NEW DELHI, Apr 02 (Agencies): India will host the West Indies for two Tests in October followed by a series across formats against South Africa, the country's cricket board said on Wednesday.The West Indies Test tour to India begins on...
Bangladesh cricketers Shakib Al Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim and Taskin Ahmed posted photos on Facebook on the occasion of Eid-ul-fitr -Facebook
OUR CORRESPONDENTSYLHET, Apr 02: The much-talked-about Rahimpur irrigation pump in Zakiganj upazila of the district could not be yet put into operation on various grounds, especially objection from Indian authorities.Bangladesh Water Department Board (BWDB) installed the water pump 19 years...
OUR CORRESPONDENT CHANDPUR, Apr 02: Staffers at Chandpur Government College and Chandpur Government Mohila College, the two biggest and highest seats of learning in Chandpur district, have to suffer extremely for absence of residential quarters and dormitories. Sources said both...
Cox's Bazar, the world's longest natural beach was witnessing a massive surge in tourists as the extended Eid-ul-Fitr holidays brought in thousands of visitors. Meanwhile, tourist spots in Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna,Chattogram were overflowed with huge crowds as holidaymakers spent their...
YANGON, Apr 02 (Reuters): Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, whose country was struck by a devastating earthquake last week, will attend a regional summit of mostly South Asian leaders in Bangkok on Friday, Thailand's foreign ministry said.The summit of...
GAZA, Apr 02 (Reuters/AFP): Israel announced a major expansion of military operations in Gaza on Wednesday, saying large areas of the enclave would be seized and added to its security zones, accompanied by large-scale evacuations of the population.Israeli leaders have...
NEW DELHI, Apr 02 (Reuters): The Indian government on Wednesday presented a bill in parliament that plans sweeping changes in the management of vast tracts of land set aside solely for Muslim use, potentially stoking tensions between the government and...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-03 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), and the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Colombo recently to strengthen regional market cooperation.Momin Ul Islam, chairman of DSE; Rajeeva Bandaranaike, CEO of...
HONG KONG, April 2 (AFP): Asian markets edged up Wednesday as nervous investors brace for Donald Trump's wave of tariffs later in the day, though speculation about what he has in store is stoking uncertainty on trading floors.Equities have been...
Babul Barman | 2025-04-03 00:00:00
The price index of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on the Dhaka bourse has taken a massive plunge in the eight months since the collapse of the Hasina regime. The corrections of SME stocks were due as their earlier price...
Sanjoy Pal | 2025-04-03 00:00:00
Innovations in the field of finance have led to a surge in financial products and derivatives in most of the economy worldwide. The qualitative part of financial innovation requires the transformation of financial education through the medium of emerging technology...
The Sunderbans is the pride of our country-home to the world's largest mangrove forest. It is a sanctuary for the Royal Bengal Tiger, spotted deer, diverse fish species, and a wide range of forest plants. Sadly, this invaluable biodiversity is...
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...
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