"Exercise regularly; it keeps you fit and makes you feel happy," said Advocate Jahangir Hossain, General Secretary of the Morning Health Society, after a group exercise session on a Friday morning this month. The Morning Health Society, a non-profit organisation...
Tanim Asjad | 2025-11-29 00:00:00
After the July mass uprising that led to the downfall of the autocratic regime of Hasina on August 5 last year, numerous groups have emerged in the country with various demands. Though some of the demands are rational and legitimate,...
Syed Muhammed Showaib | 2025-11-29 00:00:00
It is never wise to put all eggs in one basket where a single misstep can cause them all to break. A nation's "basket" is its export profile and over-reliance on a single sector makes it vulnerable to volatile global...
The findings by the 12-member government probe body formed following last month's devastating fire at the import cargo complex of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) are nothing extraordinary. That the fire resulting from an electrical short circuit was a...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-11-28 12:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank has shortlisted six tycoons and decided to speed up probe and disposal of cases against them over the laundered money siphoned off to several countries.Investigators name the suspect conglomerates like NASSA, Beximco, Saifuzzaman, Sikder Group, S. Alam...
A construction worker plasters the ground-floor ceiling of Haji Muhammad Mohsin Hall of Dhaka University, which remains closed following recent earthquakes. — FE Photo
A fifth earthquake within a span of four days jolted the capital and adjacent areas on Thursday, report agencies.The tremor on Thursday measured 3.6 on the Richter scale and was recorded at 4:15 pm, according to meteorologist Shahnaj Sultana of...
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia was transferred to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) on Thursday from her cabin at Evercare Hospital in the city.Khaleda Zia is currently under the care of local and foreign specialists from the hospital's medical board....
HONG KONG, Nov 27 (AFP): The death toll from a fire that tore through a Hong Kong apartment complex has risen to 75, the city's government said late on Thursday.As of 10 pm (1400 GMT), "the fire incident had killed...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2025-11-28 00:00:00
Global fashion brands are thriving on the exploitation of a vast low-paid and unpaid workforce -- mostly women -- across the South Asian garment supply chain, including Bangladesh, according to two reports released by Amnesty International. The reports, published on...
Health officials on Thursday said they recorded 567 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts, killing at least seven persons in the past 24 hours."We recorded deaths of seven dengue patients in 24 hours ending at 8 am today," a spokesman of...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-11-28 00:00:00
Sadharan Bima Corporation (SBC) has requested the food directorate to resume purchasing insurance coverage from the state-run insurer, in line with legal requirements that mandate government entities to buy coverage from the corporation.Officials said the appeal follows a long period...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-28 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to launch an inquiry against Mohammad Ejaz, the Administrator of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), over allegations of abuse of power, various irregularities, corruption, and taking bribes.A senior ACC official confirmed the development to...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-11-28 00:00:00
The United States has recently emerged as Bangladesh's second-largest trading partner, driven by a notable expansion in bilateral trade with the world's largest economy.Officials familiar with the development say the shift may be linked to successful negotiations between Dhaka and...
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has said the low-pressure system over the southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining Sri Lanka coast has intensified into a deep depression, reports bdnews24.comAll four maritime ports in the country have been advised to raise...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-11-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh's banking sector faces elevated asset-quality stress amid economic and political volatility, says global rating-agency S&P and pinpoints the spots of vulnerabilities."Weak consumption and investment, coupled with structural reforms under the IMF program, have exposed deep-rooted fragilities in Bangladesh's banking...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) plans to rationalise the salary structures of employees at the five struggling Islamic banks set for merger, as part of efforts to reduce their administrative costs.Speaking to reporters, BB assistant spokesperson Mohammad Shahriar Siddiqui said the five...
FE Report | 2025-11-28 00:00:00
The government has fixed January 14 next year for the auction of the long-awaited 700 MHz spectrum, signalling a decisive move towards releasing a band that has been locked in legal and regulatory disputes for nearly two decades.The date was...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh's economy is trapped in a difficult-to-break vicious cycle of high interest rates, persistent inflation, weak investment, and slowing gross domestic product (GDP) growth, making it increasingly challenging to revive private-sector activities, experts say.They note that the financial sector is...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-28 00:00:00
Deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, already carrying death sentence, is now sentenced to 21 years' imprisonment in three corruption cases over alleged abuse of power in acquiring plots at RAJUK's Purbachal New Town Project.Her daughter Saima Wazed Putul and son...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-28 00:00:00
Blame-ridden RAJUK is now up for restructuring as the interim government's cabinet endorses an ordinance for a sweeping overhaul of the capital-development authority, amidst latest spell of criticisms about building construction following a moderate earthquake. The Council of Advisers in...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Met Office. Night and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.The highest temperature...
Charukontho Abritti Sangsad hosted its quarterly recitation event, 'Binomro Roder Chhaya,' showcasing the poetry of renowned poet and thinker Md. Foyez Alam held at Bishwo Shahitto Kendro in the capital on Wednesday, with notable attendees including poet and storyteller Zohra...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-28 00:00:00
Chief Justice (CJ) Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed will deliver his farewell address on December 14 at the Supreme Court (SC) auditorium in the capital.For this purpose, he has convened a session to be attended by senior judicial officers, including district...
FE REPORT The teachers of government secondary schools threatened to wage tougher movement from next month (December), if their demands are not realised.They issued the warning at a rally on the premises of Shikkha Bhaban, the headquarters of the Directorate...
FE REPORTThe government has transferred upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) of 158 upazilas across the country's eight divisions ahead of the national election.The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard on Wednesday night (November 26).The transfers, involving...
Over the past two decades, the biodiversity of Saint Martin's Island (SMI) has experienced a marked decline as the developed land on the coral island nearly doubled between 2005 and 2023, according to a government report."Between 2005 and 2023, developed...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-28 00:00:00
Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan urged the students to take up politics as a career to serve the nation."Bangladesh needs smart and honest people in politics. If you don't come into politics, the changes we...
FE REPORTDistinguished Fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya has strongly criticised the interim government for recently signing deals with foreign companies on leasing out management of two ports.Speaking as the chief guest at a book-launching...
Members of Myanmar's Arakan Army armed insurgent group have captured two trawlers and abducted 12 more fishermen at work in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Cox's Bazar's Teknaf upazila, reports agency.They were abducted while fishing in the...
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