FE REPORT | 2025-10-21 00:00:00
Most murder and other cases of serious crimes committed during the July-August 2024 Uprising go for speedy trial, save those pending with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Dhaka.The interim government has decided to hold trial of these cases in...
A Dhaka court on Monday imposed a travel ban on journalist and UniMed UniHealth Pharmaceuticals Ltd director Subhash Singha Roy and his wife and former lawmaker Mamata Hena Lovely over graft allegations, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir...
A Dhaka court on Monday placed Haji Mohammad Salim, former lawmaker of Awami League (Dhaka-7) and his son Solaiman Salim on a four-day remand in a murder case filed with Shahbagh Police Station, reports UNB.Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate GM Farhad...
Information and Broadcasting Adviser Mahfuj Alam said on Monday that the government does not exert any pressure on the media, reports UNB."The Information and Broadcasting Ministry does not call any media outlet to interfere in their work. The media is...
SATKHIRA, Oct 20 (BSS): Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Professor Golam Parwar on Monday said the party wants to build a humanitarian Bangladesh, free from disappearance, killing, looting and corruption.Addressing a student and youth rally at Tala Football Ground here as...
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 20 (UNB): A student of Chittagong University (CU) was found dead with tendons of his legs and wrist cut at Chattogram port city on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Shamim Masud Khan Joy, 26, a Masters student of...
BOGURA, Oct 20 (BSS): National Citizen Party (NCP) Chief Organiser (Northern Region) Sarjis Alam on Monday said the people of Bangladesh will decide how and to what extent the next national election will be acceptable, saying "No one will be...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-21 00:00:00
Police on Monday arrested three people including accused Mahir Rahman, for their alleged involvement in killing JnU Chhatra Dal leader Zobayed, sources from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said.Officer-in-Charge (OC) Banshal Police Station Rafiqul Islam told the media earlier on...
The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) on Monday called upon the government to immediately accept the three-point demand of teachers from MPO-listed non-government educational institutions who have been staging sit-in protest at the Central Shaheed Minar for nine consecutive days,...
Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday reiterated the government's readiness to hold the next general election slated for February next, reports BSS."We will face no problem in holding the next polls," he said while replying...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul on Monday lamented that political divisions are widening despite the July Uprising offering a chance for national unity, reports UNB.Speaking at a discussion-cum-reception, he said politics can never be beautiful or meaningful without honesty, integrity...
Bandarban, Oct 20 (UNB): The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested a couple involved in producing content for international pornography websites from a rented apartment in Bandarban's Rowangchhari Bus Station area, on Monday. The arrested duo, Mohammad Azim and his...
A man puts the bullet-proof press vest of Palestinian journalist Ahmad Abu Mteir, killed in an Israeli strike on a house used by journalists in the town of Zuwaida in the central Gaza Strip the previous day, on his draped...
Planning Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud on Monday said government statistics in Bangladesh are not manipulated but are often subject to indirect misuse, reports UNB"Questions often arise as to whether official statistics are used politically. In reality, there is no direct...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-21 00:00:00
The MPO-listed teachers and staff continued their protest for the ninth consecutive day on Monday, and also vowed to intensify their programmes from now on.Rejecting the request of Education Adviser Professor Dr C R Abrar to return to classroom, they...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-10-21 00:00:00
The volume of uninvested cash in the country's banking system keeps rising in recent months, signalling a slow rebound in their liquidity situations against the backdrop of a sluggish investment regime.Officials and money market experts said the inflow of deposits...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-21 00:00:00
A proposal is now on the table to keep law enforcement agencies deployed for eight days during the upcoming 13th parliamentary election.The Election Commission (EC) will review the proposal, as the armed forces are traditionally deployed for five days during...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-10-21 00:00:00
Country's liquefied natural gas (LNG) import financing is set to get an impetus from next month (November) with the availability of fiscal support from World Bank (WB).The WB's US$350-million support under its Energy Sector Security Enhancement Project (ESSEP), aimed at...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-21 00:00:00
The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism (MoCAT) has instructed the authorities concerned to take necessary steps to waive all fees for additional special flights operated by various airlines following the devastating fire at the Import Cargo Village of Hazrat...
Relatives of the victim as well as fellows of the slain JnU Chhatra Dal leader, Zobaid Hossain, broke into tears when his body was brought to the campus on Monday. — Focus Bangla
SM Najmus Sakib | 2025-10-21 00:00:00
The National Consensus Commission (NCC) remains engaged with the political parties, particularly those that have not signed the July Charter for their opposition to the reforms and the demand for legal bindings.It expects that some more left parties will sign...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-21 00:00:00
Activities involving the imported-goods clearance from cargo village of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) have resumed after a devastating fire broke out on Saturday.An official of Dhaka Customs, preferring anonymity, told the FE that they had started delivering goods...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-21 00:00:00
Trade bodies have initially estimated a loss of over $1.0 billion or Tk 120 billion inflicted on Bangladesh's export sector by the devastating fire in the cargo village of Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA). The Exporters Association of Bangladesh...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-21 00:00:00
Negotiations for inking free-trade agreements (FTAs) with a number of countries are ripe, officials say, while deal-feasibility studies with scores of others get underway. The ministry is planning to begin feasibility study soon aiming to sign FTA with Turkey and...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-21 00:00:00
A government taskforce has recommended transforming the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) into an independent statutory body to reduce bureaucratic control by the Statistical and Informatics Division (SID).On Monday, the taskforce, led by Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman, executive chairman of...
PARIS, Oct 20 (AFP): French luxury group Kering is selling its beauty products business including its leading perfume brand Creed to cosmetics giant L'Oreal in a deal worth $4.6 billion, the companies said Sunday.Kering, owner of luxury handbag-maker Gucci, and...
ZURICH, Oct 20 (AFP): Swiss cement company Holcim said Monday it is to buy German building and insulation firm Xella for 1.85 billion euros ($2.2 billion).Holcim said it has signed a binding takeover agreement with Xella, and figured on 60...
BEIJING, Oct 20 (AFP): China's economic growth slipped below five per cent in the third quarter of 2025, the slowest pace in a year as trade headwinds and a domestic consumer slump continued to weigh.The data comes as the country's...
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters): Global companies have flagged more than $35 billion in costs from US tariffs heading into third-quarter earnings, but many are lowering their initial forecasts as new trade deals reduce exposure to President Donald Trump's levies.Trump's trade...
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