Bhola town has descended into chaos after crude bombs were hurled at a protest of the BNP demanding justice for its slain student leader Rezwan Amin Sifat, reports bdnews24.com.Police fired blank shots to bring the situation under control after the...
The number of people who registered to vote through the Postal Voting app has exceeded 950,000.An Election Commission (EC) media statement revealed the information on Monday afternoon, report agencies.Expatriate Bangladeshis and its citizens inside, who are eligible for the registration...
The Jatiya Party (JaPa) is resolved to stay in the general election, provided security, voter rights, and equal treatment in the electoral process are guaranteed, according to Secretary General Shameem Haider Patwary, reports bdnews24.com.On Monday afternoon, after submitting his nomination...
The Jagannath University (JnU) administration asked general students to vacate the campus by 3:30pm on Monday for the university's Central Students' Union (JnUCSU) and Hall Students' Union elections.The directive was issued through an emergency notice signed by the university's Acting...
Tasnim Jara, an independent candidate for Dhaka-9, on Monday urged the Election Commission (EC) to simplify the electoral process for independent contenders, stating that the current requirement of obtaining signatures from one percent of voters is unnecessarily difficult and discriminatory,...
Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has acknowledged an increase in attempts to smuggle arms into Bangladesh through border points ahead of the national election, saying law enforcement agencies are regularly intercepting and seizing the weapons, reports UNB."Some weapons are...
THAKURGAON, Dec 29 (UNB): BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the people of Bangladesh have regained their voting rights after a long time.Fakhrul made the remarks while talking to reporters after submitting his nomination paper to...
Former Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan has joined the National Citizen Party (NCP), with the party announcing his appointment as its spokesperson and head of the election steering committee, report agencies.NCP Convener Nahid Islam made the announcement...
Home Adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury speaks at the BGB Day-2025 at BGB Headquarters in Pilkhana, Dhaka, on Monday. — PID
SIRAJGANJ, Dec 29 (UNB): Police have arrested three people in connection with the murder of a college student in broad daylight in Sirajganj district town on Sunday.The arrestees are Md Ashiq, 22, son of Abdus Sattar of Dhanbandhi Mohalla of...
MYMENSINGH, Dec 29 (UNB): Train movement on the Dhaka-Mymensingh railway route which remained suspended on Monday following the derailment of a train in Gafargaon upazila, resumed using an alternative route via Mymensingh-Bhairab. Earlier, train services on Dhaka-Mymensingh route have remained...
A fire has destroyed more than 50 shelters at two Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf, reports bdnews24.com.The blaze broke out at around 10:30 pm on Sunday in the area between the Leda and Alikhali camps, also known as...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-30 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday cleared the way for Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna to contest the upcoming national elections.Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Md Rezaul Haque stayed for eight weeks a...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-12-30 00:00:00
The net sales of National Savings Certificates (NSCs) experienced a staggering 53.62-percent year-on-year decline during the July-October period of the current fiscal year. The sharp downturn reflects tightening liquidity conditions and a persistent rise in living costs that continue to...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-30 00:00:00
The central bank has allowed import of industrial raw materials-- including back-to-back import-- as well as agricultural implements and chemical fertilisers under suppliers' or buyer's credit for a usance period of up to 270 days.On August 18, 2025, the Bangladesh...
BNP Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir submits his nomination paper to the district returning officer on Monday to contest the 13th national election from the Thakurgaon-1 constituency. — Focus Bangla
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2025-12-30 00:00:00
Parts of the country, including Dhaka, have been experiencing cold wave-like chilling weather for the last four days due to reduced sunshine during winter caused by persistent fog, meteorologists said on Monday.According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), the fog...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-12-30 00:00:00
Internet-banking transactions surged by more than 39.0 per cent to Tk 1.29 trillion during the first four months of the current fiscal year, signifying a steady shift away from cheques and other paper-based conventional payment methods.Roughly 66.0 million transactions were...
JASIM UDDIN | 2025-12-30 00:00:00
In a bid to safeguard local spinning mills, apparel exporters and spinners have agreed on a proposal to exclude certain types of yarn from the duty-free bonded-warehouse facility and will soon request the government to take necessary action in this...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-30 00:00:00
LDC graduation poses a significant threat, with Bangladeshi exporters likely to bear a large share of tariff costs, as they may need to absorb 40 per cent of post-graduation tariffs to remain competitive in the European Union, according to a...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-30 00:00:00
Acting Chairman of BNP Tarique Rahman Sunday sat in his party headquarters, long after banishment, and then urged people from all walks of life to contribute to rebuilding Bangladesh according to their own capacity.Even small civic acts matter for the...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-30 00:00:00
A total of 2,582 candidates have submitted nomination papers to contest 300 parliament seats in the first electoral race in Bangladesh after a mass uprising that toppled the past regime. However, 3,407 aspirants had collected the nomination papers since the...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-30 00:00:00
February elections and referendum, trade, civil aviation, labour reforms initiated by the interim government and overall relations between Bangladesh and the United States came up for discussion when a US top diplomat met the Chief Adviser Monday.Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson,...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-12-30 00:00:00
An enormous amount of money had been invested in developing Bangladesh's communications system over the past 15 years but modal transport share remained heavily skewed toward overburdened roads for no significant shift to rail, water, or air transport.A baseline study...
The southwest coastal belt of Bangladesh from Kuakata to Kalapara, Galachipa, Amtali, Taltali, and Patharghata has long supported generations of fishing communities, farmers, forest resource collectors, and tourism workers. These livelihoods were not only economic activities but symbols of dignity,...
The introduction of the Expected Credit Loss (ECL) framework under IFRS-9 has significantly reshaped credit risk management and financial reporting in the banking sector. Unlike the incurred-loss model, ECL require1s banks to recognise forward-looking credit losses, integrating probability of default,...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-12-30 00:00:00
A former lead economist of the World Bank (WB)'s Dhaka office, Dr Zahid Hussain recently said what Bangladesh economy is experiencing at the moment is a form of stagflation. Stagflation in developed economies like in the UK is characterized by...
If agro-processing is value-addition to farm outputs such as crops, livestock, fish, timber etc., Bangladesh has a long way to go before it economically transforms the raw versions of produce into products. The country has to its credit surplus production...
Serajul I Bhuiyan | 2025-12-30 00:00:00
The print media in Bangladesh is going through one of the most critical periods in its history. Advertisements shrinking in number, production costs rising, and readership dwindling have pushed newspapers, especially ones that carry serious and public interest-based content, to...
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