Sohel Mia | 2025-05-24 00:00:00
For the millions of workers in Bangladesh's labour-intensive industries especially in the ready-made garments and export-oriented sectors-Eid is not just a religious festival; it is a long-awaited hope, a dream of returning home. With Eid-ul-Adha approaching, many workers are now...
Mesbahuddin Ahmed | 2025-05-24 00:00:00
Microenterprises (MEs), one of the major driving forces of Bangladesh's economy, are facing a severe finance gap. The actual supply of finance to MEs lags far behind their potential demand. Considering the current position of Bangladesh's economy, this is high...
Md. Kamruzzaman | 2025-05-24 00:00:00
It is widely believed that Bangladesh lacks natural resources and our overall growth and development are largely deterred due to limited resources. When we talk about natural resources we mean our mineral resources like gold, oil, gas, iron, etc. The...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-05-24 00:00:00
The statement that reality or truth is stranger than fiction indicates how mysterious life is. Can a person be the maker of his/her own life? Or, it is predestined! When the life beginning in a mother's womb ends up as...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-05-24 00:00:00
The statement that reality or truth is stranger than fiction indicates how mysterious life is. Can a person be the maker of his/her own life? Or, it is predestined! When the life beginning in a mother's womb ends up as...
WASHINGTON, May 23 (AFP): The suspect accused of gunning down two Israeli embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington was charged Thursday with murder, as international tensions over anti-Semitism erupted over the attack.Elias Rodriguez, 31, shouted "Free Palestine" as...
SEOUL, May 23 (Reuters): South Korea's defence ministry said on Friday that Seoul and Washington had not had discussions about the withdrawal of some U.S. troops stationed in the country.The ministry made the comment in response to a report by...
WASHINGTON, May 23 (AFP): US First Lady Melania Trump warned recently of the danger of AI deepfakes. Now she is releasing an audiobook narrated by an artificial intelligence-generated version of her own voice.The 55-year-old wife of President Donald Trump announced...
A Royal Bengal tiger was killed and dismembered by a mob in India's north eastern state of Assam, a forest official has said, reports BBC.Angry residents from a village in the Golaghat district reportedly took the step because the tiger...
BANGKOK, May 23 (Reuters): Thailand will advocate more international engagement with Myanmar at an upcoming Southeast Asia leader summit next week, its foreign minister said, in a push for international cooperation to broaden a diplomatic effort to end a protracted...
BANGKOK, May 23 (Reuters): Thailand will advocate more international engagement with Myanmar at an upcoming Southeast Asia leader summit next week, its foreign minister said, in a push for international cooperation to broaden a diplomatic effort to end a protracted...
ROME, May 23 (AFP): Iranian and US negotiators met in Rome on Friday for a fifth round of nuclear talks, after a public disagreement over Tehran's uranium enrichment.The talks, which began in April, are the highest-level contact between the foes...
CAIRO/JERUSALEM, May 23 (Agencies): Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 16 people on Friday across the Palestinian territory, where Israel has ramped up its military offensive in recent days.The toll from "Israeli strikes in various areas...
As Bangladesh faces yet another sweltering summer, it's not just humans who suffer. Amid the rising temperatures, an often-ignored group silently endures the brunt of the heat - the street animals.Unlike people who can seek shelter under fans, coolers or...
The rise of cryptocurrency is reshaping the global financial landscape, posing both challenges and opportunities for traditional banking institutions. Digital currencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoins operate on decentralised blockchain networks, allowing users to conduct transactions without intermediaries such as...
Tanim Asjad | 2025-05-24 00:00:00
Optimism flickers defying the odds. With financial support from the World Bank, the interim government will introduce electric buses in Dhaka. If everything goes well, the capital city of Bangladesh will see green, clean public buses plying on roads from...
Syed Muhammed Showaib | 2025-05-24 00:00:00
In Shamsuddin Abul Kalam's Path Jana Nai, Jonabali builds a road connecting a secluded, remote village to nearby towns, hoping it will lead to progress and prosperity. While the road does bring some financial stability to the villagers, it also...
The official launching of the much-anticipated commercial operation of Starlink, as reported, will evidently contribute to creating a competitive market for the internet service providers in Bangladesh. It is for the first time that the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)...
Makhan Lal Dutta | 2025-05-24 00:00:00
With Bangladesh set on course of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the role of youth in transforming the agricultural sector could never be more critical. Agriculture, which contributes around 12.7 per cent to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP)...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-23 12:00:00
The ordinance to bifurcate the National Board of Revenue (NBR) will only be implemented after incorporating the necessary amendments to be made based on comprehensive discussions with all stakeholders, including the Revenue Policy Reform Advisory Committee, says the Ministry of...
Adviser to the Ministries of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, and Youth and Sports, Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has said that broadband internet prices at the consumer level have been reduced by up to 20 percent, reports BSS.In a...
The council of advisers of the Interim Government on Thursday gave final approval of the "July Mass Uprising Martyrs' Families and Injured Students-Citizens Welfare and Rehabilitation Ordinance, 2025", reports BSS.The approval was given following vetting of the Legislative and Parliamentary...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-23 00:00:00
The country's apparel sector leaders sought the interim government's diplomatic intervention over export ban imposed by India so that all ongoing work orders are exempted from the ban. They also requested for deferment of the ban's implementation for at least...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-23 00:00:00
The interim government has a mandate to hold a free, fair and impartial national election only, said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).They also demanded removal of National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman as well as some other advisers "linked to a party",...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-23 00:00:00
City life came to a standstill on Thursday as torrential rain coupled with political protests in places caused severe traffic gridlock throughout the capital. People from all walks of life--- office-goers, students, day labourers and others— were left in the...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-23 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus had closed-door discussions with the two student advisers of the interim government and National Citizen Party (NCP) convener Nahid Islam on Thursday evening amid some fast developments. They discussed "issues related to the current political...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H. Mansur Thursday gave a clear message to the aggregators in particular against getting involved in foreign-exchange hoarding to make a killing on the market-driven exchange regime."Don't hold (US) dollars. How many days you can?...
The Bangladesh Army has released the list of people who took shelter in cantonments during the fall of the Awami League government amid the Anti-discrimination Student Movement, reports bdnews24.com.The Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) confirmed that 626 people were given...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-05-23 00:00:00
The government is extending the tenure of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which the Abu Dhabi Ports Group wants to invest in the potential port sector of Bangladesh, while an impasse keeps other scrambling foreign investors at bay.An impasse...
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