Neil Ray | 2024-09-23 00:00:00
At a time when sobriety, tolerance and logic should have prevailed over impulsiveness, intolerance and irrationality, society has turned into a psychological tinderbox. It is flaring up anywhere anytime, consuming not just the target victims but also other innocent people....
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-09-23 00:00:00
The tension and rumour over killing of a suspected motorcycle thief in mob beating at Dighinala of Khagrachhari in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) has led to further violence involving clashes between the tribal people and Bengali people living in...
The fixation of prices for essential commodities like eggs and chicken by the interim government has brought little relief to consumers, as these items cannot be purchased at the government-fixed prices anywhere in the city markets. The prices of eggs,...
Muhammad Zamir | 2024-09-23 00:00:00
The UN Day for South-South cooperation observed annually on September 12, serves as a powerful reminder of the spirit of solidarity and cooperation that transcends geographic borders. This dynamic is generally accepted as vital for securing a better and thriving...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2024-09-22 12:00:00
Very few countries have faced such acute and complex challenges as Bangladesh does now after the overthrow of the autocratic regime. To make matters worse, the challenges are not few and they have come thick and fast. On top of...
KAZI FARMS DONATES 10,000 CHICKS FOR FLOOD VICTIMS Kazi Farms has donated 10,000 day-old chicks to help flood-affected families rebuild their livelihoods. Kazi Zahan Hasan, Director of Kazi Farms, handed over the chicks to Dr. Md Abdul Latif, Vice Chancellor...
BKB holds business review meetingBangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) held a Business Review Meeting for the branch managers of Dhaka Division at the BKB staff college Auditorium on Saturday. The Managing Director of the bank Md Shawkat Ali Khan addressed the...
FE REPORTExperts during a webinar on Friday said regional trade in South Asia remained one of the least integrated regions and did not improve much in decades due to the narrow and non-cooperative political economic approach.The South Asian regional trade...
University Teachers' Network formed a human chain at 'Aparajeyo Bangla' on the Dhaka University campus on Saturday demanding justice for the killings on university campuses and in hill districts and pressing for security of the general people. — FE Photo
CHANDPUR, Sept 21 (UNB): Over 50 people were injured in a series of clashes between two factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Hajiganj upazila in Chandpur district until Saturday morning.Witnesses said the clashes broke out between two groups...
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 20 (UNB): Zubayer Uddin Babu, a 25-year-old youth, was killed in a clash between two rival groups of the Chhatra Dal over establishing dominance in the Chandgaon area of Chattogram city.The deceased, Zubayer Uddin Babu, was a resident...
FE ReportAdviser for Road Transport and Bridges Ministry Faizul Kabir Khan has directed all concerned to complete the much-talked-about work on bus rapid transit (BRT) by December although project insiders' perception was negative.Sources said the project of the 16 km...
DU CORRESPONDENT The University Teachers' Network on Saturday held a protest rally at the foot of Dhaka University's (DU) Aparajeya Bangla monument demanding justice for the murders and violence on the hill tracts of Bangladesh and inside university campuses. The...
A Dhaka court on Saturday put former Awami League (AL) lawmaker from Kushtia-4 constituency Selim Altaf George on two-day fresh remand in a case filed over killing an auto-rickshaw puller at Mohammapur in the capital city, reports UNB.Metropolitan Magistrate of...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-22 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Saturday that the violence that happened in Rangamati and Khagrachhari hill districts on Friday was not an isolated incident rather it was a conspiracy to destabilise the country....
Although their party chief Khaleda Zia returned home from Evercare Hospital on Wednesday, she is not in good health, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Saturday, reports UNB.He made the remark while exchanging views with journalists at...
Protesters face police obstruction as they brought out a procession from in front of the National Museum at Shahbagh in the city on Saturday demanding maximum 35 years for entry into government jobs as per the international standard. — FE...
FE Report | 2024-09-22 00:00:00
A dialogue on Saturday brought together diverse voices from Bangladesh, all united in their demand that the new regime learns from the mistakes of its predecessors. Speakers emphasised the crucial role of political leaders in resolving the country's ongoing political...
A total of 1,423 people have been reported dead in the intense student-public movement, according to Tarikul Islam, the member secretary and coordinator of the central sub-committee on health for the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.On Friday night, he posted the initial...
A road divider is made elevated with intent to stop jaywalkers from crossing it facing fast-moving traffic. But this Saturday picture shows an orthopaedic patient risking his life to cross the divider in front of the National Institute of Traumatology...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-09-22 00:00:00
Bangladesh has recently sought $1.0-billion budgetary support from Japan to facilitate the country's post-flood recovery in the eastern region and also to weather the economic storm, officials said on Saturday."We sent a request letter to our friendly country Japan early...
FE ReportNearly Tk 10 billion of the Labour Welfare Fund (LWF) remained stuck in the banks facing liquidity shortage, making it difficult for the authorities concerned to spend on labour and tame unrest.The funds deposited with the banks could not...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-22 00:00:00
The poverty rate in Bangladesh has risen to 20.5 per cent from 18.7 per cent in the last two years of the Awami League regime.This escalation has been driven by widening economic inequality, leaving marginalised groups struggling for access to...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-09-22 00:00:00
The Dhaka University (DU) authorities on Saturday suspended the residential accommodations of eight students on charge of lynching a youth named Tofazzal at Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall and temporarily expelled them from the university.In addition, Professor Dr Shah Md Masum...
FE deskGold prices in the country hit a record high of Tk 133,051 a bhori and the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus) decided to make the rate effective from today (Sunday).The local jewellers raised the price of 22-carat gold by Tk...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-22 00:00:00
Dhaka has finally approved the export of 3000 tonnes of hilsa to India ahead of Durga Puja, the Hindu community's biggest religious festival.Bangalees both in Bangladesh and West Bengal have a strong fondness for this palatable, silvery fish delicacy.Commerce ministry...
FE Report | 2024-09-22 00:00:00
Vested groups were trying to create instability with a view to putting the interim government in an awkward situation, said three advisers who visited the CHT on Saturday. They asked everyone to remain vigilant, said a spokesperson of the Chief...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-22 00:00:00
A new Bangladesh will now be introduced to the world by the head of interim government, Dr Muhammad Yunus, in his maiden address to the UN General Assembly on September 27, officials say.The Chief Adviser of the post-uprising government of...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2024-09-22 00:00:00
At least 11 of mushrooming private commercial banks (PCBs) in Bangladesh faced with financial vulnerability mainly for a lack of proper liquidity management, bankers said, warranting government intervention.Weak corporate governance has also encouraged aggressive lending that has also pushed up...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office.The highest...
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