Vice Chancellor (VC) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Dr Satya Prasad Majumder along with other teachers and officials placing a wreath at the portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi 32 in...
The High Court (HC) has upheld the lower court's death penalty verdict for Chandpur serial killer Rasu Kha in Parveen Akter murder case, reports UNB.The bench of Justice Syed Md Ziaul Karim and Justice KM Emrul Kayesh issued the ruling...
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat has said the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wants to ensure the protection of professional journalists, reports BSS."Our target is to give protection to all professional journalists...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-10 00:00:00
Nobel laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus and six other accused have filed a petition with the High Court seeking quashment of case filed against them. Admitting the petition, the High Court bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-07-10 00:00:00
Dhaka University (DU) teachers, along with those of 39 other public universities, continued all-out strike and sit-in programme for the ninth consecutive day on Tuesday, demanding cancelation of their inclusion in the universal pension scheme 'Prottoy'. The teachers started their...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-10 00:00:00
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has signed two deals with Germany's Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to ensure sustainable management of the Sundarbans and the marine protected area (MPA) 'Swatch of No Ground (SONG)'. MoEFCC...
KHULNA, July 09 (UNB): A Jubo League leader has been hacked to death by miscreants at the Lohar Gate in East Baniakhamar in Khulna.The dead, Al Amin (45), was the former joint convener Ward-27 Jubo League.Mohammad Kamal Khan, officer-in-charge of...
As part of its ongoing move to overhaul the party and its associate bodies, BNP formed a six-member partial committee of its youth wing Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal on Tuesday, reports UNB.Just 25 days after the dissolution of its previous committee,...
Law Minister Anisul Huq has said he does not know how to release BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia who is already out of prison, reports UNB.Khaleda Zia has become ill again. When asked about the BNP's demand for her unconditional release,...
BEIJING, China, July 09 (BSS): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid glowing tributes to the Chinese heroes by placing a wreath at the Monument at the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing.The national anthems of the two countries were played on the...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the government is taking the country to destruction with its misrule, reports UNB.The BNP leader came up with the remarks while speaking at a doa and milad mahfil organised by...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the government is observing both the protests by students and job seekers against quotas in government jobs and the teachers' ongoing movement to repeal the Prottoy pension scheme, reports bdnews24.com."Everything will...
Although the rain brings a welcome respite from the sweltering heat for city-dwellers on Tuesday, it simultaneously causes suffering to commuters. The photo was taken at Topkhana Road in the capital city. — FE Photo by Asad-Uz-Zaman
A Dhaka court on Tuesday set September 4 to submit a probe report in the case lodged over Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve heist that took place in 2016.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury set the date as the investigation agency Criminal...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-10 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) has issued a rule upon the government bodies concerned to explain as to why a directive should not be given for adoption of laws regarding paternity leave. The HC bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-07-10 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, July 09: The court ordered the attachment of the property, documents, flats, and company shares belonging to Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Mohammad Kamrul Hasan and his wife, Saima Begum. The order was given...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-10 00:00:00
Climate change impact is seriously affecting seasonal patterns, hampering crops production in Bangladesh, which is creating scope for a slump in food output like other countries, according to an expert.Keeping this in view, the country should focus on mitigation, adaptation,...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-10 00:00:00
The anti-graft watchdog has sought details about NID cards and passports of former revenue board member Matiur Rahman and his family members.To this end, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has written letters to the Election Commission and the Department of Immigration...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-07-10 00:00:00
The authorities concerned have once again set a new target to open the Gazipur-Airport dedicated bus corridor by December next despite still having challenges to be able to complete bus procurement by then. Since construction of the much-talked-about project began...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to pay official visits to Spain and Brazil from July 21 to further strengthen ties with these two countries engaging in broader areas of cooperation, reports UNB.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is taking preparations...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-07-10 00:00:00
The revenue board has estimated Tk 113 billion in additional value-added tax (VAT) in fiscal year 2024-25, riding on a fiscal measure having no new exemption for businesses.A big chunk has been projected from the tobacco sector, followed by at-source...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-10 00:00:00
Syed Abed Ali, a former driver of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC), and five others out of 17 detained over question-paper leaks have given confessional statements to the court.Five other detainees are office staff Khalilur Rahman, office assistant Sajedul...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-10 00:00:00
Sun Life Insurance Company spent an additional management cost worth Tk 570 million over five years to 2023, limiting its capacity to settle claims by the clients, the insurance regulator has found.The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has further...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-10 00:00:00
A day's pause in street squatting escalates into an all-out dawn-to-dusk blockade today (Wednesday) as the protesters Tuesday announced the programme to press their demand for reform in the quota system in government recruitment.In a fast development, the apex court...
BEIJING, Jul 09 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to further cut the interest rates on its loan for Bangladesh.She made the request when the president of the Beijing-based AIIB Jin Liqun...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-10 00:00:00
A much-awaited modus operandi for transactions across mobile financial services (MFSs) and banks is now in place to enable instant money flow through a digital platform vernacularly nicknamed Binimoy.The central bank, Bangladesh Bank (BB), rolled out Tuesday the Binimoy operating...
BEIJING, July 9 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said now is the time for Bangladesh and China to explore new areas of further collaboration in trade and investment to create a prosperous future for both."It is time for...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh's economic growth rebounded to 6.12 per cent in the third quarter of the just-concluded fiscal year as all three broad sectors performed well to pull the economy from a preceding gloom, official data showed.The gross domestic product (GDP) has...
BENGALURU, July 9 (Reuters): Inflows into India's equity mutual funds rose 17 per cent sequentially to a record high of 406.08 billion rupees (about $5 billion) in June, data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) showed on...
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