Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized arms, ammunition, drugs and other contraband items worth Tk 1.57 billion (157.42 crore) during anti-smuggling drives across the country, especially in bordering areas in the month of May, reports UNB.During this period, the...
Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen on Sunday warned doctors' negligence of duty in the government hospitals will be tolerated, reports UNB.Already some physicians have been suspended in Sylhet as they were found absent in their workplaces, said the minister while...
Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowd-houry on Sunday said the posts of Vice-Chancellor (VC) of 29 private universities in the country is vacant, reports UNB.Besides, posts of 80 pro-vice chancellor and 35 treasurer of private universities are vacant, he said in...
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University (BSMRMU) Vice-Chancellor Rear Admiral Mohammad Musa, Independent University of Bangladesh Prof Dr Mizan R Khan, and BSMRMU Prof Dr Mohammad Nazir Hossain, among others, pose for a photo session after attending a seminar, marking...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-10 00:00:00
Owners of the compressed natural gas (CNG) filling stations in the country have demanded that their commission on the fuel sales be raised by Tk 5.10 per cubic metre or 63.75 per cent from existing Tk 8 per cubic metre.Bangladesh...
Chief of Army Staff General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed planting a Bakul sapling in Shaheed Moinul Road area of Dhaka Cantonment on Sunday, after inaugurating the Tree Plantation Programme 2024 of Bangladesh Army — ISPR
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Chamber Judge of the Supreme Court's Appellate Division on Sunday did not interfere in the High Court (HC) verdict that on June 5 declared illegal the government's decision of abolishing freedom fighter (FF) quota in class-one and class-two government jobs....
A view-exchange meeting of Awami League (AL) will be held at the party president Sheikh Hasina's political office in the city's Dhanmondi today (Monday), reports BSS.AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader said Dhaka city south and north units of AL and...
CHATTOGRAM, Jun 9 (UNB): Local activists of the Awami League (AL) snatched a handcuffed Jubo League (JL) member from police in the early hours of Sunday.He was arrested over his involvement in a factional clash in Anwara upazila on Friday...
CUMILLA, Jun 9 (UNB): A 50-year-old Bangladeshi man has been shot to death by members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the Burichang border in Cumilla.The dead, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, was a resident of Mirpur village at Bakshimul...
Police say materials for making bombs have been found at a fish farm.They suspect the farm was being used as a militant hideout in Netrakona's Sadar upazila, reports bdnews24.com.Nearly 150 police personnel, alongside members of a bomb disposal unit from...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir termed on Sunday the proposed budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2024-2025 not only as anti-people but also anti-Bangladesh. He also said the government has no moral rights to give...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the looters were not punished during the BNP regime but Awami League will not spare anyone regardless of party affiliations for involvement in corruption.He said this while speaking at a joint...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-10 00:00:00
Jewellers have expressed their unhappiness over imposition of high tax and VAT on jewellery sales in the proposed national budget for FY 2024-25.They demanded that the 5 per cent VAT rate imposed on sales of gold ornaments be reduced to...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has announced new banking hours that align with the government's new office schedule effective from June 19, reports UNB.After Eid-ul-Azha, bank transactions and office activities will continue according to the new schedule.The BB circular stated that from...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-10 00:00:00
Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed's wife Zeeshan Mirza and their two daughters did not appear before the Anti-Corruption (ACC) on Sunday, despite being summonsed over graft charges.The family members of the ex-IGP sought more time from the...
ICT Division Secretary Md Shamsul Arefin speaks at a policy dialogue titled 'MSME Digital Security and Data Protection Challenges: Way Forward' in Dhaka on Sunday. — FE photo
Md Suhrab Uddin, an Awami League leader and independent MP from Kishoreganj-2, has demanded lowering the 15 per cent tax for legalising undisclosed income without facing questions, reports bdnews24.com.Suhrab does not agree to call it an option to launder dirty...
A total of 134 personnel from the Myanmar army and Border Guard Police, who sought refuge in Bangladesh amid internal conflict in their country, were repatriated on Sunday. At the same time 45 Bangladeshi nationals who were imprisoned in Myanmar's...
Siam Hossain, one of the suspects in the murder of Jhenaidah MP Anwarul Azim Anar, has led police to 'bones' found in the Bagjola canal in West Bengal, according to Indian and BD media reports.Police say that forensic tests will...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-10 00:00:00
Ready-to-eat salad in restaurants of the capital is most risky for public health, as presence of hazardous pathogenic bacteria has been found in the food items, a study has revealed.Besides, six street foods also have high levels of Escherichia coli...
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Higher effective tax rate and minimum tax hikes for beverage companies have raised concerns about hurting foreign investment in Bangladesh.Zaved Akhter, president of the Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), said tax collection on carbonated beverages has already...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-10 00:00:00
In a bid to combat the rising cybercrime threat to micro and small ventures, industry leaders and government officials called for the establishment of a collaborative platform to address digital-security and data- protection challenges. The platform, proposed by Samira Zuberi...
NEW DELHI, June 9 (Agencies): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended the oath-taking ceremony of Narendra Modi as the prime minister of India for a third consecutive term this evening.Top leaders from Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Bhutan, Nepal, Mauritius, and Seychelles...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-10 00:00:00
Speakers at an event in Dhaka on Sunday suggested that Bangladesh should formulate its Least Developed Country (LDC) graduation strategy in line with the upcoming 9th Five-Year Plan (FYP). Experts and policymakers attending the programme also stressed on aligning the...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-10 00:00:00
A police constable was shot dead by his colleague in Baridhara diplomatic zone of the capital on Saturday midnight.The deceased was Monirul. However, it could not be known why his colleague shot him.Police detained constable Kawsar Ali in connection with...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-06-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh economy is seen on course for expansion as a parameter styled Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) sows a rise by 7.9 points from the previous month to 70.1 in its reading.This is the second-month publication as it was first launched...
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