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Govt adopts local platform for climate finance training

Bangladesh's Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry of Water Resources have adopted a locally developed virtual meeting platform, Convay, for their national training programme on climate finance-marking a significant shift towards homegrown digital solutions. The programme, titled Introduction to Financial Analysis and Investment Instruments for Climate...

‘Hilly Fruit Fair 2025’

Enthusiastic visitors thronged stalls of the ‘Hilly Fruit Fair 2025’ at Bailey Road in the capital on Friday. The five-day fair ends today (Saturday). — FE Photo

Bus-truck collision leaves three dead, 10 injured in Pabna

Five people were killed in separate road accidents in two districts on Friday, reports UNB.In Pabna: three people were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on Dhaka-Pabna Highway in Santhia upazila of Pabna district, said police.Two of the deceased were identified...

Dispute between two brothers behind incident, video: RAB

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Friday said that dispute between two brothers was behind the heinous rape of a woman in Cumilla's Muradnagar upazila and circulation of the incident's video.RAB-11 Commanding Officer (CO) HM Sazzad Hossain disclosed the matter at a press briefing at the RAB media centre on Friday....

Govt Service (Second Amendment) Ordinance 2025 approved

The Council of Advisers on Thursday approved the draft of Government Service (Second Amendement) Ordinance, 2025, reports BSS.The decision was taken at a council meeting with Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus in the chair, a Cabinet Division press release said.The Govt Service (Second Amendment) Ordinance has been given final approval, subject...

204 dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

A total of 204 dengue positive patients were hospitalised across the country in the 24-hour period till Friday morning. As a result, the number of total dengue patients reached 11,660 this year.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) daily bulletin, of the latest cases, nearly half or 101...

Detectives nab three busting fraud gang in capital

The Detective Brach (DB) of police arrested three alleged members of a fraud gang on charge of swindling money out of high government officials and renowned persons in society impersonating top terrorists.They used to extort the money by issuing threats to the victims over phone.The arrestees were Md Abdul Mannan...

Job seekers, students block Shahbag

Government job seekers and students blocked Shahbag intersection in the capital and clashed with police on Friday, demanding reforms of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC).The protest march under the banner of Chhatra Samabesh began at 4:00 PM from in front of the Central Library of Dhaka University and moved...

Three held for raping mentally challenged girl

SYLHET, July 04 (UNB): Police have arrested three young men in Sylhet's Kanaighat upazila on charges of abducting and gang-raping a mentally challenged girl. A court sent the accused to jail on Friday.The arrested individuals are Shuvankar Das, 27, a microbus driver from Umagor village in Kanaighat's Sadar union; Babul...

64,864 pilgrims return after Hajj, 42 deaths reported

As many as 64,864 Bangladeshi pilgrims have returned home after performing Hajj this year, reports bdnews24.com.Meanwhile, 42 pilgrims have died during their stay in Saudi Arabia. Among them, 31 were men and 11 women.The Ministry of Religious Affairs provided the update in its latest bulletin.A total of 176 return flights...

Participants of a public lecture titled "Challenging the Bay of Bengal for Economic Opportunities" pose for a photo.

Participants of a public lecture titled "Challenging the Bay of Bengal for Economic Opportunities" pose for a photo. Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised the event in the capital recently. Among others, French Ambassador Marie Masdupuy, IUB Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof. M. Tamim, Ex-Secretary Rear Admiral Md Khurshed Alam (Retd), Bangladesh...

ISU Registrar Mohammad Faizullah Kawshik and GIIM

International Standard University (ISU) Registrar Mohammad Faizullah Kawshik and Global Institute for IT Management (GIIM), USA Founder and MD Prof. Dr. Jerry Luftman signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on behalf of their organisations on the ISU campus at Mohakhali in the capital on Thursday. ISU Faculty of Engineering and...

Weather (2025-07-05)

Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 AM today (Saturday). Day and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged. The highest temperature on Friday was recorded at 35.1 degrees Celsius in Mongla, while...

Fire guts over 50 shops in Madhabdi

NARSINGDI, July 04 (UNB): More than 50 shops, including 10 jewelry outlets, were gutted in a fire at Madhabdi Bazar in Narsingdi on Friday. The fire erupted from one of the shops at around 5:00 am and spread fast engulfing adjacent shops. Five firefighting units from Madhabdi, Narsingdi Sadar and...