Bangladesh's latest predilection for epithets like 'multimodal' seems to have become contagious. From multimodal logistics to multimodal networks to multimodal supply chain, it is likely to cover a whole range of activities in the name of development. These are fancy...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2025-08-21 00:00:00
In this season of a remembrance of the traumatic partition of India in 1947, it is fitting and indeed necessary in the interest of history that we trek back to the tortuous history of the land Bengalis have inhabited for...
MOHAMMED ASIF | 2025-08-20 12:00:00
Dhaka is a city of many layers. Behind its loud streets and crowded lanes, there lies a 400-year-old history. From the days of the Bengal Sultans to the rule of the Mughals, the independent Nawabs, and the British, now Bangladesh,...
Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi, Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday).The highest temperature was recorded on...
The Financial Express (FE) on August 06 published a news item titled, "Gas-drilling payment dispute: Int'l Court asks BAPEX to pay $42m to foreign oil company," on its front page.However, the Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (BAPEX) in...
Dr. Mohammad Zoynal Abedin, Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Gazipur (DUET), posed with Education Adviser Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar, as they held a meeting on Monday.
FE REPORT | 2025-08-20 00:00:00
No deaths were reported in dengue cases in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning, with 357 new cases. This marks the second consecutive day with no deaths.The cumulative dengue burden since January 1, 2025, has reached 27,115 cases with...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-20 00:00:00
High Commissioner of Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Bangladesh, Imran Haider, presented his credentials to President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Mohammed Shahabuddin, at a ceremony at Bangabhaban on Tuesday.The envoy conveyed greetings from the leadership and people of...
The Centre for Bay of Bengal Studies (CBoBS) of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ankara University's National Center for the Sea and Maritime Law (DEHUKAM) recently through a virtual ceremony. Prof. M. Tamim, Vice...
Community Bank Bangladesh PLC and North South University Startups Next (NSUSN) signed a memorandum of understanding (mou) at the NSU campus in the capital on Monday, according to an official statement.Kimiwa Saddat, Managing Director (current charge) of Community Bank, and...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has asked 17 senior and mid-level officers of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to submit statements of their assets and liabilities after investigators found 'evidence of illicit wealth', reports bdnews24.com.ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-20 00:00:00
The University Grants Commission (UGC) signed an agreement with the Daffodil International University (DIU) to generate solar power in the country's 32 public universities under the OPEX model by 2026. It would be expanded to all public universities in phases,...
Bangladesh Photo Journalists Association organised a rally in the capital's Press Club area on Tuesday to celebrate the World Photography Day. The day was celebrated under the theme 'Let's Learn to Read Visual Language'. — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2025-08-20 00:00:00
Chief Adviser (ca) Professor Muhammad Yunus, on Tuesday, thanked British physicians for their timely response following the plane crash on the compound of Milestone School last month.The UK government sent a nine-member medical team. "The team is not only treating...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-20 00:00:00
The Election Commission of the Dhaka University Central Students' Union's (DUCSU) polls has extended the deadline for collecting nomination forms till Tuesday (August 19).On the day, 93 more candidates collected nomination papers, raising the total number of candidates to 658.Chief...
At least 418 people, including 47 students, were killed and 856 others injured in road accidents across the country in July, according to a report of Road Safety Foundation (RSF), reports UNB.Among the victims, 72 were women (17.22 per cent)...
A Dhaka court has ordered to attach a five-katha plot in Uttara and freeze eight bank accounts of former Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin and his son Zakir Hossain Jumon, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge...
BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas left Dhaka for Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday to undergo eye treatment, reports UNB.He was accompanied by his wife Afroza Abbas and son Mirza Yasir Abbas, said Abba's personal assistant Mizanur Rahman Sohel.Sohel said Abbas...
International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) prosecutor Md Hasanul Banna has resigned from his post on health ground, reports BSS.Banna, who has long been suffering from jaundice and other liver ailments, recently tendered his resignation to the ICT Chief Prosecutor.Confirming the matter...
BAGERHAT, Aug 19 (UNB): A section of political leaders including local unit BNP under the banner of Sorbodolio Sommilito Committee (all-party united committee) has announced a three-day programme protesting the Election Commission's proposal to reduce the number of Jatiya Sangsad...
A Dhaka court has imposed a travel ban on Major General (Retd) Md Salah Uddin Miaji, former military secretary to the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, his wife Nazma begum, daughters Samiha Shabnam and Raiya Shabnam, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior...
Students submit nomination forms on the last day, Tuesday, for the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) election. — Focus Bangla
FE REPORT | 2025-08-20 00:00:00
The European Union (EU) will provide Bangladesh's Election Commission (EC) with over €4.0 million in assistance to conduct next Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections, the EU Ambassador to Dhaka Michael Miller said."European Union will provide a support package in excess of...
BNPSenior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has called on the Election Commission (EC) to scrap polling stations that were established during the Awami League (AL)'s rule for political gains, reports UNB."Polling centres that were set up for political purposes...
Law Adviser Asif Nazrul has said the national election will be held in February next as announced by the Chief Adviser (CA), report agencies."We are determined from the government's side. Our Sir (Chief Adviser) is a globally respected and admired...
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, Aug 19 (AFP): A Hamas source told AFP on Monday that the Palestinian militants had agreed to a new proposal from mediators for a ceasefire in Gaza, devastated by more than 22 months of war between...
As a train approached, a battery-run rickshaw driver tried to move forward, ignoring the level-crossing gate before it closed, but got stuck at Khailgaon rail crossing in the capital. Accidents can occur at any time, and such incidents are seen...
Sylhet, Aug 19 (UNB): Police have seized around 50,000 cubic feet of looted 'Sada Pathor' during fresh drives in Companiganj upazila of Sylhet, raising the total recovery to nearly 500,000 cft since the massive stone plundering that sparked nationwide criticisms.The...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-20 00:00:00
BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said they need to consider how to implement the agreed July Charter within the framework of the constitution.Speaking to journalists at his Gulshan residence in the capital, he said, "If the charter...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-20 00:00:00
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has launched a series of corrective measures, including disciplinary action against officials and the formation of an investigation committee, following repeated technical glitches on several of its flights in recent weeks.According to a press release issued Tuesday...
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