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Why posts of ATEOs not be upgraded to 9th grade: HC

2025-08-05 00:00:00

The High Court (HC) on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the posts of Assistant Thana Education Officers (ATEO) in Bangladesh should not be upgraded to 9th grade from the 10th grade of the...

Preparations going on to set up a stage at Manik Mia Avenue

2025-08-05 00:00:00

Preparations going on to set up a stage at Manik Mia Avenue in the capital on Monday for the day-long programmes commemorating the August 5 anniversary today (Tuesday), including reading out of the July Declaration. — FE Photo

School feeding programme to resume in Sept: Adviser

2025-08-05 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Aug 04 (BSS): Primary and Mass Education Adviser Professor Dr Bidhan Ranjan Roy Poddar said the school feeding programme (SFP) will resume in government primary schools of the country from next month.He disclosed the information on Monday in a...

Dhaka Central Univ to offer 40pc online, 60pc in-person classes

2025-08-05 00:00:00

The proposed Dhaka Central University for the seven government colleges will hold 40 per cent of the classes online and the remaining 60 per cent in person, reports UNB."It will be an interdisciplinary and hybrid university where 40 per cent...

Habiganj AL leader flees police custody

2025-08-05 00:00:00

HABIGANJ, Aug 4 (UNB): A local leader of Awami League (AL) escaped from police custody with handcuffs in Baniachong upazila of Habiganj district on Monday. The AL leader is Abdul Majid, vice-president of No 6 Kagapasha union unit of AL...

11 men of AL, front bodies held in city

2025-08-05 00:00:00

Detectives in a drive arrested eleven leaders and activists of Awami League (AL) and its associate's bodies from different parts of the capital in the past 24 hours until Monday morning, reports UNB.The arrestees are Sultana Ahmed Lipi (46), Women...

Inu, Menon, Palak shown arrested in fresh cases

2025-08-05 00:00:00

A Dhaka court has showed former ministers Hasanul Haque Inu and Rashed Khan Menon and former state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak in a case lodged over the murder of one Pantho during the 2024 July Uprising, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate...

BNP to hold July Uprising rallies today, tomorrow

2025-08-05 00:00:00

BNP will hold victory rallies in all upazilas and thanas today (Tuesday), and in all districts and metropolitan cities across the country tomorrow (Wednesday), marking the first anniversary of the fall of fascism and the victory of students and the...

EC to unveil final voter list August 31

FE REPORT | 2025-08-05 00:00:00

The Election Commission (EC) would publish final voter list on August 31 after conducting all necessary revisions in the run-up to the 13th parliamentary election.Besides, the commission will release a draft voter list on August 10.The EC made the disclosure...

‘No release, no treatment’, Hasina ordered hospital staff

FE REPORT | 2025-08-05 00:00:00

During his testimony on Monday, a student stated that while visiting him and others receiving treatment in a hospital, Hasina allegedly issued a "no release, no treatment" order upon realizing they were involved in the protest movement.The International Crimes Tribunal-1...

NCP Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwari speaking

2025-08-05 00:00:00

National Citizen Party (NCP) Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwari speaking at a press conference at its office in the capital's Banglamotor area on Monday. — Focus Bangla

'BNP's events to support achieving multiparty democracy, reform, justice’

SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2025-08-05 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders think that the party has created an environment through its July Uprising remembrance programmes to support the people's desire of achieving multiparty democracy, reform, and justice of the July massacre.They have said BNP is...

Tobacco tax hike produces negative outcome

FE REPORT | 2025-08-05 00:00:00

Tax collection from the tobacco sector, one of the major sources, has declined despite hiking the tax rates mainly because illegal local production and smuggling of cigarettes could not be curbed due to lax enforcement, National Board of Revenue (NBR)...

Govt to buy 2 more LNG cargoes for September

FE REPORT | 2025-08-05 00:00:00

The government will buy two more liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for September deliveries to meet the country's mounting natural gas demand.State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) sought to buy these LNG cargoes from the spot market for September...

