MOSCOW, Sept 29 (Reuters): Talks on reducing strategic nuclear weapons must first be conducted between Russia and the US, but the arsenals of Britain and France will ultimately have to be included in negotiations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted...
GRAND BLANC, Sept 29 (AFP): A man opened fire in a Mormon church in Michigan and set the building ablaze on Sunday, killing at least four people in the latest deadly tragedy that US President Donald Trump called part of...
Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at a few places over Mymensingh, Sylhet and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday). The highest temperature on Sunday was recorded at 36.4 degrees Celsius in...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-29 00:00:00
Police arrested 1,296 individuals through conducting special drives across the country during the 24-hour period from 6:00 am Saturday to 6:00 am Sunday.Of the total arrestees, 843 were arrested on charges of different cases, while 453 for other reasons. A...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-29 00:00:00
Yields on treasury bills (T-bills) fell below the central bank's policy rate on Sunday, as banks opted to park excess liquidity in the government securities amid sluggish private credit demand before the national election.The cut off yield, generally known as...
Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, began across the country on Sunday amid due religious fervour and festivity.The five-day celebration began with invocation of Goddess Durga on the day of Maha Shasthi, reports UNB.This year Durga...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-29 00:00:00
Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday said around 0.4 million (four lakh) security personnel have been deployed across the country for safe and peaceful celebration of the Durga Puja.Of the deployed security personnel, 0.1 million...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-29 00:00:00
The Dhaka University (DU) administration on Sunday clarified that a portion of the ballot papers for the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) and hall union elections 2025 were initially printed at Nilkhet. However, the papers were later processed and...
Several hundred people who had completed all formalities but failed to travel to Malaysia within the stipulated time have staged a demonstration on a major road in city's Karwan Bazar for over an hour, reports bdnews24.com.The protesters took to the...
YASIR WARDAD | 2025-09-29 00:00:00
Bangladeshi consumers are hardly getting any benefits from the global plunge in wheat prices, as big local importers-cum-millers are making huge profits.Prices of flour and flour-made items even have increased in the country during the last three months, showing a...
There's no room for confusion over Jatiya Party's registration and symbol, said Jatiya Party (JaPa) presidium member Rezaul Islam Bhuiyan on Sunday, reports UNB.He said this emerging from a meeting between a team of GM Quader-led Jatiya Party (JaPa) and...
A delegation of BNP led by its Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury met with the Ambassador of Switzerland to Dhaka Reto Renggli at his residence in the city's Gulshan on Sunday, reports BSS.During the meeting that began at...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin said on Sunday the Election Commission (EC) is committed to ensuring a free, fair and credible election, reports BSS.He was addressing a dialogue with representatives of civil society at the Election Bhaban in...
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) authorities have expelled 54 leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the banned student affiliate of the Awami League, on charges of attacking students during the July Uprising and involvement in...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-29 00:00:00
Joint security forces conducted a raid at the house of former member of parliament and Awami League (AL) leader Haji Mohammad Salim in the capital's Lalbagh area on Sunday.Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Deputy Commissioner Mollik Ahsan Uddin Sami of the...
NEW YORK, Sept 28 (UNB): BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has praised Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, saying he saw in his words the reflection of late President Ziaur Rahman's dream of a democratic, developed and corruption-free Bangladesh."Two...
The 'Martyred and Injured Cell' of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement completes final verification of applications for the latest MIS and categorisation of students killed and injured in the movement, as well as journalists injured while on professional duty, with the...
Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen on Sunday met with Environment, Forests and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan at her office at the Secretariat in the city, reports BSS.During the meeting, Rizwana, also Water Resources Adviser, said China is a development...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-29 00:00:00
Starting on October 1, the Bangladesh Health Assistant Association has announced a suspension in administering life-saving vaccination to children nationwide to press home its six-point demand.On Sunday, it said vaccination would be halted at 120,000 outreach EPI centres across the...
The interim government on Sunday dissolved the five-member advisory committee formed to initiate positive reforms in the National Board of Revenue (NBR), reports UNB.A gazette notification said that the activities of the NBR reform advisory committee have been terminated due...
The Bangla Academy has postponed the Amar Ekushey Book Fair, originally scheduled for December, in light of the upcoming national elections, reports bdnews24.com. The decision was made following a proposal from the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Bangla Academy announced...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-29 00:00:00
The government on Sunday announced three Hajj packages for 2026. The first package will cost Tk 0.69 million (Tk 690,597), the second one Tk 0.55 million (Tk 558,881), and the third Tk 0.46 million (Tk 467,167).Religious Affairs Adviser Dr AFM...
The dengue situation has deteriorated further, with the highest single-day hospital admissions recorded this year and four fresh deaths during the 24-hour period up to Sunday morning. September has already seen the highest monthly deaths and hospitalisations this year, with...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-29 00:00:00
Innovation--technological, institutional, and policy-- should be the unifying principle for Bangladesh's transition to a competitive, inclusive, and sustainable post-LDC economy, a policy paper has suggested.By embedding pro-innovation reforms into its economic governance, Bangladesh can reconcile growth with social welfare and...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-29 00:00:00
At least one 'Pahari' woman was reportedly killed in a clash and gunfire that took place at Guimara Ramesu Bazar in Khagrachhari at around 1:41 pm on Sunday, according to sources.The area is believed to be under the jurisdiction of...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-09-29 00:00:00
Large-scale manufacturing output is expanding, buoyed by a double-digit growth in dominant clothing sector amid a feel-good external ambiance, in signs of a steady economic pickup. Bangladesh's large-scale manufacturing output expanded nearly 7.0 per cent in July, the first month...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has finalised five proposed names as administrators for the Shariah-based banks that are under consideration for a merger, reports UNB.According to a source at Bangladesh Bank, the names were selected on Sunday.Md Shawkat Ullah Alam, Executive Director...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-09-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh is preparing to significantly ramp up its liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports from long-term suppliers next year, aiming to reduce dependence on costly and uncertain spot market purchases.Imports under long-term sales and purchase agreements (SPAs) are set to rise...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-29 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission has recommended setting the maximum retail price for hilsa based on size in the face of an unusual increase.In a report on Sunday, it also identified 11 key reasons behind the sharp price hike...
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