BRAC Bank has announced the allocation of Tk 20 million from its Corporate Social Responsibility fund to support the treatment of students and other individuals wounded during the recent movement. The bank's Independent Directors also pledged to contribute with the...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2024-08-15 00:00:00
Some 60 per cent of the listed securities traded on Tuesday on the Dhaka bourse declined. But the market closed the day's session with a sharp rise, supported by fundamentally-strong stocks. These stocks played a key role in driving up...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Rangpur divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office. It...
Law-enforcers have recovered 309 arms looted in recent times from police stations, police lines, police outposts and other places, until Wednesday, reports UNB.Police headquarters shared this information in a message.Moreover, a total of 6,258 rounds of bullets, 318 tear gas...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-15 00:00:00
The chairman of Bangl desh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), Md Mohiuddin Ahmed, resigned on Wednesday from his position.In a resignation letter sent to the Bangladesh Government's Posts and Telecommunications Division, the BTRC chief cited illness as the reason behind his...
Malaysian Prime Minister (PM) Anwar Ibrahim has assured Bangladesh interim government Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus his country stands ready to support the interim government in rebuilding and restoring peace and security in the country, reports UNB."Prof Yunus has long-standing...
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 14 (UNB): A Chattogram court has fixed August 18 for the bail hearing of former superintendent of police Babul Akter, one of the main accused in the sensational Mahamuda Khanam Mitu murder case in Chattogram.Chattogram Additional Metropolitan Sessions...
Shafiqul Alam, Bangladesh bureau chief of international news agency AFP, has been appointed as the press secretary to the Chief Advisor of the interim government, according to a gazette notification on Wednesday, reports BSS.In line with the order of the...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-15 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will work with Professor Muhammad Yunus-led interim government to support Bangladesh's development, a spokesperson of the lender said at a statement on Wednesday."ADB is fully committed to our long-standing partnership with Bangladesh, supporting its sustainable...
The parents and relatives of people killed during the protest violence in July and August have demanded that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina be brought back to Bangladesh and tried as the 'mastermind' responsible for the deaths, reports bdnews24.com.The call...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-15 00:00:00
Broadly three types of crime characterised the last fifteen years of the Awami League regime, according to civil society members, who called for legal and constitutional reforms to prevent such violations from recurring.While elaborating on the crimes committed by the...
The French Embassy in Dhaka has trashed the social media claim that former state minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad A Arafat is hiding in the French Embassy, terming it a complete lie, reports UNB."The rumour propagated on social media...
Law Adviser of the interim government, Prof Asif Nazrul on Wednesday said that all cases filed during the student movement across the country would be withdrawn within August 31, report UNB.He said this while briefing reporters at the Secretariat in...
BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia turns 80 today (Thursday), reports UNB.The BNP chief is now undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital. The party will arrange a milad and doa mahfil at its offices across the...
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has said the Awami League (AL) government should have engaged with the student protesters from the very beginning and spoken out against the quotas much earlier, reports UNB.The former ICT...
British High Commiss-ioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke has met with Adviser for Foreign Affairs Md Touhid Hossain and reiterated her government's support for the interim government led by its Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, reports UNB."The interim government has the...
Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul Haq Nur, the former DUCSU vice president, has demanded that the Awami League (AL) and its student and youth affiliates the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and the Jubo League be banned, reports bdnews24.com.He also called...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the Awami League (AL) government has fallen due to its misrule and corruption, report agencies."Bangladesh became independent after the sacrifice of Abu Sayeed and others who were killed in recent quota...
Nabiha Tahsin, a 10th grader at Motijheel Ideal School & College, volunteers to manage traffic in Arambagh area on Wednesday. Many students who had been helping with traffic control since 6 August returned to school as classes resumed, leaving scouts...
People from various religious groups, Anti-discrimination Student Movement coordinators, and political parties jointly held a "Sampriti Samabesh" in Dhaka's Shahbagh on Wednesday.The gathering, held in memory of martyr Fayyaz, began with the national anthem, followed by a minute of silence....
FE REPORT | 2024-08-15 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) restarts train services of all types today (Thursday) through operating intercity trains.The operation of all commuter, mail and local trains has gone on well over the past three days.Official sources said all 325 trains but four...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-08-15 00:00:00
The metro rail operation, announced to resume Saturday next week by the new interim government at its first advisory council meeting, is now unlikely to restart as striking employees continued their work stoppage until Wednesday, sources said."It is now certain...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-15 00:00:00
Newly-appointed chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Md Abdur Rahman has pledged to ensure smooth access to taxpayers in a bid to increase country's tax-GDP ratio.Md Abdur Rahman Khan, who was Financial Institutions Division Secretary of the Ministry...
ARAFAT ARA | 2024-08-15 00:00:00
Bangladeshi expatriates are now upbeat about sending remittance back home through the formal channel as they rest reassured that the country is on track after the formation of an interim government.Migrants abroad raised voices against the Sheikh Hasina government's oppression...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-08-15 00:00:00
Summit LNG Terminal is unlikely to resume operations this summer due to fresh damage to the seabed pipeline structure, sources said.A Singapore-based service provider, hired by Summit, identified damage to the disconnectable turret mooring (DTM) plug in the subsea landing...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-15 00:00:00
Dhaka Wednesday conveyed to Delhi that deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina's statements emanating from India are not conducive to fostering better bilateral relations, and also raised some irritants in the ties. Foreign Adviser of the interim government in Bangladesh Towhid...
Pupils under the banner 'Students against Discrimination' stage a sit-in at Shabagh before marching to Dhanmondi on Wednesday. The protest commemorates fellow students killed nationwide during the anti-quota movement. — FE Photo
Three people have been beaten to death in two separate incidents in Dhaka's Jatrabari and Wari, reports bdnews24.com.The dead have been identified as Saidul Islam Yasin, 19, Saeed Arafat Sharif, 20, and Alamin Bhuiyan, 42.They were pronounced dead after being...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-15 00:00:00
Newly appointed Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur on Wednesday said the central bank will give utmost priority to containing inflationary pressure and bringing stability in the forex market."The high rate of inflation and the crisis in the...
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