The daylong 'Town Hall Meeting' of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Sylhet Zone was held at a hotel in Sylhet the city on Saturday. Chairman of the bank Khwaja Shahriar inaugurated the meeting as the chief guest. Chairman of the Board Executive...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2025-09-21 00:00:00
Six audit firms are likely to be barred from auditing the financial statements of listed companies for what the market watchdog describes as their involvement in preparing fabricated balance sheets.According to the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), auditors from...
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) President Mohammed Shah Alam and General Secretary Ruhin Hossain Prince hoisting the national and party flags respectively at the inaugural ceremony of the party's 13th national congress at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, in the...
Police have started a case against more than 2,000 unidentified people after a series of mob attacks, vandalism and arson at four shrines in Cumilla's Homna Upazila, fuelled by allegations of blasphemy, reports bdnew24.com.Homna Police Station Sub-Inspector Tapas Kumar Sarkar,...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-20 00:00:00
Police arrested acting president of Kashimpur unit (under Gazipur district unit) of banned Awami League (AL) S M Ashraful Alam Askar (60) on Thursday.DMP deputy commissioner (media and public relations) Muhammad Talebur Rahman disclosed the development to the media. He...
A housewife has been shot dead in Narsingdi Sadar Upazila after being caught in indiscriminate firing during a clash between rival BNP factions, police say, reports bdnews24.com.The incident took place on Friday afternoon at Satpara village, said Narsingdi Additional Superintendent...
National Citizen Party (NCP) Nahid Islam, a key figure in the July Uprising movement, has said his party will continue to move forward with its goals and it is not currently considering joining any political alliance, reports BSS."Those who share...
Executive Director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Dr Iftekharuzzaman has said a fair election will not be possible if the election-time government plays a biased role, reports UNB."If the election-time government is biased, fails to ensure level-playing field or plays...
Election Reform Commission Chief Badiul Alam Majumdar has said free and fair elections are possible only through consensus, reports BSS.He made the remarks while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion at the Gangni Upazila Parishad auditorium in Meherpur...
RANGPUR, Sept 19 (BSS): Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar has said his party, together with the people, has taken to the streets to support and strengthen the interim government."After the fall of the previous regime, we have been...
Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Muhammad Yunus has briefed the newly-appointed Ambassador of the Netherlands, Boris van Bommel on the interim government's preparations to hold a general election in the first half of February, emphasising steps taken to ensure the polls...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said no revolution can succeed without a strong and well-organised organisation behind it, report agencies. "If there is no revolutionary organisation, a revolution cannot happen. In my personal view, a revolution...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna and Barishal divisions with moderately...
Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET), Gazipur Teachers' Association greeted its Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Mohammad Zoynal Abedin with a bouquet at a reception on Thursday after the ECNEC finally approved a project (M-DUET) for modernisation and development of infrastructure...
A CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-20 00:00:00
Students of Rajshahi University (RU) staged demonstrations on Friday protesting the reinstatement of the Ward quota facility for the children of the university's teachers, officials and employees for admission to undergraduate courses.Soon after the Juma prayers, the protesters gathered in...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-20 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday congratulated the Bangladesh delegation on the country's re-election to the Council of Administration (CA) of the Universal Postal Union (UPU).The election was held in Dubai on Thursday, September 18, where Bangladesh secured 97...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-20 00:00:00
A seven-day joint exercise, titled Operation Pacific Angel 25-3 - involving the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) and the United States Pacific Air Forces (USPAF), concluded at BAF Base Zahurul Haque in Chittagong on Thursday, said the ISPR on Friday.According to...
More than 374,000 candidates have sat for the 47th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examination, reports bdnews24.com.The test was organised simultaneously at 262 educational institutions across eight divisional cities from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm on Friday.Police have arrested a...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-20 00:00:00
Vegetable prices continued to soar in the city markets last week, increasing by Tk 5.0-10 a kg in a week, intensifying owes of the commoners. Sponge gourd, pointed gourd, snake gourd, okra, eddo were retailed at Tk 80-100 a kg,...
RU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal's (JCD) panel for Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU) election include candidates who endured years of violent assaults by activists of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) during the Awami League's tenure.JCD Central Organisational Secretary Amanullah...
RU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-20 00:00:00
Campaigning for the upcoming Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU), hall unions, and student representatives in the senate elections of 2025 is now at its peak. Although Friday was a weekly holiday with no academic activities on the campus, candidates...
Incessant downpour and hilly flash flood from upstream damaged an embankment on the Moharoshi River and inundated the low-lying areas in Jhinaigati upazila under Sherpur. The photo was taken on Friday. — Focus Bangla
A group of US senators introduced on Thursday the first Senate resolution to urge recognition of a Palestinian state, further signaling a shift in Washington sentiment toward Israel nearly two years into its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip,...
India said on Friday it hoped Saudi Arabia would keep in mind mutual interests and sensitivities between the two countries, two days after Riyadh signed a mutual defence pact with New Delhi's old foe Pakistan, reports bdnews24.comSaudi Arabia and nuclear-armed...
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 19 (Reuters): Apple Watch Series 11 models that went on sale on Friday can notify users that they may have high blood pressure, in a feature the company has powered using artificial intelligence rather than a blood...
A young girl reacts as displaced Palestinians elbow their way in front of a community kitchen in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday. The Israeli military warned on the day that it will operate with "unprecedented force"...
A partial solar eclipse will occur on Sunday, but it will not be visible from Bangladesh, reports BSS.Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a press release on Thursday said that according to Bangladesh Standard Time (BST), the eclipse will begin at...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-20 00:00:00
A new study of icddr,b finds widespread presence of drug-resistant pathogens, especially at alarming levels in newborns. The findings were shared at a dissemination seminar titled "Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance in Bangladesh: Insights from the ARCH Study" at its Mohakhali Campus...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-20 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus underscored Bangladesh's transition towards cleaner, safer, and more affordable energy solutions as an American expert suggested low-cost nuclear options lime barge-mounted reactors. Professor Yunus prefers the clean-energy transition as the country navigates a new path...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-09-20 00:00:00
The volume of transactions through credit cards declined in July 2025 over the previous month with its outward usage recording a substantial fall.In July of 2025, domestic credit card transactions in Bangladesh totaled at Tk 30.83 billion compared to that...
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