NEW DELHI, Feb 27 (AFP): The EU's top team arrived in India on an "unprecedented" visit Thursday, aiming to broaden commercial and diplomatic ties and hedge against souring relations with the United States.EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and her...
GENEVA, Feb 27 (Reuters): The UN Human Rights Chief accused Israel on Wednesday of showing an unprecedented disregard for human rights in its military actions in Gaza and said Hamas had violated international law."Nothing justifies the appalling manner in which...
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (AFP): Oscar-winning US actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa have been found dead inside their home in New Mexico, media outlets reported on Thursday.Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said the couple was found dead...
TEXAS, Feb 27 (Reuters): A child in West Texas has died of measles, state health officials said on Wednesday, the first reported US death from the highly contagious disease in a decade, as a Texas outbreak has grown from a...
JERUSALEM, Feb 27 (BBC): Israel has completed forensic tests confirming the identities of four dead Israeli hostages whose bodies were handed over by Hamas in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners.On Wednesday night, without a ceremony, Hamas passed four...
The security situation in the nation's capital, Dhaka, as well as in other regions, has worsened recently. It has become almost a daily occurrence for criminals to swoop on moving vehicles to loot their valuables. Ordinary people are, therefore, constantly...
Falgun is a uniquely Bengali festival, heralding the arrival of spring. At the same time, Valentine's Day has become widely celebrated in contemporary times. The blending of these two occasions is giving rise to a new cultural phenomenon, where Bengali...
Shiabur Rahman | 2025-02-28 00:00:00
The task force on economic strategy redesign has suggested relocating the capital from Dhaka as the city of over 20 million residents has become unliveable on all counts. The task force report has explained the reasons behind its recommendation, which...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-02-28 00:00:00
The country's educational institutions from primary to college level are set to go for a long vacation on the occasion of Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr, the Independence Day, summer vacation and observance of a few other religious events. All government and private...
The healthcare sector of the country is increasingly plagued by unethical practices, making regulatory intervention a formidable challenge. Among these concerns, the growing nexus between pharmaceutical companies and practising physicians has become particularly alarming. While drug promotion through medical representatives...
Serajul I. Bhuiyan | 2025-02-28 00:00:00
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world," Nelson Mandela once said, underlining the redemptive power of education in reshaping societies and advancing human progress. In Bangladesh, the growing demand for higher education, coupled...
Selim Ahmad | 2025-02-28 00:00:00
Journalist Amin Al Rasheed, an expert in Bangladeshi politics and parliamentary systems, presents his research-based book, titled Bangladesher Sangsadiyo Bitorko: Jatiyotabad, BAKSAL, Rastrodhormo o Onnanno (Parliamentary Debates of Bangladesh: Nationalism, BAKSAL, State Religion, and Others), at the Amar Ekushey Book...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2025-02-27 12:00:00
For the generation which came of age in the 1960s, the times were interesting, indeed riveting. It is a thought which has been re-emphasised by the American historian Doris Kearns Goodwin in her work, ‘An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal...
Savar, Feb 26 (UNB): A trader has been hacked to death allegedly by members of a teen gang over reported drug peddling in Ashulia, police said Thursday.The deceased Momin Islam, 32, was a resident of Dakshin Bypile area under Ashulia...
Gazipur, Feb 26 (UNB): A 22-year-old was killed in a mob attack suspecting him to be a thief in Tongi area of Gazipur on Tuesday night, said police.The identity of the youth could not be known yet. Police said locals...
Bangladesh Bank has announced a new schedule for inter-bank cheque settlement for clearing house transactions during Ramadan, reports UNB.Banks and non-bank financial institutions will maintain new office time during the holy month of RamadanOn Wednesday, the Payment Systems Department (PSD)...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-27 00:00:00
Mohammad Abdur Rouf has been promoted to secretary of the Bridge Division under the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges. He was additional secretary of the division.Mr Rouf will also be executive director of Bangladesh Bridge Authority as ex officio.He...
WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (AP): A federal judge on Tuesday gave the Trump administration less than two days to release billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid, saying the administration had given no sign of complying with his nearly two-week-old court...
The government has renamed the Bangabandhu Bridge as Jamuna Bridge and the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel as Karnaphuli Tunnel, reports UNB.The Bridges Division of Bangladesh Road Transport and Bridges Ministry issued a notification in this regard on Wednesday.The Jamuna...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-27 00:00:00
Speakers at a seminar highlighted the rapid expansion of the global gaming industry, now valued at $200 billion-surpassing both the music and film industries combined-and its potential to establish a strong foothold in Bangladesh.As one of the fastest-growing economies in...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-02-27 00:00:00
The debt-ridden Beximco Group has sought government assistance to sustain operations through cash credit (CC) of Tk 1.0 billion per month, rather than shutting down the factories under its textile division by settling the Tk 5.5-6.0 billion outstanding employee payments....
FE REPORT | 2025-02-27 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Competition Commission (BCC) fined Peoples Poultry and Hatchery Limited Tk 7.2 million for colluding to artificially increase egg prices as well as manipulate supply in violation of the Competition Act, 2012.The BCC launched an investigation in 2022 based...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-27 00:00:00
Home loans from Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) now get costlier as the government approves a proposal raising interest rates for its various credit schemes, officials say.Amid rise in the cost of fund and overhead costs, the corporation in...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-27 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on Wednesday conducted the public hearing on the proposed gas tariff hike amid protests by the stakeholders, including the Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) that boycotted the event.As the BERC continued the meeting at...
The city witnesses acute traffic jams in different parts of the capital on Wednesday, causing immense sufferings to commuters. The photo was taken in Tejgaon area. — FE Photo
Mahfuj Alam has been appointed adviser to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, reports UNB.The Cabinet Division issued a notification in this regard on Wednesday.Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus appointed him the Information Adviser a day after Nahid Islam stepped...
A breakaway group from the Anti-discrimination Student Movement floats a new student organisation in Bangladesh's post-uprising political landscape, amid tensions and scuffles between rival factions.Organisers of the organisation, styled Bangladesh Gonotantrik Chhatra Sangsad or Bangladesh Democratic Students Union, say they...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-27 00:00:00
The test run of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) in Pabna is likely soon as its dry run is currently well underway, according to the Russian energy giant ROSATOM.ROSATOM director general Alexey Likhachev says they remain committed to facilitating...
FE REPRT | 2025-02-27 00:00:00
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres pledges to work with all the stakeholders towards a political solution to the crisis in Myanmar, including creating conditions conducive to safe and voluntary return of the Rohingya to Rakhine.The UN chief executive's intent is...
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