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Taliban order women to wear burkas to access hospitals

2025-11-14 00:00:00

KABUL, Nov 13 (BBBC): The Taliban authorities in Afghanistan ordered female patients, caretakers and staff to wear a burka - a full Islamic veil - to enter public health facilities in the western city of Herat, medical charity Médecins Sans...

DUCSU revokes Sheikh Hasina's lifetime membership

DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-11-14 00:00:00

The Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) has revoked the lifetime membership of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The decision was made on Wednesday night during DUCSU's second executive meeting. DUCSU Vice President Shadik Kayem confirmed the matter following the...

Dismembered body found near National Eidgah

2025-11-14 00:00:00

Police recovered a dismembered body from a plastic drum left on the footpath near the National Eidgah ground in the capital on Thursday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Ashraful Haque, a vegetable vendor from Badarganj upazila in Rangpur, reports...

Law Adviser orders immediate action

2025-11-14 00:00:00

Law Adviser Asif Nazrul has ordered swift action against those responsible for a knife attack in Rajshahi that killed a judge's son and left his wife seriously injured on Thursday. In a statement, Adviser Nazrul strongly condemned the brutal attack...

High Court to hear legality of NCT deal Nov 19

FE REPORT | 2025-11-14 00:00:00

The High Court has fixed November 19 for a hearing on the legality of the government's move to award the container handling contract of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) at Chattogram Port to a foreign company. The case, which...

AL's 'lockdown' sees sporadic violence

FE REPORT | 2025-11-14 00:00:00

Dhaka and other parts of the country witnessed a largely normal day on Thursday despite the Awami League's call for a nationwide 'lockdown,' with only a few isolated incidents reported.Offices, markets, and shops operated almost as usual, while traffic movement...

Ali Riaz appointed CA's special assistant

2025-11-14 00:00:00

The government has appointed Professor Ali Riaz as Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser. The Cabinet Division issued a notification in this regard on Thursday, reports UNB. According to the notification, he will enjoy the rank, salary, allowances and other...

Subcontracting RMG makers to get export incentive

JASIM UDDIN | 2025-11-14 00:00:00

The government has decided to provide cash incentives to sub contracting apparel and textiles makers to help boost their exports to the USA market under the 'US first sale rule'. However, the relevant facility factories have to comply with some...

Bangladesh's debt rises 13.5pc in FY25

JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-11-14 00:00:00

Bangladesh's total debt rose by more than 13.5 per cent to Tk 21.44 trillion in the fiscal year ending in June 2025, driven largely by external borrowing, according to data released by the Finance Division on Wednesday.This represents 38.61 per...

Prayer Timings (2025-11-14)

2025-11-14 00:00:00

Make revenue fiscal side a high national priority, says IMF

FE REPORT | 2025-11-14 00:00:00

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday emphasised the need for making the revenue fiscal side "a high national priority" to streamline the economy of Bangladesh."Without (higher) revenue collection, it is very difficult to fix the banking sector, very difficult...

Finance goes tightfisted, trims ADP down to Tk 2.0t

JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-11-14 00:00:00

Government's finance authority gets further tightfisted with the current development budget downsized by Tk 300 billion to Tk 2.0 trillion, officials say, citing hard times on the economic front in the interim period.The Finance Division has slashed Annual Development Programme...

Hasina trial verdict November 17

FE REPORT | 2025-11-14 00:00:00

Uprising-time crime-against-humanity trial verdict in the main case against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two of her top aides will be delivered on November 17 (Monday).The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) in Dhaka Thursday set the date, amid unassailable security...

No objection to referendum timing, says NCP, takes exception to signing

2025-11-14 00:00:00

National Citizen Party (NCP) Joint Convener Sarwar Tushar said in a reaction to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus's speech on Thursday that his party had no objection to the timing of the referendum."We have no objection to the timing of...

Polls, referendum on same day against people's will, says Jamaat

FE REPORT | 2025-11-14 00:00:00

Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary-General Mia Golam Porwar said on Thursday that the government announced the national elections and referendum for the same day ignoring the will and demands of the people."Chief adviser's announcement has not fulfilled the aspirations of the public," he...

Chief Adviser violates July Charter he signed

FE REPORT | 2025-11-14 00:00:00

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed Thursday said Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus violated the July National Charter which he himself signed.He said the Chief Adviser had broken the promises made in the charter that was signed at the South...

