- Wednesday, 27 November 2024 |
- Today's FE |
- e-Paper |
- Beta Website
A faulty recruitment plan mainly focused on deputations for metro-rail projects is likely to hinder the ongoing process of developing three mass rapid-transit (MRT) lines in the city, sources said....
President Donald Trump has suspended the import of elephant hunting trophies, only a day after a ban was relaxed by his administration. Imports of trophies from elephants legally hunted in...
A 15.5-kilometre regional highway is going to be widened at a cost of Tk 2.26 billion which some insiders even consider inflated. It will require Tk 145.8 million for widening...
All of a sudden, it seems, everybody wants to own a US media company. In the last few weeks, several of the world’s biggest telecommunications and media companies have started...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has joined the rally to celebrate the recognition of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's historic March 7 speech by UNESCO. A citizen committee has organised the rally...
Global banks raised concerns on Friday over a provision in the US Senate tax bill aimed at cracking down on tax avoidance by multinational corporations that they said could hurt...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged arms trader along with a pistol and bullets from Shahapur Munshipara village in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district on early Saturday. ...
Stocks extended the winning streak for the third week in a row as enthusiastic investors keep their appetite for large-cap issues amid optimism. Market-insiders said the positive momentum in large-cap...
An international investigation into who is to blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria will end on Friday after Russia blocked for the third time in a month attempts at...
Princes William and Harry have cameo roles as stormtroopers in the next Star Wars film, actor John Boyega has said. The royals visited the set of The Last Jedi in April 2016...
The International Monetary Fund on Friday said the Rohingya refugee crisis may dampen investment in Myanmar as the country faces international pressure over its treatment of the Muslim minority. However,...
The Election Commission, or EC, is prepared to take tough action against any irregularity, harassment and financial corruption involved in national identification services. The National Identity Registration Wing has issued...
Five people have been killed in Kenya's capital Nairobi as police broke up crowds of opposition supporters. At least two of the victims were shot dead, reports said, while others...
For decades, Australia's oldest human remains - an Aboriginal man who died about 42,000 years ago - have been stored at a university in Canberra. But on Friday, the skeleton...
Citi Bangladesh recently organised its annual event “Gaane Gaane Gunijon Shongbordhona” to celebrate the lifetime contributions of renowned artiste Ferdous Wahid. At the event, eminent musical composer, Alauddin Ali and...
A suspected drug peddler was killed when took a 'gunfight' took place between the members of Detective Branch of police and drug peddler in Khejurbagh area here early Saturday. A...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) regional director for Asia and the Pacific Boris Michel is scheduled to arrive in Bangladesh on Sunday to visit Rohingya refugee camps...
The Hollywood star Christian Bale has loaded on the pounds for a new role and cut off his thick hair for a fresh crop at the age of 43. He...
Bangladesh is set to play a tri-nation T20 series against India and Sri Lanka in March 2018 to mark Sri Lanka's 70 years of independence. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced...
The growing popularity of WeChat is a result of continuous research and development behind making the app not only user-friendly but useful as well. According to public reports, it has...
The skyrocketing of onion prices has stopped, but the near-indispensable cooking ingredient in Bangladeshi households is still selling at double the price it was in the same period last year....
The 36-year-old tennis star Serena Williams has finally tied the knot with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. The ceremony took place at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans with a...
Language Institute of the Prime University has organised a story telling competition in its conference hall recently. Prof Dr M Abdus Sobhan inaugurated the competition as the chief guest, says...
Telecom operator Robi Axiata Limited is going to bring iPhone X, the future of smartphone, starting on December 7. Interested customers can order iPhone X online in advance starting from...
Police found the throat-slit body of a man at Krishnabati village in Monirumpur upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased was Akbar Ali, 55, a day labourer and son of Abu...
Police have detained six people, including a local Awami League leader, on charges of vandalising idols at a Hindu temple at Atrai Upazila in Naogaon. The six are Mirat union...
A judicial probe has found evidence of the involvement of 29 people, including Bangladesh Chhatra League activists, in the arson of several dormitories at Sylhet MC College. The investigation committee...
Varieties of early winter vegetables have bring smiles on farmer's faces in Rajshahi, which started appearing in both retail and wholesale markets for the last couple of days. Farmers in...
Businessman Aniruddha Kumar Roy, who was abducted on August 27 from Gulshan in Dhaka, has returned home on Friday. Roy's wife Shashwati Roy said confirmed his return to Gulshan home....
Customs officials arrested two persons along with three gold bars and 148 cartons of foreign cigarette from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital. "We arrestee one Abdul Alim Bhuiyan...
Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission(ACC)Iqbal Mahmood has said the agency will prepare itself to educate the country’s younger generation about the bad effects of corruption, while continuing its usual punitive...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the people of Bangladesh to remain united so that the defeated forces of Pakistan cannot come to power ever. “All the people of Bangladesh...
Bangladesh is set to sign a US$260 million agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Sunday (tomorrow) for infrastructural investments, especially for public-private partnership (PPP) projects as well as...
Myanmar Union Minister for Information Dr Pe Myint on Saturday said his country is willing to cooperate with Bangladesh and emphasised on maintaining good relations between the neighbours. "It's necessary...it's...
Launching a website has become very easy and affordable today. This has led to a rapid rise in Bangladeshi news portals. However, many of these news portals are unverified. These...
China has expressed willingness to facilitate talks between Bangladesh and Myanmar to help resolve the protracted Rohingya crisis. Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed his country's willingness on Saturday...
Names of at least nine Bangladeshis, five of them are of the same family, have surfaced in The Paradise Papers. The family members are BNP Vice Chairman Abdul Awal Mintoo,...
Manushi Chillar, an Indian medical student, has been crowned as the new Miss World 2017. She has won the title at a glittering event held at Sanya City Arena in...
Arsenal beat Tottenham Hotspurs 2-0 in North London derby at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez proved amid the uncertainty over their futures that they remain...
A Rangpur court on Saturday granted fresh four-day remand to Titu Chandra Roy, the alleged mastermind of Rangpur arson attack. Roy’s Facebook post allegedly triggered agitation as it hurt the...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the recognition of the historic 7th March speech by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as a world documentary heritage is a...
State Minister for ICT division Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Saturday said the present government will set up 28 ICT parks across the country. He was speaking as the chief guest...
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has left Saudi Arabia for France, a TV channel owned by his family says. Mr Hariri earlier denied claims he was being held hostage in...
Wall Street ended the week on a sour note on Friday, with major indexes slipping modestly as investors weighed the fate of the Republicans’ tax overhaul plan. Investors have been...
A project of Dhaka North City Corporation or DNCC to set up 11 U-loops at the key points of the street from Saatrasta to Uttara in Dhaka has hit a...
Golam Mostafa, MP of Gaibandha-1 constituency, was injured seriously in a road accident in Natiapara area on Dhaka-Tangail Highway in Delduar upazila on Saturday evening. Officer-in-charge of Mirzapur Police Station...
The seventh edition of Dhaka Lit Fest, an international literature festival, ended on Saturday. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith was present in the closing ceremony in the afternoon followed...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 12 Bangladeshi nationals, including five women and two children, from Sadipur bordering area at Benapole on Friday night while they were being trafficked...
A meeting of Awami League Parliamentary Party (ALPP)is scheduled to be held at the conference room of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Wednesday. The meeting will begin at 7:30 pm...
US Republicans are not expected to push major tax cuts through Congress this year, according to a majority of economists in a Reuters poll. The optimism about a tax overhaul...
© 2024 - All Rights with The Financial Express
