Bangladesh Futsal National Team suffered a 12-0 goals defeat to strong Iran in their opening group G match of the AFC Futsal Asian Cup Qualifiers 2026 held at Stadium Tertutup Sukp in Kuantan, Malaysia on Saturday, reports BSS.Futsal is played...
Bangladesh U-17 National Football Team will take on host Sri Lanka in their ultimate group match of the SAFF U-17 Championship scheduled to be held at Racecourse ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka today (Sunday), reports BSS.The match kicks off at...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday released the revised itinerary for the NCL T20, which is all set to resume on September 26, reports BSS.Sylhet alone will host the remaining matches of the tournament, the BCB said in a...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday appointed former national pacer Hasibul Hossain Shanto as a men's team selector and also named former women's skipper Salma Khatun as a women's selector, reports BSS.Media and Communications Committee Chairman Iftekhar Rahman Mithu announced...
Bangladesh's captain Litton Das (L) and his Sri Lanka's counterpart Charith Asalanka shake hands during the toss before the start of the Asia Cup 2025 Super Four Twenty20 international cricket match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the Dubai International...
Nigar Sultana Joty, the captain of the Bangladesh women's cricket team, says her side is ready to take the challenge of the ICC Women's World Cup 2025, reports UNB.She said the side is upbeat to build on the success of...
MD. MOIN UDDIN MUSLIM | 2025-09-21 00:00:00
In the narrow, chaotic lanes of Khatunganj with the air thick with the scent of spices and the din of commerce, transactions worth over $250 million are sealed every day with little more than a handshake. In the heart of...
Md Tanjil Hossain | 2025-09-21 00:00:00
The July 2024 uprising, while it raised hopes for political change, also had significant economic implications. The aftermath of the uprising has created new expectations in Bangladesh's political landscape. Ordinary citizens believed that political change would soon translate into improvements...
Data, census, and statistics are indispensable for effective policy-making and prioritization. They provide evidence for decision-making, inform economic forecasting by identifying future trends and resource needs, and support development monitoring and evaluation of past actions.A government-formed task force has made...
In both urban and rural Bangladesh, many traditional professions quietly exist, though rarely recognised. These include clock repairers, quilt makers, khundhai artists, and beading artists - trades passed down the generations. Despite their declining visibility, they play a vital role...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-09-21 00:00:00
No fewer than 150 hills and hillocks are now at risk of being completely flattened. This time, the cause is not population pressure or the need to reclaim land for agriculture, but a grave error in survey records that borders...
Asjadul Kibria | 2025-09-21 00:00:00
In its three decades of existence, the members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have negotiated only two new trade deals. The latest one is the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (AFS), which entered into force last week. At the 12th...
The recent report that Bangladesh's twelve city corporations operate on a collective annual budget of just Tk 230 billion, an amount that severely constrains their capacity, stands as a damning indictment of the nation's urban governance crisis. This figure is...
MUMBAI, Sept 20 (Reuters): India's market regulator is still looking into more than a dozen allegations that Adani Group and its offshore funds broke securities regulations, two sources with direct knowledge of the investigations said on Friday.They spoke a day...
FRANKFURT, Sept 20 (Reuters): Cash-strapped European governments looking to tax the rich harder to plug holes in public finances and redress rising inequality may find that direct wealth levies are not the most effective solution.History shows outright wealth taxes rarely...
Prime Bank has recently entered into a partnership with Aamara Active, a pioneering corporate boutique gym, through a deal signing ceremony at the bank's corporate office in the capital's Gulshan. This collaboration opens up a wide range of exclusive lifestyle...
AKM Shahnawaj, Managing Director (Current Charge) of Dhaka Bank PLC formally inaugurated its 36th Sub-Branch at Noapara under Akij City Branch, Jashore, recently. Md Mostaque Ahmed, Deputy Managing Director (CEMO), Altamas Nirjhor, EVP & Head of General Services Division, along...
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...
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