- Saturday, 18 April 2026 |
- Today's FE |
- e-Paper |
- Beta Website
The government is considering lowering service charge for sending money through postal department significantly, a finance division official said. The state entity charges senders more than privately-run mobile money transfer...
US stocks climbed on Friday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hitting their highest levels in two weeks, as strong US jobs growth blunted the impact of an escalating...
Mexico’s next government will press ahead with president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s plan to cut the value added tax (VAT) rate in a strip along the US border, probably to...
Launching of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) in the country is facing uncertainty due to a new wrangle between the telecom regulator and mobile operators. MNP, which will allow mobile users...
World powers and Iran appeared to make no concrete breakthrough on Friday in talks to provide Tehran with an economic package to compensate for US sanctions that begin taking effect...
The bidding for discovering the cut-off price of Esquire Knit Composite's IPO shares by eligible investors is set to begin Monday (July 9). The bidding of the company's shares will...
At least 45 people are missing as torrential rains that have killed 11 people pounded western and central Japan, public broadcaster NHK said on Saturday, with more than 1.6 million...
Stocks extended losses for the fourth straight week that ended on Thursday despite the investors showed buying appetite in the last two sessions. The week featured four trading sessions as...
Belgium struck early and then held off a late Brazil fightback to send the five-times champions tumbling out of the World Cup at the quarter-final stage with a 2-1 victory...
Bangladesh has the potential to grab a share of the fruits market in China, but lack of proper certification and policy supports remains a major challenge for exporters, according to...
The 'flat registration loan' of Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) has signally failed to attract borrowers. The BHBFC is yet to receive a single application since the introduction of...
The prices of fine varieties of rice remained high on Friday in the city's kitchen markets. The minicate variety of rice was sold between Tk 62 and Tk 65 a...
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has sought special allocation of funds amounting to Tk 414.87 million in a project for providing security to its Japanese consultants. However, adequate safety...
India has proposed enhancement of value addition criteria for 22 more products under the proposed BIMSTEC-FTA (free trade area agreement), officials said. Now the member countries of the regional trade...
The number of Bangladeshi workers going abroad with jobs dropped by about 25 per cent in the first half (H1) of the current calendar year (2018) compared to that in...
Nicknamed the gateway of north-east India, Siliguri (why not Shiliguri?) has a unique geographic and topographic position. Geographically, it is not exactly at the foothill of the Himalayas and yet...
I am, with both of my lower limbs sickly since retirement in 2003, a plain-living simple man now living almost isolated in a suburban area of Cumilla city. My domain...
Agriculture plays an important role in the economic development of Bangladesh, and farmers have pursued a traditional system in agriculture for quite a long time or since time immemorial, so...
The role of the financial market in the economy of a country is immense. It is better, if all the sectors in this financial market contribute to development of the...
As early as the crisis period during the Second World War, Sir Winston Churchill had been frank in saying that democracy has its evils but is the best in the...
The latest figures revealed by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) show that average life expectancy in Bangladesh has increased by four months during 2017 compared to the previous year. The...
Driven by populism, myopic self-interest and nationalism in the USA and Europe, the world is on the verge of a trade war. This is evident from the issuance of repeated...
France reached the World Cup semi-finals with a deserved win over Uruguay in Nizhny Novgorod. Raphael Varane glanced home Antoine Griezmann's free-kick to put Didier Deschamps' side ahead. And Griezmann...
A minor boy was killed after he fell from a bridge and drowned in the canal in Jagannatpur village under Debidwar upazila in Cumilla on Friday. The deceased was identified...
A regulatory authority is a public authority responsible for exercising autonomous power over any particular sector(s) to formulate policy and implement those to keep the sector(s) performing with a desired...
Former Fox News executive Bill Shine is officially joining the White House, says a report on ABC News. Shine, the former co-president of President Donald Trump's preferred television channel, will...
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during his visit to Bangladesh on July 1-3 reaffirmed the responsibility of the international community "to do more" for the survival of the...
The government is now contemplating free trade agreement (FTA) with China. A team of officials recently visited China for consultation in this regard. It is said that Bangladesh also wants...
Immigration police detained five Rohingya people at Darshana Joynagar check post in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Friday morning. The law enforcers also seized fake Bangladesh passports from their possessions,...
During the past few months the banking system suffered from a shortage of funds. This was manifest through a slowdown of deposit growth. Deposit growth had been 12-13 per cent...
World number 44 Gael Monfils defeated 11th seed Sam Querrey on Friday to book a place in the fourth round of Wimbledon. The Frenchman came back from a set down...
The Awami League will celebrate 'Mujib Year' across the country from March 2020 to March 2021 marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Prime...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has recently framed a uniform policy for appointment and promotion of teachers in public universities. Minimum prescribed qualification (MPQ) has been fixed for the post...
Asian oil refiners are racing to secure crude supplies in anticipation of an escalating trade war between the United States and China, and as Washington plans tough sanctions against Iran...
A total of 206 farmers near Rooppur plant area in Pabna got Tk 80 million. Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif on Friday distributed cheques among the affected farmers of Rooppur...
Edinson Cavani is likely to miss Uruguay and France World Cup semi-final clash on Friday. The Paris Saint-Germain striker has scored three of Uruguay's seven goals at this World Cup,...
Netflix has launched its first original Indian series, part of the subscription giant's bid to woo consumers in the world's second most populous country. Sacred Games sees Bollywood stars Saif...
The quarterfinal matches of the FIFA World Cup 2018 will begin on Friday with a double-header. The first match will be played between France and Uruguay on 8.00pm (Bangladesh time)...
Germany's ruling coalition has agreed on a faster procedure for screening migrants at the border, dropping the idea of creating new holding centres. The deal concerns irregular migrants already registered...
Bangladesh High Commission in London has recently celebrated Bangladesh's eligibility to graduate to a developing country from the group of least developed country in Baden-Powell House in Central London. Chair,...
A court in Islamabad sentenced Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in prison in a corruption case on Friday. Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz was sentenced to seven...
Three tourists went missing in the Bay of Bengal while bathing in Banshbaria sea beach under Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram on Friday afternoon. The victims are Saiful, 27, Alauddin, 25,...
The flood situation has worsened in Kurigram and Nilphamari districts as water level of the Brahmaputra, Teesta, Dharla and Dudhkumar rivers swelled on Friday due to onrush of water from...
A two-day workshop on ‘Digital and Physical Security for Journalists’ ended making recommendations that journalists should practice safety and security to protect themselves from digital threats. Bangladesh NGO Network for...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met North Korean officials in Pyongyang on Friday for a more detailed commitment to denuclearisation. Pompeo met Kim Yong Chol, who played a key...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken a move to collect income tax information of private sector employees every year. The revenue collecting authority plans to plug the loopholes...
A bullet-riddled body of an unidentified young man was found at Shankarpur in Jashore district town early Friday. Tipped off that two gangs of criminals locked into a gunfight in...
Doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara and six of his followers were executed Friday for their roles in a deadly 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subways and other crimes, closing...
A former Thai navy diver has died while taking part in efforts to rescue 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand. Petty Officer Saman...
Rajshahi University (RU), the second largest public university in the country, on Friday celebrated its 65th founding anniversary in a befitting manner. The day’s programmes began with rendering national anthem...
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
