Md Abdul Latif and Afsana Akter | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
After a week of illness, a rural doctor changed a 6-year-old's antibiotic for the third time. Two days later, the child lay in Dhaka Shishu Hospital with sepsis. Nearby in Gazipur, a farmer watched 3,000 broiler chickens die from a...
Haradhan Sarker | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
Subjecting willful loan defaulters to rigorous actions for loan recovery is fully justifiable from bankers' viewpoint. The central bank issued a circular ( BRPD circular no.:6 dated 12.03.2024) instructing all scheduled banks to identify willful loan defaulters, and report their...
Every year, in addition to importing rice and lentils, Bangladesh spends a huge amount of foreign currency in importing cotton, edible oil, fuel, electronic goods, plastic raw materials and machinery. Of late, instability in the dollar exchange rate has clearly...
The bridge leading to Monglarpara village under Saghata police station in Gaibandha district is in a deplorable condition. It serves as the main route connecting the village with surrounding areas, but it has now become practically unusable for vehicular traffic.The...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
For apparel makers, 2025 has been an exceptionally challenging year. In the aftermath of the July-August 2024 uprising that ended Sheikh Hasina's authoritarian rule, the sector had hoped for a fresh start. Instead, a series of setbacks has pushed the...
Asjadul Kibria | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
For the last three years, the country has been experiencing high inflation, eroding the real income of fixed-income people as money loses its value and becomes a melting asset. So, the key question now is whether inflation will continue to...
The launch of National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR) at the start of the new year constitutes a long-overdue step to curtail the chaos and illicit trade that have defined much of Bangladesh's mobile handset sector. For years the sector has...
The month-long 30th Dhaka International Trade Fair DITF)-2026 will begin today (Saturday) at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center in Purbachal.Commerce Adviser Sk. Bashir Uddin is scheduled to inaugurate the trade fair at 10am.The event was originally slated to begin on...
BEIJING, Jan 2 (Reuters): Sales growth at BYD slowed to 7.73% in 2025, its weakest pace in five years, as the Chinese electric vehicle maker grappled with growing local competition and a weakening of its technological lead.BYD's total sales were...
Election officials have struck down Nagorik Oikko President Mahmudur Rahman Manna's bid to run for parliament, reports bdnews24.com.Returning Officer and Deputy Commissioner Toufiqur Rahman announced the decision on Friday afternoon following the scrutiny of his nomination papers for the Bogura-2...
The hanging body of a housewife was recovered from a residence in Dhanmondi-15 Staff Quarters area under Hazaribagh Police Station in Dhaka on Thursday evening, reports UNB.The deceased was identified as Taharim, 20, the daughter of Md Hafiz Uddin of...
The bodies of two young sisters, who had earlier been reported missing, have been found under a recently felled tree in Gaibandha Sadar upazila.The children's bodies were discovered on Thursday evening in Khamar Raghunathpur village of Ballamjhar Union.Police identified the...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
Scrutiny of nomination papers submitted by the candidates of 20 constituencies of Dhaka district for the 13th parliamentary election is going to be held today (Saturday).A total of 236 candidates submitted nomination papers untill last Monday when the deadline for...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
Many midsize development schemes also find their fate entwined with megaprojects in the infrastructure sector in downsizing budget outlays as the interim government tries to make two ends meet with limited funds. Sources say a large number of medium-scale development...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
The government has issued the country's first-ever shipping agent licensing rules, marking a significant step towards streamlining the operations of shipping agents across the nation. Under the new guidelines, agents who obtain licences from any river port or seaport customs...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday organised milad and doa mahfil programmes in Dhaka and across the country, seeking eternal peace (maghfirat) for the departed soul of its chairperson and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, marking a solemn...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
Local-currency taka depreciated marginally in the just-past calendar year as policy buttress and steady dollar flow deterred steep devaluation suffered in 2024, sources say.This is due to tighter monetary policy, strong dollar inflow and subdued demand for the greenback, according...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
President Mohammed Shahabuddin has signed the Commercial Court Ordinance 2026, a landmark move for speedy, efficient, and transparent adjudication for commercial disputes.The gazette, issued on Thursday night, said the ordinance would come into effect immediately. Analysts say this initiative is...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
The lowest temperate of the country was recorded on Friday in Jashore for the second consecutive day at 8 degrees Celsius.Mercury dropped to 8 degrees Celsius in Jashore, said a bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) issued on Friday morning.However,...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
Devotees prayed at mosques countrywide at jumaa congregations and adherents and kinspersons swarmed her grave as a three-day state mourning for political matriarch Khaleda Zia concluded Friday. Her elder son, Tarique Rahman, who had led the Bangladesh Nationalist Party as...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
A ruckus centering the National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR) rollout has ensued and a weird revelation of umpteen devices surreptitiously connected with each NID startled mobile-phone users. The bizarre finds stoke concerns among the users as to whether their sets...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Saturday), according to the Met office.Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country during mid night to morning and it may continue at...
A Dhaka court has sent 45 individuals to jail in connection with the violent attack on Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) headquarters in Agargaon onThursday. The case was filed under the Special Powers Act, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate passed the...
SAVAR, Jan 2 (UNB): A businessman was murdered by miscreants at his residence in Savar, police said on Friday.The victim was identified as Delwar Hossain, a shoe trader by profession.His body was recovered from his house in Baradeshi Uttarpara area...
A Quran Khatam and special doa monajat was held at Bangladesh Open University (BOU) at its Central Jame Mosque on Friday, seeking eternal peace of the departed soul of Begum Khaleda Zia, Founder Chancellor of BOU, BNP Chairperson and three-time...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) organized a doa and milad mahfil at the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) of Dhaka University on Friday afternoon, seeking eternal peace and forgiveness for the departed soul of Begum Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister and Chairperson...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 02: Ekushey Padak-winning poet and celebrated children's rhymester Sukumar Barua passed away on Friday morning at a hospital in Chattogram. He was 87.He breathed his last at around 6:55 AM, his daughter Anjana Barua confirmed to the media.Family...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
Inqilab Mancha announced that it would launch a movement to overthrow the government, if justice is not ensured for the murder of Shaheed Sharif Osman Hadi within the next 30 working days.Abdullah Al Jaber, member secretary of Inqilab Mancha, made...
Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have expressed condolences to Bangladesh following the death of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, praying for her eternal peace and extending sympathies to her bereaved family...
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