SAO PAULO, Sept 5 (AFP): Brazil's exports to the United States plunged 18.5 percent year-on-year in August, hobbled by the 50-percent tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, figures showed Thursday.Trump slapped a range of Brazilian goods with his highest category...
In separate incidents on Friday, a shrine in Rajshahi was attacked and the body of Nurul Haque, also known as "Nural Pagla" - a man who had declared himself Imam Mahdi, was taken and burnt by a mob from "Tawhidi...
A total Eclipse of the Moon will occur on September 7, 2025, reports BSS.This eclipse will be visible in Bangladesh from beginning to end if the sky remains clear, said an ISPR release on Thursday.The moon will enter penumbra at...
India will roll out a package of measures to help exporters hurt by a surge in US tariffs, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday, reports Reuters.The new US duties slapped on Indian goods last month included a 25% punitive...
Smoke billows during Israeli strikes on the Mushtaha Tower in Gaza City on Friday, amid the war between Israel and the Hamas movement. The Israeli military said it struck a high-rise in Gaza City on the day, shortly after announcing...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
In 2025, Bangladesh recorded its highest seasonal influenza peak in July, with 59 per cent of patients going to hospitals with high fever and cough being infected, according to surveillance conducted in 19 hospitals.Influenza is a major public health concern,...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
Transparency International (TI) Chair François Valérian has said Bangladesh has a historic opportunity to build a 'new democracy' rooted in accountability, integrity and people's power, following the last year's mass uprising that toppled authoritarian rule.Speaking at a dinner meeting with...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sep 05: A total of 6,028 students from 106 schools in the city were awarded Friday for their participation in a year-long book reading programme organised by Bishwo Shahitto Kendro with support from Grameenphone.The daylong prize-giving festival, held at...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
Prices of egg, onions and most of the vegetables rose by 6.0-128 per cent over the past three months, causing further woes to the consumers, according to the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC).In its latest report on essential commodities,...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
US sanction-hit Russia wants to export 0.5 million tonnes of milling wheat to Bangladesh under a government-to-government (G2G) arrangement, sources say. Prodintorg, a subordinate organisation under the agriculture ministry of the Russian Federation with 100 per cent state participation, sent...
Under a blue sky and bright sunshine, boats line up along the bank of the Buriganga River in Sadarghat area of the city, waiting for passengers. The photo was taken on Friday. — FE photo by Shafiqul Alam
FE REPORT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
Jatiya Party's (JP) central office in the capital's Kakrail area was vandalized and torched again on Friday evening. The JP blamed Gono Odhikar Parishad (GOP) for the attacks. Leaders and activists of Gono Odhikar Parishad vandalised and set fire to...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
The government in partnership with the World Bank (WB) has undertaken an initiative to strengthen its disaster risk-financing capacity, aiming to better prepare the country to cope with disaster-induced financial shocks.Disaster risk financing involves strategic financial planning and instruments that...
The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, commemorating the birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SM), will be observed across the country today with due religious reverence and solemnity, report agencies.The government has taken up elaborate programmes to mark the day with due...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh's apparel export to the United States posted a robust 21.68-percent growth in the first seven months of 2025 and exporters expect a better tomorrow as Trump tariff turmoil changes trade equations. According to US official count, the export to...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
Approvals for 34 solar-power plants are finally rescinded following the repeal of a special-provision act by an ordinance promulgated by the post-uprising government, generating frustrations in the entrepreneurs. Officials said Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) cancelled the approvals on "clear...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
No top bureaucrat can be chairman or director of public-sector commercial banks and financial institutions under a new rulebook in the making to rectify past misrule that bred massive scams, officials said. The post-uprising Bangladesh government is preparing the guidelines...
BEIJING, Sept 5 (AFP): China's commerce ministry said Friday it would impose temporary duties on European Union pork imports, after an investigation found evidence of dumping.Beijing launched the probe last year during scrutiny by Brussels of Chinese state subsidies for...
SYLHET, Sept 5 (BSS): Located in the remote northeastern hills of Sylhet, Lovachora has a huge tourism potential due to its untouched natural beauty, rich history and flowing river.Situated near the Kanaighat Upazila, Lovachora lies just a few kilometres from...
MAHMUDUL ISLAM | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
Tanzina Shahnaj has loved two things since her childhood - the rhythm of trains and the tranquillity of solitude. She fondly remembers riding trains to her hometown of Brahmanbaria during Eid or after annual exams, watching birds flying in the...
A S M Abdul Baten | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
Over the last three decades, Bangladesh’s education sector has witnessed significant improvements, including higher literacy rates, nearly universal enrolment, and the increasing use of digital tools in classrooms. Yet one question continues to haunt our advancement and progress: Are we...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
There pulsates yet another nonplussed surprise in our blood. This is exactly how Jibananda found the human life in its many wonderous manifestations. Does it correspond to Rabindranath's cosmic communication when he declares: the sky is full of sun and...
WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (AFP): US President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday to lower tariffs on Japanese autos, as Washington moves to implement a trade pact negotiated with Tokyo.Japanese autos will face a 15 percent tariff instead of the current...
FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept 5 (AFP) : German industrial orders unexpectedly fell in July, official data showed Friday, the latest sign that Europe's long-struggling top economy remains stuck in the doldrums.New orders, closely watched as an indicator of future business activity,...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) : Nepal's government said Thursday it is blocking most social media platforms including Facebook, X and YouTube because the companies failed to comply with regulations that required them to register with the government.Nepal's Minister for Communication and...
The management of Agrani Bank PLC held a business review meeting with the bank's top executives at its head office in Dhaka on Thursday. Managing Director of the bank Md Anwarul Islam gave directives regarding various issues such as achieving...
Community Bank Bangladesh PLC has entered into a strategic agreement with NEC Express Limited, a sister concern of NEC Money Transfer Limited. Under this partnership, Community Bank will facilitate the collection of wage earners' remittances through NEC Express. Kimiwa Saddat,...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
The country's apex trade body-FBCCI--has called upon the government to consider allowing export of aromatic rice in order to encourage exporters and ensure its fair price at the farmers' level, sources said.The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry...
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