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Russian drone strike kills family of 4 in Ukraine

2025-10-01 00:00:00

KYIV, Sept 30 (AFP): Ukraine said on Tuesday that a Russian overnight drone strike had killed a family of four in the northeastern Sumy region.Oleg Grygorov, the head of the regional military administration, said Russian forces had hit a residential...

World reacts to Trump's plan for Gaza peace

2025-10-01 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Sept 30 (Reuters): US President Donald Trump's 20-point plan to end nearly two years of war in Gaza has received the backing of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while the plan has been shared with Palestinian militant group...

Preventing trade-based money laundering

2025-10-01 00:00:00

A 2024 white paper prepared during the current interim government estimated annual trade-related outflows from Bangladesh at $16 billion, equivalent to 3.4 percent of GDP-more than the nation's total yearly health budget. TBML primarily occurs through mis-invoicing of international trade...

Promoting scientific learning

2025-10-01 00:00:00

The "Theory of Organic Evolution," proposed by Charles Darwin, marked a turning point in scientific history. Darwin explained how new forms of life emerge through natural mechanisms such as mutations, and how only the fittest survive under the pressure of...

Reversing the slide in service export

Wasi Ahmed | 2025-10-01 00:00:00

While a lack of government initiative is often blamed for the sluggish performance of the country's export of services, absence of innovative approaches by the private sector is considered no less responsible. The combined effect of these two factors appears...

Tackling irregularities, corruption in health sector

2025-10-01 00:00:00

Hospitals and other health service providers in the public sector have long earned infamy for corruption as well as substandard services. Reports on such irregularities abound. One might recall here the Transparency International Bangladesh (TI,B)'s study report of November 2020...

BD, ADB ink $331.7m deals

FE REPORT | 2025-09-30 12:00:00

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Bangladesh government on Monday signed agreements on funding worth US$269.1 million in loans and US$62.6 million in grants to support water supply, power distribution, and displaced people from Myanmar.Md Shahriar Kader Siddiky, secretary...

Animation industry holds $3.0 billion export earnings potential

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2025-09-30 12:00:00

Bangladesh's animation industry, still a niche player on the global stage, holds the potential to fetch as much as US$3.0 billion in annual export if given the right policy support, industry-insiders claim.For more than a decade, Bangladeshi animators have quietly...

Nepal's revolution and India's backyard diplomacy

Serajul I Bhuiyan | 2025-09-30 12:00:00

Kathmandu’s blazes of this month are not just Nepal’s issue—their peril is for South Asia. The explosion of protests by Nepal’s impatient youth against corruption, elitism, and inequality toppled Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and rattled the very foundations of...

MAX Group: Four decades of dedication and capacity building

2025-09-30 00:00:00

MAX Group is one of Bangladesh's leading multidisciplinary infrastructure development conglomerates, with a journey spanning over four decades. Since its establishment in 1984, the Group has consistently demonstrated commitment to quality, technical excellence, and long-term capacity building. Its work has...

Walton: The leading manufacturer of commercial air conditioners in Bangladesh

Md Tanvir Rahman | 2025-09-30 00:00:00

Walton has established itself as a strong player in Bangladesh’s commercial air conditioner (AC) market and is expanding internationally. Their local manufacturing strength and continuous innovation ensure a promising future. According to the company, around 90 per cent of AC...

Land scarcity makes housing property costlier

Jasim Uddin | 2025-09-30 00:00:00

Dhaka's skyline tells a powerful story of ambition and urban growth. Arrays of high-rises stretch across the horizon-some with gleaming glass facades, others with simple brick-and-cement finishes. Inside these towers are millions of lives, dreams, and struggles. These structures are...

Realtors rue their woes largely for paradigm shift in policy

JASIM UDDIN | 2025-09-30 00:00:00

Realtors rue their woes stemming from rising pressure on the property business of late for a combination of policy shifts and regulatory uncertainties. One major blow came in 2022 when the previous government reduced the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) in...

'BSRM fuels development' in Bangladesh

2025-09-30 00:00:00

FE: Could you please give an introduction to your company?Aameir Alihussain: BSRM started its journey in 1952 thru the hands of Late Akberali Africawala and Late Taherali Africawala, the rise of the first 12” steel hand-rolling mill. Later, Mr Alihussain...

