Bangladesh captain Litton Das insisted that his side was not fazed by their past record in Asia Cup as they felt that they are well prepared to overcome any kind of challenges, reports BSS.Bangladesh played three Asia Cup finals in...
TANGAIL, Sept 09 (BSS): A traditional boat race was held in a festive atmosphere on the Elengjani River at Chilimpur Union in Tangail Sadar upazila on Monday.The event, organised by the residents of Baruha village, drew a gathering of nearly...
NARSINGDI, Sept 09 (UNB): A man was shot dead and another suffered bullet wounds in attack by rivals over establishing supremacy at Samibad village in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi district on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Dulal Mia, 45,...
KHAGRACHHARI, Sept 09 (BSS): Heavy upstream flash floods have inundated several low-lying areas of Mahalchhari upazila in Khagrachhari district, leaving more than 300 families marooned and disrupting normal life.Local officials confirmed that Zubair,05, drowned while playing in the yard of...
Fourth-year Arabic students at Rajshahi University (RU) are staging a "complete shutdown" of their department after waiting four months for their exam results, reports bdnews24.com.On Tuesday, students from the 2020-21 academic year locked classrooms, offices and the seminar library before...
CUMILLA, Sept 09 (UNB): Police in a drive arrested a man in connection with his alleged involvement in the murder of a Comilla University student and her mother from Cumilla rail station on Tuesday.The arrestee was identified as Mobarak Hossain,...
CHANDPUR, Sept 09 (BSS): A total of 125 bicycles were distributed among meritorious students of 52 educational institutions in Sadar upazila on Tursday.Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mohammad Mohsin Uddin distributed the bicycles as the chief guest at a function at the...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-10 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Sept 06: A number of arterial roads under the jurisdiction of the Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) have been lying in a dilapidated condition for a long time, with widespread damage, potholes and cracks adding to sufferings of those who...
BANGKOK, Sept 09 (Reuters): Thailand's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in jail because his detention in a VIP wing of a hospital in lieu of prison was unlawful, in another major...
PARIS, Sept 09 (BBC): France has been plunged into a new political crisis with the defeat of Prime Minister François Bayrou at a confidence vote in the National Assembly.The defeat - by 364 votes to 194 - means that Bayrou...
KYIV, Sept 09 (BBC): 23 people have been killed in a Russian air strike on a village in eastern Ukraine, local Ukrainian officials say.The victims were ordinary people collecting their pensions in the Donetsk settlement of Yarova, said President Volodymr...
Tahmina Pria | 2025-09-10 00:00:00
Despite the numerous discussions about Mohammadpur, your tongue cannot resist the area’s street food. Mohammadpur stands out as one of Dhaka’s most dynamic and diverse neighbourhoods for street food. It offers a rich fusion of flavours that draws food enthusiasts...
Maliha Tasnim | 2025-09-10 00:00:00
A new rock band, The Velvet Sundown, started their journey two months ago. The band’s songs quickly rose to the top charts of multiple streaming platforms, including YouTube and Spotify. At first, listeners thought that this might be a new...
Serajul I. Bhuiyan | 2025-09-10 00:00:00
The 2025 demise of Badruddin Umar is not simply the loss of an individual, but the muting of a conscience. For over half a century, Umar was a relentless critic of power — state, capital, and ideology. As a thinker,...
FE REPORTBangladesh could raise its birth-registration rate from the current 50 per cent to 69 per cent if hospitals are legally tasked with registering births, experts said on Monday.The observation came during a workshop titled "Birth and Death Registration in...
Illegal battery-powered rickshaws going the wrong way are seized and loaded onto a truck. The photo was taken in Dhaka's Motijheel area on Monday. — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2025-09-09 00:00:00
A four-member committee, formed to investigate allegations against AFM Shahinul Islam, the head of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), submitted its report to the government on Sunday evening, sources said.The investigation was initiated after some "objectionable news/information (still/video images)" was...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-09 00:00:00
The government has approved the export of 1,200 tonnes of hilsa to India ahead of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community. The approved volume is almost half of what was permitted last year.This year's approved export...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-09 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and the National Board of Revenue's (NBR) Income Tax Intelligence and Investigation Unit (ITIIU) have launched separate investigations into former Awami League lawmaker and former Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) senior vice-president Abdus Salam Murshedy, his wife...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Monday asked his party followers to stay vigilant until restoration of democracy as the most important task for them now is to establish democracy by foiling conspiracies against Bangladesh at any cost, reports UNB."Our...
Sajibur Rahman | 2025-09-09 00:00:00
The net sales of savings instruments dropped sharply to Tk 12.93 billion in July 2025 from Tk 21.87 billion in the same month a year earlier, reflecting a year-on-year (YoY) fall of about 41 per cent, according to Bangladesh Bank...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-09-09 00:00:00
The government will conduct feasibility for building a new floating-storage and regasification unit (FSRU) at Moheshkhali island in the Bay of Bengal with a capacity of 4.50 million tonnes per year (MTPA)."The state-owned Petrobangla has already decided to engage the...
KATHMANDU, Sept 8 (Reuters): Unrest killed at least 19 people in Nepal on Monday, authorities said, as police in the capital fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters trying to storm parliament in anger at a social media shutdown...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2025-09-09 00:00:00
Nearly half of Bangladesh's luxury-car owners hide out their vehicle ownerships from tax returns, allegedly evading state revenue in one of many tricks of tax-dodging. Among the non-disclosures, nearly 40 per cent of the luxury cars owned by large taxpayers...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-09 00:00:00
Economist Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman on Monday stressed the need to identify new drivers of growth, tackle business harassment, and strengthen the apex trade body to keep Bangladesh's economy on track amidst global changes and domestic challenges. Speaking as the...
Arman Hossen | 2025-09-09 00:00:00
All are set for transition-time crucial election to Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) and hall unions today amid hope for a smooth sailing. The voting for student union at the apex seat of learning in Bangladesh is seen as...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-09 00:00:00
Founding directors of Social Islami Bank PLC (SIBL) have turned down government-planned merger of five struggling shariah-based lenders, including theirs, as the die is all but cast.Terming the mergers move made by the central bank as part of its financial-sector...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-09 00:00:00
With no budgetary allocations in state coffers for funding bank-resolution recipe, the interim government now looks to secure money required for floating a state-owned shariah bank amalgamating five ailing private banks, officials say.To keep afloat the banks -- hollowed largely...
Eminent writer, researcher, politician and intellectual Badruddin Umar was laid to eternal rest at Jurain graveyard in the city on Monday, reports BSS.Jatiya Mukti Council Secretary Faizul Hakim confirmed it saying earlier his namaz-e-janaza was held at Central Jame Mosque...
RU CorrespondentThe left-leaning student alliance has announced its panel under the banner of Democratic Students' Council for the upcoming Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU) elections.The announcement was made on Monday evening at a press conference held at the university's...
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