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Fakhrul off to S'pore for treatment -

2024-09-03 00:00:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has gone to Singapore for medical treatment on Sunday night, reports UNBFakhrul left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a Singapore Airlines flight at approximately 11:55pm on Sunday, his personal assistant M Yunus Ali...

Quader among 75 sued for killing student at Uttara

2024-09-03 00:00:00

Another murder case was filed against former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader and 74 others over killing a school student named Md Sabid Hossain, during the anti-discrimination student movement on August 5, reports BSS.Victim's brother Shahriar Kabir filed...

Case filed against Hasan Mahmud, Nowfel

2024-09-03 00:00:00

A case has been filed against former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud and former education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury Nowfel over the shooting of an autorickshaw driver in Chattogram on Aug 5, the day the government fell, reports bdnews24.com.Injured autorickshaw driver...

Gana Adhikar Parishad gets EC's registration

2024-09-03 00:00:00

Gana Adhikar Parishad, led by Nurul Haq Nur, has been registered as a political party with the Election Commission (EC), reports UNB.The EC headed by Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Monday declared Gana Adhikar Parishad as a registered...

Reports on Indian visa ban on six BD student leaders 'fake'

2024-09-03 00:00:00

India has rejected reports published by some media outlets on visa ban for six Bangladeshi student leaders, and described those as 'fake news,' reports UNB."These are fake news," a source at India's Ministry of External Affairs said.A source at the...

Anwar Hossain Manju arrested

2024-09-03 00:00:00

Jatiya Party (JP-Manju) Chairman and former lawmaker from Pirojpur-2 constituency Anwar Hossain Manju was arrested from the capital's Dhanmondi area on Monday, reports UNB.A team of Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested him around 2:45 pm. He has been...

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury resigns

2024-09-03 00:00:00

Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has resigned as the Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad, reports UNB.Bangabhaban sources said the speaker submitted her resignation letter to President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Monday.

Salahuddin says ‘sorry’ for using S Alam's car

FE REPORT | 2024-09-03 00:00:00

BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has expressed sorrow for inadvertently using a car owned by S Alam Group while attending his reception in Cox's Bazar."I was not aware that the car was owned by S Alam Group. There was...

Committee formed to streamline govt employees' wealth statement submission

2024-09-03 00:00:00

A five-member committee has been established to simplify and standardize the submission of wealth statements by government employees, reports UNB.The committee, led by the Secretary of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) as its convenor, is tasked with designing an easy-to-use form...

UK tested friend of BD: G M Quader

2024-09-03 00:00:00

Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chairman GM Quader has called the United Kingdom (UK) a tested friend of Bangladesh, reports UNB.He made the remark while UK High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke paid a court call on him at his Baridhara Residence...

India supports Hasina for own interest: Rizvi

FE REPORT | 2024-09-03 00:00:00

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said India has supported Sheikh Hasina for its own interests, ignoring the will and aspirations of Bangladeshi people."You (India) are a democratic country. But you had extended supports...

Man allegedly killed by younger brother over land dispute

2024-09-03 00:00:00

HABIGANJ, Sept 02 (UNB): A man was killed allegedly by his younger brother over a land dispute on Monday in Doakhani area of Baniachong upazila.The deceased was identified as Naushad Mia, 40, son of late Kimmat Ali of the area....

Banglalink campaign to help flood victims

FE REPORT | 2024-09-03 00:00:00

As part of its post-flood support, the innovative digital operator Banglalink, driven by a strong sense of commitment to society and its people, has launched a seven-day 'connect and contribute' campaign to assist flood-affected communities in returning to normal life....

FE staffers donate to CA's relief fund

FE REPORT | 2024-09-03 00:00:00

Journalists, officials and employees of The Financial Express (FE) have donated their one day's salary to the Chief Adviser's Relief and Welfare Fund to help the flood-affected people in various districts of the country. Adviser to the Ministry of Disaster...

Travel ban on 18 ex-ministers, 8 MPs issued

FE REPORT | 2024-09-03 00:00:00

A Dhaka court on Monday issued a travel ban on 18 former ministers and eight MPs of the ousted Awami League-led government as they are trying to flee the country.Judge of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court in Dhaka, Mohammed...

