FE REPORT | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Saturday said four to five cold waves might occur across the country this month.In its January 2026 outlook, it said January might see two to three mild to moderate cold waves and one to...
Rangpur, Jan 3 (UNB): Severe cold has led to a surge in patients suffering from cold-related illnesses across Rangpur division, with 1,421 new patients admitted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital over the past three days and 103 deaths recorded from...
Leaders of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council meet BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman at the BNP chairperson's Gulshan office in the capital on Saturday. — Focus Bangla
FE REPORTAmar Bangladesh Party (AB Party) chairman Mojibur Rahman Bhuiyan Monju has disclosed an annual income of just over Tk 1.18 million, with television talk shows emerging as a major source of earnings. The details were revealed in his affidavit...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) has called for prudent, timely and effective economic measures to safeguard Bangladesh's economic momentum in 2026, amid political tension ahead of the 13th national election scheduled to be held on 12 February. In...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
The VAT base has expanded sharply following a special nationwide registration drive in December 2025, as the National Board of Revenue (NBR) brought more than 131,000 new entities under the value-added tax (VAT) system.The campaign, timed with VAT Day and...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh's liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports from long-term suppliers will surge to 86 cargoes, up by 53.57 per cent, in 2026 as three long-term sales and purchase agreements (SPAs) become effective from January, sources said. In 2025, state-run Petrobangla imported...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
Returning officers on Saturday declared 149 nomination papers valid and rejected 66 across all 20 parliamentary constituencies in Dhaka following the scrutiny for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election.Two nominations remained pending and one had been withdrawn, election officials said as...
The US attacked Venezuela and deposed its long-serving autocratic President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday, President Donald Trump said, in Washington's most direct intervention in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama, reports Reuters."The United States of America has successfully...
YASIR WARDAD | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
Global rice-price spike in recent months has nudged major rice-consuming countries like Bangladesh into bracing with preparation to fend off any external shocks to food security.According to the FAO Rice Price Update (January 2026), the FAO All Rice Price Index...
Mahmudur Rahman Manna, president of the Nagorik Oikko, has alleged that valid nominations are being cancelled 'by force and by creating mobs'.He made the complaint on Saturday evening after leaving the returning officer's office in Segunbagicha, Dhaka.The Nagorik Oikko chief...
Alleging that National Citizen Party (NCP) has completely abandoned its centrist political stance and moved into right-wing politics by aligning with Jamaat-e-Islami and like-minded parties, another senior female leader resigned from the party on Saturday, reports UNB.Syeda Nilima Dola, a...
The Election Commission (EC) has launched an extensive campaign nationwide using banners and leaflets as the 13th Jatiya Sangsad Election and Referendum is scheduled to hold on February 12, reports BSS.Ahead of the referendum, around 8.42 million leaflets and 57,000...
Special prayers were held on Saturday at the Dhakeshwari National Temple premises seeking eternal peace for the departed soul of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, reports BSS.Temple priest Tapan Bhattachariya administered the prayer meeting, while Mahanagar...
Assailants have gunned down a BNP leader in Jashore Sadar upazila, sending shockwaves through the local political community, reports bdnews24.com.The incident occurred in Shankarpur at around 6:50pm on Saturday, outside the office of former municipal councillor Shahed Hossain Nayan, according...
BNP Standing Committee member Hafizuddin Ahmed on Saturday expressed optimism that the current government and the Election Commission would ensure a fair, transparent and credible election slated for February 12, reports UNB.Speaking to reporters after scrutiny of nomination papers at...
The nomination of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for Thakurgaon-1 constituency for the 13th National Parliament election has been declared valid, reports BSS.District Returning Officer and Deputy Commissioner Irshat Farzana confirmed the matter on Saturday afternoon, saying that...
The nomination papers of Anisul Islam Mahmud, chairman of a breakaway faction of the Jatiya Party, have been rejected for the Chattogram-5 (Hathazari) parliamentary constituency, report agencies.The decision was announced on Saturday by Chattogram Divisional Commissioner and Returning Officer Md...
Adilur Rahman Khan, adviser to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the e-rickshaw piloting project in the capital's Aftabnagar area on Saturday. —PID
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office. Moderate to thick fog may occur at many places over the country during...
Regular judicial proceedings in the Appellate Division and the High Court Division of the Supreme Court (SC) will resume today (Sunday) following the December vacation, marking the beginning of judicial activities for the new year, reports BSS.Newly appointed Chief Justice...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
Two people have been appointed as personal secretary and press secretary to BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman.The appointment was announced in a press release signed by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday.ABM Abdus Sattar, former secretary...
MUNSHIGANJ, Jan 03 (BSS): The interim government aims to hand over state power to the elected government as soon as possible after the February 12 election, Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain said on Saturday, dismissing any notion of external pressure...
FE REPORT Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali said that police were scrutinising two video messages reportedly released by Faisal Karim Masud, the prime suspect in the murder of Inquilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi."No comments. We...
FE REPORTBNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said that Begum Khaleda Zia stood by the people of the country while facing crises with great patience and strong determination. He said the country can move forward only by following...
Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus has expressed deep condolences to the President of the Swiss Confederation Guy Parmelin over the loss of lives in a fire incident at a ski resort in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, reports BSS."I am deeply saddened...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi addressing a condolence meeting organised by the BFUJ and DUJ at the National Press Club in the city on Saturday in memory of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. — Focus Bangla
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2026-01-04 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has spent only Tk 27.5 million in more than two and a half years -- just 0.24 per cent of the total Tk 11.33 billion project -- to procure 340 CNG-powered single-decker air-conditioned buses.Amid...
South Asia Travel and Hajj Service, a concern of the country's leading business group AKIJ Resource, has started its journey with the aim of ensuring a reliable, transparent and quality Hajj and Umrah service for Muslims.On this occasion, an inaugural...
Md. Safir Rahman, Director of Quality Feeds Limited and its sister concerns, has been elected as Secretary General of the Bangladesh Poultry Industries Association (BPIA) in its biennial Executive Council election held recently.He contested the election from Quality Breeders Limited,...
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