Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2025-01-02 00:00:00
A void opens up in the lives of people when the good men in politics, in office or in retirement, pass from the scene. In times where politics is a ceaseless battle waged by its practitioners, the objective being to...
COX'S BAZAR, Dec 31 (UNB): Seven people, including the drivers of two CNG-run auto-rickshaws, were abducted by a gang of miscreants on Hoaikyong-Shamlapur road in Teknaf on Tuesday morning.Shamlapur CNG auto-rickshaws lineman Abdur Rahim said that a gang of armed...
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus paid rich tributes to former United States President and fellow Nobel Laureate Jimmy Carter and former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh separately on Tuesday, reports UNB.Jimmy Carter died on Saturday while Manmohan Singh passed away...
Rangpur Riders defended a modest total of 155 runs to secure a convincing 34-run win against Sylhet Strikers in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city on Tuesday, report agencies.Rangpur's pacer Nahid Rana...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-01 00:00:00
Workplace accidents claimed the lives of a total of 758 workers in 639 mishaps across the country in 2024, with a slight decrease from 772 recorded in 2023, according to a survey conducted by the Safety and Rights Society (SRS).Workers...
HABIGANJ, Dec 31 (UNB): Four people died and two were injured in a gas line explosion at the Akij Venture Limited factory in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj district on Tuesday morning.The deceased were identified as engineer Md. Riaz Uddin, and...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-01 00:00:00
The devastating fire at the secretariat buildings originated from an electric spark near the lift lobby on the sixth floor of the building 7, the high-powered probe body's preliminary report says.The report submitted to the government on Tuesday also said...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-01 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started an inquiry into allegations of irregularities and corruption amounting to Tk 60 billion involving a former state minister, a mayor and eight former MPs.They include former State Minister for Power and Energy and ex-MP...
On the occasion of the New Year, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has urged the people to play a leading role in the struggle to regain the 'lost democracy and voting rights' in the country, reports UNB."I make an earnest...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-01 00:00:00
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed concerns over the recently drafted Cyber Protection Ordinance 2024, highlighting its potential for misuse due to some repressive provisions similar to those in the controversial Cyber Security Act (CSA). At a press conference on...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has granted a three-month extension to several crisis-prone banks for repaying the central bank-guaranteed loan, reports UNB.These banks include First Security Islami Bank, Global Islami Bank, Social Islami Bank, Union Bank, and National Bank. These banks...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-01-01 00:00:00
The Dhaka-Mawa-Janjira highway experiences a top speed of 135 kilometres per hour (kph) against its allowable limit of 80 kph, causing frequent fatal accidents on the country's first expressway.Since its opening in March 2020, an average 50 accidents have taken...
Chief Adviser (CA) of the interim government Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus will inaugurate the 29th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2025 today at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre at Purbachal.The month-long fair is set to begin at 10:00 am, Commerce Adviser...
Thousands of students from different educational institutions as well as common people join 'March for Unity' arranged by Anti-discrimination Student Movement at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital on Tuesday. — FE Photo by Asad-UZ-Zaman
FE REPORT | 2025-01-01 00:00:00
Daily twice-set spot-reference rate will now determine dollar-taka exchange under a new foreign-exchange regime as the New Year bids farewell to the inefficacious crawling-peg system. The central bank rolled out Tuesday a more flexible exchange-management regime styled Bangladesh Foreign Exchange...
The prices of diesel and kerosene have been reduced by Tk 1.0 per litre with effect from today (January 1). According to new prices set by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division for the month of January, diesel and kerosene...
Despite setting December 31, 2024 for submitting reports, none of the six reform commissions -- on the Constitution, election, judiciary, anti-corruption commission (ACC), police and public administration -- has submitted their reports yet, reports UNB.According to the Cabinet Division, the...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-01 00:00:00
Nearly a decade after the Padma Bridge corruption case had been resolved, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to reopen the investigation. The case will be reinvestigated following allegations of corruption during the construction phase, according to the ACC.The decision...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-01 00:00:00
Leaders of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement (ADSM) and Jatiya Nagorik Committee (JNC) have called on the interim government to announce the July revolution proclamation by January 15. The demand was raised during a rally at the Central Shaheed Minar in...
DOULOT AKTER MALA AND JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-01-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh joins the world to ring in the New Year 2025 with expectations for a socioeconomic resurgence as 2024 departs with indelible historical footnotes on political upheavals and changeover left behind.For Bangladesh, the bygone year will remain a landmark chapter...
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 dense fog may occur over the country during midnight to morning and it may continue at places...
Two persons died of dengue while 84 patients were admitted to different hospitals in the country in the last 24 hours until Tuesaday, reports BSS."During the period, 13 dengue patients were hospitalised in Barishal division, 21 in Chattogram, 16 in...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-01 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank has relaxed the $10,000 limit on foreign currencies spent on overseas medical care for those injured in last year's mass uprising.Issuing a circular, the central bank's Foreign Exchange Policy Department (FEPD) on Tuesday said it has been...
Muggers have snatched Tk 7,000 from a cleaner of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) after stabbing him in Basabo area of the capital, reports UNB.The victim, Waddadi Shivai, a resident of Basabo, was attacked while returning home around 3:30 am...
Former sports reporter of now-defunct daily Observer and Jatiya Press Club (JPC) senior member Buddha Dev Mukharjee, popularly known as BD Mukharjee, died of old-age complications at his own Bashabo residence in the capital on Monday.He was 74, reports BSS.A...
Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has said a new law is being formulated to protect trees, reports BSS.She also said the law will include special provisions against using nails for advertisements."Once the law is enacted, violators will face the music,"...
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 31, (BSS): Md Faruk aged 32, a furniture shop worker embraced martyrdom during the July mass uprising, leaving his wife and two children in a world of uncertain future. Faruk received severe bullet injuries in the Muradpur area...
AKM Moinuddin, Special Correspondent of United News Bangladesh (UNB) and Md Arifuzzaman Mamun, Diplomatic Correspondent of Amader Shomoy, have been elected president and general secretary respectively of the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) for the year 2025, reports UNB.Ashiqur Rahman...
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