FE Report | 2025-09-10 00:00:00
Eastern Housing secured an impressive 37 per cent year-on-year growth in profit, reaching Tk 772 million in FY25, as apartment and land sales increased amid zero finance costs, defying the broader economic slowdown.The listed realtor's earnings per share (EPS) stood...
PRIME BANK, ICDDR,B PARTNER FOR TB SCREENINGS, TREATMENT Prime Bank has partnered with icddr,b to strengthen lifesaving tuberculosis (TB) interventions in Sylhet. Prime Bank CEO Hassan O. Rashid and icddr,b Executive Director Dr. Tahmeed Ahmed signed a memorandum of understanding...
BRAC Bank has launched the country's first instant digital financing, Shafollo e-loan, for marginal Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), according to a press release.Small traders, shopkeepers, and grassroots entrepreneurs can now access up to Tk 50,000 in minutes, according to...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-10 00:00:00
The securities regulator has imposed fines totaling Tk 35.55 million on 12 individuals for manipulating the stock of Safko Spinning Mills Limited. The action has been taken based on the findings of a probe that concluded four years after the...
PUBALI BANK, SOFTWARE SHOP INK DEAL ON SETTLEMENT BANK PARTNERSHIP IN NPSBAn agreement on Settlement Bank Partnership in the National Payment Switch Bangladesh (NPSB) Platform was recently signed between Pubali Bank and Software Shop Limited (SSL). Pubali Bank Managing Director...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-09-10 00:00:00
AB Bank PLC, as part of its turnaround strategy amid current liquidity challenges, plans to bring in strategic investors by 2026 to strengthen the lender's capital base.Apart from seeking capital injection, the country's oldest first-generation commercial bank has intensified its...
Babul Barman | 2025-09-10 00:00:00
The benchmark equity index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is likely to fall by about 59 points, according to EBL Securities, as the merger of five ailing Islami banks may lead to their de-listing.These banks - First Security Islami...
Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are rapidly transforming industries worldwide, from manufacturing and healthcare to finance and logistics. While developed nations are investing heavily in reskilling and upskilling their workforce, Bangladesh has yet to fully confront the looming impact of...
Healthcare facilities in rural areas remain inadequate, forcing patients to travel long distances to hospitals in cities. Every day, numerous patients from various districts come to Dhaka seeking treatment, as quality doctors and advanced diagnostic services are hardly available locally....
Wasi Ahmed | 2025-09-10 00:00:00
Among the different sectors of the economy, the services sector stands out as one of the least understood and least documented areas. Despite being a major contributor to the GDP, the sector has long remained a grey area where reliable...
The challenges Bangladesh will face in the post-LDC-graduation phase, makes it incumbent on this country to have a pool of expert negotiators capable of dealing with the complexities of the emerging new world of trade and commerce. So, it is...
AUCKLAND, Sept 9 (AFP): Denmark-based Mo Toure grabbed a brace and teenage attacker Nestory Irankunda was on the scoresheet as Australia won 3-1 at New Zealand on Tuesday.With both teams off to next year's World Cup, the Australians made it...
The Bangladesh national football team remained confined in a hotel on Tuesday afternoon in Kathmandu as escalated violence in Nepal compelled the airport authorities to cancel all flights from Tribhuvan International Airport, prompting Bangladesh to miss their scheduled flight at...
Bangladesh captain Litton Das insisted that his side was not fazed by their past record in Asia Cup as they felt that they are well prepared to overcome any kind of challenges, reports BSS.Bangladesh played three Asia Cup finals in...
TANGAIL, Sept 09 (BSS): A traditional boat race was held in a festive atmosphere on the Elengjani River at Chilimpur Union in Tangail Sadar upazila on Monday.The event, organised by the residents of Baruha village, drew a gathering of nearly...
NARSINGDI, Sept 09 (UNB): A man was shot dead and another suffered bullet wounds in attack by rivals over establishing supremacy at Samibad village in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi district on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Dulal Mia, 45,...
KHAGRACHHARI, Sept 09 (BSS): Heavy upstream flash floods have inundated several low-lying areas of Mahalchhari upazila in Khagrachhari district, leaving more than 300 families marooned and disrupting normal life.Local officials confirmed that Zubair,05, drowned while playing in the yard of...
Fourth-year Arabic students at Rajshahi University (RU) are staging a "complete shutdown" of their department after waiting four months for their exam results, reports bdnews24.com.On Tuesday, students from the 2020-21 academic year locked classrooms, offices and the seminar library before...
CUMILLA, Sept 09 (UNB): Police in a drive arrested a man in connection with his alleged involvement in the murder of a Comilla University student and her mother from Cumilla rail station on Tuesday.The arrestee was identified as Mobarak Hossain,...
CHANDPUR, Sept 09 (BSS): A total of 125 bicycles were distributed among meritorious students of 52 educational institutions in Sadar upazila on Tursday.Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mohammad Mohsin Uddin distributed the bicycles as the chief guest at a function at the...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-10 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Sept 06: A number of arterial roads under the jurisdiction of the Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) have been lying in a dilapidated condition for a long time, with widespread damage, potholes and cracks adding to sufferings of those who...
BANGKOK, Sept 09 (Reuters): Thailand's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in jail because his detention in a VIP wing of a hospital in lieu of prison was unlawful, in another major...
PARIS, Sept 09 (BBC): France has been plunged into a new political crisis with the defeat of Prime Minister François Bayrou at a confidence vote in the National Assembly.The defeat - by 364 votes to 194 - means that Bayrou...
KYIV, Sept 09 (BBC): 23 people have been killed in a Russian air strike on a village in eastern Ukraine, local Ukrainian officials say.The victims were ordinary people collecting their pensions in the Donetsk settlement of Yarova, said President Volodymr...
Tahmina Pria | 2025-09-10 00:00:00
Despite the numerous discussions about Mohammadpur, your tongue cannot resist the area’s street food. Mohammadpur stands out as one of Dhaka’s most dynamic and diverse neighbourhoods for street food. It offers a rich fusion of flavours that draws food enthusiasts...
Maliha Tasnim | 2025-09-10 00:00:00
A new rock band, The Velvet Sundown, started their journey two months ago. The band’s songs quickly rose to the top charts of multiple streaming platforms, including YouTube and Spotify. At first, listeners thought that this might be a new...
Serajul I. Bhuiyan | 2025-09-10 00:00:00
The 2025 demise of Badruddin Umar is not simply the loss of an individual, but the muting of a conscience. For over half a century, Umar was a relentless critic of power — state, capital, and ideology. As a thinker,...
FE REPORTBangladesh could raise its birth-registration rate from the current 50 per cent to 69 per cent if hospitals are legally tasked with registering births, experts said on Monday.The observation came during a workshop titled "Birth and Death Registration in...
Illegal battery-powered rickshaws going the wrong way are seized and loaded onto a truck. The photo was taken in Dhaka's Motijheel area on Monday. — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2025-09-09 00:00:00
A four-member committee, formed to investigate allegations against AFM Shahinul Islam, the head of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), submitted its report to the government on Sunday evening, sources said.The investigation was initiated after some "objectionable news/information (still/video images)" was...
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