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Robusta coffee hits fresh 4-month low

2025-12-17 00:00:00

LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters): Robusta coffee futures on the ICE exchange fell to a fresh four-month low on Tuesday with the harvest in top producer Vietnam progressing apace and exports from Brazil picking up following the Trump tariff reversal. Meanwhile,...

Illegal brick kilns shut in anti-pollution drive

2025-12-17 00:00:00

The Department of Environment (DoE) has carried out a coordinated nationwide enforcement drive against air pollution, illegal brick kilns, the use of banned polythene and industrial units operating without environmental clearance.During the drives on Monday, mobile courts imposed fines, shut...

Gold prices ease as investors brace for US jobs data

2025-12-17 00:00:00

Gold prices fell on Tuesday as investors grew cautious ahead of key US jobs data, as it is expected to shed light on future Federal Reserve interest rate cut prospects, reports Reuters.Spot gold lost 0.6% to $4,277.20 per ounce, as...

Banks asked to ensure smooth exchange of torn notes

FE REPORT | 2025-12-17 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has directed all scheduled banks to ensure smooth services for exchanging torn, defective, and soiled notes, warning of stern action against those reluctant to comply.According to a circular issued on Monday, scheduled bank branches must provide...

One hacked to death in city

FE REPORT | 2025-12-17 00:00:00

A man was stabbed to death in public on Monday night at Taltola Mor of Naddapara under Dakshinkhan Police Station in the capital. The victim was identified as Md Shajahan (43).According to the police station concerned, he came under the...

20 pc of Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims to go to KSA via Madinah next year

TALHA BIN HABIB | 2025-12-17 00:00:00

Twenty per cent of Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims must travel to Saudi Arabia via Madinah next year and 30 per cent will return through the same route. A high official of the Religious Affairs Ministry told the FE that they had...

Tk 2.39b skill dev projects proposed for Rohingya host communities

JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-12-17 00:00:00

The Ministry of Youth and Sports has proposed two skill-development projects worth Tk 2.39 billion with support from the New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS countries, aiming to generate employment for youths from Rohingya host communities in Cox's Bazar...

War-wounded freedom fighters and gallantry award-winning freedom fighters pay homage

2025-12-17 00:00:00

War-wounded freedom fighters and gallantry award-winning freedom fighters pay homage to the Liberation War martyrs by placing wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar on Tuesday, marking the Victory Day. — PID

Govt spending on DAEE project may jump 78pc

MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-12-17 00:00:00

Government spending on the Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway (DAEE) project is likely to rise by 78 per cent as the Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has finalised a revised cost estimate of Tk 272.33 billion.The government's contribution to the DAEE project was...

Prayer Timings (2025-12-17)

2025-12-17 00:00:00

Govt to host Global Sourcing Expo twice a year from 2026

JASIM UDDIN | 2025-12-17 00:00:00

The government is set to organise the Global Sourcing Expo twice a year to showcase Bangladesh's strengths to international buyers and diversify its export basket, according to sources at the Ministry of Commerce.Officials said the decision follows positive responses from...

Sharif Osman's health condition stable after slight deterioration

FE REPORT | 2025-12-17 00:00:00

The health condition of Inqilab Mancha spokesman Sharif Osman Hadi was stated to be stable on Tuesday after slight deterioration following initial medical tests in Singapore, according to his family sources.In a Facebook post on Tuesday, quoting Sharif Osman Hadi's...

Healthcare in Dhaka inadequate, services shabby

SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2025-12-17 00:00:00

An unchecked influx of people into Dhaka from insufficiently served countryside demographically elevates the Bangladesh capital to world's second-densely-populated city but downgrades its basic civic services - healthcare, in particular, left in disarray.According to a recent UN report, Dhaka is...

Nation celebrates Victory Day in post-uprising ambiance

FE DESK | 2025-12-17 00:00:00

Clad in red-green attire, symbolizing their national ensign, umpteen people paid tributes to war martyrs at the national memorial and joined commemorative functions Tuesday as Bangladesh celebrated the 55th Victory Day in new spirits. On this glorious day of 16th...