Overburdened with taxes, losing out for lack of policy support

SAIF UDDIN | 2025-09-30 00:00:00

Cement manufacturers in Bangladesh fear existential crisis in recent times due mainly to an irrational tax burden and lack of policy support, says the top representative of the sector to narrate how the industry's robust growth steers a reverse course....

An overview of how it fares

Saif Uddin | 2025-09-30 00:00:00

Relentless urban expansion, the emergence of large-scale infrastructure projects and flourishing private housing construction are seen as major drivers propelling cement into a position of critical importance within Bangladesh's economy. Over the past decade or so, the industry has witnessed...

Construction credits contract

SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-09-30 00:00:00

Realtors reckon the fallout as lending to finance construction by banks had been on a decline over the last two quarters in signs of a slowdown in fresh investment and stagnation in both public-and private-sector projects.The amount of outstanding construction...

Weather (2025-09-30)

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Mymensingh, Sylhet and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday). Day and night temperature may remain...

World Pharmacists Day celebrated at AIUB

2025-09-30 00:00:00

The Department of Pharmacy at American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) recently organised a day-long event on its campus to celebrate World Pharmacists Day 2025. The event began with an inaugural rally, joined by eminent personalities including Ishtiaque Abedin, Founder Member, Board...

FE senior reporter Jubair Hasan wins Silk Road Global News Award

FE REPORT | 2025-09-30 00:00:00

Senior reporter of The Financial Express (FE) Mohammad Jubair Hasan has clinched the 2nd Silk Road Global News Award 2025, initiated by China under its flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project.At a recent event in Kunming of southwest China's...

NU makes ICT course mandatory at UG level

FE REPORT | 2025-09-30 00:00:00

With technical assistance from the ICT Division's Aspire to Innovate (a2i) programme and UNICEF, the National University (NU) has, for the first time, introduced a mandatory four-credit Information and Communication Technology (ICT) course at the undergraduate (UG) level.The initiative aims...

Women to get legal rights soon to take children to workplaces: Adviser

FE REPORT | 2025-09-30 00:00:00

Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud, Adviser to the Ministry of Planning, said women would soon have the legal rights to take their children to workplaces, as the interim government is working to establish a provision in this regard.He said women are not...

ERF Institute launches academic programme

FE REPORT | 2025-09-30 00:00:00

The Economic Reporters Forum (ERF) Institute started the journey of its academic programme on Monday.Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed inaugurated the programme by unveiling a plaque on the ERF premises in the capital. A MoU was also signed between the...

Some 34pc crops, worth 4pc of GDP, lost pre-consumption

FE REPORT | 2025-09-30 00:00:00

Bangladesh loses about 34 per cent of its farm produce before it reaches consumers, which is equal to 4.0 per cent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP), said experts on Monday. Addressing a national conference titled "Towards Zero Food...

Ex-Justice Manik shown arrested in ACC case

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Former Justice Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik has been shown arrested in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) under the Money Laundering and Acquisition Act, reports BSS.He is an accused in the case for his alleged involvement in acquiring wealth...

Raushon-led JaPa leader Mamunur on remand

2025-09-30 00:00:00

A Dhaka court has placed Kazi Md Mamunur Rashid, secretary general of the Raushon Ershad-led faction of the Jatiya Party (JaPa), on a six-day remand in an anti-terrorism case, reports bdnews24.com.Metropolitan Magistrate Sarah Farzana Haque passed the order on Monday...

UP member beaten to death in N'ganj

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Locals have allegedly beaten a union parishad (UP) member to death after tying up his hands and feet in Narayanganj's Araihazar, reports bdnews24.com.The incident occurred in Brahmandi union's Baliapara area on Monday morning, according to Khondoker Nasir Uddin, chief of...

Ex-MP Faizur sent to jail in attempted murder case

2025-09-30 00:00:00

A Dhaka court has sent former MP Faizur Rahman Badal to jail in a case filed over an attempted murder in the New Market area during the July Uprising, report agencies.Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Ehasnul Islam passed the order on Monday...

Ex-minister Nurul Majid Humayun dies

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Former Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun passed away at a hospital in the capital on Monday, reports UNB. He was 78.He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH)...

Two ex-MPs, 11 leaders of banned AL arrested

FE REPORT | 2025-09-30 00:00:00

Detective Branch (DB) police arrested two former members of parliament (MPs) and 11 other leaders and activists of banned Awami League (AL) and affiliated bodies from different areas in the capital.The arrestees are Faizur Rahman Badal, former MP of Brahmanbaria-5...