FE REPORT | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
The Election Commission (EC) has revealed that sensitive information from the National Identity Card (NID) system has been leaked by five institutions that utilise its services. These institutions are: the Directorate General of Health Services, UCB Bank's Upay, the Chittagong...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
A Dhaka Court on Monday issued an arrest warrant against former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed over corruption allegations. The court also ordered the government to request the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to issue a Red Notice...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
Industrial output saw a massive plunge from the ousted Sheikh Hasina government's doctored statistics in the FY24 revised export earnings estimation, causing Bangladesh's overall economic growth to fall markedly, according to official data released on Monday.The final economic growth for...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
Chief Adviser of the interim government Dr Muhammad Yunus calls for post-uprising national reconciliation and says the election roadmap will be finalised through consultations with political parties.The CA's press secretary, Shafiqul Alam, quoted the head of interim government as making...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
Bangladesh is getting US$400 million from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as budget-support credit to finance policy actions for infrastructural development in climate-critical sectors, sources said.The agreed loan will be given under the AIIB's climate policy-based financing arrangement (CPBF)...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
Several hundred demonstrators on Monday blocked the road stretching from Shahbagh intersection up to Science Laboratory in the capital demanding appointment as assistant primary teachers. However, following baton-charge and hot water splashing by police, registered job seekers from the 1st...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
The central bank is going to review both the Bangladesh Bank (BB) Order and the existing Bank Company Act to ensure corporate governance in the country's banking sector. "We will update and modernise the BB Order and the Bank Company...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
The non-performing loans in Bangladesh's banks may cross 30 per cent of the total outstanding loans by this financial year-end, the central bank predicts in a cautious half-yearly monetary policy it has crafted. Such predicted spurt in NPL buildup raises...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry has expressed concern over the central bank's decision to maintain a contractionary monetary policy until June 2025, keeping the policy rate unchanged at 10 per cent.Terming the Bangladesh Bank's stance rigid for curbing inflation,...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) continues to pursue contractionary monetary stance to manage inexorable inflation and financial constraints retaining the regulatory lending rate high at 10 per cent. Despite calls from businesses to lower the policy rate, the BB has retained...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office. Night and day temperature may rise by (1-2)°C.The highest temperature in the country...
The eighth death anniversary of Hasna Abedin, founder and former chairperson of American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), will be observed today (Tuesday), says a statement. AIUB will hold special prayers, recitation of the Holy Quran, and milad marking the day. The...
Mentioning that some 0.16 million (1.61 lakh) people die every year due to tobacco consumption in Bangladesh, speakers at a seminar said the media should play a crucial role in countering the manipulative tactics of the tobacco industry, reports UNB.These...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
Police have arrested 12 persons for allegedly committing robberies, who posing as members of the Detective Branch (DB) of Police, in the capital's different areas including Dhanmondi and Mohammadpur. The arrestees are Md Manju (40), Saiful Islam (40), Md Russel...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
The battery-operated easy-bikes, nosimon, auto-rickshaws, etc, and Mahindra-type automobiles caused the highest number of road accidents in January, according to a report, published on Monday. These vehicles were involved in 163 accidents, causing 139 deaths and 336 injuries, representing 24.73...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-11 00:00:00
The director general (DG) of Directorate of National Consumers Rights Protection (DNCRP) on Monday said the organisation will intensify its market vigilance from February 21 to ensure that consumers get essentials at rational prices along with benefits of the tax,...
Mahmudur Rahman, editor of the Amar Desh, has been acquitted following an appeal against his seven-year sentence in a case over kidnapping and murder plot against Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, reports bdnews24.com .Dhaka's Fourth...
GAZIPUR, Feb 10 (UNB): Former Awami League MP from Sirajganj-6 (Shahjadpur) constituency Chayan Islam has been arrested from a residence of his relative in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur.Chayan's wife and an associate were also detained from the house and taken...
Dhaka court has placed ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina's former private investment adviser Salman F Rahman, ex-law minister Aniusl Haq and two others on a 4-day remand each in a murder case, reports UNB.Judge of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate GM Farhan Ishtiaq...
MANIKGANJ, Feb 10 (UNB): Election Commissioner Mohammad Anwarul Islam has said the Election Commission (EC) is working towards holding the national election by December.Speaking to reporters after inspecting the voter registration process at Nali Krishna Chandra High School in Shibaloy...
BNP has announced a series of rallies across 64 districts from 12 February to 25 February, demanding effective measures to keep the prices of essential commodities at a tolerable level, quick announcement of an electoral roadmap, and improving the worsening...
BEIJING, Feb 10 (AFP): China last year saw a one-fifth decline in marriages, the latest sign of persistent demographic challenges as Beijing works to encourage births despite an uncertain economic outlook for young families.The country saw 6.1 million couples register...
BAGHDAD, Feb 10 (AFP): Iraq's president has sued Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani over unpaid salaries for civil servants in the autonomous region of Kurdistan, bringing into focus a rift in the country's leadership.President Abdul Latif Rashid, a Kurd, filed...
DAMASCUS, Feb 10 (BBC): The Sudanese military has called for diplomatic support for a new government that it says it wants to form after it recaptures the capital, Khartoum, from rival forces.The Sudanese army has been regaining control of areas...
PARIS, Feb 10 (AFP): Nearly all nations missed a UN deadline Monday to submit new targets for slashing carbon emissions, including major economies under pressure to show leadership following the US retreat on climate change.Just 10 of nearly 200 countries...
WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (AP): President Donald Trump said he is serious about wanting Canada to become the 51st state in an interview that aired Sunday during the Super Bowl preshow."Yeah it is," Trump told Fox News Channel's Bret Baier when...
NEW YORK, Feb 10 (Reuters/AFP): US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is committed to buying and owning Gaza, but could allow sections of the war-ravaged land to be rebuilt by other states in the Middle East."I'm committed to...
Gold prices jumped more than 1 per cent on Monday to hit a record high, as safe-haven demand surged on fears of a global trade war after US President Donald Trump announced new tariff plans, reports Reuters.Spot gold was up...
LONDON, Feb 10 (Reuters): Oil prices rebounded on Monday despite lingering fears over a potential global trade war after US President Donald Trump's latest tariff plans, this time targeting steel and aluminium.Brent crude futures were up $1.05, or 1.4 per...
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