National election, referendum on same day in early Feb: CA

FE REPORT | 2025-11-14 00:00:00

Next national parliamentary election and referendum on constitutional reforms will be held concurrently the same day in early February 2026, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus announced Thursday to break a political standoff.In a televised address to the nation in the...

Weather (2025-11-14)

2025-11-14 00:00:00

Weather may remain dry with cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday). emperature may remain nearly unchanged. The highest temperature on Thursday was recorded at 32.2 degrees Celsius in Sitakunda, while the...

Three die of dengue -__

2025-11-14 00:00:00

The dengue situation continues to deteriorate, with three more deaths and 833 new hospitalisations reported across the country in the 24 hours until Thursday morning, reports UNB.According to the DGHS, the latest figures bring this year's total death toll from...

NSUSN holds Startups Showcase 2025

2025-11-14 00:00:00

North South University (NSU) Startups Next (NSUSN), the university's startup incubation platform, recently concluded its Startups Showcase 2025 on the NSU campus.The two-day event featured over thirty ventures, showcasing both alumni-founded enterprises and companies. NSU continues to lead the country's...

50th death anniv of MA Rab today

2025-11-14 00:00:00

Today (Friday) marks the 50th death anniversary of Major General (Retd.) MA Rab, Bir Uttam, the Chief of Staff of the Liberation Forces and the first honorary MD of the Mukti Joddha Kalyan Trust.Relatives, friends, and well-wishers have been requested...

20th Annual Commanders' Conference of the Bangladesh Infantry Regiment

2025-11-14 00:00:00

Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman was present as the chief guest at the 20th Annual Commanders' Conference of the Bangladesh Infantry Regiment, held at BIRC in Rajshahi Cantonment on Thursday. — ISPR

Govt decides to exempt excise duty on 2026 Hajj air tickets

DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-11-14 00:00:00

The advisory council of the interim government on Thursday approved a proposal to exempt excise duty on air tickets for Bangladeshi pilgrims travelling to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj in 2026, in a bid to reduce the overall cost of...

Nurul Kabir, Dewan Hanif Mahmud made president, GS

FE REPORT | 2025-11-14 00:00:00

Nurul Kabir, Editor of the New Age, and Dewan Hanif Mahmud, Editor and Publisher of the daily Banik Barta, have been elected president and general secretary (GS), respectively, of the Editors' Council for a two-year term. The election took place...

CA distributes awards among 'Notun Kuri' 2025 winners

2025-11-14 00:00:00

Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday distributed awards among the top performers of Bangladesh Television's (BTV) 'Notun Kuri' competition 2025, reports BSS.Two top performers under 'Ka' and 'Kha' groups received a crest and a cheque for Tk 300,000...

BADAS spends Tk 1.14b to give free healthcare to diabetic patients in FY 25

FE REPORT | 2025-11-14 00:00:00

In the fiscal year (FY) 2024-25, the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (BADAS) spent around Tk1.14 billion to provide free insulin, medicines, and healthcare to diabetic patients across the country.Currently, more than 6.5 million of the country's 13.8 million diabetic patients-nearly...

All 54 registered parties deserve equal treatment

FE REPORT | 2025-11-14 00:00:00

The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday began its long-awaited dialogue with registered political parties, pledging to play a completely neutral role in the forthcoming 13th national election and seeking the cooperation of all political actors to ensure a credible vote.Chief...

Feb polls to help get a truly representative JS, says Fakhrul

2025-11-14 00:00:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has stressed that the national election scheduled for February 2026 could pave the way for the formation of a truly representative Jatiya Sangsad (JS), reports UNB.He also said The JS will discuss and...

Shahjalal Islami Bank holds 907th EC meeting

2025-11-14 00:00:00

The 907th meeting of the Executive Committee (EC) of Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC (SJIB PLC) was held at the Corporate Head Office of the bank on Wednesday. The meeting was presided over by Akkas Uddin Mollah, Chairman of the Executive...

Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Ltd holds AGM

2025-11-14 00:00:00

The 39th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Ltd (JGTDSL), a company of Petrobangla, was held at the Petrobangla board room in the city on Wednesday. The meeting was presided over by the company's Board...