FENI, Jul 25 (UNB): The number of Bangladeshis killed in alleged Indian Border Security Force (BSF) firing along Parshuram border of Feni district early Friday rose to two following the death of the injured youth.The latest deceased Md Liton, 32,...
A low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal has intensified and developed into a depression, according to the Met office, reports bdnews24.com. "The depression may cross the Bangladesh coast in the afternoon. Due to its impact, rainfall is likely in...
A team of doctors from China arrives in Dhaka on Friday to provide advanced treatment for those injured in the recent fighter jet crash at Milestone School and College. — PID
Bangladesh, which has emerged as a global advocate for drowning prevention, on Friday joined the global community in observing the World Drowning Prevention Day, a solemn but hopeful occasion to reflect on a silent epidemic, reports UNB.In 2021 alone, drowning...
Jahidul Islam | 2025-07-26 00:00:00
The Planning Commission has returned a youth festival project proposal without initiating appraisal. Titled "Inspiring Youth for Nation Building through Organising Youth Festival," the proposal was submitted by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.Officials said the proposal does not comply...
The government has issued the gazette notification of the Voters' List (Amendment) Ordinance 2025, reports BSS.According to the notification, the Election Commission (EC) can publish the voters' list before announcement of the polls schedule at any time of the year...
FHM Humayan KabirThe Payra Port Authority (PPA) wants to excavate ponds and build water reservoirs by filling up a deep land adjacent to the port area to facilitate accommodation for its employees by spending a massive Tk 458.56 million, officials...
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, July 25 (AFP): Aid groups warned of surging numbers of malnourished children in war-ravaged Gaza.Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said that a quarter of the young children and pregnant or breastfeeding mothers it had screened at its...
YASIR WARDAD | 2025-07-26 00:00:00
Some companies have raised further their bottled-water prices even though legal cases against them remain pending with Bangladesh Competition Commission (BCC) in this regard.Recently, the prices of "Mum" brand of bottled mineral water of Partex Beverages' and that of "Fresh"...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-26 00:00:00
Two more schoolchildren succumbed Friday to their fatal burn injuries suffered in the air-force jet crash into Milestone School and College while six remained in critical condition, medical sources said. Meanwhile, foreign specialist physicians are engrossed in providing lifesaving medication...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-07-26 00:00:00
S&P Global Ratings affirmed Bangladesh's credit rating at B+/B on recent improvements in the country's official foreign-exchange reserves.It also said Bangladesh's outlook is stable, which reflects the real growth rate per capita will remain very strong compared to that of...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-07-26 00:00:00
India continues to cold-shoulder requests for holding talks to resolve accumulating trade-related disputes, officials say, while Bangladesh businesses have to pay for abrupt shipment restrictions in particular. In recent months, calls from Dhaka went unheeded for lifting the ban on...
Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Saturday). Day and night temperature may fall slightly. The highest temperature in the...
A view of the opening ceremony of the military exercise Tiger Lightning (TL) 2025, jointly organised by the Bangladesh Army and the United States Army Pacific Command (USARPAC) at the Para Commando Brigade, Jalalabad Cantonment in Sylhet on Friday. Major...
Police have arrested a man accused in a case filed over snatching a licenced firearm from a businessman in the capital's Rampura area, reports UNB.The arrestee was identified as Yasin Patwari, 24. He was held on Thursday during a drive...
DU CorrespondentDr Mohammad Jahangir Alam, professor in the Department of World Religions and Culture at Dhaka University (DU), died of a cardiovascular disease at Kunming Airport in China on July 23.According to a press release issued by the university's Public...
The online admission process for Class-XI students in government and private colleges for 2025-26 academic year will begin from July 30 on the basis of results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) or equivalent examinations as no admission test will...
GAIBANDHA, July 25 (UNB): A young man drowned after jumping into a pond while fleeing from police in Saghata of Gaibandha on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Shishu Mia, son of Dulal Mia of Gaibandha Sadar.Family members alleged that although...
FENI, Jul 25 (UNB): Two brothers were killed as a speeding bus rammed into a stationary pickup van on Feni-Noakhali regional highway in Feni Sadar upazila early Friday.The deceased were identified as Mosharraf Hossain, 29, and his younger brother Ekram...
Five students injured in the Milestone School and College crash in Dhaka's Diabari are currently in "critical condition" at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, reports bdnews24.com.At a Friday afternoon press conference, Mohammad Nasir Uddin, the institute's director,...
Dr Md Maksud Helali, a retired professor of Mechanical Engineering at BUET, has been appointed as the new Vice Chancellor (VC) of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), reports UNB.The appointment was announced on Thursday in a gazette, issued...
FE REPORT Hilsa prices have soared to record levels this year, keeping the national fish out of reach for low- and middle-income consumers. Traders say poor catches from both rivers and the sea have pushed up prices. Despite the poor...
A Dhaka court on Friday sent to jail former law minister Anisul Huq and ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's former adviser Salman F Rahman in a case lodged over the murder of one Sajedur Rahman Omar during July Uprising, reports...
On July 26 last year, three coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement Nahid Islam, Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain and Abu Baker Majumdar were taken into Detective Branch (DB) custody of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) from a city hospital, reports...
The National Consensus Commission (NCC) is facing challenges in reaching a consensus over three significant reform issues -- the appointment of the election-time caretaker government chief, the formation of the upper house and the election system for 100 reserved seats...
SUNAMGANJ, July 25 (BSS): National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Friday said their party is determined to realise the July charter and July declaration by August 5, as part of its ongoing movement for reforms, justice, and a...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-26 00:00:00
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday conveyed party Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman's sympathy to the bereaved family members of deceased pilot Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam Sagar.Towkir was killed in a training jet...
SINGAPORE, July 25 (AFP): International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi said Friday he was "encouraged" that Iran had agreed for a delegation from the UN nuclear watchdog to visit the country "within weeks".Grossi said the visit by the...
SURIN, Thailand, July 25 (AFP): More than 100,000 people have fled the bloodiest border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia in a decade, Bangkok said Friday, as the death toll rose and international powers urged a halt to hostilities.A long-running border...
ISTANBUL, July 25 (AFP): Iranian diplomats will meet counterparts from Germany, Britain and France on Friday for renewed nuclear talks, amid warnings that the three European powers could trigger "snapback" sanctions outlined under the 2015 deal.The meeting, set to take...
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