- Thursday, 30 April 2026 |
- Today's FE |
- e-Paper |
- Beta Website
Top mobile telephony firm GrameenPhone has the highest call drop rate and call set up time among the country's telecom operators, according to an official survey. The call drop rate...
IDLC Finance's total loan book increased by 17.39 per cent and now stands at BDT 83.9 billion in 2018. NPLs reduced to 2.20 per cent from 2.77 per cent in...
Two workers were burnt to death at a ship-breaking yard at Shitolpur in Sitakunda upzaila of Chattogram on Monday night. The deceased were identified as Md Jalil, 26, son of...
A coalition of 16 US states led by California sued President Donald Trump and top members of his administration on Monday to block his decision to declare a national emergency...
Japanese carmaker Honda is set to announce the closure of its only British car plant in 2022 with the loss of 3,500 jobs, a lawmaker told Reuters news agency, in...
Battery industry leaders demanded a special industrial zone for battery manufacturing and recycling in order to promote a parallel market for local entrepreneurs. Battery manufacturers and exporters' association leaders made...
A move has been taken to connect the city's two metro rails in a bid to build a circular route by joining missing links from both sides of mass rapid...
Mongolia has temporarily suspended operations of all KFC restaurants in the country to conduct an inquiry, as 42 people were hospitalised and hundreds showed food poisoning symptoms after eating at...
A new round of talks between the United States and China to resolve their trade war will take place in Washington on Tuesday, with follow-up sessions at a higher level...
Bangladesh economy is likely to grow at a rate of 7.2 per cent during the ongoing and the next fiscal years (FY), according to projections of the Standard Chartered (StanChart)....
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Nahyan on Monday assured Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that his country will give due...
Officials of Dhaka West Zone have detected evasion of Value Added Tax (VAT) worth Tk 17.2 million by two companies after conducting audit. The VAT teams discovered the evasion after...
The energy ministry has set deadline until June 2019 for Titas Gas and until February for other gas marketing and distribution companies to remove illegal piped natural gas connections across...
Bodies of 33 premature babies were found in a dustbin of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barisal on Monday night, sending shock waves across the city. Conservancy workers of Barisal...
The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) is mulling the introduction of pensions for private sector employees. This will be a novelty for the country and a significant step. The field of...
Notwithstanding the recent campaigns by law enforcers to bring discipline to the country's roads and highways, little improvement in the scenario could be noticed. To speak pithily, there have been...
The pharmaceutical sector faces a redefining and reinventing moment. Protected by the Drug Control Ordinance, 1982 which banned the sale of imported pharmaceutical products and aided by an intellectual rights...
Kylian Mbappe displayed his match-winning abilities once again Sunday, scoring off balance with a superb volley as Paris Saint-Germain beat Saint-Etienne 1-0 to move 12 points clear at the top...
The international food and medical aid awaiting entry into Venezuela from neighbouring Colombia, Brazil and Curacao is at the crux of the struggle for power between President Nicolás Maduro and...
Often wealth creation capacity of a country is linked to the density of engineering graduates. Invariably, most of the developing countries have far less engineering graduates than their advanced counterparts....
The government is taking several innovative steps for improving the lives of citizen, and simultaneously increasing the efficiency, transparency and accountability of the delivered services. The initiatives include scaling up...
Bangladesh's pathetic placement in the 2018 Global Connectedness Index (GCI: 140th out of 169), portrays one of the key reasons why it is struggling to find its place in the...
The Kishoreganj Economic Zone (KEZ), a concern of Nitol Niloy Group, has obtained final licence from Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA). BEZA Executive Chairman Paban Chowdhury handed over the licence...
NAOGAON, Feb 18: Cultivation of potato on the dried-up riverbeds and char lands is gradually increasing in the district. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources, the poor...
PABNA, Feb 18: Poultry farming has been playing a vital role in poverty alleviation in the district for long. According to the district livestock office sources, over 3,000 small, medium...
Security is a fundamental human concern. The Munich Security Conference (MSC) has been, since 1963, the premium global forum for deliberating international security policy issues. Apparently the core purpose of...
Police recovered a grenade and bullets from a dustbin in the city's Paltan Box Culvert Road on Sunday midnight. They were discovered by a group of street children who contacted...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced that a Twenty20 cricket tournament comprising teams from the Dhaka Premier League will begin on Feb 25. The tournament will feature local cricketers...
The rate of conviction in graft cases lodged by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) witnessed a hike of 11.39 percentage points on January in 2019 compared to that in December 2018....
Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzak on Monday said the government will take necessary steps to keep rice production up with producing 2400,000 tonnes more rice in the past five...
Public subscription New Line Clothings opened on Monday which will raise a fund worth Tk 300 million from the capital market under the fixed price method. The initial public offering...
Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed on Monday said Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be used in the last three phases of the countrywide upazila elections. "The upcoming upazila elections...
Seven MPs resigned from the Labour Party on Monday in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's approach to Brexit and anti-Semitism. The MPs are Chuka Umunna, Luciana Berger, Chris Leslie, Angela Smith,...
The International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh (ICCB) has described the trade war between the United States and China as a major concern for global economy. "The tariff fight between the two...
The High Court (HC) has scrapped a writ petition challenging the legality of the swearing-in of the 290 MPs of the 11th parliament. The bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif...
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said an estimated 574,000 people in Cox's Bazar Rohingya will face the coming cyclone seasons with only rotting bamboo and...
President Md Abdul Hamid on Monday urged the media to play a responsible role by following journalistic codes and prioritising national interests. "Media, democracy and development are complimentary to each...
Four journalists were allegedly attacked by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists during a factional clash of the ruling party's student front at MC College in Sylhet on Monday. The journalists said...
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Monday ordered the International Internet Gateway (IIG) to block access to 55 more porn sites. Emdadul Haque, general secretary of Internet Service Providers'...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has defended the central bank’s approval of three more private banks even though economists and bankers have long been opposing the move. “The central bank...
Prince William and Prince Harry are to split their household within the next few weeks in a shock move. The division is believed to have been brought forward amid the...
Stocks plummeted on Monday, after remaining positive in the past three sessions as risk-averse investors went on selling binge. Market analysts said cautious investors sold amid disappointing earnings declaration of...
Members of E-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (E-CAB) on Monday welcomed the Digital Commerce Gazzette-2019 terming it a 'milestone' for advancement towards digitisation of country's business sectors and demanded extension of...
Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed four memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to promote relations between the two countries in the areas of investment, business and power sector....
A four-member UNFPA team led by Rondi Anderson and Jennifer R Stevens, International Midwifery Specialists called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman on Monday. Other members...
The government has decided about restricting the use of the design and photo of the under-construction Padma Bridge in advertisements without prior permission from the authorities concerned. The decision came...
Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) realised Tk 2.9 million in fines from traffic offenders on Sunday. A total of 5,661 cases were also filed against different modes...
BRAC Bank Limited has recently signed an Employee Banking Agreement with Shahriar Steel Mills Ltd (SSRM). Under the agreement, the employees of SSRM will enjoy exclusive benefits of Employee Banking...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 53 from the city in a regular anti-narcotics drive for selling and consuming illegal drugs. Different police stations under DMP conducted the drive and...
Mom-preneur, a specialised programme to empower mothers and help them become entrepreneurs, is going to start from March 10, 2019 at the Daffodil University premises. Daffodil International University (DIU) and...
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
