A Dhaka court has showed former state minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak and former Awami League (AL) lawmaker from Dhaka-5 constituency Kazi Monirul Islam Monu arrested in a case lodged over the murder of one Fardi Ahammed in...
The Supreme Court (SC) has deferred until today (Thursday) the passing of the order on a plea seeking a review of the apex court judgment on Warrant of Precedence, reports BSS. A six-member Appellate Division bench headed by Justice Md...
Superintendents of Police (SPs) and officers-in-charge (OCs) of different police stations across the country will be transferred through a lottery system ahead of the upcoming 13th parliamentary election, said Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-07 00:00:00
Two more prosecution witnesses testified on Wednesday before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) in the capital in the crimes against humanity case filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two others. Rina Murmu, a former student of Begum Rokeya...
KISHOREGANJ, Aug 06 (UNB): A Kishoreganj court on Wednesday sentenced three people, including a father, to death for killing his daughter in Karimganj upazila nearly nine years ago.Judge Muhammad Nurul Amin Biplob of the Kishoreganj Senior District and Sessions Judge...
Three more deaths were reported from dengue in the past 24 hours until Wednesday morning, raising the total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 92 this year, reports UNB.The deaths have been reported in Chattogram division (out of...
Only 25 aspirants have completed preliminary registration to perform the next Hajj under government management in the first 10 days since the registration process began on July 27, according to sources.So far, they said, no one has registered under private...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir's exhibition to mark July uprising day featuring Motiur Rahman Nizami, Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, Abdul Quader Molla, among a few others convicted of crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War, has sparked outrage from leftist activists.As part...
Weakened by hunger, many Gazans trek across a ruined landscape each day to haul all their drinking and washing water - a painful load that is still far below the levels needed to keep people healthy, reports Reuters.Even as global...
National Citizens Party (NCP) has served show-cause notices to five of its top leaders, including Hasnat Abdullah, Sarjis Alam and Tasnim Jara, reports UNB.The notices were issued on Wednesday in five separate statements signed by Saleh Uddin Sifat, Joint Member...
The government on Wednesday approved procurement proposals for importing one cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG), 70,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser, and 25,000 metric tonnes of refined sugar to meet the growing domestic demand, reports UNB.The approval came at the...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-07 00:00:00
The government is set to hold an inter-ministerial meeting today (Thursday) to formulate strategies aimed at stabilising the price, stock, and supply of potatoes.The meeting, to be chaired by the commerce secretary at the Ministry of Commerce (MoC), will be...
At least seven people were killed and four others were injured when a speeding microbus, carrying family members of an expatriate, plunged into a roadside canal in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali district early Wednesday, according to the Fire Service, report...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-07 00:00:00
One of the key stages of cold and hot functional tests has been completed during a set of commissioning activities, such as the blowdown of fresh steam pipelines in the turbine compartment, at unit 1 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh plans to seek duty-free quota-free (DFQF) or preferential access to the Pakistani market for agricultural and processed products, as well as jute and jute goods, sources said.The proposal is likely to be placed at the upcoming meeting between the...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-08-07 00:00:00
To check fraudulent practices and scams, the government is set to restrict project implementing agencies from splitting a big public procurement package into small parts for tendering, officials said on Monday.It is also going to restrict the line ministry's power...
WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (AFP): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered an additional 25 percent tariff on Indian goods over New Delhi's continued purchase of Russian oil, a key revenue source for Moscow's war in Ukraine.The tariff, set to take...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-07 00:00:00
BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said everyone needs to be united in national interest, and pro-democracy political parties should not stop communicating with each other. "There will be differences between political parties on various issues, but those should be...
The Chief Advisor's Office has asked the Election Commission to complete preparations for holding the parliamentary polls in February, before the start of Ramadan next year, reports bdnews24.com.The letter was issued on Wednesday, a day after Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2025-08-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh's apparel export to the United States, its single-largest market, recorded a robust 25.13-percent growth in the first half of this year. According to US official count, the exports grew both in terms of value and volume in the six...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-07 00:00:00
Listing challenges facing the economy ahead, like high inflation, unemployment, energy shortage and higher US tariffs, Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed says restoring business confidence tops it all.On the achievements of the post-uprising interim government on the economic front so...
NEW DELHI, Aug 06 (AFP): The Indian army brought in sniffer dogs, drones and heavy earth-moving equipment Wednesday to search for scores of people missing a day after deadly Himalayan flash floods.At least four people were killed and more than...
MOSCOW, Aug 06 (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin held "constructive" talks with US special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow over the Ukraine conflict, the Kremlin said Wednesday after the three-hour meeting."A quite useful and constructive conversation took place," Putin's aide...
GAZA, Aug 06 (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency said Wednesday that 20 people were killed when an aid truck overturned on a crowd of aid seekers in the central Gaza Strip."Twenty people were killed and dozens injured around midnight last...
NEW DELHI, Aug 06 (AFP): India's national security adviser was in Moscow on Wednesday, media in New Delhi reported, after Washington threatened to hike US tariffs because of India's purchases of Russian oil.India is a major buyer of Russian oil,...
India's central bank held its key interest rate as Donald Trump's planned increase to tariffs on the country's exports to the US threatens to send its economy into turmoil, reports Reuters.The Reserve Bank of India's decision on Wednesday to keep...
NRBC Bank won the prestigious 'Excellence in Visa Debit Cards Business Associate Client - 2025' award. Dr. Md. Touhidul Alam Khan, Managing Director and CEO of NRBC Bank, received the award from Arief Hossain Khan, Executive Director of the Payment...
The Half-Yearly Business Conference 2025 of Midland Bank PLC was held in Dhaka recently. The conference was divided into two segments. Officials from Retail Distribution, Cards, and ID & NRB divisions attended the morning segment, while officials from Institutional Banking,...
NRB Bank PLC celebrated its 12th anniversary with the slogan, 'Accelerating Growth Through Digital Innovation', on Wednesday. On the occasion, Iqbal Ahmed OBE DBA, Chairman of NRB Bank, along with Tarek Reaz Khan, Managing Director & CEO, A K M...
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