FE REPORT | 2025-08-05 00:00:00
The government will buy two more liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for September deliveries to meet the country's mounting natural gas demand.State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) sought to buy these LNG cargoes from the spot market for September...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-08-05 00:00:00
The Finance Division has proposed a Tk 1.70-billion project to provide technical support for building a Dynamic Social Registry (DSR), aimed at ensuring transparency in selecting beneficiaries for social- protection programmes.The proposal comes just three months after the Executive Committee...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-05 00:00:00
The government has fixed prices for 11 types of coronary stents from three international companies, cutting cardiac treatment costs in Bangladesh by up to Tk 88,000 to ensure affordability, transparency, and proper regulation of hospital charges.Coronary stents are small metal...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-05 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 4: Former Chief of Bangladesh Army Lieutenant-General (Retd) M Harun-Ar-Rashid was found dead at the Chittagong Club Guest House in the port city on Monday morning. He was 77.According to police and club officials, Mr Harun was staying...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-05 00:00:00
A total of 471 incidents of political violence occurred across the country in 11 months from August last year to June 2025, resulting in 121 deaths and injuries to 5,189 people, according to a report of the Transparency International Bangladesh...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-08-05 00:00:00
Japanese company Marubeni Corporation has withdrawn from two metro-rail projects without explaining the reason.Sources said the withdrawal came at a time when the Dhaka metro rail company is reviewing most of the mass rapid transit (MRT) line contract packages (CPs)...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Monday urged his party leaders and activists, including those from Jubo Dal, to uphold public trust and confidence to emerge as true leaders, reports UNB."Uphold the trust of people. Remember, if people accept you,...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-05 00:00:00
Regulations for bank shareholders and operations are tightened with latest regulatory instructions that the commercial banks ought to clearly mention all opinions expressed by the board members in the minutes of board and supporting-committee meetings.Also, in a couple of fresh...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-05 00:00:00
Bangladesh boasts an upbeat beginning of the fiscal year with merchandise exports recording a double-digit growth of about 25 per cent to US$ 4.77 billion in July, overwhelmingly banking on apparel as before. As much-cherished export diversification makes little headway...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin has said the fascist roots must be uprooted and the spirit of July be fully realised to build a happy and prosperous Bangladesh."The July Uprising was an outburst of the youth and the masses against longstanding deprivation,...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-05 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus has urged the nation to stand united beyond all divisions to confront and defeat threats of fallen autocrats and take a vow to build a Bangladesh where tyranny will never rise again."The fallen autocrats and...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2025-08-05 00:00:00
Celebrations are about to set off today as the day marks the first anniversary of a mass uprising that dealt a dramatic collapse of the authoritarian Sheikh Hasina regime--a historic turning point on Bangladesh's political trajectory.Chief Adviser of the post-uprising...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2025-08-05 00:00:00
The popular uprising in Bangladesh on July-August last year resulted in the downfall of the autocratic and fascist regime of Sheikh Hasina on August 5, 2024. On the day, her 15-year long vicious and repressive rule came to a sudden...
Barkat-e-Khuda | 2025-08-05 00:00:00
Jobs provide livelihood, and thus, are a source of income that is crucial for economic growth. By providing access to broadband and a digital device, technology has shifted traditional work patterns. It has created new ways in which work is...
Cloud-based Management Information Systems (MIS) have become essential to business success in today's fast-paced, data-driven world-unlike the older systems. These are faster, more flexible, and scalable. They grow with the business. From small start-ups to major players, everyone is moving...
Today marks the 5th of August, a date of immense historical significance. It has been one year since the revolutionary August that awakened a nation -- the month of resistance, of collective uprising, of shattered fear. That August reshaped our...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-08-05 00:00:00
The conversational AI chatbot, ChatGPT, can create texts like humans. So, writing of essays, reports, theses, answers to question in examinations at schools and colleges etc., are now being done by this AI tool. In other words, the machine is...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2025-08-05 00:00:00
As Bangladesh moves steadily toward its 13th national parliamentary election, the urgency to ensure a peaceful and orderly electoral environment has never been more pronounced. In any democratic setup, law and order constitute the bedrock upon which fair and free...
A nation that won independence in 1971 waging a nine-month long bloody war against an occupation army, celebrates the first anniversary of another landmark event called the July mass uprising today (Tuesday). Bangladesh has witnessed many ups and downs since...
RIYADH, Aug 4 (Arab News): Abu Dhabi's ADNOC Gas has signed a 10-year agreement with Hindustan Petroleum Corp. to supply 500,000 metric tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually, expanding its footprint in key Asian energy markets. Under the agreement, LNG...
Gold eased on Monday due to slightly firmer US Treasury yields and profit-taking following last week's sharp rally driven by weak US jobs data, reports Reuters.Spot gold lost 0.2 per cent to $3,356.91 per ounce, as of 1051 GMT, after...
BERLIN, Aug 4 (Reuters): German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil will advocate for a quota system on steel exports to be included in the EU's trade deal with the United States at a meeting with his US counterpart, Scott Bessent, later...
BP has made its largest oil and gas discovery in 25 years offshore Brazil, it said on Monday, in a potential big boost for the British company following its strategic shift away from renewable energy to refocus on fossil fuels,...
LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters): Oil prices fell to their lowest in a week on Monday after OPEC+ agreed to another large output increase in September, though traders remained wary of further sanctions on Russia.Brent crude futures fell $1.55, or 2.2...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2025-08-05 00:00:00
A favourable business environment is crucial for fostering new entities, expanding existing enterprises, and encouraging the emergence of new entrepreneurs. In essence, this reflects the overall business confidence in the economy. When such confidence thrives, it stimulates growth across manufacturing,...
Saif Uddin | 2025-08-05 00:00:00
After the fall of Sheikh Hasina's autocratic regime in the face of student-mass protest, the interim government took over charge of the country's affairs. Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus-led interim administration has now outlined the reform agenda, focusing on constitutional...
Ismail Hossain | 2025-08-05 00:00:00
It began not with a bang, but with the whispers of rain on Dhaka’s concrete skin. The froth of human wrath soon keeps rolling on in a centripetal flow, until it engulfs the citadel of absolutism in power. It is...
Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday). Day and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged. The highest temperature on...
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