India, China agree to resolveborder issues at earliestNEW DELHI, July 04: India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Thursday in Kazakhstan where the two agreed to step up talks to resolve issues along their border...
KABUL, July 04 (AP): Frozan Ahmadzai is one of 200,000 Afghan women who have the Taliban's permission to work. She should have graduated from university this year in pursuit of her dream of becoming a doctor, but the Taliban have...
MOSCOW, July 04 (AP): The Kremlin on Thursday said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on July 8-9 and hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The visit was first announced by the Russian officials last month, but...
ASTANA, July 04 (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping were set to participate Thursday in a regional summit in Central Asia bringing together numerous countries opposed to the West.Putin and Xi regularly meet under the aegis...
GAZA, July 04 (Reuters/BBC): Signs of renewed activity emerged on Wednesday in the quest for a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in the nine-month-old war in the Gaza Strip while Israel launched more strikes on the devastated enclave.After weeks...
LONDON, July 04 (Reuters): Britons began voting on Thursday in a parliamentary election that is expected to bring Keir Starmer's Labour Party to power, sweeping away Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives after 14 often turbulent years.Opinion polls put Starmer's centre-left...
NATORE, July 04 (BSS): A woman and her minor girl were killed in a collision between a microbus and an auto-rickshaw on the Lalpur-Bagha regional road in Rahimpur Jamtala area under Lalpur upazila of the district on Thursday afternoon.The deceased...
RANGPUR, July 04 (bdnews24.com): Three people have died in a septic tank accident at Mithapukur upazila in Rangpur district.The incident occurred at Dhap Udaypur village in Gopalpur Union around 6am on Thursday, said Ferdous Wahid, chief of Mithapukur Police Station.The...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-07-05 00:00:00
SYLHET, July 04: Shankar Pasha Shahi Masjid, a unique architectural structure of the Sultan era in Habiganj district, still attracts many visitors every day for its historical importance.The mosque is located on a hillock spread over 03 acres of land...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-07-05 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, July 04: Separate incidents of landslide have claimed 14 lives as incessant rains lashed the hilly neighbourhoods of Cox's Bazar since the onset of monsoon. Of the deaths, 12 occurred in the Rohingya camp of Ukhiya upzila and...
A rampant drug trade operates openly at Geneva Camp in Mohammadpur, right under the nose of law enforcement agencies. If someone dares to protest, the drug dealers falsely accuse them of drug-related crimes, leading to their imprisonment.Three brothers in the...
Hatia Upazila is an isolated region of the Noakhali District, situated on the banks of the Bay of Bengal and the Meghna River. For decades, the Meghna River has been eroding the land of Hatia, leading to the destruction of...
A pension programme named Prottoy, effective for those joining self-governing, autonomous, state-owned and statutory organisations after July 1, 2024, has triggered widespread controversy. Bangladesh University Teachers Association Federation is opposing this decision, terming it as 'discriminatory'. Public university teachers have...
Shiabur Rahman | 2024-07-05 00:00:00
The national body for curriculum finalisation has lately given go-ahead to a new evaluation system replacing existing one for up to 10th grade. Two major changes have been brought in the new system - changes in the weightage of written...
Following recent reports of wealth scams involving government servants, the High Court has directed the government to ensure submission of wealth statements by government officials and their family members. The court has also asked for a progress report on this...
Matiur Rahman | 2024-07-05 00:00:00
Corruption in Bangladesh is not a recent phenomenon. Historical legacies of weak governance and bureaucratic red tape have created fertile ground for corrupt practices. The complex web of regulations and permits required for even basic tasks creates opportunities for bribery...
A man and a teenage boy have died after they were buried by two landslides at Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya Upazila.The landslides occurred at Balukhali camp No. 8 and No. 11 early on Wednesday, said Mohammad Shamsu...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday filed two separate cases against Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) Director (Develop-ment and Control-II) Mobarak Hossain and his wife Sahana Parveen for allegedly acquiring wealth beyond their known source of income.ACC's integrated district office Dhaka-1...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-07-04 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has taken a new move to improve its operational capacity through institutional development to address challenges posed by the growing passengers and cargo volumes over the past decade.The state-owned train operator increased its passenger-kilometre ratio to...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-04 00:00:00
The National Pension Authority (NPA) on Wednesday signed memorandums of understanding (MoU) with seven public- and private-sector banks to expand its subscriber base. The banks are: Bangladesh Krishi Bank, Janata Bank PLC, Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank, Prime Bank PLC, Dutch-Bangla...
DU Correspondent | 2024-07-04 00:00:00
Students of Dhaka University (DU), Jahangirnagar University (JU), the seven colleges affiliated with DU and other colleges under the National University staged demonstrations on Wednesday against reinstatement of the quota system in the civil service. A large number of DU...
Heavy rainfall triggered by active monsoon submerged much of two northeastern districts of Sylhet and Sunamganj, creating havoc for the people in the rural areas.As monsoon has arrived early, impacted by cyclone Rimel, the fresh round of flood inundated vast...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-04 00:00:00
Handicraft manufacturers have called for a 15-percent cash incentive on their export earnings, arguing it is essential for the sector's survival.At a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka on Wednesday, the Bangladesh Handicrafts Manufacturers and Exporters Association...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-07-04 00:00:00
The Central Intelligence Cell of the revenue board has instructed all banks to provide bank details of Sadeeq Agro Limited (SAL) and its two key persons within a week.The cell under the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has sent letters...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-07-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh sees its current account dip deeper, with the deficit counting US$ 5.7 billion as of April, after nine months of surplus as the country's foreign trade tips the balance.The deficit was seen $3.3 billion at the end 2023 fiscal...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-04 00:00:00
Public university teachers and employees across the country continued their work abstention for the third consecutive day on Wednesday to press home their demand for reinstating previous pension facilities in place of the Universal Pension Scheme.There was no academic activity,...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh and China are likely to strike deals on at least 12 projects during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Beijing visit on July 8-11, say sources about the new development recipe.The list of the potential projects for announcement during the upcoming...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2024-07-04 00:00:00
China has agreed to slash interest rate on its concessional loans to Bangladesh in an exclusive offer of low-cost development funding, which may "significantly improve" the country's debt portfolio.The interest rate on the Chinese loans will be pared down to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told parliament that the government drew up a plan to generate electricity from hydrogen and ammonia alongside the production of solar and wind power in the country."It is expected that it would be possible...
COX'S BAZAR, July 3 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a Rohingya man with his throat slit from inside the Ukhiya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday.The dead is Nur Mohammad (31), son of Oli Ahmed of Block D,...
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
