The sharp rise in mental health struggles among young people is a growing yet often overlooked emergency worldwide. Across every region, youth are reporting increased levels of stress, depression, anxiety and emotional exhaustion. What was once hidden within individuals has...
Recently, Bangladeshi actress Ainun Nahar won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the dramatic film Santao. The term "Santao," widely used in northern Bangladesh, refers to continuous rainfall lasting seven days. The film offers a...
Shiabur Rahman | 2026-02-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh voted in a national election without the familiar scene of posters plastered all over the wall, electric poles, footbridges, roadside trees, and public transports. This phenomenon is a first in the history of national elections in the country. The...
Nilratan Halder | 2026-02-13 00:00:00
That Bangladesh is world's 13th most corrupt country among the 182 states assessed by the Berlin-based Transparency International (TI) is disgraceful. Only more so because the improved ranking from 2006 to 2017 could not be maintained! The highest ever score...
The signing of a trade deal with the United States at the fag-end of the interim government's tenure has understandably raised many eyebrows, particularly because of its non-disclosure clauses. The limited information released so far suggests a mixed picture-one that...
Matiur Rahman | 2026-02-13 00:00:00
For more than a decade, 'Digital Bangladesh' was not merely a political slogan; it functioned as a practical framework for governance, service delivery, and socio-economic transformation. Internet connectivity expanded rapidly, government services became digitised, and millions of citizens-many of them...
Almost all establishments, including banks, offices and shops, remain closed due to the long-awaited 13th parliamentary election scheduled for today. The photo was taken in the Paltan area on Wednesday. — FE Photo
LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters): Oil prices gained more than 2.0 per cent on Wednesday, buoyed by potential supply risks should tensions between the US and Iran escalate, while draws of crude from key stockpiles suggested stronger demand.Brent crude oil futures...
Chandpur, Feb 11 (UNB) - Police in Chandpur have arrested two men for attempting to embezzle Tk 0.9 million belonging to bKash by hiding the cash in a hole dug in a residential house.According to Chandpur Sadar Model Police Station,...
The government has launched a mobile app "Shubhechcha" to increase expatriate engagement in exploring opportunities in Bangladesh and a central online ticketing platform "Druto Ticket" to ensure access to citizen services, creating sustainable social and economic impact.Special Assistant to the...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-12 00:00:00
LafargeHolcim has launched another new product --- Holcim Coastal Guard --- a salinity and sulphate-resistant cement designed for structures exposed to coastal soil and groundwater conditions.Mohammad Mahfuzul Hoque, commercial and logistics director of LafargeHolcim, unveiled the product at a city...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-02-12 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 11: The traffic division of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is enjoying a 48-hour government holiday which began on Wednesday, marking the 13th national election and referendum. All activities of the port will resume on Friday. An office order...
TANGAIL, Feb 11 (BSS): The Jamuna Bridge authority collected Taka 2,94,71,650 in toll from 36,923 vehicles that crossed the bridge in the 24 hours from Monday midnight to Tuesday midnight, amid increased traffic ahead of the 13th national elections.According to...
Millions of Bangladeshi garment workers and their bosses will vote on Thursday for a new government hoping it can save the country's biggest industry, which has suffered six straight months of falling exports due to U.S. tariffs and domestic political...
Bangladeshi leg-spinner Rishad Hossain has secured a lucrative deal in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2026 player draft, being signed by Rawalpindi Express for a staggering 30 million (3 crore) Pakistani Rupees (PKR) on Wednesday, reports UNB.The 23-year-old all-rounder, who...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced on Wednesday that it will launch the inaugural edition of the Women's Bangladesh Premier League (WBPL) T20 from April 03 to 15, reports Cricbuzz.The WBPL will mark Bangladesh's first-ever franchise-based T20 competition for women...
Asif Nazrul, Bangladesh's sports adviser, said on Tuesday that it was the decision of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the players - and not of the country's government - to refuse to travel to India for the T20 World...
COLOMBO, Feb 11 (AFP): A depleted Australia shrugged off the loss of their captain Mitchell Marsh to injury to cruise to a dominant 67-run opening T20 World Cup win over Ireland in Colombo on Wednesday.Australia made 182-6 after stand-in captain...
AHMEDABAD, India, Feb 11 (Agencies): South Africa and Afghanistan delivered an all-time classic in Ahmedabad at the 2026 T20 World Cup, a gripping contest that had the cricketing world glued to their screens as the match went down to a...
A total of three persons were killed in separate road accidents in Faridpur and Bogura districts on Wednesday, report agencies.In Faridpur, two people were killed and 10 others injured when a bus overturned on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Bhanga upazila of...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-02-12 00:00:00
LALMONIRHAT, Feb 11: Over a thousand small and big poultry farms in five upazilas of Lalmonirhat district have been facing a huge loss due to the low price of eggs over the last few months.According to the District Livestock Office,...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-02-12 00:00:00
MANIKGANJ, Feb 11: Carrot production has been bringing good income to thousands in Manikganj's Singair Upazila, which supplies nearly 40 per cent of the country's carrots after meeting local demand.With favourable soil and weather, farmers are making profits of Tk...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-02-12 00:00:00
GAIBANDHA, Feb 11: Farmers have been traditionally producing pure sugarcane jaggery along the Jamuna River in Gaibandha district and customers arriving from far and wide say they are satisfied with their purchase of the natural sweetener made right in front...
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (AFP): The United States will deploy 200 troops to Nigeria to train the west African country's military in its fight against jihadist groups, an official from US Africa Command said Tuesday.The Wall Street Journal reported the deployment...
BERLIN, Feb 11 (AFP): A US citizen was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison Wednesday for offering China sensitive information while working as a civilian contractor at a US military base in Germany.The defendant, only partially named...
GENEVA, Feb 11 (AFP): More than 94 million people suffer from cataracts, but half of them do not have access to the surgery needed to fix it, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.Cataracts -- the clouding of the eye's lens...
KYIV, Feb 11 (AFP): A Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Bogodukhiv killed three children and their father, an official said on Wednesday.Two one-year-old boys and a two-year-old girl died as a result of an enemy strike on...
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (AFP): President Donald Trump is set this week to scrap a landmark scientific finding that greenhouse gases jeopardize public health by driving climate change -- the bedrock of US regulations to curb planet-warming pollution.The Environmental Protection Agency...
TUMBLER RIDGE, Feb 11 (Reuters): Ten people including the shooter are dead after an assailant opened fire at a high school in western Canada on Tuesday in one of the country's deadliest mass casualty events in recent history.The attack brought...
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