CITY BANK SUPPORTS CRITICAL PEDIATRIC CARE AMID MEASLES OUTBREAKCity Bank PLC has stepped forward to support critical pediatric care facilities at two leading public healthcare institutions amid measles outbreak. At Bangladesh Shishu Hospital & Institute, City Bank is supporting the...
IG Chowdhury | 2026-05-10 00:00:00
Technology can be a killer. This is how our weavers lost their fingers in the colonial days. Now it is targeting our cerebral workers. The process has been on for a while as computers were getting smarter. First it was...
Md Safwan Hossain Dibbo | 2026-05-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh has frequently celebrated its advancement in both education and employment in recent years. Enrolment in universities is rising and new sectors are emerging at the same time. Policymakers often highlight job creation as a sign of economic success. But...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2026-05-10 00:00:00
The rise in the US inflation rate in March may be only a preview of what lies ahead-not just for the US-if the US war on Iran remains unresolved. Iran has effectively blockaded one of the most critical chokepoints in...
The main road in Roufabad, Baizid Bostami, Chattogram (Ward No. 7) has long been in a severely damaged condition. Large potholes, deep cracks and widespread loss of asphalt have made daily movement highly hazardous for commuters, pedestrians, and schoolgoing children....
Over the past few years, online businesses have emerged and proven themselves as a powerful force influencing the world and the local economy. With fast-progressing technology and easy access to the internet, traditional business patterns are transforming into e-business ventures....
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2026-05-10 00:00:00
The latest figures from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) point to a stark reality: inflation is coming back to bite, driven by fuel price hikes and supply chain disruptions caused by the conflict in the Middle East. The inflation...
Shafiq R. Bhuiyan | 2026-05-10 00:00:00
The government announced a 7-day Eid-ul-Azha holiday from 25 to 31 May and cancelled Saturday, 23 May, as a weekly holiday to offset the long break. During Eid-ul-Fitr in March last, it added March 18 as a holiday, creating another...
Out-of-pocket healthcare costs in Bangladesh have risen to such an extent that they are erasing, to a large extent, whatever economic progress poorer households have managed to achieve. The latest study by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) has...
Dr. Md. Abdur Rouf | 2026-05-10 00:00:00
It is reported on 26 April, 2026 on the Financial Express that the government is considering reintroduction of package VAT-a fixed amount of VAT on small retail traders abolished in July 2019, following introduction of the new VAT law. There...
Asad Islam | 2026-05-10 00:00:00
The deaths are real, the causes are complex, and the solutions are largely known. What is needed now is honesty, not about who to blame, but about what needs to change.Bangladesh is grieving. Many children have died of measles in...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN back from Dalia | 2026-05-09 12:00:00
"We do not argue about who will implement the Teesta Master Plan," said Hazrat Ali, 55. "We just want a permanent solution to the suffering this river causes us."His pain was deeply personal. Standing beside the Teesta in the northern...
FE REPORT | 2026-05-09 12:00:00
Egg prices hit a two-year high on Friday last, reaching Tk 140-150 a dozen.Vegetable prices also continued to rise, with most items selling at Tk 80-100 per kg, marking a further Tk 20-30 increase within a week, market.At Mohammadpur Krishi...
Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto led from the front with a scintillating century as Bangladesh hurled the baton on Day 1 of the first cricket Test against Pakistan at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday, reports BSS.Shanto smashed a 101 off...
Sohel Miah | 2026-05-09 12:00:00
On May 1, 1886 thousands of workers participated in a peaceful protest in Chicago, USA, demanding an eight-hour workday. On May 4, the fourth day of the movement, a clash erupted at Haymarket Square between the police and workers. A...
TEHRAN, May 8 (AFP): A new clash between US and Iranian forces in the Gulf dented optimism for a negotiated peace Friday, despite President Donald Trump insisting a shaky truce was still holding while the sides inch towards a deal.US...
REZAUL KARIM | 2026-05-09 00:00:00
A stern government warning comes against contractors submitting "abnormally low" bids in public-works tenders through understanding, allegedly for windfall gains. In an official directive, issued on May 4, Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA) under the planning ministry notes a surging...
Delonix regia (Krishnachura) blooms in summer, adding to the beauty of Hatirjheel in the capital. The photo was taken on Friday. —FE photo by K Asad-Uz-Zaman
KOLKATA, May 08 (AFP): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party named a chief minister of West Bengal state on Friday, cementing its thumping win in key elections in the bastion long held by its adversary.Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2026-05-09 00:00:00
Returning the five merged Islamic banks to their former shareholders might prove difficult for the government as major development partners dislike the reversion move, officials says. The new government last month passed the Bank Resolution Act 2026 amending the Bank...
FHM Humayan Kabir & Jahidull Islam | 2026-05-09 00:00:00
A Tk 3.0-trillion Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the next fiscal year is getting final consideration today with several-fold increases in education and health allocations with the focus on human-capital development, officials say.However, the highest development-budget sanction goes for the...
FE REPORT | 2026-05-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh Railway (BR) has decided to operate 10 special trains during Eid-ul-Azha to ensure hassle-free travel for homebound passengers. As per the decision, advance ticket sales will begin on 13 May with tickets for journey on 23 May.Tickets for journeys...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2026-05-09 00:00:00
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has proposed a Tk 11.55-billion development project to replace and reconstruct the age-old and earthquake-prone infrastructure at Dhaka Medical College (DMC), much of which was developed in the 1950s and is now considered...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2026-05-09 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, May 08: The Chittagong Customs House (CCH) is set to construct a state-of-the-art office building as part of a broader push to modernise customs operations and streamline clearance activities at the country's main seaport and Shah Amanat International Airport.The...
SINGAPORE, May 8 (Reuters): Prices of Asia spot liquefied natural gas slipped, after two weeks of gains, on the prospect of a US-Iran peace agreement and subdued northeast Asia demand.The average LNG price for June delivery into northeast Asia was...
World food prices climbed in April to their highest in more than three years, with vegetable oils particularly elevated due to the Iran war and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization...
Dhaka South City Corporation marks a designated area with white paint on the road in the capital's Gulistan for hawkers to set up makeshift shops. The photo was taken on Friday - FE photo
FE REPORT | 2026-05-09 00:00:00
A fire broke out at a foam factory in Saddam Market of Kodomtali area in Narayanganj. However, no casualties were reported in the incident so far.Acting on information, five units of the fire service rushed to the scene and brought...
FE REPORT | 2026-05-09 00:00:00
Seven more children died of measles and measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours until 8:0am on Friday, taking the total casualties to 343 since mid-March this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).During the past 24...
Three hundred people joined Dhaka city north unit of National Citizen Party (NCP) at a programme at its Banglamotor central office in the capital on Friday. NCP Senior Joint Convener Ariful Islam Adeeb welcomed them by presenting flowers.— Focus Bangla
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