Dhaka Education Board Chairman Prof Tapan Kumar Sarkar has resigned, reports UNB.Prof Tapan said he submitted his resignation letter to Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Department Secretary.Earlier on Sunday night, he announced his resignation after a section of HSC examinees...
The government has cancelled the contractual appointments of three ambassadors posted in the United States, Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), reports UNB.The Public Administration Ministry issued an order cancelling their appointments (remaining tenure) on Monday. They are- Bangladesh...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-22 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to launch an inquiry against former MP of Faridpur-3 constituency and former Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Engineer Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain over various allegations of corruption and irregularities.This decision...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-22 00:00:00
Applications for the first-year undergraduate admission tests for the 2024-25 academic session of Dhaka University (DU) will commence on November 4, with the first admission test exams scheduled to be held on January 3. The university's General Admission Committee made...
Bangladesh Open University (BOU) celebrated its 32nd founding anniversary on its main campus in Gazipur on Monday. BOU Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr. A B M Obidul Islam, founding VC Professor Dr. M Shamser Ali, Pro-VC Professor Dr. Dil Rowshan Zinnat...
HASAN SOJIB | 2024-10-22 00:00:00
Oncologists at a breast cancer awareness seminar held at Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Monday warned against high consumption of red meat and fast-food, which raises the risk of breast cancer.The event, titled 'No One Should Face Breast Cancer Alone', was...
Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has announced 300 students will be working alongside the police to improve traffic management in Dhaka city, reports bdnews24.com.The students will take part in the Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Traffic Week from Oct 21 to Nov...
A group of students from seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka University (DU) blocked the Nilkhet and Newmarket intersections in the capital on Monday, demanding the cessation of their affiliation with DU and autonomy of the colleges, reports UNB.Beginning at 10:00...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-22 00:00:00
The National Road Safety Day will be observed across the country this year like past seven years today (Tuesday) amid a year-on-year uptrend in the numbers of fatalities and injuries in accidents. The government has been observing the day since...
The government has appointed 200 law officers for Bogura, Thakurgaon and Jhenaidah districts, reports UNB.A gazette notification, signed by Dr Md Rezaul Karim, public relations officer of the Ministry of Law was issued in this regard on Sunday night.Of them,...
At least three students of Chittagong University (CU) were injured in clashes with some Jubo League activists over occupying a shop at the rail station of the university early Monday, reports UNB.However, the identities of the injured could not be...
The Public Health Forum of the Department of Public Health and Informatics at Jahangirnagar University march on the campus ahead of a breast cancer awareness seminar on Monday.
A Dhaka court on Monday sent former state minister for industries Kamal Ahmed Majumder to jail in a case lodged over the killing of Jagannath University student Ekramul Haque Sajid during the anti-discrimination student movement, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuddin...
JU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-22 00:00:00
Seventeen coordinators who previously resigned from the anti-discrimination student movement at Jahangirnagar University (JU) have now launched a new platform named 'Sommilito Gono-Ovvutthan RakkhaAndolan' (Combined Mass Uprising Protection Movement). Students announced establishment of the platform at a press conference held...
Clouds of thick smoke spiral out of electric cables and polythene bags so near the Mitford Hospital on the bank of the Buriganga on Monday morning, thereby entering the health facility and polluting its air. It is said that copper...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-22 00:00:00
Banks now can borrow from the central bank's repo facility once a week instead of existing two days, but get a new window for overnight funding in exigencies.A circular issued Monday to this effect by Debt Management Department of the...
Three additional dengue fatalities were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Monday morning, bringing the total death toll in Bangladesh this year to 250, reports UNB.During the period, 1,039 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever, according to...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-22 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Oct 21: Suspected terrorists on Monday shot and killed three members of a family after entering their house in Ukhiya Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar. The incident took place at Rohingya camp No. 20 of Ukhiya upazila around...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-22 00:00:00
Dhaka University students on Monday staged a protest to demand justice in all rape cases, including the violation of a child at Banani, and reform of laws related to rape.Five demands were placed during the programme at the foot of...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-22 00:00:00
The cornea-replacement surgeries of two persons, injured during the July-August mass movement, were successfully completed at the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital (NIOH) in the capital.The cornea transplant surgeries of Israfil and Anik, injured in the anti-discrimination student movement,...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-22 00:00:00
The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) asked all financial institutions on Monday to suspend account transactions of eight individuals, including former Detective Branch Chief Harun-or-Rashid.Other individuals include his wife, Shireen Akter, his parents, his father-in-law, an existing Additional Deputy Commissioner of...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-22 00:00:00
The top court allowed on Monday Professor Muhammad Yunus and six officials of Grameen Telecom to appeal against a High Court order upholding their indictment in a money-laundering case.A four-member bench of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, headed...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-10-22 00:00:00
Now rice traders are on the prowl to make exorbitant profit by raising rice prices notably despite having an all-time high production of the food-grain in the country.Prices of both coarse, medium and finer rice showed a hike of Tk...
Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus at a meeting with senior government officials Monday emphasised the importance of digitisation to fight corruption, reports BSS.The meeting held at the State Guest House Jamuna focused on immediate actions for fast-track digital adoption.Key...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-10-22 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has assured Bangladesh of extending its budgetary support to $600 million for facing the LDC graduation challenges, officials said on Monday.Following Bangladesh's request, the Manila-based lender has assured it of providing the increased budgetary credit,...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-10-22 00:00:00
Expatriates sent nearly $1.53 billion in remittances to Bangladesh during the first 19 days of October in fiscal year FY 2024-25, according to Bangladesh Bank (BB) data released on Monday.On average, daily remittances amounted to $80.70 million during this period....
FE REPORT | 2024-10-22 00:00:00
The government Monday appointed new managing directors (MDs) and chief executive officers (CEOs) to ten public banks, officials said, amid sweeping changes in the post-uprising interim period.The Financial Institutions Division (FID) of the Ministry of Finance appointed four MDs through...
GULAM RABBANI | 2024-10-22 00:00:00
President Shahabuddin's remark that there is no documentary evidence of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation triggered tempests in the interim administration and social media, calling in question his presidency. Law Adviser of the post-uprising interim government Prof Asif Nazrul...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-10-22 00:00:00
Global credit-rating agency Fitch forecasts macroeconomic pickup in Bangladesh from the political transition-time setback, provided that the reforms spearheaded by the interim government sail through. On the downside of the current situation, Fitch Ratings in its latest report notes that...
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