FE REPORT | 2026-06-10 00:00:00
A heated debate erupted in Parliament on Tuesday over the appointment of a new chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC and the bank's overall governance, with ministers and lawmakers trading accusations over its ownership, management and future direction.The discussion began...
FE REPORT | 2026-06-10 00:00:00
Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury says the government is preparing the budget for the next fiscal year with interests of people from all sections of society in mind."We are preparing the budget taking all relevant issues into consideration," he...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2026-06-10 00:00:00
A litmus test comes for a BNP regime after 19 years as the new government prepares to present tomorrow a hugely deficit budget after return to power through the much-hyped February-12th polls.A BNP-led government had last presented its budget for...
ZAHID HASAN | 2026-06-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh is experiencing severe heatwaves. The temperatures are rising to dangerous levels. The risk of heatstroke is very high now. And so it is important to know the facts to tackle the crisis. Heatstroke and heat exhaustionHeat exhaustion is the...
MALIHA TASNIM | 2026-06-10 00:00:00
Imagine waking up on the day of your semester final exam. You step out of your hall to find a rickshaw and head to university. But the road outside is underwater. There is no vehicle in sight, but your exam...
SAIMA NUR | 2026-06-10 00:00:00
The football World Cup is not just a sporting event in Bangladesh. It is a massive national festival. Millions of passionate fans stay awake until midnight to watch their favourite teams. This collective obsession creates a powerful economic wave across...
PABNA, June 09 (UNB): Two people, including a college student, were killed in separate shooting and stabbing incidents in Pabna town on Monday.The deceased were identified as Ali Hossain, 53, and Monirul Islam, 24, a student of Pabna Government Edward...
COX'S BAZAR, June 09 (UNB): A 35-year-old woman and her school-going daughter were allegedly gang-raped by a group of robbers while committing robbery at their house in newly formed Matamuhuri upazila of Cox's Bazar district early Tuesday.Officer-in-Charge of Chakaria Police...
Police have arrested a "mentally unstable" woman over killing her 95-year-old mother by hacking in Harirampur Upazila of Manikganj, reports bdnews24.com. The incident took place around 10:30am on Tuesday in Madhyadhusuria village of Gala Union, said Harirampur Police Station chief...
TANGAIL, June 09 (UNB): Four people were killed and another was injured when a chicken-laden pickup van rammed into the rear of a stationary truck at Ghonar Chala area in Sakhipur upazila of Tangail early Tuesday.The deceased were identified as...
A young man has been hacked to death on his way home after celebrating his birthday with his friends in Mymensingh, reports bdnews24.com. The murder took place on Monday night at the Mazar Road intersection in Gafargaon municipality, said Gafargaon...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-06-10 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, June 09: The ICU unit of Gopalganj's 250-bed General Hospital has remained non-operational for the past four years. This hospital is the only medical facility serving the 1.8 million residents of Gopalganj district.It is alleged that the previous Awami...
PUEBLA, Mexico, June 8 (Reuters): Spain beat Peru 3-1 in their final World Cup warm-up match on Monday, giving thousands of fans in Puebla a glimpse of one of the tournament favourites days before the global showpiece begins.Mikel Oyarzabal opened...
In a sport where youth is a highly prized commodity, the World Cup starting this week offers evidence you cannot keep a good man down.A record eight players aged 40 or older have been selected to play at the tournament...
Sheikh Ruhul Amin, a young social worker and prominent philanthropist, has been elected as the director of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), reports BSS.A man of Rampal upazila in Bagerhat, he was elected as the BCB director in a direct...
BASKING RIDGE, NEW JERSEY, United States, June 9 (AFP): Brazil star Bruno Guimaraes insisted Monday his team should get "the respect they deserve" as they get ready to kick off their bid to win a record-extending sixth World Cup.The Selecao...
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman provided necessary financial assistanceon Tuesday for constructing a house for Ritu Porna Chakma, one of the star players of the Bangladesh National Women's Football Team, reports BSS.The Prime Minister handed over the cheque of the assistance...
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, has been suspended from his duties after the court's oversight body initiated disciplinary proceedings over allegations of sexual misconduct, reports AP.The decision was announced late Monday by the Bureau...
GENEVA, June 9 (AFP): Nuclear-armed countries swelled their spending on atomic weapons by a fifth last year to a record high of nearly $119 billion, with plans to ramp up those investments for decades, campaigners said Tuesday.The world's nine nuclear-armed...
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines,Jun 09, (AP): Rescuers searched ruined buildings in the southern Philippines on Tuesday to ensure no one was still trapped a day after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the country in a half-century killed at least...
CAIRO, June 8 (Reuters): Israeli strikes killed six Palestinians, including a child, in the Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials there said, as Israel's military expanded the area under its control, according to residents.The reports came as mediators in Cairo...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, June 9 (AFP): Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants killed six paramilitary personnel and abducted eight others during an attack on a checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, security officials said on Tuesday. Dozens of members of the militant group, which claimed...
GENEVA, June 9 (AFP): Palestinian civilians are caught between "mass atrocities" of Israeli forces, settlers and Hamas's brutal rule, a UN-mandated inquiry said Tuesday.Civilians across war-ravaged Gaza and the occupied West Bank are being "systematically and deliberately" subjected to severe...
NEW YORK, June 9 (AFP): President Donald Trump said Tuesday that two pilots were uninjured after reports that a US military helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz.It was not immediately clear whether the Apache helicopter was shot down,...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 9 (AFP): The heads of the Pakistani and Lebanese armed forces agreed to boost cooperation on Tuesday as they met in Pakistan with peace talks over the Middle East war dragging on.Pakistan has been mediating between the...
LONDON, June 9 (Reuters): Arabica coffee futures on ICE edged up on Tuesday, boosted by the prospect of some delays to the harvest in top producer Brazil while cocoa prices were also higher.Arabica coffee was up 0.8% at $2.4785 per...
BERLIN, June 9 (Reuters): Emirates will roll out incentives aimed at winning back customers worried about the protracted Iran war, focusing on safety and reliable travel connections rather than lower fares, the Gulf airline's President Tim Clark told Reuters on...
NEW DELHI, June 9 (Reuters): India's fertiliser ministry has sought to double its budgeted subsidy fund for the current fiscal year amid a global price rally, a government official said, as the South Asian nation increasingly counts the mounting cost...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures closed at their lowest level in two weeks on Tuesday, reversing gains in the previous session, as sluggish export demand continued to weigh on the market. The benchmark palm oil contract...
Gold edged higher on Tuesday supported by lower oil prices as tensions eased in the Middle East, but concerns about US interest rate hikes ahead of key inflation data this week capped gains, reports Reuters.Spot gold was up 0.3 per...
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