The introduction of the Public Procurement Rules (PPR)-2025, in place of the earlier 2008 framework, represents a major policy shift in management of one of the largest channels of public expenditure in Bangladesh. With government procurement estimated at around $30...
Aminul Haque Russel and Sanjay Pal | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
With the proliferation of smartphones, mobile apps, and online platforms, peoples have countless options at their fingertips for conducting payments, transfers, and purchases. This transformation in the payment landscape has not only modernised transaction processes but also impacted consumer behaviours,...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with heavy to very heavy falls at places over the country until...
Education Adviser Prof Dr Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar has said the ground of Government Madrasah-e-Alia in capital's Bakshibazar area, previously occupied during the tenure of the former government, will be returned to the madrasah authorities, reports BSS."The process of returning the...
The National Pay Commission has prepared four questionnaires for online feedback with the aim of formulating recommendations for an effective and fair pay structure, reports BSS.Anyone concerned in these four categories -- government employees, general public, government institutions and associations...
New York (USA), Oct 1 (UNB): The United States and the United Kingdom announced fresh aid commitment of 96 million dollars in the first ever high-level conference on the Rohingya and other Myanmar minorities at the UN headquarters on Tuesday,...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-02 00:00:00
Health assistants across the country on Wednesday went on an indefinite strike with a six-point demand including revision of employment rules, elimination of salary discrimination and provision of technical ranks.Under the banner of the Bangladesh Health Assistant Association, they had...
Bangladesh has reported two more dengue deaths in the past 24 hours, raising the tally of deaths to 200 this year, reports bdnews24.comThis marks the fourth-highest annual death toll from dengue. In previous years, 179 people died in 2019, 105...
Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan left Dhaka on Wednesday for a five-day official visit to Turkey at the invitation of the Commander of the Turkish Air Force, says a press release.According to the Inter-Services Public Relations...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-02 00:00:00
Leaders of the road safety movement Nirapad Sarak Chai (We Demand Safe Road) on Wednesday called upon the political parties to include road safety issue in their election manifestos. They also urged the government to enact a separate road safety...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-10-02 00:00:00
Rajshahi Medical University (RMU) has made little progress on its Tk22.58 billion development project, with only a portion of the boundary wall completed in the last three years since land acquisition and project approval in July 2022, leaving a majority...
As in other neighbourhoods, severe traffic jam occurred with a significant number of vehicles slowing down or stopping on the road beside the Jatrabari end of Mayor Hanif Flyover in the capital on Wednesday as public holiday for the Durga...
KHULNA, Oct 1 (UNB): A 29-year-old youth has allegedly been shot dead while asleep in his Maheshwar Pasha residence under Daulatpur Police Station of Khulna city.The deceased is Tanvir Hasan Shuvo, general manager of an international marketing company. Shuvo was...
A fisherman has been killed in a crocodile attack while catching crabs in the Sundarbans. His body was recovered nearly seven hours later, reports bdnews24.com.The victim, 32-year-old Subrata Mondal, from Dhangmari village in Khulna's Dacope upazila, was dragged underwater by...
Bangladesh Jail authorities have dismissed the social media claims that former industries minister and jail inmate Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun was kept in handcuffs on his deathbed, describe the reports as 'misleading and baseless', reports BSS.In a statement issued on...
Villagers in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj have allegedly beaten another man to death' following earlier killing of a suspect in eight cases and a union council member, reports bdnews24.com.The man was lynched after being accused of taking part in a...
A Dhaka court has sent former MP from Narail-1 constituency BM Kabirul Haque and Awami League (AL)'s central executive member Md Mozammel Haque to jail in connection with a case, reports BSS.They were placed on a six-day remand in the...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said the ongoing unrest in the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) during the Durga Puja celebrations is part of a 'national and international conspiracy' aimed at destabilising Bangladesh, report agencies."Some countries want...
Brazilian Ambassador to Bangladesh Paulo Fernando Dias Feres paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman at latter's office in the capital's Bashundhara area on Wednesday, reports BSS.During the meeting, both sides engaged in an open discussion...
An overwhelming crowd of Hindu devotees was seen at Dhakeshwari National Temple in the capital on Wednesday marking Maha Navami, the fourth day of the Sharadiya Durga Puja. — Focus Bangla
New York (USA), Oct 1 (UNB): US Special Envoy for Best Future Generations Charles Harder has said the United States will continue to support the people of Myanmar, including Rohingya and other minorities, and urged other donors to join them...
BARISHAL, Oct 1 (UNB): Law Adviser Asif Nazrul on Wednesday said there is no immediate plan to lift the ban on the activities of the Awami League."When a political party's activities are banned, questions naturally arise regarding the temporary or...
BOGO, Philippines, Oct 1 (AFP): The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the central Philippines rose to at least 69 on Wednesday, a disaster official said, with scores of injured patients overwhelming hospitals on the island of Cebu.Injured children...
WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (AFP): The US government began shutting down Wednesday after lawmakers and President Donald Trump failed to break a budget impasse during acrimonious talks that hinged on Democratic demands for health care funding.Wall Street stocks mostly fell early...
The Khagrachhari hill district has seen a return to normal at large after the ongoing road blockade was suspended by the Jumma Chhatra Janata front, following assurances of fulfilling eight demands, and in respect of the ongoing Durga Puja celebrations,...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-10-02 00:00:00
A move is underway to import refined soybean oil in the bulk form to be sold in bottles at subsidised prices under the TCB's sale drives.The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) in a recent letter sought consent from the...
CAIRO, Oct 1 (Reuters): Hamas' review of U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza plan stretched into a third day on Wednesday, a source close to the militant group said, as other Palestinian factions rejected the proposal and as Israel again bombed...
SAIF UDDIN | 2025-10-02 00:00:00
This year's Durga Puja holiday has turned into a windfall for domestic tourism industry.With an unusually long break on offer, families, friends, and office groups packed their bags and headed for beaches, forests, and hill tracts rather than looking abroad.Travel...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-02 00:00:00
Foreign-exchange swap transactions on the interbank market dropped in August compared with the previous month, even as the Bangladesh Bank pressed ahead with its strategy to promote spot-market trading over swaps.The move is intended to make the market more transparent...
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