The scrapping of 42 power-plant projects including 37 renewable in the pipeline by the interim government could give a wrong message to both investors and the people here but for its evaluation. Now it has made the right choice for...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-28 12:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the interim government should not make any impetuous decision on the removal of President Mohammed Shahabuddin from his office."The highest forum of BNP will discuss the issue and...
Light rain/drizzle is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy...
Three students were injured when a private car hit them on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway near city's Airport Road on Sunday, reports UNB.The accident occurred near the third terminal of Shahjalal International Airport, said Mustafizur Rahman, inspector of Airport Police Station.The...
Airport officials have reportedly stopped Khandker Golam Faruq, the former commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), from flying out to Thailand, reports bdnews24.com.Immigration officials at Shahjalal International Airport turned him away at around 02:30am on Sunday."Faruq arrived at immigration to...
The interim government has appointed essayist, researcher, literary critic and social analyst Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq as the president of Bangla Academy for a three-year term, reports bdnews24.com.The 84-year-old Huq taught at the Department of Bangla at Dhaka University for...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-28 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) summoned Sharif Ahmed, former Awami League MP of Mymensingh-2 constituency and former state minister for housing and public works, on charges of abuse of power, embezzlement of government funds, and acquiring substantial illegal wealth including cars...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-28 00:00:00
Strict monitoring will be in place to ensure the ban on the use of polythene shopping bags starting from November 1. This announcement was made by Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, on...
Rampant plying of numerous battery-driven auto-rickshaws has long been creating a nagging gridlock on the busy main road at Dakpara in Keraniganj off the capital. The snapshot was taken on Sunday. — FE Photo
Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said Bangladesh Navy and Air Force have once again been recognised as symbols of trust by the people of the country, reports UNB.He said Bangladesh Navy and Air Force have stood by...
A Dhaka court has sent former independent lawmaker Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman to jail after his bail was denied on completion of a five-day remand in a case over an attempt to murder, reports UNB.The court of Dhaka Metropolitan...
Detectives have arrested former Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain in Bashundhara residential area of the capital, reports UNB.A team from the Detective Branch (DB) of the police held Mosharraf on Sunday, said Deputy Commissioner (Media) of the...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 27 (UNB): Unidentified miscreants have beat and stabbed to death a Jubo League (JL) man in the city.The dead is Mim (25), son of Abdul Momen of Ramchandrapur area in the city.He was a close aide and relative...
Bangladesh has unequivocally condemned the recent Israeli military strikes on Iran, viewing these actions as a severe violation of Iran's sovereignty and a breach of the United Nations Charter and international law, reports BSS."Bangladesh calls upon regional and global stakeholders...
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has called for forging national unity to build discrimination-and corruption-free, youth-centric humane Bangladesh with the spirit of July revolution, reports BSS."Let us build a strong unity to make a discrimination-and corruption-free and humane Bangladesh," he...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed has said conspiracy is going on to create constitutional crisis in the country. He also called upon all to remain vigil so that the collaborators of the fascist cannot get any...
KHULNA, OCT 27 (BSS): Members of the anti-discrimination student movement in Khulna on Sunday started selling essential goods at fair prices in the city aimed at breaking syndicate and restoring comfort among the common people.The students are selling goods including...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-28 00:00:00
As many as 220 Chhatra League activists were accused in a case filed on Sunday for brutally attacking and injuring students who participated in a peaceful movement in Dhaka University (DU) during this year's mass uprising, which ultimately turned into...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-28 00:00:00
Train schedule from Kamalapur Rail Station in the city almost became normal on Sunday, barring only three express trains. The movement of all trains to and from the central station of the country remained suspended from 12:15 pm on Friday...
Six more deaths due to dengue were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Sunday morning, raising the total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 277 this year, reports UNB.In the recent fatalities, two were reported in...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-28 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has exempted from taxes the donations to the Zakat Management Fund (ZMF), a public-welfare entity.Taxpayers would enjoy a waiver on payment of taxes on the amount donated to the ZMF, according to a Statutory...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-10-28 00:00:00
Expatriates sent nearly US$1.95 billion in remittances to Bangladesh during the first 26 days of October, according to the Bangladesh Bank (BB) data released on Sunday.They sent nearly $1.53 billion remittances to the country during the first 19 days of...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-28 00:00:00
To ensure decent wages for all workers, setting a national minimum wage is required, according to the recommendations of a study, findings of which were presented at a roundtable organised by Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS).Mostafiz Ahmed, associate professor,...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-28 00:00:00
Deposed regime's 10 ministers are among 20 heavyweights being put to trial at the first go on allegations of committing crimes against humanity and genocide during the July-August uprising in Bangladesh.Those shown arrested by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) also...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-28 00:00:00
Prices of onion remained static at its previous high on Sunday, while various seasonal vegetables showed a further fall.The retail price of local onion remained unchanged at Tk 145-155 a kg on the day, while imported Indian onion sold at...
Joint forces have arrested 45 members of criminal gangs, including 'teen gangs', from different parts of the capital on charges of mugging and extortion, report agencies.Since the fall of the Awami League government, the Mohammadpur area has become one of...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-10-28 00:00:00
Some 2.0 million electronic tax returns are expected this year following encouraging responses from taxpayers, as the revenue board is transitioning from the cumbersome manual filings. Both electronic tax -return registration and submission have surged significantly after the National Board...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-28 00:00:00
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Sunday sent a proposal to the Ministry of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs seeking its initiatives to establish a separate secretariat for the judiciary.The proposal was sent after receiving opinions from the judges of...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM AND JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-10-28 00:00:00
Call money in interbank transactions heats up while treasuries stay steady following the policy-rate hike by the central bank in government bid for taming stubborn inflation.Bankers said the interbank call-money rate marked a significant rise Sunday. The weighted average rate...
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