Muhammad Mahmood | 2025-03-02 00:00:00
The interim government has been working hard over the last six months or so to guarantee political stability conducive to undertake economic repair work of macroeconomic crisis that it has inherited from the corrupt Hasina regime. This will be a...
The traffic congestion in front of the main gate of Jagannath University (JnU) has now become a an ordeal. The road in front of the main gate has practically turned into a temporary stand for buses and rickshaws. Particularly, buses...
Recent incidents at various tourist spots have raised concerns about the security of tourists. Reports indicate that crime and accidents are on the rise at many popular tourist spots, including Cox's Bazar and Bandarban. The safety and well-being of visitors...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-03-02 00:00:00
A sound public procurement system that prevents corruption through enhanced transparency and accountability, if ever implemented substantively and meaningfully, can bring multifarious benefits. It can remedy the problem of corruption in the public procurement process. It can maximise value for...
Asjadul Kibria | 2025-03-02 00:00:00
As the holy month of Ramadan starts on Sunday in Bangladesh, there will be a surge in charity as part of the observance of the month by the Muslims. Besides the various forms of voluntary charities to support underprivileged people,...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) is about to issue yet another Islamic Shariah-based bond, popularly known as Sukuk, on behalf of the government to help the latter bankroll the construction of rural infrastructures. Earlier, the BB had raised Tk.190 billion by...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-03-01 12:00:00
Dawn and dusk are times apparently opposite to each other. Dawn breaks forth before sunrise and dusk sets in before evening. Both are transitory periods that act as the meeting points of two different phases of the 24-hour circle of...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-01 12:00:00
Stock price of S Alam Cold Rolled Steels, owned by the embattled S Alam Group, continued to soar on the Dhaka Stock Exchange for the second consecutive week, even after the prime bourse served a show-cause notice, enquiring about the...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
Late lamented finance minister and BNP politician M Saifur Rahman was posthumously honoured with the Gunijan Sambardhana-2024 on Friday.The event for honouring distinguished persons was a joint initiative by the Bonik Barta and the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).This...
Visitors throng the Ekushey Book Fair at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on Friday, the last day of the month-long event. — FE photo
Eminent theatre personality and academician Dr Syed Jamil Ahmed has announced his resignation from the position of Director General of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), reports UNB.He made the sudden announcement on Friday evening while attending the closing ceremony of...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
Construction cost of the Payra Sea-Port terminal and associated facilities has increased significantly due to delay in project implementation, currency depreciation, and pandemic-induced disruptions.The total project cost is now expected to rise by approximately Tk14.46 billion, officials confirmed.During the Covid-19...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
The government is set to issue necessary guidelines next week to enforce the use of authorised helmets for motorbike users as substandard and unsafe ones have gone out of control, especially in the capital.Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) is leading...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
The energy division has requested the government to earmark Tk 22.25 billion in the next fiscal year for drilling wells to enhance gas and oil production, conducting seismic surveys, and exploring mineral resources, officials have said.Energy and Mineral Resources Division...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus has called for making the upcoming international conference on the Rohingya crisis a big success in an effort to put the decades-long humanitarian tragedy on the world map and mobilise more support for the...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs of the interim government released the list of July Fighters- people who were severely injured during the mass uprising in July, said a spokesman for the Chief Adviser's Office on Friday.A gazette notification was...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
A set of recommendations by the home ministry asks for making it mandatory for traders to supply imported essential commodities to the market on time from their stocks to thwart market volatility.Officials say conducting regular monitoring of corporate businesses, hoarders...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh's fiscal deficit rose to approximately 0.7 per cent of GDP, or Tk 387.72 billion, in the first five months (July-November) of the current fiscal year in a rise from last year's 0.03 per cent, according to official statistics.The surge...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
The central bank's liquidity-sterilisation instrument, called Bangladesh Bank (BB) bills, has failed to attract commercial banks' attention, leaving the regulator's move to mop up high-powered money in doubt, officials and bankers have said.They said commercial banks mostly borrowed money from...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
National Citizens Party (NCP) was ceremoniously launched Friday with the vision of building a second republic in Bangladesh based on a new constitution that guarantees democratic dispensation and blocks dictatorial rule. The party demanded constituent assembly election to formulate the...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh scales back its big-dream plan to establish 100 economic zones across the country by 2030 and the current government prioritizes five full-blown EZs to deliver the desired goods. It now focuses on select few zones "to maximize the attraction...
Weather may remain dry with partly cloudy sky in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Saturday), according to the Met Office. Light fog may occur over river basins. Night and day temperature may rise slightly. The highest temperature...
A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held today (Saturday), aiming to review the moon sighting which will mark the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan.The meeting will be held at the conference room of the...
A fire that raged through Shewrapara kitchen market in the city early Friday gutted 61 shops, including a shoe showroom, according to Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD), reports UNB.Lima Khanam, duty officer at the FSCD headquarters, told the news...
Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhtar has criticised those who raise prices of daily commodities unfairly, saying they would no longer be spared, reports UNB.The adviser also urged the students who protested during the July uprising to join in fighting...
Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman inaugurated the "Sinha Memorial Plaque" on Thursday at Shamlapur at Baharchhara Union in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar, reports UNB.The memorial was constructed under the overall supervision of the BGB Cox's Bazar Region in...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
The long-standing manpower shortage that Bangladesh Railway (BR) is suffering from is unlikely to be resolved soon due to procedural complexities and a lack of visionary steps. The recruitments of around 40,000 employees were approved more than three years ago....
Artistes performing at the Chhayanot 'Boshonto Utshob' (Spring Festival) at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Dhaka University, on Friday. — FE Photo by Asad-Uz-Zaman
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