Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-09-02 00:00:00
The World Bank (WB) made a forecast in April last that more 3.0 million people would join the ranks of the extreme poor by the end of this year. Attributing this development to the economic slowdown following August 2024 political...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2025-09-02 00:00:00
The recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Beijing is more than a bilateral engagement between Asia's two largest powers; it is a potential game changer for the South Asian region and for global geopolitics. For decades, the...
"Healthcare is a human right" as articulated in the World Health Organisation (WHO) constitution and Article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). The WHO preamble defines 'health as a state of complete physical, mental...
Matiur Rahman | 2025-09-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh, long celebrated as a model of poverty reduction and steady development, is now grappling with a harsh reversal of fortunes. The Power and Participation Research Centre's (PPRC) latest survey, "Economic Dynamics and Mood at Household Level in Mid-2025," paints...
GAZA, Sept 01(Reuters): Israel pushed tanks deeper into Gaza City and detonated explosives-laden vehicles in one suburb as airstrikes killed at least 19 people on Monday, Palestinian officials and witnesses said.Reports of the offensive came as the president of the...
TIANJIN, Sept 01 (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Turkey's mediation attempts around the Ukraine war at a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in China on Monday."I'm confident that Turkey's special role in these matters will continue...
TIANJIN, Sept 01 (AFP): Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin took turns Monday to swipe at the West during a gathering of Eurasian leaders for a showpiece summit aimed at putting Beijing front and centre of regional relations.The Shanghai Cooperation...
NAOGAON, Sept 01 (BSS): Two minor children drowned in a pond at Binodpur village in Safapur union under Mahadevpur upazila of the district on Monday.The deceased were Arafat, 6, son of Azizur Rahman and Naim, 4, son of Sirajul Islam...
KHULNA, Sept 01 (UNB):The Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest and a UNESCO World Heritage site, reopened on Sunday to fishermen and tourists after a three-month closure. Entry into the forest was restricted from June 01 to August 31 to...
GAIBANDHA, Sept 01 (UNB): For 62 years, KN Road Government Primary School has stood in the heart of Gaibandha town with its classrooms and teachers in place, but without students.Most children show up just to eat the free 'khichuri' before...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-02 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Sept 01: A five-day long eviction drive has begun to free the Bankkhali River from illegal encroachment in Cox's Bazar. On Monday, the first day of the operation, several unauthorised structures were pulled down on the Bankkhali riverbanks...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
The labour wing of the National Citizen Party (NCP) on Sunday urged the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) to abandon any plan to outsource textbook printing abroad.The group warned that if the NCTB awards work orders to foreign companies,...
Physical condition of Gono Odhikar Parishad president Nurul Haque Nur was gradually improving, said Brig Gen Md Asaduzzaman, director of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday."Nur is currently under close observation. Although his condition is showing signs of...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
An 11-member delegation from ICC Bangladesh, led by President Mahbubur Rahman, departed for Melbourne, Australia on Sunday to participate in the ICC's 14th World Chambers Congress (WCC), scheduled from September 2 to 4, 2025.This premier global forum, organised by the...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court challenging a "Special Order" issued by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) making it mandatory for all tax payers to submit their income tax returns through online system. Miazi Alamgir...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday said that the longer the interim government stays in power, the more its weakness will become visible.An opportunity has come to work for the public following the ultimate sacrifice of hundreds of people...
BNP is set to celebrate its 47th founding anniversary across the country today with various programmes, reports UNB.On September 1, 1978, late president Ziaur Rahman founded the party with a 19-point programme to build a self-reliant Bangladesh.BNP and its associate...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
Various irregularities and large-scale malfunction have been found in the Department of Primary Education's (DPE) mid-day meal distribution programme in 35 districts across the country, insiders said.Distribution of low quality and lesser quantity of food in the targeted areas, and...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 31: Chittagong University (CU) turned into a battlefield on Sunday as a series of clashes erupted between locals and the university students over the alleged assault on a female student by a guard of her mess near the...
YASIR WARDAD | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
The price of raw jute has hit a record high this harvesting season due to growing demand both at home and abroad. Farmers are happy with better prices, but jute factories are struggling as traders are hoarding large volumes of...
Traffic signals have been introduced anew in some areas of the city, but vehicles show a total disregard for it. At Bangla Motor crossing on Sunday, bikers are seen moving on defying the red signal — FE Photo
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
Around 35 per cent of taxpayers in each of the 41 tax zones across the country did not file tax returns in the last fiscal year despite having the taxpayer identification number (TIN).A gap analysis, conducted by the National Board...
The total number of voters in Bangladesh climbed to 126.4 million or 12.64 crore (12,63,07,504), marking an increase of nearly 2.6 million (26 lakh) in the latest updated electoral rolls published on Sunday, reports UNB."Now there are 12,63,07,504 registered voters...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
Chief Adviser of the interim government Sunday reassured Bangladesh's political parties that the next election would be held in a free, fair and festive manner as per preannounced timeline."There is no alternative to election-it would be very dangerous for the...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizens Party (NCP) in their separate meetings with Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus Sunday struck similar tunes as both demanded banning Jatiya Party, alongside the beleaguered Awami League, on allegation of helping legitimise "illegal elections" under the...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
Reassured in Sunday's consultation with Chief Adviser of the interim government Dr Muhammad Yunus, BNP Secretary- General Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the election would be held in due time already laid out."There is no doubt about that. The Chief Adviser...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
Much-envisaged independent functioning of the central bank now hangs in the balance mainly as bureaucrats on the Bangladesh Bank board steer a reverse course from reforms, sources say.As part of the ongoing reform recipes to empower the central bankers for...
Social Welfare Adviser Sharmin S Murshid on Sunday condemned the attack on Nurul Haque Nur, saying such an inhumane attack is not acceptable in any way, reports BSS."A specialised medical board has been formed to monitor the health condition of...
A Dhaka court on Sunday acquitted BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir of charges in a case filed in 2013 for obstructing police from discharging their duties and attempted murder, reports BSS.Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Zakir Hossain...
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