KATHMANDU, Sept 12 (AP): Nepal's President Ram Chandra Poudel on Friday appointed former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki as interim prime minister, making her the first woman to lead the Himalayan nation, following violent protests that toppled the previous...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2025-09-13 00:00:00
Nine years have elapsed with little progress in the World Bank-funded project on upgrading Chittagong-Dhaka-Ashuganj multimodal trade-and passenger route, making the global financier unhappy, sources say. After such an inordinate delay in works for developing the important shipping route for...
JU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-13 00:00:00
Vote counting for Jahangirnagar University hall-union elections ended on Friday evening after long delays, while that for the central students' union began. Amid the delay, Mohammad Mafruhi Sattar, a pharmacy professor and a member of the Jahangirnagar University Central Students'...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-09-13 00:00:00
A liquidity-feeding instrument titled Assured Liquidity Support (ALS) becomes a boon for primary dealer (PD) banks as the instrument holds a hefty share of the central bank's special funding facilities, bankers say amid its liquidation suggestion.Some experts say the special...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-09-13 00:00:00
Foreign port-operator Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) earns the ire of port users for alleged "inefficiency and mismanagement" in operation of the Patenga container terminal of the Chittagong seaport.Recently, Chittagong Customs Agents Association submitted a memo to the chairman of...
KHULNA, Sept 12 (BSS): Mongla Port, the second-largest seaport in Bangladesh, witnessed a gradual increase in container handling throughout the first two months of the current fiscal year (FY), driven by growing economic activity in the country.Business-friendly environment and adequate...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-09-13 00:00:00
The state-owned Janata Bank has sought the government's necessary steps for recovering its Tk 18.38 billion worth of outstanding loans from the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) and some other sugar mills. Managing Director of Janata Bank Md....
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-09-13 00:00:00
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is constructing Bangladesh's first heavy-lift jetty at Laldia Char to meet a longstanding demand coming from the business community to handle specialised cargo. The Bangladesh Navy will implement the project, with the site located just...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-09-13 00:00:00
Despite the increase in demand for trains, the supply side continues to be slow with no sign of improvement due to the wrong selection of funding agencies, faulty tender process, and inefficiency in project preparation by railway officials.Bangladesh Railway (BR)...
JASHORE, Sept 12 (UNB): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained four people, including two women, while they were attempting to illegally cross into India through the Goga border in Sharsha upazila of Jashore district on Friday morning.The detainees are...
Nine students of Chittagong University (CU) have ended their hunger strike on the third day after the vice-chancellor (VC) assured them that their seven-point demands would be met, reports bdnews24.com.On Friday at 4:30pm, VC Prof Muhammad Yeahia Akhter offered juice...
FE REPORT President Mohammed Shahabuddin has accepted the resignation letter of Justice Md Akhtaruzzaman, a High Court Division judge, who sentenced BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two corruption cases in 2018. A press release issued by the Supreme Court administration...
In a move to boost the participation of expatriates in Bangladesh's democratic process, the Election Commission (EC) has officially introduced voter registration and smart National Identity (NID) card services for Bangladeshis living in Canada, report agencies.Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM...
KHULNA, Sept 12 (BSS): Police arrested a union parishad (UP) chairman with a foreign made pistol and a private car in the city. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Detective Branch of Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) in a drive...
The Vatican has expressed its desire to see a free, fair, just, and transparent election process in Bangladesh, but it does not favour any specific outcome, report agencies."As Bangladesh prepares for elections, the Holy See stands alongside of you to...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has condemned the recent Israeli plans to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank, describing the move as both heartbreaking and a major obstacle to establishment of a future Palestinian state, reports BSS.He shared the...
BNP senior leader AZM Zahid Hossain has alleged that fugitive autocrats and anti-state forces are secretly forging unity and making 'entente' in a bid to obstruct Bangladesh's democratic progress and tarnish the country's image as a moderate democratic state, reports...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram, Barishal and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi, Dhaka and Khulna divisions with moderately heavy falls...
BRAC University's (BRACU) School of Pharmacy organised a seminar, poster presentations and a quiz competition on the Merul Badda campus in Dhaka on Thursday to educate students about prostate cancer, especially about the importance of diagnosing the disease, according to...
FE REPORT Bangladesh should focus more on freight transportation routes for faster and reliable movement of the merchandise at home and abroad, said speakers at a programme on Friday.Establishing multimodal transportation system with special attention to naval ways is also...
FE REPORTA Shahjahanpur Police Station sub-inspector returned Tk 50,410 to its owner, who said he lost his bundle of cash on his way to office.Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) Muhammad Talebur Rahman said that Sub-Inspector (SI) Ashiqur Rahman found...
FE REPORT A total of 2,337 individuals were arrested on different charges across the country during police special raids in the 24 hours to early Friday morning, according to Assistant Inspector General (Media) AHM Sahadat Hossain of Police Headquarters.He said...
A man detained on suspicion of theft has died after being handed over to the police in Tongi, Gazipur, reports bdnews24.com.Roni Mia, 30, was declared dead by doctors at Gazipur's Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital around 9:30pm on Thursday,...
Savar, Sept 12 (UNB): The namaz-e-janaza of Jannatul Ferdous, assistant professor at Jahangirnagar University's Department of Fine Arts who died while on election duty, was held on the university campus after Jumma prayers on Friday.The janaza took place at the...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has reinstated actress and social activist Jaya Ahsan as its Goodwill Ambassador for Bangladesh, marking her third consecutive term in the role since her initial appointment in 2022, reports UNB.She will serve in this...
RU CORRESPONDENTAs many as 34 female students submitted nomination papers for executive posts of Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU) election, marking the highest number of women's participation in 15 elections, 14 of which, according to available information, were held...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 7, 2025 (BSS): The Rajshahi University (RU) unit of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) has announced its 23-member panel to contest in the upcoming RU Central Students' Union (RUCSU) election.JCD Central Organising Secretary Amanullah Aman formally announced the...
SOUTHEAST BANK AWARDS 53 CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTSSoutheast Bank PLC recognised the outstanding academic achievements of 53 meritorious students who are the children of the bank's employees. These students achieved GPA 5 in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC)...
Global equity funds registered their first weekly outflow in five weeks through September 10 as investors locked in profits and trimmed their risk exposure, reports Reuters.Major equity markets hit fresh record highs this week, supported by expectations the US Federal...
FE REPORTThe equity benchmark index closed in the red this week, snapping a three-week winning streak, as investors rushed to book profits ahead of upcoming earnings season.The recent rally, which saw the benchmark index climb past the 5,600-point mark for...
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