COX'S BAZAR, Dec 27 (BSS) : A fire broke out on the Saint Martin-bound vessel 'The Atlantic Cruise' at the Nuniachara BIWTA (Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority) Ghat here early Saturday, killing one crew member.The fire erupted in the engine...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
The push to expand agro-processing is running up against a fundamental constraint: much of the country's farm output does not meet industrial specifications. Despite frequent bumper harvests driven by fertile alluvial soil, ample freshwater and a monsoon-based agro-climate, processors say...
MUNIMA SULTANAA delegation from a leading South Korean rolling-stock manufacturer is expected to visit Dhaka soon to explore the possibility of setting up an assembly plant for metro- and conventional-railway coaches in Bangladesh.The move comes as authorities seek ways to...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
Almost all of Bangladesh's development partners have put their aid commitments on hold ahead of the national polls in February next year, adopting a wait-and-see approach until a politically stable government is in place, analysts said on Saturday.The pause --...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
Tarique Rahman completed voter-registration formalities Saturday, besides offering three commemorative services, including his only sibling who died in exile. The Acting Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) completed the process of becoming voter from Dhaka-17 constituency, ostensibly to stand...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
Industrial consumers will get top priority in gas supply as the government prepares such a fuel-feeding recipe aimed at fuelling economic growth, now largely subdued following political upheavals, sources say."Industry will be on top of our priority and we want...
Weather may remain dry with partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday). Night temperature may rise and day temperature may remain unchanged. The highest temperature in the country on Sunday was...
Prof. Dr. Md. Mamun Habib, Head of the Department of Management at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), has been honoured with the Excellence Researcher Award at the International Higher Education Excellence Award 2025, presented by Shinawatra University (SIU) in Thailand. The...
FE REPORTThe 8th Convocation of United International University (UIU) was held at its campus in the city on Saturday.Prof. Dr. Abu Borhan Mohammad Badruzzaman, Vice Chancellor (VC) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), presided over the ceremony on...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecasted on Saturday that the foggy weather may persist across the country for a few more days.It said dense fog is expected for several days, potentially disrupting flights, river transport and road travel."Until Monday, moderate...
KERANIGANJ, Dec 27 (UNB): Police in a drive seized about 250 kilogrammes of bomb-making materials, crude bombs and chemicals from a madrasha in Keraniganj on Saturday, a day after a bomb blast left four people including a woman and two...
JAHIDUL ISLAMThe Ministry of Youth and Sports (MoYS) has submitted the DPP of the Vehicle Driving Training Project (Phase II), taken at an estimated cost of Tk 2.01 billion, to the Planning Commission (PC), aiming to expand the Department of...
(Left) BNP Acting ChairmanTarique Rahman offering munajat after placing a wreath at the grave of slain political activist Sharif Osman Bin Hadi on the Dhaka University campus, and (right) standing in solemn silence beside the grave of his younger brother...
The Election Commission (EC) has dispatched postal ballots to 293,147 expatriate voters in various countries over the last eight days, enabling them to cast their votes in the 13th Jatita Sangsad (JS) election and referendum, reports BSS.Confirming the matter, Salim...
CUMILLA, Dec 27 (UNB): BNP Chairperson's Adviser Aminur Rashid Yasin has formally urged BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to contest the next parliamentary election from the Cumilla-6 (Sadar) constituency.He made the appeal while speaking as the chief guest at a...
Police have arrested a teacher for allegedly making derogatory remarks about Acting BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman during a visit to Sharif Osman bin Hadi's grave, reports bdnews24.com.AKM Shahidul Islam, the arrestee, is a teacher at Gabtoli Technical Training Centre in...
CUMILLA, Dec 27 (UNB): Former adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan has collected a nomination paper for the Cumilla-3 (Muradnagar) constituency to contest the upcoming national election as an independent candidate, scheduled for February 12.NCP activist Ramjanul Karim collected the nomination...
A shrine in Thakurgaon town has reportedly been vandalised under the cover of darkness, prompting tensions among local residents and devotees, report agencies.The shrine, known as the Hazrat Baba Shah Satyapir Mazar, was damaged at some point on Friday night...
Protests have rocked Mymensingh after BNP supporters blocked railway and roads, by lighting up sporadic fires protesting the nomination for Mymensingh-10 constituency, reports bdnews24.com.The train services on the Dhaka-Mymensingh route have remained suspended, while institutions in the city suspended their...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said concerns over the national election have largely eased following Tarique Rahman's return to Bangladesh from London, reports UNB.Speaking to reporters on the Dhaka University campus before visiting the grave of July...
DU Correspondent | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
Inquilab Moncho members continued their blockade programme at Shahbagh intersection in city on Saturday for the second consecutive day, demanding justice for the murder of its spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi. The protest, which started on Friday afternoon, continued through the...
Rashed Khan, general secretary of Gono Odhikar Parishad (GOP), has left the party and officially joined the BNP, report agencies.He joined the BNP by presenting a bouquet to party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at the chairperson's Gulshan office...
SYLHET, Dec 27 (UNB): More than 75,000 students have applied online to sit for the first-year, first-semester undergraduate admission tests of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) for the 2025-26 academic session.Member Secretary of the Admission Committee Prof Dr...
OUR CORRESPONDENT CHANDPUR, Dec 27: As potato planting began in Chandpur from November, some growers say they are discouraged to cultivate the staple, as a supply surplus last year prolonged the low price of the vegetable since May and eventually...
CHANDPUR, Dec 27 (BSS): A 15-year-old boy died in a fire that broke out at Sahar Bazar in Subidpur union under Faridganj upazila of the district on Saturday morning, leaving five business establishments gutted.The deceased was identified as Sabbir Hossain,...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
PABNA, Dec 27: The Industries Ministry had lifted the moratorium on December 15 last year to restart operation of the Pabna Sugar Mills after it stopped production five years ago; but a year has already gone by since the announcement...
Major US stock indexes closed near record peaks on Friday, little changed from the start of a muted post-Christmas trading session, while expectations of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts and safe haven appeal pushed precious metals prices to all-time highs,...
EBL, SHIKHO PARTNER TO ADVANCE FINANCIAL INCLUSION, DIGITAL LEARNINGEastern Bank (EBL) has partnered with Shikho Technologies to launch a financial inclusion initiative aimed at expanding access to banking and digital education services -- particularly in semi-urban and rural areas, where...
CITIZENS BANK INAUGURATES BOGURA BRANCHCitizens Bank Managing Director Alamgir Hossain formally inaugurated the bank's Bogura branch at Borogola in the district on Wednesday in the presence of deputy managing directors Md. Mostafizur Rahman and Md. Abdul Latif and other high...
US investors may soon have access to a greater array of products tied to asset classes like private credit and crypto as the Trump administration and SEC push to open markets, a change that some investment advisors say puts too...
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