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BD awaits India's reply on Hasina extradition

2025-11-27 00:00:00

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has said Bangladesh expects an answer from India regarding its latest request for the extradition of convicted disposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, though a response is not expected within a week of the submission,...

Jamaat Ameer visits Korail fire-hit families, offers aid

2025-11-27 00:00:00

Jamaat Ameer visits Korail slum, pledges support for fire-hit familiesJamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has visited the Korail slum to assess the damage caused by a massive fire and to meet residents affected by the blaze, reports BSS.Dr Rahman arrived...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman presiding over the party's central executive

2025-11-27 00:00:00

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman presiding over the party's central executive committee meeting at its central office in the capital's Mogbazar area on Wednesday. — Focus Bangla

Everything will be fine before voting day, hopes CEC

2025-11-27 00:00:00

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has expressed the hope that the law and order situation will continue to improve and everything will be in order before the voting day, reports UNB."It will improve gradually. As the polling day...

Fakhrul condemns attack on bauls, calls for aid for Korail fire victims

2025-11-27 00:00:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has strongly condemned the attack on Baul followers, calling it a disgraceful incident, report agencies. "We strongly condemn it. This is clearly an attack on Bangladesh's enduring cultural heritage. Bauls perform folk songs...

Dry weather likely today 27-11-2025

2025-11-27 00:00:00

Weather may remain dry with partly cloudy sky in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday).Night temperature may remain unchanged, and day temperature may rise slightly. The highest temperature on Wednesday was recorded at 31.5 degrees Celsius in...

Ex-CSP Latiful Bari dies

2025-11-27 00:00:00

KGM Latiful Bari, a highly distinguished former CSP official and secretary to the government of Bangladesh, passed away on Tuesday. Mr Bari breathed his last at Square Hospitals in the city. He was 92. Born on August 7, 1933, Mr...

Three die of dengue--==

2025-11-27 00:00:00

Three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours until Wednesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the disease to 370 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 615 new patients were admitted to hospitals, raising the total number...

Equal respect for every marginalised community's voice needed: Dr Zillur

2025-11-27 00:00:00

FE REPORT A country's transition to democracy depends on ensuring the presence and equal respect for the voice of every marginalised community, says Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman, an eminent economist and chairman of Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC). Access...

1,500 shanties gutted in Karail fire, no casualty

FE REPORT | 2025-11-27 00:00:00

THE INFERNO AFTERMATH: Once densely-populated, the Karail slum in the capital looked almost ruined on Wednesday after a fire ravaged hundreds of houses there on Tuesday. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam Around 1,500 shanties were burnt in the fire...

BR to rehabilitate rail tracks, signal systems in west zone

FHM Humayan Kabir | 2025-11-27 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Railway (BR) is going to rehabilitate the railway tracks, lines and signaling systems across its western zone aiming to make train movement on the routes secure and smooth, officials said on Wednesday.Since many tracks, lines and signaling systems...

Dhaka Regency to host wedding festival

2025-11-27 00:00:00

Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort is set to host 'MN Multimedia Presents Dhaka Regency Biye Barir Utshab', a two-day wedding festival, on November 28 and 29, from 11:00am to 11:00pm on the hotel's premises. The event is designed to celebrate...

Nagad launches new campaign with big prizes for customers

2025-11-27 00:00:00

Nagad has launched a year-end campaign titled 'Asha Aar Fera, Surprise Sera' [Come back or start afresh, surprises at their best] for its customers. Under the campaign, customers who have not been making regular transactions can return to using Nagad...

UTTARA BANK OPENS 'CONTACT CENTRE'

2025-11-27 00:00:00

UTTARA BANK OPENS 'CONTACT CENTRE' Md Abul Hashem, Managing Director & CEO of Uttara Bank PLC, inaugurated the 'Contact Centre' of the bank in a new look on Wednesday. Banking information is now available round the clock via hotline number...

Marico announces winners of product innovation contest

2025-11-27 00:00:00

The grand finale of Marico Bangladesh Limited's flagship campus-based product innovation competition, Over The Wall Season 4, was recently held in Dhaka, where Team Jinxed from Bangladesh University of Professionals was crowned the champion of this year's edition. Launched under...

Bhutan's first transit shipment through Ctg port finally released

Nazimuddin Shyamol | 2025-11-27 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Nov 26: Bhutan's maiden transit shipment through Chittagong Port has finally been released today (Wednesday), two months after it arrived by sea but got stuck in paperwork. In a landmark development for sub-regional trade, Bangladesh has completed customs formalities...

US-Bangla Airlines to rebrand in-flight magazine

2025-11-27 00:00:00

US-Bangla Airlines has entered into a strategic partnership with Annex Communications Ltd to lead the comprehensive rebranding of its in-flight magazine, 'Blue Sky'. Under this collaboration, Annex Communications, a well-established advertising and communication agency, will support the magazine's content planning,...

