BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and seven other party leaders and activists were acquitted on Wednesday by a lower court in an arson case filed at Paltan Police Station, reports UNB.Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ziadur Rahman acquitted...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Wednesday reiterated its demand to the interim government to arrest the former authoritarian Awami League regime's collaborators, who are still in their positions at different government organisations.The party also asked the collaborators to resign without...
Former President and veteran politician Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury was admitted to a hospital in Dhaka city's Uttara area with lung infections on Wednesday, reports UNB.He was admitted to the Uttara Medical College for Women and Hospital after his condition...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir announced a 14-member committee for its Dhaka University (DU) unit on Wednesday, two weeks after it revealed its president and secretary for the unit.Abu Sadique Kayem, DU's Shibir unit president, and SM Farhad, secretary, also shared...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
A Dhaka court imposed a travel ban on several high-profile individuals, including Abdus Sobhan Golap, former member of parliament (MP), and Sitangshu Kumar Sur, an ex-Bangladesh Bank (BB) deputy governor, along with his wife Suparna Sur Chowdhury and their daughter...
Indian High Commi-ssioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Wednesday met Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain and discussed ways to promote bilateral relations towards realising shared aspirations of the people of both the countries, reports UNB.Importance of resuming regular visa...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office.The...
Two battery-driven auto-rickshaws were seized by the traffic police at Hatkhola in the capital on Wednesday for plying illegally the main road. — FE Photo
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested a store employee over a double murder in Dhaka's Gulshan. The law enforcers say the detainee killed his employer after they argued over his salary and killed a co-worker who witnessed the crime, reports...
The government is set to implement a gradual ban on vehicle honking across Dhaka city by December, with the goal of making the entire capital a "quiet zone" by early next year, according to Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the...
Bangladesh Climate Action Forum, organised by the Bangladesh Apparel Exchange (BAE), will be held on October 10 in Dhaka, uniting many contributors to advancing climate action and sustainability, reports UNB."Achieving a net-zero carbon future is not just a necessity, it's...
Italian Ambassador Antonio Alessandro on Wednesday met Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and said his country would support Bangladesh's police reforms and work together for formal migration to the country, reports UNB.Safe, organised and regular migration to Italy, economic and...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday launched an inquiry into the allegations of embezzlement, illegal wealth accumulation, and corruption against 20 leaders, including 10 former members of parliament (MPs) from Awami League (AL). Based on gathered information, the ACC initiated...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
The Ministry of Environment recommended on Wednesday to the Planning Commission (PC) the cancellation of the approval for a project to build a safari park in Lathitila, Moulvibazar.This project raised concerns among environmentalists, who feared it would endanger the pristine...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) raised further the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by around 2.50 per cent for October trading. The new price for a 12-kg LPG cylinder is now Tk 1,456, a hike by Tk 35...
People stand on top of the remains of an Iranian missile in the Negev desert near Arad on Wednesday in the aftermath of an Iranian missile attack on Israel. — AFP
Eight more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, bringing the total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 174 this year, reports UNB.During this period, 1,017 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever, according...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
The government's development project execution in the first two months of the current fiscal year (FY) recorded the lowest rate in the recent past, official data showed on Wednesday.During July-August period of the FY 2024-25, the Annual Development Programme (ADP)...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) has floated tenders to purchase two spot LNG cargoes for late October and early November deliveries, said sources.One is a re-tender for October 27-28 delivery window as the initial tender was cancelled by...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
The government on Wednesday approved a number of proposals for importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) and fertiliser to meet local demands.The Adviser's Council Committee on Government Purchase gave the approval at its meeting at the Cabinet Division conference room at...
A light drizzle that began around 6:45pm suddenly intensified, forcing four drenched teenage girls to seek refuge at a metro station in Dhaka's Bijoy Sarani, reports bdnews24.com. Although they escaped the cold rain, the concern of how to get home...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
In a move aimed at broadening financial support for non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs), the central bank has introduced new provisions for banks to offer them loans in taka for legitimate purposes.A circular has been issued in this regard on Wednesday.The decision...
GULAM RABBANI | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
A High Court (HC) bench has recalled its verdict and order delivered over a tax claim for Tk 6.66 billion from Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of the interim government, and his organisation Grameen Kalyan after regime change.The judgment...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
Dhaka and Moscow failed to settle score on sanctions-impeded loan repayment and extension of the aid-disbursement tenure for the undisbursed credits from a US$11.38-billion commitment in a two-day meeting in Dhaka, officials said Wednesday.A Russian delegation sat with Economic Relations...
FE Report | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the National Board of Revenue has requested the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) to immediately suspend all transactions, sales, and purchases of shares involving seven major business groups.The companies are Basundhara...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has instructed banks concerned to submit account details of cricketer Shakib Al Hasan and his wife Umme Roman Ahmed.The directive was issued through letters sent to banks and non-bank financial institutions, requesting full information...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
Owners announced forced holiday in 42 garment factories on Wednesday as industrial unrest spread like wildfires up to Gazipur amid massive worker demonstrations. Witnesses said as labour unrest spread to the industrial zone of Gazipur, 42 factories, mostly of garments,...
The council of advisers of the interim government will start holding dialogues with the major political parties on Saturday regarding the works of the six commissions, formed to reform the state apparatus, and the country's law and order situation, reports...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
The government has reconstituted the interagency taskforce -- for the fifth time since its first formation in 2010 -- assigned to help recover Bangladesh's stolen assets.The Ministry of Finance (MoF) issued a circular on the reconstitution of the taskforce on...
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