CA vows to defend democratic transition

FE REPORT | 2025-12-17 00:00:00

As Bangladesh heads towards a landmark general election combined with constitutional referendum, scheduled for February, the head of interim government asserts that all "ill attempts of defeated forces" will be foiled to execute the country's post-uprising democratic transition. In a...

BNP arranges Reel Making Competition on Tarique Rahman's return

2025-12-17 00:00:00

BNP announced a programme titled "Amar Bhabonay Bangladesh-National Reel Making Competition" to mark the upcoming return of the party's Acting Chairman Tareque Rahman after nearly 18 years, reports BSS.BNP Acting Chairman's adviser Mahdi Amin on Tuesday announced the programme at...

Injustice, discriminations led people to revolt in 1971: Jamaat Ameer

2025-12-17 00:00:00

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Tuesday said the people of the then East Pakistan rose in revolt as the Pakistani ruling elite perpetrated injustice and created discriminations against them, reports UNB. He made the remarks while speaking as...

We stand against 'collaborators' of 1971 and 2024: Nahid Islam

2025-12-17 00:00:00

Expressing his determination to take Bangladesh forward on the path of reform, National Citizen Party (NCP) Convenor Nahid Islam says, "Bangladesh will never return to where it was before Aug 5", reports bdnews24.com. He said, "We are united against the...

Modi's effigy burnt, shoes hurled at Ghulam Azam's photo at DU

DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-17 00:00:00

At the University of Dhaka, a group of students burnt an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and threw shoes at a photograph of Ghulam Azam in separate programmes on Tuesday.Under the banner of an anti-hegemony platform, a group...

Anti-liberation forces want country to be in a crisis: Mirza Abbas

2025-12-17 00:00:00

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas on Tuesday said the anti-liberation forces of 1971 want the country to fall into crisis, reports BSS."They have never wished for peace in this country since 1947. They did not want...

Anti-independence forces trying to resurface on Victory Day: Fakhrul

2025-12-17 00:00:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said the forces that opposed Bangladesh's independence in 1971 are once again trying to raise their heads, reports UNB."Those who stood against Bangladesh's independence in 1971 are now trying to raise...

Photography exhibition held

2025-12-17 00:00:00

A visitor along with his son looking at the photographs at a photography exhibition held on the Dhaka University campus on the Victory Day on Tuesday — FE photo

288 hospitalised with dengue in 24 hrs

FE REPORT | 2025-12-17 00:00:00

A total of 288 dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in the past 24 hours ( from 6:00 am Monday to 6:00 am Tuesday ) according to the Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room of the Directorate General...

Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun

2025-12-17 00:00:00

Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, executive chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), poses with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the time of joining a para-jumping competition at the National Parade Square in the capital on Tuesday- PID

India greets BD people on Victory Day

2025-12-17 00:00:00

India has greeted Bangladesh and people of the country on the occasion of the Victory Day celebrated across the country on Tuesday, reports UNB.Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishnkar conveyed the greetings to Bangladesh and its people."Greetings to Foreign...

Road named after Felani to uphold national dignity: DNCC

2025-12-17 00:00:00

The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has named a road in the capital's diplomatic quarter after Felani Khatun, the minor girl who was shot dead by India'a border security force in 2011, as a 'symbolic gesture of protest.'It would also...

RU holds 12th Convocation today

RU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-17 00:00:00

After weeks of speculation, Rajshahi University (RU) is set to hold its 12th Convocation today (Wednesday-) at the university stadium. The main ceremony will begin at 8:00 am.A total of 5,969 graduates from 12 faculties, who completed their undergraduate (honours)...

DU, JU mark Victory Day with great fervour

DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-17 00:00:00

The Great Victory Day was celebrate4d at Dhaka University on Tuesday through a variety of programmes by the university administration, DUCSU, and different student organisations throughout the day.On this occasion, the national flag was hoisted early in the morning at...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus paying rich tributes to the martyrs

2025-12-17 00:00:00

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus paying rich tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing a wreath at the National Memorial in Savar on the occasion of the Victory Day on Tuesday (16 December)- PID

Victory Day celebrated with great enthusiasm in dists

2025-12-17 00:00:00

Victory Day was celebrated in the districts on Tuesday as the country was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces on this day 54 years back through a nine-month-long blood-stained War of Liberation, reports BSS.On December 16, 1971, Bangladesh was born...