PARIS, Aug 12 (BBC/Reuters): European leaders have warned against Ukrainian borders being redrawn by force - two days before a US-Russia summit on Ukraine is due to take place in Alaska.In a statement, European leaders said "the people of Ukraine...
YANGON, Aug 12 (Reuters): United Nations investigators said on Tuesday they have found evidence of systematic torture by Myanmar security forces and identified some of the most senior perpetrators.The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), formed in 2018 to analyse...
JERUSALEM, Aug 12 (AP/AFP): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel intends to expand its offensive beyond Gaza City to the last areas not under Israeli control, where most of Gaza's 2 million residents have taken shelter as the territory faces...
Soccer great Cristiano Ronaldo and his long-term partner Georgina Rodriguez are engaged, reports AP.The 31-year-old Rodríguez announced the happy news on Instagram on Monday with a photograph showing a huge ring on her finger."Yes, I do," read the caption in...
Bangladesh U-20 women's football team returned home Tuesday at 1.30 am after completing their AFC Women's U-20 Asian Cup qualifying campaign in Laos, reports BSS. Bangladesh secured their first-ever spot in the AFC Women's U-20 Asian Cup by winning two...
DARWIN, Australia, Aug 12 (AFP): Dewald Brevis belted South Africa's highest Twenty20 individual score with a blistering 125 not out from 56 balls as the tourists stayed alive in the three-match series after a 53-run victory over Australia in Darwin...
Bangladesh's strength and conditioning coach Nathan Kiely indicated on Tuesday that he is not losing sleep despite several cricketers failing to meet standards in recent fitness testing. Several Bangladesh cricketers failed to live up to standards in a new fitness...
Two journalists were attacked in Gazipur within a day. On Thursday, Asaduzzaman Tuhin, a staff reporter for the daily Pratidin Kagoj, was brutally hacked to death by armed miscreants. The day before, Anwar Hossain, a reporter for the daily Alo,...
As inflation, devaluation of currency, and trade deficits have risen, remittances have emerged as a savior for Bangladesh's economy. With over 10 million Bangladeshis working abroad, their remittances regularly support the country's foreign exchange reserves, keeping the Taka stable and...
Wasi Ahmed | 2025-08-13 00:00:00
In response to the US reciprocal tariff now cut to 20 per cent, Bangladesh's textile and spinning millers are set to significantly increase American cotton imports. The move comes under a trade-off arrangement designed to make the country's apparel exports...
It cannot be denied that the country's highest hard currency earner through export, the Readymade Garment (RMG) sector, has, of late, come up against certain unforeseen headwinds. The recent tariff war launched by the US President Donald Trump is definitely...
Haradhan Sarker | 2025-08-13 00:00:00
Who does not aspire after a discrimination-free economy or society? Restoring rights inevitably requires a movement. Since inception of collective right-consciousness , the victims have fought against rights violation. From time to time, agitations spring up spontaneously as we observed...
Sanjoy Pal | 2025-08-13 00:00:00
The industrial MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise) is not just a noteworthy economic organ of Bangladesh, but a vital one. They are the key role players of employment generation for populous economies, like Bangladesh and perform as the backbone...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-12 00:00:00
Experts have urged the government to consider delaying Bangladesh's graduation from Least-Developed Country (LDC) status until the country is better prepared to manage the economic challenges that may arise following the transition.Speaking at a seminar titled "The Impact and Challenges...
A view of the Motijheel-Kamalapur stretch of metro rail. More than half of the construction work on the mega project has been completed, with the remainder expected to finish next year. The photo was taken on Monday. — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2025-08-12 00:00:00
Police on Monday recovered two bodies from inside a car parked in the basement of Sirajul Islam Medical College in the capitals' Mouchak area.Security guards discovered the bodies around 11:45 AM on the day.Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Ramna Division Deputy Commissioner...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-12 00:00:00
The High Court on Monday upheld life imprisonment of Zahidur Rahman, former sub-inspector (SI) of Pallabi police station in Dhaka, in a case filed over custodial death of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny, a garment-waste trader from the city's Mirpur area. The...
India has banned the import of several more jute goods from Bangladesh through land ports, with the order taking immediate effect, reports bdnews24.com.The step follows restrictions on certain jute items imposed one and a half months ago.From now on, these...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-12 00:00:00
A lack of awareness about circular supply chains, the European Union's (EU) latest regulations, and factory digitalisation -- especially in small and medium units -- is a major barrier to tracking Bangladesh's export goods, experts and industry leaders say."Most of...
NAOGAON, Aug 11 (UNB): Alleging that various plots are underway to derail the process of restoring democracy and people's voting rights, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Monday urged his party leaders and activists to stay united and uphold public...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-08-12 00:00:00
In the April-June quarter of FY25, Bangladesh's ready-made garment (RMG) sector saw a 7.5-percent decline in raw-material imports, standing at over $3.94 billion from over $4.25 billion in the preceding quarter.The fourth-quarter (Q4) figure was 43.22 per cent of the...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-08-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank intervention to bring stability in foreign-exchange market proves a boon for both -- the central bank builds up forex stock and commercial banks quench their liquidity thirst in trying times.In a latest intervention made Sunday, the BB purchased...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-12 00:00:00
Chattogram port is grappling with severe congestion both at its container yards and at the outer anchorage, disrupting the smooth loading and unloading of vessels, officials said.Currently, around 45,000 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) of containers are piled up in the...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-12 00:00:00
Governance breakdowns, political interference, fictitious financial statements, and policy leniency towards wilful defaulters are the primary drivers behind Bangladesh's record non-performing loans (NPLs), the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) revealed on Monday at a high-profile review workshop on the...
GAZA CITY, Aug 11 (AFP): A deadly Israeli strike on Al Jazeera staff in Gaza also killed a Palestinian freelance journalist, the civil defence agency and a hospital director said Monday, bringing the death toll to six.Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera...
The Election Commission (EC) will reintroduce "no-vote" option for constituencies with only one candidate to prevent uncontested wins, report agencies.Under the proposed amendment to the Representation of the People Order (RPO), sole candidates must now compete against a "No" vote,...
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will hold official talks at Putrajaya today (Tuesday) morning to review progress in diverse areas and outline steps towards elevating relations between Dhaka and Kuala...
JASIM UDDIN | 2025-08-12 00:00:00
Bangladeshi apparel exporters are exploring the 'First Sale' window of opportunity in the United States to help their buyers and retailers secure lower tariffs and thus enhance their export competitiveness on the high-duty US market.In the American customs law, the...
NEW DELHI, Aug 11 (AP): No stray dogs roaming the streets of New Delhi?That could be possible in the future after India's top court ordered authorities in New Delhi to start removing all stray dogs from the streets, and to...
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