FE REPORT | 2025-04-10 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus presents Chairman of Youngone Corporation Kihak Sung with the document of honorary citizenship at Bangladesh Investment Summit at a hotel in the capital city on Wednesday. — PID Invest in Bangladesh under a changed perspective...
Rain/thunder showers with lightning flashes and gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Dhaka, Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Chattogram, Khulna and Barishal until 6:00 pm today (Thursday),...
DU CORRESPONDENTA commemoration of Dr. A. A. M. S. Arefin Siddique, former Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Dhaka University (DU) and former Professor of its Department of Mass Communication and Journalism (DMCJ) was held on Wednesday. DMCJ organised the event at the...
The 15th death anniversary of Tanzir Fahim Jumma (Ovi), eldest son of Sajjatuz Jumma, founder chairman of Shahjalal Islami Bank and former senior vice-president of DCCI, will be observed today (Thursday), says a press release.He died in Fort Lauderdale, USA...
The recent Eid-ul-Fitr holidays witnessed 315 road accidents in the country, leaving 322 people dead and 826 injured, according to a report by Jatri Kalyan Samity (JKS), a passenger welfare platform, reports UNB.JKS General Secretary Mohammad Mozammel Haque Chowdhury presented...
Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Muhammad Yunus has sought greater collaboration with the United Kingdom (UK) in strengthening Bangladesh's healthcare system, reports UNB.The issue was discussed during a meeting with UK Trade Envoy to Bangladesh Baroness Rosie Winterton at the State...
Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in the capital's Siddheshwari area was again abuzz with students and guardians on Wednesday. Educational institutes across the country reopened after a long vacation for over a month for the holy month of Ramadan and...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-10 00:00:00
The Detective Branch (DB) of DMP on Monday arrested a woman and seized 15,840 pieces of yaba tablets, worth Tk 4.7 million. The arrestee was identified as Ayesha Siddiqa (31).A team of DB police conducted a raid and nabbed her...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-04-10 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is considering phasing out reduced corporate tax rates for apparel exporters as the benefits have remained in place for a longer period of time.In the budget for the upcoming fiscal year, the tax authorities...
SIRAJGANJ, Apr 9 (UNB): Prof Dr Abdul Aziz, former MP from Sirajganj-3 constituency, was assaulted by some students and locals moments after being freed on bail from jail on Tuesday night.Witnesses said news of Abdul Aziz's scheduled release on bail...
FE REPORTThe Election Commission (EC) is considering introducing three voting options to enable the expatriate Bangladeshis to exercise their franchise in the next national election.The systems are postal ballot, online voting and proxy voting, Election Commissioner Abul Fazal Md. Sanaullah...
NCC Bank provides Echocardiography Machine to Heart Foundation in FeniNCC Bank has recently provided a portable Echocardiography machine to the National Heart Foundation Hospital and Research Institute in Feni as part of its corporate social responsibility. Chairman of NCC Bank...
Sarder Akhter Hamed has been appointed as the Managing Director of Grameen Bank, says a statement.Prior to his new role, he served as the Chief Operating Officer at Sajida Foundation.Akhter Hamed, who did his Master's in Finance and Banking from...
Telesat, one of the world's largest and most innovative satellite operators, and ADN Telecom Limited, a leading telecommunications company, jointly announced a multi-year partnership to deliver Telesat Lightspeed low earth orbit (LEO) connectivity solutions across Bangladesh and South Asia, says...
MIDLAND BANK SIGNS MOU WITH SPACE TECH & XSPEED AUTOSMidland Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Space Tech Holdings Ltd. (SPACETECH) & XSpeed Autos Limited (XSPEED) at the corporate head office of the bank in Dhaka recently. Mohammad...
Bangladesh's super brand and tech giant Walton has been honoured with the 'Excellence in Investment Award 2025' for its contribution to significant and impactful investments within the economy of Bangladesh.Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) awarded Walton this prestigious recognition under...
ShopUp, Bangladesh's largest B2B commerce platform, and Sary, the leading B2B marketplace and services platform in the Gulf, have merged to form SILQ Group, reports UNB.This merger brings together Gulf & Emerging Asia, creating the largest B2B commerce platform to...
FE Report H&M Group, Pran Group and IFC teamed up to advance the agenda of renewable electricity in Bangladesh's readymade garment (RMG) sector.In this connection, the three organisations signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to further renewable electricity uptake in...
Farmers collecting maize before sending the cereal crop to market. The photo was snapped from a shoal (char) on the Padma riverbank in Faridpur district- bdnews24.com
CHANDPUR, Apr 09 (BSS): A woman and two children drowned in separate incidents at Sadar upazila here on Wednesday.A woman and her son drowned in a pond while they were taking bath around 10 am at Bakharpur village under Chandra...
HABIGANJ, Apr 09 (bdnews24.com): A Habiganj court has sentenced four people to death for the murder of a day labourer in connection with an extramarital affair in Madhabpur.Habiganj Additional District and Sessions Judge AKM Kamal Uddin delivered the verdict in...
The underground water crisis in Austagram Upazila has taken a grave turn. With the water table constantly declining, the situation is worsening day by day. As an agriculture-based area, most of Austagram's residents depend on farming. This ongoing water scarcity...
The recent removal of the 5 per cent VAT on packaged goods in supermarkets has significantly shifted Bangladesh's retail landscape. This has enabled major chains like Agora, Meena Bazar, and Shwapno to expand rapidly and attract middle-class consumers who previously...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-04-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh has a history of sacrificing the growth of both foreign and local investment at the altar of bureaucratic red tape and corruption at various stages of the investment process, political rent-seeking, infrastructural weakness, and inefficiency. On the first day...
The National Board of Revenue's (NBR's) flat refusal to go by the recipe the International Monetary Fund (IMF) advanced for the Bangladesh tax authority to pursue a revised target for collection of an additional amount of revenue of Tk570 billion...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2025-04-10 00:00:00
In April 1947, Louis Mountbatten, Britain's last Viceroy in India, got down in earnest to find a solution to the problem of independence for India on the basis of a partition of the country.In April 1974, the foreign ministers of...
Wasi Ahmed | 2025-04-09 12:00:00
The decision by the Dhaka Electric Supply Company (DESCO) to generate 120 MW of rooftop solar power by installing on-grid solar systems across its eight operational circles is a commendable initiative. These systems will be deployed on rooftops in urban...
FE ReportAlthough Bangladesh has achieved remarkable progress in economic growth, poverty reduction, and human development over the last two decades, at least five key constraints have affected its investment scenario, a World Bank (WB) Group report said."The top five investment...
Nobel Prize-winning American economist Paul Krugman has opposed the US decision to impose tariffs on imports of clothing from Bangladesh, calling it a wrong move, reports UNB. "Putting high tariffs on imports of clothing from Bangladesh is exactly what you...
Impressed by the interim government's efforts on investment front, the foreign investors who visited the Bangladesh Special Economic Zone (BSEZ) at Araihazar in Narayanganj on Tuesday expressed their optimism that there would be policy continuation addressing the issues related to...
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