SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-03-25 00:00:00
Though low-income people are grappling with high inflation and rising cost of living, government subsidy allocations to their bank accounts dropped substantially in January compared to December last year.The subsidies to the no-frills bank accounts -- typically maintained by marginalised...
hawkers occupy one-fourth of the road and battery-driven rickshaws do the rest. The photo was taken on Monday from in front of the city's Gausia Market.— FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam
FE REPORT | 2025-03-25 00:00:00
The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has suggested auditing revenue assessment and collection, and strengthening the authority of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).The local chapter of the global anti-graft agency in its recommendations to the interim government called for incorporating...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-25 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has detected two-thirds of e-return filers having claimed zero taxable income in fiscal year ’24, suspecting concealment of actual income by many.Out of 1.5 million online tax returns, the filers of some 1.0 million...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-25 00:00:00
The metro rail service once again remained suspended for more than half an hour due to a technical fault in a train on Monday afternoon.Sources said one train heading towards Motijheel was required to take back at Agargaon for experiencing...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-25 00:00:00
A Dhaka court on Monday ordered attaching assets owned by cricketer and former Awami League lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan in a case involving two bounced cheques at IFIC Bank.Judge Md Ziadur Rahman of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court passed...
The commercial banks and Non- Bank Financial Institutions (NBFI) will remain closed for nine straight days amid Eid-ul-Fitr this year, from Mar 28-Apr 5, report agencies.Some banks in the garment industry zones, however, will remain open to facilitate paying "salaries,...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-25 00:00:00
Poverty in some districts in the country worsened from 2022 to 2024, according to a latest survey conducted by Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).The survey reveals that nearly 23.11 per cent of households in the select districts live below...
Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal who suffered a heart attack has regained consciousness after undergoing a stent procedure on his heart at a hospital in Savar.He has talked to doctors and family members, Tariqul Islam, an official at Mohammedan Sporting,...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-25 00:00:00
Speakers at a dialogue on Monday stressed developing a comprehensive roadmap for energy transition that will outline the specific targets, timelines, and actions required at various levels to ensure a successful transition in the readymade garment (RMG) sector. They said...
People have started leaving the capital city for their village homes to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with their loved ones. The photo was taken at Kamalapur Railway Station on Monday. — FE Photo by Asad-Uz-Zaman
Sarjis Alam, chief organiser (North) of the National Citizen Party (NCP), said on Monday that the military should refrain from intervening in domestic politics, report agencies and online portals.He also emphasised that the armed forces should remain focused on their...
Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) Nasimul Gani has dismissed as 'gossip' the speculations over declaration of emergency in the country.He made the comments on Monday at the signing event of the 'Standard Operating Procedure for the...
Acting Chairman of BNP Tarique Rahman on Monday voiced grave concerns over the unfolding political situation in the country, alleging that a conspiracy is afoot to tarnish the army's image and turn it against people, reports UNB."Someone somewhere may be...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-25 00:00:00
Budget will be realistic and welfare-oriented, Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed said Monday in an indication of continuity of the interim government's tight-fisted monetary stance."We told them that we will try our best to implement the budget," he told newsmen...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-25 00:00:00
A joint clarion call comes from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), UN refugee agency UNHCR and partners for the international community to enhance support for Rohingya refugees and their hosts in Bangladesh amid rising insecurity in Myanmar and ongoing...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-25 00:00:00
Appalled by the dimensions of past bank forgeries and money laundering, Planning Adviser Prof Wahiduddin Mahmud says Bangladesh could go bankrupt in a Sri Lanka-like situation shortly if the last government had not fallen on August 5. "The owners themselves...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-03-25 00:00:00
Shadows of intensified liquidity pressure hover over banks as the banking regulator decides to phase out from April 10 the prime borrowing instrument used for feeding funds to the commercial lenders.Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank, made the decision to...
A one-minute 'Blackout' will be observed across Bangladesh from 10:30pm to 10:31pm today (March 25), marking the Genocide Day.Key Point Installations (KPIs) and emergency establishments will remain out of the blackout purview, said a handout of the Press Information Department...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office. Day and night temperature may rise slightly. The highest temperature on Monday was...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-03-25 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 24: Chairman of CVO Petrochemical Refinery PLC Shamsul Alam Shamim has been suffering from a critical disease. At present, he is undergoing treatment at Park View Hospital in the port city.The managing board of the company has requested...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-25 00:00:00
The traffic department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) filed 1,599 cases on charges of violation of traffic rules in the capital on Sunday. It also dumped 213 cars and took away 86 more to keep them for a certain time....
FE REPORT | 2025-03-25 00:00:00
Two judges of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court have been elevated to the Appellate Division, raising the number of judges in the apex court to seven. The judges are: Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Farah Mahbub. The...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-25 00:00:00
Thousands of residents started leaving the capital on Monday by trains, buses and launches to celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr with their near and dear ones at their ancestral homes.Backpackers were rushing towards the Kamalapur rail station, Mohakhali, Sayedabad and Gabtali bus...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-25 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council (BPICC), in a discussion on Monday, placed six proposals to protect the country's marginal farmers and help them remain in farming. The BPICC and the World's Poultry Science Association - Bangladesh Branch (WPSA-BB) organised...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two corruption cases against former chief whip of Jatiya Sangsad Nur-e-Alam Chowdhury and his wife Jinat Parvin Chowdhury for acquiring illegal wealth beyond their known source of income, reports BSS.ACC Director General-Prevention Md Akhter...
MEHERPUR, Mar 24 (UNB): Police in a drive arrested former MP of Kishoreganj-5 constituency (Bajitpur) Afzal Hossain in Meherpur district town on Monday. Tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive in Clinicpara of the district town and arrested...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has showed former inspector general of police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hauque, former commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Asaduzzaman Miah and the then assistant commissioner (AC) of DMP's Mirpur Zone Jasim Uddin Mollah arrested in...
The BNP has dissolved the central committee of Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB), the physicians' body of the party, reports UNB.The party has also formed a 12-member preparatory and management committee for the upcoming DAB council, said a press release...
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