Abdullah A Dewan | 2025-10-21 00:00:00
For four decades, the United States (US) embraced free trade, globalization, and lean supply chains. Offshoring was justified as a path to lower consumer prices while American firms concentrated on so-called “high-value” innovation. That approach delivered short-term gains but left...
A low-pressure area is likely to form over the Southeast Bay and adjoining area around 21 October and it may intensify into a depression, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department. The seasonal low lies over the South Bay, extending its trough...
Over the past 24 hours until Sunday morning, dengue has claimed one more life, raising this year's death toll to 245, while 950 people have been admitted to hospitals around the country, reports bdnews24.com.The tally of hospitalisations from the Aedes...
A college student allegedly took her own life in city's Shantibagh area under Shahjahanpur on Saturday evening, reportedly out of frustration over her Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination results, reports UNB.The deceased was identified as 18-year-old Ikra Tarabi Khan, a...
BAGERHAT, Oct 19 (UNB): Members of Bangladesh Navy have detained 14 Indian fishermen along with a trawler for illegally entering Bangladesh waters and fishing in the Bay of Bengal.They were detained on Friday night in Fairway Buoy area of the...
The metro rail has extended its operation hours by one hour from Sunday, with trains now running half an hour earlier in the morning and half an hour later at night.According to Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), the first...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 19: Chittagong Independent University (CIU) recently held its 51st Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting at its campus in Chattogram.The meeting was presided over by Lutfe M. Ayub, Chairman of the CIU Board of Trustees.Board members present included Engineer...
RU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
Rajshahi University authorities on Sunday were making the offices ready for the RUCSU VP, GS, AGS, and other office bearers with renovation and repainting works.Officials said the work will be completed by Monday, allowing the elected Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed leaders...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan sought Saudi investments, as Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Abdullah Jaefer H Bin Abiyah paid a courtesy visit to the adviser at her Secretariat office in the capital on Sunday. During...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
Teachers and staffers from MPO-listed private educational institutions staged a "hunger march" with empty plates, rejecting the government's decision to raise their house rent allowance by only 5.0 per cent.Hundreds of teachers and employees of the MPO-listed private educational institutions...
Former Dhaka Metropolitan South BNP joint convener Mosharraf Hossain Khokon has been sent to jail after a court rejected his bail petition in a decade-old sabotage case, report agencies.The Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Court issued the order on Sunday after Mosharraf...
National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam has visited Atiqul Islam, a July activist who was injured during a protest ahead of the July Charter signing ceremony, reports bdnews24.com.Nahid went to Atiqul's house in Uttara's Azampur around 9:00 pm on...
The body of Jubaed Hossain, a Jagannath University (JnU) student from the 15th batch of the Department of Statistics, was recovered from the capital's Armanitola area on Sunday.Jubaed hailed from Homna upazila in Cumilla district, reports UNB. He was the...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former Awami League (AL) lawmaker Abul Hasanat Abdullah, accusing him of accumulating Tk 1.22 billion in illegal assets and engaging in large-scale money laundering over a decade.According to the case statement,...
Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Sunday said differences of opinion between political parties are natural and should be seenas an essential part of the democratic process, reports UNB."If one political party disagrees with another on a certain issue, that's...
National Citizen Party (NCP) has alleged that the Election Commission (EC) is making an 'arbitrary decision' by denying the party its preferred electoral symbol 'Water Lily', reports UNB."We've seen that the Election Commission is taking an arbitrary decision," said NCP...
BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has said his recent remarks about the July warriors were misinterpreted as only a partial part of his statement was by quoted, clarifying that he actually intended to honour them, not label them as...
NARAIL, Oct 19 (BSS): A court in Narail has rejected the bail plea of former Narail-1 lawmaker Kabirul Haque Mukti and sent to jail in connection with a subversive acts case.Mukti was produced before Judicial Magistrate Ratna Saha in a...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
The Gono Forum, led by Kamal Hossain, signed Sunday the July National Charter two days after initially refusing to do so at a ceremony held in the Parliament complex due to disagreements over constitutional wording.With this latest development, 25 political...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said his party will prioritise the nationalisation of MPO-listed educational institutions if it returns to power in the next election, reports UNB.The BNP leader gave the assurance during a meeting with leaders...
Police have secured two days to interrogate Mithu Biswas in custody, arrested in connection with the "rape" of a Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) student in Savar.Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Tajul Islam granted the request on Sunday following a petition...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
A female media professional was found dead at her residence in the Sobhanbagh area of the capital on Saturday evening.The deceased was identified as Sornomoye Biswas, 28. She joined Dhaka Stream early this year as a trainee graphic designer.Sher-e-Bangla Nagar...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Reconditioned Vehicles Importers and Dealers Association (BARVIDA) has warned the government that they would go for a tougher programme if a crackdown on extortionists and attackers who vandalised car showrooms was not initiated by October 30th.President of BARVIDA...
WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (AFP): The US State Department on Saturday said it had "credible reports" that Palestinian armed group Hamas was planning an imminent attack against civilians in Gaza, a move Washington said would be a "ceasefire violation.""This planned attack...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
Yields on treasury bills (T-bills) declined further on Sunday as banks continued to channel their surplus liquidity into government securities, amid sluggish private-sector credit growth in the run-up to the national elections.The cut-off yield, commonly known as interest rate, on...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
An official initiative to provide smart family cards to 10 million low-income families under the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) is facing a setback due to non-completion of their database, official sources said.As a result, the TCB has requested the...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh's startup scene is brimming with ideas but starved of patient capital, industry leaders and financial experts said on Sunday.They stressed that the country must now move beyond its dependence on high-interest bank loans and embrace venture capital to unlock...
Nahid Islam, Convener of National Citizens Party (NCP), has said the so-called 'PR Movement' launched by Jamaat-e-Islami was nothing but a 'calculated political deception', reports UNB."Now, the people of Bangladesh clearly understand this deception. They have awakened to the truth...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, along with like-minded parties, announced on Sunday a nationwide protest programme to press five demands, including introducing a Proportional Representation (PR) system in the next national elections.At a press conference held at the National Press Club in...
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