- Monday, 20 April 2026 |
- Today's FE |
- e-Paper |
- Beta Website
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, says an ancient Chinese proverb. Cyclists and believers have a more refreshing take as they believe that the journey...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday said cooperation within South Asian countries is very important for this region to develop including Bangladesh. “South-south cooperation is very important. And Bangladesh is...
Blueprints for 3D-printed guns, published online four days early amid last-minute attempts to ban them, have been downloaded thousands of times. The designs were not due to be made public...
Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide US$360 million as loans to Bangladesh Railway (BR). The Manila-based lender confirmed the loan Tuesday in Dhaka through signing a deal with Bangladesh. Economic...
The Prime Minister’s Office has asked law enforcers to arrest underage and unlicensed drivers in Dhaka. The directives were given at a meeting at PMO on Tuesday amid student protests...
North Korea appears to be building new ballistic missiles despite recent warming ties with the Trump administration and pledges to denuclearise, BBC says citing reports. Unnamed US officials on Tuesday...
After widespread criticism for his conspicuous smirk reaction, Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan, on Tuesday, expressed his regret over the Sunday's road crash that had killed two students. The minister said...
Britain's Andy Murray beat Mackenzie McDonald 3-6 6-4 7-5 in the Washington Open's first round in his fourth match following hip surgery in January. Murray, 31, converted his seventh match...
Fire fighters are making progress in battling a deadly wildfire in Northern California but the fire that's levelled hundreds of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee the area...
The High Court has ordered the authorities concerned to submit a list of women workers who have worked abroad and encountered physical and sexual violence there. A High Court division...
A Jubo League activist was hacked to death by the opponents at Akua Nazirbari area in Mymensingh on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Sheikh Azad, a member of...
A three-day regional event, organised by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), kicked off in the city on Tuesday to further enhance project design and implementation capacity of ADB-funded projects’ executing...
Owners of transport companies have stopped their buses services in Dhaka following street protests launched by students in the wake of the deaths of two college students in a road...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Fazle Kabir ruled out any possibility of change in quality or quantity of gold preserved with the central bank's vault. "It's quite impossible to adulterate the...
Average yield rates of the long-term treasury bonds (T-bonds) increase modestly in the past fiscal year. Latest statistics released by the central bank showed that weighted average yield rate of...
Bangladesh must halt the industrialisation of the Sundarbans Reserved Forest, the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world, says UN expert John H Knox on Tuesday. Stretching along the Bay...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the country's first communication satellite, Bangabandhu-1, will open up new opportunities for new generation. She also expressed her firm conviction that the satellite would...
A Netflix Inc executive promised on Sunday a “fitting end” to the streaming service’s acclaimed political drama “House of Cards” but did not divulge how the series wrote out scandal-tainted...
Stocks back to the green on Tuesday, snapping a five-day losing streak, as investors showed on buying spree on sector-wise stocks. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange...
Three people were kelled in a small plane crash in rural Maine , the northeasternmost US state, after the aircraft departed for Prince Edward Island in Canada, polce said. The...
A six-year-old girl who was hit and killed by car had been heading for prayers at a mosque with her father, police have said. The girl, Jannatul Bakya, was hit...
Country’s merchandise export to Turkey dropped by 16.36 per cent in the past fiscal year (2017-18), according to the data furnished by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB). It showed that...
Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army General Aziz Ahmed left Dhaka on Tuesday for India on a six-day visit, his first foreign tour after assuming office. The visit of...
Gareth Bale can "help fill the void" left by Cristiano Ronaldo's departure from Real Madrid, says the Spanish side's new coach Julen Lopetegui. Wales forward Bale had been linked with...
At least eight people died and one was injured after being electrocuted at Kadai village of Sirajganj sadar upazila. The deceased have been identified as Abdullah, 13, a class VII...
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his main opponent, Nelson Chamisa, both said on Tuesday they were confident of victory in an election the previous day which observers deemed too early...
Scientists from Israeli have developed a method to reduce side effects of drugs, as published Sunday by the Weizmann Institute of Science located in central Israel. The new method is...
Vivid memories and emotions about things affect people’s perceptions of when they took place, a Chinese university study finds. In the research, the researchers considered another determinant -- the likelihood...
Bikroy.com, the largest marketplace of Bangladesh has become the top of mind website for maximum people among all the buying-selling websites of Bangladesh, according to 'Online Brand Health: Market Research...
IPDC Finance Limited MD & CEO Mominul Islam and MD of Omega Exim Limited Md. Masrur Alam recently signed an agreement to establish the 1st ever digital supply chain finance...
Hohenstein Institute, a leading accredited German certification provider, has formally launched two laboratories in Dhaka and Chittagong to offer a wide range of chemical and textile technology testing and...
The central bank of Bangladesh on Tuesday unveiled a growth-supportive and restrained monetary policy for the first-half (H1) of the current fiscal year (FY) to cope with challenges ahead of...
A US Bangla Airlines employee and a passenger was held at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) along with 32 gold bars on Tuesday. Customs preventive team at the HSIA detained-...
A three-day laptop fair will begin on Thursday in the capital aiming to help meet the country's growing demand for the portable computing device. The expo, to be held at...
Onion prices have been increasing in the city market for last few days, adding to woes of the consumers already hit hard by the price hike in essentials. Traders have...
A European Union (EU) team will visit the country in November mainly to scrutinise whether the country's exportable produce, especially fish, match their required standards, officials said. The EU-FVO (Food...
A couple who tricked their teenage daughter into travelling to Bangladesh in an attempt to force her to marry her first cousin have been jailed. The husband and wife, who...
Most of the Southeast Asian stock markets inched higher on Tuesday as global investors were awaiting cues from the Bank of Japan and the US Federal Reserve. The Indonesian stock...
BNP on Tuesday turned down the election results of Barishal and Rajshahi city corporations and demanded re-election to the two cities. The party will stage demonstrations in all the towns...
A gauge of businesses sentiment over economic situations for South Korea fell to the lowest in 17 months on worry about the global trade conflict. The business sentiment index (BSI)...
Agitated and aggrieved students have taken to the streets for the third consecutive day on Tuesday to protest the deaths of their two fellows. “Students started protesting at 10:00am in...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended time for the High Court until October 31 to dispose of an appeal filed by BNP chief Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust...
The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved an assistance package totalling more than $357 million for a project to develop two power lines in support of Bangladesh’s...
North Korea appears to be building new ballistic missiles despite recent warming ties with the Trump administration, media reports say. Unnamed US officials told the Washington Post that spy satellites...
The board of directors of National Life Insurance Company Limited has recommended 20 per cent cash and 15 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on 31 December 2017....
An explosion inside a van killed at least 10 people at a military checkpoint in the restive southern Philippines on Tuesday, in what officials said may have been a bombing...
Oil prices fell on Tuesday, with Brent futures set for their biggest monthly loss in two years, on oversupply concerns after a report showed OPEC’s output in July rose to...
A female student was beaten up allegedly by the headmaster and an assistant teacher of a school in the municipal area on Monday afternoon for not paying coaching fees. The...
Indonesia has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to attend the opening ceremony of the Asian Games in Jakarta in August following a similar invitation to South Korean President...
Two minor cousins drowned in a pond in Sonaimuri village of Hajiganj upazila under Chandpur region on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Sinthia Akhter, 6, daughter of Md...
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
