With an investment of USD 20 million in Mutual Trust Bank (MTB), Swedfund is set to help secure long term financing for Bangladesh's MSMEs, climate action, and marginal women entrepreneurs.The loan will contribute to growth and job creation and the...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-07 00:00:00
The Dhaka bourse closed Wednesday's session marginally lower, extending the losing streak for the second session, as many investors booked profits from the recent appreciation.Insiders said investors booked profits mainly in bank stocks and some blue-chip stocks, which had recently...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-07 00:00:00
CHANDPUR, Aug 06: Supply of hilsa fish has increased in the markets of Chandpur district town in the recent days bringing smiles to the fishermen, traders, labourers as well as the consumers alike. Market insiders said Chandpur Fish Landing Centre...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-07 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Aug 06: As many as 389 government primary schools in Rajshahi district are operating without a head teacher, leading to administrative stagnation and disruptions in classroom activities.According to the Rajshahi District Education Office, there are 1,057 government primary schools...
Romario Shepherd, who missed the tour of England earlier this year due to the rescheduled IPL playoffs, has been recalled to the West Indies squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Pakistan. Fast bowler Alzarri Joseph, who featured in...
Four-times Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka reached the semi-finals of the Canadian Open for the first time after beating Ukrainian Elina Svitolina 6-2 6-2 in the quarters on Tuesday, while Ben Shelton eliminated Alex de Minaur on the men's side,...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) released the itinerary of the three-match T20 International series against Netherlands, reports BSS.As per the itinerary, the Dutch team will arrive in Dhaka on August 26 for their first ever bilateral series on Bangladesh soil.The...
The law and order situation has once again come to the forefront of public concern following violent clashes across various areas of Gopalganj town during the NCP's planned rally, which left five people dead. The unrest involved clashes, crude bomb...
In Bangladesh, occupational health and safety (OHS) remains one of the low priority and least researched areas in public health, despite being critically important for the well-being of millions of workers. From the readymade garment industry to construction sites and...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-08-07 00:00:00
The recent reduction of the US reciprocal tariff on products imported from Bangladesh - from a previously declared 35 per cent to 20 per cent - has come as a much-needed relief for stakeholders in the Ready-Made Garment (RMG) industry....
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2025-08-07 00:00:00
As he emerged from a meeting with the King at Buckingham Palace in the 1930s, Gandhi was asked if the monarch had commented on his threadbare clothes, meaning his dhoti. Gandhi quipped, 'No, he was wearing enough for the both...
A series of commemorative events have been organised by political groups and government agencies in Chattogram to mark the anniversary of the Awami League regime's overthrow by a student-led mass uprising.On Tuesday, several organisations carried out their respective observances across...
The Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested 12 more activists of the banned Awami League (AL) and its affiliated organizations during a special operation conducted in different parts of the capital in the last 24 hours, reports BSS.The arrestees are:...
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal holds a rally in the capital demanding necessary reforms and announcement of election schedules on Tuesday. The photo was taken from Topkhana Road. — FE photo
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami brings out a rally in the capital on Tuesday marking the first anniversary of July uprising. — Focus Bangla
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-06 00:00:00
Dhaka University nationalist teachers' platform 'Shada Dal' held a victory march on Tuesday marking the anniversary of the fall of Sheikh Hasina' authoritarian regime.The march started at 12:45 PM from Aparajeyo Bangla sculpture. They proceeded toward the Raju Sculpture before...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman says he is convinced that no one will be allowed to "kill democracy and establish fascism" in Bangladesh.He made the remarks in a video addressed to the nation on the anniversary of the July-August mass...
Rangpur, Aug 5 (UNB): On the first anniversary of the fall of Sheikh Hasina's regime, Manwra Begum, mother of Abu Sayed, the first martyr of the July Mass Uprising, said her only wish is to live to see the Bangladesh...
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday laid emphasis on taking the oath that they will not bow their heads to any form of oppression and will build an accountable, humane, democratic and non-discriminatory state."[Build] a state which will always...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday released a commemorative postage stamp and an inaugural envelope on the occasion of the July Uprising Day 2025.The Chief Adviser released the postage stamp and the inaugural envelope using a canceller at a...
Three more deaths were reported from dengue in the past 24 hours till Tuesday morning, taking the total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 89 this year.The deaths have been reported in Chattogram divisions (Out of CC) and...
At least 10 people suffered burn injuries from a gas balloon explosion at an event organised to mark the first anniversary of 'July Mass Uprising' in Manik Mia Avenue of Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon.The injured were identified as Mazharul Islam,...
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Aug 5, 2025 (BSS) - Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities expelled 110 members of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), for various terms and revoked the certificates of another 79 for their alleged involvement in violent attacks on protesting...
An animation of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina can be seen on the screen. In front of it, a treadmill has been set up. People take turns running on the treadmill as the cartoon of the former ruler flees.A second...
Bangladesh witnessed effective judiciary and legal reforms in one year of interim government sworn in on August 8 last year after Sheikh Hasina stepped down from premiership and fled to India amid mass uprising, ending her almost 16 years autocratic...
From top left (Clockwise): Various social, political, and cultural groups lay wreaths at the monument built in the capital's Shahbagh to commemorate the July uprising victims. The national anthem is rendered on the stage at the Manik Mia Avenue before...
NARSINGDI, Aug 5, 2025 (BSS) - BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Tuesday said that the long 16 years of misrule by the Awami League had devastated people's lives.He said, "August 5 was the outcome of prolonged...
The Australian High Commission and the Canadian High Commission on Tuesday acknowledged the significance of August 5, marking the anniversary of the student-led mass movement in Bangladesh, and reaffirmed its support for the country's democratic transition. "We remember those who...
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus visits the July Uprising Memorial Museum being built at the Ganabhaban on Tuesday — Focus Bangla
Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said the interim government has taken numerous measures in the last one year following the fall of the Awami League (AL) government to make Bangladesh Police a pro-people and service-oriented...
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