The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) earned enough infamy for inaccurate, biased, distorted and even fictitious data over the years. Based on those data provided for creating social and economic indices, there was hardly any chance of getting a real...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-17 12:00:00
Paul Frost, the newly-appointed Commercial Counsellor at the US Embassy in Dhaka, has said that expanding opportunities for American businesses in Bangladesh will be his top priority. "The opportunities for American companies in Bangladesh are significant and expanding," Frost said...
MELBOURNE, Sep 16 (AP): One of Australia's largest banks said Monday it agreed to pay a record 240 million Australian dollars ($160 million) in penalties for corporate misconduct affecting almost 65,000 customers and the federal government.Melbourne-based ANZ, also known as...
Xiangchen Zhang | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
For trade and development, 2025 is a year like no other. Tariff talks continue to grab headlines. But urgent action is also needed to stop the sun setting on trade development cooperation. This June in Sevilla, global leaders committed to...
Bangladesh's Tanzid Hasan walks back to the pavilion after his dismissal during the Asia Cup 2025 Twenty20 international cricket match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. He scored 52 playing 31...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) is set to consider approval of nine new development projects in its meeting today (Wednesday), to be held at the NEC auditorium in the capital, officials said.The new projects include establishment...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
The High Court has questioned the legality of Election Commission (EC) moves that changed constituency boundaries in Faridpur and reduced the number of constituencies in Bagerhat district from 4 to 3.It issued a rule to the Election Commission and other ...
FE ReportThe government has allowed some 37 traders to export 1200 tonnes of hilsha to India ahead of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community.Hilsha, which is widely considered as a delicacy particularly in Bangladesh and West...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case on Tuesday against Major- General (Retd) Md Siddiqur Rahman Sarker, former chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), on charges of corruption, abuse of power, and money laundering involving Tk 1.77 billion (177 crore).According...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed said on Tuesday the government is concerned over the lower employment generation in recent times, for which the number of jobless people increased in the country.He also described creation of employment in the country as...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
The yield on treasury bonds fell below 10 per cent for the first time in two years on Tuesday, as banks parked surplus funds in government securities amid weak private credit demand before the national election.The cut off yield, generally...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
LDC-specific international support measures (ISMs) may decline in the coming years due to the changing global economic situation, warned Dr. Anisuzzaman Chowdhury, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser of the interim government.Speaking as the chief guest at a seminar on...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
The National Consensus Commission (NCC) will resume discussions with political parties today, as the parties could not reach a consensus on the implementation method of the July Charter within the given timeframe.The government, on Monday, extended the Commission's tenure until...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
Former spokesperson and executive director of Bangladesh Bank Md. Mezbaul Haque resigned on "personal grounds". After the fall of the Awami League government, objections arose from the high level of the incumbent government regarding his continued tenure. After that, he...
Monira Munni, From Geneva | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
The World Trade Organization (WTO) will open its largest annual outreach event, the WTO Public Forum 2025, today at the organisation's secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland.The two-day forum is expected to explore how digital advancements are redefining standards within the international...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh government has cleared all outstanding payments, including late payment interest, to Chevron Bangladesh, but the US energy giant has yet to reveal any time-bound plan to resume its held-back US$75 million investment in the Jalalabad Compression Project (JBC).After clearing...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh counts US$1.78 billion in lost productivity in a year as rising temperatures ate up about 25 million working hours in 2024 through the heat impact on health, the World Bank reveals."The resulting economic losses are projected to be between...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh moves forward with package preparatory tasks for expanding manpower export to Japan, with some 100,000 workers in the first go. Officials say a project has been sent to Economic Relations Division (ERD) by the Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and...
GAZA, Sept 16 (Reuters): Israel announced the start of its long-awaited ground operation into Gaza City on Tuesday, declaring "Gaza is burning".An Israeli military official said the Israeli Defence Forces had begun the main stage of their ground operation into...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank has introduced a special loan-related policy support for firms whose business operations were disrupted prior to the July political transition.According to a circular issued Tuesday (September 16) by the central bank's Banking Regulations and Policy Department, affected businesses...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
Now the government tries for deferment of Bangladesh's LDC graduation by three years, in the wake of strong pleas particularly from the business community afraid of losing export privileges at a bad time. Commerce Secretary Mahbubur Rahman spoke of the...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
Administrative teams will be deployed in five troubled Shariah-based banks for their merger into a single state-owned bank under an overhaul recipe, in a much-anticipated intervention in Bangladesh's banking sector.The Bangladesh Bank board, in a special meeting Tuesday with Governor...
Nine individuals including Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSoD) president Hasanul Haque Inu and former cultural affairs minister Asazuzzaman Noor on Tuesday virtually appeared before a court in four cases linked to the July Uprising, reports BSS.They were produced before the court...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday acquitted 66 people, including BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Mirza Abbas, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, in a case filed under the Explosives Substances Act with Ramna Police Station, reports BSS....
FE REPORTForeign Affairs Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain said Bangladesh strongly condemned the recent Israeli attack on Qatar in the Emergency Arab-Islamic Summit in Doha on 15 September. The unprovoked and unjustifiable Israeli attack on the sovereign territory of Qatar is...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered to send ex-NBR member Md Motiur Rahman, infamous for the "goat scandal" and his wife Laila Kaniz to jail in a graft case, reports BSS.Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Md Monirul Islam after hearing the statement...
Detectives have arrested 12 leaders and activists of Awami League (AL) and its associate organisations including former mayor of Gafargaon municipality in Mymensingh in separate drives in the city, reports UNB.They were arrested from different areas including Mirpur, Uttara, Lalbagh,...
The Election Officers' Conference is set to be held on Sept 27 with the aim of conducting a "free, fair and impartial" 13th national election next year, reports bdnews24.com. On Tuesday, Bangladesh Election Commission Officers' Association (BECOA) Convener Mohammad Monir...
Brazil Chief Justice Antonio Herman Benjamin has assured full cooperation to accelerate Bangladesh's ongoing judicial digitalisation drive by sharing its expertise in e-filing, digital case management, video conferencing, and online dispute resolution, reports UNB.The assurance came when Bangladesh Chief Justice...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday said Bangladesh's graduation from the UN's Least Developed Country (LDC) category in November 2026 is a milestone, but warned that the accompanying risks and challenges to the economy and people must be addressed...
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