FE REPORT | 2025-07-10 00:00:00
Loss-making drug manufacturer Indo-Bangla Pharmaceuticals has announced a plan to export medicines to Afghanistan for what it claims is to overcome difficulties to access dollars to import raw materials. If the plan is translated into action, Afghanistan will be the...
Md Sharif Hassan and Rubaiyat Shaimom Chowdhury | 2025-07-10 00:00:00
As the world races to tackle climate change and build a more inclusive economy, a new force is rising at the intersection of technology and sustainability called Green Fintech. This fast-growing sector is transforming the way money flows, carbon footprints...
Bangladesh has concluded the fiscal year 2024-25 with a record-breaking remittance inflow of $30.33 billion, the highest in the country's history. This remarkable achievement is a testament to the enduring contributions of millions of Bangladeshi migrant workers abroad who strengthen...
The growing trade imbalance of Bangladesh has become a serious economic concern. The widening gap between imports and exports poses long-term risks to the stability and sustainability of our national economy.A major driver of this imbalance is the country's heavy...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-07-10 00:00:00
There is apparently a broad agreement in the country that some of the most insurmountable obstacles to good governance are corruption, political nepotism and cronyism, and deteriorating law and order. This is what the citizen realise in everyday life and...
There has been heightened concern the world over about Donald Trump's reciprocal tariff ever since the radical policy on import duty was unveiled in April last. The 90-day tariff pause he announced following stock market crashes was precisely meant to...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2025-07-10 00:00:00
Political exigencies often necessitate the coming into being of new political parties. It is an exercise which has in modern times been undertaken in a very large number of countries around the globe, especially after the end of the Second...
Gold prices fell to their lowest level in more than a week on Wednesday as the dollar strengthened, while investors monitored developments in trade negotiations between the United States and its trading partners, reports Reuters.Spot gold was down 0.1% at...
Bangladesh Fertiliser Association, Faridpur chapter, organised a view-exchange meeting on 'Fair Fertiliser Distribution' with fertiliser dealers of Faridpur district recently. BCIC Chairman and Additional Secretary Md. Fazlur Rahman was present as the chief guest. He instructed the authorities concerned to...
Adviser to the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock Farida Akhter recently visited the state-of-the-art meat processing facility of Bengal Meat Processing Industries Limited in Santhia, Pabna. She was accompanied by Director General of the Department of Livestock Services Dr. Md....
A total of three persons were killed in separate road accidents in Sirajganj and Jhenaidah districts on Tuesday, reports BSS.In Sirajganj, an elderly man and his son were killed and another son was injured in a road accident in front...
FENI, July 08 (UNB): Incessant downpour for the past 24 hours till 12pm on Tuesday inundated many parts of Feni town, causing immense suffering of residents.The district recorded this season's highest 347 millimeters of rainfall during the period, triggering fears...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-07-09 00:00:00
SYLHET, July 08: The long-awaited project for upgrading the 'Kumargaon- Badaghat-Airport road' into four-lane is facing trouble with delay in work for various reasons including complexity over land acquisition as well as locals' obstacles. The deadline for work on the...
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, July 08 (AFP): South Africa completed a comprehensive win by an innings and 236 runs after Zimbabwe collapsed after lunch on the third day of the second Test at Queens Sports Club on Tuesday.Fast bowlers Corbin Bosch (four...
Bangladesh National Men's Football team will play two international friendly matches with hosts Nepal on September 06 and 09 at the Dashrath Stadium in Kathmandu during the FIFA window, reports UNB.Nepal Football Association confirmed on Monday BFF to play two...
KARACHI, July 08 (AFP): Pakistan on Tuesday left out injured allrounder Shadab Khan and fast bowler Haris Rauf from the fitness-hit squad for the Twenty20 international series in Bangladesh this month.Shadab, vice captain of the team during their 3-0 home...
MADRID, July 08 (AFP): Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota was likely speeding when his car veered off a motorway in Spain last week killing him and his brother, Spanish police said on Tuesday.The shock deaths of Jota, 28, and...
PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka, July 08 (AFP): Wicketkeeper-batsman Kusal Mendis hit a superb 124 as Sri Lanka posted 285-7 in the third and deciding one-day international against Bangladesh in Pallekele on Tuesday.With the series level at 1-1, Sri Lanka elected to...
MOSCOW, July 08 (AFP): Russia's former transport minister Roman Starovoyt killed himself, Moscow announced on Monday, hours after the Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin had fired him.Starovoyt, 53, had been Russia's transport minister for a year and was previously the...
GAZA, July 08 (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency on Tuesday said that 29 people were killed in Israeli strikes across the Palestinian territory devastated by 21 months of war.Among those were nine people killed in a drone strike on a...
TEHRAN, July 08 (AFP): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian came under fire Tuesday after voicing support for renewed talks with the United States, with critics accusing him of being "too soft" in the wake of last month's attacks on the country.The...
NEW YORK, July 08 (Reuters): US President Donald Trump, hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, said the United States had scheduled talks with Iran and indicated progress on a controversial effort to relocate Palestinians...
Light to moderate rain accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Wednesday). Day and night temperature may...
The Housing and Public Works Ministry on Tuesday cancelled the allocation of 12 under-construction flats of former secretaries, and retired judges and government officials, reports BSS.The flats are being constructed in House No. 711 (New-63) of Road No. 13 (New-6/A)...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has again imposed a ban on holding any kind of public gatherings near the areas of Bangladesh Secretariat and the official residence of the Chief Adviser (CA), Jamuna, effective from July 9 till further order,...
Bangladesh has formally submitted its candidacy for re-election to the Council of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) for the 2026-27 term, reaffirming its commitment to promoting safe, secure, and sustainable maritime practices globally, reports BSS.Senior Secretary of the Ministry of...
Bangladesh recorded one more death and eight new Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours until Tuesday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), reports UNB.Since January, the virus has claimed 25 lives and infected 651 people in the...
Participants of a workshop titled 'Words at Work: Career Paths for English Graduates', organised by the English Language Club (ELC) of International Standard University (ISU) on its campus in the capital on Monday, pose for a photo session. ISU Vice-Chancellor...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday set August 11 for filing the probe report in the sensational Murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, extending the deadline for the 119th time, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Minhazul Islam passed...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-09 00:00:00
The use of government-declared single-use plastic (SUP) items will be banned in the Secretariat from October 2, Cabinet Secretary Sheikh Abdur Rashid announced on Tuesday.To ensure smooth implementation, a preparatory period will be provided throughout August and September, during which...
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