Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Mymensingh, Dhaka, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barishal divisions with moderately heavy to heavy...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Mainul Hasan on Sunday said processes have already started to take action against the police personnel who have not joined their workplace yet, reports UNB.He made the remark while responding to a question from...
KHAGRACHHARI, Sept 29 (UNB): The probe body formed to investigate the recent violence in the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) started its activities through visiting the Larma Square Bazar, which was set of fire on September 19, in Dighinala upazila of...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-09-30 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR: Eighty-five Bangladeshis have returned home after their imprisonment in Myanmar. On the other hand, 123 BGP and army personnel who fled to save their lives due to the conflict in the country are going back to Myanmar.On Sunday...
Badiul Alam, former senior vice-president and treasurer of the National Press Club, passed away in the capital on Sunday. He was 78, reports UNB.Badiul Alam, also former city editor of News Today, breathed his last at his residence in Eskaton...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-30 00:00:00
The UN and partners have launched a humanitarian appeal for US$134 million to provide urgent relief and support to the communities affected by the ongoing cyclones and monsoonal floods in Bangladesh. Since May 2024, the country has been severely impacted...
SYLHET, Sep 29 (UNB): Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested president of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Khalilur Rahman from Mymensingh's Bhaluka on Saturday.Mashihur Rahman, assistant superintendent of police at RAB-9,...
A Dhaka court on Sunday placed former Inspector General of Police (IGP) on four-day remand and former counselor of Dhaka South City Corporation's ward-26 Hasibur Rahman Manik on five-day remand in a case lodged over killing of trader Abdul Wadud...
BNP has dissolved its Dhaka north city unit convener committee, a press release of the party said on Sunday, reports BSS."BNP's Dhaka north city convener committee has been suspended ...new committee will be formed soon", said the release signed by...
A court in Dhaka on Sunday placed Safi Muddaser Khan Jyoti, son of former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, on a three-day remand in a case filed over the killing of garment worker Ashraful Islam in Ashulia area, reports BSS.Dhaka...
A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered Mahmudur Rahman, editor of the now-defunct Amar Desh, to be sent to jail after he surrendered in a case related to the abduction and attempted murder of Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of former Prime...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy said on Sunday any conspiracies to create unrest during the upcoming Durga Puja will not succeed, and BNP leaders and activists will remain vigilant to ensure stability during the festival.The...
Twenty DEMU (Diesel-Electric Multiple Unit) trains, imported in 2014 at a cost of Tk 6.0 billion, have now been abandoned and left at various railway workshops. The photo taken on Sunday shows some of the DEMU trains left unattended at...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-09-30 00:00:00
Classes of Dhaka University's (DU) first year students start today (Monday).Most of the first year’s students have been staying in Dhaka on Sunday while some of them have started living in the residential halls of the university. The students told...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-09-30 00:00:00
The net sale of state-run savings instruments in July this year increased by only Tk 21.87 billion, following a period of negative growth over the past year.The net sales of savings certificates in June showed a negative growth of Tk...
CUMILLA, Sept 29 (UNB): AF Hassan Ariff, Adviser to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD), has revealed that a significant portion of the assets belonging to the Samabaya Bank have been illegally captured. Those who were once...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-09-30 00:00:00
Road sector contractors have come down heavily on the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) for discriminatory evaluation method in tenders of small budgeted work claiming that it has created syndication in the process to get the work of below Tk...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-30 00:00:00
The World Bank will provide $300 million to assist the clean air project in Bangladesh.The initiative has been taken to strengthen air quality management in the country and to reduce the carbon emissions in key sectors.Environment advisor to the interim...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-30 00:00:00
Profit-driven models of multilateral financing worries South Asian nations, including Bangladesh, as they getting indebted for concessional funding being sidelined, reveals a report sponsored by OECD.At the report-launching function Sunday, it was also observed that multilateral development system faces mounting...
Eight more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 158 this year.During the period, 1,221 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever, according to...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-30 00:00:00
The High Court on Sunday directed the concerned bodies of the government to submit a list of all immoveable properties owned by S Alam Group, its shareholder directors and their family members to the court. The law secretary and inspector...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-30 00:00:00
The government has re-constituted inter-agencies task-force on recovering all laundered money.The financial institutions division (FID) on Sunday issued a circular on the matter.The central bank's governor will lead the high-power nine-member task-force while deputy governor Md Zakir Hossain Chowdhury will...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-09-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh's agricultural startups are facing significant challenges, primarily for a lack of funding and investor interest, despite the sector holding huge untapped economic potential. Sources say financial institutions, including banks, tend to shy away from these ventures, perceiving them as...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-30 00:00:00
The government has sought support from the World Bank and its private sector arm the International Finance Corporation (IFC) once again.Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed had discussions with delegation from the World Bank and the IFC here on Sunday, seeking...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-30 00:00:00
The ILO has identified, at least, five issues that have been troubling the Bangladesh's readymade garment industry frequently and showed the remedies that include reform in wage structure and relevant policies, and amendments to the labour law.In a statement issued...
NEW YORK, Sept 29 (Reuters): Investor hopes for a soft landing for the US economy will be put to the test next week, as the government releases closely watched labor market data following a series of disappointing jobs reports.Wall Street's...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-30 00:00:00
The daily trade turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell below the Tk 5 billion mark on Sunday after six weeks, as investor sentiment remained subdued due to prevailing concerns.Turnover, a crucial indicator of the market, stood at Tk...
BANGKOK, Sept 29 (Reuters): Thailand's underperforming $77 billion social security fund will invest $11.6 billion in a new foray into global private assets, an executive told Reuters, part of a strategic overhaul to address its poor returns amid rising demand...
BENGALURU, Sept 29 (Reuters): Indian authorities are set to begin a forensic investigation into the cause of a fire that broke out on Saturday at a Tata Electronics factory that makes components for Apple iPhones, a Tamil Nadu state official...
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