OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-07 00:00:00
GAIBANDHA, Dec 06: Tohura Begum, a woman of Bhasarpara village of Gaibandha's Phulchari, has been successfully farming mixed fishes in a tank, where ornamental fishes were seen hatching from eggs inside its water, as tilapias, carps and catfishes swam in...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-07 00:00:00
MANIKGANJ, Dec 06: Rural roads across Manikganj district have fallen into such a state of disrepair that describing them as merely `poor' would be an understatement. From Ghior to Shibaloy, Saturia, Daulatpur, Singair, Sadar and Harirampur, none of the upazilas...
BEIRUT, Dec 06 (AFP): Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urged a United Nations Security Council delegation on Friday to pressure Israel to respect a year-old ceasefire and to support his army's efforts to disarm Hezbollah.Despite a November 2024 ceasefire that was...
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 06 (AFP): Gunmen stormed a hostel in South Africa's capital Pretoria on Saturday, killing 11 people including a three year old child, police said.The attack is the latest in a string of mass shootings that have shocked the...
KYIV, Dec 06 (AFP): An overnight Russian drone and missile attack has targeted critical infrastructure, including energy sites and railways, triggering heating and water outages for thousands of households, Kyiv said on Saturday.The latest wave of aerial strikes comes as...
DOHA, Dec 06 (AFP): The nearly two-month-old ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will not be complete until Israeli troops withdraw from the Palestinian territory under a peace plan backed by Washington and the UN, mediator Qatar's prime minister said Saturday."Now...
KANDAHAR, Dec 06 (AFP): An overnight exchange of fire at one of the main Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossings killed four civilians, an Afghan official said on Saturday, in the latest flare-up since deadly clashes in October.Four others were wounded, Abdul Karim...
WASHINGTON, Dec 06 (AP): Thousands of refugees around the world have been unable to enter the United States due to new policies under President Donald Trump. Many had prepared for their move, sold belongings, and secured travel documents before the...
ACEH TAMIANG, Dec 06 (AP): Emergency crews raced against time on Friday after last week's catastrophic floods and landslides that struck parts of Asia, killing more than 1,500 people. Relief operations were underway, but the scale of need overwhelmed the...
At the University of Chittagong, around 30,000 students are currently enrolled. Unfortunately, for a long time, students had to cope with a lack of an organised and comprehensive healthcare system. The university's sole medical center faces a shortage of experienced...
Jute, frequently known as the "golden fiber," has been part of the identity of Bangladesh for centuries. However, nowadays jute is not just a traditional crop. It has the potential to be the future of our economy, our environment and...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-12-07 00:00:00
As the saying goes, old habits die hard. This is particularly true for market manipulators in Bangladesh, who have once again resorted to their familiar tactic of creating artificial crises to drive up the prices of essential commodities such as...
Asjadul Kibria | 2025-12-07 00:00:00
International trade in agricultural products has remained static over the last few years, as reflected in global export trends. The combined share of these products is still less than one-tenth of the international merchandise trade. Nevertheless, the rule on trade...
The recently approved Police Commission Ordinance stands as a missed opportunity to reform a critically important institution, with its final version betraying a deliberate unwillingness to loosen the government's control over law enforcement. By stripping away provisions that would have...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-06 12:00:00
The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) tumbled this week, snapping a two-week gaining streak, as the move to liquidate nine scam-tainted non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) unnerved investors.The Bangladesh Bank officially approved the liquidation this week as the...
Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Porishod organised a demonstration on the Dhaka University campus on Friday 'to protest the BSF's killings of Bangladeshi citizens and demanding punishment to the persons involved in killings of army personnel in Pilkhana with Indian backing'. —...
Bangladesh's Ambassador to Mexico Mushfiqul Fazal Ansarey has said that the student-led Uprising in August demonstrated that young people are the true drivers of democracy and accountability in Bangladesh, reports UNB.Talking to a group of International Relations students from the...
A special prayer was held at the Dhakeshwari National Temple premises at Chawkbazar area in the capital on Friday seeking the recovery of BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, reports BSS.The event was jointly organised by Bangladesh...
NARSINGDI, Dec 05 (BSS): BNP Standing Committee member and former minister Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan on Friday said that Begum Khaleda Zia is a steadfast and uncompromising leader who has never bowed her head to injustice."As an uncompromising leader, Begum...
A long-term political roadmap and the fate of the nation will be determined in the next few weeks, says Mahi B Chowdhury, the son of late president AQM Badruddoza, reports bdnews24.com. Mahi's comment came in a post on his Facebook...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Friday hosted milad and doa mahfil at all mosques within the Bangabhaban compound after Jummah prayers, seeking the swift recovery of BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, reports BSS.The President joined the doa...
Bangladesh Labour Party on Friday formally announced ending its 20-year-long political alliance with the BNP, citing repeated neglect and broken promises by the major party, reports UNB.The decision was taken at a National Executive Committee meeting chaired by Labour Party...
KURIGRAM, Dec 05 (BSS): BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday said the party is prepared to take part in the upcoming national election on the government-announced schedule if no major political or administrative crisis arises, reports...
RANGPUR, Dec 05 (UNB): Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Friday said the government of India has not yet given any positive response on Bangladesh's request to extradite ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina."We want Sheikh Hasina to be sent...
Devotees at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the capital offering special munajat after the Juma prayers for the recovery of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. BNP organised the munajat in mosques across the country on Friday. — FE Photo
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Saturday). Night temperature may fall by (1-2)°C, and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged. The highest temperature in the...
The Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Krishak Dal district unit arranged a modern harvester machine to help 10 sharecropping farmers at Panchgachhiya in Feni Sadar process their paddy on Friday. — Focus Bangla
LALMONIRHAT, Dec 05 (UNB): Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has handed over the body of a Bangladeshi man who was allegedly shot dead along the Patgram border in Lalmonirhat Thursday.Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Patgram Police Station, said the body...
The government on Friday said that necessary processes are underway to address the longstanding demand of medical technologists and pharmacists for implementation of the 10th grade, urging them to withdraw their ongoing work abstention and immediately resume duties in the...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-06 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 05: Police recovered the hanging body of a Chittagong University (CU) student from a house in Khulshi area of Chattogram on Thursday night.The victim was identified as Omar Faruk Sumon, a student of the Arabic Dept of CU.Police...
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