The nomination papers of Anisul Islam Mahmud, chairman of a breakaway faction of the Jatiya Party, have been rejected for the Chattogram-5 (Hathazari) parliamentary constituency, report agencies.The decision was announced on Saturday by Chattogram Divisional Commissioner and Returning Officer Md...
Adilur Rahman Khan, adviser to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the e-rickshaw piloting project in the capital's Aftabnagar area on Saturday. —PID
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office. Moderate to thick fog may occur at many places over the country during...
Regular judicial proceedings in the Appellate Division and the High Court Division of the Supreme Court (SC) will resume today (Sunday) following the December vacation, marking the beginning of judicial activities for the new year, reports BSS.Newly appointed Chief Justice...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
Two people have been appointed as personal secretary and press secretary to BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman.The appointment was announced in a press release signed by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday.ABM Abdus Sattar, former secretary...
MUNSHIGANJ, Jan 03 (BSS): The interim government aims to hand over state power to the elected government as soon as possible after the February 12 election, Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain said on Saturday, dismissing any notion of external pressure...
FE REPORT Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali said that police were scrutinising two video messages reportedly released by Faisal Karim Masud, the prime suspect in the murder of Inquilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi."No comments. We...
FE REPORTBNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said that Begum Khaleda Zia stood by the people of the country while facing crises with great patience and strong determination. He said the country can move forward only by following...
Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus has expressed deep condolences to the President of the Swiss Confederation Guy Parmelin over the loss of lives in a fire incident at a ski resort in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, reports BSS."I am deeply saddened...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi addressing a condolence meeting organised by the BFUJ and DUJ at the National Press Club in the city on Saturday in memory of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. — Focus Bangla
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has spent only Tk 27.5 million in more than two and a half years -- just 0.24 per cent of the total Tk 11.33 billion project -- to procure 340 CNG-powered single-decker air-conditioned buses.Amid...
South Asia Travel and Hajj Service, a concern of the country's leading business group AKIJ Resource, has started its journey with the aim of ensuring a reliable, transparent and quality Hajj and Umrah service for Muslims.On this occasion, an inaugural...
Md. Safir Rahman, Director of Quality Feeds Limited and its sister concerns, has been elected as Secretary General of the Bangladesh Poultry Industries Association (BPIA) in its biennial Executive Council election held recently.He contested the election from Quality Breeders Limited,...
The newly launched National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR) has uncovered a disturbing scale of clone and counterfeit mobile phone usage nationwide, with millions of fake and duplicate IMEI numbers currently active on mobile networks, reports BSS.NEIR has identified numerous irregular...
Munima SultanaRoad and rail transport development has made little headway during the interim government's tenure, as reluctance to approve new or high-cost projects has slowed infrastructure expansion. Even relatively low-cost initiatives such as bus route rationalisation (BRR) and bus rapid...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
The month-long 30th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DIFT) 2026 kicked off at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre in Purbachal on Saturday, two days behind schedule following the demise of former prime minister and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.Commerce Adviser Sk...
The first Alumni Reunion of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) department of Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET), Gazipur, was held in a vibrant and festive atmosphere. DUET Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Mohammad Zoynal Abedin inaugurated the daylong event...
Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) has issued a seven-point demand to the government, warning of widespread consumer frustration amid what it calls abnormal and sustained price hikes in sugar, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and edible oils. reports UNB.In a statement...
ORLANDO, FLORIDA, Dec 29 (REUTERS): This was one of the most topsy-turvy years in living memory for financial markets, as US President Donald Trump tore up the economic playbook that has shaped the multilateral, globalized world for decades.The president's strategy...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
Auditors make observations on businesses' financial reports, but no regulatory actions follow critical opinions on data mismatches or other anomalies. The accumulation of non-performing loans is just one outcome of that regulatory failure, say auditors.This is the backdrop to repeated...
WASHINGTON, Jan 03 (Agencies): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply concerned by Israel's announcement of a suspension of the operations of several international non-governmental organizations in occupied Palestinian territory and called for the measure to be reversed, according to a...
PHNOM PENH, Jan 03 (AFP): Cambodia called on neighbouring Thailand on Saturday to pull out its forces from areas Phnom Penh claims as its own, one week since a truce halted deadly clashes along their disputed border.The decades-old dispute between...
CARACAS, Jan 03 (Reuters): Following are reactions to Saturday's US strikes on Venezuela."This morning, the United States committed an act of armed aggression against Venezuela. This is deeply concerning and condemnable.""The pretexts used to justify such actions are unfounded. Ideological...
TEHRAN, Jan 03 (Agencies): Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday acknowledged the economic demands of protesters in Iran, where demonstrations have spread to more than two dozen cities, even as he warned there would be no quarter for "rioters".The...
Kolkata Knight Riders terminated Mustafizur Rahman's contract ahead of the IPL 2026 season, a decision that drew sharp criticism from Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. He hit out at the BCCI over the move, according to India Tv.Member of Parliament Shashi...
NEW DELHI, Jan 03 (Agencies): Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman was Saturday released by Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders after the cricket board "advised" it to do so, following tensions between the neighbouring nations.Mustafizur, who has played in...
Sakib Sharif | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
On a quiet winter morning in Dhaka, the sun struggles through the fog as children's laughter fills a schoolyard. Small hands press soil around young saplings. Inside a bright classroom, children turn book pages with wide eyes, discovering stories far...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Jan 04: Cox's Bazar's Nazirartek dried fish market - spread over an area of about 100 acres along the seashore - have now become the country's busiest and largest dried fish production area, with a trade potential of...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
SYLHET, Jan 3: Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser for environment, forest and climate change; water resources: and information and broadcasting, has called upon all to beat the defeated forces through united strength in the upcoming national election. The defeated forces are...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
MANIKGANJ, Jan 3: An artificial crisis has gripped the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market across Manikganj town, where gas cylinders are being sold at prices nearly one and a half times higher than the rates fixed by the government. Consumers...
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