BNP is set to celebrate its 47th founding anniversary across the country today with various programmes, reports UNB.On September 1, 1978, late president Ziaur Rahman founded the party with a 19-point programme to build a self-reliant Bangladesh.BNP and its associate...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
Various irregularities and large-scale malfunction have been found in the Department of Primary Education's (DPE) mid-day meal distribution programme in 35 districts across the country, insiders said.Distribution of low quality and lesser quantity of food in the targeted areas, and...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 31: Chittagong University (CU) turned into a battlefield on Sunday as a series of clashes erupted between locals and the university students over the alleged assault on a female student by a guard of her mess near the...
YASIR WARDAD | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
The price of raw jute has hit a record high this harvesting season due to growing demand both at home and abroad. Farmers are happy with better prices, but jute factories are struggling as traders are hoarding large volumes of...
Traffic signals have been introduced anew in some areas of the city, but vehicles show a total disregard for it. At Bangla Motor crossing on Sunday, bikers are seen moving on defying the red signal — FE Photo
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
Around 35 per cent of taxpayers in each of the 41 tax zones across the country did not file tax returns in the last fiscal year despite having the taxpayer identification number (TIN).A gap analysis, conducted by the National Board...
The total number of voters in Bangladesh climbed to 126.4 million or 12.64 crore (12,63,07,504), marking an increase of nearly 2.6 million (26 lakh) in the latest updated electoral rolls published on Sunday, reports UNB."Now there are 12,63,07,504 registered voters...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
Chief Adviser of the interim government Sunday reassured Bangladesh's political parties that the next election would be held in a free, fair and festive manner as per preannounced timeline."There is no alternative to election-it would be very dangerous for the...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizens Party (NCP) in their separate meetings with Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus Sunday struck similar tunes as both demanded banning Jatiya Party, alongside the beleaguered Awami League, on allegation of helping legitimise "illegal elections" under the...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
Reassured in Sunday's consultation with Chief Adviser of the interim government Dr Muhammad Yunus, BNP Secretary- General Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the election would be held in due time already laid out."There is no doubt about that. The Chief Adviser...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
Much-envisaged independent functioning of the central bank now hangs in the balance mainly as bureaucrats on the Bangladesh Bank board steer a reverse course from reforms, sources say.As part of the ongoing reform recipes to empower the central bankers for...
Social Welfare Adviser Sharmin S Murshid on Sunday condemned the attack on Nurul Haque Nur, saying such an inhumane attack is not acceptable in any way, reports BSS."A specialised medical board has been formed to monitor the health condition of...
A Dhaka court on Sunday acquitted BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir of charges in a case filed in 2013 for obstructing police from discharging their duties and attempted murder, reports BSS.Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Zakir Hossain...
The National Citizen Party (NCP) has named a 51-member executive council to serve for three months, reports bdnews24.com.The party's Office Secretary Saleh Uddin Sifat disclosed the development to the media on Sunday.The council has been formed with the approval of...
A group of Dhaka University academicians, under the banner of University Teachers' Network, organised a rally at the base of Aparajeyo Bangla on the campus on Sunday, to express concern over the present 'law and order situation, and attacks on...
AL MAHMUD BIJOY RU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
For the first time in its 63-year history, a female student will contest for the Vice President (VP) post in the upcoming Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU) election. On Friday, Tasin Khan, a student of the Institute of Education...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
Justice Md Akhtaruzzaman, a judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court, resigned on Sunday while under investigation by the Supreme Judicial Council.He submitted his resignation letter to the President through Chief Justice Dr. Syed Refaat Ahmed, according...
Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday said the Awami League (AL), whose activities are currently banned, will 'definitely try to disrupt' the upcoming national election, reports UNB.The adviser made the remarks while talking to...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday expressed doubt over the possibility of a truly free and fair election, alleging that the 'allies' of the previous government are engaged in various plots to obstruct the process, reports...
Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday). Day and night temperature may rise slightly.The highest temperature...
Four more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours until Sunday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease to 122 this year, reports UNB.The recent fatalities occurred in the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), according to...
RU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
The final day of nomination paper distribution for the Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU) Election 2025 was marred by chaos on Sunday. Activists of the Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) stormed the RUCSU election office, locked it, and vandalised...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
The government launched the marketing of affordable and eco-friendly jute bags among consumers in the city on Sunday. Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, and the Ministry of Water Resources, addressed the inauguration...
Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Mahfuj Alam on Sunday unveiled the cover of a research paper on ‘What to do to check the readership and improve the quality of the publications of the Department of Films and Publications (DFP)’, reports...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
The Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) panel in the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) election has accused the Shibir-backed alliance of violating the electoral code of conduct.Abidul Islam Khan, Vice-President (VP) candidate of the BNP's student wing panel, raised the...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-01 00:00:00
Sexual harassment has emerged as the top concern for Rohingya women and adolescent girls living in Bangladesh's refugee camps, according to a new study by ActionAid Bangladesh.Most women - from 50 per cent to 82 per cent, depending on the...
BEIJING, Aug 31 (AFP): China's factory output ticked up in August but still recorded a fifth straight month of contraction, official data showed Sunday, as Beijing and Washington press on with trade talks.The Purchasing Managers' Index-a key measure of industrial...
The 416th Board Meeting of Shari'ah-based Standard Bank PLC was held at the bank's Head Office in Dhaka on Sunday. Chairman of the Board of Directors Mohammed Abdul Aziz presided over the meeting. Vice Chairman AKM Abdul Alim, Directors Ashok...
A meeting of the board of directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC was held at Islami Bank Tower on Sunday. Prof Dr M Zubaidur Rahman, chairman of the bank, presided over the meeting. Mohammad Khurshid Wahab, chairman of the executive...
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