"Home to 80 per cent of the world's poorest people, the path to a sustainable future runs through rural areas. They remain rich in untapped potential - and inclusive rural transformation will therefore supercharge global development across all other dimensions,"...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-26 00:00:00
The state-run TCB has sought to raise the prices of subsidised soybean oil, sugar, and lentil as the truck sale of the key commodities will begin on August 10.Around 500 poor people would be able to buy the essentials from...
Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen is set to undergo back surgery next week and will be sidelined for approximately three months, the club confirmed on Thursday, reports UNB.The surgery is intended to address persistent lower back issues that have troubled...
Ish Sodhi is enjoying the challenge of bowling in the powerplay overs in Twenty20 Internationals, the New Zealand (NZ) spinner said after registering a career-best 4-12 against Zimbabwe in the ongoing tri-series in Harare on Thursday, reports Reuters.The 32-year-old became...
Bangladesh captain Litton Das said reckless batting led to their 74-run defeat in the third T20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, reports BSS.Having lost the game, Bangladesh squandered the chance to inflict a series whitewash on Pakistan.Bangladesh won the first...
National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan on Thursday emphasised creating a business and taxpayer-friendly tax culture by fully automating customs and VAT collection activities, reports UNB. "This has to be done by making the ongoing automation...
UNION BANK HOLDS 48TH MEETING OF THE NEWLY FORMED BOARD The 48th meeting of the newly formed Board of the Directors of Union Bank PLC was held at the bank's Head Office in Dhaka on Thursday. Chairman of the bank...
LONDON, July 25 (Reuters): Oil prices were steady on Friday, as trade talk optimism supported the outlook for both the global economy and oil demand, balancing news of the potential for more oil supply from Venezuela.Brent crude futures were up...
Md. Moin Uddin Muslim | 2025-07-26 00:00:00
Have you ever imagined reaching, within just a few hours, a place where you can lose yourself in lush green hills, soak in the cool waters of serene waterfalls, and then find solace at a quiet seaside with endless blue...
Muhammad Mustofa Kamal Kushal | 2025-07-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh is a breeding ground for a wide array of natural disasters, owing to its geographical location, subtropical climate, and flat topography. The territory is known for the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded, the 1970 Bhola Cyclone, which killed at...
Foreign direct investment plays a pivotal role in growing a nation's economy, especially in the case of emerging countries like Bangladesh. A rapidly growing economy with a vast number of workers, FDI is the fuel for the nation's industries, technological...
The 2025 SSC results have revealed a troubling reality in Bangladesh's education system. With pass rates falling and thousands failing in key subjects such as English, Mathematics, and Science, serious questions are being raised about teaching quality and the implementation...
Tanim Asjad | 2025-07-26 00:00:00
Around 34 years after the fall of the autocratic regime of Ershad, the country has witnessed another mass uprising against the authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina in the last year. Although the two events are not entirely comparable due to...
Syed Muhammed Showaib | 2025-07-26 00:00:00
In less than a week, the Trump administration's new tariffs will come into effect. Unless Bangladesh manages to strike a deal with the US before then, which it has been attempting to do for a while now, its exports will...
There is no denying that Bangladesh's shipbreaking sector is now past its prime as it struggles on multiple fronts to keep itself sustainable. The headwinds it is facing have to do with regulatory and compliance issues as well as a...
Matiur Rahman | 2025-07-26 00:00:00
In July 2025, the United Nations released its 'Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025', offering a sobering and urgent assessment of the global effort to meet the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The report reveals that only 35 per cent of...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-25 12:00:00
Election to local-government bodies reverts to nonpartisan system as the interim government scraps the party-symbol provision widely disliked for "politicisation" of local governance."The Council of Advisers of the interim government Thursday approved amendments to four laws related to local governance...
The anti-discrimination student movement leaders on July 25 last year declared to continue their movement with placing a series of demands including justice for the killings amid the nationwide mass arrest, reports BSS. "The movement will not end with the...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2025-07-25 12:00:00
Tajuddin Ahmad would be a centenarian on 23 July. He was a mere fifty years old when he was assassinated in November 1975. Yet in those brief five decades of his life, he achieved a feat rare in the history...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
The country's total debt consisting of domestic and external surged by approximately 18 per cent to nearly Tk 20 trillion over the past one year ending in March 2025, according to a report of the Finance Division.The total domestic debt...
Chattogram, July 24 (UNB): A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight (BG 148) arriving from Dubai was forced to return to Shah Amanat International Airport shortly after departing for Dhaka due to a technical fault Thursday morning, said a Biman official.The flight,...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
The council of advisers approved a proposal on Thursday to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to stop harassment and enforced disappearances by law enforcers.It was approved at a meeting presided over by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus. Once...
Picking up and dropping off passengers randomly by bus drivers is an everyday phenomenon in the sprawling capital city and such malpractice contributes significantly to traffic congestion. In the photo taken at the entrance of the Mohakhali Flyover on Thursday,...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Bangladesh has expressed profound shock at the tragic deaths of students and others in a Bangladesh Air Force training jet crash into Milestone School and College in Uttara early this week.Apart from the students,...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
Indian authorities have expelled hundreds of ethnic Bengali Muslims -- many of those Indian citizens -- to Bangladesh in recent weeks without due process, in what Human Rights Watch (HRW) has described as a "discriminatory" and "unlawful" crackdown on Muslim...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has ordered the authorities concerned to compile a comprehensive list of individuals killed in political violence carried out by the Awami League (AL), its student wing Chhatra League, and in state force-led operations under government...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
The interim government has initiated steps to amend power-purchase agreements (PPAs) and lower tariff rates for nine power plants that have been selling electricity to the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) without securing official approval for their tariffs, according to...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
Despite recent signs of macroeconomic stabilisation, economy faces deep-rooted fiscal-and financial-sector challenges, economists warned on Thursday.Speaking at an event in the capital, they listed challenges like subdued growth, persistent high rate of inflation, elevated fiscal risks, and a vulnerable banking...
JASIM UDDIN | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh's exports to India rose by 11.05 per cent year on year in the fiscal year 2024-25, reaching a record $1.76 billion, up from $1.57 billion in FY24, despite non-tariff barriers, port restrictions, and regulatory bottlenecks.According to data from the...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
A new pay commission has been formed to determine the revised salary structure for government officials and employees, in tune with interim government's pledge for pay rises. "Former Finance Secretary and current Chairman of the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation Zakir Ahmed...
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