The northern tip of Bangladesh is reeling under a biting cold as Tetulia in Panchagarh district on Thursday recorded the season's lowest temperature at 8.9 degrees Celsius, marking for the first time the mercury dipped below the 10-degree mark, reports...
The High Court has ruled that marriage and divorce registration has to be digitalised.The bench of Justice Fahmida Quader and Justice Md Ashif Hasan delivered its verdict on Thursday after the final hearing of a petition over the matter.Advocate Ishrat...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-12 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Thursday approved five separate cases against multiple S Alam Group entities and their officials, as well as Janata Bank officials, for allegedly embezzling Tk 94.28 billion through loan irregularities, misuse of authority, and criminal breach of...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-12 00:00:00
A special court in Dhaka on Thursday ordered the attachment of 1,936.5 acres of land in Chattogram owned by S Alam Group Chairman Mohammed Saiful Alam and several individuals associated with him. Judge of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judges Court...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-12-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) recorded a 9.46-percent rise in profit in the last fiscal year (FY 2024-25), driven by the automatic fuel-pricing formula introduced in March 2024. The state-run organisation posted earnings of Tk 42.16 billion, up from Tk 39.43...
WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters): President Donald Trump's administration officially launched his "Trump Gold Card" visa programme on Wednesday to provide a pathway, with a steep price, for non-US citizens to get expedited permission to live in the United States.The website...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh's long-standing dependence on overseas labour migration may have helped cushion external shocks, but it cannot deliver a sustainable path to middle- or high-income status without significant investment in skills and human capital, experts have warned.While remittances support consumption, foreign-exchange...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-12-12 00:00:00
The allocations for health, education, and social protection - the key pillars of human-capital development - have been sharply reduced, by as much as 63 per cent, in the Revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) for the current fiscal year.Amid an...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-12 00:00:00
The central bank purchased US$149 million through auction from 16 banks on the interbank spot market on Thursday, aiming to keep the exchange rate of the US dollar against the local currency stable.The amount was bought under the Multiple Price...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-12-12 00:00:00
Today's metro-rail operations remain uncertain as the operator on Thursday said services would run as usual, even though the striking staff did not withdraw their work stoppage that begins today.The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) employees of grades 10...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-12 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Thursday approved a charge-sheet against British MP Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and former RAJUK official Sarder Mosharraf Hossain, accusing them of illegally possessing and transferring a flat at Gulshan in Dhaka.According to the ACC investigation report, Ms...
BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia remains in critical condition at Evercare Hospital, report agencies.She is on ventilator support and receiving intensive care for multiple serious complications, according to the medical board overseeing her treatment.In its latest...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-12 00:00:00
An interim government pointsman proposes the formation of a truth commission for rectifying economic crimes and examining how non-performing loans were created under the ousted previous regime."We have to form a Truth and Reconciliation Commission on economic crime and see...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-12 00:00:00
The baby rescued from a borehole in Tanore of Rajshahi on Thursday night was declared dead by doctors at a health complex.Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Tajul Islam, Director (Operation and Maintenance) of the Fire Service, confirmed the news, citing doctors at...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-12 00:00:00
Political parties active through the student-mass uprising instantly welcome the much-envisaged election schedule, saying that the people will be able to exercise their franchise after the end of a decade-and-a-half-long "fascist regime".BNP Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir describes the just-announced...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh gets in the process of democratic transition from the post-uprising interregnum with the rollout of poll schedule Thursday for general election and reform referendum to be held on February 12 next.Political parties active through the 5th-August 2024 student-mass uprising...
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin said on Thursday he plans to step down midway through his term after February's parliamentary election, telling Reuters he has felt humiliated by the interim government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.As head of state, Shahabuddin...
MUNSHIGANJ, Dec 11 (UNB): Police have arrested five people, including a police sub-inspector, a TV journalist and a Krishak League leader, over a major gold robbery on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Gajaria upazila of Munshiganj.Police also recovered about 95 bhori...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Dec 11 (UNB): The body of a Bangladeshi man, who went missing after illegally crossing into India, was recovered from a river in West Bengal on Wednesday.The deceased, Tasir Ali, 31, son of Ibrahim Haque from Bakher Ali Westpara...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-12 00:00:00
SYLHET, Dec 11: Farmers in the Sylhet region are in the midst of a busy and successful Aman paddy harvest. Over 80 per cent of the crop has already been harvested, according to farmers and officials from various upazilas.Ataur Rahman...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-12 00:00:00
BENAPOLE, Dec 11: Known as the "Flower Capital" of Bangladesh, Godkhali in Jashore is once again buzzing with activities as the new season bringing along five back-to-back special occasions like Victory Day, Christmas, Thirty First Night, Valentine's Day and Mother...
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec 11 (AFP): The European Union and Britain have reached a deal allowing their fleets to catch fish worth a total of $2.5 billion in 2026, both parties said on Wednesday."This agreement ensures EU fleets can fish up...
The 42nd Annual General Meeting of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC was held at Kurmitola Golf Club in the capital on Thursday. Professor Dr. M. Zubaidur Rahman, Chairman of the bank, presided over the meeting. Mohammad Khurshid Wahab, Chairman of the...
Chittagong Stock Exchange PLC (CSE) held its 30th annual general meeting (AGM) in the Conference Hall of the CSE Building in the port city on Thursday. CSE Chairman AKM Habibur Rahman presided over the meeting. The AGM was attended by...
Mr. Deepal Abeywickrema, Chairman and Managing Director of Nestlé Bangladesh PLC, has been elected as Senior Vice-President of the Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI).This marks his second tenure in this leadership role, following his impactful service in...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2025-12-12 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 11: The High Court has cleared the way for the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) election, reaffirming that six candidates from the trade group and town association categories are legally eligible to contest.A High Court bench,...
SULTANUL ISLAM | 2025-12-12 00:00:00
The price of commercially produced eggs has fallen recently, resulting in loss to farmers.Farmers said high price for the animal product over the last few years motivated them to increase production, surpassing the demand and leading to very low egg...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-12 00:00:00
Workers and employees from the spinning sub-sector of the textile industry have called on the government for policy support to help the spinning mills overcome ongoing challenges, particularly the import of yarn at dumping rates. The spinning mills are grappling...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-12-12 00:00:00
The government has decided not to include fisheries, hatcheries, livestock and poultry farms in its existing 20 per cent electricity bill rebate scheme, despite recognising their rising costs of production.The decision was taken at an inter ministerial meeting, which was...
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