MONIRA MUNNI | 2025-03-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh's readymade garment exports to the European Union (EU) recorded a robust 61-percent growth in January this year, staying ahead of the major competitors, including China, Vietnam, Turkey, and India.Apparel exports to the EU market in January 2025 fetched 1.91...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-20 00:00:00
Taxmen fan out to spot taxable income-holders across the country under a latest drive to expand the tax net and raise government revenues, officials say. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has launched the new Spot Assessment Initiative along with...
2024 has been recorded as the warmest year in the 175-year history of global temperature records, with average temperatures exceeding pre-industrial levels by more than 1.5°C, reports UNB.This alarming revelation comes from the "State of the Global Climate Report" released...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-03-20 00:00:00
ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), an Indian company that has been awarded Bangladesh offshore exploration contracts, has gotten its tenure extended for the third time although it could not delineate any potential hydrocarbon reserve over the past one decade.State-run Petrobangla has...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to take necessary steps and preparations for holding peaceful elections in the country, reports UNB.Dr Yunus made the directives during a meeting with Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury...
The Bangladesh government on Wednesday strongly condemned Israel's renewed military offensive in Gaza, denouncing the heavy civilian toll, including women and children, and expressing deep concern over the worsening humanitarian crisis, reports UNB.This renewed cycle of violence represents a blatant...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-20 00:00:00
Measures are envisaged in the next budget for boosting trade-commerce and investment in private sector alongside taming inflation and raising people's incomes, the finance adviser disclosed Wednesday.The Finance Adviser of the interim government, Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, gave a broad hint...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM AND JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-03-20 00:00:00
Foreign-exchange reserves of Bangladesh still stay almost static despite a record volume of remittance inflow in recent months as officials say necessary external expenditures are being met. The Financial Express (FE) has observed the trends of the remittance and movement...
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. Day and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.The highest...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-20 00:00:00
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 179 individuals in different places of the capital on various charges and filed 64 cases in the last 24 hours from 6:00 am on Tuesday to 6:00 am on Wednesday. Deputy Police Commissioner (media and...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-20 00:00:00
Train services to and from Kamalapur Railway Station were disrupted for more than one and a half hours following derailment of two wagons from a container train on Wednesday.Officials said the last two wagons of the container train 605 derailed...
As summer approaches, sweltering heat looms over Bangladesh, pushing both public life and agricultural fields to their limits. With rising temperatures, the demand for electricity is also set to surge, reports UNB.Energy Adviser Fouzul Kabir Khan on February 5 said...
East West University (EWU) organised a condolence meeting and 'doa mahfil' in memory of the late Chairperson of the EWU Board of Trustees, Syed Manzur Elahi, at the 'Manzur Elahi' Auditorium of the university in the capital on Tuesday. Among...
Chief of Army Staff General Waker-uz-Zaman paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday and briefed him on the country's overall security situation, reports UNB.During the meeting at the State Guest House Jamuna, the army chief...
KHULNA, Mar 19 (BSS): Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General and former lawmaker Mia Golam Parwar pointed to fallen Awami League saying a political party and a family had taken the entire nation hostage."Under their dictatorial regime, people's fundamental rights were stripped...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday put former ministers Hasanul Haq Inu, Rashed Khan Menon, Anisul Huq, Dipu Moni, and Ex-MP Sadek Khan on remand for different periods in cases related to the July uprising, reports UNB.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahin Reza...
National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Wednesday urged political parties to reach a political consensus so that there would be no room for "Mujibbadi" politics in the election and politics of future Bangladesh, reports UNB."On August 05, 2024,...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-20 00:00:00
The state has filed an appeal against a High Court verdict that acquitted all the accused, including exiled acting BNP chairman Tarique Rahman and former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar, in two cases filed over the August 21 grenade...
Issuing a warning that extremists and fascists could once again bury democracy in Bangladesh, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said his party, along with other democratic parties, will prioritise maintaining the country's secular character and strengthening democracy in...
SANAA, Mar 19 (AFP): Yemen's Huthis claimed on Wednesday to have carried out a fourth attack in 72 hours on an American fleet in the Red Sea, as the US military said its campaign against the Iran-backed rebels was ongoing.The...
DALLAS, Mar 19 (AP): Unredacted files related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday evening.About 2,200 files consisting of over 63,000 pages were posted on the website of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration....
NEW YORK, Mar 19 (Reuters): A federal judge on Tuesday blocked billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from taking any more steps to shut down the US Agency for International Development, saying their efforts to close the...
GAZA, Mar 19 (AFP): Hamas said it remained open to negotiations while calling for pressure on Israel Wednesday to implement a Gaza truce after its deadliest bombing since the fragile ceasefire began in January.Israel carried out fresh air strikes on...
MOSCOW, Mar 19 (Reuters): Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Tuesday to US President Donald Trump's proposal for a month-long halt to strikes against energy infrastructure in Ukraine, a limited ceasefire that Kyiv quickly said it would be willing to...
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 19 (AP): Google has struck a deal to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in what would be the tech giant's biggest-ever acquisition at the same time it's facing a potential breakup of its internet empire.The...
ISTANBUL, Mar 19 (AFP): The Turkish lira plunged to an all-time low against the dollar on Wednesday, after police raided the home of Istanbul's powerful opposition mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu.The currency was trading at 39 liras per dollar after the mayor,...
NEW YORK, Mar 19 (Reuters): Amazon.com's self-driving unit, Zoox, has recalled 258 vehicles due to issues with its automated driving system (ADS) that could cause unexpected hard braking, the company said on Wednesday.The recall affects vehicles equipped with ADS software...
HONG KONG, March 19 (AFP): Asian markets were mixed and gold hit another record high Wednesday as trade war worries cast a shadow and geopolitical concerns returned to the fore.The tepid start to the day followed tech-led losses on Wall...
Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) conducted a lottery draw of the first phase of the 'Remittance Festival 2025' on the occasion of Eid-Ul Fitre at the bank's boardroom using a digital platform on Tuesday. Managing Director of the bank Sanchia Binte...
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