Fahmida Khatun, Mustafizur Rahman, Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Muntaseer Kamal and Syed Yusuf Saadat | 2025-04-04 00:00:00
The national budget for fiscal year 2025-26 (FY2026) holds significant importance as it is being formulated by the interim government amid a challenging macroeconomic environment. The interim government inherited an economy characterised by high inflation, subdued revenue collection, sluggish budget...
The mother of two brothers beaten to death after protesting the "mob lynching" of a suspected thief in Narsingdi has filed a case against 25 people over the incident.Rabeya Begum, the mother of Sakib Mia, 20, and Rakib Mia, 25,...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-03 00:00:00
State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) intends to buy three spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes by mid-May to meet mounting demand for summer.The RPGCL has already floated three separate tenders for May 01-02, May 10-11 and May 16-17...
The prices of fuel in Bangladesh will remain unchanged for April 2025 as per the latest directive from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division.Despite fluctuations in the global market, the government has decided to maintain the existing pricing structure to...
SAGAING, Myanmar, April 2 (Agencies): Desperate Myanmar earthquake survivors pleaded for more aid Wednesday as the death toll rose and calls grew for the junta to halt attacks on rebels as the country battles the crisis.The shallow 7.7-magnitude earthquake on...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has greeted Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and the people of Bangladesh on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims, reports BSS."As the blessed month of Ramadan comes to a close, I...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday urged the countrymen to bear the message of Eid-ul-Fitr in mind to move the nation forward and establish peace in the country."This year's Eid is very important so that we get closer to...
Monira Munni | 2025-04-03 00:00:00
The country's home-textile exports bounced back in the current fiscal year after a continuous negative growth for the last two FYs, riding mainly on increased orders by global buyers.Bangladesh fetched US$577.99 million during July-February period of FY 2024-25, recording about...
At least 10 people, including two children, were killed and five others injured in a road accident on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway in Lohagara upazila's Chunti Jangalia of Chattogram on Wednesday morning. A mishap in the same spot on Monday...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2025-04-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh received US$18.49 billion in remittances during the first eight months of this fiscal year in a steady growth, with the United States topping the list of major contributors. As usual, Dhaka division, wherein lies the nation's capital, netted the...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2025-04-03 00:00:00
A much-hyped Yunus-Modi meet is likely tomorrow (Friday) in Bangkok on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC summit being held in the Thai capital with trade and security high on agenda. Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh Prof Muhammad...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-03 00:00:00
The capital city on Wednesday wore a deserted look - except for the recreational spots - as people thronged there to enjoy the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday with their near and dear ones.Economic activities remained mostly suspended as shopping malls, eateries, groceries,...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2025-04-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh will need to add Tk 570 billion to its tax-to-GDP ratio under one of updated conditions the IMF sets for releasing the remaining US$2.39 billion from its lending package. Officials say the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to...
Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has warned that criminals would not be spared under any circumstances, reports UNB. Instructions were given to the law enforcers to ensure that no innocent people are harassed during drives against...
RANGPUR, Mar 25 (BSS): Struggling against poverty since childhood, Mamun Mia (34), a young man of energetic character, never lost the courage to move forward and change his destiny through perseverance and hard work.Born into a poor family in the...
BNP chief Khaleda Zia celebrated Eid with her family for the first time in more than six years, report agencies.The former prime minister is currently in London, staying at the residence of her elder son and BNP's Acting Chairman Tarique...
MOULVIBAZAR, Apr 01, 2025 (BSS): Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has said the fight to build a corruption-free Bangladesh as expected by the martyrs is not over, rather it has begun from now. "This fight will continue. If necessary,...
Adviser to Information and Broadcasting Ministry Mahfuj Alam has said the government will not take any decision alone regarding the ban on Awami League (AL), report agencies."The government thinks it cannot make the decision alone to ban the AL without...
BAGERHAT, April 02 (UNB): A group of people led by a local BNP leader allegedly attacked policemen in the Kachua upazila's Gajalia Bridge area on Tuesday night in an attempt to snatch an arrested suspect, leaving four police officers injured.However,...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman virtually exchanging Eid greetings with the party leaders, including Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and the standing committee members, at its Gulshan office in the capital on Monday . —...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office.Mild heat wave may sweep over Rajshahi division and the districts of Dinajpur,...
While educational institutions, offices and banks remain closed for nine days during Eid, hospitals cannot afford such a luxury. The question of whether patients receive the expected level of care during the holiday period and how hospitals operate under such...
Seventeen thousand tonnes of vital food aid for Rohingya refugees arrived in Chattogram, reports UNB.This food, produced by American farmers, will be delivered through the World Food Program as part of the United States' assistance to more than one million...
Twenty-three Bangladeshi nationals, who were abducted in Libya, have been rescued, reports UNB. According to the Bangladesh Embassy in Libya, local authorities conducted a raid in Misrata area and freed the abducted Bangladeshis.The operation was carried out by security forces...
A 25-year-old youth died after falling from the rooftop of a six-storey building in the Arambagh's Miazan Goli of the capital's Motijheel area on Tuesday afternoon, reports UNB.The deceased, identified as Ripon, was the son of the late Md Hossain...
Muslim devotees in the DNCC-organised Eid congregation on the old DITF ground at Agargaon in the capital on Monday. — FE Photo
A rescue team from the Fire Service and Civil Defence has been deployed to Myanmar to assist in search and rescue operations following a devastating earthquake, reports UNB.The 10-member rescue team departed from Dhaka on Tuesday aboard a special flight...
Six people sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion at the Pakistan Maat area in the city on Monday, reports UNB.The injured were rushed to the emergency unit of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery at around...
Thousands of people from all classes and professions joined the Eid procession in the tradition of the Bengal Sultanate and Mughal eras in the city on Monday, reports BSS.The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) brought out the procession following the...
Munima Sultana | 2025-04-03 00:00:00
Though the Rapid Pass crisis is now over after the procurement of more than half a million cards recently, no measures have been taken yet to introduce such integrated circuit (IC) cards in other public transports.Transport experts said there are...
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