FE REPORT | 2025-10-08 00:00:00
Any Individuals formally charged at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Dhaka will be barred from participating in various polls as well as from holding government positions.President Mohammed Shahabuddin has promulgated an ordinance amending the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973,...
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has drawn attention of all concerned to 'incorrect and misleading' information regarding position of Bangladesh in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) developed by Transparency International (TI), as published in the Financial Times of London in a...
Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said every girl child must be ensured safety, quality education and nutrition and must be transformed into skilled human resources as they will be the future mothers, future citizens, reports BSS....
FE REPORT | 2025-10-08 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has reduced the retail price of the widely used 12-kg liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder by Tk 29, setting the new rate at Tk 1,241 for October, down from Tk 1,270 in September.In a...
A Dhaka court has placed Tamanna Nusrat Bubli, former lawmaker from a reserved seats for women and leader of Narsingdi district Awami League, on a two-day remand in a case lodged under Anti-Terrorism Act with the capital's Tejgaon Police Station.Dhaka...
A Dhaka court has imposed a travel ban on Awami League (AL) leader and former lawmaker from Jaipurhat-1 constituency, Shamsul Alam Dudu, his wife Meher Nigar, daughter Nazmin Tania and son Meheraj Alam over graft allegations. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special...
UN Resident Coordinator in Dhaka, Gwyn Lewis, has met with Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman, report agencies.The meeting took place at the Ameer's office in capital's Bashundhara on Tuesday.Lewis was accompanied by Huma Khan, the human rights adviser to the UN...
The National Citizen Party (NCP) has refused to select any electoral symbol from the list provided by the Election Commission (EC) and instead renewed its demand for the inclusion of the 'Water Lily' symbol in the EC's official list, reports...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has said the Election Commission aims to draw lessons from former election officials to identify gaps and prevent the recurrence of irregularities in the future elections, report agencies."We're not here just only to...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-08 00:00:00
Speakers at a seminar have described Abrar Fahad as a symbol of Bangladesh's sovereignty and a beacon of anti-hegemonic consciousness.Abrar, a BUET student, was brutally killed by leaders and activists of banned Chhatra League inside a hall in 2019.They made...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has warned anew that a 'deep conspiracy' is underway to derail the upcoming national election, urging the country's teachers to remain vigilant, reports UNB."I would like to tell you that teachers have a...
CAIRO, Oct 07 (AP): Peace talks between Israel and Hamas were resuming at an Egyptian resort city on Tuesday, marking the two-year anniversary of the militant group's surprise attack on Israel that triggered the bloody conflict that has seen tens...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-08 00:00:00
The Power Division has sought over Tk 23.19 billion as subsidy from the government against the state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board's (BPDB) tariff deficit to help ensure uninterrupted power supply across the country, official sources said.The BPDB sustained the tariff...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2025-10-08 00:00:00
The yield on Bangladesh's two-year treasury bonds dropped below the central bank's policy rate on Tuesday, as banks continued shifting excess liquidity into government securities amid sluggish private credit demand ahead of the national election. The move reflects a cautious...
STOCKHOLM, Oct 7 (AFP): Briton John Clarke, Frenchman Michel Devoret and American John Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for work on quantum physics in action, the Nobel jury said. The trio was honoured "for the discovery...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh's economic activities gained pace in September 2025, with the country's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rising to its highest level in recent months. The key gauge of overall economic momentum increased to 59.1, up from 58.3 in August, according to...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-08 00:00:00
In a major policy shift, Bangladesh Bank (BB) has allowed exporters to ship goods under open account credit terms backed by insurance coverage from local insurance companies, aiming to ease the country's export procedures.To this effect, the central bank issued...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-08 00:00:00
South Asian nations, including Bangladesh, have achieved decades of steady economic growth yet failed to stem the widening gap between rich and poor, said Professor Rehman Sobhan, Chairman of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).Speaking at a seminar in Dhaka...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-08 00:00:00
While adoption of artificial intelligence would affect the job market in different ways, rational tariff cuts on intermediate inputs would benefit younger and more skilled workers in South Asian countries including Bangladesh, according to a latest World Bank (WB) report.Chief...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-08 00:00:00
Saudi investors are invited to channel funds into large-scale and long-term projects in Bangladesh's promising economy alongside easier labour recruitment by and remittance sending from the oil-rich Arab country. The call came Tuesday from the Saudi Arabia-Bangladesh Business Summit 2025...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-08 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 07: Chattogram port, the country's principal seaport, has broken a 48-year record by handling the highest number of containers in the 2024-25 fiscal year (FY), according to port officials. They attributed the achievement to the expansion of jetty...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-08 00:00:00
Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed raised questions about reliability of the procedure of measuring poverty by the World Bank, just as the global lender presented Bangladesh situation. "I know how they measure poverty. There are base…there are clientele (to give...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said his party wants the interim government to be successful and hold a fair election to fulfill its responsibility."We want the interim government to be successful. We also expect that the...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-08 00:00:00
Economic pickup is to spur Bangladesh's GDP growth to 4.8 per cent this fiscal year and to an impressive 6.3 per cent next, the World Bank says, also dispelling fears of export loss following the country's LDC graduation. In its...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-10-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh's export-oriented shrimp industry is grappling with serious setbacks due to a combination of internal and external challenges, including financial constraints and raw material shortages, according to industry sources. Over the past few years, shrimp export volumes have gradually declined,...
A month-long entrepreneurship development training programme was organised by Bangladesh Bank in collaboration with NCC BANK PLC under the 'Skills for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (SICIP)' implemented by the Finance Department of the Ministry of Finance with funding from...
YASIR WARDAD | 2025-10-08 00:00:00
The edible oil market has become unstable again as most refiners reduced their supply of bottled soybean oil to grocery stores after the government proposed the price at Tk 190 per litre.Many distributors reportedly sold stored oil at higher prices,...
Trust Bank PLC has celebrated a significant milestone of reaching Tk 500bn deposits at a ceremony at its head office recently.Bank's Managing Director and CEO Ahsan Zaman Chowdhury along with deputy managing directors, senior executives, and branch managers were present...
Meghna Bank has partnered in the Saudi Arabia-Bangladesh Business Summit 2025 as the silver sponsor.The three-day summit organised by the Saudi Arabia-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SABCCI) is currently underway at Hotel Sheraton, Dhaka, says a press release.As an...
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