- Saturday, 2 May 2026 |
- Today's FE |
- e-Paper |
- Beta Website
The authorities have started sending request for proposal (RFP) documents to five short-listed global port giants to submit offers for building the Laldia multipurpose terminal in Chattogram, officials said. The...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is expected to make available financial assistance with US$ 4.20 billion over a period of next three years for developing Bangladesh's infrastructure and alleviating poverty,...
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has dismissed his brother GM Quader as the party's co-chairman, citing his 'failures' after several attempts to install him as his heir. Ershad made the...
The government is planning to waive registration fees for companies having an authorised capital of Tk 1.0 million or less. The move is aimed at easing the process of forming...
The country's fast-growing economy may be disrupted in the medium to long run, due mainly to a rising sea, researchers warn. Bangladesh is one of the most exposed and vulnerable...
All the efforts to keep the footpaths off-limit to motorcycles have almost proved futile. That's why everyone now appears at a loss to address the fast growing public nonsense. The...
Politicians vie for popular votes, and more often than not, tend to confuse between access to and availability of food. Even economists sometimes mistakenly mean one for the other. Amartya...
The reported move by the ministry of commerce (MOC) to make businesses aware of the many trade deals Bangladesh has inked bilaterally as well as regionally and multilaterally should be...
Remember Zambia, one of the wealthiest countries of Sub-Saharan Africa until mid-1970s? The structural similarity between Bangladesh in the 21st century and Zambia in the mid-1970s concerns me a lot....
Is Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) a potential boon to economic policymakers, or, as Harvard's Kenneth Rogoff recently argued, a threat to "the entire global financial system" and the front line...
Remote sensing has been around for more than a century. In the 1960s, space borne satellite imaging platform unveiled a new dimension to the application of remote sensing that served...
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is preparing to roll out a landmark set of regulations that will cost carriers at least $15 billion per year. As per IMO fuel regulations...
An academic study group on Friday unveiled partial findings of its ongoing research on 1971 genocide, fearing the casualty figure of the Liberation War could exceed 3.0 million, once their...
North Korea pulled out of a liaison office on Friday with the South, in a major setback for Seoul, just hours after the United States (US) imposed the first new...
Dirty water kills thousands more children living in war zones than bombs or bullets, with children under 15 roughly three times more likely to die due to diarrhoeal diseases than...
Dhaka City witnessed yet again waves of student protests. This time, it is not school students who spearheaded the agitation but their elders mostly studying in universities. The protesting students...
There is a rise of diploma mills worldwide with fake degrees and transcripts easily available in the market. Compromised individuals can potentially corrupt the integrity of graduates thus making the...
It is really amazing to note a relatively young politician of New Zealand Prime Minister Mrs. Jacinda Arderin, who is hardly 16 months into power, has mesmerised the world leaders...
Jatiya Oikyafront will form a human chain in the city on March 30 to push for its various demands, including the annulment of gas-tariff hike proposal. Leaders and activists of...
Ireland will host West Indies and Bangladesh for an ODI tri-series in the first half of May, with a double round-robin phase followed by a final, reports ESPNcricinfo. The tri-series...
Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader is doing well after having a bypass surgery, doctors said Friday. “He’s out of danger and will be shifted to a cabin in three to...
The sixth day of National SME Products Fair 2019, a platform for showcasing SME products and enhancing the entrepreneur's networks, saw a huge turnout. The exhibitors are selling and showcasing...
New Zealanders of all religions donned headscarves on Friday in a symbol of unity as a mass funeral was held for dozens of victims of last week's mosque attacks, reports...
Nurul Haque Nur has said he will take charge on Saturday, capping all speculations about the inauguration of the newly elected leader of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU)....
Application deadline has been extended for "eGeneration presents Startup World Cup 2019, Bangladesh", organized by Fenox Venture Capital. After receiving requests from entrepreneurs, the deadline has been extended and applications...
