- Thursday, 28 November 2024 |
- Today's FE |
- e-Paper |
- Beta Website
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered to begin direct talks with North Korea without pre-conditions, backing away from a key US demand that Pyongyang must first accept that giving...
Three people including a woman died in a road accident on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi on Wednesday. 20 others were injured in the accident occurred at Matikata...
Farmers in Bangladesh grow about 10 million tonnes of potato every year. The amount produced well surpasses the domestic demand, while the surplus are exported to 20 countries. But to...
Direct green finance makes up only 5.88 per cent of the green finance of the banks and financial institutions (FIs) in the country, according to the latest review report of...
President Md Abdul Hamid has said the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital drastically reduced the credibility of USA as an honest mediator in Arab-Israeli peace process. The President made...
Turkey appealed on Wednesday for the world to recognise East Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state, as it opened an Islamic summit called in response to a US...
Charlie Chaplin's family have written an open letter to ask for London's Cinema Museum to be saved. The museum, housed in the former Lambeth workhouse where Chaplin once lived, could...
Poor and marginal farmers are very happy with bitter gourd cultivation due to its bumper yield and fair price in Natore district this season. Some 600 hectares of land have...
The High Court on Wednesday asked owner of the Niramoy Private Clinic and fake physician Razan Das of Patuakhali to pay the victim Tk 0.90 million as compensation. The fake...
Thousands of people have been suffering extremely in the absence of a concrete bridge over Shimulkandi canal at Mathurapur union under Dhunot upazila of Bogra district for the last few...
Ecological hearth is reducing risk of alarming environment pollution in the district. The hearth is made of cement and iron rod with assistance of foreign policy. It is playing a...
The High Court on Wednesday ruled that no educational institution can charge additional fees from the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) candidates to allow them to...
A court in southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has sentenced six people to death for killing a man from Dalit community in an incident of "honor killing", officials said...
Some four to five voting centres are likely to be set up in some countries to enable Bangladeshi expatriates for casting their votes in the next general election. The Finance...
What kind of scenario can be expected for Bangladesh if one takes a long-term perspective like the middle of this century? How likely is it that the scenario presented at...
The Trump administration’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was the “greatest crime” and a flagrant violation of international law, said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on...
Outgoing ILO country director Srinivas B Reddy has said that many countries are now trying to replicate the Bangladesh model of workplace safety. He made the remarks while talking to...
The Rohingya crisis reflects intention of the Myanmar government to forcibly oust the Muslims from Rakhine State. The brutal attack on unarmed civilians and placing of landmines along its border...
Sustainable Development Goal-8 affirms that increasing labour productivity, reducing the unemployment rate and improving access to financial services and benefits are essential components of sustained and inclusive economic growth. It...
Jobs in information technology (IT) are meant to be automating tasks in all other sectors causing job loss in those sectors. With the increasing penetration of IT in every sector...
The 19th ‘Laptop Fair’ kicks off on Thursday. The three-day long fair will be held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Dhaka. Science and Technology Minister Yafes Osman...
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are attending a summit in Paris on Wednesday aimed at accelerating efforts to set up a West African force to battle Islamist militants,...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against a former official of the Bangladesh High Commission in Canada. Case against the official in question Maksud Khan was filed on...
A alleged robber was killed in a gunfight with police in Tejgaon area of the capital early Tuesday. The deceased was Abdullah, 31, son of Shamsul, hailing from Araiura village...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading Wednesday amid slow movement as investors remained followed cautious stance. Following the...
Japan’s Nikkei share average edged lower on Wednesday after tech stocks lost ground as they tracked their weaker US counterparts, offsetting gains in the financial space. The Nikkei 225 Index...
The S&P 500 and the Dow industrials registered record closing highs on Tuesday with a boost from bank stocks as investors eyed a potential cut in US corporate taxes and...
Five people have been killed and nine others taken to hospital with burn wounds after a fierce fire broke out at residential house in Beijing’s Chaoyang District in China early...
Virtual currency bitcoin hit another all-time peak on Tuesday, two days after the launch of the first ever bitcoin futures on a US exchange and ahead of the start of...
San Francisco native London Breed has become the city's acting mayor following the sudden death of Mayor Ed Lee on Tuesday. She is the first African-American woman to lead the...
CONTRARY to all expectations at the beginning of the tournament, the Rangpur Riders lifted the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) title, thanks to a scintillating performance of Chris Gayle. He hit...
Alliance Capital presents Blueprints 3.0, a business competition, kicked off with the registration on November 15, 2017. In an attempt to create more eligible finance professionals, NSU Finance Club, a...
With rapid increase of Internet penetration over the past five years, the total number of active Internet users has reached about 80 million, according to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)....
East West University Economics Club (EWUEC) has successfully organised its first ever inter university 'Mock-Stock' competition in Bangladesh named 'StockOx - Let the Battle Begin'. The motto of this competition...
The grand finale of EconProdigy 3.0, a round titled 'Policy Dialogue' was held on the December 10 at the North South University campus. After the highly competitive rounds, Team Icons...
The frustration of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman over performance of his officials in investigation and interrogation in graft cases calls for urgent attention. The Supreme Court and the High...
The government will construct a multipurpose terminal with Indian Line of Credit (LoC) aiming to start commercial operation of Payra port by 2022, officials said Monday. The Indian government from...
Bangladesh is losing 2.7 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) each year due to environmental degradation mostly in urban areas, according to the preliminary findings of a recent...
NATORE, Dec 13: Poor and marginal farmers of the district are happy with bitter-gourd production. They are also delighted with the fair price this season. Some 600 hectares of land...
The anti-graft watchdog Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) recently expressed dissatisfaction over the absence of any gold policy in the country and its consequences. The TIB echoed what common people already...
Ask anyone with a basic knowledge of Africa which country is more poised for success - Zimbabwe or Kenya - and he or she will undoubtedly answer "Kenya." Events of...
Turkey has formally launched construction of its first ever nuclear power plant recently. Turkish Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK) issued limited construction permit (LCP) to construct the plant, Akkuyu nuclear power...
There is no visible initiative to repair 50 bridges and culverts, damaged by flood last year, in Kurigram district. The affected people have to construct bamboo bridges through voluntary services...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said China businessmen can enjoy a win-win partnership with Bangladeshi ones through investing in Bangladesh. The Prime Minister made the remarks while speaking at the...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department of Finance of Dhaka University (DU) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) was signed on Wednesday. The signing ceremony...
The district administration has suspended the annual examinations of 119 schools in Munshiganj Sadar upazila on Wednesday over the allegation of question paper leak of Class II, III and IV....
The Central Bank of Iceland (CBI) has kept its key deposit rate unchanged at 4.25 per cent after a meeting on Wednesday. The central bank officials said that they expected...
Rohingya repatriation policies will fail without accountability and public safety measures to address the fears and distrust among communities in Rakhine. UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman told the...
Democrat Doug Jones won a bitter fight for a U.S. Senate seat in deeply conservative Alabama on Tuesday, dealing a political blow to President Donald Trump in a race marked...
Janata Bank Limited (JBL) has organised a branch managers’ conference of Faridpur Division at Gopalgonj Circuit House, recently. Md Abdus Salam Azad, chief executive officer, & managing director of the...
© 2024 - All Rights with The Financial Express
