The Anti-Discrimination Students' Movement activists demonstrated on the premises of a Chattogram court on Wednesday as part of their 'March for Justice' programme, condemning mass killings, arrests, attacks and cases against a large number of people across the country. —...
Ganatantra Mancha, an alliance of several opposition parties, has said the government has turned the entire Bangladesh into a death valley by killing several hundred students and people to suppress their protests, reports UNB.Speaking at a protest rally on Wednesday,...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has urged the former Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders to resist arson terrorists unitedly forgetting all differences of opinions, report agencies."Destructive activities of arson terrorism have begum again. We should fight against them...
The month of mourning begins today (Thursday) commemorating the brutal assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on August 15, 1975, reports BSS.The August 15 carnage is the ugliest chapter of...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) demanded on Wednesday that the government withdraw curfew, stop torture, harassment and arrest of the opposition leaders and reopen the educational institutions.Secretary General of the party Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the demand in a statement...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has likened the recent violence in the country as 'almost a terrorist attack' aimed at creating a situation like what had happened in Sri Lanka to oust her government, reports UNB."It was not a movement...
Matiur Rahman, former member of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) and much-talked- about in the recent goat incident, has gone on 'early retirement', reports UNB.The government has sent him on retirement after he applied for voluntary retirement.The Internal Resources...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Wednesday welcomed the government's decision to exempt port demurrage charges for seven days on export and import goods.Earlier, the apex trade body requested this exemption as the recent countrywide...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
The state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has inked a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Sonagazi Solar Power Ltd (SSPL) to build a 50-mewagatt solar power plant in Noakhali.The deal-signing ceremony was hosted at Bidyut Bhaban in the capital...
All primary schools under the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, except those in 12 city corporations and Narsingdi municipalities, will reopen on Sunday.Children Welfare Primary Schools run by Children Welfare Trust and learning centres under Non-formal Education Bureau will...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
The 'Anti-discrimination Student Movement' has announced to the media its 'Remembering the Heroes' programme across the country for today (Thursday).On behalf of the students, coordinator Rifat Rashid of the movement made the disclosure in a statement on Wednesday night.He particularly...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
Hearing on the writ petition that sought directives for not using live rounds on the protesters along with immediate release of the six coordinators of the quota reform movement could not be held in the High Court (HC) on Wednesday....
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
Moscow provided a higher volume of loans to Dhaka in fiscal year 2023-24 despite the latter's two-year halt to repayments, officials said on Monday.Russia disbursed $1.295 billion credit last fiscal, which was the second-highest amount for the nuclear-power project in...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
US senators have condemned Bangladeshi security forces for using force and violence against student protesters.Senators Ben Cardin, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Cory Booker issued a statement on Wednesday condemning the violence against students protesting the quota...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
Chief of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner Harun or Rashid has been transferred. He has been appointed as the Additional Commissioner (Crime and Opera-tions) at DMP Headquarters.This information was revealed in an office...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
After a 13-day closure, access to social-media platforms like Facebook, TikTok, Whatsapp, Instagram and YouTube was restored on Wednesday afternoon.Users were able to access these platforms after 2:00 pm on the day, following a morning meeting between the tech operators...
A student tries to stop a police van carrying fellow protesters in the High Court area in Dhaka. As students on Wednesday marched to the court demanding justice for more than 200 deaths and thousands of injuries during the nationwide...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
The e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) has reported a walloping great financial loss in the country's e-commerce sector due to the recent shutdown of internet and social network Facebook.During a press conference at Banani in Dhaka on Wednesday, e-CAB president...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the lives lost during the recent quota-reform violence can never be brought back even if the destroyed structures are rebuilt, reports UNB."The structures that were destroyed can be rebuilt. But we will never...
CAIRO/DUBAI, July 31 (Reuters) : Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran early on Wednesday morning, an attack that drew threats of revenge on Israel and fuelled further concern that the conflict in Gaza was turning...
The process to ban Jamaat-Shibir is underway and notification can be issued anytime in this regard, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Wednesday, reports UNB.The minister came up with the remark while talking to reporters in his Secretariat office on...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
Student demonstrators now staged 'March for Justice' Wednesday in different places of the country, including Dhaka, which ended in clashes with intercepting law-enforcement forces, spot reports said.The ongoing protests that originated from quota-reform movement and later 'Student Movement against Discrimination'...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
Today (Thursday) is the 6th death anniversary of the iconic economic journalist and founder-editor of The Financial Express (FE), A.H.M. Moazzem Hossain.On August 01, 2018, he passed away at the age of 73.He was one of the leading organisers of...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
A new partnership pact between Bangladesh and the European Union faces setback as the EU postponed negotiations on grounds of the current unrest in the country, a spokesperson said Wednesday."In the light of the prevailing situation, the first round of...
Siddique Islam | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
A.H.M. Moazzem Hossain, who passed away on August 1, 2018, was a towering figure in the realm of economic journalism in Bangladesh. As we commemorate the sixth anniversary of his passing, it is befitting to remember and celebrate his indelible...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
When the young die, something goes out of the souls of the ageing. When the young die or are done to death by nature, by the elements of the dark, it is the future which becomes the casualty. The future...
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) received accreditation certification from Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB). BSTI Director General (grade-1) S M Ferdous Alam received the certificate from Senior Secretary of Industries Ministry Jakia Sultana on Tuesday. BAB Director General Md Anowarul...
State-owned BASIC Bank Limited signed an Annual Performance Agreement (APA) with the Financial Institutions Division (FID) of the Ministry of Finance for the financial year 2024-2025. Md. Abdur Rahman Khan, Secretary of FID, and Md. Anisur Rahman, Managing Director &...
The 14th annual general meeting (AGM) of Bangladesh Development Bank PLC was held at the bank's boardroom on Wednesday. Chairman of the bank's Board and former senior secretary Shamima Nargis presided over the meeting while Managing Director and CEO of...
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