CHATTOGRAM, May 8, (BSS) : The main plant of the only state-owned oil refinery Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL) reopened on Friday after being temporarily closed for 26 days due to depleted crude oil reserves.ERL Managing Director Engineer Sharif Hasnat confirmed...
JASHORE, May 8 (UNB) : State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Aninda Islam Amit on Friday said the government will introduce crop insurance for farmers to help compensate losses caused by natural disasters.He made the announcement while inaugurating...
Visitors at a stall of the 15th Power, Energy & Infrastructure Expo-2026 at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the city on Friday. — Focus Bangla
FE ReportAfter several months of steady decline, both the numbers of mobile and internet subscribers in the country saw a modest rise in March 2026, according to the latest industry data.The total number of mobile subscribers rose to 186.06 million...
HawkEye 360 shares jumped 30% in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday, securing a $3.15 billion valuation and signaling strong investor demand for defense-tech offerings, reports Reuters.The stock of the space analytics firm opened at $33.80, above the...
NEW YORK, May 8 (Reuters): The dollar slipped on Friday, on pace for a second straight weekly fall as investors stayed cautiously optimistic about a swift end to the Middle East conflict, after President Donald Trump said the ceasefire remained...
Asia-Pacific markets mostly traded lower Friday, as concerns grew over renewed hostilities between Iran and the US amid a fragile ceasefire, reports CNBC.The US and Iran traded fire in the Strait of Hormuz, with each side claiming the other initiated...
Global equity funds attracted inflows for a seventh straight week in the period through May 6, supported by upbeat first quarter earnings and hopes for a US-Iran peace agreement, reports Reuters.Investors bought a net $4.35 billion of global equity funds...
FE REPORT | 2026-05-09 00:00:00
Stocks extended their losing streak for a second consecutive week as weak corporate earnings and persistent macroeconomic concerns weighed on investor sentiment.The benchmark DSEX index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) closed the week down 53 points, or 1.0 per...
Tahmid Zarif | 2026-05-09 00:00:00
Choosing a university or a subject is a major decision for students in Bangladesh after they complete their higher secondary education. Every year, thousands of students take university admission tests hoping to get into a public or private university and...
Nilratan Halder | 2026-05-09 00:00:00
The Bangla month Baishakh is about to come to an end but the peak summer has conspicuously been absent. Both Chaitra and Baishakh have relatively been cooler this time. In fact, so cooler that it would be impossible to remember...
VATICAN CITY, May 08 (Reuters): A Vatican statement after Pope Leo's meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which said the two had pledged to improve bilateral relations, was a recognition of unprecedented tensions, insiders and analysts said.Rubio's meeting...
SEOUL, May 08 (Reuters): South Korea's parliamentary speaker Woo Won-shik said on Friday that a bill to amend the constitution to tighten rules on martial law would not proceed to a plenary vote after a filibuster by the opposition conservative...
BEIRUT, May 08 (AFP): Lebanon's health ministry reported at least 12 people killed, including two children and a paramedic, in a series of Israeli airstrikes on Thursday in spite of a ceasefire.The new deaths came a day after Israel killed...
WASHINGTON, May 08 (Agencies): US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was still in place despite an Iranian attack on three American destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, which he dismissed as "a trifle."The US military...
Bangladesh fast bowler Nahid Rana has made the shortlist for the ICC Men's Player of the Month award for April, reports BSS.Oman captain Jatinder Singh and left-arm seamer Ajay Kumar of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are the other two...
Bangladesh women's national football team conducted their first training session on Friday in Bangkok as a part of the ongoing preparation camp for the upcoming SAFF Women's Championship 2026, reports BSS.The session was held successfully with all available players and...
Bangladesh batter Mominul Haque said team contribution matters more to him than personal milestones after falling agonisingly short of a century on the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday, reports...
Mst. Suraiya Jahan | 2026-05-09 00:00:00
Generation Z, widely recognised as the first true digital-native generation, has grown up surrounded by smartphones, social media, and constant internet access. Their daily lives revolve around online platforms for education, communication, and entertainment. While this deep connection to technology...
Manmohan Parkash | 2026-05-09 00:00:00
The next financial crisis may not begin with a housing bubble or a sovereign default. It may begin with a line of code-executed flawlessly, at scale, and entirely without human hesitation.Agentic AI-systems that do not merely assist but act-marks a...
Globally, over 1.1 billion people now work in the gig economy, but most of them have no sick leave, no retirement plan and no safety net when things go wrong. The flexibility promised by platforms like Uber, Pathao, and Shohoz...
At a time when many young people are chasing jobs, a group of brave youths is choosing a different path. Many dream of having their own organisation to plan and build independently. Currently, the younger generation is making this dream...
Syed Muhammed Showaib | 2026-05-09 00:00:00
It is the height of summer in Dhaka, so it doesn't rain very often. Even then, the city's residents know from experience that a single shower is all it takes to turn their streets and alleys into stagnant pools. That...
Dhaka's crippling traffic, driven by rapid urbanisation and poor infrastructure cannot simply afford any more highways passing through it, even if those are for the sake of improving regional connectivity. In that case, such highways, if built, should be the...
M. Kabir Hassan | 2026-05-09 00:00:00
It has been quite some time since I started researching the structural shortcomings in Islamic banking in Bangladesh. In 1999, I authored one of the first comprehensive analyses of how Islamic banking operated in Bangladesh, and I recommended that the...
American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) celebrated "Physics Day 2026" on April 30. The day-long event was jointly organised by the Department of Natural Science (physics) under the Faculty of Science and Technology and the AIUB Astronomy and Space Science Club. Students,...
FE REPORT | 2026-05-08 00:00:00
Twelve more children died of measles and measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours until 8:0am on Thursday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).With the latest daily tally, the total death toll from the highly contagious viral...
JASIM UDDIN | 2026-05-08 00:00:00
The government is considering withdrawing concessional import facilities for raw materials used in manufacturing refrigerators and air-conditioners in the upcoming FY27 budget. This could significantly increase the prices of the two household appliances and put pressure on local industries, according...
FE REPORT | 2026-05-08 00:00:00
Ensuring accountability and transparency in utilising taxpayers' money is imperative and digitised interface linking government authorities is the tool to get to the goal, experts say. Speakers at a pre-budget discussion Thursday came up with this and numerous other suggestions...
FE REPORT | 2026-05-08 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has reduced the prices of jet fuel used in aviation, marking a significant reversal after three consecutive increases.The new rates were announced on Thursday and came into effect at midnight.According to the revised pricing,...
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