Bangladesh Under-19 team confirmed the semifinal of Asia Cup after Sri Lanka edged past Afghanistan by two wickets in a tight contest at ICC Academy in Dubai, UAE on Monday.The outcome of the match saw Sri Lanka youngsters also moved...
Mehidy Hasan Miraz has set his sights on climbing the ICC ODI rankings next year, with the 2027 World Cup firmly in mind, reports BSS.Bangladesh are scheduled to play as many as 20 ODI matches in 2026, providing ample opportunity...
Both the men's and women's section finals of the Victory Day Handball Competition (men's and women's) will be held at Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the capital today (Tuesday), reports BSS.On the day, Group champions Border...
Ahamedul Karim Chowdhury | 2025-12-16 00:00:00
On the opening day of the 12th National SME Product Fair 2025, visitors entering booth F-006 encountered something unexpected among the displays of local innovation, handcrafted goods, and emerging technologies. The Bangladesh Ship Recycling Board (BSRB) had stepped into the...
M G Quibria | 2025-12-16 00:00:00
Bangladesh is a young country trapped in old politics. The median age is just over 27, yet the people making national decisions are often three times older. The caretaker government led by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus brings global respect, but...
Artificial intelligence is transforming the modes of operation of intellectual property across the globe, and Bangladesh is already beginning to feel it as innovation is increasingly taking place in domains such as textiles, food processing, small-scale engineering and tech startups....
Loan write-off policy can be a powerful instrument for the banking industry to bounce back from the pressure of rising non-performing loans, which have surged to approximately 36 per cent recently. The central bank has issued a revised circular amending...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-12-16 00:00:00
Like the histories of every other post-colonial, modern nation state, Bangladesh, too, has its blood-stained story of liberation struggle. Its history has also certain features that are unique and unlike the stories of other national liberation struggles. These unique characteristics...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2025-12-16 00:00:00
The brutal and heinous attack on Sharif Osman Hadi should have served as a moment of collective reckoning for Bangladesh's political class. Instead, it has laid bare a deeper malaise: a corrosive political culture in which reflexive blame, public posturing...
Victory is at its sweetest when won against overwhelming odds. The victory earned by the people of this land on this day 55 years ago against the brutal Pakistani forces and their local collaborators is one such le triomphe final...
HONG KONG, Dec 15 (BBC): Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of colluding with foreign forces under the city's controversial national security law (NSL).The 78-year-old UK citizen, who has been in jail since...
PHNOM PENH, Dec 15 (AFP): Cambodia accused Thailand on Monday of striking deep inside its territory, bombing areas less than a two-hour drive from the country's main tourist draw, the centuries-old Angkor temples, in a reignited border conflict.Dozens of people...
SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters): Australia vowed stricter gun laws on Monday as it began mourning victims of its worst mass shooting in almost 30 years, in which police accused a father-and-son duo of killing 15 people at a Jewish celebration...
SAFI, Dec 15 (AFP): A flash flood in a Moroccan coastal town killed at least 37, local officials said Monday, as search and rescue operations continued.Drought-hit Morocco often faces severe weather, but Sunday's flooding in Safi is already the deadliest...
BERLIN/KYIV, Dec 15 (Reuters): President Volodymyr Zelenskiy offered to drop Ukraine's aspirations to join the NATO military alliance as he held five hours of talks with U.S. envoys in Berlin on Sunday to end the war with Russia, with negotiations...
Trader shot dead in Khulna A clothing trader has been shot dead in Khulna's Rupsha Upazila. The killing took place at around 10:30 pm on Sunday near the eastern end of the Rupsha Bridge in front of the Jabusa Autogas...
Teachers, students, officials, and employees of Pabna University of Science and Technology, led by Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. S. M. Abdul Awal, brought out a procession on the campus on Sunday in observance of the Martyred Intellectuals Day.— FE Photo
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-16 00:00:00
MANIKGANJ, Dec 15: Papaya cultivation in Singair Upazila of Manikganj district is increasingly being carried out on a commercial scale. With quick yields, long-term production and a guaranteed market, papaya has emerged as one of the most profitable crops for...
Amid recent attacks on political figures, politicians in Bangladesh are now facing serious security concerns alongside ordinary citizens, said Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Distinguished Fellow and Citizen's Platform Convener Debapriya Bhattacharya on Sunday, reports UNB.Speaking at the inauguration of...
Government officials and employees staying outside their respective voter areas will be able to register for postal voting for the upcoming election until December 25, the Election Commission (EC) said on Sunday, reports UNB.Director (PR) of the Election Commission Ruhul...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-15 00:00:00
Satirical cartoons depicting Ghulam Azam, Abdul Quader Mollah and Motiur Rahman Nizami were erased from Dhaka University's Jagannath Hall citing security concerns.The cartoons were painted on the floors of several entrances of the hall late on Saturday night, which the...
National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam and other leaders paying tribute at the Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals' Memorial in the capital to observe the Martyred Intellectuals Day (Dec 14) on Sunday. — FE Photo
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will be given an unprecedented public reception on his return to Dhaka from London, unlike any reception given to a political leader in the past,...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-15 00:00:00
No vicious attempts, including clandestine attack, would foil the upcoming 13th national election, Election Commissioner Brig. Gen. Abul Fazal Md. Sanaullah (Retd.) said on Sunday."The message from the Election Commission (EC) is very clear, there are no concerns regarding the...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir along with other party leaders and activists paid tributes at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in the capital's Mirpur on Sunday to observe the Martyred Intellectuals Day (Dec 14). — FE Photo
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday). Night temperature may fall slightly and day temperature may remain unchanged . The highest temperature on Sunday was...
Health authorities have reported the deaths of five individuals from dengue in the past 24 hours. In addition, 387 new cases of dengue have been recorded, according to the DGHS, reports BSS.Of the cases, 40 were in Barishal div, 71...
Eminent Bangladeshi educationist, administrator, social development worker, and litterateur Kazi Fazlur Rahman passed away on Saturday night due to age-related complications. He was 93, according to a press statement.He served as an adviser to the country's first caretaker government. In...
A delegation of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), led by its VC Prof Dr A B M Badruzzaman, paying tribute at the Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals' Memorial in the capital to observe the Martyred Intellectuals Day (Dec 14) on...
Speakers at webinar on Sunday informed Bangladesh is the first and only country in Asia that has classified cigarette filters as "single-use plastic (SUP)", reports BSS.This timely decision was adopted as a move towards implementing Article 18 of the WHO...
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