A Dhaka court has ordered to freeze eight bank accounts of prime accused Faisal Karim Masud alias Daud, 37, and his associates in a case over the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi, an independent candidate in the 13th National Election...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
Inqilab Moncho took an oath on Tuesday to commemorate Shaheed Sharif Osman Hadi and demand justice for his killing. The oath ceremony took place in front of the National Museum at Shahbaghin the capita in the afternoon.The oath was led...
Preparation of the mass rally to celebrate BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman's homecoming going on in full swing in the capital's 300 Feet area on Tuesday. — FE Photo
Amid fears of a "booth-capturing" climate in the parliamentary election, Anwar Hossain Manju's Jatiya Party-JP and the 20-party National Democratic Front (NDF), formed around the Jatiya Party faction led by Anisul Islam Mahmud, have announced candidates for 119 constituencies, reports...
BNP on Tuesday announced that it will share four parliamentary seats with its alliance partner Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh for the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election, reports UNB.BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir disclosed the decision at a press conference...
National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Tuesday said his party supports restoring the civic and political rights of ordinary supporters of Awami League (AL), reports UNB."Those who support a fascist party may have committed a moral crime, but...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh Election Commission (EC) wants to shed the stigma of failing to deliver acceptable elections in the past by holding a free, fair and credible national election next year, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin said on Tuesday."As a...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that a vested quarter is 'dangerously conspiring' to obstruct Bangladesh's democratic transition process, reports UNB."Bangladesh is now going through a transition period. A brutal fascist rule destroyed our values, democratic...
Weather may remain dry with cloudy sky in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Wednesday). Temperature may fall slightly. The sun sets in the city today at 05:18 pm and rises tomorrow at 06:38 am.
A fire that broke out on Tuesday at Haji Tower, a 14-storey commercial cum residential building in the Babubazar area of Armanitola in Old Dhaka, was brought under control, reports BSS.Nine firefighting units rushed to the scene within five minutes...
Professor Dr. Mohammad Zoynal Abedin, Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology (DUET), Gazipur, speaking as the chief guest at a seminar titled 'Applied Science in Engineering Research' on the DUET campus on Monday.
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
Maulana Bhashani did not engage in politics for the pursuit of power. He never sought positions such as minister or ambassador. Instead, he stood beside working people and remained involved in their struggle throughout his life, said veteran scholar and...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Monday arrested 11 more individuals in connection with the attack, vandalism, and arson at the offices of Prothom Alo and The Daily Star in the capital's Karwan Bazar area, taking the total number of arrests...
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) on Monday accorded a reception to Prof. Osama Khan, who has recently been appointed the next vice chancellor (VC) and chief executive of the University of South Wales, UK, said a press release.Prof. Khan -- who...
Mob attacks on leading media outlets and cultural centres in Bangladesh are deeply alarming and must be investigated promptly and effectively by the government and the perpetrators brought to justice without delay, a UN expert said on Tuesday, reports UNB.The...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
Ousted premier Sheikh Hasina, already carrying death penalty on her head, is now indicted for complicity in enforced disappearances and torture during her rule in one and a half decades.The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) in Dhaka also framed the charge...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and the Daily Bonik Barta honoured three eminent citizens for their outstanding contributions to Bangladesh's development at a ceremony held at the Radisson Hotel in the capital on Tuesday.The honourees were late industrialist...
Primary and Mass Education Ministry has issued an order upgrading the existing pay scale of headmasters of government primary schools to grade 10 in accordance with the National Pay Scale 2015, reports BSS.A total of 65,502 headmasters will get salary...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
The government has announced an incentive-based initiative to combat air pollution by encouraging citizens to submit photographs of waste burning in open areas.In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Ministry of Environment said air pollution has emerged as a serious...
PANCHAGARH, Dec 23 (BSS): A severe cold wave coupled with dense fog has gripped the district, disrupting daily life as the gap between minimum and maximum temperatures narrows and sunshine remains absent until late morning.From dawn until 10 am on...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
Sylhet division has become the worst victim of regional disparity in the banking sector, with the region witnessing the lowest inflow of bank credits despite its immense potential.While people in the four districts of the division contribute significantly to the...
At least five people have been killed and several others injured in violent clashes between "two groups of criminals" in Hatiya Upazila of Noakhali, according to police.Hatiya Police chief Saiful Alam said the incident occurred on Tuesday morning at Jaglar...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
Entry to the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) area in Dhaka will be restricted to passengers only from 6:00pm on December 24 to until 6:00pm tomorrow (Thursday), according to the airport authorities. "In the interest of maintaining smooth passenger service,...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
The Bangladesh government and the World Bank's (WB) soft-lending arm International Development Association (IDA) recently signed four agreements with relevant stakeholders to secure loans of $350 million.State-run Petrobangla had inked project agreement and facility agreement with the IDA and three...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh summoned India's high commissioner in Dhaka Tuesday and lodged protest against unrelenting ruckus and acts of vandalism targeting Bangladeshi missions in India.In a retaliatory move on the day India also summoned Bangladesh High Commissioner Riaz Hamidullah.However, India deployed 15,000...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
Long 17 years' wait for an energy-boosting facility ends with the endorse of a project for building a second unit of the Eastern Refinery planned for augmenting Bangladesh's crude-oil-refining capacity. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
Ramping up the tax incidence on high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) is under government strategy to narrow widening income inequality in Bangladesh as the Gini index is getting imbalanced.Medium and Long-term Revenue Strategy (MLTRS) for the financial year 2025-26 to FY2034-35, published...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh is seeking to recalibrate its relationship with neighbouring India by drawing a clear distinction between political discourse and economic decision-making, says Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, amid ongoing tensions on both sides.Emphasising pragmatism over rhetoric, he told reporters Tuesday...
VIENTIANE, Dec 23 (BBC): It was supposed to be just another Thursday in Laos, where Anthonin's father was born.Instead, the 30-year-old French citizen found himself among more than 140 people, mostly tourists, on a ferry that capsized in the Mekong...
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