JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
The insurance sector of the country reached a major milestone in 2023 with introduction of bancassurance-a partnership between insurers and banks. It ushered in a new era, creating an opportunity for one of the country's most underdeveloped financial services to...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Mobile financial platforms and mobile operators have responded strongly after Faiz Ahmed Taiyeb, special assistant to the chief adviser on Telecom and ICT Affairs, alleged that mobile data packages are being sold at inflated prices through third-party platforms like bKash...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Apr 29: The government authorities have imposed a three-month ban on fishing in Kaptai Lake in Rangamati district.According to an official statement, the restriction will remain in force from May 1 to July 31.Meanwhile, local administration has been directed...
No battery-run rickshaws will be allowed to operate on the main roads of Dhaka city, said Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Administrator Mohammad Ejaz on Tuesday, reports UNB. The approved standard model auto-rickshaws will be allowed to run in the...
Mahfuz Alam, Adviser of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, stated that Deepto TV voluntarily shut down its news operations following a journalist's question regarding a genocide, according to online media outlets.He made this statement on Tuesday evening during a...
An attempted murder case has been registered with the Vatara Police Station in the capital against around 300 individuals, including 17 film and television artists. The film and TV artists included Apu Biswas, Nusrat Faria, Nipun Akter, Suborna Mustafa, Ashna...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to attach a flat owned by Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.It also ordered the anti-graft body to appoint a receiver to take care of the...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
The yield on 15-Year Bangladesh Government Treasury Bonds (BGTBs) increased further on Tuesday while that on 20-Year BGTBs fell slightly. The cut off yield, generally known as interest rate, on the 15-Year BGTBs rose to 12.40 per cent on the...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
The government is taking necessary steps to arrange an air ambulance for former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia for her return travel to Dhaka from London."Preparations are on" said foreign adviser Touhid Hossain when he was asked whether...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
The interim government is economising development spending, which is likely to hit road development badly as allocations for the sector in the FY25 revised annual development programme (RADP) have been reduced by 39.97 per cent. Besides, the sector's FY26 allocation...
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday urged the police to make sure that they are not used by anyone in the next national elections as the interim government is committed to holding a free, fair and peaceful polls in...
A new traffic signal system, along with CCTV cameras and a megaphone, has been installed in Karwan Bazar. A number of such systems, which will be in operation soon, will be set up in Dhaka's strategic points to help manage...
ISLAMABAD, April 29 (AFP): Pakistan's military shot down an Indian drone along the de facto Kashmir border, state radio in Islamabad reported on Tuesday, a week after the deadliest attack on civilians in the contested region in years.The Indian army...
The government has formed an eight-member expert taskforce to strengthen the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) by reviewing the quality, transparency, and accessibility of the data it produces, reports BSS.Headed by Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman, Executive Chairman of the Power...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
The finance adviser has directed the formulation of a comprehensive tax- exemption policy that will vest the exclusive authority to approve tax exemptions or expenditures in parliament, according to Md Abdur Rahman Khan, chairman of the National Board of Revenue...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
The government held no discussion on the Rakhine-corridor issue with anybody, said a government spokesman on Tuesday."We want to make it categorically clear that the government has not discussed the so-called "humanitarian corridor" with the UN or any other entity....
MONIRA MUNNI | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
US brands and retailers are diversifying their sourcing from China to other Asian suppliers, but traditional alternatives like Bangladesh and Vietnam had not seen increased interest during the first quarter of this year.Despite tariff pressure, they are yet to significantly...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh will not borrow from the International Monetary Fund by accepting umpteen conditions binding loans, Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed said Tuesday, adding that the country is no longer IMF-World Bank-dependent."If IMF doesn't agree to pay the budget-support credit, we...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Telecommunications regulator BTRC on Tuesday granted Starlink two separate licences to operate satellite internet services in the country for a period of ten years."We have issued the licences after receiving approval from the chief adviser and upon Starlink's payment of...
Rain/thunder showers with lightning flashes and temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Dhaka, Barishal and Chattogram divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions with hails at...
"Nandan - A Journey of Pure Culture", a platform for artistic expression, is set to host its 80th edition with a special programme to celebrate poet Rabindranath Tagore's legacy, according to a statement.The event titled "Rabindranath's Birth Anniversary through Words,...
Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman from the BCS Administration Cadre and Alamgir Hossain from the Tax Cadre have been appointed president and general secretary (GS) respectively of the executive committee of the 13th Batch BCS Forum.Mahbubur Rahman is a former government secretary,...
The first batch of Hajj pilgrims from Dhaka has reached Saudi Arabia aboard a Saudia Airlines jet carrying 398 Bangladeshi nationals, reports bdnews24.comThe plane touched down at the King Abdulaziz International Airport on Tuesday morning. Within an hour, another Biman...
Various waste materials have long been indiscriminately discharged into Hatirjhil in the capital due to lack of supervision of the authorities concerned, thus polluting the waterbody and its surroundings. The photo was taken recently. - FE Photo
During the last one month, queues outside Dhaka's CNG filling stations are stretching longer by the day, leading to mounting frustration among drivers.With the temperature on rise, the government is diverting more gas to power plants to meet the increased...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file case against former minister AKM Mozammel Haque on charges of acquiring illegal wealth and money laundering, reports BSS.ACC Director General (Prevention) Md. Akhtar Hossain said this while speaking at a press briefing...
NEW YORK, April 29 (AFP): US President Donald Trump has agreed to soften the impact of tariffs on automakers who have been hit by multiple levies, US media reported on Monday.The move comes ahead of a Trump rally planned for...
CHATTOGRAM, Apr 29 (BSS): A Chattogram court has ordered to send former mayor of Patiya Municipality and Awami League (AL) leader Md Ayub Babul to jail rejecting his bail petition. District and Sessions Judge Nurul Islam passed the order on...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has sent to jail former additional superintendent of police (Additional SP) Ishtiaq Ahmed in a case lodged over Chankharpul massacre that took place during July-August mass uprising, reports BSS."He (Ishtiaq) was shown arrested in ICT...
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