Prof Dr Mohammed Farashuddin, chief adviser and founder vice chancellor of East West University, speaking at an orientation programme for the new students on the university's Aftabnagar campus on Thursday. — Press Release
TAHMID SHAKIB | 2024-10-19 00:00:00
A humble teashop at Dhaka University's (DU) Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) has become a symbolic journey towards autonomy and reinvention for Priya Khan, the first transgender woman to helm a tea stall on the campus.Her stall is among the 11, which...
Terming Lalon Shah as an anti-discriminatory person, Fisheries and Livestock Ministry Adviser Farida Akhter has said Lalon Shah raised his voices against all sorts of discrimination 134 years back, reports BSS."This Bangalee philosopher and Baul saint (Lalon Shah) had spoken...
Experts and former civil servants have opined that reforming the recruitment, promotion, transfer and posting systems is crucial for bringing discipline and transparency to the administration, reports UNB.They have also emphasised the need for legal and structural changes in these...
A Dhaka court has placed additional superintendant of police (ASP) Md Jewel Rana of Diplomatic Security Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on a four-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of one Liza Akter during the anti-discrimination student...
A Dhaka court has sent Trinamool BNP Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury to jail in a case lodged over murder of Jubo Dal leader Shamim in 2023, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Afnan Somi passed the order on Friday, as police...
A Dhaka court has sent Sutrapur Thana Tanti League president Md Abu Sayeed to jail in a case lodged in connection with the murder of student Nadimul Hasan Elem during anti-discrimination student movement, report agencies.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Bebum Afnan Somi...
KHULNA, Oct 18 (UNB): A suspect in a theft case, Hridoy Sardar, was re-arrested within four hours after fleeing from the Khulna Metropolitan Magistrate's Court premises.Police apprehended him from the Katakhali area on Thursday afternoon while attempting to escape to...
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has detained a member of a fraud ring from Madaripur on charge of embezzling about Tk 1.5 lakh from the family members of the July-August movement martyr Sifat Ullah, reports UNB.The arrestee is Md Akash Bepari,...
NARSINGDI, Oct 18 (UNB): At least 14 people were injured in a clash between two groups of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists at the temporary office of BNP's Joint Secretary General Khairul Kabir Khokon, located at his residence in Narsingdi...
A Dhaka court has placed former officer in-charge (OC) of Gulshan Police Station Md Rafiqul Islam on a four-day remand in a case lodged over parking of five sand-laden trucks to block the entries to the road leading to the...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has urged the interim government to take pragmatic steps on a priority basis to control the rising prices of essential goods to ease the financial strain on the people, reports UNB.Addressing a discussion programme virtually...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has urged the interim government not to introduce proportional representation system in election as it will create complications. "This (proportional representation system in election) will create complication. Many countries...
LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct 18 (AFP) : Authorities in Pakistan's most populous province ordered all educational institutes shut for Friday, as students stage protests after reports of a college campus rape spread online.The closure, which encompasses playgroups to universities, will affect...
A Dhaka court on Friday placed six employees of Palli Bidyut Samity (PBS) on a three-day remand each in two separate sedition cases filed against them for their alleged role in destabilising the power sector, reports BSS.The PSB employees are...
Three dengue patients died while 411 others were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours as of Friday morning, reports BSS."During the period, 210 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city, while 201 were admitted...
SEOUL, Oct 18, (AFP) : North Korea has decided to send "large-scale troops" to support Russia in its war against Ukraine, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Friday, citing Seoul's spy agency."The National Intelligence Service said it has learned that...
A man stands near the rubble of a building levelled by an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Abbassiyeh on Firday, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. — AFP
NEW DELHI, Oct 18 (AFP): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend this month's BRICS summit in Russia, New Delhi said Friday, weeks after his friendly hug with President Vladimir Putin drew condemnation from Ukraine.Modi's government has longstanding ties with...
The council of advisers led by Dr Muhammad Yunus is likely to induct some new faces this month to speed up administrative activities, according to official sources at the Secretariat, reports UNB.Moreover, the distribution of ministries and departments may see...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-10-19 00:00:00
The government has asked the central bank to set a 'roadmap' towards recovering around Tk8.74 billion of its climate fund, including principal amount and interest, stuck in crisis-ridden private bank Padma Bank, sources said.To this effect, the finance ministry issued...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-10-19 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 18: The cost of Matarbari Deep-sea Port at Moheshkhali, Cox's Bazar, has been revised up by 37 per cent or Tk 65.73 billion.The project cost has now stood at Tk 243.81 billion after the first revision that saw...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-10-19 00:00:00
The trend in credit-card transactions in all categories in Bangladesh showed a noticeable decline in August 2024, as economic activity across the country was in a downward trajectory.The Bangladesh Bank (BB) data revealed that domestic transactions within Bangladesh witnessed a...
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has resumed his duties after undergoing a minor skin procedure at Dhaka's Combined Military Hospital."The chief adviser underwent a minor procedure to remove a skin lesion at the Combined Military Hospital on Thursday. He returned to...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-19 00:00:00
Prices of nutrition-rich commodity egg and another essential item, green chilli, declined last week, thanks to multiple initiatives taken by the interim government.On the other hand, the price of Sonali chicken variety increased notably during the period. Vegetable prices also...
Another trough of low pressure is forming over the Bay of Bengal after the recent dissipation of a depression, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.The weather system is likely to intensify into a cyclone, the BMD warned on Friday, reports...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-19 00:00:00
Some 41.7 million people in Bangladesh live in extreme poverty with 6.5 per cent of them in critical condition, says a latest UN agency report that also paints grim pictures for two regions. In South Asia, 272 million poor people...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-10-19 00:00:00
A Tk 15.55-billion project has been taken for the recovery and beautification of the virtually dead river Ichamoti in Pabna under "high-quarter influence" during the past government, insiders said.The state-owned Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) would demolish 22 bridges on...
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