BERLIN, Jan 28 (Reuters): Germany will discuss pushing ahead with plans for a "two-speed" European Union to facilitate agile decision-making at a time of geopolitical upheaval in a call with ministers from five other leading European economies on Wednesday.France, Poland,...
LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters): Two cases of the deadly Nipah virus in India have prompted authorities in Thailand and Malaysia to step up airport screening to prevent the spread of the infection. But what is Nipah virus, and how worried...
ODESA, Jan 28 (AFP): Russian forces in Ukraine killed 12 people and struck energy infrastructure and a passenger train overnight on Tuesday, authorities said, days after negotiators from both sides held direct talks aimed at ending nearly four years of...
MOSCOW, Jan 28 (AFP): Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, as the Kremlin seeks to secure the future of its military bases in the country.Putin and Sharaa struck a conciliatory tone at their...
Abdullah A Dewan | 2026-01-29 00:00:00
In simple terms, the Phillips Curve proposes a trade-off: when an economy grows rapidly and jobs become plentiful, prices tend to rise faster; when unemployment is high, inflation tends to slow. In other words, a country may tolerate some inflation...
Every year, a silent yet ruthless festival takes place in Bangladesh's education sector, it's re-admission. This celebration is not for students, but for institutional accountants. Admission means money, and re-admission means even more money. It is no longer a continuation...
Expected Credit Loss (ECL) is the most modern credit risk measurement and provisioning framework in banking. It follows a forward-looking approach to estimate potential future credit losses. Bangladesh is now on a path to adopt ECL by 2027 under IFRS...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2026-01-29 00:00:00
That the corporal punishment of children is banned is nothing new. But the fact is there are few schools or madrasahs countrywide that are following this rule. The issue has once again come into focus and triggered public outrage after...
The liquidity crisis in banks stemming mainly from non-performing loans (NPLs) has long stoked the compulsion of exploring alternative sources of sustainable fund. Since foreign investment is hard to come by, the search for such alternative sources has become even...
Serajul I Bhuiyan | 2026-01-28 12:00:00
When Professor Muhammad Yunus stepped through the corridors of the July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum, the act itself transcended the protocol of a state visit. This was not a symbolic tour or a courtesy call on the museum. This act...
Weather may remain dry with cloudy sky until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday). Light to moderate fog may occur at places. Temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.The highest temperature was recorded on Tuesday at 31.8 degrees Celsius in Teknaf,...
Pro Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh Open University Prof Sayeed Ferdous speaking at a daylong research camp for MBA researchers on its campus in Gazipur recently.
The Department of Psychology at Jagannath University (JnU), under the University Grants Commission's Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation (HEAT) Sub-Project, organised a two-day training programme and certificate-awarding ceremony on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) on the university campus in the city...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-28 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file separate cases against three serving bureaucrats for allegedly securing government jobs by submitting forged certificates to the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC).According to ACC, it has approved the initiation of cases under...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2026-01-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh continues to witness steady growth in outbound migration, with record-breaking remittance earnings, but the government is still not equipped to accurately track the returnee migrant workers.While there is data on the number of workers sent abroad, there is no...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus virtually inaugurated an e-Learning Programme in 12 schools - three primary and nine secondary - across the three hill districts in Chattogram and exchanged views with their teachers and students from the state guest house...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2026-01-28 00:00:00
Nearly half a million commuters benefit daily from Bangladesh's maiden operational metro rail -- many making a joy ride over Dhaka city -- its projected expansion has effectively stalled with projects gathering dust.Sector analysts also air doubt about government intention...
(Left) Mirza Abbas, BNP standing committee member and candidate for the Dhaka-8 constituency, carrying out mass contact during his election campaign in the capital's Malibag-Gulbag area; and (right) NCP leader Nasiruddin Patwary, Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-Party Alliance candidate for the same constituency,...
CUMILLA, Jan 27 (BSS): National Citizen Party (NCP)'s Chief Coordinator for southern region and 11-party alliance candidate for Cumilla-4 constituency Hasnat Abdullah said the politics of vote rigging in Bangladesh came to an end after deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh Jamaat-e- Islami's will hold a rally for women at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on January 31 to protest harassment, attacks, and obstruction to their activities nationwide.Nayeb-e Ameer of Jamaat Dr Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher made the announcement at...
GAZIPUR, Jan 27 (UNB): Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has reaffirmed that the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election will be held as scheduled, dismissing any speculation about any possible delay, or threats to its stability."The terrorists who were active in...
Election Commissioner Anwarul Islam Sarker has said officials assigned to perform election duties will carry out publicity about the referendum but won't campaign for or against any side, report agencies."Our position on the referendum is that we are encouraging people...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-28 00:00:00
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) in Dhaka has concluded the trial proceedings in a crimes against humanity case filed over the killing of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) student Abu Sayed during the July-August 2024 mass uprising.The tribunal has set...
Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) and state-owned China Electronics Technology Group Corporation International (CETC) signed a deal under a G2G framework on Tuesday to establish an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV-drone)-manufacturing and assembly plant and technology transfer, reports UNB.The agreement was signed...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-28 00:00:00
The government will meet stakeholders again on February 3 as the major parties have failed to reach any consensus on the exclusion of the yarn-import bond facility.The parties are the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and...
Remittance inflows to Bangladesh have surged in January, reaching $2.71 billion in the first 26 days of the month, data from Bangladesh Bank show. According to Arif Hossain Khan, spokesperson for the central bank, the country received an average of...
The government has launched an e-learning programme in 12 primary and secondary schools across the three hill districts, with plans to gradually expand it to 149 more institutions, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus said on Tuesday. Prof Yunus formally inaugurated...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2026-01-28 00:00:00
Despite building one of the country's largest agro-based industries in terms of investment and employment, Bangladesh has failed to secure a meaningful share of the global poultry-export market. While neighbours India and China have expanded shipments to Middle Eastern and...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-28 00:00:00
The interim government would not implement the new pay scale for government employees due to time constraints, an adviser said Tuesday."We did not make any decision to implement it [new pay scale]," Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul...
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