Finance News: Latest Financial News, Finance News today in Bangladesh

July Revolution graffiti on metro rail pillars inaugurated

The graffiti highlighting the country's 'July Revolution' painted on the pillars of metro rail from Agargaon to Karwan Bazar was officially inaugurated on Friday.Local Government Rural Development & Cooperatives Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain inaugurated the artwork at a ceremony held bellow the Agargaon Metro Rail Station in the capital.DNCC...

Protesters continue sit-in at Shahbagh, causing gridlock

A group of protesters continued their blockade at Shahbagh intersection in the capital on Friday for the second consecutive day, bringing traffic in the area and its surroundings to a standstill.The demonstrators, under the banner of the 'Families of July Martyrs and July Warriors platform' - demanding implementation of the...

DB nabs Apu after Riyad in extortion case

Detective Branch (DB) police on Friday nabbed Jane Alam Apu, joint convener of BAGCHAS, in a case filed over demanding extortion from an ex-MP.Deputy Police Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Muhammad Talebur Rahman said that Apu was arrested from the capital's Wari area on Friday.Apu...

138 dengue patients hospitalised, one die of Covid-19 in 24 hours

A total of 138 people were hospitalised in the past 24 hours after being infected with Aedes mosquito-borne dengue disease, taking the total caseload of hospitalisations to 21,118 this year, according to the health authorities. Of the total, 27 patients were admitted in the two city corporations of Dhaka, and...

DU's infrastructural landscape to undergo major changes

A comprehensive infrastructural development project for Dhaka University with an estimated budget of Tk 28.40 billion (Tk 2,840.39 crore) has been approved by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC). The project which got the ECNEC go-ahead on July 27 aims to transform the overall landscape of the...

Govt rebuilding Hindu houses in Rangpur

RANGPUR, Aug 1 (UNB): The local administration has started renovating the dwelling houses and other structures damaged in an attack by a mob over an alleged derogatory remark on Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Gangachara upazila of Ranpur on Saturday.Police, however, submitted an initial report to a court on Wednesday stating...

Two drown while filming video in Gazipur

Two people have drowned after a boat capsized, as they were filming a video on a mobile phone at Shapla Beel in Gazipur's Kapasia upazila, reports bdnews24.com.The incident occurred around 8:00 am on Friday in the wetland near Panchua village, according to Md Sabed Ali Khan, leader of the Fire...

Jhenaidah Journalists Forum, Dhaka elects new leadership

Jhenaidah Journalists Forum (JJF), Dhaka has elected its new leadership for a two-year term from August 1, 2025, to July 31, 2027.The election was held on Friday at the JJF's annual general meeting at the National Press Club, according to a press release.Mehadi Hassan Palash, assistant editor at the Daily...

IUB alum Abrar gets Marie Curie Doctoral Fellowship

Abrar Jawad Haque, a graduate of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), has been awarded the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Fellowship under the European Union's Horizon Europe research programme, according to a press release.He is scheduled to begin the three-year PhD programme in September 2025...

Battery-driven rickshaws illegally plying the main road at Matuail

Battery-driven rickshaws illegally plying the main road at Matuail in the capital on Friday, defying the DMP-imposed ban. — FE Photo

Weather (2025-08-02)

Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Dhaka, Khulna, Chattogram and Barishal divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the country until 6:00 pm today (Saturday). Day and night temperature may...