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has confirmed that Lionel Messi will start for the Albiceleste for the first time since elimination from the 2018 World Cup. Messi last played for his...
Expedition operators are concerned at the number of climbers' bodies that are becoming exposed on Mount Everest as its glacier s melt. Nearly 300 mountaineers have died on the peak...
A Game of Thrones star has revealed she had to undergo brain surgery between two seasons of the hit series. Writing in The New Yorker, Emilia Clarke said she suffered...
A Bangladesh youth was shot dead by Indian nationals at Companiganj Upazila in Sylhet on Friday morning. The deceased, 19-year-old Md Babul Mia, was the son of Muslim Uddin of...
Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has taken an initiative to create 24,000 trained entrepreneurs in two years in line with one of the Prime Minister’s 10 initiatives – ‘Investment Development’,...
As New Zealand reeled from the worst act of terrorism ever perpetrated on its soil, the world media’s concern was noticeably drawn also towards Bangladesh. The BBC, for example, repeatedly...
British low-cost airline easyJet said on Friday it was ready to suspend the voting rights of a small number of shares to comply with rules that require 50 per cent...
China’s state planner on Friday approved a new airport project worth 650 million yuan ($97.0 million) in the western Xinjiang region. According to a Reuters report, the approval was announced...
Indian shares edged down on Friday as investors sold to benefit from recent gains, with losses in energy stocks outweighing gains in index heavyweights such as Larsen and Toubro. The...
Noted journalist M Anwarul Haque, also former president of Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) and one of the founding members of Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB), has passed away. He died...
The Bank of England (BOE), the central bank of the country, on Thursday held the bank interest rate unchanged at 0.75 per cent. The lender said in its March Monetary...
Belgium Captain Eden Hazard scored twice for his side to spare the blushes of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and secure a 3-1 victory over Russia in their Euro 2020 Group I...
At least two militants were killed and three troopers were wounded in a fierce gunfight between them in restive India-controlled Kashmir, police said on Friday. The gunfight broke out Thursday...
Six people, including a college student, have died and five others sustained injuries as a bus hit a human hauler, locally known as Mahendra, on Barishal-Banaripara road at Tetultala in...
Japan's development cooperation with Bangladesh has been transformed over the years to enhance connectivity in terms of physical, institutional development and people-to-people contact emphasising regional vitalisation, a Japanese professor has...
Former Brazilian President Michel Temer has been arrested in São Paulo as part of a massive corruption investigation. Mr Temer, a 78-year-old lawyer who was in office from 2016 to...
Rice-based economy can be an alternative to maintain the growth momentum of Bangladesh economy since the dominance of RMG sector is being shrinked due to cut-throat competition in the global...
Around 1350 metres of the much-hyped Padma Bridge is now visible with the installation of ninth span on the pillars no 34 and 35 on Friday. The 150-metre span, weighing...
Standard Bank Ltd and Prime Group of Industries have signed an agreement for specialized services of Retail Banking named “Employee Savings Account Services” recently at SBL Board Room, Head Office,...
US President Donald Trump says it is time to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights that Israel seized from Syria in 1967, marking a dramatic shift in US policy...
Asian markets were mostly lower on Friday as caution set in ahead of US-China trade talks in Beijing next week. The Shanghai Composite index gave up 0.8 per cent to...
With the high rate of population growth allied to increasing economic activity in Bangladesh's growing urban centres, the number of vehicles on the roads is also growing exponentially. The rise...
The Muslim call to prayer sounded out over Christchurch and around New Zealand on Friday, as thousands gathered to remember the 50 people killed by a lone gunman at two...
CHATTOGRAM: The Karnaphuli Tunnel Project — long cherished by the people of the port city — is expected to change Chattogram by linking the south and the north part of...
An explosion at a pesticide plant in eastern China has killed 47 people and injured more than 600, state media said on Friday, the latest casualties in a series of...
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
