FE REPORTBusiness Initiative Leading Development (BUILD), a public-private dialogue platform, has urged the expansion of the scope of duty-free raw material import facilities for non-bonded exporters to drive export diversification.It made the call on Thursday at a dialogue titled "Duty-Free...
Mercantile Bank organises training on AML & CFTMercantile Bank Training Institute organised a training programme on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML & CFT) at the bank's training institute on Wednesday. Managing Director Mati Ul Hasan attended...
Modhumoti Bank inaugurated its Keraniganj agent point under its Aganagar branch at Bridge Road, South Keraniganj, Dhaka, on Wednesday. Md. Shafiul Azam, managing director & CEO of Modhumoti Bank, inaugurated the agent point as chief guest, in the presence of...
MTB inks deal with SMC Enterprise for advanced cash management solutionMutual Trust Bank (MTB) and SMC Enterprise signed an agreement for an advanced cash management solution integrated with MTB eBank at MTB Centre, Gulshan-1, Dhaka. Syed Mahbubur Rahman, managing director...
Eastern Bank PLC (EBL) has launched a month-long Entrepreneur Development Training Programme as part of its ongoing efforts to support entrepreneurship in Bangladesh. The programme is being implemented under the Skills for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (SICIP), led by...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-09 00:00:00
Renata has secured high-class recognition from one more stringent drug authority, which opened up an opportunity to export medicines to Turkey. In a filing on Thursday, the listed drug manufacturer informed that it had received regulatory approval from the Turkish...
Babul Barman | 2026-01-09 00:00:00
The SME board of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) suffered a sharp year-on-year decline in 2025, significantly underperforming the main market index.Sixteen of the 20 SME stocks suffered erosion in market value during the period, many of which had experienced...
Winter is a familiar season in Bangladesh, returning each year with a predictable rhythm. Not all winters are the same. Some pass gently, while others arrive with biting cold and silent cruelty. The severe winter currently gripping the country has...
The fertile topsoil of Bangladesh is the backbone of its agriculture-based economy and a vital resource for sustainable crop production. This thin yet invaluable layer contains essential nutrients, retains moisture and supports soil organisms that ensure healthy yields for millions...
Shiabur Rahman | 2026-01-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh's capital Dhaka has been ranked among the world's fastest-growing cities, accommodating around 21 per cent of the country's total population. According to the UN's World Urbanization Prospects 2025 report, Dhaka has become the world's second most populous city, after...
Several years have passed since Bangladesh successfully resolved its long-standing maritime boundary disputes with Myanmar and India -- an achievement widely hailed as historic. Yet, with the passage of time, a quiet unease has set in. The verdicts of the...
LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters): Aluminium consumers in the United States are paying record high prices, significantly above the level import levies and transport costs would warrant, as tight supplies globally aggravate the impact of tariffs and low US inventories.Needed by...
Growth in the artificial intelligence and defense sectors will boost global copper demand 50 per cent by 2040, but supplies are expected to fall short by more than 10 million metric tons annually without more recycling and mining, the consultancy...
Gold prices fell on Thursday as investors braced for futures selling tied to a commodity index reshuffle, with a stronger US dollar adding pressure by making the metal costlier for overseas buyers, reports Reuters.Spot gold fell 0.6 per cent to...
Asjadul Kibria | 2026-01-09 00:00:00
510 years ago, in 1516, Utopia by Thomas More was published in Europe. Written in Latin, the English meaning of the full Latin title is: ‘A truly golden little book, not less beneficial than enjoyable, about how things should be...
Serajul I Bhuiyan | 2026-01-09 00:00:00
A democracy will not often fail with the loud cracking of Glass. In fact, failure will often occur in the silent hours of fear rebranded as order, of oppression justified as stability, of institutions of democracy subverted to safeguard power...
Abdullah A Dewan and Dulary A Maher | 2026-01-08 12:00:00
Across Bangladesh’s countryside, a remarkable health-policy transformation has unfolded over the past two decades. Tens of thousands of low-level health posts—community clinics and union-level health and family welfare centres—now bring medical care within reach of rural populations. The ambition is...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2026-01-08 00:00:00
The country's two leading apparel trade bodies, BGMEA and BKMEA, have strongly opposed the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission's proposal to impose a 20 per cent safeguard duty on imports of cotton yarn up to 30 counts. In separate letters...
GULAM RABBANI | 2026-01-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh's state-run airline feels incapacitated to increase flight frequencies and fly to potentially profitable new international destinations, belying rising passenger demand and revenue growth, sources say. Biman Bangladesh Airlines is caught in such a paradox because the national airline has...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-08 00:00:00
A cold wave is sweeping across four divisions and 12 districts of the country, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).The BMD's weather forecast said on Wednesday that the weather for the next five days across the country may remain...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2026-01-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh's treasury won't feel dollar stress even after settling import- payment obligations to the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) member- countries as gross foreign-exchange reserves are yet expected to stay over US$32 billion.The latest payment of $1.5 billion is scheduled to...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-08 00:00:00
Ten state-owned enterprises (SoEs) and multinational companies (MNCs) have agreed in principle to offload a portion of their shares on the stock market, following board-level approvals or renewed commitment to seeking them.The move is part of the government's broader effort...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2026-01-08 00:00:00
A host of audit firms and auditors are under the scanner of government investigation agencies over alleged irregularities in audited financials of business tycoons implicated in the major banking-sector scams during the previous regime.According to official sources, chartered accountants (CAs)...
FE Report | 2026-01-08 00:00:00
The planned auction for the 700-megahertz (MHz) spectrum has been reduced to a single-player contest following Robi Axiata's formal withdrawal, leaving Grameenphone as the only remaining operator in the field. The move has left the telecom regulator with little option...
The United States has expanded a visa bond policy to include Bangladesh and 24 other countries, requiring citizens of these nations to post refundable bonds of up to $15,000 as part of their application for a US visitor visa, according...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-08 00:00:00
The number of Bangladeshi outbound migrant workers has been on the rise in recent years amidst inadequate budgetary and other technical support from the government for the key remittance earning sector.The Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) said this...
Asif Nazrul reiterates | 2026-01-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh's Youth and Sports Advisor Asif Nazrul said on Wednesday that he would try his best to convince the International Cricket Council (ICC) to relocate Bangladesh's venues for the ICC T20 World Cup, insisting that the governing body of the...
The air force chiefs of Pakistan and Bangladesh held talks on a potential pact covering the sale of JF-17 Thunder fighter jets to Dhaka, Pakistan's military said, as Islamabad widens its arms supply ambitions and beefs up ties with Bangladesh,...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-08 00:00:00
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) traders have warned of ceasing the supply and marketing of LPG across the country from today (Thursday) if the energy regulatory commission does not fix fresh prices and the administration does not stop "harassment".LP Gas Traders'...
Large piles of fresh winter pumpkins are stacked at Shyambazar in Sadarghat after arriving from areas near Dhaka as traders sort and prepare them for wholesale. The photo was taken recently. — FE photo by Shafiqul Alam
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