FE REPORT | 2026-03-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh has sought a revised proposal quickly from the Japanese side over managing the operation and maintenance of the third terminal of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka, said official sources. The request was made during a meeting...
A team of specialist neuro doctors has completed brain surgery on BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, reports bdnews24.comRafiqul Islam, BNP's health affairs secretary, shared the development on Friday evening. "The brain operation has been completed....
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2026-03-14 00:00:00
The newly elected government has decided to proceed with the Japan International Cooperation Agency-supported MRT-1 line-construction project, although the lender has not agreed to cancel the Japanese tenders despite higher bidding prices, officials said on Friday.Despite requests from Dhaka Mass...
SHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters): Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is wounded likely disfigured, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday, questioning Khamenei's ability to govern after nearly two weeks of U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.No images have...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2026-03-14 00:00:00
Fixed deposits with banks have been on the wane for reasons like optional switch to better instruments and FDR liquidation to defray election spending or for perceived vote-related uncertainty, sources say. Although total deposit in the banking system grew 3.42...
FE REPORT | 2026-03-14 00:00:00
City-dwellers started leaving on Friday the capital, Dhaka, for celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr with their families to avoid last -minute rushes and potential transport hassles.Despite the main holiday beginning on March 17, many initiated their travel early, with reports highlighting potential transport...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2026-03-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh is among 60 countries coming under latest two-pronged US trade scrutiny over forced labour and industrial overcapacity, hot on the heels of tariff wars. The United States launched Thursday investigations into 60 countries that also include China, India and...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2026-03-14 00:00:00
Normal trade-shipment disruptions due to the Middle East turmoil have sent airfreight rates flying in Bangladesh, tripling for Dhaka-to-Europe transportation and nearly doubling for US reach.Stakeholders say this has happened as hundreds of Middle East-bound flights had been cancelled since...
LONDON, March 13 (AFP): Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior hailed Reece James as the "best player in world football in his position" after the captain signed a new six-year deal at Stamford Bridge.The England defender, 26, who first trained with the...
INDIAN WELLS, United States, March 13 (AFP): Carlos Alcaraz extended his unbeaten season and got revenge over Cameron Norrie on Thursday to reach the semi-finals at Indian Wells for a fifth straight year.The world number one from Spain emerged from...
LIVERPOOL, March 13 (AFP): Arne Slot said the "bar at Liverpool is always high" as he targets glory in the FA Cup and Champions League to save the club's season following a disastrous Premier League title defence.Relegation-threatened Tottenham make the...
BARCELONA, March 13, (AFP) : Barcelona welcome Sevilla on Sunday aiming to maintain their La Liga lead on Real Madrid, but the stakes are even higher off the field with the club's next president to be named that night.Club members...
Former Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah has said that no cricketer sacrificed his batting position as much as he did, revealing that although he preferred to bat at No. 4, he rarely voiced it and ended up batting wherever the team management...
Bangladesh restricted Pakistan to 274 at the second match of their three match ODI series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday, reports bdnews24.com.Winning the toss, Bangladesh skipper Mehidy Hasan Miraz opted to field. The captain in his second...
Dipok Kumar Roy | 2026-03-14 00:00:00
An article regarding the Bangladesh audit market has indicated that the top 100 audit firms conduct 87 per cent of audits, i.e., the overwhelming majority of statutory audits, with individual partners at leading firms reportedly signing off on as many...
Abul Quasem Haider | 2026-03-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh's economy is now very big. After 55 years, the size of the country's economy has increased a lot. Our population has also increased. In 1971, the population was only 75 million, now it stands at more than 180 million....
Nilratan Halder | 2026-03-14 00:00:00
Humans are not certainly known for the strongest physical power. At the top of the raw power order among land animals, elephant has no match. Then come rhinoceroses, hippopotamus, bison, buffalo and the likes. Yet these animals are not called...
BAGHDAD, March 13, (AFP) : Two drones fell near a major southern Iraqi oil field, two oil ministry officials told AFP on Friday, as the war in the Middle East causes unprecedented upheaval in the sector."Two drones hit communications towers...
President Donald Trump said the United States would escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz if needed, adding in a Fox News interview that aired on Friday that the US would strike Iran "very hard over the next week."Asked about...
Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Khalilur Rahman and Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Afroza Khanam attend a meeting on the operation of the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at the foreign affairs ministry in the city on Friday.— PID
FE REPORT | 2026-03-14 00:00:00
The newly elected committee of the Electronics Safety and Security Association of Bangladesh (ESSAB) was formally inaugurated with a pledge to promote electronic safety and security in the country.The handover ceremony of the new executive committee was held followed by...
The cargo vessel MV Banglar Joyjatra, carrying 31 Bangladeshi sailors and stranded at the Jebel Ali Port amid the Middle East conflict, has completed unloading its cargo, reports bdnews24.com.After unloading the goods, the vessel left the port to avoid risks...
FE REPORT | 2026-03-14 00:00:00
Retail activity in the capital has gathered strong momentum as Eid-ul-Fitr approaches, with shoppers thronging major markets and shopping malls to complete their festive purchases.Shopping malls drew shoppers much beyond their capacities on Friday, several days ahead of Eid-ul-fitr, the...
WARSAW, Mar 13 (AFP): Poland's centrist government on Friday unveiled a "Plan B" for financing the modernisation of its military and arms industry, after nationalist President Karol Nawrocki's veto of nearly 44 billion euros in European loans.Lawmakers in Poland, the...
ANKARA, Mar 13 (AP): A moderately strong earthquake struck central Turkey on Friday, Turkey's emergency response said. The tremor sent some residents rushing into the streets but no damage has been reported.The magnitude 5.5 quake was centreed in the town...
MAKKAH, Mar 13 (Arab News): There is an exceptionally high level of sanitation and iftar services at the Grand Mosque in Makkah for millions of worshippers and visitors this Ramadan, according to the General Authority for the Care of the...
WASHINGTON/TAIPEI, Mar 13 (Reuters): A major US arms package for Taiwan that includes advanced interceptor missiles is ready for President Donald Trump's approval and could be signed after his trip to China this month, sources briefed on the discussions said.With...
MICHIGAN, Mar 13 (Arab News): The suspect in an attack on a synagogue in Michigan is dead, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press, after a sheriff said security at the largest Reform Synagogue in the US...
KABUL, Mar 13 (Reuters): Pakistan bombed the fuel depot of private airline Kam Air near Afghanistan's airport of Kandahar, the ruling Taliban said on Friday, stepping up the neighbours' worst conflict in years, despite China's efforts to mediate.The overnight strikes...
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