Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon on Friday called for harnessing the power of films to raise public awareness about climate change and environmental protection, reports BSS."Films can play a highly effective role in creating awareness about climate change...
FE REPORT | 2026-06-06 00:00:00
Prices of most vegetables increased last week though customer turnout in the markers of capital Dhaka was low. Meanwhile, the prices of other essential commodities remained at their previous highs.The Eid-ul-Azha holiday mood had yet to fade in the city...
KURIGRAM, June 5 (UNB): A massive fire burnt down 95 shops in a bazaar in Bhurungamari upazila headquarters in Kurigram on Friday morning. Local sources said the fire broke out at a clothes shop on the southern side of Bhurungamari...
GAIBANDHA, June 5 (UNB): A madrasa teacher was beaten by a mob and subsequently handed over to the police on Friday morning after allegedly attempting to sexually assault a student in Saghata upazila of Gaibandha.The accused, Rabiul Islam, is a...
A clash has erupted in Narail's Lohagara upazila over 'establishing supremacy in the area', leaving at least 15 people injured and several houses vandalised, report bdnews24.com.The incident has been brought under control after police deployment.The violence broke out at Matiadanga...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) thwarted attempts by India's Border Security Force (BSF) to push 78 people through Naogaon, Lalmonirhat and C'nawabganj borders on Friday, reports UNB.In Naogaon, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) thwarted a attempt by BSF push 17 people, including...
COX'S BAZAR, June 5 (BSS): State Minister for Water Resources Forhad Hossain Azad has said the government is working to ease marginal farmers' hardships by ensuring irrigation facilities through canal re-excavation.The state minister made the remarks while talking to reporters...
Inqilab Moncho staged a demonstration on the road in front of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Dhaka University on Friday, demanding justice for the killing of Osman Hadi. — Focus Bangla
Liberation War Affairs Minister Ahmed Azam Khan and State Minister Ishraque Hossain have visited Zia Memorial Museum in Chattogram, pledging to do 'everything' to preserve the memory of former president Ziaur Rahman, reports bdnews24.com.The two ministers visited the museum on...
LGRD, and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that a section of people are engaged in various conspiracies to prevent democracy from taking root in Bangladesh, reports UNB.Speaking as the chief guest at a discussion in memory of...
BEIJING/SHANGHAI, June 5 (Reuters): China on Friday tightened oversight of the country's 23 trillion yuan ($3.40 trillion) private fund industry, in a bid to reduce financial risks and channel money into technology innovation and emerging industries.China's securities regulator said it...
FE REPORT | 2026-06-06 00:00:00
Chinese technology giant Huawei is set to officially relaunch its consumer business in Bangladesh on June 8, marking its return to the country's smartphone and smart device market after several years of limited activity.The relaunch will be carried out through...
FE REPORT | 2026-06-06 00:00:00
The National Citizens Party (NCP) unveiled shadow national budget for the upcoming fiscal year with priority on education, employment, healthcare, energy security, and defence modernisation. Titled 'Bangladesh 2.0: Sustainable Growth through Reform, Employment, and Investment', the budget outlines 71 policy...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2026-06-06 00:00:00
China has proposed broadening cooperation with Bangladesh under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) beyond traditional infrastructure development to include trade and investment, energy, digital economy and innovation, green development, health and medicine, maritime cooperation, and natural disaster prevention.The National...
FE REPORT | 2026-06-06 00:00:00
Five more children died with measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours until 8:0 am on Friday.With the latest daily count, the total date toll from measles and measles-like symptoms reached 610 since March 15 last, according to the Directorate...
In a major move to inject vitality into a sluggish economy and generate employment, Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Thursday night announced a Tk 200-billion (20,000-crore) pre-refinancing scheme aimed at fully reviving closed and partially operational industries, reports UNB.Under this new...
FE REPORT | 2026-06-06 00:00:00
Exchange-rate depreciation and higher real interest rates have significantly contributed to the rise in non-performing loans (NPLs) in the banking sector, which stood at 32.26 per cent at the end of March, according to a study conducted by a local...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2026-06-06 00:00:00
As a big new budget worth Tk 9.38 trillion comes within days now, finance officials themselves appear sceptical whether the government can finance it with limited sources of earning as of now.Officials say the government is setting a target of...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2026-06-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh is going to borrow a costly US$300-million budgetary support from Japan as the new BNP administration aggressively searches funds for minimising hefty deficit in budget financing, officials say.The government had decided not to go for taking fresh loan with...
FE REPORT | 2026-06-06 00:00:00
Rainfall is likely to increase across Bangladesh over the next five days as the southwest monsoon advances further inland, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).The BMD in its weather bulletin said on Friday that a trough extending from West Bengal...
RAJBARI, June 5 (UNB): A bus that plunged into the Padma River from the pontoon of the Daulatdia Ferry Terminal in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari on Friday morning was salvaged several hours later, with no casualties reported.Rescue vessel Hamza salvaged...
FE REPORT | 2026-06-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh and Türkiye intensify efforts to deepen economic and strategic ties with focus on a possible free-trade agreement, increased Turkish investment in sectors like defence industry and textiles.The accord featured talks between the foreign ministers of the two countries in...
REZAUL KARIM | 2026-06-06 00:00:00
An artificial intelligence (AI)-driven model is devised to monitor prices and supply of essentials and improve supply-chain management through farmer-market connectivity, sources say. Under the government plan, the Trading Corporation Bangladesh (TCB) has submitted a proposal to the commerce ministry,...
3JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters): Benjamin Netanyahu has long portrayed himself to the Israeli public as being uniquely adept in dealing with Donald Trump, capable of winning and sustaining the US president's backing.But an acrimonious phone call this week where the...
SARAJEVO, June 5 (AFP): US and European officials failed to agree by Thursday on a top international envoy for keeping the peace in Bosnia after two days of meetings, outgoing high representative Christian Schmidt confirmed.Established as part of the 1995...
NEW DELHI, June 5 (AFP): The founder of India's satirical online "Cockroach People's Party" said he was flying back to New Delhi on Friday, to take the viral social media campaign to the streets.Abhijeet Dipke, the 30-year-old Boston University graduate...
MOSCOW, June 5 (AFP): Russia and Ukraine exchanged 185 prisoners of war on Friday, the Russian defence ministry said, in one of the few areas of cooperation between the warring sides."On June 5, 185 Russian service members were returned from...
WASHINGTON, United States, June 5 (AFP): The US Senate on Friday approved $70 billion in funding for Donald Trump's hardline immigration crackdown, but only after a long day of votes on multiple amendments that highlighted Republican infighting over some of...
WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters): US forces conducted an interdiction of the sanctioned stateless oil tanker Davina overnight in the Indian Ocean, the US military's Indo-Pacific Command said on Friday.Washington has imposed a blockade on Iran's sea trade while Tehran has...
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