DU CORRESPONDENT | 2026-01-27 00:00:00
Sarba Mitra Chakma, an executive member of the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU), on Monday announced resignation from his post following strong criticism over a viral video showing him punishing outsiders on the Dhaka University central playground.The old video...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-27 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) granted ad-interim bail for six months to Jewel Hasan Saddam, President of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Bagerhat Sadar Upazila unit, on humanitarian grounds following the death of his wife and nine-month-old child. The HC...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-27 00:00:00
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), along with several like-minded organisations, on Monday expressed dissatisfaction over the interim government's failure to lay the groundwork for transitioning the country's energy system towards renewable or clean energy.They also urged political parties contesting the upcoming...
JU CORRESPONDENT | 2026-01-27 00:00:00
Jatiya Chhatra Shakti (JCS) has demanded the implementation of the newly- adopted teacher recruitment policy and full-scale digital automation of administrative and academic activities at Jahangirnagar University (JU).The demands were raised at a press conference on the university's Shaheed Minar...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh Election Commission has opened online registration for journalists and observers intending to cover and monitor the electoral process of the 13th National Parliamentary Election and referendum scheduled for February 12.They will have to apply through a web portal launched...
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman addressing an election rally at Shaheed Abrar Fahad Stadium in Kushtia on Monday. — Photo Collected
Students of Dhaka University (DU) have burned effigies in protest against 'defamatory and false remarks' made by a Jamaat-e-Islami leader targeting the university and its female students, reports UNB.The protesters burned effigies of Barguna District Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Md...
The BNP has nominated candidates in 292 constituencies for the upcoming 13th parliamentary election, reports bdnews24.com.Speaking at a media briefing at the BNP's Gulshan office in the capital on Monday, Mahdi Amin, spokesperson for the party's Election Steering Committee, said...
KHULNA, Jan 26 (BSS): Secretary General of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and candidate of Khulna-5 contituency Mia Golam Parwar has said the suffering, corruption and mismanagement that have prevailed over the last 54 years will continue if Jamaat-e-Islami is not voted to...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-27 00:00:00
An incident of attack took place on Ariful Islam Adib, National Citizen Party (NCP)-nominated candidate for Dhaka-18 constituency, on Monday morning while he was conducting his election campaign.According to the police station concerned, two activists of the NCP, which belongs...
THAKURGAON, Jan 26 (UNB): BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has urged voters not to 'ruin the country' by voting for those who collaborated with the Pakistani forces in 1971 and are now seeking to come to power again."Those...
A woman and her two children have died in Gazipur after she grabbed them and leapt in front of a train in an apparent suicide, according to police, reports bdnews24.com.The incident occurred around 11am on Monday at a railway crossing...
A court has issued arrest warrants against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 40 other absconding suspects in two cases over the killings of freight truck driver Md Hossain and autorickshaw driver Shobuj in Dhaka's Mohammadpur during the 2024 July...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-27 00:00:00
Speakers at a dialogue on Monday suggested widening the purview of the universal health coverage (UHC), saying it should include neglected areas, such as mental health, antimicrobial resistance, oral health, occupational health and safety, and emergency care.There had been a...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-27 00:00:00
The 18th four-day Bangladesh International Plastic, Packaging and Printing Industrial Fair-2026 (IPF-26) is set to kick off at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in Dhaka tomorrow. A press conference in this regard was held on Monday at the office...
The government has issued the Supreme Court Secretariat (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026.The Printing and Publication Wing of Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division under the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs issued a notification in this regard on Monday.Law Ministry's public...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-27 00:00:00
Business leaders have voiced strong opposition to the commerce ministry's proposal to remove the requirement for chamber-or trade-association membership certificates when issuing or renewing import registration certificates (IRCs), warning that the move could heighten the risk of fraudulent trade and...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-27 00:00:00
The government is reportedly losing millions of dollars in revenue each year due to the misuse of bonded-warehouse facilities in the textile sector, industry insiders say.According to stakeholders, weak monitoring and widespread abuse of the bonded system are not only...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has said his party will ensure a safe society and workplace for women.He has also rejected the idea of confining women to their houses."Women will not be locked inside home. Rather, they will live...
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman said on Monday that despite Hatiya's natural beauty, the people of the island continued to face many long-standing problems, stressing that only sincere and people-oriented leadership can ensure permanent solutions."The people of Hatiya suffer from a...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-27 00:00:00
Former Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman and two other cops have been sentenced to death for the killing of six people at city's Chankharpool during the July-August 2024 mass uprising.In its verdict delivered Monday the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1)...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-27 00:00:00
Some rigorous policy, administrative, structural and technology-driven reforms under thepost-uprising interim government of Bangladesh contributed to revenue-earning growth by over 14 per cent.A report submitted by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to Chief Adviser Dr Mohammad Yunus reveals a...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-27 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday directed the Armed Forces to remain on the highest level of alert to ensure a free, fair, neutral and widely acceptable electoral environment ahead of the referendum and the 13th national parliamentary election...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-27 00:00:00
Savings certificates (Sanchayapatras) are being made tradable on bond market, among other measures, to systematically force or encourage corporates through applying push and pull factors to meet their long-term financing needs from outside banks.This switch from banks to capital market...
WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (AFP): A monster storm barrelling across the United States had killed at least 11 people on Monday, prompting warnings to stay off the roads, mass flight cancelations and power outages after a weekend of misery.The storm dumped...
GAZA, Jan 26 (BBC/AP): Israel says it has agreed to reopen the Gaza Strip's key border crossing with Egypt only after an operation to retrieve the body of the last remaining Israeli hostage in the territory is complete.The Rafah crossing...
MANILA, Jan 26 (BBC/AFP): At least 18 people have died after a ferry carrying more than 350 passengers and crew members onboard sank in the waters off Philippines' southern coast.Search crews have rescued 317 people on board the MV Trisha...
YANGON, Jan 26 (AFP): Myanmar's dominant pro-military party has won junta-run elections, a party source told AFP on Monday, after a month-long vote that democracy watchdogs dismissed as a rebranding of army rule.The military snatched power in a 2021 coup,...
Most Gulf stock markets slipped in early Monday trading, weighed by a mix of geopolitical and policy worries - ranging from US-NATO tensions over Greenland and uncertainty around tariffs to growing questions about the US Federal Reserve's independence, reports Reuters.
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