The risk of earthquakes is on the rise globally, and Bangladesh is not immune. Given its geopolitical location, the country is situated in a region where the impact of seismic activity could be devastating. Last Friday's devastating earthquake of 7.7...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-04-03 00:00:00
The journey home by Eid vacationers from the capital city to different districts including the outlying ones during this Eid-ul-Fitr was admittedly safer and smoother compared to previous years', so far as the reports go. And for this success thanks...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2025-04-03 00:00:00
Let's go back to the cliché: power is often an aphrodisiac for those who seek it. Again, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The corruption is much more than bad behaviour in the financial or social or political sense....
The death and devastation caused by the Friday's earthquake of 7.7 Moment magnitude scale (Mw) in Myanmar have been on the rise with rescuers accessing the worst affected areas near Mandalay. By Monday the death toll was approaching the 3,000...
Ghulam Suhrawardi | 2025-04-03 00:00:00
India's grand assertion of securing control over Bangladesh's Mongla Port has become a major diplomatic embarrassment. After months of celebrating its perceived strategic victory over China and strengthening its regional influence, India has now been confronted with an unexpected reality-Pakistan's...
New central bank Governor Ahsan Mansur talks about the hunt for wealth transferred out of Bangladesh by political and business elites.Just days after the collapse of the Awami League government in Bangladesh in August 2024 following deadly street protests that...
A total of Tk 42.5 million was collected as toll from the Padma Bridge, while Tk 33.85 million was collected from the Jamuna Bridge in the last 24 hours up until Friday midnight, report agencies.As Eid-ul-Fitr approaches, traffic on highways...
People are leaving the capital city in droves to celebrate the Eid festival with their loved ones. In the picture taken from Postogola Bridge on Saturday, a launch packed with homeward-bound passengers is heading for southern region. — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2025-03-30 00:00:00
Metro rail operation will remain suspended only on the first day of Eid-ul-Fitr, says Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) on its Facebook page.The state-owned company stated that metro rail, also known as Mass Rapid Transit Line-6, will operate as...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-30 00:00:00
After months of decline, Bangladesh's internet user base showed signs of stabilisation in February 2025, according to data from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).The number of mobile internet users saw a slight increase from 116.02 million in January to...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-03-30 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Railway has yet to commence work on a technical-assistance project, approved in 2023, for a feasibility study and preparatory work related to installing a new dual-gauge line parallel to Joydevpur-Iswardi route.Despite its initial completion deadline set for December...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-30 00:00:00
The Eid-vacation is expected to be free of power load-shedding like the whole month of Ramadan, thanks to increased electricity generation by gas- and coal-fired power plants and imports from neighbouring India.The utilities have been supplying electricity as per the...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home tonight, wrapping up his four-day official tour to China, reports BSS.A commercial flight of Air China carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at about...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-03-30 00:00:00
For the first time in Bangladesh, internet banking transactions in a single month have surpassed the Tk 1.0-trillion mark in January, signalling a major shift in consumer behaviour towards digital financial services.According to data available with the Bangladesh Bank (BB),...
ROME, March 29 (Reuters): The UN World Food Programme warned on Friday that 58 million people were at risk of extreme hunger or starvation unless urgent funding for food aid is secured, after drastic shortfalls from donors so far this...
BANGKOK, Mar 29 (Reuters): Myanmar's military rulers let in hundreds of foreign rescue personnel on Saturday after an earthquake killed more than 1,600 people, the deadliest natural disaster to hit the impoverished, war-torn country in years.Friday's 7.7 magnitude quake, among...
BEIJING, Mar 29 (UNB): Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday said that universities should build young people to become successful entrepreneurs rather than mere job seekers."I keep on promoting the idea that all human beings are born to be...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-03-30 00:00:00
Now pressure builds on the interim government to approve commercial operation date (COD) of a third large LNG-fired power plant at Meghnaghat although the current infrastructure lacks ability to keep it operational alongside already-approved two such plants.The past Awami League...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-30 00:00:00
Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest festival for Muslims, is expected to be celebrated across the country tomorrow (Monday) provided the Shawwal moon is sighted in the country's sky today (Sunday).The festival marks the end of self-restraint and devotion and the conclusion of...
RAB arrests man for ‘forging home adviser's seal, signature’ The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a man named Zafar Iqbal on Saturday for allegedly making fake documents using a forged seal and signature of the home adviser. On information, the...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office. Severe heat wave may sweep over the districts of Jashore and Sirajganj. Day...
Eid shoppers were photographed scrambling in a crowd to pick their choices from a makeshift shoe shop in the capital's New Market area on Saturday. — FE photo
CUMILLA, Mar 29 (UNB): Homebound travellers are enjoying a hassle-free journey on the 105-kilometre stretch of the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Cumilla, with no reports of traffic congestion.Despite the increased pressure of passenger and goods-laden vehicles, commuters are reaching their destinations...
Hundreds of laid-off garment workers have blocked the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in Gazipur's Konabari in protest, disrupting the journeys of homebound travellers ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, reports bdnews24.com.The demonstration on Saturday morning was led by workers of Standard Stitches Ltd...
The Directorate of Environment (DoE) on Saturday requested all concerned not to use one-time use plastic and polythene during the Eid journey by launch, reports BSS.The DoE also urged the passengers of the launches to keep the food and other...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has completed all preparations for the main Eid-ul-Fitr congregation at the National Eidgah ground in the city, reports UNB.At a press briefing at the National Eidgah on Saturday, Administrator of DSCC Md. Shahjahan Mia said...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-30 00:00:00
Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury assured on Saturday (March 29, 2025) that there is no threat of conspiracy in the capital despite it being largely empty due to the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday."By the grace of Almighty Allah,...
Home-goers eagerly waiting for their scheduled trains at Joydebpur Railway Station in Gazipur on Saturday, with barely two days left for Eid-ul-Fitr. — FE photo
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