With a view to boosting student opportunities and advance architectural education, the department of architecture at the North South University (NSU) has recently signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with Friendship and ARCHICONNECT, says a press release.NSU Vice-Chancellor Prof Abdul...
JU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
Jahangirnagar University (JU) is facing an acute faculty shortage in 16 departments and three institutes, even though the University Grants Commission (UGC) has already approved the recruitment of 104 new teachers.According to the registrar's office, the UGC granted clearance to...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Sep 04: The district administration during the first three days of the five-day crackdown on illegal encroachment on the Bankkhali River in the district demolished over 400 houses and other structures and retrieved 60 acres of land from...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Sept 05: A fresh debate has erupted among students at Rajshahi University (RU) on whether there is an official night-time curfew rule for students of women's dormitories.Conflicting statements from the vice-chancellor (VC) and hall provosts have fueled confusion.On...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) vice-president (VP) candidate and former Chhatra League leader Julius Caesar Talukder has been issued a show-cause notice for failing to shut down a Facebook page titled "Dhaka University Shikkharthi Sangsad".The notice, signed by Professor...
RU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) central organising secretary, Amanullah Aman, has alleged that Islami Chhatra Shibir has infiltrated the leftist student organisations of Rajshahi University (RU). Speaking at a press conference at the university's transport market on Thursday, Aman further...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) general secretary (GS) candidate Maheen Sarkar, from the Combined Students' Alliance panel - led by Jamal Uddin Khalid, has stepped aside from the race in favor of Bangladesh Democratic Students' Union's central convener Abu...
A group of unidentified people, allegedly linked to the Gono Odhikar Parishad, were pictured vandalising and setting fire to the Jatiya Party central office in the capital's Kakrail area on Friday evening. — Collected
Faridpur residents block highways over constituency boundary changes Residents of Faridpur's Bhanga have blocked two major highways, protesting the Election Commission's (EC) decision to redraw Jatiya Sangsad (JS) constituencies ahead of the upcoming 13th national election, reports bdnews24.com.From around 9:30...
The government has once again extended the deadline for the commission investigating the attack and violence at the National Citizen Party (NCP) rally in Gopalganj in July, reports UNB.A notification issued by the Cabinet Division on Thursday said the commission...
The government has formed a three-member investigation commission to probe the attack that left Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul Haque Nur seriously injured, reports UNB.The Cabinet Division issued a notification to this end on Thursday night.The commission will be headed...
OUR CORRESPONDENTCHATTOGRAM, Sep 05: The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) has called on Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus to hold national elections without delay, warning that public patience is running out as the government focuses on reforms instead...
BNP Joint Secretary General Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie has reaffirmed that his party will stand beside the families of victims of enforced disappearances and killings during 17 years of fascist rule, report agencies"Thousands of BNP leaders and activists became victims...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has extended his heartfelt greetings and congratulations to the Muslim brothers and sisters of the world, including Bangladesh, on the occasion of the holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi to be celebrated today (Saturday), reports BSS.In a message issued...
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman speaking at a programme after visiting a free medical camp, organised by the party's Kafrul South Thana unit in the capital on Friday. — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested former Awami League (AL) lawmaker from the Nilphamari-3 constituency, Saddam Hossain Pavel, in the capital's Mohammadpur area.Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) of the DMP Muhammad Talebur Rahman said...
David Lammy became deputy prime minister of United Kingdom, as PM Keir Starmer reshuffles his cabinet following Angela Rayner's resignation, reports BBCLammy is also made justice secretary, while Steve Reed takes over Rayner's former housing brief. Yvette Cooper is the...
SAO PAULO, Sept 5 (AFP): Brazil's exports to the United States plunged 18.5 percent year-on-year in August, hobbled by the 50-percent tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, figures showed Thursday.Trump slapped a range of Brazilian goods with his highest category...
In separate incidents on Friday, a shrine in Rajshahi was attacked and the body of Nurul Haque, also known as "Nural Pagla" - a man who had declared himself Imam Mahdi, was taken and burnt by a mob from "Tawhidi...
A total Eclipse of the Moon will occur on September 7, 2025, reports BSS.This eclipse will be visible in Bangladesh from beginning to end if the sky remains clear, said an ISPR release on Thursday.The moon will enter penumbra at...
India will roll out a package of measures to help exporters hurt by a surge in US tariffs, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday, reports Reuters.The new US duties slapped on Indian goods last month included a 25% punitive...
Smoke billows during Israeli strikes on the Mushtaha Tower in Gaza City on Friday, amid the war between Israel and the Hamas movement. The Israeli military said it struck a high-rise in Gaza City on the day, shortly after announcing...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
In 2025, Bangladesh recorded its highest seasonal influenza peak in July, with 59 per cent of patients going to hospitals with high fever and cough being infected, according to surveillance conducted in 19 hospitals.Influenza is a major public health concern,...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
Transparency International (TI) Chair François Valérian has said Bangladesh has a historic opportunity to build a 'new democracy' rooted in accountability, integrity and people's power, following the last year's mass uprising that toppled authoritarian rule.Speaking at a dinner meeting with...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sep 05: A total of 6,028 students from 106 schools in the city were awarded Friday for their participation in a year-long book reading programme organised by Bishwo Shahitto Kendro with support from Grameenphone.The daylong prize-giving festival, held at...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
Prices of egg, onions and most of the vegetables rose by 6.0-128 per cent over the past three months, causing further woes to the consumers, according to the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC).In its latest report on essential commodities,...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-06 00:00:00
US sanction-hit Russia wants to export 0.5 million tonnes of milling wheat to Bangladesh under a government-to-government (G2G) arrangement, sources say. Prodintorg, a subordinate organisation under the agriculture ministry of the Russian Federation with 100 per cent state participation, sent...
Under a blue sky and bright sunshine, boats line up along the bank of the Buriganga River in Sadarghat area of the city, waiting for passengers. The photo was taken on Friday. — FE photo by Shafiqul Alam
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