Full investigation into BDR carnage to start soon

2024-09-03 00:00:00

Interim government's Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday said full investigation into and fair trial for the BDR (now BGB) killings will commence shortly.He said this while talking to reporters at his office at...

Metro rail services all week days soon

MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-09-03 00:00:00

The Dhaka metro rail company plans to operate the mass rapid transit line 06 (MRT-06) from Uttara to Motijheel seven days a week soon with a target to facilitate commuter movement.Officials said a preparatory meeting was held on Monday to...

Benazir, Matiur make asset declarations

FE REPORT | 2024-09-03 00:00:00

Former Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed and ex-National Board of Revenue (NBR) official Matiur Rahman have finally submitted their asset declarations to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) after missing two previously extended deadlines, according to sources.They, along with their families,...

Bank A/Cs of 2 ex ministers frozen

FE REPORT | 2024-09-03 00:00:00

The bank accounts of former LGRD Minister Md Tajul Islam and State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief, Mohibbur Rahman, have been frozen.Additionally, the bank accounts of their wives, children, and other family members have been ordered to be suspended.The...

LPG 12-kg cylinder priced at Tk 1,421

FE REPORT | 2024-09-03 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has raised the price of 12-kg liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder by Tk 44 to Tk 1,421 for September trading.The price of such a container was Tk 1,377 in August.The new prices came into...

Indo-BD golden chapter was only between govts: Towhid

FE REPORT | 2024-09-03 00:00:00

The golden chapter of bilateral ties between India and Bangladesh existed only between the two governments, not between the people of the two countries, said Foreign Adviser Towhid Hossain on Monday.Speaking to reporters at the foreign ministry, he mentioned that...

Flood victims’ woes multiply amid spread of diarrhoea

FE REPORT | 2024-09-03 00:00:00

The deluge in the south-eastern regions have so far claimed 67 lives in eleven flood-stricken districts, according to a latest report released by disaster management and relief ministry.Of the diseased, 26 died in Feni, 17 in Cumilla, 11 in Noakhali,...

Strike will continue, say doctors

FE REPORT | 2024-09-03 00:00:00

The agitating doctors will continue their strike in hospitals across the country until their demands are not met.Dr Abdul Ahad, a resident surgeon of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), announced the new course of programme on Monday.Dr Abdul Ahad, a...

S Alam's cousin Ansarul Alam detained from Ctg airport

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-09-03 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Sept 02: Immigration police have detained Ansarul Alam Chowdhury, a cousin of S Alam Group's Chairman Saiful Alam Masud, from the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram while he was fleeing to the United Arab Emirates.Inspector of immigration police...

Bangladesh's Hasan Mahmud makes a leg before wicket appeal

2024-09-03 00:00:00

Bangladesh's Hasan Mahmud makes a leg before wicket appeal against Pakistan's Agha Salman (not picture) during the fourth day of the second and last Test cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh, at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on Monday....

Prayer Timings (2024-09-03)

2024-09-03 00:00:00

Govt scraps black money whitening facility

FE REPORT | 2024-09-03 00:00:00

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) scrapped the black money whitening facility by paying 15 per cent tax on Monday, following instructions from the advisory council of the interim government. Income tax member of the NBR, Alamgir Hossain, said that...

Export-data mismatch impact on GDP being examined: Adviser

FE REPORT | 2024-09-03 00:00:00

Export data for the last fiscal year have been reconciled and will be published soon, along with impact of any calculation mismatch on the country's growth arithmetic.Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed Monday said the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) reconciled the...

A dozen pvt, one state petroleum refineries ruined

M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-09-03 00:00:00

A dozen private and one state-owned petrochemical and refinery plants in the country go bust for discriminatory treatment allegedly by some government high-ups in cahoots with a vested-interest group, sources said. The unfair acts imperilled around Tk 20 billion (US$150...

Govt to set up tribunal with int'l support: CA

FE REPORT | 2024-09-03 00:00:00

The interim government plans to establish a domestic tribunal with international support to try people accused of committing crimes against humanity during the student-led uprising.Chief adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus on Monday discussed the issue with Toby Cadman, a top human...