ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (AFP): Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to an "immediate ceasefire" at talks in Doha, Qatar's foreign ministry said early Sunday, after at least 10 Afghans were killed in Pakistani air strikes that broke an earlier truce.Kabul had...
Bangladesh continues to face numerous challenges - social, economic, and cultural - that often hinder its overall progress. While we have adopted more advanced methods and solutions in recent years, our position in the global economic landscape remains weak.To drive...
The recruitment process of faculty members in public universities across Bangladesh remains one of the most pressing issues undermining the quality of higher education. Despite over fifty years of independence and a substantial education budget, our universities continue to lag...
Neil Ray | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
Rain was the pretext for green chilli hitting the Tk 400 a kilo mark. Other vegetables, except green papya, did not lag far behind to the consternation of consumers. Now after the rain has been replaced by sunny days, eggs...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
The government has been encouraging people to conduct financial transactions digitally using debit and credit cards, mobile financial service(MFS), mobile wallet, etc., and thus fast move towards a cashless economy. Still, the use of cash is showing no sign of...
The classified loans in the country's banking sector have soared to an all-time high of Tk 4.20 trillion as of March 2025, now accounting for 24.13 per cent of total outstanding loans. This staggering volume of Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) and...
Muhammad Zamir | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
Renewable energy has overtaken coal as the world's leading source of electricity in the first half of this year -- a historic first, according to new data from the global energy think tank 'Ember'.Electricity demand, as we all know, is...
The sharp fall in the 2025 HSC and equivalent examinations pass rate to its lowest level in twenty years, though deeply distressing, seems to have been accepted by both educators and the public with a weary sense of inevitability. The...
FE REPORTGenuine reform in Bangladesh's banking sector will remain elusive unless those responsible for looting banks under political protection during the past Awami League regime are held accountable, experts said at a seminar in Dhaka on Saturday.They cautioned that recapitalising...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-19 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has published the official English version of the Income Tax Act, 2023, responding to demands from foreign investors seeking greater clarity in the application of tax laws.Foreign investors had expressed concerns over potential misinterpretation...
National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Saturday reiterated that the recently announced July National Charter must have a legal foundation, saying such a step is essential to ensure the document truly represents the people's aspirations, reports BSS."We have...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-19 00:00:00
After several months of slowdown, overall mobile financial service (MFS) transactions in Bangladesh rebounded in August 2025, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bank (BB).However, remittance inflows through MFS channels registered a slight decline during the period.Total MFS...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday expressed deep concern over the fire that broke out at the cargo section of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon, reports UNB.In...
A row of motorcycles is parked haphazardly in the middle of a road in the city's Farmgate area, hampering smooth traffic movement. The situation has become commonplace with the rise in ride-sharing services. The photo was taken on Saturday. —...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2025-10-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh has emerged as one of the strongest performers among Asian sourcing destinations, recording a 61 per cent year-on-year rise in inspection and audit queries from US buyers in the third quarter of 2025. The surge reflects American companies' continued...
Munima Sultana | 2025-10-19 00:00:00
The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited is (DMTCL) planning a fresh timeline for developing five additional metro rail corridors in the megacity, following a lapse of over a year, as the current target of completing all Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-10-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh's pursuit of membership in the world's largest trade bloc -- the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) -- has officially entered a structured evaluation process, marking a key step in the country's bid to join the Asia-Pacific trade grouping.A planned...
Jahidul Islam | 2025-10-19 00:00:00
Although the government has branded its latest rural-development scheme as a climate-resilience and livelihood project, most of its spending will go for building roads, markets, and ghats rather than improving the income and adaptive capacity of vulnerable communities.Under the proposed...
The interim government has said they are aware of 'public concern' regarding some major fires in several locations across the country, stressing that any credible evidence of sabotage or arson will be met with a swift and resolute response."We wish...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-10-19 00:00:00
Compensation for the burnt cargos at the fire-ravaged cargo village of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) is likely as consignments are believed fully insured, according to multiple insurance-industry sources.Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin, who visited the site, told reporters that...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-19 00:00:00
A devastating fire ravaged Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport cargo section Saturday, shutting down flight operations at the main gateway to Bangladesh, after two consecutive factory fires. Incidentally, the airport blaze falls in a chain having occurred hot on the...
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 18 (BSS): A case has been filed with Anwara Police Station under the Anti- Terrorism Act (ATC), accusing former Land MinisterSaifuzzaman Chowdhury Jabed and former State Minister for Finance WasikaAyesha Khan of chanting 'Joy Bangla' in Anwara upazila...
Gono Odhikar Parishad (GOP) has expressed solidarity with the protesting teachers and employees under the government's monthly pay order (MPO) scheme, who are demanding the nationalisation of all private educational institutions and a 20 per cent housing allowance on their...
Police have filed four cases in connection with the clashes that erupted as law-enforcing agencies moved to disperse July activists and their families, who gathered at the venue of the July Charter signing ceremony, reports bdnews24.com.As many as 900 unidentified...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has returned to her residence after receiving treatment at Evercare Hospital for two days, reports UNB."Madam (Khaleda) was discharged from the hospital as per the advice of the medical board," said her personal physician Prof AZM...
BOGURA, Oct 18 (UNB): BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has urged his party leaders and activists to dedicate themselves to serving the people, emphasising that this should be the guiding principle of the party's future political activities."Let us transform ourselves...
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan has said a memorial will be built at Shapla Chattar in the capital to honour those killed during Hefazat-e-Islam's demonstration on May 5, 2013, so that the people of...
BARISHAL, Oct 18 (UNB): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has said the schedule for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election will be announced in the first week of December."The Election Commission is committed to ensuring a free, fair...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has urged political parties to channel their activities through Jatiya Sangsad (JS) rather than street protests, stressing the importance of parliamentary democracy in Bangladesh, report agencies.Speaking at a conference of the Bangladesh Water...
Defying the government ban on catching hilsa during the breeding season many fishermen in Faridpur and Rajbari have continued fishing in the Padma River, citing delays in receiving government assistance and pressure to repay loans, reports UNB.A visit to the...
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