Silver smashed through the $75 mark for the first time on Friday, with gold and platinum also rising to all-time highs, as bets on U.S. rate cuts and geopolitical jitters fueled investor demand, reports Reuters.Spot gold rose 0.6% to $4,505.30...
Mental illness has emerged as a rapidly growing, silent crisis worldwide. In our daily lives, constant busyness, intense competition, loneliness and the breakdown of relationships are placing people under increasing psychological pressure. Consequently, anxiety, stress, insomnia, depression, panic disorders and...
Kuakata, the renowned coastal tourist destination in Patuakhali, is facing a serious environmental crisis. The mangrove forests that once formed a natural green shield along its 18-kilometre coastline are rapidly disappearing, taking with them crucial "blue carbon" stores and weakening...
Syed Muhammed Showaib | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
After decades on the global list of the poorest economies, Bangladesh is now set to cross an important economic threshold as it prepares to graduate from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category in November, 2026. This status change follows the...
Trading is a powerful transactional tool among nations. There are historical evidences of countries continuing trading activities between them even when they are at war. During both the World Wars, for instance, Britain imported crucial chemical dyes from Germany. Even...
Haradhan Sarker | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
Commendably, Bangladesh bank is now well-aware of the causes of poor recovery of defaulted loans as well as delayed case disposal and trying to mitigate the crisis of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the banking sector. A number of steps have...
The 26th annual general meeting (AGM) of the Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies (BAPLC) -- the apex body of the companies listed on the Stock Exchanges -- was held recently at Renaissance Hotel, Gulshan, in the capital.Rupali Haque Chowdhury,...
Christmas Day, commemorating the birthday of Jesus Christ, was celebrated on Thursday with due religious fervour and festivity in the country, as well as elsewhere in the world, reports BSS.Special prayers were offered at churches, which were illuminated for the...
National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam on Thursday welcomed the return of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to Bangladesh, saying his homecoming would further consolidate Bangladesh's multiparty democratic practice. In a message posted on his verified Facebook account in the...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-26 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has opened a special helpdesk to facilitate submission of online income-tax returns on holidays by individuals intending to contest the upcoming national parliamentary elections.The initiative will allow prospective candidates to file their e-returns even...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-12-26 00:00:00
The metro-rail operator has narrowly averted a fresh strike after its board approved long-pending service rules last week, easing immediate tensions with agitating staff. However, officials and employees alike fear that delays in making the rules effective could once again...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-12-26 00:00:00
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is set to provide US$881 million to help modernise electricity distribution networks in four divisions, aiming to enhance the reliability and efficiency of power supply for nearly 18 million consumers under the Bangladesh Rural...
GULAM RABBANI | 2025-12-26 00:00:00
The proposed Commercial Courts Ordinance 2025 is expected to offer a new ray of hope for the speedy resolution of commercial disputes pending in different courts across the country. Under the ordinance, the required number of commercial courts will be...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-26 00:00:00
Exiled BNP leader Tarique Rahman Thursday returned home to a rousing reception all the way from the airport onto a podium amidst a human sea on a Dhaka boulevard where he saluted his homeland Bangladesh in an emotional speech. At...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-12-26 00:00:00
Tarique Rahman's return from wildness after 17 years draws intense political attention, but economists and business leaders say the more consequential test lies in its implications for Bangladesh's disheveled political economy.The economic milieu, they note, has been strained by persistently...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN WITH YASIR WARDAD AND SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2025-12-26 00:00:00
On a euphoric homecoming after precious 17 years in forced political exile, BNP leader Tarique Rahman promises political bonhomie in the divisive polity and calls for rebuilding Bangladesh as safe abode for all. At a mammoth reception rally on return...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Met Office.Temperature may fall slightly over the country.The highest temperature in the country on Thursday...
North South University's (NSU) Center for Legal Research, a research wing of the Department of Law, NSU, hosted a seminar on 'Bangladesh Uprising and the Law and Politics of Democratic Rule in the Postcolonial World' on Wednesday.The seminar was held...
GAZIPUR, Dec 25 (UNB): Two women and a kid, including a grandmother and her granddaughter, were killed after being hit by a train in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur on Thursday afternoon.The victims were identified as Sadiya Begum, 24, wife of...
Deadline to expire on Dec 31Some 740,000 voters, including more than 534,000 expatriates from different countries across the world, have been registered to vote through postal ballots in the national election scheduled for February 12, 2026, reports UNB.The Election Commission...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Thursday hosted a reception for members of the Christian community the Bangabhaban marking Christmas, the biggest religious festival of the Christian community, reports UNB.The President exchanged greetings with the leaders and representatives of Christian community.Shabbir Ahmed...
A case has been filed in connection with the death of a man in a crude bomb explosion in the Moghbazar area of the capital, reports UNB.Ali Akbar Majumdar, father of the victim, filed the case with Hatirjheel Police Station...
Dhaka Metropolitan North unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will conduct a voluntary clean-up drive this morning to remove waste generated following the massive public gathering held to mark the 'historic homecoming' of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, reports BSS.BNP...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman went to Evercare Hospital in the capital to see his ailing mother and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia shortly after his homecoming from London, ending 17 years' exile, on Thursday. — Photo collected
Southeast University held a programme to celebrate Victory Day by organising a special discussion meeting and cultural event on Wednesday, at the University's Multipurpose Hall, according to a press release.Renowned lyricist Mohammad Rafiquzzaman attended the programme as the chief guest....
RANGPUR, Dec 25 (BSS): Although the minimum temperatures remained mostly unchanged and maximum temperatures increased slightly, the mild cold wave blowing over the northern region continued affecting the normal life for the third consecutive day on Thursday.The sky remained partly...
The National Democratic Front (NDF) has said that the return of Tarique Rahman from exile will help ensure an "inclusive" election, reports bdnews24.com.The observation was made in a statement issued on Thursday, signed by the front's President Anisul Islam Mahmud...
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader has welcomed the return of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, suggesting that his homecoming after over 17 years in exile will serve as a catalyst for political harmony, reports bdnews24.com.In a message issued on Thursday,...
Abu Taleb was among thousands of Bangladeshis hoping to catch a glimpse of BNP's acting chief Tarique Rahman on his homecoming after 17 years in exile. By the time he reached Kuril on Thursday morning, the area had already turned...
The wife, brother-in-law and girlfriend of the key suspect in the murder of Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi have given statements, reports bdnews24.com.The statements came days after the key suspect Faisal Karim Masud's parents "confessed" to aiding their...
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