EBL sets new benchmark with 100 structured finance deals

2025-11-27 00:00:00

Eastern Bank PLC (EBL) has reached a major milestone as its Structured Finance Unit successfully closing its 100th deal in September. The total value of arranged deals has surpassed Tk 260 billion, including USD 887 million in foreign currency financing.The...

SME FOUNDATION SEMINAR ON 'PUBLIC PROCUREMENT RULES 2025'

2025-11-27 00:00:00

SME FOUNDATION SEMINAR ON 'PUBLIC PROCUREMENT RULES 2025'SME Foundation held a seminar on 'Public Procurement Rules 2025' at the conference hall of the Bangladesh Institute of Management (BIM) in Dhaka on Wednesday to raise awareness among micro, women and new...

Intel agency warns of artificial crisis

2025-11-27 00:00:00

REZAUL KARIMA top state intelligence agency has issued a detailed warning about a significant threat to the stability of the essential commodities market ahead of Ramadan.It alleges a coordinated attempt by "hyper-profit-seeking and dishonest businessmen" to engineer an artificial crisis...

MODHUMOTI BANK HOLDS 140TH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

2025-11-27 00:00:00

MODHUMOTI BANK HOLDS 140TH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING The 140th meeting of the Executive Committee (EC) of Modhumoti Bank PLC was held at the bank's Head Office on Wednesday. EC Chairman Salahuddin Alamgir presided over the meeting. Among others, Mohammad Ismail...

SKOP stages Ctg port blockade programmme

2025-11-27 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHATTOGRAM, Nov 26: Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SKOP) staged a blockade programme in the port city on Wednesday, protesting the alleged conspiracy to lease out the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) of the Chittagong port to a foreign company....

ICC Bangladesh urges SMEs, exporters to adopt deforestation-free practices

2025-11-27 00:00:00

FE REPORTBusinesses, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and exporters, must ensure their operations comply with international requirements and that their supply chains do not harm the environment, Mahbubur Rahman, president of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Bangladesh, has...

Concerted efforts to make Khulna a climate-resilient city stressed

2025-11-27 00:00:00

KHULNA, Nov 26 (BSS): Speakers at a stakeholder experience-sharing meeting on Wednesday called for stronger citizen engagement and coordinated efforts to make Khulna a fair, inclusive, and climate-resilient city.The event, organised by SIAM, an NGO and Work for a Better...

Deer poacher held with 32 kg venison, traps in Bagerhat

2025-11-27 00:00:00

BAGERHAT, Nov 26 (UNB): Members of Coast Guard in a drive arrested a deer poacher along with two deer heads, 32 kgs of venison,eight deer legs and 2000 metres of deer-hunting traps from a house at Kanainagar in Mongla upazila...

Public sufferings acute as three roads lie in tatters

2025-11-27 00:00:00

OUR CORRESPONDENTCHANDPUR, Nov 26: Three roads of high public importance in three different upazilas of the district have remained in severe disrepairs and neglected for a long time causing lots of inconveniences to movement of countless vehicles and thousands of...

Indian stocks to hit new highs by mid-2026 despite foreign exodus: Reuters poll

2025-11-27 00:00:00

BENGALURU, Nov 26 (Reuters): India's stock market will reach record highs by mid-2026 and extend those gains through next year, a Reuters poll of equity analysts showed, as strong domestic buying overtakes stretched valuations and a flight of foreign capital.Foreign...

PUBALI BANK HOLDS CLS AGENT CONFERENCE-

2025-11-27 00:00:00

PUBALI BANK HOLDS CLS AGENT CONFERENCEPubali Bank's retail business division recently organised CLS Agent Conference-2025 at the auditorium of the bank's head office. Pubali Bank Managing Director and CEO Mohammad Ali was present as chief guest at the conference. Deputy...

MTB SECURES FOUR ACCOLADES IN MASTERCARD EXCELLENCE AWARDS

2025-11-27 00:00:00

MTB SECURES FOUR ACCOLADES IN MASTERCARD EXCELLENCE AWARDSMutual Trust Bank (MTB) secured four prestigious accolades at the Mastercard Excellence Awards 2025 - the highest number of awards recognising an individual bank this year. The award ceremony was held on Saturday...

APEX FOOTWEAR HOLDS 35TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

2025-11-27 00:00:00

APEX FOOTWEAR HOLDS 35TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGApex Footwear virtually held its 35th annual general meeting on Wednesday. Golam Mainuddin, chairperson and independent director of Apex Footwear Limited, presided over the meeting. Syed Nasim Manzur, managing director, was present at the...