" dubbed Tilly Norwood, and its producer's boasts of interest from studio executives, sparked a backlash on Tuesday from the SAG-AFTRA actors union, condemning the replacement of human performers...
A daylong training workshop on 'E-Traffic Management and Fine Collection' was held in Rajshahi recently, facilitated by Community Bank Bangladesh PLC. The initiative aimed to simplify the process of paying traffic case fines under the Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP). Traffic...
The results of the special competency assessment test for officials of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC were published on Tuesday, says a press statement.The test was held on September 27. Eighty-eight percent of the candidates passed this examination, which was administered...
Malaysia has unveiled an ambitious plan to attract 47 million international visitors, including 300 thousand (three lakh) from Bangladesh, next year under its flagship Visit Malaysia 2026 campaign, aiming to boost regional tourism and strengthen global connectivity, reports BSS.Malaysian Deputy...
Gold has become an unprecedentedly valuable asset in Bangladesh as its price is skyrocketing by a staggering 40 per cent over the first nine months of the year, affecting everything from the country's investment portfolios to the local jewellery market,...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-02 00:00:00
State-owned mobile operator Teletalk convened what it termed as a "public hearing" just a day before the beginning of Durga Puja holidays, which appeared to be more restricted and low-profile than a genuine consultation.The one-hour session, held virtually on 30...
Global drugmakers are scrambling to shore up their US manufacturing capacity and domestic inventory as the Trump administration moves ahead with a 100 per cent tariff on imported branded and patented drugs, starting October 1, reports Reuters .The sweeping measure...
LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters): Euro zone manufacturing activity slipped back into contraction in September as new orders fell at their fastest rate in six months, signaling the recovery in the region's industrial sector was fragile, a survey showed on Wednesday.The...
ICE cotton futures fell more than 1 per cent to a six-month low on Wednesday, hurt by concerns of excess supply, while weaker sentiment from the grains market also spilled into the natural fiber, reports Reuters.Cotton contracts for December fell...
Walmart said on Wednesday it would remove synthetic dyes from its US private-label foods, including the Great Value and bettergoods brands, by January 2027, joining several other companies amid pressure from the Trump administration, reports Reuters.Major packaged food makers, including...
Asia-Pacific markets were mixed Wednesday, following gains on Wall Street as investors appeared unperturbed by the US government shutdown, reports CNBC.Japan's Nikkei 225 sunk 0.85% to close at 44,550.85, marking its fourth straight day of losses, while the broad-based Topix...
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) withdrew $2.7 billion from Indian equities in September, extending their selling streak for a third straight month and putting 2025 on course for record foreign withdrawals, data from the National Securities Depository showed, reports Reuters.So far...
SINGAPORE, Oct 1 (Reuters): Asia excluding China has attracted about $100 billion in capital inflows over the past nine months as global investors diversify beyond the United States, Kevin Sneader, Goldman Sachs' president for Asia-Pacific ex-Japan, said on Wednesday.Japan has...
Electric aircraft maker Beta Technologies filed for an initial public offering in the United States on Monday, the latest company to join the rush to tap a record-breaking bull run in the equity market, reports Reuters.Easing trade tensions, robust stock...
BRAC Bank has secured approval from the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission and Bangladesh Bank to issue the country's first-ever Social Subordinated Bond, valued at Tk 10 billion. The landmark issuance of the 'BRAC Bank Social Subordinated Bond' will strengthen...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2025-10-02 00:00:00
The securities regulator wants the new entity-set to emerge from the merger of five troubled Islamic banks-to issue shares to all existing general shareholders, based on the banks' sale value.Talking to The FE, representatives of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange...
NAIROBI/JOHANNESBURG, Oct 1 (Reuters): The lapse of a flagship US trade initiative with Africa that expired overnight is putting scores of businesses on the continent and hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk, raising fears that even a promised extension...
WASHINGTON/PARIS, Oct 1 (Reuters): Airbus is set to inaugurate a second US assembly line on Oct 13, followed by expansion of a similar facility in China several days later, in back-to-back ceremonies designed to avoid falling foul of a tricky...
KYIV, Oct 1 (Reuters): Ukraine's economy ministry has increased its projection for the country's winter wheat sowing area by 9 per cent, the deputy economy minister says, improving prospects for a boost to exports needed to help fund its defence...
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