Students of Dania College stage a protest by blocking Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in front of the campus on Thursday, demanding punishment of those responsible for the murder of their fellow student, Minhazul Islam Minhaz. — FE Photo
Top US businessman Gentry Beach on Thursday said his company has already acquired multiple assets in Bangladesh and wants to invest more in the country's energy, finance and a number of other sectors, reports UNB.Beach, who is the CEO and...
Chittagong Kings raised the hopes to finish at top two positions in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) point table after thrashing Sylhet Strikers by 96 runs at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Thursday, reports BSS.Fast bowlers Shoriful Islam and Khaled Ahmed...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-31 00:00:00
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced to establish a new independent university to oversee the seven major government colleges in Dhaka. The Commission also proposed the new university to be named 'July 36 University'.UGC Chairman Prof SMA Faiz and...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-01-31 00:00:00
The central bank has constituted a five-member committee to select industries and business entities, which were badly affected by reasons beyond their control, before providing policy support for their revival.The committee will design the nature of support to borrowers with...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-31 00:00:00
The interim government must complete some important reforms, especially in the constitutional bodies, before holding the next general election, speakers told a roundtable on Thursday.However, it would not be appropriate to take a long time for reforms, which are an...
YASIR WARDAD | 2025-01-31 00:00:00
Prices of perishable products like potato and vegetable, primarily marketed by the peasantry, have dropped to their lowest levels since 2013-14, providing much-needed relief to consumers.However, this relief has been upset by continued volatility in edible oil and rice markets,...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-31 00:00:00
The taskforce on re-strategising the economy and mobilising resources for equitable and sustainable development has put forward a set of proposals in its report submitted on Thursday, covering areas such as institutional reforms, urban transport initiatives, the manufacturing sector, exports,...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-31 00:00:00
A disquieting regional disparity in wealth distribution poses a challenge to poverty-reduction recipe as Bangladesh's poverty map shows a yawning gap between higher and lower hunger rates in districts.It depicts stark gaps in economic advances across the country, with the...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-31 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the time for submission of tax returns by both individuals and corporate taxpayers until February 16, 2025 and March 15, 2025 respectively.The deadline for individual taxpayers was scheduled to expire on January...
Holy Shab-e-Barat will be observed on the night of February 14 as the Shaban moon was not sighted in the country on Thursday, reports UNB.As the moon was not sighted, the holy month of Shaban will begin on February 1...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-31 00:00:00
A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered confiscation of immoveable property worth Tk 3.68 billion owned by S Alam Group Chairman Mohammed Saiful Alam and his family members. Judge of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court in Dhaka Md Zakir Hossain...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury are set to travel to the United States to attend a special breakfast hosted by US President Donald Trump.According to sources, both...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-31 00:00:00
Country's maiden green-data centre will be established near the port city of Chattogram to encourage foreign investment and provide cheaper services. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Bangladeshi government have partnered to set up the data centre, according to...
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (AFP): A US passenger plane carrying 64 people crashed into Washington's chilly Potomac River on Wednesday after colliding mid-air with a military helicopter near Reagan National Airport, prompting a major emergency response and the grounding of all...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2025-01-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh's overall imports increased slightly in the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year ahead of the upcoming Ramadan, with officials saying the removal of letter of credit (LC) restrictions by the central bank has played a role in...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-31 00:00:00
An overwhelming support the interim government enjoyed in the immediate aftermath of Hasina's downfall has begun to wane and pressure to deliver concrete results mounts, International Crisis Group (ICG), an international agency, says and urges EU support for the Bangladesh...
Light rain/drizzle is likely to occur at one or two places over Mymensingh, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Met Office.Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-31 00:00:00
The US Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security (IPS) Programme representatives have conducted a country assessment with the Bangladesh Department of Shipping (DoS) last week, said a spokesman of the US Embassy on Thursday.To establish a comprehensive approach to maritime...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-31 00:00:00
Justice Shahed Nuruddin, a judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court (SC), resigned on Thursday, while allegations against him were under investigation in the Supreme Judicial Council.He submitted his resignation letter to the President through Chief Justice...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-31 00:00:00
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested three suspects of a mugging incident in which they attempted to snatch Tk 450,000 from a cattle trader at Rampura in the capital.The arrestees are: Ismail Hossain alias Ismail Sardar (37),...
Chief Adviser (CA) Dr Muhammad Yunus will inaugurate the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 tomorrow (February 1), reports UNB.Commemorating the memory of the martyrs of the Language Movement, the traditional festivity of Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 is all...
MEHERPUR, Jan 30 (UNB): A Meherpur court has placed Farhad Hossain, former public administration minister, on a two-day remand.Meherpur Senior Judicial Magistrate Sharmin Nahar passed the order on Thursday after police produced Farhad, also president of Meherpur district unit of...
A Dhaka court has indicted expelled Jubo League (JL) leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat and his associate Enamul Haque Arman in a case filed with Ramna police station under the Narcotics Control Act, report agencies.Judge of Dhaka 7th Additional Metropolitan...
A Dhaka court has issued a travel ban on Jahangir Alam, a former personal secretary of ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina who is charged with owning assets beyond his legal sources of income, and his wife, report agencies.Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has met Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson, Chargé d'Affaires at the US Embassy in the capital, and discussed the country's latest political situation and the upcoming election, reports UNB.The meeting, which lasted for about...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has set April 6 for submitting probe report in genocide case filed over crimes committed in the Jatrabari area during the student-led July-August mass uprising, reports BSS.The three-member tribunal led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza...
BOGURA, Jan 30 (BSS): President of Nagorik Oikya Mahmudur Rahman Manna has said the countrymen want a fair election after minimum reforms.He said this while addressing a conference of the activists of Nagorik Oikya of Bogura district unit at Satmatha...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said that the people of the country are eagerly waiting for his party to come to power through a free and fair national election."We are waiting for a free, fair and...
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