Rajshahi, Aug 18 (UNB): A group of students discovered a bag containing Tk 1.8 million on the street and handed it over to the police on Sunday morning.The police have stated that they are investigating the origin of the money...
Information and Broadcasting Adviser Nahid Islam has said the government is considering forming an independent media commission, report agencies.The adviser said this while exchanging views with journalists at his Secretariat office in the capital on Sunday."We have primarily thought about...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-19 00:00:00
Classes, exams and academic activities did not take place at the Dhaka University on Sunday, the day on which the institution has been officially announced to reopen.There was an absence of clear instruction from the university authorities on restarting the...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-19 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated an inquiry into accusations against three ex-MPs who are suspected of participating in a scheme linked to the Malaysian labour market.The ACC initiated the enquiry into several high-profile individuals, including Kashmeri Kamal, wife of...
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed along with the newly-appointed four judges of the Supreme Court's Appellate Division met President Mohammed Sahabuddin at Bangabhaban in the capital on Sunday. — PID
In the wake of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fleeing the country following the student-led mass protests on August 5, local government operations across Bangladesh have come to a standstill as most Awami League-backed public representatives have gone into hiding,...
A case has been filed against 82 leaders and activists of the Awami League (AL), including former MP Principal Abul Kalam Azad, Upazila Chairman Zakirul Islam Santu, and Taherpur Municipality Mayor Khandakar Sayla Parveen, in connection with an attack, shooting,...
Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation has said the recent political unrest in Bangladesh is a clear expression for the people's hunger for an inclusive, corruption-free, democratic government, reports UNB.In a letter to Interim Government's Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, Foundation Chairperson...
Students from the Anti-Discrimination Movement recovered a large number of locally-made weapons from dormitories controlled by the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Dhaka Teachers' Training College (DTTC) on Sunday, reports UNB.The recovered weapons included knives, machetes, sickles, rods, hockey sticks,...
Journalist Shafik Rehman has returned to Bangladesh after six long years, reports bdnews24.com.He arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a Bangladesh Biman flight on Sunday.Shafik, 89, was greeted by journalist leaders with flowers and applause at the airport. He...
A complaint (first information report) has been filed with Tejgaon thana against 113 individuals, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, over an alleged attack on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's convoy in 2015, reports UNB.The FIR was filed by Belal Hossain,...
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner has congratulated Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on his appointment as the Chief Adviser to the interim government, reports BSS."On behalf of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), I wish to warmly congratulate...
BNP leader Zainul Abdin Farroque has demanded immediate operation at the residences of members of the recently dissolved parliament to seize looted and illegal money, reports UNB."Dollars worth of thousand of crores taka will be found in the residences of...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-19 00:00:00
Supreme Court (SC) lawyers on Sunday filed a writ petition with the High Court (HC) challenging the legality of the immunity granted to election commissioners under the Section 9 of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Appointment Act,...
Education adviser of the interim government Prof Wahiduddin Mahmud on Sunday said it is seemed that the new curriculum, especially the evaluation method, is not implementable, reports BSS."We will return to the previous curriculum in phases as implementation of the...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-19 00:00:00
A case has been filed with the Shahabagh Police Station in Dhaka against former Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque for corruptly and maliciously rendering an illegal judgment.Muhammad Muzahidul Islam, a Supreme Court lawyer, filed the case on Sunday.In the case...
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested former senior secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Shah Kamal from the city's Mohakhali area, reports BSS.Members of the DB conducted a raid and arrested Shah Kamal...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-19 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 18: The authorities of Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram have been on high alert to prevent spread of the Mpox virus since Saturday night. Three doctors are deployed on each shift, while officials are screening all incoming...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has frozen the bank accounts of former Additional Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Harun-or-Rashid and his wife Shireen Akter.BFIU, the financial intelligence agency of the Bangladesh Bank, on Sunday issued a letter to...
A total of 626 people, including members of the deposed Awami League government, took shelter in different cantonments of the country after the government collapsed on August 5, according to ISPR on Sunday.Following a significant political shift when the law...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will provide all sorts of cooperation for treatment of those injured in the anti-quota student movement.BNP standing committee member Dr Zahid Hossain made the announcement after visiting the injured persons admitted to the National Institute of...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-19 00:00:00
Dhaka city witnessed nagging traffic congestion and commuters faced immense suffering as a number of organisations held rallies and formed human chains blocking important roads and intersections on Sunday to press home their various demands.Besides, closure of metro rail service...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2024-08-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh's ready-made garment (RMG) export to the European Union registered about a 5.0-percent year-on-year negative growth during the first half of this year.It fetched 8.72 billion euro from RMG exports to the EU during January-June period of 2024 compared to...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-19 00:00:00
Scrap quick-fix power laws and capacity payment to cure crises and drain on public finance, policy think-tank CPD suggests while presenting to the interim government its energy-sector overhaul plan. The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Sunday placed a package of...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-19 00:00:00
The government has raised the ceiling for its emergency borrowing tools by 50 per cent to manage fiscal deficits amid poor resource mobilisation, according to an official document, as economists warned that this could exacerbate inflationary discomfort. There are two...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-19 00:00:00
The government has appointed Khondoker Rashed Maqsood, a banker, as chairman of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC).The Financial Institutions Division (FID) under the Ministry of Finance on Sunday issued a circular to this effect.At the same time, the FID...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-19 00:00:00
All negotiations, selections, and purchasing processes of all power-and energy projects halt as the much-talked-about quick-solution law gets under the axe as part of reforms kick-started by the interim government. Interim government's new adviser for power and energy, and road...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-19 00:00:00
More murder cases have been filed with different police stations across the country against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her cabinet members and police officials for killing protesters of the quota reform movement. A case was filed against Sheikh Hasina...
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