Chief Adviser Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus presiding over a meeting of the National Consensus Commission at State Guest House Jamuna in the capital on Wednesday ahead of the July National Charter 2025 signing ceremony on Friday. - Focus Bangla
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers is likely to occur at one or two places over Chattogram division. Weather may remain mainly dry over the country until 6:00 pm today (Thursday).Day and night temperature may remain unchanged. The highest temperature was...
Four more persons died of dengue in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning, raising the total number of deaths from the mosquito-borne disease to 242 this year, reports UNB.During this period, 758 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever,...
Rakib Hasan, the author of ‘Tin Goyenda’ - a widely popular series of juvenile thriller novels, passed away at a hospital in the capital on Wednesday, reports UNB.He breathed his last while undergoing treatment there.‘Tin Goyenda’ emerged at a time...
The results of the HSC and equivalent examinations 2025 will be published at 10:00 am today (Thursday), reports BSS. The announcement was made in a notification on Monday signed by Dr. Khandoker Ehsanul Kabi, President of the Bangladesh Inter-Education Board...
Two persons eagerly waiting at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Wednesday with the photos of their relatives, who went missing after the deadly fire accident at Shialbari in the capital's Mirpur area on Tuesday. — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
A man arrested in a case filed over the murder of his wife and hiding her body in a refrigerator in the capital's Kalabagan area gave his confessional statement before a Dhaka court on Wednesday.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sadekur Rahman recorded...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
Recruitments at Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC occurred under the direct order of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, with 48 officials appointed through such directives, according to sources within the bank.Once regarded as one of the strongest private banks in Bangladesh,...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
The condition of the country's road network is likely to get worse this year due to multiple complications over starting the periodical and regular maintenance (PRM) works amid unusual rains and delays in contractor selection.Officials say the Roads and Highways...
GENEVA (AP): Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilization and "turbo-charging" the Earth's climate and causing more extreme weather, the United Nations...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
United Nations Human Rights Council chief Volker Türk terms the proceedings against those accused of enforced disappearances and torture under the previous government in Bangladesh an important step towards accountability, and seeks due process."This marks the first time that formal...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has taken a decision to introduce a new mandatory reporting requirement within its existing Online Import Monitoring System (OIMS) to further ease the import trade process, reports BSS.To this end, the central bank Wednesday issued a circular,...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
Teachers and staff of MPO-listed private educational institutions have announced a fresh programme to march to the State Guest House Jamuna in the capital today if their demands for increased house rent, medical, and festival allowances are not met.Speaking to...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
The Bangladeshi passport ranks 100th out of 106 in the latest global passport rankings, according to the UK-based Henley & Partners. As per the rankings released on Tuesday, Bangladeshis now hold the seventh weakest passport globally.Earlier, the Bangladeshi travel document...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
The Dhaka metro rail company has decided to invite fresh tenders for the universal ticketing service (UTS) at all stations by cancelling the previous one.It says the decision has been made to avoid complications that arose over receiving applications by...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
A prolonged row over mobile network installation at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport's (HSIA) new Terminal 3 has dragged into its 21st week, sparking concern that passengers may face poor or no mobile connectivity when the state-of-the-art terminal becomes fully operational...
RU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
Rajshahi University is all set to hold the Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU), Senate, and Hall Union elections today, after 35 years.Voting will take place from 9 am to 4 pm across 17 polling centers housed in nine academic...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Oct 15: The much-awaited Chittagong University Central Students' Union (CUCSU) and hall union elections were held today (Wednesday). According to Chief Election Commissioner Prof. Dr. Monir Uddin, over 60 per cent of the total votes have been cast in...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
Speculations over adoption of the national charter apparently evaporated after Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus joined consensus commission's meeting Wednesday and asserted the signing of the document Friday.The head of interim government also believes all the parties will sign on the...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
Several hundred apparel factories that export directly or partly are not associated with any of the two apparel apex bodies -- BGMEA and BKMEA -- thus posing safety risks to their workers.The workers' safety issues of those factories remain either...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN and SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
Bangladesh's solar ambitions seem losing steam as 17 recently proposed solar-power plants, each offering the reduced tariffs ever, have been left waiting for approval while some previously contracted ones lie in limbo. Sources say the "bureaucratic dithering" is frustrating sponsors,...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
The fire that devastated a garment-factory building and its chemical warehouse killing 16 people in Dhaka's Mirpur area on Tuesday could be brought fully under control on Wednesday noon. Yet it will need 24 to 72 hours to begin search...
A total of three persons were killed in separate road accidents in Faridpur and Meherpur district on Wednesday, reports UNB.In Faridpur, two people including a child were killed and 15 others injured when a bus fell into a roadside ditch...
RANGPUR, Oct 15 (UNB): The Gangachara upazila administration has banned the slaughter of cattle without official clearance to prevent the spread of anthrax.Mahmud Hasan Mridha, Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO), said the outbreak of anthrax have been reported across Rangpur district."As...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Oct 15: Gopalganj fish farmers will produce 5,622 tonnes of fish -- worth Tk 1.12 billion - at the end of this season (around six months long) using pen culture (enclosure culture).About 10,000 fish farmers are utilising the aquaculture...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
BENAPOLE, Oct 15: Severe erosion by the Madhumati and Nabaganga rivers has caused widespread destruction and damage in a number of localities in Narail's Lohagara and Kalia upazilas. In Lohagara's Joypur union, the Maulvi Dhanaid-Morichpasha regional road is on the...
BRISBANE, Australia, Oct 15 (AP): It's the game before the games, the chatter for the Ashes.And well-known former protagonists from Australia and England have started the verbal jousting that comes with one of the oldest sporting rivalries in the world.Ex-Australia...
LISBON, Oct 15 (Agencies): Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo became the top goalscorer in World Cup qualifying history at the age of 40 on Tuesday against Hungary.Ronaldo netted his 40th and 41st qualifying goals, overtaking retired Guatemala international Carlos Ruiz, who...
Bangladesh ODI skipper Mehidy Hasan feels that the team is not learning from its mistakes, which is costing them in the 50-over format. Afghanistan swept Bangladesh in the three-match ODI series, with the visitors' batting unit collapsing miserably, reports Cricbuzz."We...
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