The Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, has announced the discovery of a fixed deposit receipt, or FDR, account valued at approximately Tk 352.1 million in the name of the Centre for Research and Information, or CRI, the Awami League's research wing,...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-02-05 00:00:00
Closing ranks long after their separation through Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan, the two countries are set to form a high-powered Joint Working Group (JWG) for expanding bilateral trade and cooperation.Sources say the Pakistan government has already sent a draft memorandum...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-05 00:00:00
A Dhaka court has ordered the freezing of 52 bank accounts owned by former chairman of EXIM Bank Nazrul Islam Mazumder and his family members.The Judge of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court in Dhaka, Md Zakir Hossain, passed the...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-05 00:00:00
Only 2.5 per cent of jewellery businesses in Bangladesh have installed electronic devices for VAT collection while 20 per cent have VAT registration.The dismal data has been revealed at a meeting between jewellers and the National Board of Revenue (NBR).Dr...
YASIR WARDAD | 2025-02-05 00:00:00
A sudden and sharp increase in cold-storage rent for potatoes has triggered widespread discontent among farmers, who are calling the hike "unreasonable" and a potential disaster for their livelihoods. The rent has surged from Tk 4.0 to Tk 8.0 a...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-02-05 00:00:00
The government has cut natural gas allocation for Intraco Refueling Station to one-fifth as the company failed to supply the committed volume of compressed natural gas (CNG) from Bhola.As a result, the company will be able to compress up to...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-05 00:00:00
Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has sought three more months to rein in high inflationary pressure that has brought significant sufferings for the people. "It may take two to three more months for inflation to go down since the government...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office.Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country during late night to early morning. Night temperature may rise...
Fire broke out at Tekpara slums in the capital's Mirpur-14 area in the early hours of Tuesday. No causalities were reported so far due to fire, reports BSS.The fire broke out at 1.15am, but the fire services managed to bring...
Arabi Islam Suba, after reported missing while crossing a street in Dhaka was located in Naogaon, reports bdnews24.com.The 11-year-old girl went there "willingly" with a teenage boy, according to police.Suba is now with the family of the boy, SM Jakaria,...
Twenty-seven more new dengue cases were reported in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning, bringing the total number of cases to 1,227 this year, reports UNB.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), seven of the new cases...
FE Report | 2025-02-05 00:00:00
The government on Tuesday imposed a travel ban on former project director of Karnaphuli tunnel Harun-or Rashid Chowdhury and his wife.It also froze the bank accounts of former planning minister MA Manna and his family members, officials said.The measures came...
A Dhaka court has framed charges against suspended assistant commissioner (AC) Tapashee Tabassum Urmi in a case filed for making derogatory remarks about Abu Sayed and other martyrs of the July uprising, report agencies.The formal trail in the case started...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-05 00:00:00
Denmark and Bangladesh have further strengthened cooperation to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Bangladesh by working towards a prudent use of antibiotics in livestock production.In this connection, a government-to-government cooperation deal was signed between the two countries on Sunday, according...
The home ministry has allowed followers of Maulana Saad Kandhalvi to hold the second phase of Biswa Ijtema on the Turag River in Tongi on condition that the group will not organise Ijtema or conduct Tablighi activities there from next...
The heads of the reform commissions, formed after the July-August uprising, met Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in the capital on Tuesday. — PID
FE REPORT | 2025-02-05 00:00:00
Some 621 road accidents killed 608 persons and injured over 1,100 in January across the country. Of them, 264 were killed in 271 motorcycle crashes, nearly 43 per cent of the total mishaps. In addition, four waterways accidents killed six...
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) has announced the 'March for Justice' programme, reports BSS.JCD President Rakibul Islam Rakib and General Secretary Nasir Uddin Nasir announced the programme on Tuesday.In a press release, JCD said this programme has been announced to demand...
A Dhaka court has imposed travel ban on former LGRD minister and Awami League lawmaker from Faridpur-3 Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain over graft allegations, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order on Tuesday, allowing a...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested former Sirajganj-3 MP Md Abdul Aziz in the capital's Kalabagan, reports bdnews24.com.In a message, the elite force's legal and media wing confirmed his arrest in an attempt-to-murder case filed with Sirajganj's Tarash Police...
The High Court (HC) has rejected the bail petition of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, spokesperson for Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagran Jote and former ISKCON leader, in a sedition case, report agencies.The court also issued a rule asking the government to...
SYLHET, Feb 4 (UNB): Enam Ahmed Chowdhury, former Chairman of the Privatisation Commission, has passed away at the age of 87. Chowdhury breathed his last at his residence in the capita's Banani on Monday. After he had suffered a cardiac...
NOAKHALI, Feb 4 (BSS): Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has said struggle should be launched to bring back the nation's dignity by building a humane Bangladesh for the people."Struggle should be launched to regain our dignity . . ....
The Election Commission (EC) has extended the voter list updating deadline until April 27 for those whose data could not be collected or was dropped from the latest updating process, reports UNB."More importantly, the process to be a voter through...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary GeneralRuhul Kabir Rizvi has strongly protested the rise in the price of a 12-kg LPG cylinder, describing it as a completely 'illogical and anti-people' decision, reports UNB.He came up the remarks while speaking to reporters after...
Spotify logs first annual profit | 2025-02-05 00:00:00
STOCKHOLM, Feb 4 (AFP): Music streaming giant Spotify reported its first annual profit on Tuesday, with the number of active users growing more than expected in the fourth quarter to reach 675 million.The company reported a net profit of 1.1...
LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters Breakingviews): Markets are still pinning their hopes on the art of the deal. Stocks may have fallen on Monday as investors digested US President Donald Trump's decision to whack tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, yet...
BRUSSELS, Feb 4 (Reuters): Investors with 6.6 trillion euros in assets under management have urged the European Union not to weaken its sustainability rules, as Brussels draws up plans to cut red tape around green finance.The European Commission will publish...
Delta Hospital Limited observed the World Cancer Day with a special rally and discussion aimed at raising public awareness about cancer prevention. Prof Dr. Kazi Monzur Kader, Head of the Oncology Department, Adviser Prof Dr. Syed Mokarram Ali, Managing Director...
Clothing brand MICLO opened its 13th showroom at Bashundhara City in Dhaka on January 31. Popular singer-actor Tahsan Khan and actress Salha Khanam Nadia inaugurated the showroom. Inspired by Japanese lifestyle, MICLO aims to provide high-quality and desirable garments within...
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