According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), around 138 million children worldwide are engaged in child labour. Shockingly, 87 million are in Africa, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the global total. Theirs is not just light work-nearly 54 million children...
Tanim Asjad | 2025-11-15 00:00:00
Around two-fifths of the daily commuters in Dhaka walk to reach their destinations, whereas the ratio was one-fifth two decades ago. The data are impressive, no doubt, especially since the city is not particularly conducive to smooth walking. There is...
Syed Muhammed Showaib | 2025-11-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh stands among the world's most climate-vulnerable nations, not only in statistical rankings but in the lived experience of millions. The country has entered an era in which the scale and frequency of natural disasters can no longer be predicted...
The size of the investment that the formal lending institutions, that is, banks, have already made or are willing to make in a particular sector of the economy is indicative of the particular sector's importance in the economy. From that...
Serajul I Bhuiyan | 2025-11-15 00:00:00
Despite these challenges, it is clear that this is a momentous point in Bangladeshi history. This is because it is a country which is situated at a critical point in its national journey. Indeed, with a significant percentage, which is...
Chief Justice (CJ) Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed on Wednesday administered the oath to 21 newly appointed permanent judges of the High Court (HC) Division of the Supreme Court, reports BSS.The oath-taking ceremony was held at the Supreme Court Judges' Lounge,...
A total of 528 people were killed and 1,310 injured in 532 accidents on roads, railways, and waterways across the country in October, according to a report by Jatri Kalyan Samity (JKS).The non-government organisation compiled the report based on news...
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (AFP): A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release on bond of hundreds of undocumented migrants arrested in Chicago in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.District Judge Jeffrey Cummings ordered the release of detainees who are not considered...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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