Govt slashes hilsa export to India by 50pc ahead of Durga Puja

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...

ACC, NBR launch probes into Salam Murshedy, family

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...

Stay vigilant to restore democracy, foil conspiracies

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...

Savings instruments sales plunge 41pc in July amid rate cuts, inflation

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...

A fresh move to build FSRU at Moheshkhali

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...

Gen-Z protest over social media ban, corruption in Nepal, at least 19 killed

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...

Many high-end cars hidden out of tax return

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...

New growth drivers, business reforms vital for economy

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...

DUCSU election today

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...

SIBL founding directors demur at govt decision

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...

Government in search of Tk 200b to fund bank-resolution recipe

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...

Badruddin Umar laid to eternal rest-

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...

Left-leaning students unveil panel for RUCSU election

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...

Amartya Roy files writ seeking candidacy reinstatement as VP

JU CORRESPONDENTAmartya Roy Jon, who had his vice-president (VP) candidacy cancelled for the upcoming JUCSU polls from the Shompritir Oikya panel, filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking reinstatement of his candidacy.The writ was filed on Monday, and...

HC summarily rejects writ petition filed by Zulias Cizar

The High Court on Monday summarily rejected a writ petition filed by Zulias Cizar Talukdar, a vice-president (VP) aspirant in the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) election, seeking reinstatement of his candidacy and ballot number. The High Court bench...

Two more die of dengue--

Two more people died from dengue in the last 24 hours till Monday morning, bringing this year's death toll to 137. According to the daily bulletin issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 573 new dengue patients were...

Shibir announces panel for RUCSU polls

Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir on Monday announced its panel for the upcoming Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU) election. Abdul Mohaimin, former president of Shibir's RU unit and its central social welfare secretary, made the announcement in front of RUCSU...

Chhatra Dal urges students to reject cyberbullying thru ballot

Abidul Islam Khan, the Vice-President candidate from the Chhatra Dal-backed panel in the upcoming Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) elections, has called on students to respond to false propaganda and cyberbullying through their votes, reports UNB.Speaking at an emergency...

DUCSU vote count to be screened at polling stations

In a bid to ensure transparency and build student confidence, the vote count for the DUCSU and hall union elections will be screened live on LED screens installed outside each polling station, reports UNB.Professor Dr Mohammad Zashim Uddin, Chief Returning...

Five-party collaboration crucial for climate disaster management

Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday stressed that effective management of climate-induced disasters in Bangladesh will require the collaboration of five key actors -- knowledge generators or scientists, policymakers, institutions, financiers, and communities.Speaking at the inauguration of a three-day training...

Nine former ministers, MPs appear before court virtually

Nine former ministers and lawmakers, including Anisul Haque and Hasanul Haque Inu, have been presented virtually before a Dhaka court from jail in connection with various murder and attempted murder cases relating to last year's July Uprising, reports BSS.They were...

Khulna AL leader lands in jail

KHULNA, Sept 8(BSS): A court in Khulna has sent an Awami League (AL) leader, Sharmin Rahman Shikha, to jail in a vandalism case filed with Khalishpur Police Station of the district. Khulna Metropolitan Magistrate passed the order on Monday after...

‘Nur may take 4-6 weeks to recover’

Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul Haque Nur may need another four to six weeks to fully recover from his injuries, Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Director Brigadier General Md Asaduzzaman said on Monday, reports UNB."Nur's condition is stable and improving....

Public-private efforts needed for journalists' welfare: Mahfuj

Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Mahfuj Alam has said both public and private initiatives are needed for the welfare of journalists, and such initiatives will help ensure their professional and social security, reports BSS."The government's initiatives alone are not enough...

Ex-secy Abu Alam Shahid Khan arrested, sent to jail

The Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested former secretary Abu Alam Md Shahid Khan. Mohammad Nasirul Islam, joint commissioner of the Detective Branch (DB) Police, said the former secretary was detained from Borak Tower in the...

NCC to hold meeting this week to discuss implementation process

SM Najmus SakibThe National Consensus Commission (NCC) has decided to hold a meeting with the political parties this week to further discuss the implementation process of July National Charter and share the experts' opinions on it in particular.The experts' panel...

Fakhrul urges unity to thwart attempts to destory democracy

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed his thanks and gratitude to interim government's chief adviser, Prof Dr. Muhammad Yunus, for his firm stance on holding the upcoming Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election, report agencies.He said, "Prof Dr. Yunus...

Govt steps up trials of July Uprising crimes

The government has formed a seven-member committee to accelerate the prosecution of crimes, including murder, committed to suppress last year's nationwide student-led mass movement, report agencies.The committee has been formed with the initiative taken by the Ministry of Law, Justice...

A large number of polling booths have been set up for the much-awaited Dhaka University Central Student Union (DUCSU)

A large number of polling booths have been set up for the much-awaited Dhaka University Central Student Union (DUCSU) elections, scheduled to be held today (Tuesday). The picture was taken inside the Curzon Hall on Monday. — FE photo

SHAHJALAL ISLAMI BANK HOLDS TREE PLANTATION PROGRAMME

SHAHJALAL ISLAMI BANK HOLDS TREE PLANTATION PROGRAMME Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC has been conducting a tree plantation drive countrywide as part of its corporate social responsibility programme for the protection of the environment. Under this drive, a tree plantation programme...