FE REPORT | 2025-03-27 00:00:00
An incident of robbery took place at a house in the city's Dhanmondi area in the early hours of Wednesday. Sources said a group of 15 to 20 people wearing RAB uniforms entered the House No. 8 at Dhanmondi at...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-27 00:00:00
Public transport owners are going to overcharge Eid-ul-Fitr holidaymakers an estimated Tk 8.32 billion, said Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (JKS) on Wednesday.It said 220.75 million trips may be made in Dhaka and the surrounding areas, driven by Eid shopping and...
FE REPORTBangladesh has set a new record in remittance earnings, reaching an all-time high of $2.749 billion in just 24 days of March, with two more banking days remaining. According to Bangladesh Bank data, which compiles figures from all banks,...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-27 00:00:00
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on the scope, modalities, format, and organisation of the high-level conference on the situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar under the sponsorship of Malaysia and Finland, said a spokesperson...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-27 00:00:00
To support low-income citizens, the food ministry has continued its subsidised rice sale programme across the country. Under this initiative, rice and flour are being sold at subsidised rates through 1,057 centres in city corporations, district headquarters, municipalities, and labour-intensive...
FE REPORTThe government provided a loan of Tk 300 million to the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) to pay outstanding gratuity and provident funds for retired employees, according to a finance ministry order issued recently.The loan was approved...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh spent US$2.636 billion in debt servicing against principal and interest during July-February of this fiscal year at a rising rate that outpaces receipt, according to officials, affecting execution of aided projects.The foreign-aid inflow dropped as both commitment and disbursement...
Bangladesh Ambassador to China Md Nazmul Islam and Vice Governor of Hainan Province receive CA Dr Muhammad Yunus at Qionghai Bo'ao Int’l Airport in Hainan, China, on Wednesday. (Story on page 1) — Photo: CA's Press Wing
FE REPORT | 2025-03-27 00:00:00
President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi extended felicitations on the occasion of National Day of Bangladesh on Wednesday expressing their commitment to advancing the bilateral partnership."On behalf of the Government, the people...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-03-27 00:00:00
Government bank borrowings may be costlier from this fiscal year's last quarter for growing yields on sovereign securities, as rate rises already cast their shadows before. Economists and bankers believe the yield pressures may be zooming despite the borrowing target...
Bangladesh Wednesday celebrated the 55th Independence and National Day with fresh spirits and rich tributes to the Liberation War heroes whose sacrifices helped the Bengalis wrest freedom from Pakistani occupation in 1971.A common aspiration for rebuilding Bangladesh as a democratic,...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-03-27 00:00:00
A relatively fat development budget worth Tk 2.30 trillion is likely to be prepared for the next fiscal year, too, by the interim government notwithstanding a staggeringly low execution of the outgoing ADP. By official count, only a fourth of...
HAINAN, China (BSS): Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus arrived here on Wednesday to join the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) conference."A special flight carrying the Chief Adviser and entourage arrived in Qionghai Boao International Airport in Hainan at about 4:15pm...
JU CORRESPONDENTJahangirnagar University Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Mohammad Kamrul Ahsan has said there is no conflict between 1971 and 2024 and the confusion that people are seeing after 2024 is a risk of unity being destroyed.He made these remarks while...
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 26 (UNB): A local Awami League leader, who was critically injured in an attack by unidentified assailants in Rangunia upazila of Chattogram, succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment on Wednesday.The deceased, Nurul Islam Talukder, 70, son of...
Savar, Mar 26 (UNB) - NCP Convener Nahid Islam on Wednesday said that the events of 1971 and 2024 are not separate and that the spirit of the 1971 Liberation War has been revived through the popular uprising of 2024,...
Savar, Mar 26 (UNB) - Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan said on Wednesday that Bangladesh is now fully independent and that its citizens will never feel enslaved on this land again."The country is now fully independent. The...
Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said on Wednesday that the critical need for building consensus in national interest was essential, reports UNB.Gaining public trust required both political and policy consensus. To implement the necessary reforms for the welfare of the...
CHATTOGRAM, March 26 (BSS): BNP acting Chairman and Chief Patron of 'Amra BNP Paribar' Tarique Rahman has stood beside the extremely poor Gias Uddin and his family.Gias Uddin, who leads a very distressed life with ailments, lives in Shamukchhari village,...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Wednesday paid tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War and party founder Ziaur Rahman, marking the 55th Independence Day, calling for upholding the dignity of the Liberation War, reports UNB.Party leaders and activists,...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office.Day and night temperature may rise slightly over the country.The country's maximum temperature on Wednesday...
Two more new dengue cases were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Wednesday morning, bringing the total number of cases to 1,851 this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), reports UNB.One new case was...
Five Eid congregations will be held at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka on the day of Eid-ul-Fitr, said an Islamic Foundation press release on Wednesday, reports BSS.According to the release, the first Eid jamaat will be held at...
BAGERHAT, Mar 26 (UNB): The recent fire incidents in the Shaplar Beel and Tepar Beel areas of the Sundarbans have been extinguished, but smoke is still rising from the base of some trees.On Wednesday morning, personnel from the Forest Department...
Bangladesh's Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has been awarded an honorary fellowship by the University of Oxford's Wadham College, reports bdnews24.com. Justice Refaat previously earned his postgraduate law degree with first-class honours from Wadham College -- one of the most...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-27 00:00:00
With the start of Eid journey by homebound people, the authorities concerned have taken moves to make the journey less hazardous, safe and free from traffic congestion amid tight security.Dhaka Metropolitan Police expects that over 10 million people will leave...
CLOCKWISE (From Top, left): Amid a solemn and respectful atmosphere, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus pays tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing a wreath at the National Memorial in Savar on Wednesday morning, in observance of...
NEW DELHI, Mar 26 (Reuters): India is open to cutting tariffs on more than half of US imports worth $23 billion in the first phase of a trade deal the two nations are negotiating, two government sources said, the biggest...
RIYADH, Mar 26 (Reuters): Tesla will start sales in Saudi Arabia next month, the electric carmaker said on its website, signalling CEO Elon Musk and the kingdom have healed a rift that dates back to the billionaire's short-lived bid in...
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