Recently, scientists have developed a new drug that shows promise in eradicating breast and skin cancer, opening up a new horizon in the treatment of this deadly disease. This innovative therapy, known as immunotherapy, is being hailed as potentially far...
Picture this: a father in a village gets money from his son working abroad. With it, he pays his daughter's school fees. Meanwhile, his neighbour, also receiving the same amount, uses it to buy rice and medicine. Same money, different...
Syed Muhammed Showaib | 2025-09-13 00:00:00
It was nothing short of a tectonic shift in student politics. A student wing of a political party with a controversial past has achieved a landslide victory in a university where it was barred from political activity barely a year...
In response to media reports that the number of serious crimes including murder, robbery, Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) Act offences, rioting and so on, surged during the last 13 months since the interim government assumed office on August...
Haradhan Sarker | 2025-09-13 00:00:00
General provisioning for normal credit loss in banking is inevitable and also acceptable both from credit risk management as well as accounting perspectives. But specific provisioning seems analogous to the proverb : One doth the scathe, another hath the scorn"...
The National Consensus Commission is considering a special constitutional order or a referendum to implement the July National Charter's reform proposals, reports UNB.Four options to implement the July Charter were mainly discussed in the talks between the Consensus Commission and...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
The lone bidder -- Indonesian PT Pertamina - quoted higher-than- expected costs in the tender for operations and maintenance (O&M) of the country's maiden Tk 80-billion single-point mooring (SPM).As a result, the state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is set to...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday she will seek sanctions and a partial trade suspension against Israel over the war in Gaza, reports AP.The 27-nation EU is deeply divided in its approach to Israel and the Palestinians,...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
The government is set to make a major revision in the public procurement rules (PPR), eliminating the existing provision of 10 per cent price cap on the official estimation of any public procurement, officials said on Wednesday.After the revision, the...
A new study has found that 55 of the heat waves recorded over the past 25 years would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change, highlighting the role of major fossil fuel and cement producers in driving extreme heat...
Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman bowls during the Asia Cup 2025 Twenty20 international cricket match between Bangladesh and Hong Kong at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. — AFP
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
Islamic banks in Bangladesh recorded sluggish deposit growth in June 2025, trailing well behind their conventional counterparts despite an overall uptick in the banking sector's performance.Deposits in the Islamic banks rose by just 2.67 per cent year-on-year to Tk 4.52...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
Agonies of umpteen commuters seem destined to prolong as introducing single-company-based bus route for operating modern mass transport service looks finally shelved with an ancillary project ditched.Officials have said the Planning Commission recently rejected extension of the related technical project...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh's unemployment rate remained the highest at 3.66 per cent in 2024 in the last three years, according to the latest Labour Force Survey (LFS) 2024 report.In 2023, the rate of jobless people in the country was 3.35 per cent...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
A high-level US trade delegation arrives in Dhaka Sunday for a two-day visit focused on negotiating a further reduction in tariffs on Bangladeshi exports to the United States, from the current 20 per cent.The team, led by Brendan Lynch, Assistant...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
Voting in the long-awaited Jahangirnagar University Central Students' Union (JUCSU) and hall-union elections concluded on Thursday amid controversy, with the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and several left-leaning panels boycotting the polls over alleged irregularities and rigging. According to the Election...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
The council of advisers of the interim government approved a proposal scrapping the existing 7.5-percent VAT on imports of oceangoing vessels of capacities above 5,000-deadweight tonnage (DWT), aiming to spur seaborne trade.Chief Adviser's Press Secretary, Shafiqul Alam, disclosed the decision...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh needs to jumpstart negotiation with its major export destinations as readymade garment (RMG) - the largest foreign-currency earner - will forfeit duty-free access to key traditional and non-traditional markets after the country's LDC graduation, experts say.The experts and also...
FE REPORT The detective branch (DB) of police has arrested four leaders of banned Awami League (AL) and its affiliates.The arrestees are former general secretary of Dhaka University's Shahidullah Hall unit of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and also former...
BARISHAL, Sept 11 (UNB): At least 25 people were injured in a clash between activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Islami Chhatra Shibir over establishing supremacy in Muladi Government College at Barishal on Thursday.Mahiuddin Dhali, convener of Muladi upazila...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned 12 former secretaries during the Awami League government over allegations that they were allocated luxury flats in the capital's Dhanmondi area in violation of rules, reports bdnews24.com.ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain confirmed the...
A tribunal is set to frame charges on Tuesday in crimes against humanity case over the shooting of a young man clinging to the cornice of a building in the capital's Rampura during the July Uprising, and the killing of...
A Dhaka court has granted bail to Jalal Ahmed, Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) independent vice president (VP) candidate, in a case filed on the charges of attempting to murder his roommate at a residential hall, reports BSSAdditional Chief...
A Dhaka court has ordered a travel ban on deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 286 others who were charge sheeted in a case filed over participating in anti-state activities and plotting to overthrow the interim government, reports BSS. Dhaka...
Bangladeshi expatriates who have smart national identity cards (NIDs) will be able to vote in the upcoming Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election through postal ballots, reports bdnews24.com .Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin said an app called 'Postal Ballot BD'...
BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed has expressed concern that the country continues to face challenges in holding the upcoming national election as political parties are yet to reach a consensus on the democratic transition, reports UNB."At present, there is a...
Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Dhaka, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barishal divisions until 6:00 pm today (Friday). Day temperature may fall slightly...
Southeast University (SEU)'s Institute of Research & Training (IRT) recently organised a special seminar on the role of rehabilitation as a major part of the care required for the disabled.The seminar was held on the university's Multipurpose Hall on Tuesday,...
FE REPORTKitchen markets across the capital witnessed another round of price increases this week, with fish and vegetables becoming noticeably costlier.A visit to city markets on Thursday revealed a 10-20 per cent surge in fish prices. Hilsa, which had shown...
FE REPORT The dengue situation is gradually worsening, with six more people dying from dengue in the past 24 hours till Thursday morning. The number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease has reached 145 this year. During the 24-hour period...
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