Much to the risk of its passenger, a signal bar falls on a battery-run rickshaw at Khilgaon rail crossing in the capital on Monday. Signal bars are used to caution errant, unruly vehicles as well as passengers before trains cross...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-01-07 00:00:00
New industries might have to pay tariff as per the import price of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as the government moves to cut subsidies in the energy sector to boost import of this expensive fuel.Sources said the Energy and Mineral...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Arrest warrants were issued Monday against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 11 accomplices in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings during her rule. Among the 11 others wanted the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Dhaka on charges of the offences...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be directly admitted to The London Clinic, an advanced medical centre in London, after arriving at Heathrow International Airport in the UK, her physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said on Monday.Speaking at a press conference...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Mobile talk-time is likely to get dearer as the revenue authorities have decided to increase taxes on mobile talk-time by 3.0 per cent from existing 20 per cent.An ordinance to this end might be issued this week, according to officials.In...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh's economic growth in the first quarter of this fiscal dropped to a new low at 1.81 per cent in 15 quarters, only comparable to a crunch in the Covid-hit period in FY2021, official data showed.In the meantime, another major...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office. Light to moderate fog may occur at places over the country during...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-07 00:00:00
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) traffic department officials filed 2,508 cases for violation of traffic rules - through conducting drives in different areas of the capital on Sunday.They also dumped 71 vehicles, while 72 others were shifted to dumping zone...
Case documents (CDs) of 1,911 cases have reportedly gone missing from the Chattogram court, reports UNB.The matter came to light after the Public Prosecutor (PP) of Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court Mofizul Haque Bhuiyan filed a general diary (GD) at...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-07 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against Mostafizur Rahman Chowdhury, former Member of Parliament for Chattogram-16 (Banshkhali), and his wife, Shaheen Akter Chowdhury, alleging accumulation of illegal wealth worth Tk30 million and suspicious transactions of around Tk220...
The Home Ministry has provided Tk 0.5 million (5 lakh) in financial assistance to the family of firefighter Md. Sohanur Zaman Nayan, who died after being struck by a truck while on duty during a fire at the Secretariat, reports...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-07 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed three more cases against former NBR member Matiur Rahman, his first wife Laila Kaniz and their children on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 1.24 billion and concealing information on their assets.The...
Renowned actor Prabir Mitra, fondly known as the "Nawab of the Silver Screen," has passed away. He was 81, reports UNB.He breathed his last on Sunday (January 5) at 10:10 PM while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Dhaka,...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Dhaka has sought Beijing's cooperation in managing air pollution, as Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Monday requested China to share its control mechanism and relevant information with Bangladesh.The environment, forests and climate change adviser said, "We can learn from China's policies,...
The dismissed trainee sub-inspectors (SIs) of Bangladesh Police continued their sit-in and demonstration in front of the Bangladesh Secretariat for the second day on Monday, demanding reinstatement of their jobs. — FE Photo
A group of female students of Dhaka University (DU) have observed hunger strike demanding necessary measures to end their accommodation crisis, reports UNB. They gathered in front of the Vice-Chancellor's residence at 11:00 am on Monday and started hunger strike.The...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-07 00:00:00
Diplomats, former army officers and academics noted that running of a parallel economy of rent seeking by certain groups is a major challenge to ensure peace in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT).They also recommended addressing interests of all the stakeholders...
A Sylhet court on Monday acquitted 61 BNP men in a case filed under the Special Powers Act 11 years ago, reports UNB.Sylhet Additional District Session Judge Jhalak Roy passed the order, said Beanibazar upazila unit BNP general secretary Sarwar...
A Dhaka court on Monday showed former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak and Safi Muddaser Khan Jyoti, son of former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, arrested in separate graft cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), reports BSS....
SIRAJGANJ, Jan 06 (UNB): A Srajganj court has sent former Fisheries and Livestock minister Abdul Latif Biswas to jail in connection with a case regarding the killing of 15 policemen at Enayetpur Police Station in Sirajganj on August 04, last...
Renowned film actor and founder of the "Nirapad Sarak Chai" Ilias Kanchan on Monday met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and discussed road safety issues, reports UNB.Ilias Kanchan visited the BNP Chairperson's Gulshan office at around 12:00 noon...
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 06 (BSS): Former Minister and BNP central Vice-chairman Abdullah Al Noman on Monday categorically said that any attempts of the evil forces to destroy the country's democracy, must be resisted. "Tarique Rahman has directed leaders and activists of...
The Local Government Reform Commission (LGRC) is likely to place a proposal for holding all the local body elections in a particular area on a single day to reduce the election costs, reports UNB."It is also being considered whether elections...
The National Independent Investigation Commission Chief Maj Gen (retd) ALM Fazlur Rahman on Monday said if permission is given, they will try to talk with former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by visiting India as part of the move to reinvestigate...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank has gifted a bus to Chattogram Government Women's College to facilitate transportation for the students. Managing Director and CEO of the bank Farman R. Chowdhury handed over the key of the bus to college Principal Tahmina Akhter...
A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC was held on Monday at Islami Bank Tower. Obayed Ullah Al Masud, Chairman of the bank, presided over the meeting. Md Abdul Jalil, Chairman, Executive Committee, Dr M...
Khandaker Ali Samnoon has been appointed as the Deputy Managing Director of Uttara Bank PLC. Prior to his new role, he was the Executive General Manager of the bank.Mr Samnoon started off his banking career at Uttara Bank in 1995...
Bengal Commercial Bank has promoted Md Humayun Kabir, SEVP & Company Secretary, to Deputy Managing Director (DMD), says a statement. Humayun Kabir joined Bengal Commercial Bank in 2018 as Executive Vice President & Company Secretary. He played a vital role...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-07 00:00:00
The 23rd Dhaka International Yarn and Fabric Show 2025-Winter Edition, a four-day international exhibition, will begin on January 15.The four-day exhibition will be held at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) and showcase yarn, fabric, trims and accessories.Top manufacturers, suppliers,...
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