Given the current situation in the country, it is crucial to implement effective measures to control the rising prices of essential commodities. The continuous increase in prices is making life increasingly difficult for ordinary citizens, particularly those with limited incomes,...
Neil Ray | 2024-10-28 00:00:00
They intruded, not gate-crashed as before, into the compound of the secretariat and demanded their reward. But unfortunately, this time the interim authority was in no mood to entertain their request. The law enforcement agencies made it sure that the...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-10-28 00:00:00
The pledge the interim government's adviser to the youth, sports, labour and employment ministry made the other day at an event organised by a consumer rights body saying that corrupt businesses would be brought to justice is no doubt reassuring....
Rail services across the country were severely disrupted after the derailment of the Panchagarh Express near Dhaka Railway Station in the early hours of Friday. The incident occurred when the Panchagarh Express derailed shortly after departing from Kamalapur Railway Station,...
Muhammad Zamir | 2024-10-28 00:00:00
On September 25, 2024, retired Bangladesh Ambassadors of AOFA organised an interactive session with Ambassador Iwama Kiminori of Japan to Bangladesh. The dialogue had several significant dimensions and recalled not only the longstanding friendship between Bangladesh and Japan since 1972...
King Charles to resume foreign tours after cancer diagnosisLONDON, Oct 27: King Charles III's cancer diagnosis will not prevent him flying abroad next year for foreign visits, a Buckingham Palace official said, as the monarch wrapped up a tour of...
TBILISI, Oct 27 (Reuters): Georgia's ruling Georgian Dream party received more than 54 per cent of the vote in the country's parliamentary election on Saturday, the electoral commission said on Sunday, though the result was disputed by opposition parties.The result,...
MOSCOW, Oct 27 (Reuters): President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that Russia's defence ministry was working on different ways to respond if the United States and its NATO allies help Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with long-range Western missiles.The...
CAIRO, Oct 27 (Reuters/AFP): Israeli military strikes killed at least 36 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, most of them in the north of the enclave, Palestinian health officials said, as efforts to secure a ceasefire in the more...
PARIS, Oct 26 (AFP/Reuters): The US and Britain called for "de-escalation" after Israel on Saturday hit military targets across Iran in deadly retaliatory strikes as Muslim countries blamed Israel for exacerbating the conflict.Israeli planes hit military bases, missile sites, and...
Tanjim Hasan Patwary | 2024-10-27 00:00:00
To be aware of rights, especially political ones, is important for the people. Most importantly for the youths, as it propels them to affirm their freedom of speech. It also facilitates upholding justice for every citizen, and assures accountability, that...
Businessman and politician Tabith Awal has been elected as the new president of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) beating AFM Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, a grassroot level organiser cum coach from Dinajpur District, by 23-5 votes in the BFF Election 2024, reports...
DU CORRESPONDENT Students from seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka University (DU) on Saturday announced new programmes to move forward with their demand seeking an independent university to break free from the associated institution.The students have issued a three-day ultimatum to...
KHULNA, Oct 26 (BSS) : Members of anti-discrimination students' movement will sell vegetables and essential commodities at fair price in the city from tomorrow (Sunday) aimed at breaking syndicate and restoring comfort among the common people.The students will sell essential...
NARSINGDI, Oct 26 (BSS): Six people, including a woman, were killed in a collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Shibpur upazila of the district on Saturday.The names and other details about the deceased could not be known...
Authorities have served two separate show-cause notices on 59 trainee sub-inspectors (SIs) for indiscipline during training sessions at the Bangladesh Police Academy in Sarda, Rajshahi, reports UNB.The notices, signed by Superintendent of Police (Admin & Logistics) Tariq Bin Rashid on...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-27 00:00:00
The Ministry of Religious Affairs has warned of administrative action against 124 agencies yet to take any move for registration of pilgrims for Hajj operations next year. The ministry in a recent letter to the agencies said that administrative action...
FE Report | 2024-10-27 00:00:00
Train schedule of the country continued to fail for the second consecutive day on Saturday as most of the trains left Kamalapur Railway Station two to five hours later leaving hundreds of passengers including children and aged people to suffer...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2024-10-27 00:00:00
Seven leading development partners of Bangladesh made no loan commitment in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year (FY 2024-25), officials have said, mainly due to the July-August uprising.A senior ERD official said that no loan agreement was...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2024-10-27 00:00:00
A new guideline of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) asks companies to apply its due-diligence framework to support living incomes and wages in the global supply chains to avert impending backlash.The OECD handbook, published on October 16,...
FE Report | 2024-10-27 00:00:00
The rate of extreme poverty in Bangladesh increased for the last three consecutive fiscal years (FYs) and is projected to reach 7.0 per cent in the current fiscal year (FY 2024-25), according to a latest World Bank report.The rate stood...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-27 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) deferred a decision regarding the removal of President Md. Sahabuddin until after its internal discussions, as confirmed in a meeting with leaders of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement (ADSM) and the National Citizen Committee on Saturday...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-27 00:00:00
A Washington court has stayed a warrant of arrest for finance and commerce adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed and central bank governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur.The action followed swift intervention by attorneys representing Bangladesh in the US on Friday.District judge Carl...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-10-27 00:00:00
A restoration action comes soon from the interim government to reinstate the fiscal package for renewable energy-based power plants to attract potential investors.Renewable energy investors would enjoy tax breaks until 2030 on the income derived from power generation, officials said.On...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-27 00:00:00
The retail price of onions hit Tk 145-155 a kg on Saturday, marking a Tk 10 hike per kg overnight. The price of the local variety of the pungent vegetable witnessed a Tk 20-30 hike per kg in the last...
RANGPUR, Oct 26 (UNB): The Rangpur unit of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has formed a Hindu committee in its Pirgachha Sadar union of the district.Pirgachha Sadar union Jamaat leader Abdur Jabbar announced the committee's name at the Upazila Jamaat office on Saturday.Bhavesh...
Moinuddin Abdullah, son of former chief whip Abul Hasnat Abdullah, was taken on a five-day police remand on Saturday in Jubo Dal leader Shamim murder case filed with city's Paltan thana, reports BSS.IO of the case produced him before the...
FE REPORT Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said on Saturday that the democratic system must be brought back to the country through holding a free, fair and neutral election."There was no democratic system in...
Acknowledging the broader support and popularity of the interim government, Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Bangladesh Michael Miller has said there has to be democratic elections at the end of the process, leading to a new parliament and...
National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas, Mineral Resources and Power-Port will hold countrywide rally on November 4 to press home its 6-point demand including trial of 'energy criminals' who looted the country's wealth in last 16 years of Awami League government...
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