BAMAKO, July 15 (AFP): At least six refugees were killed and 84 others injured when a truck carrying freight and passengers overturned in central Mali, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Wednesday.The crash occurred Tuesday in the Bandiagara...
LONDON, July 15 (AFP): Outgoing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday pledged his "wholehearted support" to his successor as he prepares to hand over to premier-in-waiting Andy Burnham.Facing his last weekly grilling from MPs in parliament, Starmer said he...
CAIRO, July 15 (Reuters): An Israeli airstrike killed a man, his wife and their six-year-old daughter in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Palestinian health officials said as talks to advance the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire deal faltered.The strike on an apartment...
MUZAFFARABAD, July 15 (Reuters): Clashes between security forces and supporters of a banned protest group in Pakistan-administered Kashmir killed nine people on Tuesday, officials said, a day before the group planned a march against controversial electoral arrangements ahead of regional...
KYIV (Ukraine), July 15 (Agencies): Russian strikes killed six people and wounded at least 20 across Ukraine on Wednesday, regional authorities said.The daytime attacks targeted industrial and medical facilities in the Black Sea port city of Odesa and in the...
The Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board and the Palli Bidyut Samity jointly distributed relief materials among flood-affected people in Satkania, Chattogram, on Monday.
A fire safety drill was held at Grameen Bank's head office on Wednesday at the initiative of Grameen Bank, with the aim of ensuring workplace safety and enhancing coordinated capacity in emergency situations. Officers and employees from all levels participated...
BRAC Bank has partnered with OneTrueValue (OTV) to expand access to green financing for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The partnership comes under the Access to Green Financing (A2GF) for Enterprises - Scale & Innovation programme, supported by the Embassy...
FE REPORT | 2026-07-16 00:00:00
Advanced Chemical Industries (ACI) has approved another massive capital injection into its retail subsidiary, ACI Logistics, reinforcing its long-term strategy to strengthen Shwapno's position as the country's largest organised grocery retail chain.The board of directors on Tuesday approved an investment...
FE REPORT | 2026-07-16 00:00:00
The securities regulator has embarked on a major overhaul of the country's initial public offering (IPO) regime, aiming to simplify the listing process, broaden direct listing opportunities and attract fundamentally strong companies to the market. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2026-07-16 00:00:00
Mobile operator Robi now finds itself deluged with allegations of financial discrepancies surrounding the 2021 resignation of former chief executive officer Mahtab Uddin Ahmed.The resignation at first appeared to be a routine affair, with the company's board accepting the letter...
Language has always connected people with one another. Now, it is becoming a bridge between humans and machines. As artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot respond to natural conversation rather than simple commands, linguists are...
The south-eastern region of Bangladesh, including Chittagong, has been severely affected by devastating floods. More than one million people have been affected, and over 44 lives have been lost. Many roads remain inaccessible, and thousands of families are still taking...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2026-07-16 00:00:00
Imagine walking into a neighbourhood shop in Stockholm and reaching for a banknote to pay. You may be surprised when the cashier politely tells you that cash is no longer accepted. What still seems unimaginable in Bangladesh has become an...
That an IMF (International Monetary Fund) delegation on a visit to Bangladesh has no objection to the provision of subsidies in the power and energy sector is not unconditional. The beneficiaries of this provision have to be none other than...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2026-07-16 00:00:00
A few weeks ago one member of cabinet of the present government announced that Bangladesh is aiming to build a welfare state. This is the first time that anyone in the inner sanctum of power in Bangladesh where policies are...
SYLHET, July 14 (UNB) : A tribunal in Sylhet on Tuesday sentenced a man to death and three others to life term imprisonment over the gang rape of a young girl in a dormitory of Sylhet MC College in 2020.The...
FE REPORT | 2026-07-15 12:00:00
Seven more children died from measles and measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours until 8:0 am on Tuesday, according to health authorities.With the latest daily tally, the total fatalities from measles related deaths rose to 765 since mid-March this...
Spain comfortably saw off France on Wednesday (BST) to reach only the second World Cup final in their history, report agencies.France were favourites to win the tournament and lit up the early stages of this World Cup, but Spain never...
YASIR WARDAD | 2026-07-15 12:00:00
Days of relentless rainfall and hill runoff have unleashed devastating floods across 43 districts in the country, claiming 56 lives and inundating around 140,000 hectares of cropland. The disaster has severely impacted more than half a million farmers, raising concerns...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2026-07-15 12:00:00
Changes to the VAT-payment schedule could put immense pressure on field officials to achieve the government's ambitious VAT-collection target of Tk 2.23 trillion in the current fiscal year, according to tax officials.Field-level VAT officials say they would effectively have only...
Bangladesh's junior women's hockey team continued their impressive run in the Women's Junior AHF Cup with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Uzbekistan in Muscat, Oman, on Monday night, reports BSS.After a goalless first three quarters, Ema Nadira broke the deadlock...
CHATTOGRAM, July 14 (UNB): The Bangladesh Coast Guard has detained 22 people and seized three cargo boats carrying a large quantity of cement and fertiliser allegedly being smuggled to Myanmar during a drive in the Chattogram outer anchorage.The operation was...
DUBAI (United Arab Emirates) July 14 (AP): The United States launched a new wave of military strikes on Iran early Tuesday, targeting coastal military infrastructure, while Tehran retaliated by attacking Bahrain and two United Arab Emirates-linked tankers in the Strait...
FE REPORT | 2026-07-15 00:00:00
Education Minister Dr A N M Ehsanul Haque Milon has assured that Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinees would receive full marks for the erroneous questions on Physics and that reexaminations could be held at affected centresThe minister explained in parliament...
FE REPORT | 2026-07-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank has granted Shinepukur Ceramics a special regulatory waiver to open letters of credit with a 100 per cent cash margin, allowing the listed company to import essential raw materials, keep production running and safeguard jobs.The move marks the...
FE REPORT | 2026-07-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh has sought greater support from the United Nations for a smooth LDC graduation, SDG implementation and reform efforts, as Dhaka pushes for a three-year extension to prepare for the transition.The call came from Adviser to the Prime Minister for...
YASIR WARDAD | 2026-07-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh recorded its second-highest volume of foodgrains import in fiscal year (FY) 2025-26 due to surge in the wheat purchases by both the government and private sectors due to favourable prices in the global market.According to the Ministry of Food,...
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