- Sunday, 12 April 2026 |
- Today's FE |
- e-Paper |
- Beta Website
At least 50 people are reported to have died amid heavy thunder and lightning that battered parts of northern India on Tuesday, officials said. High-speed winds and lighting strikes devastated...
Voting in three centres of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) election, in which voting was postponed for various irregularities, is underway peacefully again on Wednesday. The balloting started at 8 am...
US President Donald Trump accused Mexico of doing ‘nothing’ to stop illegal immigrants crossing into the United States, and repeated his election campaign pledge that Mexico would pay for his...
Like replica jerseys and flags of national teams featuring in the FIFA World Cup flying off the shelves, sales of television sets have soared as football fans upgrade to enjoy...
Nine more alleged drug traders were killed in reported gunfights with law-enforcers early Wednesday during the ongoing anti-narcotics crackdown across the country. Of them, three were killed in Dhaka city...
A prominent Russian journalist and critic of President Vladimir Putin was shot dead in Ukraine where he had fled into exile following threats, police said on Tuesday. Arkady Babchenko, 41,...
A leader of local unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was shot to death by some unidentified miscreants at Faraji Para in Sadar upazila of Kushtia early Wednesday. The deceased...
PPP Authority and Japan government will sit next week to craft the next action plan for proposed Japanese investment in Bangladesh, officials said. The officials will meet in Japan for...
More than 100 thousand (one lakh) consumers in the port city's Bakolia area have been suffering from a severe water supply shortage for a week now. The residents blamed the...
The latest statistics of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) shows that the country's Net Foreign Assets (NFA) registered a 3.51 per cent growth in March. The NFA used to expand at...
The government's decision to allow installation of 10 oil-fired power plants under 'fast-track' programme has failed to achieve the desired objectives. The Power Division under the Ministry of Power, Energy...
A college student was killed while two others injured as a truck rammed into a motorcycle on Chattogram-Khagrachhari highway at Farhadabad in Hathazari upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased has...
A universal pension system for the private sector is now under study at the ministry of finance (MoF), according to official sources. If introduced, a private individual will be entitled...
The government is likely to reduce the existing nine different rates of Value Added Tax (VAT) to six in the budget for fiscal year (FY) 2018-19. It may also revise...
Per capita income of Bangladesh may surpass the same of India within three years, according to an analysis of the Business Standard on India on Monday. "Per capita income (in...
Bangladesh open-arm policy towards receiving the fear-stricken Rohingyas from Myanmar meant it has played a fundamental part in providing refuge to a persecuted mass of people. By doing so, it...
Any Bangladeshi or someone who wishes Bangladesh well will find it heartening to learn that the country's apparel sector has lately achieved something really commendable. The country has moved well...
Millions, who would soon start departing for home on the occasion of Eid-ul-fitr, would have loved to put faith in the assurances of the roads and transport minister about supportive...
RANGPUR, May 29: With the Eid-ul-Fitr drawing nearer, the weavers of Benarashi Palli at Gangachhara upazila in Rangpur district have geared up the manufacturing of Benarashi Sarees. Presently, the weavers...
GOPALGANJ, May 29: Mango cultivation has raised a new hope among the growers of Muksudpur and Kasiani upazilas in the district. About 21,500 people of the two upazilas are...
Defending champions Dhaka Mariner Young's Club finished 2nd in the first phase of the 12-team Green Delta Insurance Metropolis Premier Division Hockey League, reports UNB. They beat their rivals Dhaka...
Libya's rival leaders are meeting in Paris to agree on a political roadmap including elections, in an effort to bring order to Libya's chaos, which is feeding Islamic militants, traffics...
Everyone likes a cuddly, chubby baby. Parents or to be more specific, mothers would want their children to grow up that way. No wonder that advertising of health drinks and...
Last year’s Hurricane Maria killed more than 4,600 people in Puerto Rico, 70 times the official toll, according to estimates in a Harvard University study. A third of deaths after...