Fresh Tk 1.7b proposal sparks consultancy cost debate

JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-08-05 00:00:00

The Finance Division has proposed a Tk 1.70-billion project to provide technical support for building a Dynamic Social Registry (DSR), aimed at ensuring transparency in selecting beneficiaries for social- protection programmes.The proposal comes just three months after the Executive Committee...

Govt caps prices of 11 coronary stents

FE REPORT | 2025-08-05 00:00:00

The government has fixed prices for 11 types of coronary stents from three international companies, cutting cardiac treatment costs in Bangladesh by up to Tk 88,000 to ensure affordability, transparency, and proper regulation of hospital charges.Coronary stents are small metal...

Ex-army chief found dead at Ctg Club

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-05 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Aug 4: Former Chief of Bangladesh Army Lieutenant-General (Retd) M Harun-Ar-Rashid was found dead at the Chittagong Club Guest House in the port city on Monday morning. He was 77.According to police and club officials, Mr Harun was staying...

121 killed, 5,189 hurt in 471 political violence incidents

FE REPORT | 2025-08-05 00:00:00

A total of 471 incidents of political violence occurred across the country in 11 months from August last year to June 2025, resulting in 121 deaths and injuries to 5,189 people, according to a report of the Transparency International Bangladesh...

Marubeni pulls out of two metro projects

MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-08-05 00:00:00

Japanese company Marubeni Corporation has withdrawn from two metro-rail projects without explaining the reason.Sources said the withdrawal came at a time when the Dhaka metro rail company is reviewing most of the mass rapid transit (MRT) line contract packages (CPs)...

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BNP must earn people's trust to lead: Tarique

2025-08-05 00:00:00

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Monday urged his party leaders and activists, including those from Jubo Dal, to uphold public trust and confidence to emerge as true leaders, reports UNB."Uphold the trust of people. Remember, if people accept you,...

All dissents, observations must be recorded in board-meeting minutes

FE REPORT | 2025-08-05 00:00:00

Regulations for bank shareholders and operations are tightened with latest regulatory instructions that the commercial banks ought to clearly mention all opinions expressed by the board members in the minutes of board and supporting-committee meetings.Also, in a couple of fresh...

Upbeat start of new FY with 25pc export growth

FE REPORT | 2025-08-05 00:00:00

Bangladesh boasts an upbeat beginning of the fiscal year with merchandise exports recording a double-digit growth of about 25 per cent to US$ 4.77 billion in July, overwhelmingly banking on apparel as before. As much-cherished export diversification makes little headway...

Fascism must be uprooted: President

2025-08-05 00:00:00

President Mohammed Shahabuddin has said the fascist roots must be uprooted and the spirit of July be fully realised to build a happy and prosperous Bangladesh."The July Uprising was an outburst of the youth and the masses against longstanding deprivation,...

Stand united to foil threats of fallen autocrats

FE REPORT | 2025-08-05 00:00:00

Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus has urged the nation to stand united beyond all divisions to confront and defeat threats of fallen autocrats and take a vow to build a Bangladesh where tyranny will never rise again."The fallen autocrats and...

Nation celebrates Mass Uprising Day today

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2025-08-05 00:00:00

Celebrations are about to set off today as the day marks the first anniversary of a mass uprising that dealt a dramatic collapse of the authoritarian Sheikh Hasina regime--a historic turning point on Bangladesh's political trajectory.Chief Adviser of the post-uprising...

Revolutionary upsurge of the masses

Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2025-08-05 00:00:00

The popular uprising in Bangladesh on July-August last year resulted in the downfall of the autocratic and fascist regime of Sheikh Hasina on August 5, 2024. On the day, her 15-year long vicious and repressive rule came to a sudden...

The gig economy in South Asia

Barkat-e-Khuda | 2025-08-05 00:00:00

Jobs provide livelihood, and thus, are a source of income that is crucial for economic growth. By providing access to broadband and a digital device, technology has shifted traditional work patterns. It has created new ways in which work is...

New backbone of business operations

2025-08-05 00:00:00

Cloud-based Management Information Systems (MIS) have become essential to business success in today's fast-paced, data-driven world-unlike the older systems. These are faster, more flexible, and scalable. They grow with the business. From small start-ups to major players, everyone is moving...