Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), on Monday, said the interim government has set a worrisome and risky precedent by compromising policy decisions in response to self-interested radical threats, reports UNB.The organization expressed deep concern, saying that the decision to cancel the...
BNP Vice Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu speaking at a rally, organised by 'Desh Bachao Manush Bachao Andolon' in front of the National Press Club in the capital on Monday. — Focus Bangla
The government has decided to swiftly withdraw the cases related to speech offences filed under cyber laws, reports UNB.Besides, people who were arrested in these cases will be granted immediate release through legal processes, according to a release of the...
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecasted four days of rain from today (Tuesday).Sylhet recorded 113 mm of rain in the past 24 hours untill Monday morning, the highest level in the country. The highest temperature was recorded in Mongla...
The Admission and Financial Aid office of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised the Orientation programme for the students of the Autumn 2024 semester at the university auditorium recently.Didar A Husain, Chairman, Board of Trustees, IUB, attended the programme as the...
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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) issued a public warning on Monday about organised fraudsters impersonating the ACC officials to extort or steal money from individuals. These groups have been contacting government officials, businesspersons, and private individuals, claiming that they have corruption...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-01 00:00:00
By 2050, some 17 per cent of Bangladesh's territory will be submerged by rising sea levels, resulting in a loss of 30 per cent of its agricultural land, according to an estimation. This will compel coastal communities to migrate into...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-01 00:00:00
The High Court (HC), on Monday, removed Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from the investigation into the murder of the journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi in 2012, and also directed the Ministry of Home Affairs to form a high-powered...
A Dhaka court on Monday set October 9 for pronouncing judgment in a case lodged over the killing of one Taslima Begum Renu in a mob beating in the North Badda area in the capital in 2019, reports BSS.Today was...
Former MP Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed has been placed on a five-day remand in connection with the murder of Jubo Dal leader Shamim, which occurred during BNP's grand rally on October 28, 2023, reports UNB.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ragib Nur granted...
Home Adviser Lt. Gen. Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (retd) Movday said the visa process for the foreign tourists would be made easy to lure them to visit Bangladesh, reports BSS."Tourism is one of the potential sectors of our country. We...
At least 80 people died of dengue this September, making it by far the deadliest month this year in Bangladesh, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), reports UNB.On the last day of September, on Monday, the country...
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Shopping bags in supermarkets will no longer be a freebie as outlet owners are offering no free bags as the interim government executes the no-more-polythene-bag policy in super shops from today (Tuesday).The Bangladesh Supermarket Owners Association will inaugurate the no-more-polythene-bags...
A Bangladesh delegation went to Nepal Monday to sign a contract to import 40 MW of electricity from the Himalayan nation, reports UNB.Senior Secretary of the Power Division Habibur Rahman will be leading the 8-member delegation where they are expected...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh Financial Intelligent Unit (BFIU) on Monday blocked accounts of four people' including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and his sister Saima Wazed Putul and two institutions.Other people whose accounts are also frozen by the BFIU...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-01 00:00:00
The government has formed a two-member committee to review the entry age limit for government jobs in response to demands from job seekers, who staged a protest in front of the caretaker adviser's official residence in the city on Monday.Abdul...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-01 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 30: The bodies of three people have been recovered after a fire on board a vessel docked at Chattogram Port.The explosion occurred on the oil tanker 'Banglar Jyoti', owned by the state-owned Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC), at the...
Muhammad Yunus, chief advisor of the interim government, has expressed his determination to propel reforms and hold an election soon.Yunus made the remarks in an interview with NHK in New York during his trip to the US for the 79th...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-10-01 00:00:00
The interim government is under tremendous pressure to pay off hefty foreign debt taken by the ousted Sheikh Hasina government as more than half-a-billion-dollar debt has already been served in the past two months.Officials on Monday said the government has...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-01 00:00:00
After spot checks of the country's current situations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it will assist Bangladesh in conducting necessary reforms and policy adjustments to navigate emerging headwinds on the economic front."We support the authorities' efforts to initiate policy...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-01 00:00:00
Endemic labour unrest in Bangladesh's main export industry erupted into massive clashes between the garment workers and law-enforcers in Ashulia on Monday, leaving one worker shot dead and several injured.Kawsar Hossain Khan, a 27-year-old factory worker at Mango Tex Limited...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-01 00:00:00
The work of the reform commissions that was scheduled to begin from yesterday (Monday) has been deferred, as the interim government has decided to hold another round of dialogue with the political parties before that, press secretary to the chief...
Global money market funds experienced their highest weekly inflows in nearly six months, with investors cautious about the health of the US economy and concerned that further rate cuts this year could signal deeper economic troubles, reports Reuters.Investors bought safer...
A five-day-long orientation programme has been arranged for the newly recruited 148 junior officers of Pubali Bank. The course is designed to train the participants in the concepts, principles, rules, regulations, laws and practices of the bank. Managing Director &...
BRAC Bank achieved the milestone of opening 50 sub-branches. The latest sub-branch at Oxygen Moor in Chattogram went into operation as the 50th branch on September 26. Sheikh Mohammad Ashfaque, the deputy managing director & head of branch distribution network,...
Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) held its first branch banking conference on September 13-14 at BRAC CDM, Savar in Dhaka. The event brought the MTB's leadership and key stakeholders together to come to an agreement on strategies and focus on future...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-01 00:00:00
Doreen Power Generations and Systems has announced that it will sell another power plant in Feni a month after it sold its Tangail plant upon the expiry of its 15-year power purchase contract with the government. The board of the...
Mohammad Mamdudur Rashid has recently been appointed as the managing director and CEO of United Commercial Bank, according to a press release. He brings three decades of experience in the financial services sector. Most recently, he served as the managing...
Sheikh Mohammad Maroof, a veteran banker with almost three decades of versatile experience in the banking industry, joined Dhaka Bank as the managing director. He served at The City Bank as the additional managing director and chief business officer before...
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