Chaos in the public transport sector is growing day by day. Makeshift and uncoordinated moves to fix the problem are not going to pay, even partially. Frequent traffic congestion, reckless...
Stock market is considered as the secondary platform for trading shares, stocks and debentures of listed companies. Technically, stock market allows existing investors to liquidate their holdings and at the...
The government is implementing 20 fast-track Independent Power Producers’ (IPPs) projects having 2,935 megawatt (MW) electricity generation capacity. “With sincere and relentless efforts by the government, out of 20 IPPs,...
With the industries sector booming, there has naturally been greater inclination towards higher import of efficient machineries to be used in the factories. Almost all of these machines as well...
According to the latest report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in total, countries around the world spent $1739 billion on arms in 2017. Although there was a...
Scientists working with dolphins at a marine park near Paris have attempted to measure how the animals feel about aspects of their lives in captivity. In what researchers say is...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said driving on the wrong side of the roads is a disease. The Awami League general secretary admitted that most of the...
Bangladesh Armed Forces jointly hosted an iftar mahfil in honour of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Sena Malancha of Dhaka Cantonment on Tuesday. The Prime Minister went round different tables...
The government has included the cold storages in ‘Green Category’ under the Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act. The Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Department of Environment took the initiative...
After legalising abortion and same-sex marriage in recent times, Portuguese lawmakers will decide on Tuesday on another issue that has brought a confrontation between faith and politics in this predominantly...
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal Tuesday in Dhaka hinted that Bangladesh’s one-day national cricket team skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and the test and T20 captain Shakib Al Hasan could contest...
Jail authorities have started an investigation against those involved in drug dealing inside jails as anti-narcotics campaign is going on across the country. At least 70 people, including prison officials...
The government is going to import some 77,000 metric tonnes (578,420 barrels) of diesel from India through railway wagons to meet the domestic demand of petroleum for a period from...
One of North Korea's most senior officials is travelling to New York, as preparations for a planned summit gather pace. Former intelligence chief Gen Kim Yong-chol is the most senior...
President M Abdul Hamid on Monday asked Bangladesh peacekeepers to uphold country’s image in the UN peacekeeping mission through their bravery and heroic work showing utmost professionalism and expertise. “I...
Saiful Islam of United News of Bangladesh (UNB) and Yousuf Jamil of Priyo.com were elected president and general secretary of Youth Journalist Forum Bangladesh (YJFB) of Jahangirnagar University (JU) for...
Two police officers among three were killed in a shooting in the eastern Belgian city of Liège on Tuesday. The gunman took a female cleaner as hostage at a school...
The government on Tuesday approved installation of a high-voltage back-to-back sub-station at Cumilla for importing 500MW power from India’s Tripura. Presided over by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Executive...
Jamdani fair kicked off in the city on Tuesday at the National Museum aimed at reviving and expanding the dying sector. Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu inaugurated the 10-day exhibition...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference on Wednesday to brief journalists about the outcomes of her recent India visit. PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim on Tuesday said...
The Supreme Court has issued a stay order on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail granted by the High Court in two cases over violence in Cumilla. Chamber Judge Justice Hasan...
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said their party will not join the next polls if their chairperson Khaleda Zia is not released from jail. Fakhrul also demanded...
Bangladesh has been ranked 73 out of 100 countries in the global cyber security indicator measured by UK-based National Cyber Security Index (NCSI). The NCSI ranked the nations after measuring...
Uber’s India President Amit Jain has been promoted to head of the global ride-hailing firm’s Asia Pacific operations, which includes Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong and India, the company...
A high-ranking delegation team of the Yunnan University of Finance and Economics (YUFE), China has visited its partner university in Dhaka- Eastern University (EU). Prof Dr Engr Aminul Hoque, vice...
Stocks finished marginally lower for the second day in a row on Tuesday after volatile trading. After witnessing see-saw movement, DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE),...
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
